4-S 
£>f ttyt % anUB^ottB <2>oa. 
as if tljcp lucre .faints * SDhcp ha& obtaincb 
fo mud) fcmour of the p)opc, that hce gran# 
tee form a 35 iflioppe of their ojber, (tohich 
is contrarte to tljctr p?,Qfdrion)toho came out 
of p>Djtmgalc to be Bifljop in Iapon,butbp- 
cb in the toap, bettoane pojtingale anb In- 
cia:^utce that thep hauepjocureb an other, 
fo that to condube, thep bane all the p?ape 
Uiiba* theirdairies- 0s libetoife thepbee en# 
top ana polMe the p?incipallefl places of Re¬ 
ligion in all India-, luhcre thep builbemott 
pjtncdp houfes, tohich no man tiareth toith- 
ftanb o? refufe them, neither anp of the Reli# 
gtous o?t>ers, hauc fhemeanes o? luealth to 
boe the Itlte. i£his thep fetioto full toell botoe 
to b)ing topalTe, fo? that there is not anp 
thing, from tobence thep toil! not fucheo? 
bjatoout fomc profit o? abuantage, ojelfe 
thep hsue tl)C flight, anb cunning hoto to get 
it as toell front the Ring,anb from other #o# 
blcnten anb cttates,as alfo from the common 
people, it feemeth in a manner that thep be# 
tottcb men tuith their fubtill pjaettfes anb oe- 
&rifes,anb are fo tod pjactifeb anb erperimen# 
tebin trabeef marebanbifes, that thep fur# 
jpaffe all toojlblp men. condube, there is 
not anp commobtite to be hab o? reapeb tbob 
mtgbout all India, but thep haue their part 
therein, fo that the other ojbers anbReltgi# 
ous perfons, as alfo the common people, boe 
Blind) murmur thereat, anb feme to bifltKe 
of their couctous humo?s. 
0 littlebeponb Iapon bnber 34. anb 3;. 
bcgrfrs, not farrefrom the coatt of China, 
Ipeth an other great 3ilanb,calleb Infula dc 
Core, lohereof as pet there is nocertaine 
Imotolebge, neither of the greatnefle of the 
lountrie, people, no? toares that are there to 
befounb. 
Ifromcft/akau €att$ 03 tbeatt, biflant 
aboue 9®. miles Ipe ccrtaine Bilanbes, calleb 
Lequeo Pequeno, 03 little Lequeo, anb Ipe 
about 2 o. miles biflant from the firme lanb 
of China, anb 90. mfles farther in the fame 
courfe, Ipe other Bilanbs, calleb Lequeo Ma¬ 
jor, 03 great Lequeo . 0U thcfe 3 ilanbesare 
trauelleb bnto,anb inhabiteb bp tbofeofChi* 
na, lohereof loe toill nolo ceafe fo fpeahe,tfll 
an other time, (hauing particularlpmabea 
b?iefe bifeourfe in an other place, of all their 
manners, cuflomes, toares,anbmarebam 
Offes, accusing to the traeffinffrutfions3 
coulb finb) anb fo loill reform againe to the 
befertption of Goa, together toith the places 
bo^enng about the fame. 
The ?. 6 Books. 
oThe 2 7. Chapter* 
A lhortrelationofthe land lyingbehirid 
Goajinthe iarifdkdion whereoflyeth 
the laid towne of Goa^ and oftlie On# 
ginall of their Kings and Gouernours* 
with their names, bytrue information 
giuen by the inhabitants themfeluSS, 
together with their Hiltories* 
<£fo?e 35 begin totojifcof 
the folone anb 3Hanbe of 
Goa, loilh the coaffes,fu* 
pertttfions, anb othercu- 
ftomes of tl)e countrie, ip* 
ing behinbe anb rounbe a# 
bout Goa, astoelltobere 
the |0o?tfngales inhabit,as Inhere the nafiue 
countrie men are rcflsenf, 31 thought it con# 
nenient to begin initb the fame fomiuhat fur¬ 
ther off, then at the pjefent time, the better 
to bnberflanb the oHguiall of the people,toge# 
therluith the pjincipall caufes ofthe biuifi# 
ons of the fame countries anb natiohs,as al# 
fo their Kings names anb furnames . SCheti 
pon mutt bnberttanb that about 3 00. peares 
pafl, there toas a mightie King of the town# 
trie of Deli, tohich Ipeth toitbin the lanb he# 
hinb Goa onthe^oithflbe, anb bo?bereth 
bpon the lanb of Coraconc,belonging to the 
JRing of Peril a, toherein are mabc the rich 
calleb Alcatyfifes, tohich lanb of Deli is be# 
riecolbe,anbhath §moto anbBBeettHCIifcfc 
the^etherlanbs.'Shis h?ug of Deli fought 
trnber his fubiemon,all the countiiesbojber# 
ing about him,among the luhich there Z> e- 
cam, Cuncam,Baliagate, anbtl)elaubC of 
Goa. 0 t the fame time the countrie of Cam# 
baia, tohid) is biflant from Goa abbut 166; 
miles $G3tbtoarb, luas ouerrinine anb ta# 
hen fojciblp bpthe ^o?es, « ^)abbiWefans, 
anb brought the natural countrini^ni calleb 
Reysbutos being hcathens,tdit!) great tpjstV 
Die bnber their fubiectibri. Che lanb of i?alla# 
gate,anb Decam toas befoje inhabltcbbp 
heathens, that tuere berie mightie anb of 
great poluer, tohofefuccdlbjs are notocaU 
leb Venefares , anb others that pet btuell 
toithin the countrie calleb Colics: tohich 
Colics, Y encfares,anbRcysbutos Of ft mfi 
baia boe vtt liue bp robbing anb flealirt^anb 
thofe of Cambaia pap ftibute to the faibb Rc- 
ysbutos, becaufe thepihoulb nottobbeanb 
fpople them, but fuffer them to line irt peace* 
Che Coiies anb Venefares alfo recefuetri¬ 
bute of the menof Decam anb Ballagate:foj 
that the Kings cotilb ueuer as pet ouercome 
them 
