74 A LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS 



Captaine of theires reached to Mesulptan, Petapoli and 

 other places with great somraes for his maintnance from the 

 Kino;, but nowe that the Mores see that the power of the 

 Portugal Is declyne, they haue thrust away their Captaine, 

 and surelie the houlding vpp the Shippes in the Red Sea 

 wrought the Trade of SlilTfltt and theise prowde Mores 

 according to their owne Proverb must bee kept vnder, other- 

 wise they will too much Insult and Dominere. 



The Description of Bengala. 



Bengale is devided into two principall partes vizt 

 Portogram! and Porto piqueno beeing both att the head 

 of the great Riuer Ganges about 30 leagues one from an- 

 nother, whereof Porto piqueno is belonging to the Grand 

 Mog T, farr surpassing them of Porto-grai.d in all manner 

 of Eiches, Manufactures and Trade, and in the Riuer lyeth 

 the famous Cittie for Marchandizing called Satigaui ; In this 



Porte or Haven 



galles 



so---dos; Here are made the be periens(?) of all the 



the Indies (to witt) be pari, Santars Sahangs, 



taffesiles Megas (?) gingains and other sortes of Cloth, 

 ffaire stitched couerletts pavillians vnmade vpp, Cushions, 

 shopclothes fir Barbers and other Curiosities, abounding with 

 sugers, Comfetts, wax, honye, and such like, This Countrie 

 venteth all manner of Commodities as att Zurat and Mesul- 

 patan, not that lien gala it self doth consume them, but 

 they transport them vpp the Riuer in greate boates whereto 

 they are commodiouslie fitted. Of this place there is cause to 

 haue a better opinion then of any other in the Indies, the 

 gouerment wherof cannott much differ from that of Zurratt 

 and Mesulpatan, and by the meanes of the Ambassador 



Jour. Straits Branch 



