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with_o a_o little_a garden_n to_o which_o they_o go_v by_o a_o handsome_a bridge_n of_o many_o arch_n very_o well_o build_v upon_o which_o i_o believe_v two_o indian_a coach_n may_v go_v a_o breast_n indeed_o these_o indian_a lake_n be_v goodly_a thing_n and_o may_v be_v reckon_v among_o the_o most_o remarkable_a structure_n of_o the_o world_n have_v see_v this_o we_o go_v to_o overtake_v our_o cafila_n which_o be_v arrive_v at_o a_o town_n seven_o cos_n distant_a from_o ahemdabà d_n call_v barigia_n or_o bariza_n for_o the_o indian_n very_o much_o confound_v these_o two_o letter_n g_o and_o z_o in_o their_o speak_n we_o come_v late_o to_o the_o say_a town_n by_o reason_n of_o our_o hindrance_n at_o our_o departure_n from_o ahmedabà d_n but_o certain_a horseman_n appoint_v as_o i_o conceive_v to_o guard_v the_o way_n have_v meet_v we_o in_o
cause_n that_o venk-tapà _a naieka_n love_v she_o always_o so_o much_o the_o more_o october_n the_o eight_o and_o twenty_o vitulà _fw-fr sinai_n send_v to_o tell_v our_o ambassador_n that_o have_v send_v word_n of_o our_o arrival_n to_o the_o court_n viii_o the_o great_a minister_n have_v acquaint_v venk-tapà _a naieka_n therewith_o who_o be_v still_o so_o afflict_v for_o the_o death_n of_o his_o wife_n that_o he_o go_v not_o forth_o in_o public_a nor_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v see_v when_o they_o tell_v he_o of_o this_o matter_n he_o stand_v a_o while_n without_o answer_v and_o at_o length_n say_v only_o that_o they_o may_v come_v when_o they_o please_v whereupon_o his_o courtier_n see_v he_o in_o this_o mood_n will_v not_o reply_v further_o to_o he_o concern_v provision_n of_o the_o journey_n to_o be_v send_v to_o the_o ambassador_n person_n to_o convey_v his_o good_n and_o other_o such_o thing_n wherefore_o vitulà _fw-fr sinai_n say_v that_o sig_n gio_n fernandez_n may_v 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who_o ought_v to_o arrive_v at_o the_o court_n before_o he_o the_o ambassador_n who_o afterward_o may_v come_v thither_o alone_o by_o easy_a journey_n after_o he_o have_v send_v he_o a_o answer_n the_o same_o night_n the_o interpreter_n return_v with_o this_o message_n to_o vitulà _fw-fr sinai_n who_o be_v lodge_v on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o river_n in_o his_o own_o king_n jurisdiction_n october_n the_o nine_o and_o twenty_o after_o we_o have_v hear_v mass_n in_o saint_n antonie_n egypt_n sig_n gio_n fernandez_n be_v mind_v to_o go_v in_o person_n to_o visit_v vitulà _fw-fr sinai_n and_o speak_v to_o he_o about_o the_o abovementioned_a matter_n wherefore_o enter_v with_o we_o into_o one_o of_o those_o boat_n which_o they_o call_v mancive_a go_v with_o twenty_o or_o four_o and_o twenty_o oar_n only_o differ_v from_o the_o almadies_n in_o that_o the_o mancive_a have_v a_o large_a cover_a room_n in_o the_o poop_n sever_v from_o the_o bank_n of_o rower_n and_o be_v great_a than_o the_o almadies_n which_o have_v no_o such_o room_n we_o pass_v out_o of_o the_o port_n and_o thence_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o river_n southward_o go_v to_o land_n upon_o the_o continent_n where_o vitulà _fw-fr sinai_n have_v be_v advertise_v of_o our_o come_n expect_v we_o under_o the_o shade_n of_o certain_a little_a hill_n and_o tree_n of_o which_o all_o this_o country_n be_v full_a this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n that_o i_o set_v foot_n in_o any_o place_n of_o the_o gentile_n where_o they_o bear_v sway_v themselves_o sig_n gio_n fernandez_n speak_v a_o long_a while_n and_o alone_a with_o vitulà _fw-fr sinai_n both_o of_o they_o sit_v upon_o a_o carpet_n spread_v upon_o the_o grass_n and_o at_o length_n the_o discourse_n be_v end_v the_o ambassador_n take_v boat_n again_o and_o return_v to_o onòr_n upon_o the_o way_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o vitulà _fw-fr sinai_n say_v that_o in_o either_o case_n of_o his_o writing_n again_o or_o go_v in_o person_n to_o the_o court_n and_o wait_v for_o a_o new_a answer_n many_o day_n will_v be_v lose_v therefore_o it_o seem_v best_o to_o he_o that_o we_o shall_v all_o put_v ourselves_o upon_o the_o way_n without_o further_a wait_a and_o that_o to_o carry_v his_o the_o ambassador_n good_n they_o have_v appoint_v ten_o man_n according_a to_o his_o king_n order_n wherefore_o sig_n fernandez_n tell_v we_o he_o be_v resolve_v to_o go_v by_o all_o mean_n and_o see_v the_o ten_o man_n allow_v he_o to_o carry_v his_o good_n be_v not_o sufficient_a they_o alone_o require_v twenty_o five_o beside_o those_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o company_n he_o will_v hire_v the_o rest_n at_o his_o own_o charge_n and_o rid_v himself_o of_o this_o perplexity_n by_o this_o change_n of_o opinion_n after_o this_o interview_n i_o understand_v that_o vitulà _fw-fr sinai_n have_v speak_v in_o such_o sort_n that_o sig_n fernandez_n perceive_v that_o this_o coldness_n of_o send_v he_o great_a accommodation_n for_o his_o journey_n be_v not_o so_o 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three_o year_n before_o the_o portugal_n have_v make_v war_n with_o venk-tapà _a naieka_n and_o receive_v a_o notable_a defeat_n by_o he_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a and_o that_o sig_n gio_n fernandez_n now_o first_o know_v to_o he_o may_v forbear_v to_o undertake_v this_o journey_n for_o that_o he_o be_v full_o resolve_v not_o to_o restore_v it_o nor_o yet_o to_o give_v seven_o thousand_o pagod_n yearly_a to_o that_o prince_n as_o he_o have_v promise_v upon_o agreement_n if_o he_o go_v not_o to_o live_v out_o of_o those_o territory_n take_v from_o he_o either_o in_o goa_n or_o in_o magalòr_n or_o elsewhere_o he_o pretend_v at_o least_o a_o purpose_n to_o return_v to_o live_v with_o that_o annuity_n in_o the_o land_n once_o his_o own_o privately_z in_o hope_n perhaps_o to_o raise_v some_o new_a commotion_n one_o day_n so_o that_o venk-tapà _a naieka_n know_v that_o one_o of_o the_o principal_a business_n of_o this_o embassy_n be_v that_o of_o the_o prince_n of_o banghel_n which_o little_o please_v he_o and_o see_v also_o that_o this_o year_n the_o ship_n from_o portugal_n be_v not_o yet_o arrive_v which_o every_o year_n fetch_v pepper_n out_o of_o his_o dominion_n and_o bring_v he_o in_o a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n by_o agreement_n make_v by_o the_o portugal_n who_o every_o year_n be_v either_o to_o take_v it_o or_o pay_v for_o it_o and_o neither_o the_o ship_n nor_o the_o money_n come_v this_o year_n they_o can_v not_o easy_o pay_v he_o for_o the_o pepper_n this_o year_n nor_o yet_o for_o a_o great_a part_n of_o that_o of_o the_o last_o for_o which_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o ship_n they_o still_o owe_v he_o and_o last_o observe_v the_o portugal_n weaken_a and_o low_a so_o that_o they_o not_o only_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o he_o but_o now_o in_o some_o sort_n begin_v to_o submit_v
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