164 ItftefniailtcibacDro^tljefo'.tjiceSttfutneDome. 
#fc2 Inhen then arepoo?e, anDbaucnobclpc, 
Ibep mu® flap in India, eticu fo? neceffities 
fabe, becaufe tbep baue no means to p?ocurc 
their patifage, fo that manie of them are con< 
IfrapneD totarrie there, anD to rnarrie tottb 
£po?f5 ana 3ntstan luomcn, the better to 
maintain tbcmfelues.altbougb it be brith mi* 
ferie enough, ifo? the charges of a mans boi* 
age out of India into Pomngal, isattbe 
lead 2000? 3ooparDatnes 5 anbthatonlie 
fo? meafe anD D?infcc, iobich a pco?e folDter 
can harDlp compaffe, bnlcffe he can p?ocure 
fomc gentlcman,Captaine, o? fome tocaltbp 
man in office, to be fauo?able bnto him, in 
helping him to perfo?me his iournep. |fo? in 
the bepsges homeloarDs the king giueth no# 
thing to the folbicrs anD paffiitgers, but free 
paffage, fo? him felf anD a chetf of 4. fpannes 
high anD b?oaD,anD 7 in length:anD thatafter 
tbep haue bene 3 pearcs in India, $ fo? that 
Cheft tbep pap neither fraught no? cuffome.- 
thepltbeluifebaueaCbeftm the roomage, 
free of fraight, fo? tuhich tbep pap cuffome: 
anD this thep map fell in India to anp spar- 
chant, as thep commonlie Doe,anD is iuo?th 
bnto them at the leaff, 40 0? 50 parDatoes. 
■Ehefe places thep call liberties, anD bee that 
bupetb them, regiffreth them in the name 
of him that he bupeth them of, fo tbeenD 
that in Portingale thep map eniop the fame 
Itbertte anD p?iuileDge- all thefaplers anD j©f# 
fleers alfo of the fijippes that fapl in them fro 
Portmgai,baue Itfcebrife bcfiDes their places 
sn the IhipSjthe fo?age of fuch a cheff allolneD 
them, full of cuffome anD fraight. £llltbefe 
thinges are berp fharplp IcohcD tint0: fo? al¬ 
though the fhips anD gooDs arc farrneD, pet 
Snben thep ariue at Lisbon, all the cbeffs are 
b?oughf into the SlnDian houfe, anD there bf* 
fiteD, to fee if anp gooDs be in them, that is 
fo?biDDen to be brought out of India, as pep# 
per, 0 mll, 0? HnDigo, anD other fuch Inares 
as are farrneD of the lung: $ if anp be founDjft 
is p?efentlp fo?faitcD, anD all the foares that 
are in fuch chefts ) are lihebJife balueo, fo that 
if thep amount bnto mo?c then the balue 
ssf 1000 spilrepes, thep muff pap cuffome 
fo? the ouerplus, bJhich in the tpme of the 
lungs of Portingale toas not bfeD; fo? then 
thep&creaccuffomcD to carrie their cbeffes 
home,anD to ffjeb) them onlp to the foaiters: 
anD although the poo?e faplers anD Officers 
Doe much complapne fo? the Ioffe 9 b?eahing 
of their liberties, pet can thep not be bearo; 
anD thus there come but febj ^olDtcrs out of 
India,fojthecaufes afo?efapD : fo? 31 cer* 
tamlie beleeue that of if 00 ^olDicrs anD 
mo?e p pearelteare font tbether outofPor# 
tingal,there returneth not a hunD?eth again, 
fome aping there in the countrie, others bce- 
Thci.Booke 
mg caff afuap, anD fiapnc bp Diners occa* 
Sons, anDthe rclf bp pouerfie not able to 
returne againe: anD fo again!! their billies 
are fc?ccD to ffap in the Counfrte ♦ 3 Bf a# 
nieof them Doe chance to come, if is fanth 
fomefElicerop, Captame, 0? other €>entle# 
man,o?perfon, that hath bo?ne office 0? au# 
tho?itie: anD Ibben fuch men come ouer,tbep 
altuaies take fome deleters toith them, to 
laborne thep gine meate anD D?infee, anD pet 
are fuch as are of their acquatntace, anD that 
long befo?e haD bene at their commanbe# 
menfs: tobicb thep Doe fo? the motf part 
bpona certaine p?pDeanDbafnegIo?te: anD 
inthisfo?t there map peareltc come 20 0? 
3 o £>0lDiers oner in each jS'bippe, inhich 
haue their planes anD Blache spo?es totth 
them: fo that thep come cleane anD 
ffoeet home, both fo? ILinnen anD other 
thinges, becaufe Linnentn India is berie 
gooDcheap; anDthe ^hippestohenthepre# 
turne borne, are cleaner then bJbentbepfet 
out of Portingale, becaufe thep haue fetoer 
men in them, anD fuch as come out of India, 
b?tng all their neceffaries foitb them, be* 
fiDes that the fljippe is berie ftoeete, bp rea* 
fon of the fpice that is laDcn fn it. 
Che partition of flje fbtp is in this man# 
iter: the pilot hath his Cabbtn abouein the 
hinDer part of the fbippe*, on the right fiDe, 
toberc he hath tb)o 0? tb?& Mimes, anD ne- 
uer commctb bnDcr hatches,no? Dofone into 
the fo?efi}tp,but ffanDefb onlp anD commaun# 
Deth the Spacer of the djip to hoife 0? let fall 
the failes, anD to l©he bnto his courfe, 
bob) thep fijall ff&re to take the height of the 
funner euc^p Dapto b)?fteanD marfcetobat 
paffeth.anD hob) thep fatle, toithtehat to^ 
bens, toinoeanobjcatber thep haue cuarie 
Dap;the Rafter hath his Cabin in the fame 
place, behtnDthe plotes Cabins, on the 
left hanD,U)ith as manie places anD rentes 
asthepplot hath. Inhere he ffanoethanD 
commanDeth, b3ithafilucrb)hiffle 5 f Icohetb 
onltetothe ^apneSpafte anD her Naples, 
anD fo bachlnarDs ; pet he hath the care 
of all the &hippe,anD mhaffoeuerbelengeth 
to it, anD commanDeth all thinges, as ta 
mafee i menD the fapls,tohtch he cutfeth out, 
$ the faplers fob) tbenr.he lookefh alfo if there 
be anp fault tntbelhippe, anD caufeth it to 
be menDeD,f as neeD requtretb,to D?ab) their 
Cannon in, anD againe to put it out. 3 f hee 
lnanteth anp thinges cloth fo? failes,nailes, 
ropes, 0? anp fuch Itfce thinges as are neeD# 
ful,lhe muft affie them of the facto? anD pur# 
ferofthefhippe, tohich p?efentlp are Deline- 
r cd bnto him ,b)ith a note of his hanD in the 
boofce to be accountable fo? if. Che chiefe 
Botefon hath his Cabbinm the fojecattle, 
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