fL-pi'itfl t»pon 15»Bcscee£f of tl)t cottittoctiaa. »* 
Sue monies and i3. napes after otir put* 
tmgfojtbofthelMucr ofLisbone, (hauing 
(taped if* Dates at Mofambique)fohich foas 
one of the fpfodiett anD ft)Q?tett bopages tftat 
fttmang peaces before aim ftnee that time 
foas eiter pcrfojmcd: SDbcre toe fottnde the 
ftjtppe names saint Laurence, fohich am* 
uedthereadapbcfo?ebs: 'Che 22* Daptbe 
&. Iacob came thither, anD the nert Dap aft 
terarriuedthe£>. Francis. 
^bercDpeDtnonrflpppe 3o.perfotts, a# 
ntong the fohich, feme of them focre flaws, 
anD one high $nitchman,that has beene one 
of the iiing of Spaines garde: euerp man 
tjaD beene fiefee once o?ttoice anD let blmde. 
SDhtsiscommcnlp the number of men that 
ojDtnarilp DptD in the ifops, fomettmes mo?e 
fometimes leffc. £bout fen 0? ttocluc pears 
Once it chaunccd that a taicc Hop fo? the 
Siting, nameD Ruy Lorenfo Dctiiiora fap* 
ledfo? India, that had mhisftrtppe 1 too* 
men, anD there happened a Ochncs among 
them, fo that there OpeD thereof to the num* 
ber of 900. andallth?otonc otter bo?Dc into 
the fes, befo?e thep came to Mofambique 
the tmtceHcphtmfeife being one. Hlbich 
foas an ertraojdmarie ftekneffe, anD it is to 
be thought that the great number of men in 
thefhip lucre the caufe of basing the fame: 
therefore in thcfeDapes the Ihippes take no 
mo?e fo manp men into them, fo? that forth 
the number thep carric, thep haue tttnlrtng 
ap?e, anD filth enough to cicnfc foithw the 
fljippe. 
Che ;o. of September the 3 rchbiftjoppc 
rnp maifter foith great triumph foas 
b?cught into the tofone of Goa, anD bp the 
Gentlemen and Rulers of the countrcp, IcD 
foito the.cathcfoall Churcfofingmg Te De* 
um Iasi chinos, anD after manp ceremonies 
ansaundenf cuftomes, thep conuapeD him 
to his pallace, fohich is clofe bp the Church- 
Che 20. of $oucmber our 0 dmtrall &>♦ 
Phillip arrtueD at Cochin foitheut (taping 
to land in anp place,hauing induced much mi* 
ferie bp the meanes befo?e rchcarfed, hauing 
borne feuett monthes ano tfoelttc Daies bndcr 
fetlc. 
■Che laft of the fame month of JS ettember 
thcShippes faplcd from Goa tofhecoaft of 
Malabar, anD Cochin,tbere torecetue their 
lading of pepper and other fptces: fome take 
in their lading on the coaft of Mahbar,as at 
Onor,Mangator, Cananor, See. anDfontC 
at Cochin, fohich can alfoapcs lade tfoo 
Ihippes forth pepper. Cochin Ipeth from 
Goa g>outhtoardc about 90. miles: SDhe 
fljtppesbnlade all their po?ttngall commo* 
Difies in Goa, fohere the fparchantes, ana 
ifacto?s are refident, and from thence the 
The 1. Booke. 
Cpps Do faple along the roaft f s take in their 
lading in pepper, and to Cochin as if is fata 
befo?c- Cach ihfope doeth commonlp lade 
epght thoufande ^uintales csf pepper, little 
mo?e c? lefts po?fingal! tonight: euerp 
SDmnCale is as. pound. acbcn thep come 
to Cochin, tohithcr the jfacto?s alfo Do tra* 
uell and lade in them Clones, &inamon,and 
other Sindianfoares as in mp bopsge hornet 
toardeSl toiU particular^ declare, together 
foith the manner of the fame. 
3 n the monthes of giamiarpand jfcbto* 
arte Anno is 84. the ihippes forth their la* 
ding returned from Cochin- fome before, 
fome after, tofoards Portingaji,forth fohom 
mp brother foenf, becaufe of his office in the 
Ihippe, and 3 Raped forth mp maifter in In* 
di a ccrfaine peaces, to ffo and learttc the ma* 
nets and cuftomes of the faid lands, people, 
fruites, foares, andmerchandifes, forth g* 
ther tbmgesfohrth fohen time feructh,SI foil 
in truth fet deforce;,as 3 mpfdfefo? the mo® 
parte haue fame it foith mine epes, and of 
credible perform, both 31 i?dranS,and other in* 
habiters in thsfc Countries learned and re* 
quires to fenofo, as alfo the rrpo?t and fame 
thereof is nofoe Mftctentlp fp?ead ab?oade 
tfosughwrt foe too?ld bp dtuers of our neigh* 
hour countries and landes fohich traffique 
and scale forth them, namelp onr countrcp, 
the Caft Coutrtrics. England,Fraunce,&c. 
fohich likefotfe are founde and knofone bp 
the $ 3 o?ttngalles themfdues, fohich daplp 
trafficke thither. Q 5 ut befo?e 31 beginne to 
defcribeGoa, and the Indies, concerning 
their manners, iraffiques, fruites, foares, 
and other thinges, the better to tmderftande 
the fttuaficn of the Countrcp, and of the 
coafts Iping on the Caft fide, to the laft and 
btghcft part of the bojders of China, fohich 
the pojtmgalcs haue trauelled and stfeotio* 
res, together forth their TIandcs, 31 luall 
firft fet dofone a b?tefc note of the €>?tenta!l 
coaftes, begiitniitg at the redde, 0? the Ara^ 
bian fea,from the tofone of Aden to China? 
and then the defcrtptf on of the coaftes before 
named. 
Chapter 5. 
The defeription of thecoaft ofssfrabid 
Felix, or the red Sea, to the Hand ana 
fortreiTe oi Ormus . 
['Denis the flrongcfi an dial” 
freft townc of Arabia Felix,fi~ Anootatj© 
»tuate in a valley, compared Pah* 
jaboutvpOnthe one fide with 
1 ftrong mines, on the other 
fide with high mountaines, there are in it 
£ 
