£>f of cpatopwa. 
perour ans ifjt'ef of al tfje reff, ans comman¬ 
ds that tbep£)ouls all acknotole&ge him as 
efjeir g>oueraigne,ans tbep bis baflaUes,ans 
at bis commandment: toberebp,euen bntill 
this time, the iungof Calicut belsetb the 
name of Sa mdriin,ltutb tfjc commansemcnt 
ans authorise ouer the other kings through* 
out tbe tobolecountrtc of Malabar, bp fad) 
means as pou bane bears before,tubicb none 
tbe king toet on pilgrimage to Mecca, tuber 
be en&es bis Dapes: ano tbe Samorim toitb 
tbe other kings, continues each man in bis 
netuehingsomejtuboie fucceffojs bntilltbis 
sap Soe continue, ans gouerne tbe fais king* 
SomeSjOnelptbe Samorim isfometobatim* 
bafes, anstbehing of Cochm craltes, fince 
tbe portingals ariues in tbe 31 nsies, as it is 
fais before* 
SEbefe Makbares are ercellettt g®S foist* 
curs, ans goe nahes, both men ans toomen, 
onelp their priup members coueres, ans are 
tbe prtncipallcfi enemies that tbe Portingals 
baue,ans tobicb soe tbem molt butt: ans al* 
though commonlic tbep baue peace toitb tbe 
Samoriin, anObolS fontanp forts bpon tbe 
lans,as pou baue bears before,pet tbe A/ala* 
bares baue theft bauens,as Chale,Calicur, 
Cunhalf,Paiiane, ans others, from tubence 
toitb boates tbep mak roass into tbefea, ans 
soe great mifcbicfmakmg manpa peoje mer* 
chant, ^be Samoriin llketoifeiibenfbe top 
taketb him in tbe bcas, breaketb tbe peace, i 
that bp the counfell of the spabometanes. 
icbo in all things are enemies to tbe Cbritfi- 
ans,? f&ke to so them mifebief-* ans becaufe 
oftbcMalabaresinuafions, tt>c portingall 
fleet is forces etterp peare to put forth of Go a 
in tbe fummer-fime, to harpe the coatt, ans 
to preferue the merchants that trauaill tbofe 
coutries from § Malabars,fo? that the molt 
trafffquein India, is tn jfoills liUegallepes, 
tobercin tbep f raffique from the one place to 
tbe other, tobicb is their Saplieliuing $ occu* 
paftons,as it fljalbe fbetocs at large: ans pet 
there are continuall ppracies commutes on 
the fea, tobat orser foeuer tbep take, toberbp 
pouje marebats are taken prifoncrs,$ robbeO 
of all tbep baucXbe Ians throughout is berp 
fruitful!,"grane anspleafanttobebolse, but 
bath a berp nopfome ans pelf iferous apre for 
fucb as are not borne in the countric, ans pet 
pepper Sotb onelp grotoe cntbiscoalt, al* 
though iome groloetb bp /J/allacca in certae 
parts of tbe Ians, but not fo much, for from 
hence is it lasen ans conucpcs throughout the 
toboletoorls. 
ff*hc i; Bookc, 
The 13. Chapter; 
Of the Hands called tJMaldyua^t her wife 
U)ialdjHa^ 
3fsht ouer againit the cape of 
Comoriin 60, miles into the 
featoctttoarD,thc3lanss cal* 
lesMaldyuaSce begin, ans 
from this cape on tbe ^ortb 
fpsefhep liebnser 7.segrtos,f fo reach fouth 
fouth eaft, till tbep come bnser 3 .segrtos on 
the fouth fise,tohich is 14°* ntpies. ^ome 
fap there are 11 o bo. HlanSs, but it is not 
certaincip knotonc, pet it is molt true, tbep 
arefomanp, thattbepcan notbenumbres. 
SEbe inhabitants are like the lylalabares: 
feme of thefe ilan&s arcmbabitcS, ans fome 
not inhabiteSjfo? thep are berplotoe groans^' 
like the COtintrie of Cochin,/ianganor.&c. 
ans fome of them are fo lotoe, that thep arc 
commonlie coueres toitb the fea: the Mala- 
bares fap, that tbofe ilan&cs In time palf &:S 
iopne fait bnto the finite Ians of MA abar, % 
toere part of the fame Ians, ans that the £>ea 
in proeelFe of fpme hath eaten them atoap, $ 
fo feparateS them from the firme lans.SEbere 
is no merchansije to be has In tbem,but onlp 
coquen,\uhich are SInsian nuttes,ans capro, 
tobicb are the Allies of the fame nuts, 1 that 
is the Simian bemp,toberof thep mak ropes, 
cables,ans other ftich like commosit iesUbofe 
are there to be founs in fo great abounSance, 
that toitb them thep feme the tubole countrp 
of 3 lnSia,anS al the oriental coafihof the tocos 
of tbe fame trees thep make $emfclucs boats 
after their manner, tuith all thingstothem 
belonging: of tbe leauestbep makefaples, 
fotocs togetbertoitb firings mase of tbe nut- 
fbelleSjtoitbout anp ironnaplcs, ans fo being 
lasen toitb tbe nuttes ans other parts of tbe 
fais trees, tbep come ans trafificke tuitb tbofe 
of tbe firme Ians, tbeir bittuals in the Ifjtp be* 
fng tbe fruite of the fame tree: fo that to con* 
duse,tbe boate toitb all her furnitures, tbetr 
marcbanSifcs ans their blctuals is all of this 
palme tra,ans that mamtatneth all the inha* 
bitants of the 3 llanss of Maldyua,ans there* 
toitb thep traffieke tbroughout Insia: there 
are fome of thefe nuttes in the fais Stans that 
are more elf cefncs then all the nuttes in in* 
Sia, for that thep are geos againft all popfen, 
tobicb are berie faireans great,ans blacktfht 
31 fatofome that toere prcleteS bntc the vice 
roy of 3lnsia, as great as abelTeU of jj-canes 
3 nSianmeafure,ano ccftabcue 3 00. pat* 
Satoen, tobicb lucre to fens bnto the King of 
spaine. ^Df this tm ans her frmtcs,togctbcr 
toitb the bfage thereof, 5 tosll sifeourfe more 
at large 
