g iSftfyt 3Mm mb Cfttfe of SMtt, mt&of flpc 
* $ 3 9 * 
15-46, 
The SXh.ipter, 
Of the towne,fbrtrefTe and Iiland of Ditty 
in times 
e SEoione ana lletifte of 
jpiu ipeth atffant from the 
rpuer lndo yo.milcs bnaer 
21, aegr&s , dofe to the 
firmeland: mtimespattit 
belonged to § King of Cam- 
ba'uy'11 tohofe lana ana coatt it Ipeth, Inhere 
the porfingals bp negligence of the liitnge, 
haue built a fortreffe, 1 in pzoceffe of time 
haue brought the Colone ana the tohole 3 l* 
lana bnaer their fubiection, ana haue maae it 
berp ttrong, iina manner inumcible,bJbicb 
fortreffe hath beenc ttoice befiegea bp fouiat* 
ers of Cambaia ana their affittants, ttrtt in 
-Amo 15-39. anafcconalpin ^nno 1 *46. 
ana hath altoaics bane baliantlp aefenaea bp 
the portiugals,as their Chronicles rchearfe. 
%W 3 Eotone hath a berp great ^auemand 
great traffique, although it hath berpe little 
or nothing at all of it felfe, more then the fi* 
tuation of the place,for that it Ipeth faetfcoan 
5 inde ana Cambaia , tohich Countries are 
abundant in all bind of things, toberbp Dm 
is altoaies ful of ttrange nationals S-urbs, 
l&crftans, Arabians, Armenians, ana other 
edimfrie people: ana it is the belt $ the molt 
proStable reuenue the King hath through* 
out all India, for that the Banianen, Gufa- 
ratten, Rumos snDPerfians, tohich ffaf* 
fique in Cambaia, f from thence foMec^ 
ca 5 ortherea^ea, aoecommonlp aifeharge 
their tees,ana take in their lading in Diu, 
bp reafon of the Situation thereof, for that it 
Ipeth in the entrance of Cambaia, ana from 
Diu it is Shipped ana fent to Cambaia, ana 
fo brought bacbe againe to Diu. 
SEbe HEotone of £>iu is inhabited bp 
5 Portingals,tsgether totth the natural borne 
Countrimen.Iibe Ormus ana althe totones 
? plaresholdenbp the pojtingals in indi* 
a,petthep btepe their fortreffe ttrong bnfo 
themfclues. SI bis 3 lanDaboundeth,and is 
berp fruitful! of all bind of bictuals, as £>ren 
&inc, Upogges, £>b&pe, Rennes,Butter, 
£©i!he, Onions, Oarliche, peafe,Beanes, 
ana fuch libe, thereof there is great plentie. 
age: ofallthefe bictuals, ananeceffariepro* 
uifions thep haue fo great quanfitp thatthep 
fupplp the toant of a IS the places round about 
them,efpeciallp Goa , ana Cochin, for thep 
haue neither Butter, Onpons, Oatltcbe, 
or anp feae: thep mutt all bee brought from 
other places thether, as in theojacrlp oef* 
criptionofthecoaft as it ipeth, 3 Ml Ojeto 
pou, iobat toarcs, gods, marcbanaiTes,bic* 
tuals, fruites ana other things cachlande, 
IPronince or Countrie paddetb ana atto?> 
acth* 
jfrom Diufapling along bp the coatt a* 
bout fiftoene or firteene miles, beginneth the 
mouth of the ioater that runneth to Cam? 
baia, tohich is at the entrie,and all along the 
fata toater about 18. miles broade, and 40. 
miles long, and runneth in $ortb*eatt ana 
bp $ortb,ana at the farther enae of the toa* 
ter is the SEotone of Cambaia , tuhereofthe 
tohole Countrie beareth the name, ana Ipeth 
bnaer ttoentie three degrees, there the King 
or golden holaeth his Court* 
The 9, Chapter, 
Of the kingdome and land of 
be made in all thefe Hotu*countries,faut that 
the Jfuell is not fo tuellarettttbepbane 
Iibctoife Chafes, hut thep are berp arie and 
fault, much jfitb tohich thep fault, and it is 
almott Jibe bnto fait Iling, or Coaae, ana of 
other fortes thep mabe hangea flefh tohich is 
berp goa, ana toil! continue for a tohole MU 
TheioBooke. 
I IfTe laud Of Cambaia fg ffj@ 
'fruitfullctt Countrie in all 
I India, and from thence pro* 
nitron of neccffaries is made 
for all places round about it: 
Ifohcrebp there is a greate 
traffique in the SCotonc, astocll of the in* 
habitants, as other Indians and neighbors, 
as alfo Of Portingals, Perfians, Arabians, 
Armenians $c, CheMtg obferueth tbelatu 
of Mahomet, but mottparte of thepcople 
that are dloellers and naturall borne Coun* 
trtmen, called Gufarates and Baneanem, 
obferue Pythagoras lato, $ are the fubtilett 
and pollitiquett sparchatmfes of all India, 
tohofe counterfefs and ttjapes are placed in 
this b©be bp thofe of India, toitb a aefcrtp? 
tion oftheirliuing, c&dmomcs $ cuttomcs, 
as in time and place ttjall be fhetoed . SEhis 
lande of Cambaia abounded) in all binde of 
bictuals,as Corne,Kice ana fuch libe grain, 
alfo of Butter ana £Dple, toheretofth thep 
furnttt) all the Countries round about them. 
Chore is made great ttore of Cotton Ilin* 
nen of aiuers forts, tohich are called Cannes 
quins, Soffetas, Ioriins, Chautares and 
^btonias,tohich are Itbe Canuas,thcreof do 
mabe faples and fuch libe things, and manp 
other fortes that are berp good anacheape. 
