ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



c. 1565. 



king then is a Lord onely, not one besides him as you 

 have seene, except it be such as be of his blood. A 

 Nephew likewise of the king, the kings sisters sonne, 

 lyeth continually within the walles of the citie in a strong 

 pallace built Castlewise, even as his other cousins do, 

 remayning alwayes within doores, served by Eunuches, 

 never dealing with any matters. On their festivall dayes, 

 new moones, & full moones the magistrates make great 

 bankets, and so do such as be of the king his blood. 

 The kings Nephew hath to name Vanfuli, his pallace is 

 walled about, the wall is not high, but foure-square, and 

 Goa is a city in circuit nothing inferiour to the wals of Goa, the out- 

 ofthe Portu- s j j e j s p am ted red, in every square a gate, and over each 

 ^EasTlndies £ ate a tower ma de of timber excellently well wrought : 

 before the principall gate of the foure that openeth into 

 the high streete no Loutea, be he never so great, may 

 passe on horsebacke, or carried in his seat. Amidst this 

 quadrangle standeth the pallace where that Nobleman 

 lyeth, doubtlesse worth the sight, although we came not 

 in to see it. By report the roofes of the towers and 

 house are glased greene, & the greater part of the 

 quadrangle set with savage trees, as Okes, Chestnuts, 

 Cypresse, Pineapples, Cedars, and other such like that we 

 do want, after the manner of a wood, wherein are kept 

 Stags, Oxen, and other beasts, for that Lord his recrea- 

 tion never going abroad as I have sayd. One prehemi- 

 nence this citie hath above the rest where we have 

 bene, & that of right, as we do thinke, that besides the 

 multitude of market places wherein all things are to be 

 sold through every streete continually are cryed all things 

 [II. ii. 80.] necessary, as flesh of all sortes, freshfish, hearbes, oyle, 

 vineger, meale, rise : in summa, all things so plentifully, 

 that many houses neede no servants, every thing being 

 brought to their doores. Most part of the marchants 

 remaine in the suburbes, for that the cities are shut up 

 every night, as I have sayd. The marchants therefore, 

 the better to attend their businesse, do chuse rather to 

 make their abode without in the suburbes then within 



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