AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1583-91. 



ground above knee deepe, so that men nor horses can 



passe. They poison all the waters if any wars be. Here 



they have much silke & muske, and cloth made of cotton. 



The people have eares which be marveilous great of a 



span long, which they draw out in length by devises when 



Pure Gen- they be yong. Here they be all Gentiles, and they will 



t'lhsme. YA nothing. They have hospitals for sheepe, goates, 



dogs, cats, birds, & for all other living creatures. When 



they be old & lame, they keepe them until they die. 



If a man catch or buy any quicke thing in other places & 



bring it thither, they wil give him mony for it or other 



victuals, & keepe it in their hospitals or let it go. They 



In Mexico wil give meat to the Ants. Their smal mony is almonds, 



they use like- -^^hich oftentimes they use to eat. From thence I returned 



'^mmn the fruit ^^ Hugeli, which is the place where the Portugals keep 



Cacao, which in the country of Bengala which standeth in 23. degrees 



an like of Northerly latitude, and standeth a league from Sata- 



almonds. g^j^ . ^^y ^^ -^ Porto Piqueno. We went through the 



^^^^y- wildernes, because the right way was full of thieves, 



where we passed the countrey of Gouren, where we found 



but few villages, but almost all wildernes, & saw many 



buffes, swine & deere, grasse longer then a man, and 



very many Tigers. Not far from Porto Piqueno south- 



Porto Angeli. westward, standeth an haven which is called Angeli, in 



the countrey of Orixa. It was a kingdom of it selfe, 



& the king was a great friend to strangers. Afterwards 



it was taken by the king of Patan which was their 



neighbour, but he did not enjoy it long, but was taken 



by Zelabdim Echebar, which is king of Agra, Delli, 



& Cambaia. Orixa standeth 6. daies journey from 



Satagan, southwestward. In this place is very much 



The like cloth Rice, and cloth made of cotton, & great store of cloth 



^Pthe\om ^ which is made of grasse, which they call Yerva, it is 



grasse in Fir- 1^^^ ^ silke. They make good cloth of it which they 



ginia. send for India & divers other places. To this haven 



of Angeli come every yere many ships out of India, 



Negapatan, Sumatra, Malacca, and divers other places; 



& lade from thence great store of Rice, & much cloth 



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