"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" [‎٣‎٦] (٥٠٨/٥٧)

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' this place we went out o£the City to the Sea-nde, to fee a Gar
den fometimes belonging to the Kings of Gnzarat. Tisfmall,
adorn'd with the fame Trees as that which I faw in $**41, with
fome alfo of ours, as the Figtrees and Coleworts of Europe, which
in India are accounted rare things. These is a ruhning^water
which at the entrance falls from a great Kiafc^ or cxreer'd place
to keep cool, ftanding upon a great Pifcina, or Lake, .contigu
ous to the Garden on the out-fide ^ and ferving like that of Suraty
to the common ufes of the City. Befides which, in this Garden
there is nothing worth notice: Going from hence we went to
fee upon the fame Lake a Mefchita^ or Temple of the Mahome
tans, whereunto there is continually a great concourfe of people
with ridiculous and foolifh devotions, not onely Mahometans,
but likewife Gentiles. In the ftreet before the Gate, many per-
fons fitting on the ground afked Alms, to >whom the paffers-by
caft (bme Rice 5 others, certain other Corn, but no Money:
Within the Mfchifa, in a narrow dark place by a walls fide, is a
kind of little Pyramid of Marble, and this they call Pir y that is.
Old) which they fay is equivalent, to Holy: I imagine it the
Sepulchre of fome one of their Sedl: accounted fuch; The people
enter in with great crowds, efpecially Women, who. ufe to be
more forward inthefe things then others; All who go b, ftrew
Flowers or Rice there 5 to which enddand divers neajF thd
Gate that fell Flowers to whofo pleafes for fuch Offerings: But
this is rather a Cuftom of the Gentiles then Mahometans 5 and
the Gentiles being more numerous and ancient in 'tis
no wonder that fome Rite of theirs hath adher'd to the Maho
metans. A little diftant from this place, we faw another Sepuchre
adot'd too of fome Mahometan (for the Gentiles, who burn
their dead, have no Sepulchres) built with a great roof fouir
fquare, fupported by divers pillars, and under it a place open
on all fides like a Porch 5 this alfo many perfons came to kils and
venerate. Beyond the abovemention'd' Garden upon the Sea-
fide, we faw another Sepulchre of a Mahometan of qwality^
haying a high round Cupola, like a Tower, which is afoended by
a little ladder, and there you have a mofl! goodly profpedt upon
the Sea and Land, to a great diftance. Thefo things being feen 5 yvc
return d home the fame way we came: The next Morning, going
about the City, we faw another Hofpital of Goats, Kids, Sheep,
and Weathers, either fick or lame > and there were alfo fome
Cocks, Peacocks, and other Animals needing the fame help, and
kept altogether quietly enough in a great Court 5 nor wanted
/ . / there Men and Women lodg'd in little rooms of the fame Ho-
^ X Ipital, who had care of them. In another place, far from hence
^ ve l dW i another Hofpital of Cows and Calves, fome whereof
v, . had broken Legs, others more infirm, very old, or lean , and
there tore were kept here to be cur'd. Among the beafb there
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