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The Princ.i.p.al Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation.VOL . 1.by Richard Hakluyt.PREFACE "This elaborate and excellent Collection, which redounds as much to the glory of the English Nation as any book that ever was p
- 101 The stile wherewith he is inuested at his Coronation, runneth after this maner.Theodore Iuanowich, by the grace of G.o.d great Lord and Emperour of all Russia, great Duke of Volodomer, Mosco, and Nouogrod, King of Cazan, King of Astracan, Lord of Plesco,
- 102 The chiefe bootie the Tartars seeke for in all their warres is to get store of captiues; specially young boyes, and girles, whome they sell to the Turkes, or other their neighbours. To this purpose they take with them great baskets make like bakers pannie
- 103 A speciall note gathered by the excellent Venetian Cosmographer M. Iohn Baptista Ramusius out of the Atabian Geographie of Abilfada Ismael, concerning the trending of the Ocean sea from China Northward, along the coast of Tartarie and other vnknowen lands
- 104 And further, where you write vnto vs for such your subiects as letting, either in the Mosco, the Treasurehouse, or else where by any of our authorised people, but absolutely to bee at free libertie at their owne will and pleasure. And also I will continue
- 105 Right wors.h.i.+pfull, it may please you to vnderstand, that I was sent vnto you from the most mightie Prince Feodor Iuanowich, Lord, Emperour and great duke of Russia, &c. As also from the most excellent prince Boris Feodorowich, Lord Protector of Russia
- 106 END OF VOL. IV.……
- 107 The Princ.i.p.al Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation.VOL 5.by Richard Hakluyt.Nauigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EUROPE.A Catalogue of the great Masters of the Order of the Dutch kn
- 108 To the most renowned prince and mighty Lord, Henrie king of England &c. our gracious Lord.Our humble recommendations, with our most instant and continuall prayers for you being graciously by your Maiestie taken in good part &c. Most soueraigne king, might
- 109 Item, in the yeere of our Lord 1405. certain malefactors of Wismer wickedly and vniustly tooke, in a certaine port of Norway called Selaw, a s.h.i.+p of Yarmouth (the owner whereof was William Oxney and the master Thomas Smith) laden with salt, cloth, and
- 110 Item, that after that publication, the statute and ordinance aforesaid by euery of the marchants of the forenamed society were inuiolably obserued.Item, that the said statute and ordinance hath bene so rigorously put in execution, that whereas immediately
- 111 That the Brittons were in Italie and Greece with the Cimbrians and Gaules, before the incarnation of Christ. M. Wil. Camden, pag. 33.[Sidenote: Triadum Liber.] Britannos autem c.u.m Cimbris et Gallis permistos fuisse in expeditionibus illis in Italiam et
- 112 The woorthy voiage of Richard the first, K. of England into Asia, for the recouerie of Ierusalem out of the hands of the Saracens, drawen out of the booke of Acts and Monuments of the Church of England, written by M.Iohn Foxe.King Richard the first of tha
- 113 To make of a long siege a short narration. Vpon the twelfth day of Iuly the yeere aforesaid, the Princes and Captaines of the Pagans, vpon agreement resorted to the tent of the Templaries to commune with the two kings touching peace, and giuing vp of thei
- 114 Februarij, et apud Westmonasterium 13, Septembris, 1482. anno regni 22.Regis Eduardi quarti, lingua Lusitanica ex opere sequenti excerpta.Libro das obras de Garcia de Resende, que tracta da vida e feitos del Rey dom Ioham secundo. Embaxada que el Rey mand
