Volume 1
An English garner ... / [Rearranged and classified under the general editorial supervision of Mr. Thomas Seccombe].
- Date:
- 1903-1904
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: An English garner ... / [Rearranged and classified under the general editorial supervision of Mr. Thomas Seccombe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![From Patna, I wont to Tanda, which standeth a league from the river Ganges. I was'five months coming to Bengal; but it may be sailed in a much shorter time. I went into the country of Couche, which is twenty-five days’journey northwards from Tanda. From thence I returned to Hooghly, which is the place which the Portuguese keepeth in the country of Bengal. It standeth 23° N., and a league from Satagam. They call it Porto Piqueno. Not far from Porto Piqueno south-westward, standeth an haven, which is called Porto Angeli^ in the country of Orissa. From Satagam, I travelled by the country of Tippara to Porto Grande or Chatigan. From Chatigan in Bengal, I came to Batticola. From Batticola, I went to Serrepore [? Serampore], which standeth on the river Ganges. I went from Serrepore, the 28th of November, 1586, for Pegu ; in a small ship or foist of one Albert Carvallos. From Bengal to Pegu is ninety leagues. We entered the bar of Negrais, which is a brave bar, and hath four fathoms of water where it hath least. Three days after, we came to Cosmin, which is a very pretty town. From the bar of Negrais to the city of Pegu is ten days’ journey by the rivers. We went from Cosmin to Pegu in praus or boats. I went from Pegu to lamabey. It is twenty-five days journey north-east from Pegu. The loth January [1588] I went from Pegu to Malacca : and so came to Malacca the 8th of February, where the Portuguese have a castle, which standeth near the sea. [Then just relieved by the Portuguese, see Vol. II. p. 46. Afhuisen, Vol. IL p. 110, must have been there at the same time as F/tch.] The 2gth of March, 1588, I returned from Malacca to Martavan, and so to Pegu ; where I remained a second time until the 17th of September; and then I went to Cosmin, and there took shipping. And passing many dangers, by reason of contrary winds, it pleased GOD that we arrived in Bengal in November following. Where I stayed, for want ol passage, until the 3rd of February, 1589; and then I shipped myself for Cochin.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24871503_0001_0363.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
