nes of the army diuided the kingdome amongst
themselues, and euery one of them shewed in his countrey what tyranny he
could: but twelue yeeres ago the great Mogul a Moore king of Agra and
Delly, forty dayes iourny within the land of Amadauar, became the gouernour
of all the kingdome of Cambaia without any resistance, because he being of
great power and force, deuising which way to enter the land with his
people, there was not any man that would make him any resistance, although
they were tyrants and a beastly people, they were soone brought vnder
obedience. [Sidenote: A maruellous fond delight in women.] During the time
I dwelt in Cambaietta I saw very maruellous things: there were an infinite
number of artificers that made bracelets called Mannij, or bracelets of
elephants teeth, of diuers colours, for the women of the Gentiles, which
haue their armes full decked with them. And in this occupation there are
spent euery yeere many thousands of crownes: the reason whereof is this,
that when there dieth any whatsoeuer of their kindred, then in signe and
token of mourning and sorrow, they breake all their bracelets from their
armes, and presently they go and buy new againe, because that they had
rather be without their meat then without their bracelets.

Daman. Basan. Tana.

Hauing passed Diu, I came to the second city that the Portugals haue,
called Daman, situated in the territory of Cambaia, distant from Diu an
hundred and twenty miles: it is no towne of merchandise, saue Rice and
corne, and hath many villages vnder it, where in time of peace the
Portugals take their pleasure, but in time of warre the enemies haue the
spoile of them; in such wise that the Portugals haue little benefit by
them. Next vnto Daman you shall haue Basan, which is a filthy place in
respect of Daman: in this place is Rice, Corne, and Timber to make shippes
and gallies. And a small distance beyond Bassan is a little Iland called
Tana, a place very populous with Portugals, Moores, and Gentiles: these
haue nothing but Rice, there are many makers of Armesie, and weauers of
girdles of wooll and bumbast blacke and redde like to Moocharies.

Of the cities of Chaul, and of the Palmer tree.

Beyond this Iland you shall finde Chaul in the firme land; and they are two
cities, one of the Portugals, and the other of the Moores: that city which
the Portugals haue is situate lower then the other, and gouerneth the mouth
of the harbour, and is very strongl