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blood_n	body_n	death_n	flesh_n	5,316	4	6.7524	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00611	The voyage and trauaile of M. Cæsar Frederick, merchant of Venice, into the East India, the Indies, and beyond the Indies. Wherein are contained very pleasant and rare matters, with the customes and rites of those countries. Also, heerein are discovered the merchandises and commodities of those countreyes, aswell the aboundaunce of goulde and siluer, as spices, drugges, pearles, and other jewelles. Written at sea in the Hercules of London: comming from Turkie, the 25. of March. 1588. For the profitabvle instruction of merchants and all other trauellers for their better direction and knowledge of those countreyes. Out of Italian, by T H.; Viagge de M. Cesare de i Federici, nell' India Orientale, et oltra l'India. English	Federici, Cesare.; Hickock, Thomas.	1588 (1588)	STC 10746; ESTC S112444	73,405	88

and those berryes be graynes in Peper so that when they gather them they bee gréene and then they lay them in the Sunne and they become blacke The Ginger groweth in this wise the Land is tilled and sowen and the herbe is like to Panyzzo and the roote is the Ginger These two spices growe in diuers places The Cloues came all from y e Moluches which Moluches are two Ilands not verie great and the trée that they grow on is like to our Lawrell trée The Nutmegs and Maces which growe both together are brought from the Iland of Banda whose tree is like to our Walnut tree but not so big All the good white Sandolo is brought from the Iland of Timor Canfora being compound commeth all from China and al that which groweth in canes commeth from Bruneo and I think that this Canfora cōmeth not into these partes For that in India they consume great store and that is very deare The good Lignum aleos commeth from Chochinchina The Beniamen commeth from the kingdome of Assi and Sion Long Peper groweth in Bengala Pegu and Giaua Muske commeth from Tartaria which they make in this order as by good information I haue been told there is a certain beast in Tartaria which is wild as big as a wolfe which beast they take aliue beat him to death with small staues that his blood may be spread through his whole bodie then they cut it in péeces and take out all the bones and beat the flesh with the bloud in a morter verie small and drie it and make purses to put it in of the Skinne and these bee the coddes of muske Truely I knowe not whereof the Amber is made and there is diuers opinions of it but this is most certaine it is cast out of the Sea and throwne a land and found vpon the sea banckes The Rubyes Saphyres and the Spynelly they be gotten in the kingdome of Pegu. The Diamandes they come from diuers places and I know but three of thē That sort of Diamands that is called Chiappe they come from Bezeneger Those that bee pointed naturally come from the land of Dely and from Iaua but the Diamonds of Iaua are more waightie then the other I coulde neuer vnderstand from whence they that are called Balasy come Pearles they fish them in diuers places as before in this booke is showne From Cambaza as the Spodiom coniealeth in certaine canes I founde manye of them in Pegu when I made my house there because that as I haue saide before they make their houses there of wouen Canes like to mattes From Chianela they trade alongest the coast of Melyndy in Ethiopia within the lande of Caferaria on that coaste are many good harbors kept by the Moores Thither the Portugalles bring a kinde of Bombast cloth of a Lowe price and greate store of Paternosters or beads made of paltrie glasse which they make in Chiawle according to the vse of the Countrie from thence they carry Eliphants teeth for India Slaues called Caferi and some Amber and Golde On this coast the king of Portugall hath his castle called Mozenbich which is of great importaunce as any castle that he hath in all his Indies vnder his protection and the captaine of this castle hath certaine voiages to this Caferaria to which places no merchantes may go but by the agent of this Captaine and they vse to goe in small ships and trade with the Caferaries and their trade in buying and selling is without any spéeche one to the other In this wise the Portugalles bring their goods by litle and litle alongst the sea coast and lay it down and so depart and the Cafer merchants come see y e goods there they put down as much gold as they think the goods is worth and so goeth his way and leaueth his gold and the goods together then commeth the Portugal and finding the gold to his content he taketh it and goeth his way into his ship then commeth the Cafer and taketh away the goodes carieth it away and if hee find the golde there still it is a signe that the Portugalles are not contented and if the Cafe● thinke he hath put to little he addeth more as he thinketh the thing is worth and the Portugalles must not stand with them to strickt for if they doe then they will haue no more trade with them For they disdain to be refused when they think that they haue offered ynough for they be a peeuish people and haue dealt so of a long time by this trade the Portugals change their commodities into gold and cary it to the Castle of Mozonbich which is an Iland not farre distant frō the firm land of Caferaria on the cost of Ethiopia distant from y e India 2800 miles Now to return to my voiage whē I came to Ornus I found ther M. Fra 〈◊〉 is Berettine of Venice wee fraighted a barke together to go for Basora for 70 duckets with vs there went other merchāts which did ease our fraight very cōmodiouslie we came to Balzora ther we staied ●o days for prouiding a Carauan of barks to go to Babylō becase they vse not to go● or 3 barks at once but 25 or 30 because in y ● night they cānot go but must make thē fast to y e banks of the riuer then we must make a very good strong gard to be wel prouided of armor for respect safegard of our goods because y e number of theeues is great y ● come to spoil rob y e merchants when we depart frō Babylon we go a litle with our sail the voiage is ●8 or 40 days long but we were 50 dayes on it when we came to Babylon we staid ther 4 months vntil the Carauan was ready to go ouer the wildernes or desert for Alepo in this citie we were 6. merchants y ● accompanted together 5 Venecians a Portugal whose names were as foloweth Messez Florinasa w t one of his kinsmen Meser Andrea depolo the Portugall and M. Franses berettin and I so we furnished our selues with victuals beanes for our horses for 40 days we bought horses and Mewles for that they be verie good cheape there I my self bought a horse there for 11 akens and solde him after in Lepo for 30 duckets Also wee bought a Teant which did vs verie great pleasure we had also amongst vs 32 Camels laden w t merchandise for the which we paide 2 duckets for euery camels lading for euery ten camels they made 11 for so is ther vse custom We take also with vs 3 men to serue vs in the voiage which are vsed to go in those voiages for 5. Dd. a man bound to serue vs to Alepo so y ● we passed very wel without any trouble when the camels cal down to rest our pauiliō was