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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51053	Travels and voyages into Africa, Asia, and America, the East and West-Indies, Syria, Jerusalem, and the Holy-land performed by Mr. John Mocquet ... : divided into six books, and enriched with sculptures / translated from the French by Nathaniel Pullen, Gent.; Voyages en Afrique, Asie, Indes Orientales & Occidentales. English	Mocquet, Jean, b. 1575.; Pullen, Nathaniel.	1696 (1696)	Wing M2310; ESTC R787	161,053	430

all this that they might be thought not to Sleep for they mightily fear their Enemies the Caripous Now our Ship being laden with Another Voyage of the Author as many Commodities as we were well able to procure and being ready to set Sail I took a Resolution the 17th of May to go once again towards their Habitations with some small Ware as Knives Combs and other Things and gave all these to an Indian to carry in a little Basket who was wonderfully pleased to follow me but he being subtile and sly would not march before me saying that it did not belong to him to go first which made me not a little wonder that this Indian could know what Honour was due to another But the Rascal did it that he might the more easily put his Hand into my Basket and sharp something out I perceived it happily turning my self about and so caught him in the very act upon which I shewed him gently that that was neither handsome nor well done He excused himself as well as he could and then went before me until he found in the Wood a little Way or Path on the right Hand which went straight to his Habitation and then he returned me my Basket not being able to retain him for all I could do I gave him a Comb for his Labour of which he was very glad I do not know but that he had cast something aside of what he had taken out of my Basket I proceeded on my way untill I came to a high Mountain where there were a great number of Caribes with their Wives and Children There by chance I found the Indian our Interpreter who helped me mightily in making my Bargains for what I wanted as well for Parrots as other kind of Animals Having exchanged what I desir'd these Indians led me into another Habitation where I saw Yapoira the Brother Caribe of Atupa who was in our Ship He was upon Yapoira the top of one of their Houses of Palm and as soon as he perceiv'd me he cast himself down and came to embrace me remembring that I had given him a Hatchet when he had broke his own in our Service He spoke to me of his Brother Atoupa and that his Mother had no more than this little Boy who was all her Comfort That the Caripous had killed all his Brothers and Sisters and that if our General would let him return to his Mother he himself was content to go with us into France I told that he should go along with me to make his Remonstrances which he did I asked him for some Water which they call Tonna and presently he caused his Wife to bring me some who was of an extraordinary sweet Nature and very handsome though she was stark Naked Having drank they caused me to enter into a great Hall made of Palms where they keep themselves in the day time with their Amaca's to hold Counsel concerning the Affairs of War Then they led me into a certain House where there was a great many Women and Girls stark naked and put some Patato's upon the Fire for me to Eat and having made some exchange as well for Mace and Patato's as Gums which is a black Bitume which they Chaulk Gums their Cannoes with I laded 2 or 3 Indians and so we returned towards the Port to our Ship I had a great deal of trouble in returning back because these Savages led me through the Wood where there was a great many Waters to pass besides it rained and was very bad Weather After we had gone 2 or 3 Leagues of this bad way we came to the end of a little River and found a Cannoe on Land that wanted only to be set a Float but we had no Oars yet these Indians looked so long amongst the Herbs that at last they found out some that were hid These Oars are very little and like to a Battle-dore which they beat Hemp withall Being thus Embark'd we Rowed so hard that we soon arrived at our Ship where they waited for me with great earnestness not knowing where I should be kept out so late and they were to have set sail the next morning as we did But before we come out of this Country I will not forget that amongst other Rarities that grow there there are certain Gums to be found called Copal and Anime and certain Animes Gums Bitum or black Gum very Odoriferous when it is put upon the Fire It is also good for the Rhume by receiving the Smoak of it the same is also the Anime which is a Gum yellow and transparent like the Gums of Arabia and is found in great Tears As for the Copal it hath not this quality but it serves for * Swellings Aposthumes to ripen and heal them so they come from a cold Cause and Phlegm For as for those which come from Heat and Blood the