- 115 How the corne was shorne downe halfe ripe and brought into the towne for feare of the Turkes hoste.During these things, the reuerend lord great master carefull and busie to haue euerything necessary, as men and other strengths, sent vessels called brigant
- 116 The 15. day of the sayd moneth was knowen and taken for a traitor, Messire Iohn Baptista, the physicion aforesayd, which confessed his euill and diuelish doings, and had his head striken of.Of the marueiloous mounts that the Turks made afore the towne, an
- 117 How the Turks got the plaine ground of Spaine.And that done, Acmek Basha seeing their businesse euery day goe from woorse to woorse, and that at the a.s.saults were but losse of people, without doing of any good, and that there was no man that willingly w
- 118 A voyage made with the s.h.i.+ppes called the Holy Crosse, and the Mathew Gonson, to the Iles of Candia and Chio, about the yeere 1534, according to a relation made to Master Richard Hackluit, by Iohn Williamson, Cooper and citizen of London, who liued in
- 119 Through targe and body right that downe he falleth dead His fellow then in heauie plight, doth swimme away afraid.To bathe in brutish bloud, then fleeth the graygoose wing.The halberders at hand be good, and hew that all doth ring.Yet gunner play thy part
- 120 Yea helpe, ye muses nine, lot no thought me withstand, Aid me this thing well to define, which here I take in hand.Well, thus it fortuned tho, in Ginney now arriu'd, Nine men in boat to shoe we go, where we traffike espide, And parting at midday from
- 121 And gaue to us, euen such as they themselues do daily eate.Was neuer Owle in wood halfe so much wondered at, As we were then poore men, alas, which there among them sat.We feared yet our part, and wisht a moneth were past, For each man there went with his
- 122 Excutiantque nouum Cypria regna iugum.Et quod Christicolae foedns pepigere Monarchae, Id faustum n.o.bis omnibus esse velis.Tu pagna illorum pugnas, et bella secundes.Captiuosque tibi subde per arma Scythas.Sic tua per totum fundetur gloria mundum, Vnus s
- 123 The captaine Francesco Troncauilla.The captaine Hannibal Adama of Fermo.The captaine Scipio of the citie of Castello.The captaine Charles Ragonasco of Cremona.The captaine Francesco Siraco.The captaine Robeto Maluezzo.The captaine Caesar of Aduersa.The ca
- 124 In most friendly maner we giue you to vnderstand, that a certaine man hath come vnto vs in the name of your most excellent Regall Maiestie, commending vnto vs from you all kindnesse, curtesie and friendly offices on your part, and did humbly require that
- 125 3 Item, if their s.h.i.+ps purpose to arriue in any of our ports and hauens, it shalbe lawfull for them so to do in peace, and from thence againe to depart, without any let or impediment.4 Item, if it shall happen that any of their s.h.i.+ps in tempestuou
- 126 The same in English.Elizabeth, by the clemencie of the most good and most great G.o.d, the only creator and gouernour of all things, Queene of England, France, and Ireland, inuincible, and most mightie defender of the true faith, against all Idolaters fal
- 127 And what prices they be of.And of them which bee the Naturals of this Realme, and in what part of the Realme they are to be had.And of all the forren materials vsed in dying to know the very naturall places of them, and the plentie or the scarcenesse of e
- 128 1 First that our people may be freed of such wonted molestation, as the Ianisers of Patra.s.so haue alwayes from time to time offered them, not regarding the kings commandements to the contrary. That they be remoued and called away from thence, and none o
