‘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’ [‎104] (125/508)

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of his Dominions, and bring him in a great fumof mony, by
agreement made by the Portuga/s, who every year were either
to rake it or pay for it 5 and neither the Ships nor the money com
ing this year, they could not eafilypayhim for the Pepper this
vear 3 nor yet for a great part of that of the laft ; for which;, by
r afon of the lofs of their Ships they ftili^ow'd him: And laftly,
oDferving the Tortugals weakned and low 5 fo that they not
onely ftood in need of him 5 but now, in fome fort, began tofub-
mit themfelves to him with this Embaffie which they fent to
him, and the dilgrace of their pafs'd defeat j 'twas no ftrange
thing, that being become infolent thereupon, as'tis the manner
of the Barbariafis^nd defigning to carry it high over them,he not
only (hew'd no great liking of the Embaffie, but made little ac
count of it ? and, in a manner, defpis'd it 5 that fo he might keep
himfelf and his affairs in greater reputation.
Ottober the thirtieth, Sig; Gio: Fernandez being refolv'd to de
part the next day, fent fome Horfes before, upon this, with Tome
of his Family. The fame Evening,one from Goa brought News of
the arrival there of fome Vortugals of the Fleet which came this
year from Portugal, confifting of four great trading Ships, two
Shallops, and four Galeons of Warr 5 which laft come in order to
be confign'd to Ruy Freira for the War of Ormicz^ thelofsof
which place, and the deliverance of Ruy Freira out of prifon
being already known at the Court of Spain , but not the lofs of
the Ships of the Fleet the lafl: year. TheT^r/^/j arriv'd in
Goa , according to the abovefaid intelligence , came in one
of the Galeons of the Fleet which is coming, which being fepa-
rated from the reft, toucht at Mozambique , and there being
old and (hatter'd was loft, onely all the People and Goods were
lav'd, and came in other Ships to Goa , and being the reft of the
Fleet delayesfo long, 'tis conceiv'd to have held a courfe with
out the Ifland of Saint Lorenzo, which ufes to take up more time.
They relate alfo , that the Marriage between Sj)ai7t and England
is concluded, and that the Prince of England is now in Spain,
being comethirhcr before the conclufion of the Marri
age which was (hortly expeded.It being already very late>, I ftiall
not longer deferr concluding this Letter, becaufe it is requifite
for me to go and take a little reft, that I be may fit for my jour
ney to morrow Morning, if it pleafeGod^ to whom I heartily
commend you , and with my accuftomed affection kifs your
Hands. From Onar, O&oher 1623.