[What worship they give Devils.] When they worship those whom they call Devils, many of whom they hold to be the Spirits of some that died heretofore, they make no Images for them, as they did for the Planets; but only build a new house in their yard, like a Barn very slight, covered only with leaves, and adorn it with Branches and Flowers.  Into this House they bring some of the Weapons or Instruments, which are in the Pagods or Temples, and place them on Stools at one end of the house, which is hanged with Cloth for that purpose, and before them on other Stools they lay Victuals:  and all that time of the Sacrifice there is Drumming, Piping, Singing, and Dancing. [Who eat the Sacrifices.] Which being ended, they take the Victuals away, and give it to those which Drum and Pipe, with other Beggars and Vagabonds; for only such do eat of their Sacrifices; not that they do account such things hallowed, and so dare not presume to eat them, but contrariwise they are now looked upon as polluted meat.  And if they should attempt to eat thereof, it would be a reproach to them and their Generations.

[Their Gods are local.] These Spirits or Gods are local.  For those which they worship in one County or part of the Land, are not known or owned to have power over the People in other parts.  But each Countrey hath several Spirits or Devils, that are peculiar to those places, and do domineer over them, and are known by several names they call them by:  under whose subjection the People do acknowledge themselves to be:  and, as I well perceive, do stand in a greater awe of them, than they do of them, whom they call and own to be their Gods.

[The subjection of this People to the Devil.] And indeed it is sad to consider, how this poor People are subjected to the Devil, and they themselves acknowledge it their misery, saying their Countrey is so full of Devils, and evil Spirits, that unless in this manner they should adore them, they would be destroyed by them.  Christians they do acknowledge have a Prerogative above themselves, and not to be under the Power of these infernal Spirits.

[Sometimes the Devil possesses them.] I have many times seen Men and Women of this People strangely possest, insomuch that I could judge it nothing else but the effect of the Devil’s power upon them:  and they themselves do acknowledge as much.  In the like condition to which I never saw any that did profess to be a worshipper of the Holy Name of Jesus.  They that are thus possest, some of them will run mad into the Woods, screeching and roaring, but do mischief to none; some will be taken so as to be speechless, shaking, and quaking, and dancing, and will tread upon the fire and not be hurt; they will also talk idle, like distracted folk.