1598.—"... The Pagodes, their false and divelish idols."—Linschoten, 26; [Hak. Soc. i. 86].
1630.—"... so that the Bramanes under each green tree erect temples to pagods...."—Lord, Display, &c.
c. 1630.—"Many deformed Pagothas are here worshipped; having this ordinary evasion that they adore not Idols, but the Deumos which they represent."—Sir T. Herbert, ed. 1665, p. 375.
1664.—
"Their classic model proved a maggot,
Their Directory an Indian Pagod."
Hudibras, Pt. II. Canto i.
1693.—"... For, say they, what is the Pagoda? it is an image or stone...."—In Wheeler, i. 269.
1727.—"... the Girl with the Pot of Fire on her Head, walking all the Way before. When they came to the End of their journey ... where was placed another black stone Pagod, the Girl set her Fire before it, and run stark mad for a Minute or so."—A. Hamilton, i. 274 [ed. 1744].
c. 1737.—