‘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’ [‎354] (375/508)

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Province isfam'dfor many excellent Bows and Arrows made in
it; The Bows made of Horn,excellently glued and put together,
the Arrows offmall Canes or Reeds, both of them curioufly fet
ofFby rich Paint and Varnifti: They which are made here are
neat and good than in any part of Eafi-India befides.
4. Haiacan, the Province of the Baioches, who are a very ftout
and war-like people that dare fight. I infert this 3 becaufe there are
infinite multitudes of people in the Mogols Territories who ap
pear as likely as thefe,but fo low-lpirited (asl fliall after obferve)
that they dare not fight. This Province hath no renowned City.
The famous River fcall'd by the Inhabitants ^zW) bor
ders it on the Eaft 5 and Lar^ a Province belonging to the King
of Terfia, meets it on the Weft.
5 . Euckpr , the chief City called Buckpr-Snccor 5 that fa
mous River Indus makes its way through it, and gently enrich-
eth it*
6. Tattdy the chief City fo called ^ the River Indus makes
many Iflands in it exceeding fruitful and pleafant, the Main Cur
rent whereof meets with the Sea at Sindee > a place very famou?
for many curious Handicrafts.
7. Sont., the chief City is called Janagar ; it it but a little Pro
vince yet wry rich, it lyes upon Cuzarat 3 it hath the Ocean
to the South.
8. JeJfelMure, the chief City fo called 5 it joyneth with Soret 5
but Bucbpr and Tatta lye to the Weft thereof.
9. Attack^, the chief City fo called 5 it lyeth on theEaft fide
of Indus, which parts it from Hatacan.
16, Penidhy which fignifieth five Waters, for that itisfeated
amongft five Rivers, all Tributaries to Indus which, fome-
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^ .what South of Lahore , make but one Current: It is a large
Province, and moft fruitful. is the chief City thereof,
built very large, and abounds both in people and riches one of
the moft principal Cities for Trade in all India,
11. ChiJIome^re, the chief City called 5 the River
%hat findfc a way through it, though it be very mountainous, and
(b creeps to the Spa.
12. Banchijh} the chief City is called Bijhur^ it lyeth Eaft,
fomewhat Southerly from Chijhmeere, from which it is divided
by the River Indus,
I 3' jMgapore, the chief City fo called 5 it lyeth upon the Ri-
^ ver Kaul, one of thofe five Rivers which water Pen jab,
I4« Jenba, the chief City fo called 5 it lyeth Eaft of Peniab,
15. Dellee (which fignifies an Heart, and is feated in the heart
of the Mogol's Territories) the chief City fo called ^ it lyeth be
tween ^enba and Agra , the River Jemni (which runneth
through yfgr^i, and after falleth into begins in it. This
Dellee is both an ancient and a great City, the Seat of the Mo
gols Anceftors, where moft of them lye interred. It was once
the City and Seat of Ring ?orHs y who was conquered about
this
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