CAESAR FREDERICK ad. 



1563-81. 



whole againe, and I have seene it proved, because that 

 when I was in Cochin, there was a friend of mine, 

 v/hose nose beganne to drop away with that disease, 

 and he was counselled of the doctors of phisicke, that 

 he should goe to Tanasary at the time of the new wines, 

 and that he should drinke of the nyper wine, night ^'^/^^' ^^'^^ 



and day, as much as he could before it was distilled, ^^!^^^//"" ^ ^ ^ 

 which at that time is most delicate, but after that it is disease. 

 distilled, it is more strong, and if you drinke much of 

 it, it will fume into the head with drunkennesse. This 

 man went thither, and did so, and I have seene him 

 after with a good colour and sound. This wine is very 

 much esteemed in the Indies, and for that it is brought 

 so farre off, it is very deare : in Pegu ordinarily it is 

 good cheape, because it is neerer to the place where 

 they make it, and there is every yeere great quantitie 

 made thereof. And returning to my purpose, I say, 

 being amongst these rockes, and farre from the land 

 which is over against Tanasary, with great scarcitie of 

 victuals, and that by the saying of the Pylot and two 

 Portugales, holding then firme that wee were in front 

 of the aforesayd harbour, we determined to goe thither 

 with our boat and fetch victuals, and that the shippe 

 should stay for us in a place assigned. We were twentie 

 and eight persons in the boat that went for victuals, 

 and on a day about twelve of the clocke we went 

 from the ship, assuring our selves to bee in the har- 

 bour before night in the aforesaid port, wee rowed all 

 that day, and a great part of the next night, and all the 

 next day without finding harbour, or any signe of good 

 landing, and this came to passe through the evill coun- 

 sell of the two Portugales that were with us. 



For we had overshot the harbour and left it behind 

 us, in such wise that we had lost the lande inhabited, 

 together with the shippe, and we eight and twentie men 

 had no maner of victuall with us in the boate, but it 

 was the Lords will that one of the Mariners had brought 

 a litle rice with him in the boate to barter away for 



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