"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" [‎٢‎٠‎٠] (٥٠٨/٢٢١)

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The 'travels Peter Delia Valle,
' Maria da Cugtoa. So that feeing his devices to get mony from
tbeni 3 proved ineffedua^he came no more in fight, and we believe
is gone into the Territories of the Moors amongft the Mahome-
tans 3 having heard no more news of him.
XXI. January the twentieth, a Proclamation was put forth by the
Vice-roy for all Portugal Soldiers fthey call allfuchas have not
Wives, Soldati) and alfo all Dijpacciati, though marri'd 3 to
prepare to go to Ormhr ^ it being given out that the Vice-roy in
tended to pafs thither in perfonwitha great Armada and Gale-
ons.Amongft theP^fcg^/i^thofe are calfd Dijpacciati^who having
ended their fervices, which every one is oblig'd to perform for
eight years, only with that fmall pay and maintenance which is
given to Servants (which indeed is very (lenderJ, upon petition
to the Ring in Spain and reprefentation of the fait hjuinefs of their
fervices, according as the fame are greater or lef^ 3 are difmifs'd
by the King with fome honourable and profitable Charge, as Cap
tain of a Fort, and the like 5 to injoy the fame for three years or
fome other determinate time. Which Charges they enter not
upon as foon as the fame are granted, but when it falls to them of
courfe according to the time of their difmiffion: whereby it
comes to pafs that fome never enjoy them as long as they
live, nor yet their fons fometimes, unlefs very late, (in cafe
the favour extend to their fons tooj becaufe all the faid Charges
or Offices go by feniority, every man' time beginning from
the day of their difmiffion 5 and oftentimes it happens that for
ty or fifty are difmifs'd at the fame time with him, all who muft
jfirft enjoy the fame Office or elfedy to make way for him. In
brief, 'tis an invention of the Kings of Portugal, much for their
own intereft 3 for not having much to give in recompence of fer-
vices, they by this means pay the greateft part of thofe that ferve
them with hopes alone 5 which alfo prove very well to them, the
men of this nation being of fuch an humor that they not only are
contented with thefe bare hopes, and hold themfelves well re
quited formany great and toilfom fervice, but make great ac-
\ count thereof, for thefe Reverfions,which are to fall God knows
when, aretheeftate and fupport of many, the portions of many
Daughters, and in brief, in refped of the little other eftates they
liave in India, one of the beft and moft considerable advantages
that they pofiefs, befides their being of much reputation and ho-
_ . j* nour. Now to all fuch as were in this manner difmifs'd was this
Proclamation direded, obliging them to go toOrwuz with the
Vice-roy under penalty of lofing all their Reverfions. But for
all this, intelligent men did not believe that the Vice-roy would
undertake this Expedition, both becaufe they did not hold him
a man likely to take up fuch a relolution, and becauie there were
not luch.preparations made in Goa for his voyage,as was recjuilite.
X X 11. January the two and twentieth, a Galeot under the command
of Sig. ManoeldePaiva^oxxi friend, arriv'd at Goa from in
which were many perfons that had come to sindi with other
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