An Historical Relation of Ceylon: Together with Somewhat Concerning Severall Remarkeable Passages of My Life that Hath Hapned Since My Deliverance Out of My Capitivity |
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Page xlviii
... Temples such as they are , and see the Foppery of their Priests Religious Opinions and Practices both in their Worship and Festivals , and afterwards go home to their Houses and be acquainted with their Conversation and Entertain- ment ...
... Temples such as they are , and see the Foppery of their Priests Religious Opinions and Practices both in their Worship and Festivals , and afterwards go home to their Houses and be acquainted with their Conversation and Entertain- ment ...
Page lviii
... Temples , Priests . p . 105 Their Religion is Idolatry . They worship Gods and Devils . And the God , that saves Souls . The Sun and Moon they seem to repute Deities . Some of their Temples of exquisite work . The form of their Temples ...
... Temples , Priests . p . 105 Their Religion is Idolatry . They worship Gods and Devils . And the God , that saves Souls . The Sun and Moon they seem to repute Deities . Some of their Temples of exquisite work . The form of their Temples ...
Page lxi
... Temples . The manner of swearing in hot Oyl . How they exact . Fines . Of their Language . Titles given to Women according to their qualities . Titles given to Men . No difference between a Country - man and a Courtier for Language ...
... Temples . The manner of swearing in hot Oyl . How they exact . Fines . Of their Language . Titles given to Women according to their qualities . Titles given to Men . No difference between a Country - man and a Courtier for Language ...
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... Temples . Insomuch that the King has been fain to pay them a Tribute of three Elephants per annum . The King left this City about Twenty Years ago , and never since has come at it . So that it is now quite gone to decay . A second City ...
... Temples . Insomuch that the King has been fain to pay them a Tribute of three Elephants per annum . The King left this City about Twenty Years ago , and never since has come at it . So that it is now quite gone to decay . A second City ...
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... Temples . They do not care to make Streets by building their Houses together in rowes , but each man lives by himself in his own Plantation , having an hedg it may be 1681 . Ruins , and and a ditch round about IO A.D. HISTORICAL ...
... Temples . They do not care to make Streets by building their Houses together in rowes , but each man lives by himself in his own Plantation , having an hedg it may be 1681 . Ruins , and and a ditch round about IO A.D. HISTORICAL ...
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