£>f tlje teg&ome zit 
lemons ants citrons, ano alltyrtes office, 
tame ana toiloe Rennes,fiuine ana tiarts of 
Den? gcnO ana finite fiefy, b? reafon oft^e 
fertiliftc,ano excellent gent) fi tt). 20&e i«ha* 
bitants are heathens, anD fome of £paho* 
Diets fed, of a fapre colour, much giuen to 
boar,ano to their tocapons,fpcctallp botoes 
anDtoaiDDen hoiberts , % 3 ns 3 $ana 
uiDcd into foure gouernmcnts,ech figging 
again® ottjcr* 2Lt)erein are maup mines of 
gola,aiuer,copper,p?on,ana otfjcr metals: 
but ttjetoilDe people Dfenotto traffibe out 
of their otone ccuntrep, but onelp faple in 
fmall fcutcs(cut out of trees)from one place 
ofttje BiflanD to the othcr>fo? the mott parte 
not flittering anp traffic in their BiflanD 
tnith ttra!igers:pettl)epoitmgalcs at tins 
time traffibe in fome of their hauens, but 
go not on lanD, anD from thence bring am* 
bcrarcece, to are, filiier, coppcr,ricc,anD Dt* 
ners other toarcs. Bin this chattel bettoeen 
the finite lano of Affuca anD tljis B$ an a, 
there lieth mam? both great anD fmall 
fianDs, al inpabiteD bp ^ahometgpes, a* 
mong tljetohich tljecptefeis S; Chriftotcr, 
tljcntbc Hoiyghotl, another calleD Magh- 
ao-lie, as alfo Comoro, A«zoame^yia>o tto 
anD fuels like. Returning againe Onto the 
coaff,ana Ijauing paffea Quiioa, pou fee tt> e 
ItingDotneof Mombaza, Iptngbnoer three 
negroes ana aIjafte on the foutt) fioc, tab# 
ing tfje name from a ccrtaine Biflano, fo cab 
IeD, totjercin lieth a fatre totone, toith ma* 
np gojQlp butlatngs, bcautifieD toith Diuers 
3Jmages anD figures, the bing being a Sga* 
Isometane, tohototthttanDing the^ortui# 
gales, fpceDelibctbofeofQoiioa, tabmgit 
bp force, inhere thep founa much golae,fib 
uer,pearles, cotten,Unnen,tilbes ana cloth 
of golac, toith other fortes ofmerchanDtfes, 
$L\)is Blfiana boraurefch on Quiioa, anD 
Meimde, inhabitea bp heathens ana spa* 
Isometanes, ana fubtect to the bing of Mo- 
nemugi. 
Sapling further, pon come fo fhcbmg# 
Dome of Meimde, towels is libetoife Derie 
fmall, ftrefclsing along t^e fea coafttiUpou 
comcfothc riuer cbimamchi IpingDnaer 
ttoo Degress ana abalfe, anDDptoaraesbp 
tlje riuer it runneth to a labe calleD Cahcc, 
about alsuniuca Italian miles, orttoentie 
E>utcb miles: Inthis countrep about the 
feafiae there ts a Derp great totone, mott 
inhabitea bp totsitc people, al heathens ana 
S^ahometanes : tljctr houfes arc built ab 
mott libe the houfes in pojtingale : thep? 
Ifieepcare almott asbigge againe as thofe 
in poetingale, toith tailes, tohtch areac* 
conntea foe a quarter of mutton, toeighmg 
at the lett fiue ana ttoentp o? thirtie pouna. 
The 2.Bookco 
Che toomen arctolsitc, ana arefiethem* 
fclues after the manner of Arabia , Dcrp 
protoalp, ano in great pompc, al in filhcs, 
toeartng about their neefces, armes, ana 
legges,ietocls,rings,ana bracelets ofgola, 
going toiflj their faces ccucrea, libethe €* 
gppf ian toomen, not being feme a? fenoton, 
buftohcnifpleafcth them : in this totone 
there is a g©e hauen fo ? to lie in, ano 
fo? the mott parte, the people arcfricnDlp, 
Dp’ight tntoojaeanaaceac, holaing goto 
fnenalhippe toith ttrangers, fpeciallp toith 
thepoitingales,gtuing them much creait, 
ana neuer hurting them. Miocene the it 
bcaOs cfMombaza,anD Mehndc there liefh 
three Bfianas, the firtt calleD Momfie, the 
fecottO Zanzibar, anDfhethirD Pemba, all 
inhabitea bp ipahomctanes, tohitcof co* 
lour,Derp rich ana abunoantin toealth,bu£ 
not bfeo to the toarres, onlp to til thcarfh* 
Bln thofe Biflanas is much fugar, tetjich is 
bp them biought in boates into the firrne 
lano, toith other fruites of thofe BJflanaes 
imthinthefirmelana. 
315epona thofe th?® biitgaomesof Qui¬ 
ioa, Melindc 3 ana Murpbazajieth the great 
ano large bingoomc of Monemugi, tohich 
oil the fcuth’licth bpponthc bingaome of 
Moiambiquc,bp tlje riuer of Co.iuo,ana on 
the toett Dpon the riuer Nylus, bettocen the 
ttoo labes, on the north bppon the llano of 
Prefter Iohn it liueth pcaceablp toith the s» 
feingoomes afo?cfaia, trafiSbingtoith them 
fo^ cotten,linncn, tohich is brought thither 
outofCjmbaia.to fuch libe toares,b,iought 
out of India, tohtch thep barter fo? goto, fib 
tier,copper,ana iuo?p, but on the other fiae 
totoaras Monomotapa , it hath continuall 
toarres, ana that fo cruel ana blcoDprthat if 
canharalpbe bnotonetohohath the tocto? 
rp, becaufe in that place there mectetl; ttoo 
mightp people, ana thofe that are mott ep 
pert in armes throughout all AfFrica, fo? 
thofe of Monomotapa, the toomen calka 
Amazon, tohereofBI fpabebefore: ano fo? 
Monemugi, the people (bp thofe of Mon- 
congi) callea Giachi, but in their otone 
fpeech Agagi, tohtch in timepattDfeo much 
to tnuaac the bingoome of Congo ? jTbthing 
incomparable for ttrengtl;, ana agtllitie to 
the Amazons. 
Chis people hane a cuttome, toith 
fjofepronsfo burne tijcir faces, efpeciallp 
their tipper lippes., ana fo mabc ttribes 
ana lines in them: alfo thep turnetljeir epe 
lias Dptoaras ana rouna about. Chep are 
blacbe toith thtningtoinnes. Chetohite of 
their eics being of fo ftoart a colour,that bp 
their faces thep feemeto bettange ana cruet 
wottersjth^ areilfauorea,* great boaies P 
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