A camel or Dromedary would be as much gazed on in France for strangers as they would be in Scotland.  In Italy they have some, but few, for they are properly Asiatick wares, doing as much service to the Persian, Arabian and others Oriental nations acknowledging the great Tartar chain as the silly, dul asse and the strong, robust mule does to the French.  The camel, according to report indeniable, because a tall, hy beast it most couch and lay doune on its forward feet to receave its burden, which if it find to heavy it wil not stir til they ease it of some of it; if it find it portable it recoveres its feet immediatly.

There comes severall Jewes to France, especially as professing physick, in which usually they are profondly skilled.  Mr. Daille know on that turned protestant at Loudun.  Another, a very learned man, who turned Catholik at Montpeliers, who a year after observing a great nombre of peaple that lived very devotly and honestly, that ioined not wt the Church of Rome, having informed himself of the protestants beleife, he became of the Religion, publishing a manifesto or Apology wheirin he professes the main thing whey he quites the Catholick religion for is because he can never liberate their tennet wheirby they teach that we most really and carnally eat our God in the Sacrament, from uniustice, absurdity and implication.[157]

    [157] Implication perhaps means confusion of ideas.

The Laws of Spaine, as also of Portugal, strikes wery sore against Jewes that will not turne Christians, to wit, to burning them quick, which hath bein practicate sewerall tymes.  On the other hand a Jew thats Christian if at Constantinople he is wery fair to be brunt also.  Whence may be read Gods heavy judgement following that cursed nation.  Yet Holland, that sink of all religions, permits them their synagogues and the publick excercise of their religion.  They rigorously observe their sabath, our Saturdy, so that they make ready no meat on that day.  If the wind sould blow of their hat they almost judge it a sin and a breach of the sabath to follow it and take it up.  Their was a Jew wt us in the 1662 year of God that professed at least to turne Christian, and communicated in the Abby Church.

We may deservedly say, omnia sunt venalia Gallis, for what art their not but its to be sold publickly.  Not so much as rosted aples ready drest, chastans,[158] poirs, rosted geese cut unto its percels, but they are crieng publicklie, and really I looked upon it as a wery good custome, for he that ether cannot or wil not buy a whole goose he’el buy it may be a leg.

    [158] Chestnuts.

The prices of their meats waries according to the tymes of the year.  The ordinars of some we have already mentioned; for a capon they wil get whiles 20 sous, whiles but 14 or 12.