- 129 The 7. we pa.s.sed without Weissenburg to dinner at Monhaim, and that night we pa.s.sed the riuer of Danubius at Tonewertd, [Footnote: Donauwerth.] and so to be to Nurendof.The 8. we came to Augspurg, otherwise called Augusta, vpon the riuer of Lech.The 9
- 130 The 30. we baited at Grodecz, and that night at Vilna [Footnote: Probably Sandova--Wisznia.]The 31. we dined at Mostiska, [Footnote: Mosciska.] and that night at Rodmena. [Footnote: Radymno.]The first of Nouember in the morning before day wee pa.s.sed wit
- 131 Peter by the grace of G.o.d prince of Valachia and Moldauia; we signifie by these presents to all and singuler persons, whom it doth or shall concerne, that we haue made this agreement with the worthy gentleman William Hareborne Amba.s.sador of the right
- 132 The Princ.i.p.al Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation.VOL. 6.by Richard Hakluyt.DEDICATION TO THE FIRST EDITION.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT CECIL KNIGHT, PRINc.i.p.aLL SECRETARIE TO HER MAIESTIE, MASTER OF THE COU
- 133 BY IHON KINGSTONE, AND HENRY SUTTON.1555.[_This work was not included in the 1598-1600 edition of Hakluyt's Voyages.It, however, formed part of the supplement issued in 1812._]TO THE RIGHTE HONOURABLE THE ERLE OF ARUNDEL, KNIGHT OF THE ORDRE, AND LOR
- 134 -- Of Ethiope, and the auncient maners of that nation.Two countreies there ware of that name Ouerlanders, and Netherlanders. The one pertaynyng to Aphrique, the other to Asie. The one whiche at this daie is called Inde, hath on the east the redde sea, and
- 135 Caeterum a tergo aegypti versus Meridiem, juxta sinistram Nili ripam, Libya est exterior ad aethiopiam extensa: nunc est _Elfocat_ desertum et _Gaoga_.CAP. IV._Cyrenaca, Africa Minor, Libyae deserta, Troglodytae et Garmantes_.aegypto annexa est Cyrenaca r
- 136 aegypto continuatur n.o.bilissima totius Africae regio Barbaria; in s.e.x partes divisa, quarum una est provincia Barcana, quinque reliquae sunt regna, Tunetanum, Tremisenum, Fessanum, Maurocanum et Darense._Barcana regio_.Inter aegyptum et Tunetanum regn
- 137 In curing, they are bounde to folowe the preceptes of the auncient and allowed writers, regestred in their holy scripture. Yf a man folowing the prescripte of the scriptures can not so heale the sicke, he is not blamed for that: But yf he fortune to heale
- 138 No man amonge the Panchais hath any thinge that he can call proprely his owne: his house, and his gardein excepted. For bothe the customes, and reuenewes, and all other profectes, are deliuered in to the priestes handes. Who acordinge as they finde necess
- 139 When they haue matier of moste importaunce to common of, thei debate and conclude in the middes of their cuppes: thinkyng it muche surer that is so determined, then aftre any other sobrer sorte. Acqueintaunce mieting of equall degre, griete one another wi
- 140 Ther is a place betwixt Gedrosia and the floude Yndus which is called Cathainus of the Cathaiens that enhabyte it. This people ware an ofspring of the Scithians, muche altered from their naturall condicions, and wonted maners, if that that Aritone the Arm
- 141 This people so despiseth al other men, and thincke theim selues so farre to surmount them in wisedome and goodnes: that thei abhorre to speake to theim, or to compaignie with theim. Thei calle the Pope and all Christen menne, Doggues and Idolatres: becaus
- 142 For the whiche purpose, we chiefly ware made. This Iesus, from thirtie yeres of age, vntill thirtie and fowre (in the whiche, throughe the maliciousnes of the Iewes, he suffred on the galowe tree) traueillyng all Iewrie ouer: first moued and exhorted the
- 143 MADE THIS LAST SUMMER BY THREESCORE AND THIRTEENE SAILE OF s.h.i.+PPES, SENT FORTH AT THE COMMAND AND DIRECTION OF THE GENERAL OF THE VNITED PROUINCES, TO THE COAST OF SPAINE AND THE CANARIE-ISLES: WITH THE TAKING OF A TOWNE IN THE ILE OF GOMERA AND THE S
