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Goa (Goa, India) (search for this): narrative 532
sonne, lyeth continually within the walles of the citie in a strong pallace built Castlewise, even as his other cousins do, remayning alwayes within doores, served by Eunuches, never dealing with any matters. On their festivall dayes, new moones, & full moones the magistrates make great bankets, and so do such as be of the king his blood. The kings Nephew hath to name Vanfuli, his pallace is walled about, the wall is not high, but foure-square, and in circuit nothing inferiour to the wals of Goa, the outside is painted red, in every square a gate, and over each gate a tower made of timber excellently well wrought: before the principall gate of the foure that openeth into the high streete no Loutea, be he never so great, may passe on horsebacke, or carried in his seat. Amidst this quadrangle standeth the pallace where that Nobleman lyeth, doubtlesse worth the sight, although we came not in to see it. By report the roofes of the towers and house are glased greene, & the greater part of
Venice (Italy) (search for this): narrative 532
stone, which being made level with the streets, hinder not the passage of the barges too and fro, the chanels are so deepe. Where the streames come in and go out of the city, be certaine arches in the wal, there go in and out their Parai, that is a kind of barges they have, & that in the day time only: at night these arches are closed up with gates, so do they shut up al the gates of the City. These streames and barges do ennoblish very much the City, and make it as it were to seeme another Venice . The buildings are even, wel made, high, not lofted, except it be some wherein marchandize is laid. It is a world to see how great these cities are, and the cause is, for that the houses are built even, as I have said, & do take a great deale of roome. One thing we saw in this city that made us al to wonder, and is worthy to be noted: namely, over a porch at the comming in to one of the aforesaid 4. houses, which the king hath in every shire for his governors, as I have erst said, standeth
China (Alabama, United States) (search for this): narrative 532
inking of wine. I am perswaded therefore, that if this Countrey were in league with us, forbidding them neither of both, it would be an easie matter to draw them to our Religion, from their superstition, whereat they themselves do laugh when they do their idolatry. I have learned moreover that the Sea, whereby these Moores that came to China were wont to travaile, is a very great gulfe, that falleth into this Countrey out from Tartaria and Persia, leaving on the other side all the Countrey of China, and land of the Mogores, drawing alwayes toward the South: and of all likelyhood it is even so, because that these Moores, the which we have seene, be rather browne then white, whereby they shewe themselves to come from some warmer Countrey then China is neere to Pachin, where the rivers are frosen in the Winter for colde, and many of them so vehemently, that carts may passe over them. We did see in this Citie many Tartars, Mogores, Brames, and Laoynes, both men and women. Th
Moore (United Kingdom) (search for this): narrative 532
oores, who knew so litle of their secte, that they could say nothing else but that Mahomet was a Moore , my father was a Moore , and I am a Moore , with some other wordes of their Alcoran, wherewithalMoore , and I am a Moore , with some other wordes of their Alcoran, wherewithal, in abstinence from swines flesh, they live untill the divel take them all. This when I saw, & being sure that in many Chinish Cities the reliques of Mahomet are kept, as soone as we came to the CityMoore , with some other wordes of their Alcoran, wherewithal, in abstinence from swines flesh, they live untill the divel take them all. This when I saw, & being sure that in many Chinish Cities the reliques of Mahomet are kept, as soone as we came to the City where these fellowes be, I enfourmed my selfe of them, and learned the trueth. These Moores, as they tolde me, in times past came in great ships fraught with marchandise from Pachin ward, to a podoe live that came from thence, for their posteritie is so confused, that they have nothing of a Moore in them but abstinence from swines flesh, and yet many of them doe eate thereof privily. They teng as yet her haire tied up after the Pegues fashion: this woman, and other mo with whom a black Moore damsel in our company had conference, and did understand them wel ynough, had dwelt in Pegu . Th
Sian (China) (search for this): narrative 532
a high way for us home into our owne. Being asked the way, she answered that the first three daies the way lieth over certaine great mountaines & wildernesse, afterward people are met withall againe. Thence two dayes journey more to the Brames countrey. Wherefore I doe conclude, that Chenchi is one of the confines of this kingdome, separated by certaine huge mountaines, as it hath bene alreadie said, that lie out towards the South. In the residue of these mountaines standeth the province of Sian , the Laoyns countrey, Camboia, Campaa, and Cochinchina. This citie chiefe of other sixteene is situated in a pleasant plaine abounding in all things necessarie, sea-fish onely excepted, for it standeth farre from the sea: of fresh fish so much store, that the market places are never emptie. The walles of this city are very strong and high: one day did I see the Louteas thereof go upon the walles to take the view thereof, borne in their seates which I spake of before, accompanied with a tr
