14$ Weiittt Junta % mfcljonttbems there. 
on,tbep combe tbemfclues off,and fo efcaped: 
pet in their fioiage bamctonrdto Povtingal, 
the fame ffjtppe tuns caff atoap bp ttjc Cape 
debonaSperanza, toitb the pilot and all 
fief men, toberebp much fpacctj arofe, taping 
it toas a fuff inDgement of <25od againtt bim 
fo: making fo manp totddotocs and fatbeclcs 
cbilbjen, toficrcef 31 toillfpeabein another 
place. Cfiis 31 thought goDtofetDotoneat 
large, bccaufe men might fa that manp a 
Ifiippeiscaff atoap bp the bcactueffe of the 
gouernours, anDfinflnlfnlneffe of the piloted 
toberfo:c it toere g©D to eramtne the perfans 
before a fhippe be committed finto tbem,fpe- 
cialto a fhippe of fuch a charge, ant> therein 
confiff eth the Welfare o: Undoing of fo manp 
men, together toitb their lines, and tmpoue* 
rising of fo manp a pane totfe andcbtld.tbts 
Ioffe happened in the month of 8uguff, An* 
ySy ij8y. 
y 8 6 ^n $ap An, i $ 8 6. ttoo Chips laden toith 
toare fet faile out of the hauen of Chaul , in 
India, that belonged finto certaine JBo:* 
tingalles inhabitantes of Chaul, the oto* 
tiers 1 being in them: thofe fhippes ihoulo 
haue fapleo to the ffraites of Mccca, oj the 
tedde fea, tohere the faid marchantes fifed to 
traficque: but theptoere taken on the £>ea 
bv ttoo Curbiffj <Mepcs, that bad bane 
maoe in the innermoff partes of the ffraites 
of Mecca, bp Cairo, on the corner of the 
reDDcfea, tn a totone called Sues; the fapDe 
Cfollepes began to Doe great mifehiefe, f put 
all the BlnDian merchants in great feare. 
Che fame month there toas a great armp, 
pjcparcD in Goa,botb of ifuff es anD galltes, 
fuch as in manp peaces haD not bane fane, 
anD toas appointeD to faile to the reb fea, to 
DjiuetheCurhifh €»allepes atoap, oj els to 
fight toith them if thepcoulD; thep toere al- 
fo commanDeD bp the dicerop to tointer their 
/ fhippes in Ormus, anD then to enter into the 
ffraights of Perfia,iping behind Ormus, and 
fo offer their feruice to Xatamas u, of Per* 
fia,againff the 2Curbe their common enemp, 
thcrebpto trouble him on all fiDes, if thep 
had brought their purpofe to effect: but it fel 
out othertotfe, as hereafter poufhallheare: 
fo: Chtefe of this armp, there toas appointee 
a Gentleman, nameD Rioy Gonfaluesda 
Camara, toho once haD bane Captaine of 
Ormus, betngaficrpfafte andgroffeman, 
tohich toas one of the chiefe occafions oftheir 
cuill fortune, anD toith him toent the pjinci - 
pallet* folDiers anD gentlemen of all India, 
fhinhing to toinne great hono: therebp-this 
armp being reaDp, * minDingto fapletotbc 
reDDcfea, thep founD manp calmesfipon the 
toap, fo that thep induced much mtferte, anD 
fiegunne to Die libe dogges 3 as toell fo: toan! 
The i* Booke„ 
ofdjinbe as other neceffartcs: fo: thep has 
notmaDe their account to flap fo long Upon 
the toap, tohich is altoaies their ercufe if ang 
thing fallcth out contrarpto their minDes: 
this toas their gooD beginning, anD as it is 
thought a pjeparatiue to further mifehiefe % 
fo:commingtothereDDe fea, at the mouth 
thereof thep met the Curhiffj CaUies, tohere 
thep haD a long fight,but in p enD the potfiri* 
gals hao the ouertb?oto,$ efcaped as toell as 
thep might, toith great Difhononr,anD no lit* 
tie Ioffe; anD theCurbesbeingbuto:iou 0 , 
fapleD to the coaff Of Abcx o: Melinde, 
tohere thep tcobe certaine totones, as Pate 
anD Braua, that as then toere in league toith 
the pottingalles, there to ffrengthen them* 
felues,ano therebp to reape a greater benefit, 
bp inoamaging tbepo:ttngall>and Ipingfit** 
Der their notes. Che po?tingall armie ha* 
uingfpeDDein this manner, toent hnto Or¬ 
mus, there to tointer themfelues, anD in the 
meanetime to repaire their armie, anD to 
healc their ficbe folDiers, tohereof thep hah 
manp; anD fo tohen time ferueo to fulfill the 
mtceropes commanDement in helping Xata# 
mas, thinhing bp that meanes to recouer 
their Ioffes; being ariueo in Ormus, and ha* 
uing repaired their ifuffes, $ the time com* 
ming on, the General bp reafon of bis fatnes 
ano co:pulentboDie ffaped in Ormus , ap¬ 
pointing Hienetenant in bts place, one cal* 
leD Pedro Hpmen Tcrcira, (tobo although 
he toas but a meane gentleman, pet toas bee 
aherpgcoDfolDier, anD of great erperience) 
commanDing them to obep him in all things, 
as if he toere there in perfon himfelfc; gluing 
them in charge,as thep failed along the coaff, 
to land Upon the coaff of Arabia, there to pu* 
niff) certain pirates,tbat held in a place called 
Nicola, anDfpoiledfuchas paffedto and fro 
Upon the feas,and Did great hurt to the tfiips 
and marchants of Bailors,that traffiqneD in 
Ormus, toherebpthe trafique to the faioe 
totone of Ormus toas much hindered, to the 
great Ioffe and bndoing of manp a marchant. 
Mitb this commiffion thep fet fo:toard® 
toith their iieuetenant, and being come fo 
Nicola,tobere thep ran their faff es on tfioje, 
fo that thep lap balfed:p Upon the fanoteueru 
man in gcnerall leaped on land, toithout anp 
ojder of battaile, as in all their actions thep 
fife to Doe: tohich the Ilieuetenant percciuing, 
toouldbauc fifed his authojitie, and bane pla¬ 
ced them in o?der, as in toarltbe affaires fS 
requtiite f o be Done; but thep to the contracts 
toould not obap him, (aping bee toas but a 
H5oje,i that thep toere better gentlemen ? 
folDiers then he: and toith thefe and fuch libs 
p:efumptuous fpachcs, thep toent on their 
sourfe/catiering here $ therein alldifojders 
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