- 144 Thus with the helpe of G.o.d about noone, wee won the great Iland of Canaria, and the town of Allegona, battered with their owne artillery, and skaled with their owne ladders. Towards the euening wee were quartered in the housen, those wherein the General
- 145 WHEREBY APPEARES THAT FROM ENGLAND THERE IS A SHORT AND SPEEDIE Pa.s.sAGE INTO THE SOUTH SEAS, TO CHINA, MALUCCA, PHILIPPINA, AND INDIA, BY NORTHERLY NAUIGATION TO THE RENOWNE, HONOR AND BENIFIT OF HER MAIESTIES STATE, AND COMMUNALTY.PUBLISHED BY J. DAUIS
- 146 And vnder the clyfe in the pooles vnto which the streames aryse not, I haue found salt in great plenty as whyte as the salt of Mayo congeled from the salt water which the spryng tyds bring into those poles, which could not be but by the benefit of a n.o.b
- 147 The Princ.i.p.al Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation.vol. 7.by Richard Hakluyt.ENGLAND'S NAVAL EXPLOITS AGAINST SPAIN A voyage to the Azores with two pinases, the one called the Serpent, and the other the Mary Sparke o
- 148 The next day we lodged at Aluelana within three miles of Lisbon, where many of our souldiers drinking in two places of standing waters by the way were poisoned, and thereon presently; died. Some do think it came rather by eating hony, which they found in
- 149 There is no good subiect that will make question, whether it be behoofeful for vs to hold friends.h.i.+p with these neighbours of ours or no, as well in respect of the infinite proportion of their s.h.i.+pping, which must stand either with vs or against v
- 150 Euery house almost had a cisteme or well in a garden on the backe side: in which gardens grew vines (with ripe cl.u.s.ters of grapes) making pleasant shadowes, and Tabacco nowe commonly knowen and vsed in England, wherewith their women there dye their fac
- 151 This Dingenacush is the chiefe Towne in al that part of Ireland, it consisteth but of one maine streete, from whence some smaller doe proceede on either side. It hath had gates (as it seemeth) in times past at either ende to open and shut as a Towne of wa
- 152 And after that, Sir Iohn Norris marched from Peniche in Portugall, with a handfull of souldiers, to the gates of Lisbone, being aboue 40 English miles. Where the Earle of Ess.e.x himselfe and other valiant Gentlemen braued the Citie of Lisbone, encamped a
- 153 The 99 Chapter.The ninth of October 1589. there arriued in Tercera fourteene s.h.i.+ps that came from the Spanish Indies, laden with Cochinile, Hides, Golde, Siluer, Pearles, and other rich wares. They were fiftie in companie, when they departed out of th
- 154 [Sidenote: A description of the Galeons.] The Galeons were 64. in number, being of an huge bignesse, and very stately built, being of marueilous force also, and so high that they resembled great castles, most fit to defend themselues and to withstand any
- 155 Valdez comming vnto Drake and humbly kissing his hand protested vnto him, that he and they had resolued to die in battell, had they not by good fortune fallen into his power, whom they knew to be right curteous and gentle, and whom they had heard by gener
- 156 Two s.h.i.+ps also, were cast away vpon the coast of Norway, one of them being of a great burthen; howbeit all the persons in the sayd great s.h.i.+p were saued: insomuch that of 134 s.h.i.+ps, which set saile out of Portugall, there returned home 53 onel
- 157 The 20. of Iune being Sunday, we came before Cadiz very early in the morning, and in all this time as yet, the whole Nauy had not lost either by sicknesse or by any other maner of wayes sixe men to my knowledge: as for the Dutch company, I am not able pre
