. The voyages made by the sieur to the islands Dauphine or Madagascar & Bourbon or Mascarenne in the years, 1669, 70, 71 & 72 . ves it them for a certain sum of money which is furnishdhim : when they have obtaind this permission they areunable any more to retract. This is why their parents &friends seize them, praise their courage, their fidelity &their virtue. Then the mother and all go with her, to thesound of instruments, with great ceremony where the deadbody of her husband, which is on a pile of wood in anenclosd locality, & expressly made of combustible enters boldly into
. The voyages made by the sieur to the islands Dauphine or Madagascar & Bourbon or Mascarenne in the years, 1669, 70, 71 & 72 . ves it them for a certain sum of money which is furnishdhim : when they have obtaind this permission they areunable any more to retract. This is why their parents &friends seize them, praise their courage, their fidelity &their virtue. Then the mother and all go with her, to thesound of instruments, with great ceremony where the deadbody of her husband, which is on a pile of wood in anenclosd locality, & expressly made of combustible enters boldly into a passage made for her, which they 48 Relation [1671 shut after, so that she cannot get out. Having enterd in,she herself sets a light to the pile, &, embracing the bodyof her husband, burns herself with him, during which thespectators make a great noise both with voice & instru-ments, in order that they should not hear the cries of herwho burns herself; & others throw oils or essences intothe fire in order that it may burn well. The virtue ofthese wives after that is largely extolld by these VILLAGE NEAR FORT DAUPHIN.
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