DftHe fipiabats $ayjta£ftt 3nm> 77 
areb?oughttofell inlndia, is, becaufethat 
euerie ten o? ttoclue miles,o? rather m euerp 
tillage anD totonc, there is a fcuerall lung, 
anD ruler of the people, one of them not like 
an othcr,ne!ther in lain, fptech no? manners, 
toherebp mottpart of them are in toarres, 
©neagainff the other, anD thefe that on both 
fines are taken p?jfoners , then k&pe fo? 
fiaues, anD to fell each other like beattes: hee 
tohofe euiil fortune to fuch f that hee is one of 
Sbecapttaes, mutt be patient, toherem thep 
fheto not much Diflikc,fo? token thep are afk* 
CD,koto then can content thcmfelues truth 
that poke of bonoagc,thep anftoere that f hep 
can beare it toell enough* feeing their planet 
M baue it fo, anD fo? that their frienDs ano 
neighbours thall rcuenge their caufeagatnff 
thofe that haue Done it. Mo in time ofpouer- 
fieo? Dearth the fathers map fell their chit- 
fi?en, as it happeneD inmp time,that there 
tnasfuch a Dearth, anD fcarfttie of bicfualls 
infhefirtnelanDe, anD countries bo?Dertng 
tjppon Goa, that the men of India came to 
Goa (anD other places inhere the Po?fim 
gales are refioent) fo fell their chilDjen, in 
great numbers, anD fo? fmall p?iccs> fo bup 
thembtetuals. 3 haue tone USepcs of eight, 
0 ?ten peaces, giuenin erchangefo?fiueo? 
fire meafures of &tce, anD feme fo?th?& 0 ? 
foure SDucats the paece, anD fome came toith 
theiriniaesanD chtlD?ento otter fhemfclues 
to bee flaues, fo that thep might haue mcate 
anD D?inke to nourifh their boDfes.SnDbe- 
caufe the po?tmgalcs haue frafftqueinall 
places, (as toe haue bame inmanp) it is the 
caufc tobp fo manp are brought out of all 
countries f 0 befolDc, fo? the po?ttngales Doe 
make a liuing bp buping anD felling of them, 
as thep Doc toith other toares. Mhafcom 
cerneth the Caffares in Mofambique, 3 
haue in an other place DeclareD,in the Dcfcrip* 
tion of Mofambique, hereafterfollotoeth 
the pictures Ofthe Arabian's anD Abexijns, 
toith their toiues, as thep goc in India, alfo 
the pictures anD manners of the Ca flares, 
both men anD toomcn, as thep goe in Mo¬ 
fambique, all liuelp pojtracteD, 
Thc 42 ,Chapter. 
Ofthe Malabares and Nayros in India, 
with their manners and cuftomes. 
$e Malabares are thofe 
that Dtoel on the £>ea caott, 
bettooene Goa, $ the Cape 
de Comori jn ^QUthtoarO 
from Goa, tohere the pep¬ 
per gcotoe% SDjephauea 
Thei.Bookc, 
' - 7 .' ife 
fpcechbp thetofe!ues,anD their cotmfefe is bi* 
ut'DeD into manp htngDomes^s in the oeferip* 
tion of the countrp,toe haue alreaDp Declares, 
thefe are the greafett,anD too: tt enemies that 
the ^ojttngales haue, anD bp §>ea Doe them 
great mifchiefe,thep are ttrong anD berp tow> 
ragious, thep goe all nakcD onelp their p?iuis 
members coucreD, the toomenlihetoife haue 
but a cloth from their $auell Dotonc to their 
knees, all the rett is nakeD,thep are ttrong of 
limmes,anD berte arrogant anD p:ouDe, of 
colour altogether blacke, pet berie fmotfj 
both ofhatreanDflun, totjtch commoitlpthep 
annofnt toith £Dple, to make it thine; thep 
toeare their hatre as long as it toill groto,tp~ 
eDonthetopojcrotone of their heaDS toith 
a Hare, both men anD toemcn: the lappes of 
their eares are open,anD are fo long that thep 
hang Dotone to their (houloers, anD the Ion* 
ger $ toiDer thep are, the mo?e thep are ettce* 
meD among them, anD it is thought to bee a 
beauttc in them. Efface, boDp, anD limmcs, 
thep are altogether like men of £urop,tottb* 
outanp Difference, but onelp in colour, the 
mcnarecommonlp berie haprie, anDrough 
bpon the b?eatt, anD on their boDies, anD are 
the mott leacherous anD bnchatt nation in all 
the£D?icnt, fo that there are berie fetotoo* 
men chilDzen among them, effeuen 0 ? eighf 
peares oJDe, that haue their matDcmheaDes: 
snhep are berie rcaDiefo catch one from an 
other, though it bee but fo? a fmall penie. Bin 
their hanfes thep arc not berie curious, their 
houfes anD houffjolD ttuffe ,Differeth not much 
from the Cananjns $ Corumbijnsof Goa, 
EheirBDolatrie, ceremonies anbfuperffiff* 
ons, are like the other heathens, j©f thefe 
Malabares there srettoc manner of people, 
the one is Noblemen 0 ? Gmtlemcn,callee 
Nayros , tohich are fouters, that Doe oncip 
toeare anD hanDle armes, the other is the 
common people calico Polias , anD thep map 
toeare no toeapons,no? beare anp armes,the 
Nayros mutt in all places tohere thep goe 0 ? 
ttanD, toeare fuch armes as are appomtcDfoi 
them, anD altoaiesbeereaDte at the Kings 
commaunDemcntto Doe him fcrnicc, fome of 
them Doe aitoates beare a nakeD Hapieros 
Courtelas in their right hanDs, anD a greaf 
SCarget in their left hanD, thofe targets are 
berie great, anD rnaoe of light tocoD,fotbaf 
tohen thep toil thep can couer their tobole bo- 
Dies theretoitb,thep are fo toeli bfeD thcreuu* 
to,that thep etteme it nothing to beare them* 
anD tohen thep tranell on the toap, thep map 
be hearD a great toap off, fo? that thep com^ 
monlpmake a great knocking toith the pit 
of their &apter>againtt the 2 Carget, becaufe 
theptooulD bee hearD. ©here are fome thaS 
camcaboto anD a bemmsns arrotobppow 
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