The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II.: Containing the lives of Captain Misson, Captain Bowen, Captain Kidd, Captain Tew, Captain Halsey, Captain White, Captain Condent, Captain Bellamy, Captain Fly, Captain Howard, Captain Lewis, Captain Cornelius, Captain Williams, Captain Burgess, Captain North, and their several crewsDefoe, Daniel
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The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II.: Containing the lives of Captain Misson, Captain Bowen, Captain Kidd, Captain Tew, Captain Halsey, Captain White, Captain Condent, Captain Bellamy, Captain Fly, Captain Howard, Captain Lewis, Captain Cornelius, Captain Williams, Captain Burgess, Captain North, and their several crews
Defoe, Daniel
Pirates -- Early works to 1800
First, There is one appointed for the burying Place of the _Baamzan_ or
chief Priest; one to the _Baulumzu_ or Treasurer; one to the
_Jocybauthaux_ or chief Councellor; one to the _Moorenzep_ or Head
General;--one to the _Caffa_ or Secretary;--one to the _Paremzebs_,
which are a few People so called by Way of Title, and are their chief
Nobility;--one to their Wives, whom they call _Tepshoyes_;--one to the
_Morepzus_ or Generals of the Elephants;--one to the _Hammons_ or
Governors of Towns;--one to the _Hoyzepa_ or Head Teacher of the
Elephants;--one to the _Sancof_ or Head Doctor.
There is also one particularly kept for such as not being otherwise
intitled to this Honour, shall perform some brave Action in the
War--there is one belonging to the _Zanshaw_ or Master of the King's
Musick--One to the _Divatzabowes_ or Concubines of the King--One to the
_Panpuzams_ or Male Children of the King's Concubines--One to the
_Parrasquas_ or Male Children of the High Priest--One to the _Gauzets_
or Wives of the chief General--One to the _Matotzas_ or Wives of the
Governors of Towns--One to the _Hoydenebs_ or Wives of the
Treasurer--One to the _Okenzegs_ or Wives of the chief Councellor.
But when I mention a _Moorzack_ to belong to the Treasurer, or to the
General, it must not be understood to be for the Use of him and his
Heirs, but the next Person who succeeds in his Post is to be buried
there, and his Heirs are no Ways intitled, unless they happen to succeed
him in his Post.
These are all built of Marble of different Colours, some larger, and
some less, some square, others quite round, some having a small Spire at
Top, and others without; yet the Ornaments within are as rich in many of
them, as in those belonging to the King or Prince--As for Example, in
the _Moorzack_ of the _Baamzan_ or high Priest, of the _Baumlozn_ or
Treasurer, of the _Morewzep_ or General, and of the _Caffa_ or
Secretary, the _Boozes_ are all Gold; in others there are some of Gold
and some of Silver, and considering what a great Number there are of
them, these Monuments contain a vast Wealth.
When the King, Prince, or any other Person who is intitled to a Place in
one of these Monuments dies, the Corps is immediately stripp'd naked,
(let it be Man or Woman) after which, it is laid upon a Bier, and a thin
Piece of Purple Silk being thrown over it, it is carried to be lain in
State for some Days to a certain House, or Hall, built for that Purpose,
a little Way without the City.--This Building consists of one large
Room, sixty Foot in Length, and twenty six broad, being thirty Foot
high, and flat at Top; the Stone is a curious white Marble, it is
illuminated within with a great Number of Silver Lamps; in the middle
stands a white Marble Table, supported by six Marble Pedestals about
three Foot high, on which is laid the Body.
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