Hfittgftpart * ticsms of fUe 9 
Lemmon, Citron, ano Indianjfiggetrces: 
but other kinoes of fruit tobfei arc common 
in India arc there berte fcarce. Co?ne ano 
other grainc tuitij Kicc ano fucb neceffarte 
marchanoifesarc b?ougbt tbetber out of ln=> 
dia,buf fo? bcaffs ano foulc, as Cften^aep, 
Coats,*2>imne,l£cnncs, $c. there arc great 
abounOance ano berp grab anoebeape. 3In 
the fame glanD are feuno fljeepe of flue quar* 
ters in quantitie, fo? that their tapiesare fo 
b?oaO ano tbicke,tbat there is as much Seth 
bpon tbcm,asbpon a quarter of their boOp, 
ano tbep arefofatte that men can harolie 
b?eoke them. Ebcre are certaine Rennes 
that are fo blachc both of feathers, flett), ano 
bones, that being foOOen tbep feme as black 
as tube.- pet of tserp finest taffe, ano are ac* 
counteo better then the other: Inhereoffomc 
arc Itfoctoife founo in India, but not fo manp 
as in MoiTambiquc. po?ke is there a be- 
rp coffin otffj, anO ercellcnt faire ano fmeete 
flefl^aus as bp erperience it is founo,it farre 
furpatfeth all other fleffj: fo that the fickc arc 
foibieocn to cateanp fcinoc of fleflj but onelp 
po?ke, becaufe of the crcellcncp thereof, 
J^/j -Ojfambique fi^nifieth two places, one 
which is a whole kingdome lying in 
iAfrica-y behindethe cape of BonaSpe'f 
ratify betweene \Aonomotapa ScQuiloa, 
the other certaine Hands herafter drawne 
and defcribed,lying on the foiith fide of 
the Equino&iail line vnder 14. degrees 
and a halfe,whereofthe greatell is caiied 
Mofambic/ue , the other two Saint Jacob 
and Saint George* Thele Hands lie almolt 
in the mouth of a riuer which in Africa is 
called Mogbincats , 
About CMoJfambiijue is a verie great & 
a fafe hauen,fk to receiue and harbour all 
ihips that come and goe both to Sc from 
Portugal Sc the Indies , and although both 
the Kingdome and the Hand are not ve¬ 
ry great,yet are they very rich and abun¬ 
dant in all kinde of thinges, as appeareth 
in the defcription ofthe fame. 
LMojfambiqae the chiefe Sc greatefl: of 
them is inhabited bv two maner of peo¬ 
ple, Chrillians andMahometanes , the 
Chriflians are Portingales,or ofthe Por- 
tingalcs race,there is alfo a calf ie wherin 
the Portingales keepc garnfon , from 
whence alio all other callles and fortes 
thereabouts are fupplied with their lie* 
cefTaries,fpeciallie S<>/^, w here the rich 
nnne of Gold Iictli: there the Portingale 
ihips doe vfe to harbour in winter time, 
when of wind or by meanesof foule wea= 
ther, they cannot accoplilh their voiage. 
The, 1. Booke, 
Th t Indian fhips doe likewifein that 
place take in new victuals and frefii wa¬ 
ter. 
This Hand beeing firft difeouered by 
th t Portingales, was the only meanes that 
they found the Indies', for that fro thence 
theyvfedto take Pilots, which caught 
them the way: touching the manner and 
cuflomes ofthefe people , read the Au¬ 
thors defcription at large, they are good 
fhootersinmuskegand caliuer, and ex¬ 
pert Fifhermen. 
Sayling along further by the coaflto- 
wardes th $ Indies you palle by Quito a 
(which in times pall was called \apta) 
notgreatbut veriefaire by reafon of the 
great trees that grow there, which arc al- 
waies f'rcfh and greene, as alfo for the dhj 
uerfitiesof viftuals,Sc it is alfo anllande 
lying about the mouth of the great Riuer 
Coauoywhich hath her header fpring out 
ofthe lame lake from whence Ntlm doth 
iflue. This Iland is inhabited by Maho* 
Uietans,and they are all moll white appa* 
reliedm fiik and clothes ofcottonwoollt 
their women wieare bracelets ofgold and 
precious lfones about their neckes and 
annesrthey hauegreat quantitie of filuer 
workcsjdc are not fo browneasthe men.. 
Sc well meuibered: their houfes are com* 
mofily made of ffone,chalke, and wood, 
wfih pleafant gardens of all kind of fruit 
and fweet flowers: from this Iland the 
kingdome taketh his name, This point 
asketh a larger difeourfe, which you lhal 
findein the leafe following,. 
-Cbep baue no ftueet boater in flits =$lanO 
lo&infce, but tbep fetch it from the firme 
Ian 9 ,out of a place calico bp fbe po?tmgales 
Cq baf er, ano tljcp fife fit their boufes great 
pots tobicb come out of In dm,to kaepc their 
mater in- 
SDbe 10o?tfngales baue therein a berie 
faireano ffrong cattle tobicb noto about i ©. 
0? 12, peares pall mas fulltefintt^eo, ano 
fianoctb rtgbt againff tbe firff of tbe bnbabt* 
teo little 3ilan0s,tobere tbe fipps muff come 
in, ano ts one of tbebeff ano ffrongeff built 
of all tbe Cattles fb?ougbout tbe tobole In* 
dies, pet baue tbep butfmaIlffo?e of o?0P 
nance o? munition, as alfo not anp fouloiers 
mo?e tben tbe Capfaine ano bis mentbat 
omel fberm, But mbenoccaffonferuetb,tbe 
marrteo po?tingalcs that oboeU in tbe 31 * 
lanO,t»bicb are about 40.0? y o.at tbe moff, 
are all bouno to Ifepe tbe Caffie,fo? that tbe 
31ano batb no other oefcnce tben onelp that 
Caff le, the reff lietb open ano is a flat fano< 
KounO about toitbmtbc Cattle are certaine 
Cefferns 