Copal is not so proper to apply being it is hot This Copal is a White Gum enclining to gray The Tree which bears it is like to a Lawrel in its Leaves but 't is bigger in the Trunk and hath also young ones I picked out some of this Gum by making an Incision in the Tree then the next morning or two days after I found the Gum pure and clear upon the slit The Anime is gotten after the same manner and its Tree also resembles the other As for the Bitum or black Gum it comes from a place where there are Springs of Water and it is gathered mixed with Earth at the foot of certain Trees amongst Green Moss The Indians make use of it instead of Pitch to Chalk their Cannoes As for the Language of these People I will only say that it is of Language of the Caribes several sorts and that of the Caripous is something different from that which the Caribes speak and have much ado to understand other although they are not far distant These Caribes were mighty desirous to know of us what it was that we Worshipped in Heaven whether it was the Sun which they call Occayou or the Moon which they name Nona the Stars Cherica Heaven Capa the Clouds Canopa as for the Fire they call it Ovato Water Tonna the Sea Parano the Woods Vropa the Mouth Pota the Eyes Onou and the Hair Omchay Now as for the Religion of all these Religion of these People People of Brasil and amongst others the Caripous and Caribes they live without Faith and Law and without any certain Belief of a Divinity true or false not Worshipping Idols nor any thing whatsoever only they believe some kind of an Immortality of the Soul They speak much of a God which they call Toupan which is some Caribes deal with the Devil Toupan Devil with whom they have Familiarity and exercise several sorts of Divination and Witchcraft And I remember we were told that when Camaria King of the Caribes had a mind to know any thing concerning their Wars

these a Carrack and two Hulks We parted from the River of Lisbon the 29th of March on Easter-Eve Parting from Lisbon and bore to the S. W. and to the S. We had great Winds in the sight of Madera and passing close thereby the Galley of Good Jesus lost us and took her Course as far as Mosambique where she was taken by the Hollanders Amongst us was the greatest Disorder and Confusion imaginable because of the Peoples Vomiting up and Misery upon the Sea down and making Dung upon one another There was nothing to be heard but Lamentations and Groans of those who were straightned with Thirst Hunger and Sicknesses and other Incommodities and Cursing the time of their Embarkment their Fathers and Mothers and themselves who were the cause thereof so that one would have thought ●hey had been out of their Wits and like Mad-m●n amongst the excessive heats under the Line and the Abrolles and Calms This continued a long time and the hot Rains upon the Coast of 〈◊〉 was also very troublesome to us which afterwards turned to Worms ●f that which was wet was not presently dried It was a wonderful trouble to me to see my Quilt wet and Worms crawling all over These Rains are so stinking that they rot and spoil not only the Pody but also all Cloths Chests Utensils and other Things And not having any more Cloths to shift my self withall I was forced to dry upon me that which I wo●e with my Quilt by lying thereupon but I was well fitted for that for the Fever with a great pain in 〈…〉 the 〈◊〉 the Reins took the in such a manner that I had a fit of Sickness almost the whole Voyage yet this was not all for I had besides that the Lovende S●u●●● which the Portugals call Berber and the Hollanders Scurbus which rotted almost all my Gumbs and rendered a sort of a black and pu●rified Blood My Knees were so contracted that I could not bend my Limbs my Legs and Thighs were as black as Members Gan-green'd and was constrained to be continually Launcing to get out this black and putrified Blood I Launced also my Gums which were black and blue and surmounting my Miso●y of the Autho● Teeth going every day out upon the side of the Ship holding by the Cordage with a little Looking Glass in my hand to see where to cut When I had cut away this dead Flesh and drawn away abundance of black Blood I washed my Mouth and Teeth with Urine but the next morning there was as much And my ill fortune was that I could not Eat having more mind to swallow than to chew upon the account of the great pains which this Disease causes I found no better remedy than the Syrop of Gilli-flowers and good red Wine Great numbers Died every day thereof and there was nothing to be seen but Bodies a flinging over-board and the most part Died without help some behind Chests having their Eyes and the Soles of their Feet eaten up with Rats Others were found Dead in their Beds after having been let Blood and moving their Arms the Veins opened and their Blood ran out Oftentimes after having received their Allowance which might be about a Pint of Water and putting it near