The manners, lauues, and customes of all nations collected out of the best vvriters by Ioannes Boemus ... ; with many other things of the same argument, gathered out of the historie of Nicholas Damascen ; the like also out of the history of America, or Brasill, written by Iohn Lerius ; the faith, religion and manners of the Aethiopians, and the deploration of the people of Lappia, compiled by Damianus a ̀Goes ; with a short discourse of the Aethiopians, taken out of Ioseph Scaliger his seuenth booke de emendatione temporum ; written in Latin, and now newly translated into English, by Ed. Aston.

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Author:	Boemus, Joannes, ca. 1485-1535.
Title:	The manners, lauues, and customes of all nations collected out of the best vvriters by Ioannes Boemus ... ; with many other things of the same argument, gathered out of the historie of Nicholas Damascen ; the like also out of the history of America, or Brasill, written by Iohn Lerius ; the faith, religion and manners of the Aethiopians, and the deploration of the people of Lappia, compiled by Damianus a ̀Goes ; with a short discourse of the Aethiopians, taken out of Ioseph Scaliger his seuenth booke de emendatione temporum ; written in Latin, and now newly translated into English, by Ed. Aston.
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Alternate titles:	Omnium gentium mores, leges, et ritus. English. 1611
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TO HIS TRVLY HONO∣RED FRIEND, SIR WALTER ASTON OF TIXAL, IN the County of Stafford; Knight of the honorable order of the Bath.

To the friendly Reader.

THE AVTHORS PRE∣face to the Reader.

To the Reader in commendation of this worke.

The manners, lawes and customes, of all Nations. LIB. 1.

The true opinions of Diuines, concer∣ning mans originall. CAP. 1.

The false opinion of the Ethnicks concer∣ning mans originall. CAP. 2.

Of the scituation and perfection of the world. CAP. 3.

Of Aethiopia, and the ancient customes of that Country. CAP. 4.

Of Aegipt and the ancient customes of that country. CAP. 5.

Of the Carthaginians and other people of Affricke. CAP. 6.

THE SECOND BOOKE.

Of Asia, and the most famous Nations thereof. CAP. 1.

The manners and customes Of Panchaia: and of the manners of the Panchaians. CAP. 2.

Of Assyria, and how the Assyri∣ans liue. CAP. 3.

Of Iudaea and of the customs, lawes and institu∣tions of the Iewes. CAP. 4.

Of Media, and of the manners of the Medes. CHAP. 5.

Of Parthia, and the manner of liuing of the Parthians. CAP. 6.

The manners and customes Of Persia, and of the manners, lawes, and ordinances of the Persians. CHAP. 7.

Of India, and of the monstrous and prodigi∣ous customes and manner of liuing of the people of India. CAP. 8.

Of Scythia, and of the barbarous manners of the Scythians. CAP. 9.

Of Tartaria, and of the customes and power of that people. CAP. 10.

Of Turcia, and of all the manners, lawes and ordinances of the Turkes. CHAP. 11.

The manners and customes Of the Christians, and of their originall, and Customes. CAP. 12.

THE THIRD BOOKE.

Of the most famous countries of Europe the third booke. CAP. 1.

Of Greece and of Solons lawes which hee made for the Athenians and which were after establi∣shed by the Princes of Greece. CAP. 2.

Of Laconia and of the customes and ordinances of the Laconians or Lacedemonians. CAP. 3.

Of the Ile of Creete, and of the customes most common amongst the Cretensians. CAP. 4.

Of Thrace, and of the barbarous manners of the people of Thrace. CAP. 5.

Of Russia or Ruthenia, and of the latter manners and customes of the Russians. CAP. 6.

Of Lithuania, and of the man∣ner of liuing of those people. CAP. 7.

Of Liuonia, Prussia, and of the souldiors called Mariani in Spaine. CAP. 8.

Of Polonia, and of the latter customes of the Polonians. CAP. 9.

Of Hungaria, and of the institutions and manner of liuing of the Hungarians. CAP. 10.

Of Boemia, and of the manners of the Boemians. CAP. 11.

Of Germany and of the customes of the Germaines. CAP. 12.

Of Saxony and how the Saxons liued in times past and how they now liue. CAP. XIII.

Of Westphalia, and of the manner of Iudgement ordained for the Westphalians by Charles the Great. CAP. 14.

Of Franconia and of the nature and customes of that Country. CAP. 15.

Of Sueuia, and how the people of that country liued heretofore, and how they now liue. CAP. 16.

Of Bauaria and Carinthia, and of the lawes and customes of those people heretofore, and how they liue at this day. CAP. 17.

Of Italy, and of the manners of the Italians: of Romulus also and his ciuill institutions. CAP. 18.

Of Liguria, and of the ancient manners of the Inhabitants of that country. CAP. 19.

Of Tuscia, and of the ancient manners of the Tuscans. CAP. 20.

Of Galatia in Europe, and of the old customes of that country. CAP. 21.

Of Gallia, and of the ancient customes and latter manners of the Frenchmen. CAP. 22.

Of Spaine, and of the manners of the Spaniards. CAP. 23.

Of Lusitania, and of the auncient manners of the Portugals. CAP. 24.

Of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of ma∣ny other Ilands, and of the manners and customes of the Inhabi∣tants. CAP. 25.

OF IRELAND.

Of the Iland called Taprobane and of the manners of the Inhabitants. CAP. 26.

The manners of diuerse nations, collected out of the workes of NICHOLAS DAMASCEN.

Certaine things concerning America or Brasil, collected out of the Hi∣storie of IOHN LERIVS.

The faith, religion and manners. of the Aethiopians, Liuing within the dominion of Precious Ioan (commonly called Prestor Iohn) together with a declaration of the league and friendship established betwixt the Emperors of Aethiopia and the Kings of Portugall.

A letter of Helena the grand-mother of Dauid Pre∣cious Iohn Emperor of Aethiopia, written vn∣to Emanuell King of Portugall in the yeare of our Lord. 1509.

A letter from Dauid the most renowned Emperour of Aethi∣thiopia, written to Emanuell, King of Portugall, in the yeare of our Lord 1521. Paulus Iouius being interpretor.

Letters from the said DAVID, Emperour of Aethiopia vnto Iohn the third of that name, King of Portu∣gall, written in the yeare of our redemption 1524. and interpreted by Pau∣lus Iouius.

Letters from the same most renowned Dauid, Emperour of Ethiopia, vnto the Pope of Rome, written in the yeare of our Lord 1524. and translated into Latine by Paulus Iouius.

Other letters from the same Dauid, Emperour of Ethiopia, written to the Pope of Rome in the yeare of our Lord God 1524. and interpreted by Paulus Iouius.

In the name of our Lord Iesus Christ, Amen.

The deploration of the people of Lappia by the same Damianus a Goes.

Of the situation of Lappia, and of the inhabitants of that country: by the same DAMIANVS A GOES.

Certaine things concerning the Aethiopians, collected out of Ioseph Scaliger his seuenth Booke: De emendatione temporum.

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