A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1563-81. 



Thither the Portugals bring a kinde of Bombast cloth 

 of a low price, and great store of Paternosters or beads 

 made of paltrie glasse, which they make in Chaul accord- 

 ing to the use of the Countrey : and from thence they 

 cary Elephants teeth for India, slaves called Cafari, and 

 some Amber and Gold. On this coast the king of 

 Portugall hath his castle called Mozambique, which is 

 of as great importance as any castle that hee hath in 

 all his Indies under his protection, and the Captaine of 

 this castle hath certaine voyages to this Cafraria, to which 

 places no Marchants may goe, but by the Agent of this 

 Captaine : and they use to goe in small shippes, and 

 Buying and trade with the Cafars, and their trade in buying and 

 selling without gelling is without any speach one to the other. In this 

 another ^^^^ ^^ Portugals bring their goods by litle and litle 



[II. i. 243.] alongst the Sea coast, and lay them downe : and so 

 depart, and the Cafar Marchants come and see the goods, 

 & there they put downe as much gold as they thinke 

 the goods are worth, and so goe their way and leave 

 their golde and the goods together, then commeth the 

 Portugal, and finding the golde to his content, hee 

 taketh it and goeth his way into his ship, and then 

 commeth the Cafar and taketh the goods and carieth 

 them away : and if he finde the golde there still, it is 

 a signe that the Portugals are not contented, and if 

 the Cafar thinke he hath put too little, he addeth more, 

 ♦ as he thinketh the thing is worth : and the Portugales 

 must not stand with them too strickt ; for if they doe, 

 then they will have no more trade with them : For they 

 disdaine to be refused, when they thinke that they have 

 offered ynough, for they be a peevish people, and have 

 Golden trades dealt SO of a long time : and by this trade the Portugals 

 that the For- change their commodities into gold, and cary it to the 

 tugas ave. Q^g^-jg q{ Mozambique, which is in an Island not farre 

 distant from the firme land of Cafraria on the coast of 

 Ethiopia, and is distant from India 2800. miles. Now 

 to returne to my voyage, when I came to Ormus, I 

 found there Master Francis Berettin of Venice, and we 



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