‘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’ [‎63] (84/508)

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Mard the tenth. Having gone theftiortway which remam'd,
and pafs'd the River of Sural by boat, we cameto that City
about Noon, where I repair'dto theHoufe before affign'd me
by the Dutch Commendator, and there found the Daughter of
one of the Armmim or Merchants, feenby vstx Ahmed*-
httd^ who was come thither with a Brother of hers, in order to
be marry "d fliortly to one Slg* Gnilielfito^ a Hollujniav^ to whom
(he had been promised in Marriage at Ahmedabad, and who alio
was in the fame Houfe, which was capable of him and more. I
underftood at surit , that Snltax Chorrem had taken andfackt
the City of Agfa except the Caftle, and that his Army and him-
felf had committed very great Cruelties there in fpoiling and dif-
coverine the Goods and Mony ofthe Citizens 5 particularly, that
he had rortur d^and undecently tangled many Women of quali
ty and done other like barbarities, whereby he render d r ittuelt
very odious to the people. Concerning A faf Chan, it was faid^that
he was held in cuftody by the King, as fufpefted ot Rebellion,
although his affairs were Ipoken of with much uncertamty i and
that the King was haftning to come againft his Son, but was not
yet far off, and mov'd flowly. '* . .
the one and twentieth^ Conceiving the returnot the*, XXI,
Portugal Cafila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. from Cambaia to Got to be near hand, and definng
to make a Voyage with the fame 5 fince in regard of the great-
nefsof my luggage , and the length of the way I could not go
by Land, and'twas not fafe going by Sea, by reafon of the con-
tinual incuffions of the Mahabar Pirates y I difpatch d a Meuen-
ger to Daman, a City of the FortHgats, a little way from Surat,
to F. Antonio Albertino^ Reftor of the Colledge of JeluitSj with
the Letter which their above -mefttion'd Father had given me in
Cambaia » and giving him account of my felf and my intention,
I delir'd him to fend me from Daman one of thofe Light Vellels
which they call Almadi<e, and are of that fwiftnefs that they are
not at all afraid of Pirates, to carry me from to
where I delir'd to meet the Cafila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. : For I could not go by a boat
of Sural fince the Mariners of Sural would not have taken my
Goods, aboard which were in the Englilh Ships,without firft car-
ryine them into the City to make them pay Cuftom whereby
1 might have been put to a great deal of trouble of 8 0ln 8
ward and forward, as alfo upon the account of the Moonlla
Books which I had with me, and reliques^ ofSlg: Maant.
Wherefore to prevent thefe intricacies, I pray d the Father to
fend me a Boat from Daman to take me in not at the City, but at
the Port where the Ships tide , and where I intended to be with
my Goods ready upon the ftiore of Sohah. And to the end this
Tortmal Boat might come fecurely and not tear, I fent him two
fafe Condufts, one from the Englilh, and the other from the
Dutch ^ although there was no necefiity of them, becaufe Boats
come many times fecretly from Daman , without fuch late on
duft to fell Commodities to the Englilh Ships.