Which is this.

They will sometimes go to the house of their debtor with the leaves of Neiingala a certain Plant, which is rank Poyson, and threaten him, that they will eat that Poyson and destroy themselves, unless he will pay him what he ows.

The debtor is much afraid of this, and rather than the other should Poyson himself, will sometimes sell a Child to pay the debt: Not that the one is tender of the life of the other, but out of care of himself.

For if the party dyes of the Poyson, the other for whose sake the man Poysoned himself must pay a ransome for his life.

By this means also they will sometimes threaten to revenge themselves of those with whom they have any contest, and do it too.