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Travels into the INDIES. Part III. 
Fiziatiour. 
Tlae Pagod of 
Trapety. 
The King of 
Fizia^our. 
The Town of 
Fizia^gur, 
An Orphan a- 
dopted and 
made King of 
Fiziapour. 
Whil'ft I was ia Carnate , the Kings of Fiz,iapour and Golconda atucked a 
certafa Raja , who had a Fort whitlicr he retreated betwixt the two King- 
doms, there he committed an infinite- number of Robberies -, and in the la(l 
War that the Great Mogul made in Viz^iapour , that Raja .( fct on by the Mo- 
gul ) made confiderable incurfions into the Coiintreys of the two Kings , 
which made them force him tor the utmofl: extremity ^ fo that they took his 
Fort , made him Prifoner 5and fei:?cd all his Riches. 
The Kingdom of Ftziapour is bounded to the Eafl: by Carnates , and the 
Mountain oiBalagate i to the Weil by the Lands of the Fortuguefe j to the 
North by Guzerat and the Province of Balagate -, and to the South by the 
Countrey of the Nai<jut of Madura , whofe Territories reach to the Cape 
Comory. This Naique is tributary to the King of Fiz.iapour , as well as the 
Naiijue of Tanjahor , to whom belonged the 1 owns oiNegapatan^ Trangahar^ 
and fome others towards the coaft ot Cor omande I, when the King oïViziapour 
took them. Negapatan fell fince, into the hands of the Portugueje , but the 
Dutch tQok it frpm them, and are at prefent Mafters of it. The Danes have 
alfo feized a place (where they have built a Fort towards Trangabar) which 
is diftant from St. Thomas five days Jourrtey of a Foot-poft , which they call 
Tatamar. 
As to the famous Pagod of Trapety , (which is not far from Cape Comory) it 
depends on the Naique of Madura ; it confifts of a great Temple, and of ma^ 
ny little Pagods aboutit ; and there are fo many Lodgings for the Bramens , 
and the Servants of the Temple , that it looks like a Town. There is a 
great deal of Riches in that Pagod. 
The King^ of Viziapour is the mod potent Prince of ail thofeof Dtfc<j«,and 
therefore he is often called King of Decan. His chief City is Viz.iapour^ which 
hath given the name to the Kingdom , and he hath many other confidera- 
ble Towns in his Provinces with three or four Ports , to wit, Carapatan, Da- 
hal^ Raja-pour^ and Vtngourla -, but I am informed that Raja Sivagy hath feiz- 
ed fome of them not long fince. The Town of Viziapour is above four or 
five Leagues in circumference ; it is fortified with a double Wall , with 
many great Guns moimted , and a flat bottomed Ditch. The Kings Palace 
is in the middle of the Town, and is likewife encompaffed with a Ditch full 
of water, wherein there are fome Crocodiles. This Town hath feveral 
large Suburbs full ofGoldfmiths and Jewellers Shops , yet after all, there is 
but little Trade, and not many things remarkable in it. 
The King (who Reigns in Viz.iapour at prefent) was an Orphan, whom 
the late King and the Queen adopted for their Son ; and after the death 
of the King , the Qiieen had fo much intereft as to fettle him upon the 
Throne -, but he being as yet very young , the Queen was declared Re- 
gent of the Kingdom : Neverthelels, there has been a great deal of weak- 
nefs during her Government, and Raja Sivagy hath made the beft on*c 
for his own Elevation. 
CHAP. III. 
Of Goa. 
Gotf, 
THe Town of Goa (with its Ifle of the fame name , ) which is likewife 
called Tilfoar^ borders upon Fiz^iapour^ diredly Southward j it lies in 
the Latitude of fifteen degrees and about forty minutes upon the River of 
Mandoua, which difcharges it felf into the Sea two Leagues from Goa y 
and gives it one of the faireft Harbours in the Worlds fome would 
have this Countrey to be part oiViz^iapour, but it is not ; and when the Tof- 
tugueje came there, it belonged to a Prince called Zabaivt , who gave them 
trouble 
