CAESAK FREDERICK ad. 



1563-81. 



me to marvaile. For as I passed up to Satagan, I sawe 

 this village standing with a great number of people, with 

 an infinite number of ships and Bazars, and at my returne 

 comming downe with my Captaine of the last ship, for 

 whom I tarried, I was al amazed to see such a place so 

 soone razed and burnt, & nothing left but the signe of 

 the burnt houses. The small ships go to Satagan, and 

 there they lade. 



Of the citie of Satagan. 



IN the port of Satagan every yeere lade thirtie or five 

 and thirtie ships great and small, with rice, cloth of 

 Bombast of diverse sortes, Lacca, great abundance of ^^^ commodt- 

 sugar, Mirabolans dried and preserved, long pepper, oyle ^l^\ ^ ^^^ 

 of Zerzeline, and many other sorts of marchandise. The Satagan. 

 citie of Satagan is a reasonable faire citie for a citie of 

 the Moores, abounding with all things, and was governed 

 by the king of Patane, and now is subject to the great 

 Mogol. I was in this kingdome foure moneths, whereas 

 many marchants did buy or fraight boates for their 

 benefites, and with these barkes they goe up and downe 

 the river of Ganges to faires, buying their commoditie [II- i. 231-] 

 with a great advantage, because that every day in the 

 weeke they have a faire, now in one place, and now in 

 another, and I also hired a barke and went up and 

 downe the river and did my businesse, and so in the 

 night I saw many strange things. The kingdome of 

 Bengala in times past hath bene as it were in the power 

 of Moores, neverthelesse there is great store of Gen- 

 tiles among them ; alwayes whereas I have spoken of 

 Gentiles, is to be understood Idolaters, and wheras I 

 speak of Moores I meane Mahomets sect. Those people ^°ores are of 

 especially that be within the land doe greatly worship ^z^^^^/ 

 the river of Ganges : for when any is sicke, he is 

 brought out of the countrey to the banke of the river, 

 and there they make him a small cottage of strawe, and 

 every day they wet him with that water, whereof there 

 are many that die, and when they are dead, they make 



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