6y 
3 fiitbe$@onth of^eptember tohen toitifer 
enact!), ttje banhcs offana Doefl&te ana baae 
atoap out of the Htuer,fo that not onelp final 
tyippes map come m ana go out, but alfo the 
great portingall grips of 1600 . tunncsmap 
frdelp enter toith out a Plot , fojftfe B&pe 
enough ana toithout aaunger. 3 Jn tointer it 
is a. heauic ana melaucboltfie being there, for 
there is no other ejeercife to be bfea,but onelp 
tofitte in their Q)ittes,toitba paire ofimnen 
baches, ana goe $ pafie the time atoap toith 
their neighbours^! planing ana fuch ererci* 
fes,for that throughout the tohole foton there 
to no other Doing. Che toomen ana Meftj* 
cos take great pleafure in the tointer time 
ioh.cn it rapneth, lost h their hufbanaeo ana 
flaucs to go into the fietees. or feme garfccn, 
Juhether thep carrp geoa Core of birtuailes, $ 
there in their garaens haue manp Cefterncs 
orpnaesoftoater, tohercin thep take their 
Delighted to ftoimme ana to bath themfelues; 
fnthus time moft of their Blnaian fruit id in 
feafon. Che fummer heginneth in ^eptem* 
her, ana contmueth till the latt of%:tU, ana 
fealtoaies clear sfip f. fair toeafher, totthouf 
once or berp little raining: Chen all the fljips 
are rtggea ana maae reaap to faile for all pla* 
ces, as alfo the Singes armietohapetho 
coaft, anafo connop ^archantes, ana then 
the <£aft toin&s beginne to feloto from off the 
lanaeintothefeas, toherebp thep are calleD 
T eneinhos, that is to fap, the lana toinaes. 
Chep bloto berp pleafantlp f co)llp,although 
at the firft bp chaungtng of the toeathcr thep 
are berp Dangerous, $ caufe manp great ai- 
feafes, tobteb ao commonlp fall in India, bp 
§ ebaungmg of the time. Cbefc totnas bloto 
altoaies in fummer, beginning at mianfght, 
ana continue till name, but thep neuer blotoe . 
abouetenne miles into the fea, from off the 
coaft ,ana prefentlp after one of the cloche bn- 
tillmianfghtthe toeff tofnae blotoeth, tohich 
commetb out of the fea fnto the Ianae, ana is 
callea Virafon. Chefe totnas arefofure ana 
certaine at their times, as though menhelae 
them in thetr hanacs, toherebp thep mahe 
the lanaberp temperate, otbertotfethebeate 
toonia beebnmeafurable. 3 t is lihetoife a 
ffrangc thing that toben it is tointer bpon the 
coaft of India, that is from Diu to the Cape 
de Comorin, on the ether fiae of the Cape 
dc Comorin oh tI)C coaft calleD Choraman- 
de), it is cleane comrade* fo that there it is 
fummcr ? ana pet thcp lpe allbnaer one height 
or Jsegrajs, ana there is but 70 . miles bp lana 
bettocenc both the coafts, ana in fome places 
but * o. miles, ana tohich is more, as men 
trauel ouer lana from Cochin to S.Thomas 
(tohich Ipcth on the fame coaft of Chora/ 
mandel) anacsmimingbptbebttl of Balia/ 
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gatte tobere men muffipafte ouer f 0 goe from 
the one coaft bnto the other: on the one Gas 
of the btl to the top thereof it is pleafant dear 
funne thtning toeafher, ana going aotone on 
the other Dae there is rapne, toinae, fhunaer 
ana lightning, as if the tooriae thouia ena ana 
be confuinea; tohich is to be bnacrfttoa, that 
it chaungeth from the one Dae to the other,as 
the time falleth out, fo that on the one Dae of 
the hilles it is Writer, ana on the other fiae 
Rummer: ana it is not onelp fo in that place 
ana counttep.buf alfo at Ormus,on the coaft 
of Arabia JFdix bp the Cape of Rofalgartc, 
tohere the tbippes lie: it is berp ft ill, cieare, 
ana pleafant toater, ana faire Dimmer time y 
ana turmng about the Cape on the other fiae, 
itisraineanatomatoithgreat ftormes ana 
tempeffs, tohich toith the times of the peace 
aoe lifcetotfe change on the other fiae, ana 
fait ism manp places of the Oriental! conn/ 
tries. 
Che fiefeneffes ana aifeafes in Coa, ana 
throughout India, tohich arecomnton,come 
moft toith the changing of the times ana the 
toeafher, as it is faia before: there raigneth 
a fiefineffe callea Mordexijn, tohich ffealeflu 
bpponmen, ana hanaieth them in fuch forte, 
thaf ittoeahenethaman, ana mafieth him 
caff out all that he hath in his boDie, ana ma* 
uptimes his life toifhalU Chis fiefineffe is 
berp common, * fiilleth manp a man, tohere # 1 
ofthep haralp or neuer efcape, Che blraap 
jflire is there Ufeetoife berp common an& 
aaungerous, as the plague toith bs. Chep 
haue manp continual! feuers, tohich are bur# 
ning agues, anaconfume mens beates toith 
eptreame bcate,toherebp toithin fouteor fine 
Dapes thep are epthertohole or aeatt Chis 
ficknes is common ana berp aanngersus, f 
hath no remeate for the laorfingalles but let¬ 
ting of bloa: but thc^mmmsana heathens 
Do cure themfelucs toith hearbes, daubers, 
ana other fuch like opnf merits, toherctoith 
thepeafe themfelues. Chis Defines confu* 
meth manp portrngalles euerp peare, fome 
becaufe thep haue little to cat, $ leffeto ajtnfi 
of anp meat or arinfi that is nouriihmg, $ bfe 
much companp of toome,becaufe g lanDisna# 
turall fo prouofie the fherbnf o, as alfo |5 moft 
part of the folaters bp fuch means haue their 
lining ana their maintenance, tohich often 
timescofteth them both life ana limme, for 
although men toere of iron orff&le, the bn- 
chafte lifeofatooman, toith her bnfatiable 
luftes toere able f 0 grinae him to potoaer,ana 
fto^p him atoap like auft, tohich cofteth ma« 
np a mans life, as the binges ^ofpitall can 
toel beare toitnes,toherein thep loage,tohen# 
foeuer thep are fiefie, tohere euerp peare at 
the leaft there enterea 5 c o. ime men,ana ne# 
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