‘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’ [‎102] (123/508)

I he Travels Peter Delia Valle,
X)tfober the eight and twentieth 3 Vitulh simytentto tell our
Ambaiiaclor 3 that having fent word of our arrival to the Court,
the great Minifters had, acquainted Fenk-tapaflaiek? therewith,
who being ftili fo affliSed for the death of his Wife, that he went
not forth in publick, nor fuffer'd himfelf to befeen 5 when they
t Id him of this matter^he ftood a while without anfwering, and
at length faid onely, that they might come when they pleafe:
Whereupon his Courtiers feeing him in this mood, would not
reply further to him concerning provifionsof the journey to be
fent to the AmbafTador, perfons to convey his Goods, and other
fuch things ^ wherefore Vitula Sway faid,that Sig: Gio: Fernandez*
might confiderwhat to do, whether to put himfelf upon the
way towards the Court without further waiting, or to have him
write againj and ftay for an Anfwer 5 for he would do which he
pleasM. Sig: Gio: Fernandez* , as well for the credit of his
Embaffie as to avoid charges, was Sefirous to have provifions
for the journey. Men to carry his Goods, and other greater
conveniences, although in publick, and with us of his company >
he did not teftifie fb much, being willing to have it thought
that Vitnla Sinay did thh Office for him at the Court upon his
own motion, and not at his requeft 5 yet, I know, that in fecret
he us'd great inftance with ^2^, both by Writing and
by Speech by the mediation of an Interpreter that he would
write again to the Court, and fet forth to Venk^tapk how that
he was the AmbafTador of fo great a King , the firft Monarch
of Chriftians, (for fo I heard him tell the Interpreter, though
he fpoke with a low voicej and that it was not feemly for him
to go in that manner, but that people fhould be fent to him for '
his journey, and perfons to receive him, and commands given
to Venk;tape's Minifters that he might pals through his Territo
ries with that conveniency and decency which was requifite ^ that
fince he was now within two or three days journey of the Court,
, he would ftay another week atO/^ and longer if need were,
till a better Anfwer came 5 and that, if he thought it expedient,
Vitnla himfelf might go before to do this Office, as he that
might do it beft, and who ought to arrive at the Court before
him the Ambaflador, who afterwards might come thither alone
by eafie journeys after he had fent him an Anfwer. The fame
night the Interpreter return'd with this meflage to Vitula Sinay y
who was lodg'd on the other fide of the River in his own King's
jui ifdiction. October the nine and twentieth. After we had heard
Mais in Saint Anionic's ^gypt, Sig: Gio: Fernandez, was minded
to go in peribn to vifit PitHld sinay , and fpeak to him about the
above-mentioned matter 5 wherefore entring with us into one
of thole boats, which they call Mancive^ going with twenty
or four and twenty Oars, onely differing from the Almadies^ in
xhatxhtMancive have a large cover'd room in the poop , (ever'd
from the banks of rowers, and are greater then the Almadies
which have no fucb room 5 we pafs'd out of the Port, and thence
from