They reckon Herbs and Plants more innocent food.

It is religion also to sweep under the Bogaha or God-Tree, and keep it clean.

It is accounted religion to be just and sober and chast and true and to be endowed with other vertues, as we do account it.
[Their Charity.] They give to the poor out of a Principle of Charity, which they extend to forraigners, as well as to their own Country-men.

But of every measure of rice they boyl in their houses for their families they will take out an handful, as much as they can gripe, and put into a bag, and keep it by it self, which they call Mitta-haul.

And this they give and distribute to such poor as they please, or as come to their doors.
[The priviledg of the Moorish beggars.] Nor are they charitable only to the poor of their own Nation, but as I said to others: and particularly to the Moorish beggars, who are Mahometans by religion.