‘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’ [‎215] (236/508)

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from Ctyo di Buono EJperanza, to the Streight of Meka) and
with him a Jefuit that was a Bifhop, one of thofe that were to go
into Mthiopa. The Patriarch defign d thitherbeing alfo a
Jeftiitj remain'd behind in another Galeot, as likewife did the
Ships of the laft years Portugal Fleets which came on by little
and little. They brought News of the miferable wrack of a Ship
^ r caird San Giovanni^ which two years before fet forth from Goa
for Portugal very rich 5 and meeting with the Dutch by the
ll)s J way 3 after a long fight being totally fhatter'd 3 ran a ground
upon the Coaft of Cafuria , fo that;, faving the people remaining
after the fight, and the Jewels,, all was loft : Wlwch people, after
this dilafter, refufing both the offer of good entertainmerit made
them by the Lord of the place, who was a Friend to the
gals, all upon advice fent to Mozambique they mighf have paffage
thither 5 and alfo his counfel to travel far within Land, where
he faid, they would have lefs trouble in palling many Rivers,
which otherwife they would meet with, and find an unarmed,
and more hofpitable people > but unadvifedly after the inconfi-
deiate humor of the Vortugals refolving to go by land to Mozam-
hique^ and travel always far from the Sea amongft barbarous in-
hofpitable people who eat humane flefti } and with-all, not be
having themfelves well with them in their paflage, but out of a
foolifh temerity giving many occafions of difgufts, they were af-
faulted in many places by the faid often fpoyl'd and rob d 3
and many of themkill'd ^ fo that ot the Women that were with
them,{bme were taken, others ftnp'dnakedjtilljafterathoufand
inconveniences and fullerings, and, as fome fay, about eight
moneths travelling on foot, during which they were fain to wade
through abundance of Rivers, at laft no more of the company
arriv'd at Mozambique but twenty feven perfons 5 all the reft be
ing either (lain by the way, or dead of hardlhips, excepting
fome few that were kept (laves by the Capri j amongft which,
was a Portugal Gentlewoman of quality, whom they kept to
prefent to their King, without hope, I believe, of ever being de-
liver'd. A mifery indeed worthy of compaffion. The Jewels
lent from Goa to be fold in Portugal, were almoft all fav d and
depofited at Mozambique in t)ie Mifericordia 5 fome fay to be
reftor'd to the owners, and others fay, at the inftanceof the
King's Officer, who pretends the King's Right to them as lhip~
wrackt goods 5 yet moft conclude, that the cafe will not be lb
judg'd , but that they will be reftor'd to the owners, upon pay-
?etll r- ment of fome fmall matter to thofe that fav'd them. #
u the three and twentieth, I vifited the above-mention d
Biftiop now arriv'd in Goa, at the Colledge of San Paolo Novo,
^14 He was call'd Domjoanno da Koch a , and nominated but not
ju: confecrated Biihop oiHeliopoli.
r ji-u On the twenty (ixth, I vifited in the Covent of our Lady del/a
n' e[ i Gratia, F. Fra: Manoel della Madre di Dio, formerly known to
me in Perfta, and now Prior of the Covent of Sphahan, who the
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