"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" [‎١‎٥‎٠] (٥٠٨/١٧١)

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. . three Churches; namely, the See or Cathedral within the
Fort; our Lady DelRofarw, fir word, a, and SanFraHctfi,
without. Yet in Mangalor there are but three Ecdefiaftical Per-
fons in all ^ two Francifcan Fryers^ and one ^icar Pnelt, to
whole charae, with very fmall revenews belong all the other
Churches. I went not afliore becaufe it was night, but llept in
Niroew/'cr the nine and twentieth,Early in the Morning I land
ed at Maw dor, and went together with Sig:
and' others of our Ship to dine in the Houleot Sig.Afcentio
feira, a Notary of the City. After which, I was provided of
an empty Houfe belonging to a Kinf-man of his, by Sigi Zaokm
Sodrino 5 who was married in Mangalor 5 and came for Go^
in our Ship. The next night the Fleet departed bom Com,
but I remain'd in Mangalor with intention to go and iec the
Qiieen of , i Si
November the thirtieth, After hearing ot Mais in the Church
Del Rdfario, I vifited the Captain of Mangaler^ not in the Fort,
but in a cover d place without the Oate 3 which is built to re
ceive the cool Air of the Sea, and where he was then in con-1.
verfation. He was an old Man all gray, by Name Sig: Fero Co
mes Pafagna.
The hrft ot December jn the Morning I went to lee Ba^ghel.bf
the Indians more corredly call'd Bangher^or Baxghervari > tisa
mile or little more diftant from Mangalor ^towards the South and
upon the Sea ^ and the King that rul d there., and in the circum
jacent lands being at this day driven out, tis lubjcCt to Venk?
• taf-a Naieka. A Mufket-fliot without ;ifc/^ < g4ftr,on that fide,is a
fmall River which is pafs'd over by a ruinous llonc bridg 3 and may
^ / likewife be forded ^ 'tis the boundary of the ffr^^^/j-jurifdidi-
/ try: t */ on< The a bove-faid mile isthrough cultivated fields, and then
you come to Banghel, which is a rich foil, and iometimes better
peopled then at prefeut ^ whence theHoufes are poor Cottages
of earth and ftraw. It hath been but one ftrait (freer, of good
length, with Houfes and Shops continu'd on both fides^and
many other (heds diipers'd among the Palme-to's. The King's
Houleftood upon a rais'd ground, almoft like a F ort, but is now
wholly deftroy'd , fo that there is nothing left ftanding but the
potfs of the Gate ^ for when Fenk^taph Naiekf took this Territo
ry , he demolifti'd what-ever was ftrong in it. The Bazbr , or
Market-place remains, although not fo ftor'd with goods as it
was in the time of its own King , yet it affords what is neceffary,
and muchor Ftffe/, whereof they make Merchandize,fend-
ing the fame into divers parts,that of this place being better then
others^ here arcalfoin the Bazar, fome Gold-fmiths who make
knives and cizzersadornM with Silver very cheap 5 and other like
toys, of which I bought fome, and having feen all that was
to be feen return d on foot, as 1 came, though (bmewKat late,
to Mangalor, .
-.•'rah December
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