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An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies

PART III
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And unless he catch them in the act he doth not much trouble himself to prove himself a Cuckold; Cuckolds being so common, that it is not here regarded.
[The Man may kill whom he finds in Bed with his Wife.] It is a Law here, that if a Man catch another in Bed with his Wife, he may, be it whosoever, kill him and her, if he please.

It hath so happened that the Man hath come to the Door, when another hath been within with his Wife, there being no way to escape, the Woman has took a pan of hot ashes, and as she opened the Door, her Husband being entring, cast them in his Eyes, and so she and her Bedfellow made an escape.
[The Womens craft to compass and conceal their Debauchery.] To fetch wood out of the Woods to burn, and to fetch home the Cattle is the Woman's work.

If they cannot have their opportunities at home, now they appoint their meetings, while the Husband stays at home holding the Child.

In the Evenings it is common for them with whom the Women be acquainted, to come and wait behind the House when it is dark to attend their coming forth to them.

To which end they give them notice either by breaking of a stick, or by putting some Betel over the Wall to fall in such places as they have appointed, where she will look to find it.


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