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and that not often, but the mod part of them 
hue in furl) fort, as 3 haue fljetoed pou, al¬ 
though there are feme handle crafts men, as 
|?at-maUers,&hoe-maliers,£>aplemahcrs, 
and Capers: but molt of them baue their 
ffaues to toorfce in their (hops, andthe maif» 
ters tohcn thep toalhe bp and dotone the 
dreetes,goe as p:o«dlfe as the bed: for there 
one is no better then an other, as thep thinh, 
the rich and the pare man all ono,toithout a* 
Sip difference in their conucrfatfons,curtcftes 
aitD companies, ail other handle crafts men 
and toorbmen,are moft Indians,heathens, 
and Chridians of the landmo man is permit* 
ted to the liberties of being a free Citizen of 
the totone, but fuch as are marrped and red* 
dent therein. 
Chereare amongthem but ttoo manner 
of people, that is, married men and foldiers, 
for that all poung men bnmarried are named 
foldiers, tohich is the bell name that a man 
tan haue, not that the foldiers are anp toaies 
bound 03 bnder the commandcment and regi* 
ment of anp Captain, tohich throughout in* 
dia, is not bled but tohenthe porfingalles 
tome into India out oPPortingall, and are 
artued there, euerp man goeth tohere hee 
fhinhethbed, although in Portingall euerp 
mans name that goeth in the CEpppc is torit- 
fen and regidred, tohich is done in this forte: 
tuerp man is toritten bp, both his name and 
firname, toith a note tohat pap thep recepue 
of theming, tohereoffomebearethetptle of 
Fidalgo da Caza del Rey noflas Senor, 
that is, a Centlcman of the binges houfe, 
tohich is the cbtcfcft title: there are others 
named Mozos Fidalgos, tohich is alfo an 
honorable fitle,and thep arecommonlp €>en* 
tlemens fonnes, or bp the lunges fauour ad* 
naunced therebnt o: SCbere are pet others 
that are named Caualhiero Fidalgo, tohich 
is not fo much as the other ttoo, petit is an 
honorable title, and is the title of a hnight, 
toho for fome baliant act bp bim done is made 
fenigbt,tobich thep do for a fmall matter: for 
that if he do anp act to be accounted of, or bee 
in a manner at fuch an action doing,prefent* 
Ip he is of a Captaine or a Centleman made 
a hnight, tohereof thep much boad them- 
felues: and it is notoe grotone fo common a* 
mong them, that beep Cato bopes and o- 
thers as meane as thep, are made tmigbtes: 
there are others alfo that are named Mofos 
da Camara, doNumeio, e doSerui^o, 
tohich ts feruantes to the Jiiing, fome of his 
chamber, fome of his accounts, and fome for 
his feruice, this is the fird title or degree of 
credite, toherebp through their gad feruice 
thep attaine bnto better, and are more glo?i* 
ous of their titles, then of all the riches in the 
The iaBooIce. 
toorld. SChere are alfo that are named Efcu- 
deros Fidalgos, that is Cfquires* tohich is 
lifeetoife a degree ofcredit: 4 Dthers are named 
Homines honorados, tohich is me of honor, 
and the pored among them (tohich are not 
named bp anpfitle)are fetdotone for foldiers, 
tohich are the common and rafcall fort: thefe 
are euerp man paide their toages according 
f o their titles, and map each man in his qua* 
litte (bp long feruice, or fome god action, but 
mod bp fauour) rife to higher degree; for that 
accordingtotheir tpfles their feruice is re- 
toarded. ICheporfingallestohich fails fo? 
India,bct'ngthus regidred $ toritten Dotone, 
the faid ftegidcr at their arriuall there,is de* 
liueredfobe feept bp one of the hinges £Dffi* 
cerstherebnto appointed, tohich euerp three 
peares is Ithetotfc changed, as other offices 
are, and is called the chiefs CIcarHe of the 
Mati icoia Cenerall, and hath thr® or foure 
bnder Clearhs at his commandcment, $oto 
in India tol)cn fummer time commeth, and 
that it is ncedefullo? neceffarpto fend out art 
armic for fome erpedition to be done,or for to 
hfrpe the coad,to conuop and fafe*conduct the 
trauelling sparcfjants that daplp faple f o and 
from India, therebp to defend them and to let 
the Malabares their enemies from iffuing 
forth to hurt them (as nottoithdanomg thep 
pearlp doe:) then againd §>eptember(tohtcS 
is the beginning of their Sommer) the drum 
is dridsen bp,and it is proclaimed,thaf toho- 
foeuer toill feme the lung in htsflade bp Tea, 
let him come to the Matiicoia Cenerall to 
recepue his moncp, and then bp the tHirerop 
there is ordained a chiefe Captaine,and other 
bnoer Captains for euerp jrude and fallen: 
and in euerp gallep there is about a hundreth 
men, and in euerp ifude thirtiemen, little 
more or leffe.Chcfc are all paide bp the Ma. 
tricola, according to their fptles euerp man 
as thep are regidred, tohen thep come out of 
Portingal: and this pap is made euerp quar* 
ter, each quarter containing throemonthes, 
that is,the common foldier feuen pardatoen, 
called Xcraffins (euerp paroatoe three te- 
doncs Portingall monep) and a man of ho* 
nor nine pardatoen.Xbe Mofo da Camara 
orferuant of the chamber eleuenpardatoen, 
ffo bp degrees: tohich done the Captaincs 
bidde their foldiers to a banhet, and of their 
oton purfes giue them fomething befioe their 
pap, for that euerp Captaine faeketh to haue 
the bed foldiers, and bup much bictnailes and 
other thmges at their otone charges, thereby 
to haue their foldiers gtodtoilles, andtobfe 
them toel. SChep fit altogether at one fable in 
the jfudesorCallies, tohere the Captaine 
bfeth thefoldiers toith great fauour and curte* 
(teg fo? othertoife theptooulde not much e* 
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