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 maund, it came to passe that this lord had a desire to 

 see the Sea, which when the poore citizens understood, 

 they doubted some evill, to heare a thing which was not 

 woont to bee, they thought that this man would come Afoolishfeare 

 to sacke the Citie, and presently they embarked them- rf^^^^^^^^^- 

 selves the best they could with their mooveables, mar- 

 chandize, jewels, money, and all that they had, and 

 caused the shippes to put from the shore. When this 

 was done, as their evill chance would have it, the next 

 night following, there came such a great storme that it 

 put all the shippes on land perforce, and brake them to 

 pieces, and all the goods that came on land and were 

 saved, were taken from them by the souldiours and armie 

 of this lord which came downe with him to see the Sea, 

 and were attendant at the Sea side, not thinking that 

 any such thing would have happened. 



Saint Thomas or San Tome. [II- i- 227.] 



FRom Negapatan following my voyage towards the 

 East an hundred and fiftie miles, I found the house 

 of blessed Saint Thomas, which is a Church of great '^- ^-^^^^^^ ^^^ 

 devotion, and greatly regarded of the Gentiles for the ^^-^^'^ '^* 

 great miracles they have heard to have bene done by that 

 blessed Apostle : neere unto this Church the Portugals 

 have builded them a Citie in the countrey subject to the 

 king of Bezeneger, which citie although it bee not very 

 great, yet in my judgement it is the fairest in all that 

 part of the Indies : and it hath very faire houses and faire 

 gardens in vacant places very well accommodated : it hath 

 streetes large and streight, with many Churches of great 

 devotion, their houses be set close one unto another, 

 with little doores, every house hath his defence, so that 

 by that meanes it is of force sufficient to defend ye 

 Portugals against the people of that countrey. The 

 Portugals there have no other possession but their 

 gardens and houses that are within the citie : the cus- 

 tomes belong to the king of Bezeneger, which are very 

 small and easie, for that it is a countrey of great riches 



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