j©f tljs gfn&tatt fBolesanls^ttpecslitfotig, s< 
(Merptoitb Chambers and Pagodes^ fo 
that to be b?iefc, all the chambers anD boufes 
toitbin this compaffe o? fours Galleries, are 
3 oo.and areal full of earned Pagodes, of fo 
fearefull, fjo^nblc anD Dcuelify fo?mcs anD 
fljapes,tbat it is boondcrful to bebolD.€bc o= 
tber temple o? bole of Pagodes in this 38 lad, 
is in an other place, beboed alfo out of barb 
rochcs,and berp grcaf,al ful of Pagodes,cut 
out liketoife of the fame (tones, boitb fo euill 
fauo?cd anD bglie (bapes,tbat to enter theriii 
it mould mahe a mans bap?e ffano bprigbt. 
Cbere is pet an other Pagode, bobteb thep 
bold $c(fcemfo?tbcbigbetf$ ebicfeff Pago* 
dc of all the reft,tobtcb ftanoctb in a little 38 F 
anD called Poryttbis Pagode bp the po?tin* 
gals is called tbe/’agodc of the Clephant-Bln 
that 31 lanD ffandctb an high hill, $ on the fop 
thereof there is a bole, that goeth dobon info 
the bill,D!gged $ earned out of the bard rock, 
c: (tones as big as a great clopficntoitbm it 
bath both places and celfemes fo? boater, be* 
rp curiouflp made,and round about the boa’s 
are cut out $ fo?med,f be (hapes of Clepbafs, 
£ions,tigers,ano a tboufano other fucb lihe 
ioilde and crnclbealts:alfo feme Amazones 
and manp other deformed tbinges of diuers 
fo?fs, bohich are all fo boell and too?hmanlihe 
cut,tbat it is (trange to behold. St is thought 
that the Chinos (bobteb arebertc ingenious 
iooihcmcn) Did mahe it, toben thep bfed to 
traffique in the Counfrte of India. %\)tk 
Pagodes and buildings are nolo bobollie 
left, ouergrobonc, and fpopled, fincctbe^o?* 
tingales bad(f bndcr their fubtections. Bp 
thefe places map it bee coniccturcd, that 
their Pagodes arc (till toithin the land, c* 
lien fill this dap, fpcciallietoberetbc Kings 
and gouernours arc all of that Religion, and 
fceepe their Comtes and palaces. 
33 n the Bland of Seylon,u>bcrcof 3 bane 
alreadie fpohen, there is a high (£tU called 
Pico d’Adaro, o? Adams |Mll, bpctt the 
top bohereof (tandeth a great houfe, as big 
as a Clopiter : bobercin tadeth a Pa¬ 
gode of great account. Bln this place in 
time paft there boas a SCrothc of an 0pe, 
twined in (Solo and p?ectous (tones, and 
therein boas hept this Crotbe, bohich fo? 
coftlpnes and boo?tbpncs boas eff&med 
the holpett thing in all India , and had 
the greater refo?t bnto it from all the 
countries round about it: fo that it pafled 
both £a>* lames in Galifia , and ^. Mi¬ 
chaels ©ount in France, bpreafonof the 
great indulgences 9 pardons that lucre there 
daplie to be had: fo? bohich caufe it boas 
fought bnto boitb great deuotion bp all the 
Sindians boithin 4 0? y 00 miles round about 
to great multitudesibut it happened an. 155-4 
The r, book e» 
tuhep po?tingales made a road out of India 
andentredthe Biland ofSeylon, tbepfnent 
bp Upon the bill. Inhere thep thought to finds 
great freafure,becaufe of the fame that boas* 
fp?ead ab?oad of the great refo?t and offering 
in that place,lobcre thep fought the ClopSfcr 
and turned bp cucrie done thereof,and found 
nothing but a little Coffer, made fad boith 
manp codip p?ectous dones, bobercin lape 
the Spcs tenth. SChiS beetle 0? relique thep 
f ©he boith them bnto Goa, bohich bohen the 
Kings OfPegu, Sion, Bengala,Bifnagar, 
and others heard of, thep loerc much grieued 
that their fo codip Bleboell boas in that man* 
ncr tahen from them, boherupon bp common 
content thep fenf their ^mbaffaDo?s bnto the 
HUtcerop of India , defiring him of all friend- 
(hip, to fend them their $pcs troth agatne, 
offering him fo? a ranfome(bcfides other p?e* 
fents .bohich as then thep fent bnto him) 700, 
tboufano $>ucafs in Colde, bohich the Wee* 
rop fo? couef oufncffe of the monep boas mitt* 
ded to doc. But the 0 rchbi(hop of Goa called 
2)on Gafpar, mp 2 Lo? 0 s p?edtce(To?, diifboa* 
ded him from it, taping .that thep being Cb?P 
dtans, ought not to giue it them agatue, be* 
ing a thing buberebp Bldolatrie might be fur- 
thercd,and tbe HDeuill boo?(htpped,but rather 
boere bound bp their p?ofefiton, to rrote out 
and abolifh all 3Jdolatrtc andfuperfftttoii, as 
much as in them lap. Bp bohich rneanes the 
micerop boas perftoaded to change hie mind, a n Apes 
and flatlp dented the ^mbaffadoursrequedi Tooth 
hauingin their p?efcncefird burnt the apes 
froth, the afljes bohereof Sjcc caufcd to bee 
thjobone info the *sca.thereupon the am* 
badado?s fearing feme further tmfihicf,trohe 
their leaue and departed, being much adorn- 
dted that hec refufed fo great a fumme of mo* 
nep, fo? a thing bohich bee fo little edeemeo 
that bee burnt it, and th?cbo the 0djcs into 
the ^ea. jjiot long after there boas a Beni- 
ane(as theBenianes are full offubtiltie)thaf 
had gotten an other 0pes troth,and made the 
Indians and heathens bclteuc, that hce had 
miraculoufip found the fame 0pes troth, that 
thetaiicerope had, and that it boas rcuealed 
bnto him bp a Pagode in aM mi, that affu* 
red him if boas the fame, bohich heefaidfhe 
pojtingales thought thep had burncd,buf 
that he had bmie there inuifible and tahen it 
aboap, taping an other in the place. E&bicf; 
the heathens p?efentlp belieued, fo that it 
came bnto theming of Bifnagars earcs,boho 
thereupon dedred the Beniane tofend it him, 
and boith great top recetueo it,gtuing the Be* 
niane a great fumme of Coiaefo? it, tohere 
it boas againe holdett and hept in the fame 
honour andcdimation ? as the other that boas 
burntMbbame* 
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