20 <©ftl)egtean toa(f,fco 00ato fyt capeoe Contemn. 
But the better to hnoto tbe fituation of 
the countrep, pou mutt bnderffande that all 
thecoaft feuereofrmn India, is ttje loto land 
Iping 8* or 1 o; miles bponthecoaff, tohfch 
aforefatO, Daman s Bafaiin and Chaubbaue 
gobhanens, : - ml traffiqac is Bone 
throughout all Indian alt: *t)efe totones and 
countries ace tJeip fcnUfolf of Bpce, peafe, 
and other gratnes, Butter, andoplc cf|n* 
Blau $uttes: but opK of £Dltues is not to be 
fotmD in all the Caff / ndies, onelp tobat is 
brought out of Port ingall, and ether fucb 
Itfee prouiftons is there berp plentiful!; thep 
mafee alfo fome Cotton linnett, but berp lit* 
tie. 'Che totone of Chaul bath great traf* 
fiquefo Orrnus, Cambaia, to the CeBDe fea, 
to Sinde Mafquate ,Bengala, &c. fbatl) 
manpricb£parcbants, and fbippes: there 
isaplacebpChau!,tobicbis the old totone 
of the naturall borne count rpmen, Inhere OP 
uers hindes of filKcs are toouen, of all fortes 
anD colours, as Crogcran,£>attin,2Daffata, 
^arfeenet, and fucb lifeeffnffes, in fo great 
abounoance, that India auo all other places 
bordering the fame, are feruco therewith: 
toberebp the inhabitantes ofChaulhauea 
great commcditie, bp bringing the rain ftlfce 
out of China,fpinning and tneauing it there* 
and againe being toouen, to carrie anti Oiffri* 
bute it throughout all India.Bhere are Itke- 
toifeniaoemanpano ercellent faire oeffces, 
beeffeds, fltoles for toomen, couereoinith • 
ffuafes of all colours, and fucb like mareban*' 
iiifes, toberebp thep bane great traffique: 
SChere U lilsetoife great Core of Ctnger, as 
alfo all the coaff along, but little efftemeo 
there: Cbis lanB calico tbe$ortb part,hath 
a berp holefome ano temperate apre, anD is 
thought to be p foundeft 9 bealtbfomeff part 
of all /ndia^fo? the tolnne of Dm, ano the 
coaft of Malabar is berp bnbolefome.Cbefe 
Indians, as alfo thofeof Cambaia tobteb 
arc calico Benianen, and Gufarrates, anO 
thofeof the lanoe that Ipeth inlnaroes from 
Decam, tobteb oinell bpon the hill, calico 
i?allagatte„ tobteb are nameo Decaniins, 
ano Canaras, are altogether of pellolne co* 
lour, ano fome of them fometobattobtfer, 
others fomeinhat brolnner, but thofe that 
Otoe l on the fea coaff, arc Different ano much 
blacher, their ff stores, bifagesanO limmes 
arc altogether like men of Europeans thofe 
of the coaff of Malabar, tobteb ffretcbetb 
anobeginneth 12. miles from Goa ^outh- 
tnaro,anoreachethtothecape de Comoro 
in, tobofe naturall borne people are calico 
Malabaren,lnhich are thofe that oinell bpon 
the fca coaff,arc as biache as pitch, Initb be* 
rie blache ano fmoth haire,pet of boOies,lims 
ano bifages, in all tbinges proportioneo Ithe 
men of Europa : SEhefc are the beff foloiers 
in all India, ano the principal! enemies that 
the IPojfingalles baue, ano inhich trouble 
themcontmuallp. 
The i.Booke« 
is that Inhereof Ine fpeafce,and is calico Cun* 
cam, ano then there is a high or hillp Conn* 
trep, inhich rcacheth aUnoff bnto the shies, 
ano ffretcbetb from the one enoe bnto the 0? 
tber, beginning at Daman or Cambaia te 
the Cape de Comoriin, ano the bttermoff 
corner of In dia, ano all that follolneth again 
on the other coaff called Choramandcl* 
SDhts high lano on the top is berp flatte and 
g©OtobutlObpon,calleO Ballagatte,anO De* 
can, ano is inhabited ano OiuiOeO among OP 
uers ftfngs andgouemors.Cbe inhabitants 
ano natural borne countrimen,are common* 
Ip calico Decaniins, anO Canaras, as in the 
oefeription of Coa ano the territories thereof 
ihalbeparticularlp ffjetoeo, toitb the ihapes, 
falhions ano counterfcites of their bodies. 
Churches, houfes, tnbs> piantes, ano 
fruites,9c. 
The 11. Chapter, 
Of the coaft of India, that is from Goa to 
the cape de Qomoriin 7 and the furtheft 
corner of th e lande, which is called the 
coaft oisJMalabar, 
!£e coaff of Malabar be* 
ginneth ffem Cape de Ra* 
mos, tobicb Ipeth fro Goa 
£>outbtoardes ten mplcs, 
anocnoeth at the Cape de 
Comoriin,tntfme paff cal* 
led Corii, tobieb is 100. ano 7* or 8. miles, 
Inhereonlie the places hereafter follotoing, 
tobieb are inhabited bp the portingals, ano 
kept toith fortreffes; firff from the faio Cape 
de Ramos to the fortrefie of Onor are tenne 
miles, Iping full bnocr 14. degrees, and is 
tnbabiteo bp the portmgalles. SDhereis 
great quantitp of pepper, for that thep are 
able euerp pearc to lade aihippctotth7* 0? 
8 . thoufand ^uintalles of pepper, portm* 
gal toaigbt, $ it is the beff ano fulleff berries 
in all /Malabar or India. 'ChtS lanObelOH* 
geth toateenc named Batycola, tohich 
is a totonenot farre from thence intoardes 
toherin Jl>c fc&pefb her Court; it is fhc that 
fellcth the pepper, and Beliueretb it bnto the 
Sparcbanfes factors, that lie in Onor , but 
thep muff altoatcs oeliuer their monepffre 
monthes before thep recepue their pepper, 
othertoife thep get it not: then Che deliuereth 
the pepper, tohffh bp one of the Ifaffors is 
receiueo 
