"رحلات السيد بيترو ديلا فالي، وهو نبيل روماني، إلى الهند الشرقية وصحراء الجزيرة العربية. وفيها يصف بدقة البلدان المختلفة، وكذلك العادات، الأعراف، التجارة، الطقوس الدينية والمدنية، لهؤلاء الأمراء وتلك الأمم الشرقية: في رسائل وديّة إلى صديقه السيد ماريو سكيبانو. وتم إضافة سرد عن رحلة السير توماس رو إلى جزر الهند الشرقية" [‎٤‎٨] (٥٠٨/٦٩)

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but alfb fii mly profefsthe Chriftian Faith. That the Gentile-
Kings having bonour'd with this Enfign fome Mahometan, their
Vaflal, and remaining a Mahometan, is no more then as if in
our Countries we ihould grant to fome Jew the priviledge of
wearing a black Hat without becoming a Chriftian 3 which may
be done by way of difpenfation, and yet it cannot be deny'd 4
but that the wearing a black one, or a yellow, is, befidesthe
matter of credit, a Cognizance alfo of the Religion or Sedt
which a man profeffes. Many other Reafons they alledge
which I do not well remember, and which, no doubt, will be
narrowly examin d at Rome, What the determination will be,
(hall know more certainly at Goo, $ and for the prefent thus
much may fuffice concerning the Opinions and Rites of the
Indian-Gentiles.
Now in purfuance of the Narration of my Travells, I am
to tell you, that after the feeing of the Temple, and vifitine
the Brachman abovefaid, the lame day, which was Saturday
X 1 1 5 oinbruary, upon occafion of a Cafila , or Caravan,
* which was letting forth from Ca to which is
the Royal Seat and Head ofthe whole Kingdom of we
namely, S\%: Alberto Scilling, and myfelf, with our attendants!
were defirous to fee that City ; and fince the infecurity of the
wayes allow d us not to go alone, we refolv'd to go with the
. be p aufe at the fame time another O///^ was fettine
torth for Swat, in which fome of the Hollanders, refiding at Cam-
to he S WIth th n ir 80ods Whic r they carr >'" d thither 'n order
ipt, we all went out of the Town together, and in a
p ace without the Gate and the Suburbs, were the wave di-
vided under the (hade of certain great Trees of Tamarinds
chres aS m T 811 Hamleli ' f where alfo are certain Sepul-
chres, and a Mahometan Mefchita or Temple unroofd
mtkf'Jk ""S " li"k w.ll.. ,be P &™ f . d p |S
chitJs r a n ere pray / rs • are t0 , be ,nade 5 of Which fort of W
entertain H ln ef P ecial) y »the Country ) we
vertedwifhMufi?^?^ w . ith the Dutch, befngdi-
which we had thf nJuh^f 311 l" 8 ^ the fame Wbmen,
i„ ' ' T had Jhe night before at our houfe. At length taking
with ow comn 7 Way , t0wards s * r ' t ' and Sig: Alberto and!
the, wmpany towards Ahmedabkd, going a little out of
Fabrick h Very r j amo . us Temple of Maiadeu. The
Idol but that of Mahadeb* which L Toothe^b t 1"°^"
lumn or nillar^f .l? , , , ls n? other but a little co-
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tzy/i '0c*Cc4^ \ * , _
// liimn or pilkr^V i' S "o other but a little co-
J diminilhing by degrees' ^ . ker below . thenat and which
/Ys " ^ that would u L 0 ^ lnarou Whatever
in their lan&uaa^ i ^ name of Mahadeu they
day,