0 F tfjebitftftepeopleof ^ManttHqtie, 
the portingalles (although thep ferae for 
Rapiers in tfje ^o?fmgaUcs ihippcs that 
come fnto India, anb haue newer bene other 
in Portingale but haulers, pet are thep a* 
CjamcD to line in thatorber, ana thinkeita 
great btfcrebitc bnto them, together tuith a 
great bimtnifhing of their authorities $ etti- 
mations, tuhich thep account thcmfelucs to 
holDin India , fo that thep giue themfeiues 
out for mattters offljippcs, anb bp their cap- 
faines arc alfo calleb pilots anb chief Bote* 
Tonnes, but not lotuen for if thep ihoulb be* 
fcenb but one Hep lotucr, it tuoulbbt a great 
blot anb blemiih bnto them all their Hues af* 
ter, tuhich thep tuoulD not inbure foranie 
thing in the tnorlb. SDhefe. Abexijnsanb A- 
rabians ferae for final! monep, anb being 
bpreb are bens lolulie anb fubiect, fo that of¬ 
ten times thep are beaten anb fmitten,nct as 
flaues, but like bogs, tuhich thep beareberp 
patientlie,not once fpcahing atuorbi thep co¬ 
monlie baue their tuiues anb cbilbren tuith 
theminthe fhippe tuhereinthep are hpreb, 
tuhtch continuaUp Hap tuith them, tuhat 
bopagefocuer thep make, anb brefic their 
otuncmeat, tuhtch is tttcefobbenin tuater 
luith fait filh among it. Che caufe luhp the 
luomen faple in the Chip, is, for that fit ^um* 
mer anb notelfe,their thippes goe fo fea,tuhe 
thep altuapes haue calme tuater anb faire 
tneather,toitb gcob tuinbes: thep haue com* 
monlie but one Portingale or ttuo for Cap* - 
taine, maitter anb plote, anb thep haue a 
chief Bcfcfon, tuhich is an Arabian, tuhich 
thep cal Mocadon, anb he is ruler of the £* 
rabtans $ ^beryns,that arc faplers, tuhome 
he hath bnbcr bis fubtectiot^ euen as if thep 
fucrc his flaues or fubiects. 2 Dl)is Mocadon 
is he that conbtttoneth anb maketb bargaine 
tuith the otuners of the Gjip.to haue fo manie 
faplers, anb he recciueth themonethlic mo* 
nep for their tuages, anb accounteth tuith the 
faplers particularlie,butfor goueramentof 
the ihtp he hath not to boe, neither troubleth 
himfelfc therewith- 'Che fhippes tuhen thep 
faple,bfe no cafke for tuater, bccaufe there is 
not anp throughout all India, nor anp mabe 
there,faue onelp fuch as come out of Portin- 
gall,anbbfeb in the Portingall Ihippes: but 
in H^b of pppes thep bfe a great fourecer- 
nereb tuabben cetterne,^ ttabeth bp the main 
matte,at the berp forte therof, bpon the keele 
of the (hippo, tuhich is berte tuell pifeheb, anb 
mabe fatt, tuheretn thep labe as much tuater 
as thep thinke tuill ferae them for their bop- 
age, ibe captaine, maitter or plote, Spar* 
chants anb paOingers, haue etierte man their 
meat bp themfelues,anb their tuater in great 
BSnbtaii pots calleb Martauans,tuhcreofin $ 
belcriptionof Pegu 31 haue alreabte fpohen. 
TheuBookc* 
7 * 
SChefe people are foferuiceable anbtuilling 
f o boe anp thing, that if there chawceth but a 
baf,or anp other thing,to be blotuen ouer,or 
fall into the tuater, thep tuill prefcnflpleape, 
cloatljes anb all info the fea,to fetch it again, 
for thep fiuimme like ttihes, tuhen the Chips 
lie tuithin the hauen orrtticr, anb that thep 
tuill all goe on lanb, then thep goe into the 
boate,ano fo rotu to Chore, tuhich bone one of 
thcmrotuethbacke againe tuith the boafe, 
tuhich he f peth fatt to the Chip anb nuimmetfi) 
f o lanbtanb tuhen thep tuill goe aborb again, 
if anp of the faplers be bnluillingtoftnimme 
to fetch the boat e, thep are bp the Mocadon 
or the maitter,tnitb ttrokes compelleb to boe 
it: but thep comonlie newer ttap till it cometfo 
To farre,but rather ffiriue tuho (hall be tttft irt 
the tuater to Ihetu their Diligence: anb tuhen 
thep boe anp thing aborb, as hapltug ropes 
anb other things, thepfingianftuere each 
other berp ftueetlie, fo f if fdmteth f o be berp 
gob ^uttch.^heir ejtercife on lanb is,all the 
bap to brinfce,anbto Ct in fipUng houfes tuith 
their tuiues anbehilbren, anb then thep goe 
hanb in hanb through the ttreets, reeling here 
anb tbere,making a great noife tuith fingtng 
anb gaping after their manner: there tuome 
tueare brceches like the Arabians anb Sp* 
hometans. 
The 41. Chapter. 
Of the blacke people of t^lofambiquel 
which are called Caffarer, and of their 
manners and cuftome?. 
black people or CafFa- 
|| res of the lanb Of Mofambi* 
f que, anballthecoatt ofE- 
| thiopia, anb tuithin the lab 
P to the Cape de bona Spe- 
S raza,gg a! nakeb, although 
fhofe of Mofambique, (that is the tuomen) 
boa little cower themfdues,tuhich thep bo bp 
meanes of the baplie conuerfaf ion thep haue 
tuith the porftttgales, tuho for Colo, ftluer 
anb 31 uorp bones, anb fuch Uke,Doc erchaitge 
Cotton Ipnnen brought out of India, that 
tuithin the lanb, anb to the cape, thep bfe in 
thofe countries: otheduife thep coucr them* 
felues tuith the like apparel! that Adam anb 
Eua bib tueare in paraOtce. SChep are all as 
black as pitch, tuith curleb anb GngcD hapre, 
both on their heabs anb beards, tuhich is be* 
rp little,their notes brcab, flat anb thicke at 
the enb,great bigge lippes: fome haue holes, 
both aboue $ bnber in their lippes, anb fome 
times befibes their mouthes through their 
chokes, tuherein thep fhrutt fmaU bones, 
tuhichthep eft^mea betutifping: there are 
fome among them that haue their facesanb 
