Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century; Comprising, the Treatise of the Russe Common Wealth, by Dr. Giles Fletcher and the Travels of Sir Jerome Horsey, Knt., Now for the First Time Printed Entire from His Own Manuscript
Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century; Comprising, the Treatise of the Russe Common Wealth, by Dr. Giles Fletcher and the Travels of Sir Jerome Horsey, Knt., Now for the First Time Printed Entire from His Own Manuscript
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...and prophane ceremonies: as putting within the finger of the corpes a letter to Saint Nicolas, whome thev make their chiete mediatour, and, as it were, the porter of heaven gates, as the Papistcs doe their Peter. In winter time, when all is covered with snow, and the ground so hard frozen as that no spade nor pikeaxe ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...and prophane ceremonies: as putting within the finger of the corpes a letter to Saint Nicolas, whome thev make their chiete mediatour, and, as it were, the porter of heaven gates, as the Papistcs doe their Peter. In winter time, when all is covered with snow, and the ground so hard frozen as that no spade nor pikeaxe can enter, their manner is not to burie their dead, but to keepe the bodies (so many as die all the winter time) in an house in the suburbs or outparts of the towne, which they call Bohsedom, that is, Gods house, where the dead bodies are pyled up together, like billets on a woodstack, as hard with frost as a very stone, till the springtide come and resolveth the frost: what time every man taketh his dead friend and committeth him to the ground. They have, besides, their yeeres and moneths mindes for Moneun their friendes departed. What time they have praiers saide over the grave by the priest, who hath a penie ordinarie for his paines. When any dieth they have ordinary women mourners, that come to lament for the dead party; and stand howling over the bodie, after a prophane and heathenish manner, sometimes in the house, sometimes bringing the bodie into the backside, asking him what hee wanted, and what he meant to die. They bury their dead as the party used to goe, with coate, hose, bootes, hat, and the rest of his apparell. Many other vaine and superstitious ceremonies they have, which were long and tedious to report. By these it may appeare how farre they are fallen from the true knowledge and practise of Christian religion, having exchanged the worde of God for their vaine traditions, and brought al to external and ridiculous ceremonies, without anie regard of i spirite and trueth, which God requireth in his true worship. CHAP. XXVI. Of th...
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