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History os East-India. ro2
have won unto themselvcs the Perpetuity of their Arms, and the Chap. VI
Credit of being called in to the Aid of divers Princes, and are in con- —-""Vx.
tinual A&ion under someone State or other bordering upon them ; £ Cr°™><o.
never altering their Vocations, being hred Warriors; these aspire imfaiteTa"
not to great Charges, nor admit Commanders over them, unless of J«si*iri«i to
their own Gist; fighting Pell-mell, asevery one is itispired srom the Conqu«ore
Pay they receive; their Arms are Sword, Pike, and Buckler. A
Soldier that puts on a Crocus-dye, intimates a Resolution either rodye ■
or be Conqueror.
Opium is frequently eaten in great quantities by the Rajhpocts, Opium eaten
Queteries, and Vatans, when they fight, which makes them run up- osce"'. .and in
on any Enterprize with a raging Resolution to dye or be victorious. "J1""""65,
Before Engaging, it is usual for them to embrace one another, as if
parting for another World; csteemingit happier to be killed in their
Vocation, than to submit to the Lull of a Conqueror; their very.
Women disdaining to own them for their Husbands, when they
once turn their Back upon their Enemies: Os one of which Vira-
goes goes this Story; Her Mate had made an Escape honourable
enough sor a prudent Retreat, when coming home and craving Mead
from his Spouse, after many obloquious Salutes Ihe put this Asfront
on him, Ihe served him with a Brass Ladle, whereas before his Meals
were taken up with one made of Iron; whereof lie demanding the
Reason, (he tartly replied, Left tbe sigbt of Iron fbould turn your Ste-
mach srom your Viftuals, as it bad done srom Fighting.
The Banyan
Follows the Soldier, though as contrary in Humour, as the Antipodes whether the
in the same Meridian areoppositeone to another: These have for- Ban;-** be a
' got if ever they were Jews, or no; butifanyofthesePeoplearesuch, 7w*
these are most likely ; and by a double Right of Jew and Gentile, are
a Compound of the grcatest Cheat in the World, the fittest: there-
fore to make Brokers and Merchants of: They are de'vou't Proselytes
in the Worship of this Countrey, and tenacious of their Rites and
Customs; Arid Observers of Omens, so that in travelling ten
Miles they ihall sometimes doable the Ground, to avoid encountring
a Caphala of Asics, or to take the Hand os a.Flock of Goats or Cows
grazing: In the Rains they will not ride in a Coach, for fear they
should kill the Insects generated in the Cart-Ruts, or {linking Puddles:
So foolilhly superstitious are they and precise in Matters'of Religion ;
in cases of Trade they are not so hide-bound, giving their Confcien-
ces more Scope, and boggle at no Villany for an Emolument.
The Poor Artisan
Can hardly live for" these, who will grind their Faces to fill their
own Hoards, as much as the Desies do
The
And Comlies, who, Till-the Land, and dress the Corn, with no re-
C c markabie
have won unto themselvcs the Perpetuity of their Arms, and the Chap. VI
Credit of being called in to the Aid of divers Princes, and are in con- —-""Vx.
tinual A&ion under someone State or other bordering upon them ; £ Cr°™><o.
never altering their Vocations, being hred Warriors; these aspire imfaiteTa"
not to great Charges, nor admit Commanders over them, unless of J«si*iri«i to
their own Gist; fighting Pell-mell, asevery one is itispired srom the Conqu«ore
Pay they receive; their Arms are Sword, Pike, and Buckler. A
Soldier that puts on a Crocus-dye, intimates a Resolution either rodye ■
or be Conqueror.
Opium is frequently eaten in great quantities by the Rajhpocts, Opium eaten
Queteries, and Vatans, when they fight, which makes them run up- osce"'. .and in
on any Enterprize with a raging Resolution to dye or be victorious. "J1""""65,
Before Engaging, it is usual for them to embrace one another, as if
parting for another World; csteemingit happier to be killed in their
Vocation, than to submit to the Lull of a Conqueror; their very.
Women disdaining to own them for their Husbands, when they
once turn their Back upon their Enemies: Os one of which Vira-
goes goes this Story; Her Mate had made an Escape honourable
enough sor a prudent Retreat, when coming home and craving Mead
from his Spouse, after many obloquious Salutes Ihe put this Asfront
on him, Ihe served him with a Brass Ladle, whereas before his Meals
were taken up with one made of Iron; whereof lie demanding the
Reason, (he tartly replied, Left tbe sigbt of Iron fbould turn your Ste-
mach srom your Viftuals, as it bad done srom Fighting.
The Banyan
Follows the Soldier, though as contrary in Humour, as the Antipodes whether the
in the same Meridian areoppositeone to another: These have for- Ban;-** be a
' got if ever they were Jews, or no; butifanyofthesePeoplearesuch, 7w*
these are most likely ; and by a double Right of Jew and Gentile, are
a Compound of the grcatest Cheat in the World, the fittest: there-
fore to make Brokers and Merchants of: They are de'vou't Proselytes
in the Worship of this Countrey, and tenacious of their Rites and
Customs; Arid Observers of Omens, so that in travelling ten
Miles they ihall sometimes doable the Ground, to avoid encountring
a Caphala of Asics, or to take the Hand os a.Flock of Goats or Cows
grazing: In the Rains they will not ride in a Coach, for fear they
should kill the Insects generated in the Cart-Ruts, or {linking Puddles:
So foolilhly superstitious are they and precise in Matters'of Religion ;
in cases of Trade they are not so hide-bound, giving their Confcien-
ces more Scope, and boggle at no Villany for an Emolument.
The Poor Artisan
Can hardly live for" these, who will grind their Faces to fill their
own Hoards, as much as the Desies do
The
And Comlies, who, Till-the Land, and dress the Corn, with no re-
C c markabie