them to Drink when a-dry their Companions rob'd these poor Sick Wretches of this little Water they being asleep or turned to the other side Sometimes being under Deck in a dark place not seeing Strange ●hirst one another they would fight amongst themselves and strike one another if they caught any about to Steal their Water and thus oftentimes were they deprived of Water and for want of a little Draught they miserably died without any one offering to help them to never so little no not the Father the Son nor the Brother the Brother so much did every Man's particular Thirst compel him to Rob his Companions I found my self oftentimes thus deceived of my allowance but yet I comforted my self as well as I could seeing so many others in the same case And this was the cause that I durst not Sleep too much and commonly put my Water where it could not be easily taken without wakening of me After we had suffer'd thus much and passed the Line the Count de la Fera Vice-roy was took sick of a hot Count de la Fera falls Sick and Dies Fever and continued so but 6 days before he died He had a little before Commanded the Estrinquere which is he whose Office is to hoise the great Sail by a Wheel to be made Prisoner because he had Amancebado that is to say he kept a Concubine which he had brought from Portugal and she being with Child when she Embark'd was brought to Bed in our Ship The Woman was sent back to Portugal in the Hulk in which was the Body of the Count de la Fera. This Gentleman being dead I Embalmed his Body because of the hotness of the Climate then having Embark'd it with about 50 sick Persons who were to return again to Portugal tho not without great Intreaties to have the Licence of Captain More Major We called this Captain of Captain Major-Mor the Vice-Admiral named Don Christoval de Norogne to Command in the Admiral where the said Captain Mor being did us a thousand sorts of Injuries and Cruelties as well by Prisons as by cheating us of our ordinary allowance of Victuals for he reserved several Pipes of Wine and a great deal of Flesh and Oil to sell at Mozambique Don Alfonce de Norogne Captain of our Ship under the Vice-roy when he was alive was mightily displeased at this bad usage of Don Cristoval but he died within few days and his Body was cast into the Sea Having passed about 9 or 10 Degrees on the other side the Line the Wind not being favourable to us the Pilots held Council what they should do whether to Tack about and return to Portugal or to pass on fearing they could not pass the Cape of Good Hope in regard it was too late in the year because that the M●eson's or Muessons Winds of the Season were almost passed already After having well disputed upon this subject they tack'd about to return to Portugal and having sailed some time the Captain Mor who had a mind to make himself by this Voyage seeing himself at that time Chief Commander of the Fleet threatned the Master and Pilot with ill Language and commanded them to Tack again for the Indies This was in the night and thereupon Fires were made for a signal for the other Vessels to return but we were not long together in Consort for the rest knowing the Viceroy to be Dead separated from us and each held theirs a part we continuing alone until we came to the Isles of Angoche near the River of Cumana Cumana where we found the St. Anthony and St. Bartholomew Galleys We held then our Course tho' our Men dying every day of the

Thus was the Ship lost and all the Merchandise that was in her and afterward we arrived at Rochelle the 3d of Sept. from thence I came to Paris the 23 of the same Month when our young King Lewis XIII whom God preserve and prosper was gone to be Crowned at Rheims I had heard no News of the unhappy accident happened in the Person of King Henry the Great my good Master untill we were in sight of Lisbon for then according to the custom there came a Caravel from the Port to see and know who we were who told us that sad History which I could scarcely believe but coming to Land it was too much confirmed to my Eternal regret and sorrow THE TRAVELS AND VOYAGES OF John Mocquet INTO Syria and the Holy Land BOOK V. HAving return'd to Paris from so many long and troublesome Voyages after the Death of King Henry the Great whom I can never sufficiently lament and all other good French Men I had a desire to make a Religious Voyage into the Holy Land there to go pay like a good Christian so many Vows I had made to God for the innumerable Perils and Dangers from which it hath pleased him mercifully to preserve me so often In this Resolution I parted from Paris the 19th of July 1611. and took Coach to Marseilles where I arrived Embarkment at Marseilles the 14th Day of August and tarried there for some Days to wait for passage which at last I found in a Ship of Toulon called the St. Francis belonging to Ode Bergue and Vander Strate Merchants of Toulon and Marseilles There embarking the 8th of September