"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" [‎٧‎٠] (٥٠٨/٩١)

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but the whole Fruit is all pulp, which is cut with the knife 5
and within 'tis of fomewhat a greenifh colour. Of tempera-
nient/cis held to be hot, and good to promote digeftionjhavingj
in my opinion, fbmewhat of a winifli tafte and ftrength 5 which
virtue of helping digeftion, is likewile afcrib d in a higher degree
to Cajii^ whence it always ufes to be eaten with fi(h, but of this
and the reft, becaufe I fuppofe others have written of them, I
ihall forbear further to fpeak. In Daman^ I had from the Jefuits
two confiderable pieces of News. Firft, that the two
Ships, which, aslfaid, werefent from before my depar
ture thence, upon fome unknown defign, went to Dabnl^ under
pretext of Peace and Friendihip, as if to traffick in that Port^
and that the Moors of Dabnl had fpread Carpets, and prepar'd
ahandfome entertainment for the principals upon ftiore; but
the EngUjh having fairly landed, fuddenly got to certain pieces
of Ordnance which were there 5 and nail'd them up 5 then putting
their hands to their Arm8,began to fall upon the people of the Ci
ty 5 who upon this fudden unexpected onfet, betook themfelves
to flight, and were likely to receive great dammage 5 but at
length a Portugal Faftor, and fome few others making head
againft the Englijh^ and animating the Citizens to do the like,
turn'd the fcale of the vi&ory, and in a (hort time beat out all
the Englijh, killing many ofthem, and conftraining the reft to fly
away with their Ships ^ who neverthelelsin their flight took two
Vedelsof Dabulj which were in the Port richly laden, but un
provided, as in a fecure place ; which wasnofmall dammage
to the City, and afforded a rich booty to the Englijh. This
aftion, I conceive, was done by the Erzglifo out of fome old
grudge againft the City of Dahul, or perhaps, onely to force
it to permit them free Trade 5 and they ufe deal to thus with fucb
ports as will not admit them thereunto. The other News, was
that Prete Janni , Ring of JEthiopia and the Abijjlns , was by
means of the Jefuits reconcil'd to the Roman Church, and be
come a good Catholick, intending that his whole Country
ftiould do the fame 5 which if true, is indeed a thing of great con-
fequence.
March the feven and twentieth. About noon we departed
from Daman towards Baffaim^ in the fame Barque or Almadia y
and fail'd all the day 5 at night, in regard of the contrary cur
rent and danger of Pirats, who cannot eafily be feen and avoid
ed in the dark, we caft Anchor under a place call'd Dani}*
March eight and twentieth, Continuing our courfe, in the
Morning we efpy'd fome Ships, which we (ufpeded to be Pirats
Malabars and therefore fetching a compafs we made but little
way forwards. At night, w^caft Anchor in a Bay call'd Kielme-
Mahi, from two Towns fituate upon it, one calfd Kielme> the
other Mahz, On the nine and twentieth of the fame moneth, we
iail'd forward again 5 but the Tide turning contrary, we caft
Anchor about noon, and ftay'd a while in a little Ifland near the
Continent.