- 158 Sir Thomas Palmer. Sir Iohn Vanderfoord, Sir Iohn Stafford. Admirall of the Hollanders.Sir Robert Louel. Sir Robert Duley. 8. August.[_In the preceding List, the last name should undoubtedly be Sir Robert Dudey._]I am not curious in placing these gentleme
- 159 Worlds good is rare, perpetuall is their ill.Euen as the racket takes the b.a.l.l.s rebound; So doth _Good-fortune_ catch _Ill-fortunes_ proofe, Saying, she wil her in herselfe confound, Making her darts, Agents for her behoofe; Bow but thine eies (quoth
- 160 But for the head, in soueraigntie did boast, It Captayne was, director of alarms, Whose rashness, if it hazarded an ill, Not hee alone but all the hoast did spill.Rash _Isadas_, the _Lacedemon_ Lord, That naked fought against the _Theban_ power, Although
- 161 At this remorsles Dirgie for the dead, The siluer Moone, dread Soueraigne of the Deepe, That with the floods fills vp her horned head And by her waine the wayning ebbs doth keepe: Taught by the Fat's how destenie was led, Bidds all the starres pull in th
- 162 Not fifteene thousand men araungd in fight, And fifteene howers lent them to atchiue, With fifty three great s.h.i.+ps of boundlesse might, Haue had or meanes or prowesse to contriue The fall of one, which mayden vertue dight, Kept in despight of _Spanish
- 163 The Captaine of the English Admiral, whose name was M. Edward Wilkinson, replied and said. We purpose not at this time to make triall of Don Pedro his courtesie, whereof we are suspitious and doubtful, and not without good cause: vsing withall good words
- 164 The Princ.i.p.al Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation.vol. 8.by Richard Hakluyt.Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoueries OF THE ENGLISH NATION IN ASIA.The life and trauailes of Pelagius borne in Wales.Pelagius Ca
- 165 The trauailes of one Athelard an Englishman, recorded by master Bale Centur. 12.Athelardus Bathoniensis Coen.o.bij monachus, naturalium rerum mysteria, et causas omnes, diligentia tam vndecunque exquisita perscrutatus est, vt c.u.m aliquibus veteris secul
- 166 Inter primos Thomae Becketi successor hic secundus, audita saluatoris et salutiferae Crucis iniuria nostris (proh dolor) diebus per Saladinum irrogata, cruce signatus, in eiusdem obsequijs, tarn remotis finibus quam propinquis, praedicationis officiunm vi
- 167 Shortly after also Iohn earle of Albemarle, William Fortis, and Peter de Mallow a Poictouin, men for their valiancy greatly renowmed, went thither, leading with them a great number of Christian souldiors, Matth. Paris.Matth. West Holensh. pag. 225. col. 2
- 168 The trauaile of Robert Turneham.Robertus Turneham Francisca.n.u.s, Theologiae professor insignis, Lynnae celebri Irenorum ad ripas Isidis emporio, collegio suorum fratrum magnifice praefuit. Edwardus Princeps, cognomento Longus, Henrici tertij filius, bel
- 169 31 De multis alijs insulis Meridionalibus.32 De bona regione Mangi.33 De Pygmeis, et itinere vsque prouinciam Cathay.34 De pallacio Imperatoris magni Chan.35 De quatuor solemnitatibus, quas magnus Chan celebrat in Anno.36 De praestigijs in festo, et de co
- 170 De vrbe Constantinopoli, et reltquijs ibidem contentis.Constantinopolis pulchra est Ciuitas, et n.o.bilis, triangularis in forma, firmiterque murata, cuius duae partes includuntur mari h.e.l.lesponto, qud plurimi mod appellant brachium sanct Georgij, et a
- 171 CAPVT. 9.De Nile fluuio, et Aegypti territorio.Nilus supra dictus fluuius Aegypti appellatus est alio nomine Gyon, cuius origo est a Paradiso terrestri. Hic venit currens per deserta Indiae Maioris, hincque per meatus subterraneos transit plures terras: e
