'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎74] (393/1024)

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Travels in India.
Part II,
CHAP. XIII.
Olfervations npon the prefent State of the City of Goz.
riO A Iks in 15 Degrees^ 2 minutes of Latitude,in an Ifland fix or feven lea,,,,.
^ ? e k RlVe [ ° f Mftdoa *ten leagues from the mouth oS
River. _ The Ifland abounds in Corn and Rice,and bears fevtral forts of Fruit,!
- fylanga jinana and Coco s. But moffc certainlv a Pinnin * r *
beyond all thofe fruits. All fhofe that have feen ^
me, that the Port of Goa, the Port of Constantinople, and the Porr of t„ 7
three of the faireft Ports of all our vaft Continent. The Ckv * K
and the Walls are of good Stone.The Houfes are for the moll part ver/mS’
ficently built,efpecially the ruc-Rofs Palace. There are in it a great number of
Apartments and in one part of the Rooms and Chambers, which are verv W
hang leveral Pictures,wherein are feverally painted by themfelves,the Shins Z
come from Lubon to 6V,with thofe that are bound from Goa to Lisbon Jirk lf
name of the Vellel, the Captain,and the number of Guns which the Shi p ram ef
If the City were not fo clofely environ’d with Hills,it would donbtlefs be bent
inhabited, and the air would be much more wholfom. But thefe Mom!!!!!
keep off the cool winds, which is the reafon that the heats are very exceffive
Beef and Pork is the ordinary diet of the Inhabitants of Goa. They have Mod
ftore of Poultry, and fome few Pidgons ; but though Goa be very neer theses
Filh is very fcarce.They have abundance of all forts of Sweet-meatsjand feed upon
them uery mvch. v . J wuu ^
Before the Hollanders had brought down the power of the Pormals in India.
there was nothing to be feen at Goa,but Magnificence and Riches: but the Dmb
having every where got their Trade out of their hands, they have loft their
fpnngsofGold and Silver,and are fallen from their former fplendor.In rnyfirlt
Voyage to Goa I met with people of falhion,that had above two-thoufand Crowns
Revenue; at my fecond Voyage the fame perfons came privately to me in the
evening,to beg an Alms j yet abating nothing,for all that oftheir inherent pride
and haughtinefs .• Nay, their Women will come in Palleki.s to the door,and ftay
while a Boy,that attends them,has brought you a Complement from hisMillrefs.
1 hen ufually you fend them what you pleafe,or carry it your felf, if you have a
cunofity to fee their faces; which rarely can be done, becaufe they coverthem-
felves with a veil from head to foot. Moreover, if you go your felf to prefent
t ern your anty,they will give you a little note,containing a recommendation
of fome religious Perfon who figmfies what fubftantial perfons they have been,
and how they came to fall to decay. Sometimes, if the perfon be handfom, ihe
e ^ r ti° r alk ^ a Collatipii,which lafis moil commonly till the
next day.Had not the Portals fo many Fortrelfcs to keep upon the Land; or had,
ey not,ont oftheir contempt of the Hollander negledted their affairs,they could
never have been reduc d to fo low a condition.
TJie Portugucfes have no fooner made the Cap of Good-Hope, but they are all
1 agues or Gentlemen; and add the Title of Dom to the iingle name oiPedroov
/erowwo, which they receiv d at their Baptifm .* From whence they are call’d
xt C / a S U€s or Gentlemen of the Cape of Good-Hope, As they change their
ames, they alfo change their Nature; for it may be truly faid,that the Indian-
Ponugals are the moft revengeful perfons and the moll jealous of their Wives of
any perfons m the World. And when the leallfulpition creeps into their noddles,
they rid themfelves of them either by Poifon or Dagger. If they have an ene-
niy^tney ^^ver pardon him jbut if he be a perfon of that courage that they dare not
grapple with him,their perfbns have attending upo them a fort ofblackSlaves,that
1 tie}, command them to kill any one, the Slaves wdll do it with a blind obe'
dience ; which they do either with a Dagger, or a Piflol,orelfe by knockingthe
R ai j 5 D 0 P t “ e *1. , Wlt ^ a c ^ u ^j which they always carry, about the length of an
^ - iKe. If it happen that they Hay too long before they can meet with an op-
V ' ’ . portunity