"رحلات السيد بيترو ديلا فالي، وهو نبيل روماني، إلى الهند الشرقية وصحراء الجزيرة العربية. وفيها يصف بدقة البلدان المختلفة، وكذلك العادات، الأعراف، التجارة، الطقوس الدينية والمدنية، لهؤلاء الأمراء وتلك الأمم الشرقية: في رسائل وديّة إلى صديقه السيد ماريو سكيبانو. وتم إضافة سرد عن رحلة السير توماس رو إلى جزر الهند الشرقية" [‎١‎١] (٥٠٨/٣٢)

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Into the EAST-INDIES.
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fee was at that time in Swat, from whence he was gone to fee the
City of Barocci hard by, and would return fpeedily : with which ^
intelligence I was much pleas'd, becaufe Sig: Mberto was my
great friend, and I extremely defir d to fee him. On
Morning we convers'd together for fome time,drinking a litt e of
hot wine boyl'd with Cloves, Cinnamon, and other fpices, which
the Englifh call burnt mine, and ufe to drink Irequently in the
Morning to comfort the ftomack, fipping it by little and little
for fear of fcalding, as they do Cahue , ( Coffee J by me elfe-
where defcrib'd. And they ufe it particularly in the Winter to
warm themfelves; though in Ww tis not neceflary for that
end becaufe albeit 'twas ftill Winter, according to ourdmfion
of the feafons, yet we had more heat there then cold. After
this fhort refeftion,the Prefident return d a (hore,and I remain d
in the (hip,not expefting to difimbarque till we were got into the
Harbour , which was a little before night, and the anchors were
caft very near the land: but becaufe'twas now late, and the
City rfsitrat was a good dift ? nce off, none of us card to land.
Nor did I go out of the ftlip on Sunday, both becaufe it was a
facred day,and becaufe our Captain was pleas d to give an Enter
tainment to us and the Captain of the Dolphin, our companion in
the voyage. Monday, the thirteenth of the fame moneth,was the
day of my Ague, whereof I had had divers fits by the way at fea.
neverthelefs, after a collation I went on (here, together with the
Captain of our (hip, where we contmu d under certain tents
pitch'd for convenience of the Tonadkrs the Eoghft term
certain of their Mariners imploy'd to fill the Calks with water )
in expe&ation of Coaches to carry us to there being in
thofe Countries fubjeft to the Moghol, abundance
made after their faftiion, which I formerly defcrib d when I faw ,
fome of them at Casbin, which the Indian Ambaffador gave, /S//-
amongft his prefents, to the King of Perfia-, nor remains any ./,
thing more to be faid of them, but that they are at this day."
much like the ancient Indian Chariots, defcrib'd by Strabo, and Lib. i«.
are aenerally cover'd with crimfbn filk,fring d with ye ow
about the roof and the curtains: And that the Oxen, w ic a o
as anciently draw the fame, are fair, large, white, with two
bunches like thofe of fome Camells, and run and gallop like
Horfes; they are likewife cover'd with the fame ftuft, but belet
with many tufts or taflels, and abundance of bells at their necks;
fo that when they run or gallop through the ftreets they ate
heard it a fufficient diftance, and make a very brave (how. With
thefe kind of Coaches in iWw, they not onely go in Cities, but
alfo for the moft part travel in the Country. To the S>ea iwe
came no Coach, and therefore the Captain went on foot to a •
Town a mile off, call 'd Sohali, where he intended to fpend the
day in recreatinghimfelf amongft the Franks, whohaveHoules
there for repofiting the goods which they continual Y en
the Sea fide to be (hip'd : but I could not accompany
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