Argumentum V. Armatura tam nobiliorum quam gregariorum militum descripta lib. 1. cap. 7. (How the Congolese dress for war and play)

The distinguished inhabitants of the Congo decorate their head-dresses with ostrich, peacock or other feathers and, wound cross-wise across their bare chests they have chains. Round their waists they wear belts with artistically designed little bells and, on their feet, they wear Portuguese boots. The chief has three different kinds of instruments for signaling his troops for battle: the first being a cone-shaped horn, made of thin metal, which sounds like a loud shot when it is beaten. The second is a hollowed-out stump of wood, with leather stretched across the top. The third, a pipe made of ivory with a hole on its side, rather than on the top, gives off cheerful and variable notes

Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in 1598. His widow, two sons, and another family member continued the work, which comprised a total of fifty-four parts when it was completed in 1630. The publication is in two series, denoted the Grands Voyages and the Petit Voyages. A German edition of the Petit Voyages was published in 1599 in Frankfurt am Main. A second German edition came out in 1616. Latin editions were published in 1609 and 1629.

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