Pegu (Myanmar) (search for this): narrative 532
f Cambaia wont to be sold at Ormus. So that this is the true situation of that Countrey, not in the North-parts, as many times I have heard say, confining with Germanie. As for the Brames we have seene in this city Chenchi certaine men & women, amongst whom there was one that came not long since, having as yet her haire tied up after the Pegues fashion: this woman, and other mo with whom a black Moore damsel in our company had conference, and did understand them wel ynough, had dwelt in Pegu . This new come woman, imagining that we ment to make our abode in that citie, bid us to be of good comfort, for that her countrey was not distant from thence above five dayes journey, and that out of her countrey there lay a high way for us home into our owne. Being asked the way, she answered that the first three daies the way lieth over certaine great mountaines & wildernesse, afterward people are met withall againe. Thence two dayes journey more to the Brames countrey. Wherefore I doe con
Portugal (Portugal) (search for this): narrative 532
of a tree you shall see many times swarme a number of children, where a man would not have thought to have found any one at all. From these places in number infinite, you shall come unto two Cities very populous, and, being compared with Cinceo, not possibly to be discerned which is the greater of them. These cities are as well walled as any Cities in all the world. As you come in to either of them, there standeth so great and mighty a bridge, that the like thereof I have never seene in Portugal nor else where. I heard one of my fellowes say, that hee tolde in one bridge 40. arches. The occasion wherefore these bridges are made so great is, for that the Countrey is toward the sea very plaine and low, and overflowed ever as the sea water encreaseth. The breadth of the bridges, although it bee well proportioned unto the length thereof, yet are they equally built, no higher in the middle then at either ende, in such wise that you may see directly from the one ende to the other: the s
Fili (Greece) (search for this): narrative 532
many as be present, be the offence never so great. Thus did they also behave themselves with us: For this cause amongst them can there be no false witnesse, as dayly amongst us it falleth out. This good commeth thereof, that many being alwayes about the Judge to heare the evidence, and beare witnesse, the processe cannot be falsified, as it happeneth sometimes with us. The Moores, Gentiles, and Jewes have all their sundry othes, the Moores do sweare by their Mossafos, the Brachmans by their Fili , the rest likewise by the things they do worship. The Chineans though they be wont to sweare by heaven, by the Moone, by the Sunne, and by all their Idoles, in judgement neverthelesse they sweare not at all. If for some offence an othe be used of any one, by and by with the least evidence he is tormented, so be the witnesses he bringeth, if they tell not the trueth, or do in any point disagree, except they be men of worship and credit, who are beleeved without any further matter: the rest ar
China (China) (search for this): narrative 532
an into English by Richard Willes.THIS land of China is parted into 13. Shires, the which sometimeseth neerer unto Malacca then any other part of China , and was first discried by the Portugals befornts of man are good marchandise throughout all China . The dungfermers seek in every streete by exch are served kneeling. The whole province of China is divided, as I have said, into 13. shires, iurthermore the Louteas, with all the people of China , are wont to solemnize the dayes of the new an very much. We are wont to cal this country China , and the people Chineans, but as long as we we& the inhabitants Tamegines, so that this name China or Chineans, is not heard of in yt country. I hineans, as also the whole country to be named China . But their proper name is that aforesaid. Imselves to come from some warmer Countrey then China is neere to Pachin, where the rivers are frosebe many Tartars and Mogores, that brought into China certaine blewes of great value: all we thought[11 more...]
Ormus (Iran) (search for this): narrative 532
imprisonment. The Mogores be in like maner white, and heathen, we are advertised that of one side they border upon these Tartars, and confine with the Persian Tartars on the other side, whereof wee sawe in them some tokens, as their maner of clothes, and that kinde of hat the Saracens doe weare. The Moores affirmed, that where the king lyeth, there be many Tartars and Mogores, that brought into China certaine blewes of great value: all we thought it to be Vanil of Cambaia wont to be sold at Ormus. So that this is the true situation of that Countrey, not in the North-parts, as many times I have heard say, confining with Germanie. As for the Brames we have seene in this city Chenchi certaine men & women, amongst whom there was one that came not long since, having as yet her haire tied up after the Pegues fashion: this woman, and other mo with whom a black Moore damsel in our company had conference, and did understand them wel ynough, had dwelt in Pegu . This new come woman, imagin