of&tyi 
at large in the Declaring of tfjc BinDiantras f 
fcuites, meane time 31 faill retnme to the De* 
feription oftliccoaCslxiitt) their fituations. 
3from the cape of Comoriin trie coatt be*' 
ginnetri $o?th eatt to turne tnfaarDs again, 
till pou come to trie Cape of Negapatan, 
to'oieri Ipcs bnocr u.Degrees, ans is 60, 
mplcs Sittantfrom the capcofComornn. 
” Bfrorn trie cape of ^bmoriin ^>outh eatt 
$ bp fecuth about 40 miles into trie fca_ltc£ri 
trie furtheft comer of trie great llanb of Sey* 
lon,auD fo reaeheih #o;th ans bp catt, bnf ill 
pou come right cuer agatntt the cape of N c. 
gapatan, being sittant from the fame tons f 
trie fame cape io* miles, ans betfaane the 
fame lano ans that 3Ians there Ipetb fome 
b;ic grounses o? Iptlc Bilanss, tehcrebp it is 
manic times Dangerous fo; the ishippes that 
faplcbntoBengala ans trie coatt of cho;a- 
mande],njbicb rommcnlp paffc tfacugb tbat 
faap. SCbc 3 !tons of Sey Ion is in length 6 o. 
miles,ans in bjeastb 40,miles,from the fatt 
anDbttcrmott comer $o?th $ bp eatt, about 
1 Smiles bntcr 7 .Degrees ans anbalfe, Ipetb 
a fo;t belonging to the TPojttngafa calleS C oi 
lumbo,tbbicb.bp marc fojee % great char* 
ges is boloen ans maintaines, fo; that tbep 
bane no other place 0? pace of grouns,no not 
one fat, but that in all the 3Uar.o: it is but a 
fatal! fo2t, pet btrp ttrong anD facll guarScD: 
Che folSicrs that are therein, are commonlp 
fucb as arc banitbes fo; fome offence bp them 
com(ttcs,G2 fucb as baue seferues Death: ans 
fome Difljonctt luomcn,fo2 fome euill fact,arc 
put in there to bcare them ccmpanp. £T hep 
fetch al their ncceffaries out of Indians are 
often times affaileS bp their cnemies,the 3 in* 
habitants of the 31 lans, ans often times be* 
lieges, butaltoaics balianllp Defects them* 
fctacs. 
The 14, Chapter, 
Ofthe lhndofSejr/on. 
n ^c Blans of Seylon is fais 
to be one oftbcbcffjtoncs 
that in our time hath bane 
SifccucreD, ans the fruitful* 
leff baser the hcauens,tocU 
built faith houfes,ana inha* 
bites faith people,calico Cmgala s,ans arc al* 
mottof ttjapeans manners Ufa to tbofe of 
M<\ labar, faith long fapSc cares, but not fo 
blacfa of colour: thep goe naheS,onelp their 
members couercs: thep faeretoont to baue 
but one feing, but bailing murscres their 
fang,tbep bruises their countrie into manie 
feingsomes,anS not long fmee, a Ample bar* 
ber murthcres their chief bing, % faith S r eat 
Thei.Booke* 
tp;annieb2ought the fangseme bncer W 
fubicction, s;ming the other fangs cutoff 
countrie,fahereof one that toas a Cfaiffian, 
flesinto India, ansStoelletb at Goa, fahere 
he is Uept $ maintaines at the fangs charge* 
Chis barber, ns it is fais, hathmase him* 
felfe Hing,ans the faholc Blaus briber bisfuly 
iccticn, his name fans Raju, heliueth berie 
faarilp, ans is berie fnbtili,a gas folsier, but 
trailing no man: the Ginngaiam are not his 
gab ftienss, $ pet thep line in obcsiecc bnter 
him, mo?cth:cngb fo;ce ans fearc, then fo; 
leue 02 gas fail:fo; that he caufcth themfaith 
great tpjanrue to be cjre«?tcD,fo that no man 
Sarah flute again# him: he is Ufafatfea 
DeaDlp enemte to the pojtingall, ans about a 
pearc bcfo;e 3 came from India, he has be* 
fleges the fo?t of Colombo faith a great nft* 
ter of Ckphants,ans men,but bp meancs of 
p ]p02tingals that came thither out of India, 
be faas ccnttrapncb to b;cafa bp his flege 
beFo;cthefo;trefie. 
Che Blaus is fall of bite, ans there is one 
hillfo high,that it is rcpo;tes to be the htghett 
fall fa all lndia,anSiSCalleD Picodc Adam, 
SChc Bnsians hois fo? ccrtanc that paraSice 
faas in that place, ans that ^dam faas ere* 
atts therein, faping that pet bntill this Sape, 
there are feme of his fattteps feus bpon that 
hilt, tohich are faiihin the ttoncs, as if thep 
faere ingraucn,ans ncuer goc cut* 
^heBlans is full of all fo?ts of BnSian 
fruites ans ofal bins of fails beatts,as harts, 
hinsrc,faiis bo?es, hap:es, ccncps,ansfuch 
Ufa in great abunsance» of all fo;ts of fcules, 
as pcacoUs ,bennes,Soiics ans fucri Ufa: anO 
fo; otinges, lemons, ans citrons, it hath not 
oneJp the belt in al 1 ndia,but better then anp 
arefouns citherftl Spaine c? i’ortingal, to 
concluse, it hath manp.snS almott ail things 
that arc fours in India ffaougb all the feue* 
rail p; Dinners ans places thereof: it hath al* 
fo manic Bnsianpalmc trees , 0? nut trees, 
fahich are called coc ken tans ccrtanc creSible 
perfons Soc affirme,fahfch tols it ma,that in 
the fame 31 lans arc autmegges, Clones, 
ans pepper tr as, although there is no cer- 
taintie thereof, fo; that as pet thep hauc not 
bane b?ought, 0? btteres to fell among the 
Ch?ittians, but the beff Ctnamon in all the 
catt countries is there to be has, fabete it 
grofaeth in fahole faoses, ans from tbcnc$ 
is sifperfes into all places ofthe faotls* SCh@ 
Captaine that hapetb the fo?t is fojccs bp 
ttealth in the night time to iffue fojth # fetch 
this Cinamon into hie fo?t, fahereof he ma* 
feeth his pjinripal p?ofite, fo; much mo;c p;o* 
fite bath he not. ©This 311 ans hath UUefatfe al 
fanses of p?ecious ttones,e?ccpt 3>iamonss, 
