r mityi Co^ttDf %i 
reccpucd and latobp lutein the fo:trc6fe, till 
the fijippes of /orringall come thether to 
take in tljctr lading of pepper: 2Dhcrc is 
kkeinifemuch Iftpce. SChis fojftcCTe is not 
much frequcnted,but onelp in the time of la* 
Ding of their pepper, mbit!) Mhin feinc 
peares bath bane ijfcd to be laden there, fo: 
Mo?c thep tfeD not to lade anp in that place, 
jrrom Qnor to the toinne of Barfelor arc 
i r. miles, anD Spetb tinder 13. Degrees: it is 
alfo inhabited bp po:ttngalles as Onor is: 
there is great lfo:c offtpee $ pepper: from 
Barfelor to Mangalor are 9* miles, anD Ip* 
etb bndcr ttuelue degras, anD a bake, iobtcb 
alfo is a fojtreffe inhabited as the others arc 
bp po?fingals,anDhath great Uo;t of pep* 
per and Bpce* 
jfrom Mangalor to Cananor are If ♦ 
mptes,tobtcb Ipeth right fcnder n. degras 
anDahalfc. %W is the belt fofttefie that 
the po?tingalles baue in all Malabar , anD 
there is much pepper: 2 Che Malabars 
inithout the fojtreffe haue a tillage, totth 
manp houfes therein, built after their man* 
ncr; therein there is a market holDcn cuerp 
Dap, in the tohich all ktnDes offcictuatles arc 
to be bad, tohich is inonderfull, altogether 
like the Hollanders 'markets* Sphere pou 
find Rennes, Cgges, ^utter,f^onp, 31 n 0 tatt 
£Dple, and Sindian figges, that are brought 
from Cananor, lubicbareijcrp great, anD 
inithout erceptionthe beft inaU India : of 
the tuhich fc:fs offcictuatles, inith other fuch 
likethep haue great quantities: alfo terp 
faire anD long maftesfo: fljippes,fucb as bet* 
ter cannot be found in all Norway, and that 
in fo great numbers, that thep furnilh all the 
countries rounde about them. Sit is a berp 
greencandpleafantlande tobeholde, full of 
faire high trees, anD frultfullof all thinges, 
fo is the inhole coaft from Malabar all along 
the thoje. 8mong thefe Malabars the 
inhitc Mores do inhabite that belaue in Ma- 
homer, and their greateff fraffique is bnfo 
the reddefea, although thep map not Doe it, 
neptheranp other Indian inithout the po:* 
tingalles pafpojt, othcrinifefhe pojtingals 
armp(inhtch pearlp failefh along the coalf s, 
1 0 keeps them clears from fea rouers) fo: the 
fafetie of their marcbanfs,finding them 0: a* 
np other Sindian 02 nation inhatfoeuer,at fea 
inithout a pafpojt, inoulde take them fo: a 
p:ije, as oftentimes it happeneththat thep 
bingftjippesfrom Cambaia, Malabar, 0: 
from the ile of Sumatra, anD other places 
that traffiquefo the reDDc fea. SDhefc ^/ores 
of Cananor kape friendihippe inith the po:* 
tingalles, bccaufe ofthefo:trefle inhich hoi* 
doth them in fubiection, pet couerf Ip are their 
Deadlp enemies, and fecretlp contribute and 
Thei.Booke. 
pap great fummes of monep fo the other 
Calabars, to the cnDe that thep ChoulDe 
mifehiefe anD trouble the po:tmgailes, bp 
all the meanes thep can Deuife, inhofc fo:mc 
anD images Do folloin after thofe of Goa and 
cj^/alabar. 
jfrom Cananor fo Calecutarg S.mtles, 
inhich Ipeth fulibnDer r r. Degrees: 2 Dhis 
toinneof Calecut hath in times paft bane 
the molt famous SColnnem all Malabar 0: 
In dia, anD it inas the chiefe toinne of 
labar inhere the Samoriin, inbtcb is the 
€mperour,holDeth his Court, but bccaufe 
thepo:tingallesat their firftcsmmingand 
Dtfcouering of In dia, inere oftentimes Decep* 
ueobphim, theprefo:feD to the Sung of 
Cochin^ tnho as then inas fubiect to the Sa¬ 
moriin, being offmall poiner. 35 ut inhen 
fhepo:tingals began fo p:ofpcr in their en* 
ferp:ife,anD fo get poficfTion in the counfrep, 
ano fo became maitters of the fea, Calecuc 
beganne to decap,and to lofe both name and 
f rafique, and noine at this time it is one of 
thefotunes of lealf account in all /t/alabar 
and Cochin to the contrarie, their Iking be¬ 
ing berp rich,anD richer then the Samoriin, 
fo that noin he careth not fo: him, bp means 
of the fanour anD help he findeth at the hands 
ofthepo:ttngalles. 
ifroni Caiecut to Crangador are tenne 
mples, and Ipeth tinder tenne degrees and a 
haffc: there the po:fingalles hauea jfo:* 
trefTe. 
Bfrom Cranganor to Cochin are tonne 
miles,and Ipeth not full fender tenne Degrees. 
SChe toinne of Cochin is inhabited bp po:* 
tmgais,anDnaturall borne Indians,as spev* 
labars and other Indians that are rh:tlfe* 
ned: it te almoft as great as Goa,berp po* 
pulous, and inell built inith faire houfes. 
Churches, and elopfters, and a fap:e am 
moft pleafant Kiuer, inith a good channel!, 
and ahauen: a little bepande the toinne to* 
inards the land runneth a fmall riuer 0: ina* 
ter, inhere fomefimesmen map paffe ouer 
d:p fffitedron the further fide inhereof Ipeth 
a place called Cochin Dacyma, and if is 
aboue Cochin, tnbicb is infhc turifutaton of 
the Calabars, inho as pet continue in their 
oinnereligion: there the Iking kapeth his 
Court: Bit is tjerp full and inell built inith 
houfes after Che Sindian manner, and hath 
Itkeinife a market euerp dap, inhere all kind 
of thinges are fo be bought, as in Cananor, 
but in greater quantities. “Che land of Co- 
.chin is an 31 Hand, and it is in tnanp places 
' compared about, and though the 3!flc inith 
fmall Uiucrs. 
ISight ouer againft Cochin 3 |io:fhinarde 
Ipeth an other Bifiand called Vaypiin, inhich 
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