For ſhe in pleaſaunt purpoſe did abound, And greatly ioyed merry tales to faine,[…]

The Javanee is like the spaniel in his fondness for water. When possible he plants his house on the river's edge and runs a ladder-like stair from the back door to the stream.

Rather than encouraging his countrymen to liberate their slaves, he opposed both private manumission and public emancipation.

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