_Of the ylande called Raso[1] where men be hanged as sone as
they are sicke._
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AND from this yle menne go unto another yle that men call Raso, and
menne of this yle when that theyr friendes are sicke & that they
beleve surely that they shal dye, they take them & hange them al quick
on a tree, and say that it is better that byrdes, that are aungels of
God, eate them, than wormes of the earthe. Fro thence men go to an
yle where the men are of ill kinde, for they nourishe houndes for to
strangle men. And when theyr friendes are sicke that they hope they
shal dye, then do those houndes strangle them, for they wyll not that
they dye a kyndely death, for then shoulde they suffre to great paine
as they say, & when they are thus dead they eate theyre flesh for
venison.
[Footnote 1: _Pynson_ and others say Gaffolo or Caffolos.]