cctotiofiiip true naturalcountrie,got the Up* 
per band, and oner ruled me, making me 
tebolp to fojget mp conceipt Unto the contra* 
rie: and fo committing mp felfe f mpaffaires 
Unto d£oD,U) 5 )o onelp can Direct and belpe Us, 
anD giue god fncccffc to all endeuours, Ten* 
treD into mp ncto p?ctended courfe- 
588. SntUe spontb of $oucmber 1 f 8 8. the 
Chips fapled againe from Goa, to tOecoaff of 
Malabar $ Cochij n,to take in ttjcir lading: 
^tnD ttje 2 3. oftbe fame month, tbeSanta- 
Crus fet faple to begin our triage- Cbe 2 8* 
Dap tee arrined in Honor a jrojt belonging 
to tbe po?tingals, and tbe firff tbep baue Up< 
en tbe coaff of Malabar,tobicb Ipetb ^>outb* 
teard from Goa eigbtame miles, in tebicb 
place tee teere affigned to take in our lading 
of pepper, Cljcp Ufcd not befe?e to lade anp 
pepper in that place/o that toe teere tbe firff 
tbat euer laded there: but from thence fo?* 
toards, tbep minded peatclu 10 lade one Ship 
there 5 becaufe tbe ©uoene of Batticola (tbat 
lap not farre from thence) and Hono r, being 
teitbin her Biurifdiction 0? kingdom,bad bond 
8jcr felfe, pearelp to deliuer feauen 0? eight 
tboufano ©uintales of pepper, fo that the 
^farmers paied her balfe p monp fo? the fame 
fire Sponths before fbee deliuered it, and then 
fljeeteould deliuer tt at times.ifojtbctelpcb 
caufe tbe farmers haue there jfatto? in Ho* 
nor to receiue it of her bp toaight, and lap it 
Up till the time of lading commetb* SDbe like 
baue thep in all the other jl^tes Uppon the 
COaff Of Malabar, as at Mangalar^Barfe- 
lor, Cananor, Cochijn, Coulan $C. j^Otee 
toftnotothe right manner of Arming of the 
pepper, pou muff bnderffand, that the Jfar* 
mers take the fame to JFarme fo? fiue peres, 
and bind themfelues euerp peare to fend their 
ff ocfce ofreadie monep, fo: thirtie thoufand 
SRuintales of pepper, fo that the Iking toil! 
fend Chips to lade it in.iCbe Sing on the other 
fide bindetb himfelfe to perfo?me, and to fend 
suerie peare fiue fbtps, the if 1 armers bearing 
the aduenfure of the s>ea both of their monp 
fending tljether arid of the pepper brought 
from thence, f muff lade it in India, into the 
Ships at their otene coffs and ebargesttobieb 
being brought into po:tingall,thep deliuer al 
the pepper to the lung at the p?ice of tteelue 
SDucats the Mntall? $ if anp bee caff atoap 
0? fatten Upon the £>ea, it is at the jfafmers 
charge, fo? the Eing dealetl) not but onelp 
teith that tohich is deliuered him in pojtin* 
gall,being d?ie and faire laide Up in the lungs 
ffo?e houfe in Lisbone: fo? the tohich be pap- 
cth not anp monep Unto the farmers. Unfill 
the faid pepper be fold,teith the monp teber- 
ofhepapeththem; fo that the Iktng toitbopt 
Thei.Bookc 
anp hazard 0? difimrfing anp thing of hi 3 
otene, hath altoaics his monep fo?bis pep* 
per, teithoutfhe Ioffe of anp one pennie, 3 nd 
in that refpectfbe farmers baue great and 
ff rong pjiueledgcs -firff tbat no man of tehaf 
eff ate 0? condition fo euer be bee, either po?* 
fingall, 0? of anp place in Indi j,m|| deaie 0 ? 
trade in peper but tbep,Upon paine of death, 
tobicb is Uerie fljarplp koked unto* Iliketeife 
tbep map not fo? anp occafiono? neceffitie, 
tebatfoeuer,oimuutb 0? leffen the o?dinaeic 
ffoche of monep fo? tbe pepper, neither bin* 
dero? let them in anp fo?te concerning the 
ladingtbereof, tebicb isalfo Uerie ffrittlp ob* 
ferued. jf 0? although tbe pepper teere fo? the 
Iktngs otene perron, pet muff the farmers 
pepper be firff ladenf 0 tehome the Mice* 
rop and other Officers and Captaines of In* 
dia, muff giue al affiffanccbelpe and fauour, 
teitb teaching tbe fame and al other things, 
tohatfoeucr ffjall bp the faid farmers bee re* 
quired,fo? tbefafefieand benefite oftbe faide 
pepper, if 0? the lading and p?ouiding teber* 
of,tbe faid jfarmers are to fend their jracto?s 
feruants and affiffants, of tohat nation fo e- 
uer tbep bee, (ercepf engltffjmen, Jfrench* 
men and Spaniards) Unto euerp placeffo fee 
it laden and difpafcbcd ateap,fo? other ff ran¬ 
gers map not goe into India toitbout the fpe* 
ciall licence of the Iking, 0? bis counfcU of In* 
dia,Cbe pepper commonlp coffelb in India 
2 8 * pagodes the 315 bar,euede IBhar is fb?o§ 
€ 5 uintales and a balfe ]00?fingall teaigbt) fee 
that euerp Quintal! ffanbefb them in tteelue 
Pardatees , Xeraffins and foure Tangoes* 
GuerieQuintal!is 12$. pounds,andeuerie 
pardatec tb?ae SCeffones 0? thirtie ©tiuers 
beanie monep,and euerp Tanga,fh tie Rei js, 
0? fire ^tiuers, tebicb is tteelue Rollers of 
firtiepence jFlemiff) tbe peecc,after the rate of 
po?tingali monep, and tteentie foure £>ti* 
uers of tbe lifee monep, befiees all charges % 
aduenture of the £>eas. ©ut the great quan* 
title mafeefb them gainc tbe mo?e,fpeciallp,if 
if come fafe home. Cbe f^tps 1 tbeirfrapgb* 
ting, teitb condition to builde them, and the 
p?ouifion of all naceffatles fo? them, are aife 
farmed bp themfelues, and all at the aduen¬ 
ture of tbe ifarmerstand if the Ibip come fafe 
borne, tbep giue the Eing a certaine famine 
of monep fo? euerp Chip, and euerp peare fur* 
ntflj fiue ffpppes, lilieteife at their otene 
ibatgesteutfueb ^ouidiers as are appointed 
to goe in tbem,are bound to faple fo? v Iking, 
and baue but onelp meate and d?infce at the 
Ifarmcrs charge, the Meets and Kaplers 
being placed therein bp tbe Eings Admiral* 
tie, tebicb the farmers map not once denie 
0? refute: fo that the Iking adueuturetb no- 
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