- 172 And at Cayre besides Babyloyne duelled the Calyffee of Egypt. And at Marrok, upon the west see, duelte the Calyffee of Barbaryenes and of Affrycanes. And now is there non of the Calyffeez, ne noughte han ben, sithe the tyme of Sowdan Sahaladyn. For from t
- 173 Vel potest ita exponi, qud Dauid qui erat Rex Iudaea, dixit in medio terrae, hoc est, in princ.i.p.ali ciuitate terrae suae Ierusalem, quae erat ciuitas regalis, siue sacerdotalis terrae Iudeae: vel forte spiritus sanctus, qui loquebatur per os prophetae
- 174 Nazareth in prouincia Galileae in qua nutritus, et de qua cognominatus est Dominus vniuersorum, distans ab Hierosolymis ad tres circiter dietas, erat quondam ciuitas, quae nunc est dispersa, et rara domorum, quod vix villae sibi compet.i.t nomen: et in lo
- 175 Ad hoc ego vltra confusus et stupefactus, nequiui inuenire responsum; verebar enim obloqui veritati, quamuis ab Infidelis ore prolatae, et vultu prae rubore demisso percunctatus sum, Domine, salua reuerentia, qualiter potestis ita plene hoc noscere? De ho
- 176 Persuasio ad non credentes terrarum diuersitates per orben terrae.Mirabilis Deus mirabilia propter semetipsum creauit, vt scilicet ab intellectualibus creaturis suis intelligeretur, et per hoc diligeretur, atque in hoc ipse creator, et creatura se mutuo f
- 177 Attamen in simili causa, si vir non vult cremari c.u.m vxore mortua, non minuit ei honorem.Et forte vinum nascitur ibi: quod mulieres bibunt, et non viri, vt sic mulieribus crescant barbae, sed mulieribus raduntur, et viris minime.CAPVT. 28.De Ecclesia et
- 178 [Sidenote: Cap. XIII.] Now sithe I have told zou beforn of the Holy Lond, and of that contree abouten, and of many weyes for to go to that lond, and to the Mount Synay, and of Babyloyne the more and the lesse, and to other places, that I have spoken befor
- 179 Illic sunt homines absque vllo ingenio penitus b.e.s.t.i.a.les, serpentibus, vermibusque vescentes, nec inuicem loquentes, sed conceptus suos signis et indicijs ostendentes. Diligunt preciosos lapides tantummodo pulchritudinis gratia, non causa virtutis:
- 180 Aftreward men gon be many yles be see, unto an yle, that men clepen Milke: and there is a fulle cursed peple: for thei delyten in ne thing more, than for to fighten and to sle men. And thei drynken gladlyest mannes blood, the whiche thei clepen dieu. And
- 181 Praeterea, iuxta palatii ambitum, habetur grandis parci s.p.a.ciamentum, diuersi generis arboribus repletum, fructus ferentibus varios, et n.o.bis inuisos, et in parte media, aula super excelsum collem de tam mira et pulchra structura, vt eius n.o.bilitas
- 182 Praefatum Domini galeatum, est ita intextum auro, diamantibus, gemmunculis, et orientalibus margaritis, granellis, et dubletis, et praediues in materia et artificio, vt ei non sit aequandus magni in partibus istis Regis thesaurus. Item sicut haec fiunt tr
- 183 The Princ.i.p.al Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation.Volume 9.by Richard Hakluyt.Nauigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoueries OF THE ENGLISH NATION IN ASIA.CAPVT. 38.De territorio Cathay, et moribus Tartarorum.Totu
- 184 Aftre is the kyngdom of Mesopotayme, that begynnethe toward the est, to the flom of Tygre, unto a cytee that is clept Moselle: and it strecchethe toward the west, to the flom of Eufrate, unto a cytee that is clept Roianz: and in lengthe it gothe to the mo
- 185 Erg in primis dico vidisse me magnum mare arenosum, quod de solum minuta arena sine vlla aqua c.u.m lapillorum granellis currit, et fluit per altas eleuationes, et depressiones ad similitudinem maris aquae, nec vnquam quiescit: et qud ipse non cesso stupe
- 186 Pro certo erg habeatis de his quae vidi, et sensi, nullam possum vobis tradere aequipollentiam verborum, c.u.m quia grauissima erant, tum quia, singulis ne mihi deuotionem minueret non attendebam, tum etiam, quod prae horrore, labore, et dolore multa memo
