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fine cabinets, embroidered purfes, needle-work, French tweezer-cales, 

 table-books, perfumed gloves, belts, girdles, bone-lace, dogs of various 

 natures, plumes of feathers, comb-cafes richly em^broidered, prints of 

 kings, &c. cafes of ftrong waters, drinking and perfpedive glalfes, fine 

 bafons and ewers : in general, any thing curious for workmanfliip, not 

 then known in India ; all which things, fays he, will fell for ready 

 money at good prices. 



It feems the Portuguefe, by their tyranny and cruelty, had by this 

 time rendered themfelves extremely odious to all the Eafl-Indian nations, 

 who were well pleafed to fee the Englifli and Dutch dayly gaining grouixl 

 upon them : yet we alio flill find complaints againft the floUunders in 

 India by our people. 



The Englilh company by this time had fadories at Bantam, Jacatra 

 (fnice called Batavia), Surat, Amadavar, Agra, Afmere, Brampore, Cale- 

 cut, Mafulipatan, Patan, Slam, Benjar, Soccadania, MacafHir, Achecn, 



Jambi, Tecoo, Banda, and at Firando in Japan. From many of 



which the company have fince withdrawn their fadories, and from fome 

 others of them the Dutch have long fince wormed us out. The four 

 fhips of this voyage traded at Bantam and Sumatra, for pepper, &c. and 

 returned in 1617. 



Peyton, the hiftorian of this voyage, obferves, that our company were 

 only fettled on fufferance in fome parts of India, while the Portuguefe 

 were maflers of the following numerous and widely diLperfed fettle- 

 ments, viz. 



'" On the north-eafl: coaft of Africa, 



' They had a trade on the river Quam, in 21 degrees 50 minutes, 



* fouth latitude, and at Mozambique, for gold, ambergris, ivory, and 

 ' flaves. 



' At Mombaza, for the fame, in barter for Guzarat commodities; 

 ' At Magadoxa, for the fame, and for feveral forts of drugs. And from 

 ' all thofe places they drove a trade to Cambaya, to the Red fea, and to 



* many other parts. 



' In the gulf of Perfia, 

 ' At Ormus, they make a profitable trade thence to Perfia, Arabia, 

 ' and India. Hither they bring quantities of pearls from Balfora, and 

 ' with them and other Perfian commodities, they fend a fliip or two an- 

 ' nually to Diu in India ; and next to Goa : this is their belt port. 

 ' In Arabia, 

 ' At Malcat they have a ftrong fort, though no great trade : but be- 



* ing domineering maflers there, they keep all in fervile awe, giving out 

 ' their licences for the veflels to go from place to place. 



' In Indoflan, &c. 

 ' At Diul, near the mouth of the Indus, and at Diu, in Guzarat, 

 ' they have very firong caflles. 



