Dftfjejianti of palace. 
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foatb ffDe. 3 fn this SllanD tbe po?tingales Doe 
trafficke, fa? in it are tl)e beff $utmegges f 
Ifloipers. SCbere Itketoife tbep Doe picfcrue 
nutmeggcs^ano make oplc thereof, Uibicb is 
b?eugbtto Malacca, finD from tbenccfnto 
allotbcr places: the trafficke there confiff ctb 
moff in barter mg,as it Doth in Su da $ Iaua> 
bnt the? are not to be fruffco, pou muff keep 
goto foafeb* anD got not on lanD, bat Hap s» 
bo?D the ffjippe, tobetber tbe 3 lanDs' o; :g % 
tbeir marcbanDtfcs,ano Deale toitb k«cn as 31 
faib befo?e,fo? it bappenetb Diners times,that 
tbep Deceaue tbe ^ojtingales, tobicb trutt 
them oner much, fo? tbat one of nip acqnaim 
fance anD mp frienD being there, fo? captaine 
in a (bippe, tbe ibippe being caff atoap bpon 
tbat coaff, teas toitb all bis men taken t put 
in p?ifon,tobere fo? tbefpace of ttoo peares be 
InDureDamoffmiferablelife, anD in tbe enD 
toasranfomeD. $11 tbefe bopages to 5 anda, 
Moluca,|tbofe 3 lanDs, anDalfo anp other 
toap tobatfoeuer in India, map no man 
make, toitbout licence anD fpeetall fauour of 
the liting of Pottingall, anD tbeir offices are 
giitert them in recompence of tbeir feruieeiu 
fte InDtes, asalfoall other offices, as in an 
other place ffjall be DecIarcD. 
about 2 o miles beponD -Banda $o?tb 
toeff,lietb tbe 3 ilanD calleD Ambovna, inhere 
tbe ^ojtftigales b?.ue a fmall fo?t: tbfe^lanD 
bath not much fpicc,but tbe Jbippes that faple 
from Malacca to A/aluco, Doeffap there, 
anDtakeirtffelb toatcr. ifromtbis 3 lanD 
$o?tbtoarDe 70 miles, Ipetb tbe 3 lano Ty* 
dor, bnber one Degree $o?tb, anD is tbe firff 
SIlanD of tbe Molucaes, fire miles no?tbtoarD 
Ipetb Malaco, f not farre thence Tarnate, 
anD tlje 31 IanDs of Clones, 
The 2 i. Chapter. 
Ofthe Hand of CMaltice. 
31 IanDes of Maluco 
are 6003 viz. cJWaluco, 
Tarnate,Tydor,Gelou# 
lo,anD an other inhere tbe 
po?tingalesbaue2fo?ts, 
that is in Tarnatc anD 
Ty dor,inbicb long fince toereDiftouereD anD 
toonne, inhere tbep trafficke from Malacca 
t out of 3 nDia. 2 Cbc &>paniarDs bane fought 
Diuers meanesto bauetrafftque there, anD 
came from thence out of Noua Spaigne, in¬ 
to tbe 31 lanD calleD Tarnate, inhere in a 
ffojme tbep loff tbeir Ibippe, anD fo coulD not 
get from thence againe, inberebp tbeptocre 
bp the pojtingales moff of them flapne, anD 
fbereff taken anD fent p?ifoncrs into Por* 
tinga le, toberenpon the &fog of Againe anD 
Thex.Booke* ' ~ 
m 
pn, 
auDDifcouerp ofthe fcas,inbicb bp tbe popes 
meanesat tbe laff inas enDeD, in fuel) fo?f„ 
tbatat this pjefent otfelp the pojfmgale tra* 
fickes to tbofe 3lnnDS.Cbefe BffanDs bane no 
e vber fpice then cloucs, but in fo great abun* 
D; c,tbat as it appearetb,bp themtbc tobole 
k -*<* fillch fberetottb. 3In this 3ilanD are 
founD fine hikes, tbep are bcrpDjp* burnt 
%uD, fbepbaue nothing els but Victuals of 
fieib anDfilb,but fo? Mice, Co?ne, £Drtpons, 
0arlicke,anD fuch like, anD all otber nccefla- 
rtes,fomc are b?ougbf from po?tingale, anD 
fome from other places thereabout, inhicb 
tbep take anD barter fo? clours. 2Dbe b?eab 
tobicb tbep bane there of fbetr oinne baking 
is of isjfflD 0? rates dike the men of Srafil lia* 
anD tbeir cloathesare of inouen ffraine 0 ? 
fierbes, faire to the epe: in tbefe 3lanDs on* 
iieisfounDtbe birD, tnbicb the po?tingales 
call pa Haros dc Sol, that is jfotole of tbe 
^unrtc, the Italians call it Mam codia - 
^,ltbe Hatiniffs, i^ara di feas,$ bp bscallcD 
paraDice birDes,fo? § beautp of tbeir feathers 
inbicb paffe al other biros:tbefc birDs are ne* 
ucr fame aliue,but being DeaD tbep are fonnD 
bpon the 3lanD:tbep flic,as it is faiD,altoaies 
into the &unne, anD kcepe tbemfelues conti* 
nuallpin the ap?e, initbdutligbfing on the 
earth, fo?tbepbaue neither fact no? inings,' 
but onelp beao anD boDp, anD the moff part 
taple, as appeared bptbebirDes tbat are 
b?ougbt from thence into SuDia^anD feme 
from thence betber : but not manp,fo? tbep are 
cpfflie. 3 b?ougbt ttoo of them toitb me, fo? 
Doftor paludanus, tobicb lucre male anD 
female,ii)bicb 3 gaue bnto b<m,fo?bts ebam* 
ber. SDbefe llanDS lie among Diuers other 
31anDs,anDbecaufe.tbere is no fpeciall notice 
of them, bpreafon pf the fmall connection 
imtb them: 31 let them pa(Te,anD turnc again 
tinto tbe coaff of Malacca; tobicb 31 left at 
tbeCapeof Singapura, anDfo Mlfbetoe 
the Coaff along, 
• The 22. ; Chapter. 
From the Cape Singapwa tp fchetowneof 
Sian, and the coaft of Cambdia^ and 
Cduchmcbina^ and the lies of Borneo s 
Lufons, sJManillios or ‘Tbtlippiftas. 
&em the Cape ofSingapura 
to tbe b®ke nameD Smofura 
eafffuarD, are 18 miles, 6 0? 
7 miles from thence Ipetb a 
cliffe in ^ fea calleD Pedra bi* 
— j anque,o?tobite ltock,tobere 
tbe ibippes that come anD gee to anD from 
China, Doe oftentpmes paffe in great Danger 
