i<o asljatfeefettttt jniitali utrcljoteitbemst^te* 
pcarebefo?c failedfrom India totnards Por* 
tingall, tnas caff alnapbpibecape dcBona 
Speranza,tnbcrettburff in paces bceing o? 
uerladeti:(fo? tbep do comonlp ouerladc moff 
of tbeir fljtps,) f affirmed that tbe Chip baa at 
tbe lead 9 baofull high of loafer tottbin it be? 
fo?e it Departed fro Cochiin, $ altbogb bcfo?e 
tbeir ffjips fet faple, tbep put tbe Spader and 
otber Officers to tbcfr atbts,tberbp to make 
tbem confcffc if tbe tbip be ff rong and fufftci- 
ent to perfo:mc tbe bopage, o? to let tbem 
knotn tbe faults,(tnbtcb bpo tbeir fait) oatbes 
is certeficd,bp a pjotedation made, tnberun? 
to tbe Officers fet tbefr bandes:) pet tbougb 
tbe fl&ip baue neuer fo manp faultes,tbep tnill 
tieuer confeffc tbem, becaufe tbep tnill not 
ioofc tbeir places, and p?ofit of tbe tHopagc: 
pea, although tbep doc affuredlp hnotnetbc 
Chip is not able to continue the mopage: fo? 
tbatcouetcufnes ouerth?ointng tnifedome s 
pollicie, maUetb them rciect all feare: but 
tnben tbep fall into tbe danger, tben tbep can 
fpeake faire, and p?omtfe manp tbinges. an 
that fo?t mod of the fbips depart fro Cothiin 
fotbatifanpof them come fafelie into Por- 
tingal I, it is onlp bp tbe toill of Cod: fo? o? 
tberinife it tnerc impoffible f o cfcapc, becaufe 
tbep ouer lade them, and are (o badlpp?oui? 
tedotbertnife, tnitb little o?der among tbeir 
mem fo that not one Chip commetb ouer, but 
can fbefo of tbeir great dangers bp ouerla? 
ding,. tnanf of neccffartes and reparations of 
tbe Altogether tnitb bnfkilfull &aplers,pet 
fo? all tbefc daplp $ continuall dangers, there 
is no amendment,but tbep dailp grotn tno?fe 
and tno?fe* 
3 ]n this CbtP caUcU t^e Boa Viagen tnerc 
manp Gentlemen, of tbe bed and principal* 
led that bad ferued a long time in India, tra? 
uelling as then bnto Portingall tnitb tbeir 
certificates, to get Come retnardfo? tbeir 
ferufce,as the manner is: and becaufe it bias 
one of tbe bed and greated fb<ps of that fleet, 
tbe ^Imbaffado? of Xatamas fcingof Perfia 
Inent therein fop?ocure a league tnitb tbe 
Hung of Spaine, $ to iopne Initb him againd 
tbe 2Curhe tbeir common enemie: but be be* 
mg d?otnned,tbe P erfia n tnculd fend no mo?e 
0mbaffado?s,andpetbee is dill in league 
andgffiOfricndlbippe tnitb the ^o?tfngalles. 
£Dbc tno?ff ftyptbat faplctb from Cochin to 
Portingal),ts tno?tb at the lead a million of 
gold,? this ioas one of tbe bed lbtps,tnberbp 
map be confidercd,tnbat great toffe commetb 
bp the cading atnap of one of tbeir fljips, be? 
tides the mem fo? there paffctb neuer a pere, 
but one o?ttno of them arc caff atnap eptber 
in going o?comming. 
3Jn tbe month of September the fame pere 
The i.Booke, 
1586. there armed fourc flaps out of For* 
tingall in Goa,called tbe^aint Thomas, 
Saluador, tbe Arrelickias, andBon-Iefus 
dc Carama,buf of tbeir 3 d‘mirall %>. Phillip 
tbepbad no netnes .fince tbeir departure from 
Lisbone, 
SDu the lad of j|iouember,tbe fame flaps 
departed from Goat fame along tbe road of 
Malabar 1 0 fahe tn tbeir lading of pepper, 
and from tbence to Cocbiin,tnbere common 
Ip one 0? ttno of them are laden tnitb pepper, 
but other Inares are onlp laden from Cochi# 
in. at the fame time there tnas a fbip called 
tbe Afccntiofitbatlapin Goa , $ bad made 
cerfaineboiagesto China and lapan: tnbicb 
ffjip tnas b?ougbt bp tbe jfacto?s fo? pepper, 
becaufe the fbip Caramabp reafon of her old? 
nes, tnasb?oken fn Cochiin, and fet hpon § 
ftockesfobe netn made, but not flnifbedbp 
reafon of certaine controuerfie that fella? 
mongtbetfacto?s. 
3 in this fbippe called NofTa Scnhorada 
Sancao,mp lo?d tbe 0 rcbbflbop faplcd tmto 
Portingall, bp reafon of certaine quarels 
netnlp begun bettneene the tSltcerop and 0? 
tberCouncello?s’, and the Sdcbbidjop. 2 nd 
although bp the micerop, all the Councell, 
and Gentlemen, andcommunaltieof Goa, 
be tnas intreated not f 0 leaue them, pet bee 
tnouldnot be difftnaded from bispurpofe.but 
inent to ride bnto tbe IMng, of tnbom be tnas 
tnellbclo«cd,tnbicbtbemicerop and others 
liked not berp tuell offearing bee fbould giuc 
fomeinfo?mation to tbe king, tnbicb tnould 
be fmallp to tbeir p?ofit, and in that mindc be 
bndertcohe bis tEopage, difebarging all bis 
feruants,fauing fometbaf be kept about him 
fo? bis feruice, leauing no man in bis boufe, 
but onlp bis &tetnard,and mp felfe to receiue 
bis rents and kape bis boufe, and becaufe as 
then tbe golden 3lubileo 0? pardon of Umme 
tnas netnlp b?ougbt info the Indies, (called 
La Santa Crufada) being granted fo the end, 
tbaf tnitb the monp (bat fbould bee gathered 
bp bertuc fberoffbc Captiues and p?ifoners 
in Africa 0? Barbary , that bad bane taken 
I0?ffoners in the battaile, tnberem Don Sc# 
baftian king of Portingall tnas flaine,(buld 
be redeemed, tnbicb tnas fent bnto tbe 3 rcb? 
bi(bop,being apointed tbe Romane Apoito# 
licke CommiiTarie, &c, fo? tbe fame: made 
me the general Clarke tb?ougboutal India, 
to kape account of the faid reccits, fgaue 
me one of tbe kepes of tbe cbeff ,tnberin the 
monte lap,tnitb a gad ff ipetid,and other p?o* 
fits belonging to tbe fame, during tbe time of 
bis abfencc: tberebp the rather to bindemee, 
that 31 Ibould remaine in bis boufe, and kap 
the fame till bis returne againe,as 31 bad p?o* 
