£t4 %m atrm'ptiott of Mm# nano; 
lining in the Mob like beafis, $ cate mans 
iEetlyinlnarthep are ntott couragtous,fet* 
tingmofifiercclpbponthcirenemie i their 
arms are sarts,i»herin thep aremofi «m* 
tiing.Commmg again bnto the Ccafi,$ ha* 
uingpafithektngDomeofMclinde, tothe 
Cape de Guarda fuy, there are manp other 
places inhabifeo bp Incite spahome* 
taneSj inhere there are fome gmD Ijauens, 
iuhttfjer Diuers Grange fijippes anD £©ar* 
chants inith their toares Doe oaDinarilp re* 
foat, Iwtjcrofttjc cljeefetsPatc, thefeconD 
Braua , thettjirD Magadoxo, the fourth 
AmfFion , anD betjinDethat reaepeththe 
bjoafieano inite tjeaooj Cape of Guarda 
Fuy, tohich becaufe of the greatnes, iffueth 
farretnto the fea, is knobone bp manp 
fljtpscommingoutof India, Arabia, Or- 
mus, pother places, #no about this Cape 
the poatingales Do pearelp iwatctjfo? ttje 
% urkifij faile inith manp colt* 
Ip tnarcs,nothauing licence of them,* thep 
areboojDeD anD fpopleD oftheir toares bp 
thepoatingales, paefuming thcmfelues to 
be loaos ofal ttje frafftfec inthofe coutries, 
not permittinganp other to traffike therm 
but onelp thcmfelues, oa bp thepa licence. 
leaning faileD about ti)is Cape dc Guar¬ 
da Fuy, anD fetting pour courfe totoarDes 
the reDDe g>ea, there are other totones 
anD hauens s intjabiteD bp the spahome* 
tanes, the firfl calleD Mcth, the other 
being fomeiohat further Barbora, anD there 
are the lafiiohite people: from thence pots 
HnDc al blacke people, anD beponD that pou 
come to Ccila, Dalaca, Malaca,* Carachin, 
tuhtch coatttn their fpeech is calleD Baragi- 
am being al ^oo?es, anD erpert in armes, 
their apparrell from the mtDDle bptoarDe 
being of cotten linnen. %tyz gouer* 
siours o? nobles toeare Cappoten, tohich 
thep cal Bcrmifli , thisconntrep is rich of 
golD,|uoap,mettal, anD alfetnD of bictuals. 
ifrom thence pou come to the mouth of the 
reD fea, toheretn Ipeth an |flanD calleD Ba- 
belmandel, on both fiDes ioherof there run* 
weth a channel into the reD fea,thereof the 
tffllefifiDets almoH fifteene Italian,that is, 
th^SDuch miles b^oaDe,through the tohich 
al the fljtppesDoe pane both in anDout:the 
channelling on the other fiDe, is lhalloto, 
anD ful of fanDes anD cliffes, fo that in al it 
as about fire $Ductj miles baoaoe, tuhereof 
the one popnt Ipingin the #ffrican thoae,is 
calleD Kasbcl. anD the other Iping in the 
countrep Of Arabia Felix, ts calleD Ara, 
^hereabouts alfo is the hauen of the rich 
fotoneofAden in Arabia, alreaDie fpoken 
oaf in this bake, %tys boater runneth in* 
toarb bnto Swearing about laoo^taltan 
TheScBookeo 
miles in legth, on both fibes altogether Dap 
anD berie lhalloto,ful cf|flanDes,Deep onlp 
in the miDDle, inhere the Ihippes do ojDina* 
rilp faile,tohich is onelp bp the great * ftntff 
courfe of the boater, tohich fcourmg the 
channel^eepcth it cleane anD Deepe,catting 
bp thefanDe on both Coes. 
^ototofap fomething ofPrefterlohn, 
beingthe greatcfianD thejmightiefipaince 
in all AfFnca,his countrep beginneth from 
the enterance into the reD fea, anD reached) 
to the |flanb of Siene.iping bnDer tropicus 
Cancri, erceptingthe coaflof the fame lea, 
tohich the SCurfee toithin thefe fiftie peares 
hath taken from him, fo that his gouciw 
ment totoarDs the jpoathtoefi anD Catt,li* 
eth moftpartbpthereD fea,anD jpoatheafi, 
bpon Egypt.anD the Defarts of Nubia, anD 
on the ^outh fioe bpon Monomugi, fo that 
tofetootone the greatneffe ofallthecoun* 
tries bihich this Chufiian king hath bnDer 
hiscommanoement, thepareincompaffe 
4000. Italian miles, ihecheefe Cittio' 
iohereo f,anD boherein he is molt refiDentis 
calleD Beimalcchi, his gouernment is ouer 
manp countries anD kingDomes that are 
rich anD abounDantin golD,filuer,anD p?e* 
cious Hones,anD al fo?ts of mettals,his peo* 
pie are of outers colours,tohite,blacke, ano 
bettoaneboth, of a gooD nature ano p?o* 
portion ♦ SEhe noblemen anD gentlemen of 
the countrep, apparrcl themfelues in filke„ 
BimbjoDereD toith golD anD other fuch like. 
3 « thio countrep thep obferue latoes fo? 
tocaring of apparrcl bp Degrees, as thep De 
in P01 cingale.fij; that fome are not permit* 
feDfo toeare anp other apparrcl but &ea* 
ther:fhepeople are Ch?iflians,but holD ccr* 
taineceremomes oftheBletoiOj latoe, ano 
bpon the Dap of the conception of the birgtn 
Mary, al the kings anD princes bnDer his 
obeDience, Do comebnto thefaiDetotonc of 
Bclmaicchi,there to celebrate the feaft,cne* 
rieman bringing toith him fuch treafo^oj 
pearelp tribute as he is bounb to pap, anD 
at the fame feattthe people come thither in 
pilgrimage to honour it, iuhercbppon that 
Dap there is a great p*ocefiton, anD out of 
dje church from interne thep come, thep 
bring an Image of the birgin Mary, in foam 
like a man,of ^affie golo, anD inhere the 
epes lhoulo be,it hath ttoo great rubies,the 
reltofthe inhole Image beeing inaoughf 
Snith ercellent inoakmanl^ip, anD fet Uuth 
manp paecious Hones, laping it on a beere 
ofgolo berp cunninglp brought this 
paoceHton Prcften John himfelfe is perfo* 
naUp paefent, either fitting in a Chariot of 
gotoe, oa riDing on an elephant,moH rich * 
iptrappcD* hiwifelfs apparrelleD tn molt 
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