FATHER A. MONSERRATE’S MONGOLIGAE LEGATIONIS COMMENTARIES. 
551 
3 
Tomb of 
Khwaja Za- 
f ar(Coje Zo- 
far), t Juns 
24, 1546 ; 
nd of Cide 
Meriam, 
1 1562. 
4 
F 10b. 1 
They leave 
Surat, Jan. 
24, 1580 N.S. 
Rander. 
Jan. 25, 1580 
Monserrate 
ill. Danger- 
ous meeting. 
F. 11a. 1 
Abdul and 
Miran Sultan 
of Surat. 
delectat. In eius medio, turris pulchre extructa, excitatur, cui nauicula inseruit, 
cum eo, recreandi animi caussa, * municipes confluunt. 1 Sepulchro etiam exornatur 
Qhoja Sopharis, qui ob suam perfidiam, et perditos mores a nostratibus | scriptoribus 
saepenumero commemoratur : quod est exoterica quidem structura, sed diligenter, et 
magua cumoperis, et pecuniae consumptione elaboratum. Cui adhaerescit, cuiusdam 
alius nebulonis bustum, /Ethiopis genere, religionis Christianae etiam desertoris, et 
hostis, qui Qhoja Sopharis primipilus fuit, quern pro sancto contributes, non | alia de 
caussa colunt, quam quod a Garsia Tauorae praefeeto Damanensis arcis necatus sit • 
a quern muUerculae, coronas, et florum fasciculos, comportant. Frequens est in ea 
mercatorum conuentus, et nauium concursus: amne || ab ipsis faucibus, ad urbem 
ipsam, praealto, ac lato, ad quam est tutus portusC 
3 Caeterum legatus paratis camelis,et alijs vehiculis, quibus commeatus, et merces 
eueherentur, posteaquam lunae litauit, manurn suorum eduxit, et ultra oppidum, ad 
eius portas, castra fecit. Postridie, i.e.* octauo Kal. Februarij castra mouit, quod 
fuit sacerdotibus | iucundissimum, qui superstitiosam hanc cunctationem non pro- 
babant; et adeundi regem, quern Christiana sacra suscepturum confidebant, incredi- 
bili desyderio aestuabant, et milliario confecto, *trans Mophim amnem, est nunc 
Taphi, 5 non longe a Rhaenero castra posuit. 
Est Rliaenerum, *vulgus Eusitanorum Raynel uocat, 6 castellum bellica gloria 
celebre, ex aduerso Surate, | tanquam Abydi, Sestus, positum. Cujus municipes, 
cum Eusitanis, magna cum fortitudinis laude, saepe, uicti tamen, manus et arma 
conseruerunt. 1 
8 Ex eo loco, postera die, profectis, in non mediocre discrimen, duo ex socijs, et 
reliquus Christianorum comitatus, deuenerunt. Nam, cum ex Sacerdotibus vnus, 
qui propter morbum lectica portabatur, | a lecticarijs, qui concitato cursu, studio 
deponendi sarcinam, iter agunt, longe abstractus esset, et praefeeto Suratae, iuuenum 
satellitio stipato, occurrisset: dum is ilium salutat, et ille pauca interrogat, qui pone 
veniebant, parum abfuit quin a satellitibus || praefecti, qui praeiuerant, et exterae 
gentis aspectu offensi, hostiliter eos inuaserant, clamantes, “Franci! Franci! ” 
caederentur. Verum aduentante citatis equis et curru, hinc praefeeto, illhinc legato, 
diuino euenit nutu, ut antea turba sedaretur, quam vnus ex Agarenis, a quodam 
Eusitano confossus, periret : qui si perijsset, eius mors exitium nostratibus attulisset. | 
The orthography of the place-names in our marginal index is that of the new Imperial Gazetteer. Places not identified 
have a ?. 
1 ist: municipes frequentissime confluunt. 
2 The whole of this paragraph is bracketed or cancelled. The words cancelled are : Sepulchro etiam exornatus 
. . . fasciculos comportant. 
8 There is an evident confusion and mixing up of the Old and New Styles in the dates of this itinerary. The 
New Style came, however, into operation in India only in October 1583. Cf. Oriente Cong., Lisboa edu. ii, 184. Even 
if we suppose with Fr. de Sousa (ibid., ii, 15 )) that the party left Surat on January 15, 1580, O.S. , we And that they 
had reached Sultanpur nine days later ; here they rested three days, and, crossing the “ Avaz ” or Satpura Range in 
four days, arrived at Sindwa (Cendud). From Sindwa to Surana near the Narbada there must have been several stages 
more ; yet, it was at Surana, on January 31, that they witnessed the eclipse of the moon. From other accounts we 
know that the journey from Surat to Fatehpur took 43 days, and that Fatehpur was reached on Feb. 27 or 28, O.S. 
* What we represent here and elsewhere by ‘ i.ed is in the MS. represented by ‘ h ’ or ‘ i ’. 
6 ist: transmissoque amne. 
1 Later addition. 
This paragraph is bracketed in the MS. 
8 In the margin by M. : Isto se ha de escreuer daqui pera abayxo ate onde diz : Enimuero Auazus. [j.e., f. 116. 1.] 
