134 :dDf tije 26c 5at,anD otljct fl ones astimfipoifm 
Cairo in iEgypt,anD arc lihefotfe calico £D?i; 
entail: tbep arc mud) eHcemed in India, be; 
caufc there arc but feto of tbem. djcrc arc 
matt? alfa brought out of p £>pantfl) Indies, 
andearrped into the landc of Pegu, tuberc 
tbep arc much toorne, ant) eHeemed of,tober- 
bp manp Venetians (that baue traucllcO the; 
tberimtb (Smeraldcs and bartered them fo? 
Hubies)are become bevy rich ,becaufe among 
them men bad ratber banc GDmcraldes then 
Rubies: 311 tbc faio if ones arc lihetoife bfed 
to medicines, and 0poticarted?ugges, Cur; 
quefes arc found in great numbers in tbc 
Countrep of Perfia, and brought info India 
from bepond Ormus, bp bundretb pounds at 
once, eartb and altogether, tobteb in India 
arc little elf rimied, fo? that tbe Indians and 
portingals do not toearemanp of tbem, and 
mahefmall account of tbem. %be lafparts 
mucb found in tbe land of Cambaia, but not 
muchregarded: tbep makedtibes and cups 
thereof: it is of colour groene l the tbc <£me; 
ralde. Cbrifolitcs and 3matiScs are manp in 
tbcBEfland OfSeyIon, Cambaia, and Baila«* 
gatte, and tbc tf one called Alakecca, fobub 
is alfo called BlcodHone, becaufc it quichlp 
fianebefb blcod,and other Hones called 3©tlke 
(tones, tobteb are grad fo? toomen that giuc 
mflkeorfuche. ETbefeand facb like Hones 
are in great numbers found in Cambaia and 
Bailagattc, and are brought to Goa to bee 
folde, tobercof tbep mahe Meades, Beales, 
binges, and a tboufand fucb lihe curtofittes: 
tbepare much etoned, fo? that a feale of 
fucb a (tone is foorjb ttoo o? tb?a? Pardaws 
the p<ece: there is alfo in Cambaia much 
Alambre,oj foberoftbep mahe manu rings, 
beades, and fucb lihe tbmgs,mbtcb are much 
bfed: there arc Ithefotfe (tones, bp tbe po?; 
tittgalles called Olhos dcGato, that is to 
Cap, Cattcs epes, becaufc tbep are lihe them 
(fobteb is the 3gat) and are of colour and fa; 
Hjion lihe Cattes epes: tbep come out of 
Cambaia, but tbe beft out QfSeylon and 
Pegu: tbep arc little brought into Portin; 
gal,foj> there tbep are not elteemed, and lihe* 
» becaufc tbep are fcdortb more in India 
tbcnmPortingall, fo? tbe Indians cHtcme 
much of tbem/peciallp tbe Chinos, and the- 
tber tbep are carped, bettor etoned,and fold 
there then anp other Cones: tbe Indians fap 
that this (tone bath a certainc pgopcrtic and 
berfue to prererue and htopc a man in the ri; 
cbes tobiebbebatb, and that tbep iball not 
le0en,butfiilincreafc: the Hoadacne,tobicb 
tl)C Ipojtingalles call Pedra de Ceuar is 
found in great quantitp,and in manp places 
of India: the Indians fay, that if a man bfe 
daplp to eatea little of that ffone y it prefer; 
netb.bim, and mahetb him loohe pong, and 
Thei,Booke, 
that be (ball neuer leohe olde: toberefojetbe 
binges and great Hordes of India bfe it tri 
pottes and beffeUes, therein to eate and feetb 
their mcate, tberebp asfbepbelamefo pre¬ 
fers their poutbes. 
The 87. Chapter, 
.' * . t ; 
Of the Bezar floncs, and other Bones 
good againft poyfcn. 
lBe3$e$ar If one com* 
metb QUtOfPerfia,fr§ 
tbc land 0 ? proumce 
called CataBone, and 
alfo out of other pla* 
ces in India : tbep 
grotoioitbintbemaVO 
of a fijtepe 0 ? Coat, a* 
bout a little if rate, that Ipctb in the middle of 
tbe main, fo? bp experience tbettrate is often 
found toitbin them: the if one is berp fliche f 
fmcotb toitbout, of a darhe graene colour. 
SCbefe €>oatso?H)fcpearebp the perfians 
called Pazan, luberebpon tbep call the Hone 
Pazar, and tbe portingalles bp corruption of 
fpoeeb call ifSazar or Bcfar, and tbe Indte 
ans Pedro do Bazar, tobicb is asmucb to 
fap,as marhetHonc:fo? Bezar m tbe Indian 
fpeecbfignifictb a machet e? place tobcreall 
btctuatles arc kept and folde,and fo? the fame 
caufe tbep call tbc fmalleH monep Bazaru; 
cos, as if tbep tooulde fap market monep, 
TOs BejarsHonets berp coiflp, and 
is mucb bfed in India again!! all pop; 
Ton, and other difeafes, and is more h 
flomted then ^Untcornes home in Europe, 
fo? it is mucb trped and fold berp deare: 2£bc 
greater and beauter tbep arc, the better and 
of mo?e bertue tbep are: the common forte 
are of three foure 0 ? fiue ortaues lueigbt/ome 
more, fome leffe: tbep are mucb brought im 
to Portingal,and greatlp elfcemed: tbe place 
iobere tbep are mott fouud, is (as 3 faid be¬ 
fore) in Perfia and alfo in the Ifland called 
Infula das Vacas, o? fbe|flano of Cotoes r 
It Ipetb before tbe mouth of tbe riuer, ente* 
ring into Cambaia, bard bp tbe coatt fobere 
the Portingall nauie often puttetb in fore* 
freib tbemfelucs, and being there, hill diuers 
oftbclbaepe or Coates, tuberein tbep finde 
manp of tbefe Bejars if ones: Uhebnfe in tbc 
lande of Pan bp Malacca, there are manp 
found: in the fame counfrep of Pan tbep find 
a certaine Hone imtbin tbe gall of a ^ogge„ 
tubicb tbep efieeme more againHpopfon and 
other dtfeafes then p Bc?ars Hone: the 
tingalles call if Pedra do Porco, that 
Rogges Hone: if is much bfed in Malac ca » 
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