A.D. 



1583-9- 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Medon. 



Dela. 



Cirion. 



Macao. 



Coches car 

 on mens 

 shoulders. 

 Pegu. 



IS 



From the barre of Nigrais to the citie of Pegu 

 ten dayes journey by the rivers. Wee went from Cos- 

 min to Pegu in Paroes or boates, and passing up the 

 rivers wee came to Medon, which is a prety towne, 

 where there be a wonderfull number of Paroes, for they 

 keepe their houses and their markets in them all upon 

 the water. They rowe too and fro, and have all their 

 marchandizes in their boates with a great Sombrero or 

 shadow over their heads to keepe the sunne from them, 

 which is as broad as a great cart wheele made of the 

 leaves of the Coco trees and fig trees, and is very 

 light. 



From Medon we went to Dela, which is a very faire 

 towne, and hath a faire port into the sea, from whence 

 go many ships to Malacca, Mecca, and many other 

 places. Here are 18. or 20. very great and long 

 houses, where they tame and keep many elephants of 

 the kings : for there about in the wildernesse they catch 

 the wilde elephants. It is a very fruitfull countrey. 

 From Dela we went to Cirion, which is a good towne, 

 and hath a faire porte into the sea, whither come many 

 ships from Mecca, Malacca, Sumatra, and from divers 

 other places. And there the ships staie and discharge, 

 & send up their goods in Paroes to Pegu. From 

 Cirion we went to Macao, which is a pretie towne, 

 v/here we left our boats or Paroes, & in the morning 

 '^^d taking Delingeges, which are a kind of Coches made 

 of cords & cloth quilted, & caried upon a stang be- 

 tweene 3. or 4. men: we came to Pegu the same day. 

 Pegu is a citie very great, strong, and very faire, with 

 walles of stone, and great ditches round about it. 

 There are two townes, the old towne and the newe. 

 In the olde towne are all the marchants strangers, and 

 very many marchants of the countrey. All the goods 

 are sold in the olde towne which is very great, and hath 

 many suburbes round about it, and all the houses are 

 made of Canes which they call Bambos, and bee covered 

 with strawe. In your house you have a Warehouse 



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