‘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’ [‎293] (314/508)

Into the EAST-INDIES.
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• offiober the third. The Dutch entertain'd us at a dinner in
their grea'teft Ship which was bound for Vemce, and call'd Il-Na~
Ycinciero^ or the Orange^ where many healths were drunk to the
Doge of Venice> and the Prince of HaJJan ^ ec»ch Cup, asalfo our
departure out of the Ship, being honor'd with many Guns.
Which ended, I would notgoafliore any more, being our Ship
Vvas to depart the night following, but repair'd to it 5 the Dutch
continuing their drinking and fhooting all night in augury of a
happy voyage*
An hour after midnight we all fet fail, five Ships together, VI
namely four Dutch, the Orange, S. Vetet, the Neptune, and thb
Unicorn 3 and our French Car aval, S. Ann, wherein I was im-
barq'd. I will not omit, that being ourFrm^ Ship didnot pay
anchorage at though perfon alone were (uffer'd to go
afhore, yet they were not permitted to buy any thing there co
carry aboard ^ for had it been known that we had (hipt the leaft
thing, even but a little Water, or a fingle Lemon, they would
have demanded the whole Anchorage-nioney 5 wherefore I was
fain to get a few fruits and refrelhments convey'd into the Dutch
Ships, without being known that they were foru^
Oltober the fourth. We continu'd failing Weftwards along the
South coaft of Cyprus, our Caraval which was fwifter than the
reft, having but half the fails difplayM , whilft they fpread all.
0(^er the hinth. Having hitherto hover'd about the (bores
of Cyprus, and advane'd little, a more favourable wind now
carri'd us out of fight of the Ifland, and we faiFd direftly on our
voyage with various winds till the thirteenth day, when we dis
cover'd the gulph of Settaglia, The next night, fomerain laid the
contrary wind and rough Sea 5 but we remain'd almofl: in a calm,
with great trouble of the Ship, which by the weight of the fails
Was made to rock to and fro continually like a cradle^ On the
fifteenth day at night, we werefurrounded with thick clouds,
and amongftthem with manyfpouts of water, cali'd in Latine
fifl miftakenot) Typhones Vortices, butwepafs^d through them
without any hurt or dammage.
O&oberthe twenty firft. After many days of contrary wind ^ I-
which driv us in vain about the gulph of Settaglia, at length it
becoming favourable, the Pilot, and Other Mariners (aid they
defcry'd land afar off, which fome took to be Candia, others
Rhodes 5 but,whatever it was, we foonloft fight of it again* and
the fame night the wind growing ftrong, we were feparated from
theother Ships which were in our company. Neverthelefs we
continu'd our Voyage alone, and at evening defcryM land on the
North-weft, which the Mariners faid was thellland Scarpanti
fubjeft to the Venetians, 'and that, the good wind continuing, we
ftiould foon &\icovtx Candia : but about midnight the wind fell,
and we remain'd becalm'd.
O&ober the twenty third. The Wind turning favourable, we
difcover'dland, which they faid was Candia, at the prow of the
Ship: