A.D. 

 1565. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



of that woorthy traveller and godly professour and 

 painfull doctor of the Indian nation in matters concern- 

 ing religion, Francis Xavier, who after great labours, 

 many injuries, and calamities infinite suffred with much 

 patience, singular joy and gladnesse of mind, de- 

 parted in a cabben made of bowes and rushes upon a 

 desert mountaine, no lesse voyd of all worldly com- 

 modities, then endued with all spirituall blessings, out 

 of this life, the 2 day of December, the yeere of our 

 Lord 1552. after that many thousand of these Easterlings 

 were brought by him to the knowledge of Christ. Of 

 this holy man, his particular vertues, and specially travell, 

 and wonderfull works in that region, of other many litle 

 lies (yet not so litle, but they may right wel be written 

 of at laisure) all the latter histories of the Indian regions 

 are full. 



An excellent treatise of the kingdome of China, 

 and of the estate and government thereof: 

 Printed in Latine at Macao a citie of the 

 Portugals in China, An. Dom. 1590. and 

 written Dialogue-wise. The speakers are 

 Linus, Leo, and Michael. 



Linus. 



Oncerning the kingdome of China (Michael) 

 which is our next neighbour, we have 

 heard and daily do heare so many re- 

 ports, that we are to request at your 

 hands rather a true then a large discourse 

 and narration thereof. And if there be 

 ought in your knowledge besides that 

 which by continual rumours is waxen stale among us, we 

 will right gladly give diligent eare unto it. 



Michael. Because the report of this most famous 

 kingdome is growen so common among us, reducing 

 divers and manifold particulars into order, I will especially 

 aime at the trueth of things received from the fathers 



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