we set sail and the 12th saw the Isle of Sardania which Sardania we left on the North-East and the 15th we saw the Coast of Barbary passing near the Isle of Guerite which Guerite Isle is a little Island not far from the main Land where the Robbers and Pyrates lurk as well Turks as Christians we had this Isle towards the South-West The 17th we passed along by Malta Malta then by Sicilia where we found a Sicilia Ship in the fashion of a Galiot who came directly towards us to know if they durst engage us but when they had perceived our Strength they tacked about taking their course towards Barbary seeking other Prey more easie to surprize The 21st we passed along by Candia Candia where there is a little Island called Agose Isle Agose which advances into the Sea with a Point towards the South Then the 27th we went to the Isle of Cyprus towards the City of Bafe Cyprus not far from the Coast and went to pass the Cape de Gate designing to go to Famagusta But having a sharp Gale and good for our Voyage we continued our course bearing towards Tripoly in Syria where we arriv'd Arrival at Tripoly the last Day of September the next Morning the 1s● of October I went on shore to lodge in the City in a Campo near the Juderie or Jews-Place Campo These Campo's are great Houses with large Courts and Fountains where Strangers retire themselves for shelter like Inns. These belong to some great Person who letts them out and he who is the Porter thereof whom they call Boabe receives the Money of the Passengers and gives it to the Master of whom he holds it upon Rent Having tarried some time at Tripoly Voyage to Mount Lebanon I had a mind to see Mount Lebanon and for this effect took a Turk with an Ass to carry our Victuals We left the City the 11th of November and went over very high Mountains and troublesome to pass and in the end arrived at the Lodging of a Chaldean Archbishop called Father George who received us after the best manner he could His House is right above Mount Lebanon his Church is under his Habitation and a Water-mill underneath his Church I saw a good Father a Chaldean Priest and Kinsman to this Archbishop who came from grinding his Corn as he shewed us by his Visage all white with Meal and seeing him in this case we knew him not to be of the Church until the next Morning which was Sunday when I saw him go with the Host in his Hand from thence to a Village there to sing Mass The Father George lived there with his Mother Sisters and Nieces making one and the same Family altogether He shewed me a Chapel above his House upon a little Rock right under Mount Lebanon and told methere was there a Hole out of which every Year upon the 1st Day of May only gushes an abundance of Water at such time as they sing Mass in the Chapel The Mountain is covered all over with Cyprus-Trees The Place is very agreeable but the Winter is there very troublesome because of the excessive Cold and great Snows which mightily afflicts these good Fathers so that they are constrained for that cause to pass the Winter near Tripoly and return there again in the Spring The next Morning after we had heard Mass we set forward towards the Place where the Cedars are about Cedars Three Leagues from thence where being come we had such a cold blast of Wind that my Turk blew his Fingers I order'd him to get upon a Cedar-Tree to break me off some Branches but he tarried there not long for the Cold soon made him to descend that he could not get me so much as I desir'd But I feared he would tumble down being half frozen and besides he had not eaten his Breakfast because of their Romadan Romadan or Fast in the which they fast till Evening not daring to eat any thing upon pain of Death except it be in private and those who observe not strictly their Law and when I saw him tremble in good earnest I presently made him come down fearing to lose him From thence we reassumed our way to return to Canibi which is a Place Canibi belonging to the Chaldean Patriarch and had very bad Weather of Rain so that we arrived there late in the Evening after having passed many little Habitations situate for the most part upon the side of inaccessible Rocks and are almost all Chaldean and Greek Christians with some few Moors amongst them We were there very well received and drank excellent Wine which grows in these Mountains The next Day having heard Mass we returned to Tripoli where I passed a very troublesome Winter because Inundations of the great Inundations of Water which came from the Mountains and so swelled a little River which runs through the middle of the City that it bore down part of the Houses with great loss of Merchandise and Water-mills which it carried quite away with the Stone-bridge This was the cause that Bread was there very scarce and dear that we had much adoe to get a little black Biscuit half spoiled which was sold me by weight and at what rate they pleased and that by halves and the People already