not beene treason against the citie, it had not beene lost:
for on a night there was one of the gates set open, through the which with
great trouble the king gate into the citie, and became gouernour of Sion:
and when the Emperour sawe that he was betrayed, and that his enemie was in
the citie, he poysoned himselfe: and his wiues and children, friends and
noblemen, that were not slaine in the first affront of the entrance into
the citie, were all caried captiues into Pegu, where I was at the comming
home of the king with his triumphs and victorie, which comming home and
returning from the warres was a goodly sight to behold, to see the
Elephants come home in a square, laden with golde, siluer, iewels, and with
Noble men and women that were taken prisoners in that citie.

Now to returne to my yoyage: I departed from Malacca in a great shippe
which went for Saint Tome, being a Citie situate on the coast of
Coromandel: and because the Captaine of the castles of Malacca had
vnderstanding by aduise that the king of Assi [Marginal note: Or Achem.]
would come with a great armie and power of men against them, therefore vpon
this he would not giue licence that any shippes should depart: Wherefore in
this ship wee departed from thence in the night, without making any
prouision of our water: and wee were in that shippe foure hundreth and odde
men: [Sidenote: The mountaines of Zerzeline.] we departed from thence with
intention to goe to an Iland to take in water, but the windes were so
contrary, that they would not suffer vs to fetch it, so that by this meanes
wee were two and fortie dayes in the sea as it were lost, and we were
driuen too and fro, so that the first lande that we discouered, was beyonde
Saint Tome, more then fiue hundreth miles, which were the mountaines of
Zerzerline, neere vnto the kingdome of Orisa, and so wee came to Orisa with
many sicke, and more that were dead for want of water: and they that were
sicke in foure dayes dyed; and I for the space of a yeere after had my
throat so sore and hoarse, that I could neuer satisfie my thirst in
drinking of water: I iudge the reason of my hoarsenesse to bee with soppes
that I wet in vineger and oyle, wherewith I susteyned my selfe many dayes.
There was not any want of bread nor of wine: but the wines of that countrey
are so hot that being drunke without water they will kill a man: neither
are they able to drinke them: when we beganne to want water, I sawe
certaine Moores