BfasaomeofCAmtiata. 
Cbcp mahe feme tberoffo Mzjfyzt pou can 
nctperccpue the fhraedes,fo that for finenede 
itfurpafietb anp Holland cloth, they mahe 
Ithetoife manp Carpets, called Alcatiflfas, 2Cotonc ofDiu Cad an?- £iotub fortie 
but thep are neptber fo fine no? fo gcod ass 
tbofe that are brought fo Or mus out of Per* 
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land ffandetb the totone andfortrefie of Da 5 
man toljicb is Mahl,febwtbe IBorfingalles* 
andfendertbefr fjibic$6n, diftai# from the 
fia, and an other fort of cotirfe Carpets,tbaf 
are calico Banquays, tohtcb are much lihe 
fbedripea Conerlits that are made in Scot* 
landjfctiiing fo lapfepenefeedes $ cubbords : 
&bep mahe alfo fade conerlits, tofelcb they 
call Godoriins Colcbas, tobicb are feerp fair 
andpleafant fo tbeepe, ditched tottb filhe, 
and alfo of Cotton of all colours and ttitth* 
fitges: paullions of dluers forts ano colours; 
perfmfos ffiat are (fringes or bands,tobere* 
Mb the Indians bind ano mahe fall fbclr 
fceddeddcSjfhereon to lap tfieir bees: all hind 
af bedffeds, If coles fo? Indian toomen,and q* 
tberfucb lihe dudes, cofflp torcugbf andco* 
neredtotib fuffesof all colours; alfo fine 
plaplng tables, ano Chefiebordes of 3uorp, 
anb Melds of SCorfcnp (belles, torougbt ano 
t'nlaldc feerp toorhemanlthe, manp fapre fig* 
nets, rlngcs 7 and other curious toorhe of 3* 
libn'e, ano feaborfe tceffi, asaifoofdmber, 
Mercof there Is great quanfifte:2Cbep baue 
Ithetoife a hind of mountain Ch:lttall,tobcr* 
of they mahe manp fignets,buttons, beaoes 
ano timers other deuifes. SDjepfiaue timers 
forfsof p?eclous tfones,as €fpinelIe,Kublcs 
<0ranabls,3afnltes,^matiCes,CbJpfolltes, 
£DIfeos de gato, tohtcb are Cattes epes, or 
0gafs, mud) 3afper done, tobicb Is calleD 
bloud and milhe done, ana other hlndes of 
(tones: alfo manp hutdes of SDrognes, as 
0mfion,or £)plum, Cantfora, 1£angue,and 
Mandate tea, tobereef toben time feruetb, 
3 toill particularlp dtfcourfe, In fettlng doton 
tfiefplces ana fruites of India,3lluljn,Cane 
£>ngar, ana other merebanaifes, tobicb 3 
cannot remcmbcr,ana it toould be ouer long 
and tedious to rebearfe them all: 0nnell or 
Slndlgogrotoetbonelp in Cambaia, and Is 
there prepared and made rcadp, and from 
thence carried throughout the tobole toorld, 
tobereef hereafter 3 Ml fap more: but this 
ihallfuffice fo: the aefcriptlon of Cambaia, 
and nolo 3 Ml proceede. 
$ttbe enae of the counfrep of Cambaia 
begtnnetb India $ the lands of Decam ,and 
Cuncam, the coalf that Is the intoarde part 
thereof on the 3ndlan fide firetcheth from 
Cambaia to the COadOf India, inhere the 
fat'd tntoard part hath the beginning, Mich 
coad firctchcfh Med.toardes,£>outbtoed, 
and bp g>outhto the 3fiande Iplng on the 
coad orentrpofthefald place, called Infula 
das Vaquas, being fender 20 . degrees,fepon 
the tobicb comer and counfrep, on the firms 
The, 1 «Bopkei 
The 10. Chapter. 
Of the coafl: o £ Indiaj and the hauens and 
places lying vpon the fame. 
5pe coad of India hath 
the beginning at the en* 
trpo: turning of the lands 
Of Cambaia from the 
3fiande called Das Va* 
gua s, as it Is faide before, 
Mich Is the right coad, that In all the Cad 
Countries Is called India : but they haue 0 * 
ther particular names, as Mofambique, 
Melinde, Ormus, Cambaia, Choraman- 
del, Bengala, Pegu, Malacca,&c. as Met! 
time Urueth Mil be SbetoeD,tobcreofa parf 
hathalreadp heme defertbed. #oto non mud 
fenderdande that this coad of India begin* 
netb at Daman, orthe3fiand Das Vaguas, 
anddretcheth ^outhandbp <£ad, to the 
Cape of ^omoriin,Mere ltendeth,and Is fit 
all 1 $q. miles, feppon the Mich coad lie the 
totes ano hauens hereafter follotomg Mich 
the portlngals baue fender their fubleetlons, 
and drong fortes therein: fird Daman from 
thence fifttee miles fepluardes feitder 1 9 . de* 
grees and a halfe the totee of Bafaiin,from 
Bafaiin ten miles fepterdcs fender 1 9 . de* 
gr^sthe Co tone and fort of Chau), from 
Chaul fo Dabul arefemtettiilcs, and Ipeth 
fender 1 s.degms: from Dabul to the tote 
and3flandofGoa are 30. miles, Mich M 
eth fender 1 ^ degrars and a halfe: all thefe 
SCotecs and fortes aforefalde are Inhabited 
bp the portingalles, ereept Dabul lohlch 
tbep had, and long Cnee lo0 It agalne: SEhe 
coad from Goa to Daman, [or the turning 
Info Cambaia,fs called bp tljofe of Goa the 
#orthernecoad, and from Goa to the Cape 
de Comoriin,it is called the fouthern coad, 
but commonlp the coad of Malabar, 
ConcermngthetotecofGoa and the 
fifuatlon thereof, as alfo the defcriptlou of 
Decam $ Cuncam, as touching their hings 
and progenies toe toil! in another place par* 
tlcularlp declare, toith manp other memora-- 
ble (hinges, as toell of the portlngallcs, as 
of the natural! counfritncn. therefore for 
this time toe tolll pade them ouer, and fpeafe 
of the other principal f otons and hauens, fol* 
lotolng along the coad. 
^ ou mud fenderdand that all the f stones 
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