- 187 Sobrij quoque sunt, quapropter et longo tempore viuunt: et si quis ab eorum moribus degenerat, proscribitur perpetu sine mora, omnibus nulla posita differentia personarum, vnde et in iusto Dei iudicio, qud naturalem exercere iust.i.tiam contendunt, Elemen
- 188 Haeres cuius pater defungitur, si alicuius vult esse reputationis, mandat cognatos, amicos, Relligiosos, et sacerdotes pro posse, qui certo Die conuenientes sub magno Symphoniae festo, corportant defuncti cadauer, in montis sublime cac.u.men. Ibi accedens
- 189 END OF MANDEVILLE'S VOYAGES.Anthony Beck bishop of Durisme was elected Patriarch of Hierusalem, and confirmed by Clement the fift bishop of Rome: in the 34 yere of Edward the first. Lelandus.Antonius Beckus episcopus Dunelmensis fuit, regnante Edwardo ei
- 190 De ciuitate Cambaleth.[Sidenote: Caramoran.] Inde transiui per 8. dietas per multas terras et ciuitates, et veni tandem per aquam dulcem ad quandam ciuitatem nomine Leneyn, quae est posita super flumen vocatum Caramoran, quod per medium Catai transit, et
- 191 Concerning the foresaid islands I inquired of diuers wel-experienced persons, who al of them, as it were with one consent, answered me saying, That this India contained 4400. islands vnder it, or within it: in which islands there are sixtie and foure crow
- 192 The Voiage of the bishop of Winchester to Ierusalem, in the sixt yeere of the reigne of Henry the fift, which was the yeere of our Lord, 1417.Thomas Walsingham.Vltimo die mensis Octobris, episcopus Wintoniensis accessit ad concilium Constanciense, peregri
- 193 This afternoone we had no winde, but the sea very stormy, insomuch that neither cheste, pot, nor any thing else could stand in the s.h.i.+ppe, and wee were driuen to keepe our meate in one hand, and the pot in the other, and so sit downe vpon the hatches
- 194 The second two houres before day, with the winde at Southeast, we sayled towards Venice, where we arriued (G.o.d be praysed) at two of the clocke after dinner, and landed about foure, we were kept so long from landing, because we durst not land vntill we
- 195 Now hauing seene all these monuments, I with my company set from Ierusalem, the 20 day of August, and came againe to Ioppa the 22 of the same moneth, where wee tooke s.h.i.+pping presently for Tripolis, and in foure dayes we came to Mecina the place where
- 196 Of the patriarke of Greece.In Cairo are two Patriarkes, one of the Greekes, and another of the Iacobites. The Greeke Patriarke called Gioechni, being about the age of one hundred and thirteene yeeres, was a very good and holy man. They say, that when Sold
- 197 The offering of the vestures vnto the sepulchres.The Carouan being come to Medina two houres before day, and resting there till the euening, the captaine then with his company and other pilgrims setteth forward, with the greatest pompe possible: and takin
- 198 Cochin.[Sidenote: Within Cochin is the kingdom of Pepper.] Cochin is, next vnto Goa, the chiefest place that the Portugales haue in the Indies, and there is great trade of Spices, drugges, and all other sortes of merchandize for the kingdome of Portugale,
- 199 There are in Pegu 8. brokers of the kings, which are called Tareghe, who are bound to sell all the marchandize which come to Pegu, at the common or the currant price: then if the marchants wil sell their goods at that price, they sel them away, and the br
- 200 The Venetian money is worth larines 88 per hundred meticals which is 150 drams of Aleppo, vt supra.The roials of plate are worth 88 larines by the 100 meticals, and albeit among the marchants they sel by the 100 meticals, yet in the mint or castle, they s