‘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’ [‎198] (219/508)

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diligence was not needful becaufe few come from thence. In
the Evening the ufual contrary North-weft wind arifin^ we
came to an anchor, a little diftant from Mni%eo. At the fecond
watch of the night, a good ftiff South-wind arofe ^ and in the
forenoon next day we pafs'd by the Rocks call'd Angediv^ and
at night came to an anchor fomewhat Southwards of Cap
falfo,
'January the ninth, the wind was contra^our way (hort 5 and
becaufe we could not proceed forwards, we caft anchor neer Rio
' del Sale alfo the next day, for the famereafon we could get
no further then an Enieda (as they fpeak) or Bay, call'd Mor-
ntogon^ inthelUandof contiguous to that of Goapw the
South, but greater and divided from the fame only by a River.
This I(land of Salfette is full of .'very fair Towns, and abundance
^of Houfes. Above ^11, the Jefuits have the goodlieft places,
^ * and 'tis counted that perhaps a third part of the Ifland is theirs,
for befides three good Towns which belong wholly to them, they
have alio dominion and government in all the other Towns too
which are not theirs^ they have Churches everywhere. Lands
and ftore of Goods, and I believe all the Parifties are govern'd
by them in Spirituals with fupreme Authority 5 whence this
people acknowledg more Vaflallage (upon the matter) to the
Jefuits then to the Ring himfelf. The cafe is the lame in another
Ifland call'd Bardeot,. adjacent alfo to that of Goa, but more
Northward, which is under the government of the Francifcans,
Nor is it otherwife .in almoft all the other Territories of the
Portugals 5 fo that it may juftjy be faid that the beft and perhaps
too the greateft part of this State is in the hands of Clergy
men. ,
XX. Having anchor'd in the Bay of Mormogon in good time, and
knowing that we were not to depart the night following, our
Captain with fome others of us wentafhoreto fee a Place and
Church of the Jefuits call'd S. Andrea^ which they told us was
hard by ; yet we found it not fo near, but that we walk't about
a league to get to it, becaufe we knew not the right way, but
miftookit, and were tain to leap over very broad and deep
ditches of water, into one whereof one our Company hapned to
tall, to the great laughter of the reft, befides many other incon-
\ veniences. We found the Church large, neat and well built,
with a fair fquare Court or Yard before it, furrounded with
handlom Stone-walls, and within with fome great Trees, under
which were Banks rais'd to fit upon in the (hadow. On one
fide of the Church was a very fair and well-built Houfe for the
Fadre Kettore, who hath the prefent fuperintendency thereof?
which Church and Building would be very magnificent not only
for thii place but for the City of Rome it (elf. We ftay'd a good
while difcourfing with the F. Rector, who told us fundry news
from Goa^ and invited us to Supper 5 but fearing to arrive too
late at the Fleet if we ftay'd to fup herej we wav'd the Courte-
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