LINSCHOTEN'S REPORT 



Spodium and many other kindes of drugs come from 

 Cambaia. 



Now to returne to my voyage ; from Ormus I went 

 to Balsara or Basora, and from Basora to Babylon : and 

 we passed the most part of the way by the strength of 

 men by hailing the boat up the river with a long cord. 

 From Babylon I came by land to Mosul, which standeth 

 nere to Ninive, which is all ruinated and destroyed ; it 

 standeth fast by the river of Tigris. From Mosul I 

 went to Merdin, which is in the countrey of the 

 Armenians ; but now there dwell in that place a people 

 which they call Cordies, or Curdi. From Merdin I went 

 to Orfa, which is a very faire towne, and it hath a goodly 

 fountaine ful of fish ; where the Moores hold many great 

 ceremonies and opinions concerning Abraham : for they 

 say he did once dwell there. From thence I went to 

 Bir, & so passed the river of Euphrates. From Bir I 

 went to Aleppo, where I stayed certaine moneths for 

 company ; and then I went to Tripolis ; where finding 

 English shipping, I came with a prosperous voyage to 

 London, where by Gods assistance I safely arrived the 

 29 of April 1 59 1, having bene eight yeeres out of my 

 native countrey. 



The report of John Huighen van Linschoten 

 concerning M. Newberies and M. Fitches 

 imprisonment, and of their escape, which 

 happened while he was in Goa. 



A.D, 



1583- 



Spodium. 



Basora. 

 Babylon. 



Mosul. 



Merdin. 



Orfa. 



Bir. 



Aleppo. 



Tripolis. 



N the moneth of December, Anno 1583, 

 there arrived in the towne and Iland 

 of Ormus foure English men, which came 

 from Aleppo in the countrey of Syria, 

 having sailed out of England, & passed 

 thorow the straights of Gibraltar to 

 Tripoli a towne and haven lying on the 

 coast of Syria, where all the ships discharge their wares 

 & marchandises, & from thence are caried by land unto 



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