%%>e Defmpfion of^ofembiciue 
Ceffcrns mate luljictj arc altoaics ful of toa* 
ter, fo that thep haue foater cotrtimiaUie in 
the fame fo? the fpace of one fobole pcare o? 
mo?e, as netcffrtie rcqutretb, although 
forptake no great care fo? ttjcir neceffrtte, 
ncpfher Captains Officers, no? other inha* 
bttsnts of the 3 jlanD, fo? that tbep Doe it o?* 
scrip one bp one, each honfe after the other, 
fpeciallpthofe 40, 0? 50. po?tingales, ano 
Melticos. fobich are po?tingales offp?ing, 
but bo?ne in India , tobicb are called MeZi> 
cos,that is as much to fap,as halfe their cou* 
trie men 5 fobteb are alfo cftdemeD $ accoun* 
teDfo? po?tmgals. EDhere are at this time in 
the 31 lanD Of Mozambique about 3 .0? 400* 
ftrafo houfes, anD cottagcs,tobicb belong to 
the natural bo?n people of the countrie,being 
ail blache like thofc of Capo verde , £>atnf 
Thomas, ans all Ethiopia , anDbnDertbe 
ftibiectionofthepo?tmgales, feme of them 
feelotuingin Mahomet? fo?befo?ethe po?* 
t ingales helD that BJIanD bp traffique $ Daplie 
conference forth the ^ffi?es anD spabome* 
fanes, as far as the reb fea thep helD the lain 
of Mahomet j as there arepetmanp that 
bold the fame lain, euen bnto the reD fea, but 
from Mozambique upfoardcs to Cape de 
Bona Speianza s thep neuer recetueD that 
lain: fo that there the $®tD?es and naturall 
bo?ne people of the countrie, Doe as pet liue 
Ukebeaffes, fortbout knofoleDge eptherof 
«^oDo?ofhis laloes: fomeof the^m?esof 
the JlanB are likefoife Cb?iff tans, anDfomc 
beatbcns,butgoeallnakeD, faue onelp that 
the men haue tbetr p?iuie members fo?appeD 
in a cloth, anD the toomen from halfe their 
b?eafts Dofone to the middle of their thighes, 
are tapped about forth a grap rotten cloth, 
aspeu map fee bp their counterfefs in the 
In dian CarDs?thefe arc fuch as Dfoel among 
tbepo?tingalcs in tbeBiland, fo? that fuch 
asdfoell on the firme lanfie fo? the molt 
parte goc cleane naked, fomcflmesba* 
utng their members couereD, fometimes 
not. 
%% e po?tmga!es Deaie anD traffique forth 
fuch as Diuellonthe firme lanD in fomctUil* 
lages nearett bnto them, as Sena.Macuwa, 
Sofala , Cuama, &c. fobich fo? the moff 
part Difier both in behauiour, fpcecb, $ man* 
ner of life,each tillage bp it felf,® fight one a* 
gainff the other, taking each other p?tfoners 
anD fell them, fome of the eating mans flefl?, 
as the M aeuwen anD others. 2 Ebeir chiefelt 
liuing is bp hunting,® bp flefh of elephants: 
tohich is the caufe that fo manp Clephantes 
forth are b?ought fro thence. 2Che flp©?cs on 
the firme land,®fb?oughout all Aethiopia 
haue their tillages anD Dwellings forth their 
kmgs,eacb nation c? kindjed apart bp them* 
The i.Booke. 
thcmfelues,fo manp tillages,fo manp kings, 
anD all Differing in fpcecb, manners, anD cu* 
ftomes, bauing foar forth their neighbours, 
thep are not to bee truffed no? beta-ueD, be* 
caufe thep haue no religionno? faith : fo? 
that During the fpace of foure 0? fiuc peaces 
that the po?tmgalCS Of MoiTambique m 
their firft comming thether,tfeDtotraffique 
forth them tpon the firme lanD, thep liucD 
peaceablie, fo that thep thought thcmfelucs 
fafe anD out of Danger: but foben thep leaff 
feareD the trccherp ofthofe spores, th ep fo* 
Dainelp came anD fel tpon, anD flefo them all 
notleauing one altue. 
SEhegouernmcnt of the pojtingnles in 
fbcgianD is in this manner. SChephauce* 
uerp tb?« peare a nefo Captaine anD a fac* 
10? fo? the king,forth other officers, tohich 
are all offices giuen anD bcffcioeD bp the 
king of Porting^, euerpth?be peare tppon 
fuch as bane ferued him in his In dian luars, 
anDiurccompenceof their fcruices % papes, 
he giueth them thofe offices, euerpman ac* 
cojoing 1 0 his callinganD Degree, Inhere thep 
receiue their papes anD o?Binarp fits out of 
that tohich thep get bp fo?ce: fo? that During 
their aboDc in thofe places,thep Doc fohat 
pleafeththem. SChe Captaine hath great 
p?ofit, fo? there is another fo?treffe nameD 
Sofala, tohich Weth bettoeen Moflambique 
anD the cape de Bona Speranza,tohich iS a* 
bout 12 o. miles, bp that fo?t is a ccrtaine 
mine nameD Monomotapa? in the tohich 
lanD is a great lake, out of the fobich peu 
map perceiue the riuer NUus to fp?ing fo?th, 
as likefoife the great anD fotoc Kiuer of Cu* 
ama,o? Niger tohich runneth bettoeene So* 
falaanD Mozambique into the *s>ea, in the 
bottome tohereof among the Mantes much 
golD is founD- 3 !n this mine of Monomota* 
paisgreatffo?eof golD, anD fottballaccr* 
taine kinde of golD catleD bp the pojtingaies 
Botongoen omoempo, OJfanDiegelD, fo? 
that is berp final like fans, but the finett golD 
tbatcanbcfcuno. 
gn thisfo?treireof Sofala the Captaine 
of Mozambique hath a #acto?, anDtioice 
0? finite euerp pere be fenDeth ccrtaine boats 
calleD PangaTos, tohich faile along the fho?e 
to fetch gofo,anDb?ing it to Moflambique. 
2 Chcfc Pangaios are maDe of light planks, 
anD fotoeD together forth co?Ds, fotthout anp 
nailes, thep fap that the mine of Angola on 
the other fide of Africa is notfarre from the 
faiDcmine ofSofa 1 a,notabctic 3 00. miles 
one from the other, fo? often times there 
commeth ccrtaine $p®?esfrom Angola to 
Sofala oucr lanDe. 
'Cherc are fornc < 3 pffl?es that came other 
^poojes tpon their backs like beaffs,ano ave 
fohollie 
