jCmlcljotetiBiboyageftomjnwatot^stmgale. 1 63 
^urucigho? of the bufineffe,being chief £>ffP 
ter fo? the &ing,b)berein muff be certified c* 
neric kind of mate bp p&cemeale,b)btcb tbep 
lade together ioitb p name of the fbip,b)bere* 
in it is to be laden, fo?lnitbout that Certify 
tar,tbe ffotoets and posters toill not take it 
in: anD although poubaue pour Billet, pet 
muff poub?ibe the matters, before pou can 
get it abojD the fhippe, and fome thing muff 
be giuen liketoife to the powers befibes their 
duties,® pou deUce to ffoln pour goods*lnell, 
ctbcrlnife tbep bull let it ffanb; anb he that 
giueth moff hath the beff place in the fhippe: 
pea anb thep ffoln the fbip fo miferablie full, 
thatthereis not a hole o?ancmptie place to 
be founb.but it is full fluffed: anb fo? all their 
p?ofit, it is often times feene, that the chief 
poster, that both onlte command afib fcoke 
oucr there®, getteth fo?bts part inbjtbcs 
fo? Coinage of a ihip, fometimes feueno? 
800 SDukafs, anb the matters afmnch, anb 
all this onlte bp giftsXhofe offices are giuen 
bp fauo? ofthe tHicerop anb the Veador dc 
Fafenda,tbhtch is the caufe that the fbips are 
often times laben fo ful,that thep are in mam 
tier reabp to finketfo that a man mould think 
it lucre impofftble fo? them cither to rob) 0? 
ffirre: becaufe p failers 9 officers of the tyips 
bane nothing to boe tberelnttb, bntill the laff 
boar that it fetteth fapl f the it is bcliuereb tm 
to their hanbes, anb the matters anb po?ters 
goe their loaies, leaning the (hip ful in euerp 
placemen to the bppermoff £>arlop, Inhere 
there ffanbeth commonlie 7 0? 8 cheffes,one 
aboue the other, both in the ffeme anb fo?e* 
fflippe, bpon the cables, in the fo?ccaff ell, in 
the ffirrige, anb in euerp place, Inhich are all 
ful of great pots, fattes,cheff s,hennes cages, 
anb fnch like, fo that it fttmctb rather a La* 
bprinth o?aSpa$e,thenaffjip: anbfo thep 
commit tbcmfelues to the grace of Cob anb 
fet faple-and often times it falleth out,that of 
5 o faplers Inhich are aboue the fijip(as it bib 
in our fbip) not aboue 1 o. of them coula tell 
bob) to Caere 0? handle the Hutber: 9 befibes 
that, moff of them Inere neuer at Tea befo?e, 
but bpfauo?get their places, as all there® 
boe, fo that inhen occafiou ferueth, being at 
fea,thep ffartb linking one bpon an other, bo* 
ing nothing buterp Mifericordia,ant) our 
Habphelpebs. 
3 ln Cochi in there area great number of 
boates called Tones, that are cut out of one 
pace of inmb, anb pet fome of them arefo 
grcat,that a man map labe 20 pipes of ina- 
ter in them. SEbcfe thep carrie abo?b p ffjips, 
that lie at the leaff a mile bnthtn the fea, anb 
there thep make pjicebrith themfo?afmall 
fumme of monep, anb then thep goe anb fill 
the pipes thcmfelues, Inttb pots fnhlehthep 
The 1.Booke^ 
haue fo? the purpofe, anb it is a great com* 
mobitic Onto them, SDhis luster is b?oughf 
OUt Of p riuer Of Cochin called Mangate,$ it 
is berie gmbXouching the totene anb coun* 
trp of Cochin* 31 hatie alreabp Dcclarcb in 
thebefcriptiouof the Coaff of Malabar, fo 
that this thall fufficeto Ihetopou inhat the 
conntrie of India is: anb noin 3 mill ffjeb) 
bnto pou the manner that is bfed in thefhips 
Inhen thep faple home againe: tobicb in part 
3 haue alreabie touches, asalfo out Depar¬ 
ture arid bopage from India to Lisbon, 
The 5? 3* Chapter. 
Ofmy voyage and departure from India 
to Port in gale. 
pefirffof 3ait 1589; 
the Santa Maria fet ^ ^ 
faple, and becaufe it 
Inas one of the oldeff 
lhippcs,itb)asfirffDif* 
^^gajlpatcheb atnap,bp reafo 
that the fouler thep be* 
partffomCochin 5 thep 
come in better time to the Cape de Bona 
Speranza , anb the later thep come fhether, 
the mo?e ffoims 1 foule further thep hauc,be 
caufe as the the smmie goeth further into the 
il?o?th,anb leaueth the ^oufh parts.SDhere- 
fo?ecommonlp thep let the beff anb ftrogeff 
thippes goe laff, becaufe thep are beff able to 
hold out:anb inthe^lanb of&* Helena thep 
ffaponefo? the other bntill the 25^, bap of 
$9ap,$ no longer, Inhich is the time appoint 
teb bp the king, anb fo goe tn companptoge* 
ther bnto Portingale, fo? from India.bntO 
the 3 land of £>. Helena thep wed not kaepe 
companp, becaufe all that Inap thep feare no' 
ftouers, and from thence thep haue all their 
Cannon fijot pulled in,the better to palTe the 
foule Incther at the cape dc bona Speranza* 
%t)e 6 of 3anuarp, the fbip called our Itadfe 
dcConfepcao fet faple, the 10 of the fame, 
the^bmirallcalled^.Ghri'llopher: the 12 
the^>. Anthony? the.1 S the §>. Thomas, 
Inhich Inas the greateff anb the beff fhippe m 
all the j?leet,and richeft of labing:anb the 20 
of the fame ^onetb,mee fet faple, in our Ihip 
called the Santa Crus, being the laff. Inheres 
in Inas about 200 men oi allfo?fs, asfap* 
lers,foIbiers anb flanesifo? from India there 
goebuf felnfoldters bnthsut the tHtteropes 
palfcpo?t,bp bertue Inbereof thep goe to p?e? 
fent their feruices, and to fetch their papes 
anb duties fo? the fame, 0nd this thep boe af* 
ter thep haue feruCD in India fome peaces, f 
alfo Inhen thep haue abilitie to palfe ouer; 
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