AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1583-91. 



tinne which serveth all India, the Hands of Tanaseri, 



Junsalaon, and many others ; and so came to Malacca 



the 8 of February, where the Portugals have a castle 



which standeth nere the sea. And the countrey fast 



without the towne belongeth to the Malayos, which is 



a kinde of proud people. They go naked with a cloth 



about their middle, and a litle roll of cloth about their 



heads. Hither come many ships from China & from 



the Malucos, Banda, Timor, and from many other Hands 



[II. i. 263.] of the Javas, which bring great store of spices and drugs, 



and diamants and other jewels. The voyages into many 



of these Hands belong unto the captaine of Malacca: 



so that none may goe thither without his licence : which 



yeeld him great summes of money every yeere. The 



Portugals heere have often times warres with the king 



of Achem which standeth in the Hand of Sumatra : from 



whence commeth great store of pepper and other spices 



every yeere to Pegu and Mecca within the Red sea, and 



other places. 



The voyage to When the Portugals go from Macao in China to 



apan. Japan, they carry much white silke, golde, muske, and 



porcelanes : and they bring from thence nothing but 



silver. They have a great caracke which goeth thither 



every yere, and she bringeth from thence every yere 



Eight hundred above sixe hundred thousand crusadoes : and all this 



sadmhlllver ^^^^^ ^^ J^P^n, and two hundred thousand crusadoes 



imploded more in silver which they bring yeerely out of India, 



yerely by the they imploy to their great advantage in China : and they 



Portugals in bring from thence golde, muske, silke, copper, porcelanes, 



and many other things very costly and gilded. When 



the Portugals come to Canton in China to traffike, they 



must remaine there but certaine dayes : and when they 



come in at the gate of the city, they must enter their 



names in a booke, and when they goe out at night they 



must put out their names. They may not lie in the 



towne all night, but must lie in their boats without 



the towne. And their dayes being expired, if any man 



remaine there, they are evill used and imprisoned. The 



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China. 



