j:i)ciiefcttptionoftljc€oailof^cabtaiFcliic* 
fiueCafiles laden with Ordinance, and a 
continuall Garrifon kept therein,becaufe 
of the great number of ihippes that fayle 
before it, the - Towne hath about 60 oo* 
houfesin it, where the Indians, Tertians, 
iEthiopians^andTurkes doe trafiquetand 
becaufe the Sunne is (o extreame hottc in 
the daye time , they make moll of their 
bargaines by night ♦ About a Hones call 
from the towne there is a hill with a great 
Callle Handing thereon wherein the Go? 
uernor dwcllcth. In times pall this towne 
Hoode vpon thefirmc land, but nowe by 
the labour & induflrie ofman, they hauc 
tnadeitan Hand, 
Adeniteth ontbe#o?tb flue, at the en* 
file of the teb S&eaontbe coaft of Arabia 
Felix, o? fruitfull Arabia, ano reacbetb 6 o t 
miles rnoje ininarts then the comer o?Cape 
de Guardafum the fartbeft part o? comer of 
Abex, o? Melinde as 3 i faib bsfo?e: but the 
coaft of ^rabia,tohlch taketb the beginning 
from Aden* ismuebmojetninarbe. Aden 
Ueth hither 13* Degrees on the #o?tbfiDe, 
anb from thence the coaft Ipeth $o?fbcaft 
ant) bp Caft tlllpou come to Cape dc Ro? 
falgate, iabicb Ipeth hnber a 2. oegr®s,anb 
ts the further comer oftbelanbe of Arabia 
Felix, iping on the Jnbian &ea,tnbicb is bt? 
ftant from Aden 240.miles: thetotuneof 
Aden ftanDetl) bp the hill calleD Darfira, 
Inbicb men afttrme to bee onelp Cliffes of 
hath ft ones, anb reb garble,inhere It ncuer 
rapnetb- &bc people of this coaft of Arabia, 
are tatonle of colour,almott like thole of the 
coaft Of Abex 0? Melinde , fro that CoiUP 
trie tbepb?ing great numbers ofg©b hojfes 
into Sinaia* anbalfo ^frankenfence, S^lrhe, 
jMant.Mfam inobc, anb fralte,anb fome 
Spanna, tuitb other fmate inares anog>pt> 
ces: thep holb the l^in of Mahomet after the 
Perlians manner. 
Sfrom the Cape of Rofalgateininarbes, 
following the coaft $ o?tlptneff to the Cape 
de ^oncado,in timespaftnamcb Albora 
are 70 .miles.SDhls point Ipeth right agatnft 
the Sllanb Ormus hnber 2 6. oegrasXhere 
bcglnneth the entrance of the ftraigbts of 
Perfia, calleb Sums Perilcus, anb the Sllanb 
Ormus Ipctb betinanc them both, hautng 
otftbe one fioe Arab ia* anb on the other fst>e 
|}o?tblbarD the Countrlc of Perfia, anb is 
in b?cabth 20, miles . jfrom the Cape dc 
Moncadon,coaftingfhe Arabian ibo:c v.v 
tuarbes tothe Jlanb of Barem,are So.miles, 
anb Ipeth hnber 2 6 , Degrees $ a balfc. Sphere 
the Captalnc of Ormus being a pojtlngal, 
hath a facto? fe the Iking, anb there thep fiflj 
foj the belt pearles in all the Calf Indies, 
anb are the right oriental!#earle, Coaftlhg 
The i.Bookc* 
along this ffiojc from Barcm ininarbes to 
the fartbeft anb outermoft cojner of Perfia, 
e? Sinus perficus, Ipeth the toinne of Balfo- 
ra, inbicb are do. miles: tbisSCoinne Ipeth 
hnber 30. Degrees, anb a little abont It the 
tino rpners Tigris anb Euphrates bo meets 
anb lopneln one, anb rnnne bp Baflora into 
the afo?efaiOe Sinus Perficus . thereabout 
Doe pet appeare the becapeb bulleings, anb 
atinclcnt Humes of olb 'Babplon,anb as ma? 
nplearnebmenare of opinion, thereabout 
ftoobe the earthlp paraoice.ifrom the tohme 
of Balfora thecoaft rntmeth againe^o?^ 
toarb toinarbs Ormus , inbicb is hnber the 
dominion Of the i^erfian* this Sinus Perfi¬ 
cus is about smiles b?oab,not much mom 
no? much leffe, anb hath bluers Sllanbs, anb 
in the mouth therof Ipeth the rich llanb Or¬ 
mus, inhere the pojtingales bauea jfojte, 
anb DM altogether in the SHe among the 
riatnraUbo?necotmtrimfcn,anb haue a Cap? 
talne anb other officers euerp tb?cs peaces, 
as thep Of Mollambique. 
Chapter 6 . 
Of the Hand and Towne of Ormus,, 
H Rmus Ipeth bpon the 3 flanb Ge- 
ru, in times paft calleb Ogyris, 
anb it is an 3lanD anb a kingbom 
inbicb the ]ao?tingalcs i bane 
b?ought hnber their fubiectloh, inhereas pet 
their Iking hath his refibence,that is to fape, 
Inithout the toinne inhere the po?tingalcs 
inhabite. SEhefe people obferuc Mahomets 
lain, anb are inhite like the perftans. Snb 
there thep bane a common cuftome, that he 
inbicb is Iking both pjefentlp caufe al his b?e? 
th?en anb his ktnfmcn of the S®ale kinbe to 
bane their epes put fo?th, inhich bone thep 
are all whip kept anb mainfameD During 
their hues,fo? that there is a lain in Ormus, 
that no blinoe man map bee their Iking no? 
d 5 ouemcur oner them, Cberefo?e the King 
canfeth them all to bane their eres put o«t,fo 
to be mo?e fecure in their gouemmentes, as 
alfotoauoibe alt ftrife anb contention, that 
might arife, anb to holb anb maintainc their 
countrep in peace. 
SChe BSflanb is about thief miles greats 
rp full of cliffes anb rockes, anb altogether 
hnfruitfull. 3it hath nepther greene teafe no? 
hearbeinit,no? anp fin ite inatcr, but one Ip 
rockes offalte ftones, inhercof the inalles of 
their houfes are mabe: it hath nothingof it 
felfe,hut onlp inhat it fetcheth from the firme 
lanbe on both ftoes,as incll out of Perfia as 
