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which were aboundantly sufficient for sixe moneths, 

 from whence we departed for the port and Citie of 

 Martavan, where in short time we arrived, but we found 

 not our ship there as we had thought we should, from 

 whence presently we made out two barkes to goe to 

 looke for her. And they found her in great calamitie, 

 and neede of water, being at an anker with a contrary 

 winde, which came very ill to passe, because that she 

 wanted her boat a moneth, which should have made her 

 provision of wood and water, the shippe also by the 

 grace of God arrived safely in the aforesaid port of 

 Martavan. 



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The Citie of Martavan. 

 E found in the Citie of Martavan ninetie Portu- ^^rtavan a 

 gales of Merchants and other base men, which '^l^'^fpf'^ 

 had fallen at difference with the Retor or governour of 

 the citie, and all for this cause, that certaine vagabondes 

 of the Portugales had slaine five falchines of the king 

 of Pegu, which chaunced about a moneth after the king 

 of Pegu was gone with a million and foure hundred 

 thousand men to conquere the kingdome of Sion. They ^ '^^^^'^^^^ that 

 have for custome in this Countrey and kingdome, the have when the 

 king being wheresoever his pleasure is to bee out of king is in the 

 his kingdome, that every fifteene dayes there goeth zvarres. 

 from Pegu a Carovan of Falchines, with every one a 

 basket on his head full of some fruites or other deli- 

 cates of refreshings, and with cleane clothes : it chaunced 

 that this Carovan passing by Martavan, and resting 

 themselves there a night, there happened betweene the 

 Portugales and them wordes of despight, and from 

 wordes to blowes, and because it was thought that the 

 Portugales had the worse, the night following, when the 

 Falchines were a sleepe with their companie, the Por- 

 tugales went and cut off five of their heads. Now ^l^'^^^nPegu 



there is a lawe in Pegu, that whosoever killeth a man, 

 he shall buy the shed blood with his money, according 

 to the estate of the person that is slaine, but these 



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for killing of 



men. 



