f&ottfaces anti m Cljttta, 
4 ° 
beads, andbponittbepputa paceof&flKe 
netting. Ojofctbat dtoell on tbe &ea fide, 
biitb tobome the po?tingals traffiguMbat 
is in Machau and Canton, are a people of a 
bjotomSb colour, liUetbe tobite 2p©?es in 
Africa anD Barb aria, anD part Of the &pa* 
niards, but ttjofc that dtocll Unttjtn the land, 
are fo? colo | ItKe^eiberlanders $ high 2Dut* 
cbes&bere are ntaup among tbcm tbat are 
clcaneblacKe, lnt)ict) bane great epes and 
much beard, but berie feto of them,as it map 
iocll bee thought, and as tbe men of China 
tbemfelues repojt. &beir offpnng bias out 
jjf Tartaria, o? from other of tbeir neigh* 
boars of ffraunge Countries, at Qicbtime 
fejhcn tbep bad licence to trauailcinto tbofe 
Countries, and to bane conuetfation butb 
tbcm bp trade of marebandife, tehicb notne 
tbep map not doe, as it is faidc define. SEbep 
bfe to foeare tbe naples of their left bands be* 
rp long, and on tbe right bandfbojt, tohicb 
tbep bold fo? an autfeient ceremonie of tbeir 
la to and beliefe. SDbetr apparel! (as 3 faid be* 
foje) is molt of ^tlhe of all colours, that is 
fucb as are of foeftb,* indifferent rich, others 
ft fucb as are poojc,do foeare apparel of Cot* 
ton lumen, $ of blache and coloured £>apes, 
and fucb lifccffuffe: Cloth made of Mooli 
no? tuieluet tbep can not mafee in all China, 
although there toantetb no tuooll, and tbep 
bauemanp C^aepe: notlnitbffanding, tbep 
lutein not bob) to bfeit, and toonder much 
at it b)bentbepo?tingaIles bjing it tbetber. 
SCbe toomen goe berie ricblp apparelled, 
lultb long and bude <£ 5 otones, tbcpbieare 
manp kernels on tbeir beades, Vuitbrntbctr 
bafre, and alfobppon tbeir bodies, tbep doc 
commonlp bold tbeir bands couercd, tbep are 
but little fame ab?oad,but fit molt part toitb* 
in the boure, andeffome it fo? a great beauti* 
fptng bntotbemtobaue fmall fate, to tbe 
bobicb end tbep bfe to binds tbeir fate fo faff 
toben tbep are pctutg,tbaf tbep cannot grobi 
to the full, inberebp tbep can bardlp goe, but 
in a manner balfelamc. Mbicb culfome tbe 
menbaue brought bp,to let them from much 
going, fo? that tbep are berie icalous,and bn* 
meafurable leacbcrous and bncbalt, pet is it 
eff anted a beautifping and comlineffe fo? tbe 
luomcn. SDbofe that are of anp tuealtb o? c* 
ffafe,are bom in cbatrestb?ougb the ffreets, 
banged and cowered bjitb ^fihe, Baffin, 
andgmmaffce Curtins, tuouentoifbfiluer 
and goldc tb?ades, and baue fmall boles to 
loohetb?ougb, fo tbat tbep mapfaanduot 
be fane* 
Thci 4 Booke 4 
The 24* Chapter. 
Of the Frouinccs, Townes, and othas 
things’worthie ofmemarie in the king* 
dome of Cl?/#*. 
l^e hfngtrcme of China is 
deluded into 1 $ p?cutnccs J 
eucrp one being as great 
(as it is repo?ted f fotrnde 
Vbjilten) as tbe beffhtng* 
dome in Europe, and are 
gouerned bp a naicerope 
o? Couernour, tobicb bp tbe Chinaes is cal* 
led Cochin ♦ luhjo of tbe faid p?ouinces ace 
ruled bp tbe King bimfelfe and bis CorniceO, 
feibtcbare Tolanchia and paguia, tobertbe 
fttng isaltoaies refident, 2Cbe other to¬ 
urnees are called Foquiem, Olam, Sin fay, 
Xanfay, Oquiam, Auc\\co y Hona , Can¬ 
ton, Quicheo, Chequeam, Saxi, Aynaon, 
Sufuan^oft of tbefe touinces baue riuers 
and boaters running tb?ougbfbem, f baue 
conference and familiarttie bp buping and fei 
ling tottb each other both bp Voaterandbp 
land. 3t is reeo?ded bp the chinaes them* 
fclues in tbeir Cb?onlcles, that in tbefe fif* 
tanetourneestbecafe s 9 l >cbtefeCift tes 
15-93 .other Cttties,befides btllagesitobere* 
of fome are fo greats Citties:b)berebp pon 
map confider the greatneffe of the land.^off 
of tbe Cotoncs are built bppon riuers and 
tunning ffreames, and clofed about iuitb 
bjoade ditches, and tbtclte ffone bJalles, 
Mitbout the Malles betfoane them 
and the Hatches, fg a toaihe, tobere flee 
men on l^ojfe badte mape rpde in ranfee* 
and the lifee toitbfii, tobicb fpace is mad® 
to mende and repair® the Malles tobenf 
nade requiretb, thereof tbep arc berp cat^* 
full, and lake toarilp tmto them. Stbe high 
hingdome, arefairelp paued, and all along 
eucn and fmotb till pou come to the bite, and) 
the entrance 0? Frontefpicio of the Citties^ 
berie coff Ip and too?femanlp built toitb tb?® 
0? foure Cates one bp tbe other, all ffrichere 
ouerfull of 3ron, and tbe ffrotestoitbintbe 
Citftes and tillages berp fairelppaued,and 
plapned as ffraigbt as a line,and eucn in 
b2cadtb, fo that if pou If andat the endc of a 
itraf e, pou map fit to the other ende, bp rea* 
fon of the Itraightnes bee it neuer fo long. < 3 £ 
the end of eucrp If rote, are certame faults 
made,tnherem are luares andmarchandifes 
of all coff Ip things, and p?iccs that man can 
i»Ob 0? defire, ^Duer cue rp ft rate there are 
diners Arches made of ffone, berie finelpand 
cunninglp painted, tobicb are fet in the 
ff;ates ? 
