mft of tfye jwt® a>ut. 
fanre toormos out of bis legges in the fame 
manner as 31 fatd before, tobicb bee toldefcs 
toas berp common in that place. 
Cbe Captatncs place of Ormus, nert to 
Soffala, or Moilarabiqucis b olden antr ac? 
counted to be one of tbe belt and profitable# 
places of all 3 Inota. as touching tbe porting 
gals gouernment and benefite in a manner 
as profitable as tbat of yfcfoirambique,for 
tbat tbep bane tbeir fbips tobicb tbepfent to 
Goa,Chaul, Bengala, MtCcattc and Otber 
places,? no man map bup,fel,ff)ip or lade anp 
toare, before tbe Captaine batb foulde, Ibip* 
ped, fraugbted, and oifpatcbed bis Ujares a* 
Snap, not tbat bee batb anp fucb authorise 
from tbe 5 £ing,for bo Inbolp forbiddetb it,but 
tbep take fucb authorise of tbemrelues, be* 
canfe tbe IXing is farre from tbem, to com- 
maund tbe contrarie, onelp this is graunted 
bimbptbeiSing,tbatno man map fend anp 
borfesmto 31 ndia, but onelp tbe Captaine, 
or fucb as bane authorise from btm,toberbp 
be rapfetb a great commoditie, for tbat bor- 
fesMndiaare toortb much monep,tbofe 
tbat are gad, are folde in 31 ndia for fotoer or 
fine hundred pardautoen, and fome for fenen, 
eight, pea i ooo, pardaulnen and more,eacb 
pardautoe, accounted as mucbasa&eefees 
SDoller, jflemtib monep :tbe bopagetbat 
men make from Goa to Ormus, is in tbe 
monetbs of 3 Ianuarie, irebruarie, Search, 
and in September and TOober.#oto foloto* 
etb tbe coaff of Ormus ffretebing totoardes 
3 India. 
The 7. Chapter* 
Ofthe coafi; of Ormus,x o the T owne and 
Hand named Diu , a fortreile belong¬ 
ing to the Portingals. 
° rmus facing alonge 
^^^^Sltbe coaft Caff and bp ©outb, 
pfj F bopoufintie the Cape called Iaf- 
| jj^jgque, in times paff called Car* 
#JjjM« petla, tobicb land toas once 
named CarmaniatSCbis Cape Ipetb bnder 
2 ^degrees and a tjalfe, and is diff ant from 
Ormus 3 o.mtlcs. jfollototng tbrfame coaff 
poucomebnto therpuer Sinde,bp Diffori- 
ograpbers called indus,tobicb men fap batb 
her beginning out of the mounfaine £>caf- 
fus toitb tbe rpuer Ganges , tobicb runneth 
Into the £>ea through the htngdome of Ben- 
gale, astoben time and place feruethtoee 
Sjall declare: of this rpuerofSindeor Indo 
feme men affirme India to take ber name. 
Cbe mouth or entrance of this rpuer Ipetb 
bnder 24. degrees, and is dtffant from the 
The J.Booke. 
faid Cape of Iafque 140. mile s: along this 
rpuer Ipetb tbe land of Sinde, toberupon tbe 
portingals baue giuen the rpuer the name 
of the land, ittsaberp rich and a fruttefull 
land, and dealetb much in sparebandije toitb 
all tbe Countries roundeabout it, as alio 
toitb tbe portingalS Of India , ? of Ormus, 
? other places tobicbdailp trauaile tbitber: 
it batb diuers fortes of ercellent fine Cotton 
2 ltnnen,b)bicb tbep calllorhms, andSlu- 
yers or Lampardes, andmucb £Dple of Co* 
cus or Indian $«fs,H 5 utterin great aboun* 
dance, and berp good (but not fo ftnaeteand 
cleane as tbat in Holland tobicb tbep bring 
in great high Cartben pots toitb final necks, 
and is good to Orcffemeate,) pitch, Carre, 
£>uger*candie, and 3Iron,gojd ff ore,and moff 
erecllent and fatre leather, tobicb are moff 
toorkmanlike, $ cunninglp torougbt toitb 
&tlke of allcolours,botb Jflotoers and per fo* 
nages, tbisHeatberisin India muebeffee* 
med, to lapbpon Beds and Cables mffeede 
of Carpets and Coucrlets:tbep make alfo a* 
fortes ofCelkes, Cubbords, Coffers,H 5 ojr* 
es, and a tbonfand fucb like deutfes in Heade, 
and torougbt toitb mother of pearle, tobicb 
are carried throughout al India,efpeciallp to 
Goa and Cochin, again# tbe time that the 
portingals (bippescometbetber to take in 
tbeir lading. 
leaning and pairing bp the forefafde rp* 
uer and fome final BJlandes, tobicb lie bp tbe 
firms land and coaff of Sin de, pou come 1 0 a 
fmall Culfe, tobicb tbe portingals call En- 
fead3,tn the tobicb Culfe Ipetb manp little 
Bllands, the entrie of this Culfe is called la- 
queta, tobere if ebbetbandflotoetbfofud* 
denlp, and fo farre in,tbattbe like toasne* 
uer tone, nor pet beard of, and foemetb to be 
tmpoffible,fo that it is in all places effeemed 
fora toonder. Cbe Indians fap,tbat Alex* 
ander the great came into this place, and 
perceiuing tbefp&die ? ftoift ebbe that ranne 
there; be returned backe againe, thinking it 
to be a miracle and toorkc of the gods,or elfe 
a forelbetoing of fome euill fortune Cbis en* 
trie of the Culfe Ipetb diff ant from the riuer 
Sinde or Indo 60. miles, paffing this Enfe* 
ada, and fapling along the coaff ^outb^ 
call pon come to tbe 3land, and the 
Cotone and fortreffe of Diu, 
inhabited bp the portin* 
gals,together toitb tbeir 
naturaiCountrimen, 
tobicb are bnder tbe 
gouerment of the 
pojtingals. 
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