font £>aphftes > aSuWesf, SCopalTes, £>pfnelen, 
Ciranaden, I&obatFen, «c. the beff in all the 
Catt: it hath liketoife a filing fo? pearles, 
but pet ttjep arc not fo g®d as thofe tfjat are 
atBarcun bp Ormus : ithath liketoifemp? 
tics of Ctolo, filuer, and other metals. Che 
Sings of the Bland tolll not diggeit fcofth, 
but hape it fo: a great ffate i hono:3 fhinke 
rather it is but ilatten, beeaufeno man ben* 
fureth fo: if: it hath alfo pjon, j?lare,B:im? 
©one, and fuch like toare, alfo manp 3luo:ie 
bones,and Diners Clephantes, tohich are ac? 
rounteD fo? the belt in all India, and it is bp 
bapltc crpericnce found f o be true,that the eft 
ing brought before them, thep honour and re? 
ucrence thofe Clepkantcs: the natural borne 
people o? Cningali s are berpeunning too:k? 
men in (£»a!D, filuer, 35 uo:p, ^?on, anD all 
binDes of metal.that if is toonderfiikthep are 
much eftamedfo: the fame though al India, 
andbesrc the name ansprapfeabouc all the 
M ofthe Budiansithepmake thefasreft bar? 
rcls fa: paces that map be ratio in anp place, 
tohich thine as bright as if theP toere filuer, 
^p matter the ^fchbUhop had a cructfijre 
of Bluorte of an die long, p:efented bnto him, 
bp one of the inhabitantsof Ihcile, $made 
bp him fo cannmglpf toorkmanlp buought, 
that in the h'apre, bears, anD face,it famed to 
U aiiue.f m al other parts fo neatlp torought 
and pjopojtioncd in UmmeSjthat the like can 
not be bonetn al! Curope: ^thereupon mu 
mate carried it to be put into a caf^and fent 
bnto the king of Spahie,asa thing to be too* 
Dcred at,?.nd toojtbp of fo great a Ho:o,to be 
kept among his xcftlieft Bietocls. Bln fuch 
things thep are berp erperf and toonderful, 
and maruelous nimble and etpert in iugling, 
as toell men as toomcn,and trauell through? 
out the conntrfe of Tndia, togetmonep,ca? 
rpiughobbpho:fcsb)tth fhc,berp ffrange to 
behold. #nd this thall fnffice at this p:efent 
fo: the defeription ofthe Bile of Seylon# nob) 
Bltotll procadcto ffjebae pou ofthe toaff of 
Ghoramandel, tohere toa left before, being 
at the cape of Ncgapatan. 
The i f; Chapter^ 
Of the co a ft of Choramandel and the king* 
dome of N#rjinga or 'Bifnagar, 
$C coaft Of Choramandel be? 
gtnnctb from the capcof Nega- 
pa ta n 5 and fo ttrctcheth $ o:th I 
.... _J bp daft,bnto a place called Mu? 
fu1epatan,b)hich is y o,miles, and lietbbndet 
t d.degras and a half, ^ettoane thefe ttoo 
The i. JSooke. 
places,bpon the fame coaft, Ipeth a place cal? 
ledS.rhomasjbnder 13. degrasf anhalfe^ 
and is 4©. miles dtffant from Negapgtan. 
snhis place and Negapatan are inhabited bp 
the lpo:tuTgales,and in al the other places a? 
long the coaft, thephauetraffique artddea? 
ling. “Che afo:efaid place called S: Thomas 
bias in time paft a tobme of great traffique, 
and as then called bp the name of Mdiapor, 
and belonged to the kfngdomeof Na rflnga, 
tohofe king is note commonlp called king of 
Bifnagar, tohich is the name of his chief Ci? 
tie Inhere he kapeth his court-SChts ^otnne 
Ueth bnthin the land , and is notoethe chiefe 
cittie of Narilnga and of the coaft ofChora- 
mandd. SEhe naturall countrimen, arefoi 
manners, cuftomcs $ ceremonies, like thofe 
Of Ballagatc, decaniins f Cariafas, for thep 
are al one people, but otilp feparatc bp feueral 
tohercfo.ie this place inas named S.Thqmas, 
the ^Indians lap, that in the time, token the 
apoftles toere fent 1 fp:ead ab:oad fo p:cach 
the €>ofpeIl of our fauionr Cfmft fh:oughout 
the tohole too:ld,that S. Thomas the apollle 
came into that hmgdome of Narfinga, after 
he had bene in diners placesof India teach? 
ing $ poaching the too:d of (0od bnto thofe 
Indians and bnbeleuing pcople,but litle p:o? 
fited therein.fo: fo Tap the Ch:iffians that are 
come of thofe fame Countriemen, tohich S. 
Thomas conuerted andbaptifedin the faith 
of Ch:ift, tobom the ^oftingals found there 
at fuch time as thep entered info the counfrp 
hrtd pet find manp of them obferutng fhece? 
remomes ofthe (0rak Church in the Chal¬ 
dean tong,that bp no meanes toiUioine toifh 
the Po.JtmgaleS in their ceremonies: but not 
longfithence at fheftme ofmpbotitg in In- 
dia,there bias one of their iSilhops, that bp 
land frauclled to Kome, and there fubmifted 
himfelffo theEomiilj Church, pet obferu? 
ing and holding their ancient ceremonies and 
cuftomcs, tohich bp the laope toasfttU per? 
mitted bnto them: andtohenmp Iio:dfhe 
^rchbiOjop held a p:oumctall counfell toifhm 
the citie of Goa, tohere htsfuffraganes toerc 
a trembled,that is fofap,^ btftjops of Cochin, 1 
Malacca, and china, to authonje thcfatne, 
the afo:efapd IlStChop bias Itketolfe called 
thethcr, toho as then toas netolte come from 
Home, being made an ftrchbilbop, and toas 
pcrfonallp in the counfell,but toould not in a? 
ofanie points of his Religion, 0 : ceremonies 
froni the fuftraganes t from hisCh?tfttans P 
tohich toere commonlp called S>. Thomas 
Cfoifttans. I3ut returning to our matter, 
thepfap that tohen Thomas had long 
poached,andtaught inthe kingdomeofNaw 
ID finga. 
