hey give and distribute to such poor as
they please, or as come to their doors.

[The priviledg of the Moorish beggars.] Nor are they charitable only to
the poor of their own Nation, but as I said to others: and particularly
to the Moorish beggars, who are Mahometans by religion. These have a
Temple in Cande. A certain former king gave this Temple this Priviledg,
that every Free-holder should contribute a Ponnam to it. And these
Moors go to every house in the land to receive it. And if the house
be shut, they have power to break it open, and to take out of goods
to the value of it. They come very confidently when they beg, and
they say they come to fulfill the peoples charity. And the people do
liberrally releive them for charity sake.

There is only one County in the Land, viz. Dolusbaug, that pays not the
aforesaid duty to the Moors Temple. And the reason is, that when they
came first thither to demand it, the Inhabitants beat them away. For
which act they are free from the payment of that Ponnam and have also
another priviledg granted them for the same, That they pay no Marral,
or Harriots, to the King as other Countreys do.

These Moors Pilgrims have many pieces of Land given them by well
disposed persons out of charity, where they build houses and live. And
this land becomes theirs from generation to generation for ever.

[They respect Christians, and why.] They lay Flowers, out of religion,
before their Images every morning and evening, for which Images
they build little Chappels in their yards as we said before. They
carry beads in their hands on strings, and say so many prayers
as they go. Which custom in all probability they borrowed of the
Portugueze. They love a man that makes conscience of his ways. Which
makes them respect Christians more than any others, because they
think they are just and will not lye. And thus we have finished our
discourse of their Religion.

CHAP. VI.

Concerning their Houses, Diet, Housewifry, Salutation, Apparel.

Having already treated of their Religion, we now come to their secular
concerns. And first we will lead you into their houses, and shew you
how they live.

[Their houses.] Their Houses are small, low, thatched Cottages, built
with sticks, daubed with clay, the walls made very smooth. For they are
not permitted to build their houses above one story high, neither may
they cover with tiles, nor whiten their walls with lime, but there is
a Clay which is a