"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" [‎١‎٥‎٣] (٥٠٨/١٧٤)

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P-ilm-kavs. Her Complexion was as black as that of a ,
natural Mthiopan i (he was corpulent and grofs, but not heavy, ^
for (he feenVd to walk nimbly enough 5 her Age may be about ^ ^
forty years, although the Vomgab had defcnbd her to me , _ ^
much cider. She was cloth-d, or rkher g.rded at the wafte with
a plain piece of thick white Cotton, and bare-foot, wh,ch .sthe
cuftom of the Indian-Gentile Women, both h.gh and low in thc^^
houfe and abroad ; and of Men too, the mod and the moft ordi- ✓
nary w un (hod 5 fome of the more grave wear Sandals or Slippers,
very few u le whole Shoos covering all the Foot. From the wafte
upwards the Queen was naked faying that Qie had a cloth ty d
round about her Head , and hanging a little down upon her
Bread: and Shoulders. In brief, her afpeft and hab.t reprefented
rather a dirty Kitchin -wench or Laundrefs, then a delicate and
noble Queen; whereupon, I faid within my felt. Behold y
whom are routed in I*dU the Armies of the King o f^«,which .
in Europe is fo great a matter 1 Yet the Qyeen (hew d her quality
much more in fpeaking then by her prefence; for her voice was
very graceful in ref^eft of her Perfon and (hefpokelikea prudent
and judicious Woman. They had told me that (he had no teeth,
and therefore was wont to go with half her Face cover d , y
could not difcover any fuch defedt in her, either by my Eye or
by my Ear; and, I rather believe, that this covering the Mouth,
or half the Face, as (lie lometimes doth, is agreeable to the mo-
deft cuftom which I know to be common to almoft all Women
in the Eaft. I will not omit, that though (he were fo corpulent
as I have mentionVl yet (he feems not deform d, but I imagine
(he was hand feme in her Youth ; and indeed, the report is, that
Ihe hath been a brave Lady, though rather of a rough then a
delicate handfomenefi. As foon as we faw her com.ng we ftood
ftill lav'd down our baggage upon the ground and went on
nnp 3 fiHe ro leave her the way to pafs. Which fhe taking no-
tice of and of my ftrange habit, prefently afli'd,Whether there
was any among us that cSuld fpeak the j Language > Whereupon
my Brachman Narsii ftepd forth and anfwerd. Yes; and I,
after! had faluted her ,according to our manner, went n
fpeak to her, (he (landing ftffl in the way with all her people to
live us Audience. She alk'd who I was, Cbeing already in
formed as one of her Souldiers told me, by a Portugal who was
come about his bufineffes before me from MavgalortoManel,
that I was come thither to fee heO I caus'd my Interpreter to
tell her that I was VnCavaliero Ponentino,
A, who came from very farr Countries i and becaufe other
Eurof£ans than Tortngats were not ufually fcen m h « D o mim-
ons I caus'd her to be told, that I was not a Fortugalhat a. Ro
man, fpecify ing too that I was not of the Turks
who in all the Eaft are ftyI'd and known by the
but a Ghriftian of K(w/e 5 where is the See of the Pop ^
Head of the Chriftians. That it was almoft ten years
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