2 s %\it ®(nstome ofiseitgaiepjtnt) 
Sey lon,but fometobat tobiter then: ^v<Jhio# bo»fe:of-^^ara#51 itts pealotoi^yafttd ts 
galas: tbep are amoff fubtillano totcke.0 peo* called the bcarbe otBengaleh, tobefetoith 
The nature pie, and ate effected the toa?ff flauesof all thep domoft ranningi^mtcb tbetreouecUts, 
of the Ben? India Jo? tbattbep are all tbeettesy anU the pauUionepiUotaDgi^icacpct^, a fid tfilifitjes, 
gaiians, foomen tobies, although this fault-is com* tbafettftfo cb?iffm ebilbjen, as toomen in 
mon tbjougboiit all India, tio place erceptcd* cljilobeD totWbsjMfetJJiooe; and make them 
'Ckepkaue a cuffome that thep neuer d?effe toitb fiotoers and benches, and pcrfqnages, 
q? fa>tb meat ttoice in^ne pot but batseeuerp tbati£is toonoerruUf o fee, andfofinelpoone 
Th& Ben? ^ p 0 f ^ijenfoeuer tbcp arc found toftb-funning too?kemmtfbippe, that it can* 
for aduS- in adultcric,tbep bane their notes cut off, and not be mended tb?ougbou£ Europe:'Whetoife 
ry. from that time fo?toarde thepmuff Icaue ecb tbcp make Cofjole peeces o?toebbesof ftps 
others CQmpanp,tobicb is moff narrotolp l®* kcarbe, fomefimes mired ana toouen toitb 
feed bnto bp their |ato- %\}z countrcp is moff filke, although theft of the bcarbe it felfe are 
plentiful of neceirarp btJtuaasXpecialip litce, bearer and mo?e eff&meo,and is much fap?et 
fo? that there is mo?c of it in that countrep the thefilke. SDhcfc toebs are namcb Sarrijn, 
ttjimm al the call counfries/e? tljcpbo pear* ana it is much bfeo and iao?ne in India, m 
Ip lade diners fipppes therewith, tohich come toell fo? mens baches, as dublets, and it 
thether from all places, and there is neuer a# map be toaihed like Unnen, and being toafyf 
tip toant thereof- and all other things in Itke it Cbetoeth and edntinueth as fairs as if it 
fo?f, and fo grab cheape. that it lucre incredi* mere neto. 
hie to declare^ fo? that an HDjce-d? a Cotoe is jfrom Bcngala commeth much Algallia, 
there to be bought fo? one lUrijn, tohich is o? Ciuet, but bp the fubt ilfie and billanp of 
as much as halfe a Cildernc, £>b<cpe, l^eus, the 315 engaltans it is falfifped, $ mired toitb 
and other things after the like rate, a Candit filth, as fait, op!e,and fuch like ffuffc, Inhere? 
ooodcheap of l£pce, tohich is as mucb,ltttle mo?e o? lefis bp it is not much effeemed, 31 fo in Bengala 
mBen^aia. as fourteme bundles of jflcmmiib raeafure, are found great numbers of the beaffs,tobicb 
* is fold there fo? halfe a Cildeme, and fo? halfe in Itatine arc called Rhinoccrotes,and of the 
a SDoiler: gaigarand other toare aeco:* pojtmgalles Abadas, tnhofeho?ne, teb, 
Oinglp,toherebp pou map toe! concetue tobat fieflh, bl®d, dairies, and luhatfoeuer he hafh s 
plentic thep hauc. ^he jdo’tmgallcs deale $ both toithout and luithtn his bodie, is g®D a^ 
traffique thether, and fome places are mba* gain® popfoti, and is much accounted of 
bited bp them, as the hauensluhich thep call th?oughout all India, as in another place 
l?orto grande, and Porto pecjucno,thatis, GpU be fijetocD mo?e at large. 2 Cheregrotu^ 
the great hauen and the little hauen,but there eth Ufeeluife marble coloured IRecdcs, lohere^ 
thep haue no ^o?tes,no? anp goucruement, of pou map fee manp fo?tes in the cuff odie of 
no?palicte as in India thep haue, butliue in Paludanus, tobteb the po?tmgallcs call Ca- 
a manner like toild men,and bntamed ho?fes, nas de Bengala, that is,&eet)es of Bengala: 
fo? that cuerp man doth there tohat bee lutll, iuithin thep are full of pith, and are about 
and cuerp man is Ilo?d and maiffer, nepther the tbtcKneffe of ^paniff) r^des, but feme* 
effaeme thep anp thing of iuffice, luhether tohat thinner, andtohen thep are gnxnethep 
there be anp o? none, and in this manner doe botoe and bend like Wllotottoigges: thep 
certapne po?tingal!es dtoell among them, are outtoardlp ofoiuers colours an^ fpcchled 
fome bete/ome there fcatteredab?oade, and as if thep toere painted, Chep bfc them in 
are fo? the moff part fuch as dare not ffap in Porringall fo? olde toomen to bearein their 
India fo? fome toschedneffe bp them commit* handes tohen thep goe ab?oad o? bppon the 
ted: nottoithffandmg there is great frafficke ftones. SChere is another fo?te of the fame 
bfed in thofe partes bp diners ffjips and mar* reeds tohtch thep call Rota : thefe are thtnne 
chanfs,tohich all p pear oiuers times both go like ttoigges of Milloto fo? balkefs,b)hereof 
come to and from all the £>?tentall parts. Paludanus can Qjetoe pou great numbers, 
25 efi 0 es their IS pee, much Cotton linncn toith the tohich in India thep make manp 
is made there tohich is berp fine, and much faire bafkets, and a thoufande other curious 
effeemed in india,and not onlp fpjead ab?oad deuifes, ^ugar, Gutter, and fuch like toare 
and carrpcd into India and al the Caff parts, thep haue in great quanttffe as 31 faid before: 
but alfo into Portingal,and other placcs:thts but thisIball ftiffice fo? Bengala.tohcreof toe 
linnen is of diners fo?ts, and is called Saram- Icaue to fpeake, and returne to the aefeription 
puras,Caflas, Comfas, Beatillias, 5 aio- of the COHffas it Ipefh along the ff)0?e«, 
pallas, and a thoufande fuch like names: 
SThephaue Itketoife other linncn ercellentlp 
to?oughtofahearbe, tohich thep fpinne like 
pcarne: this pearne is to be feene at the 
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