‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [‎67] (88/508)

Into the EAST-INDIES. 67
he had narrowly examinM, whether it was true that he was
pay'd by me 3 and that his agreeing to ftay in Surkt was not a
fidtion. But we had laid all things fo together, that he did not
difcover the truth, or perhaps did not care much to find it out.
Wherefore leaving Cacciatur in the Governours Houfe 3 where
he caus'd him to ftay with fundry promifes, about night I de
parted the City 3 and crofs'd the River with Sebaftian Luis in my
company, who having fent hisVeffel down the River , went
alon^ with me by Land. On the other fide of the River, we
waited fome hours for Coaches to carry us to the Sea-fide, which
we were fain to hit"e at a Town lome diftance ofi^ and were
flow in coming. But as foon as they came we got into their^
and travell'd the reft of the night to the Sea-fide.
March the four and twentieth. At Day-break we got to the IU
{hore fide, where we found the Prefident attended with
all the Merchants of his Nations, who were giving order for di-
Iparching their Ships which were ready to fet fail to Mucha^ or
JMnchar^ in the Red Sea 5 namely, the two Ships, the Whale
Dolphin^ wherewith I came into Indian for of the other three
which I left in Bender of Kombru, they had fold the little Fri-
gar which was in ill plight, to the Perftans, who defign d to make j
ufe of her in the enterprize of Arabia, whither they had deter-
iliin'd to pais alone, now the Englijh plainly refus d to joyn with
them in the War-, and the other two great Ships having put in
likewife at Surht , were foon after fentout again with Mafter
ihdmpfon, who came with them from Perfta, it not being known
in Surat whither. I was receiv'd by thePrefidentin hisTent,
together with my Mary linatim 5 and foon after came Cacciatur
jjjy Servant, and two Moors of^wr^/jby the favour of the Com-
mendator of the Dutch ^ but I know not whether it were with
his own good liking, though to us he pretended that it was.
After my departure the Commendator went to vifit the Govern-
our, and fince T was gone, and, as he laid, could not carry Cac
ciatur out oi Surat^ he defir'd that he would give him to him,^ to
the end he might live in his Houle with other Friends 5 which
the Governour readily granting, the fame night, by the help of
certain perlbns purpofely difguis'd in Indian Habit, he fent him
by a lecure way to the Sea-fide, where he foiand me in the Tent
of the Englijh Prefident. The fame Morning I went aboard the
Ship call the Whale, (wherein I came) to vifit the Captain and
take leave of my Friends, with whom alio I din d^ afterwards
I went aboard the Dolphin , to vifit not onely the Captain who
was my Friend, but efpecially my good Companion Sig: Alberto
SchiUing^ho was aboard there in order to go to the Red Sea, in
tending to pafs from thence into ^Ethiopia to the Court of the
Abijjins , in cafe he could get Tranfportation , and were not
hindred in the Turkilh Ports where he was to pafs, upon account
of being a chrifiiani the Turks not willingly granting pailag6,to
Chrijiians (efpecially Europeans') towards FSbabeJe^ in regard o
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