‘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’ [‎70] (91/508)

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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.