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THE TABLE The Contents of the Chapters—Continued. page § 4. Their moneyes, apparell, persons, trades, wealth, learning, marriages, superstitions, rites, and opinions.374 Money, habit. The Persons, Trades, Riches, Nobilitie, Marriage, Heires. Respect of Parents. Funerall Rites. Fond Superstitions. Hell portraied. Lots, Divinations; Long life, Alchimie. § 5. Their bad Souldierie and Artillerie; Degrees, priviledges, honours and promotions of learning. Their Authors and Bookes, and Printing. The Mandarins commended.383 Militarie exercise, no Ordnance, Conquest; Studious, Printing. Magnanimous Mandarins. The Kings unwilling Proclamation. § 6. Of the government of China: Of the Mandarins; the China complements and manifold nicities.389 The Vices, Order, Power, Terrour, China Magistrates. Visitors, punishments, Apish humanitie, or tedious salutations. Presents, Invitations, Feasts, Complimentall vanitie. Papacie applauded: hypocriticall Excuses. § 7. Of their Women: Of the Tartars Conquest, acts and expulsion. The greatnesse of the King, and neighbouring States. Of the Queenes Eunuchs.399 China Women. China policie to prevent Rebellions. Revenue and Expences. State-contentednesse. The Queene and Concubines. Eunuchs. Law of Nations contemned. A Royall Palace. Fire from Heaven. King a home Prisoner. His Children of little esteeme. CHAP. VII. - A discourse of the Kingdome of China, taken out of Ricius and Trigautius, contayning the countrey, people, government, religion, rites, sects, characters, studies, arts, acts; and a Map of China added, drawne out of one there made with Annotations for the understanding thereof.
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