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that_o ormùz_n and_o kesciome_n be_v extreme_o well_o fortify_v by_o the_o moor_n september_n the_o six_o and_o twenty_o sig_n don_n garcia_n de_fw-fr silua_n y_fw-fr figueroa_n ambassador_n in_o persia_n from_o the_o catholic_n king_n in_o my_o time_n who_o by_o reason_n of_o sundry_a accident_n and_o the_o opposition_n of_o the_o portugal_n to_o he_o as_o to_o a_o castilian_a as_o himself_o say_v or_o as_o other_o say_v because_o it_o be_v his_o own_o mind_n to_o do_v so_o since_o the_o year_n before_o be_v send_v away_o in_o a_o petache_n or_o shallop_n according_a to_o his_o own_o desire_n he_o return_v back_o for_o fear_n of_o a_o tempest_n though_o without_o reason_n have_v never_o return_v home_o into_o spain_n to_o his_o king_n but_o when_o i_o arrive_v in_o india_n i_o find_v he_o at_o goa_n where_o we_o become_v acquaint_v together_o and_o come_v to_o visit_v i_o one_o day_n among_o other_o thing_n whereof_o we_o discourse_v he_o tell_v i_o that_o he_o have_v hear_v a_o 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before_o assign_v i_o by_o the_o dutch_a commendator_n and_o there_o find_v the_o daughter_n of_o one_o of_o the_o armenian_a or_o syrian_a merchant_n see_v by_o we_o at_o ahmedabà d_n who_o be_v come_v thither_o with_o a_o brother_n of_o she_o in_o order_n to_o be_v marry_v short_o to_o one_o sig_n guilielmo_n a_o hollander_n to_o who_o she_o have_v be_v promise_v in_o marriage_n at_o ahmedabà d_n and_o who_o also_o be_v in_o the_o same_o house_n which_o be_v capable_a of_o he_o and_o more_o i_o understand_v at_o surà t_n that_o sultan_n chorròm_n have_v take_v and_o sack_v the_o city_n of_o agrà _fw-la except_o the_o castle_n and_o that_o his_o army_n and_o himself_o have_v commit_v very_o great_a cruelty_n there_o in_o spoil_v and_o
religion_n call_v melik_a amber_n administer_v the_o state_n in_o his_o stead_n and_o that_o with_o such_o authority_n that_o at_o this_o day_n this_o territory_n be_v more_o general_o know_v and_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o melick_n country_n than_o the_o kingdom_n of_o nizam-scià h_a nevertheless_o this_o melik_a amber_n govern_v not_o fraudulent_o and_o with_o design_n to_o usurp_v by_o keep_v the_o king_n shut_v up_o as_o i_o have_v sometime_o hear_v but_o according_a as_o i_o have_v better_o understand_v since_o from_o person_n inform_v near_a hand_n he_o administer_v with_o great_a fidelity_n and_o submission_n towards_o the_o young_a king_n to_o who_o nevertheless_o they_o say_v he_o have_v provide_v or_o already_o give_v to_o wife_n a_o daughter_n of_o his_o own_o upon_o security_n that_o himself_o shall_v be_v governor_n of_o the_o whole_a state_n as_o long_o as_o he_o live_v this_o melik_a amber_n be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a part_n and_o fit_a for_o government_n but_o as_o they_o say_v very_o impious_a addict_v to_o sorcery_n whereby_o it_o be_v think_v that_o he_o keep_v himself_o in_o favour_n with_o his_o king_n and_o that_o for_o work_n of_o enchantment_n as_o to_o make_v prodigious_a building_n and_o with_o good_a luck_n that_o the_o same_o may_v last_v perpetual_o and_o succeed_v well_o he_o have_v with_o certain_a superstition_n use_v in_o those_o country_n commit_v most_o horrid_a impiety_n and_o cruelty_n kill_v hundred_o of_o his_o slave_n child_n and_o other_o and_o offer_v they_o as_o in_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o invoke_v devil_n with_o other_o abominable_a story_n which_o i_o have_v hear_v relate_v but_o because_o not_o see_v by_o my_o self_n i_o affirm_v not_o for_o true_a the_o ambassador_n of_o this_o nizam-scià h_a in_o persia_n be_v that_o hhabese_n chan_n a_o abyssine_n also_o who_o i_o see_v at_o my_o be_v there_o of_o strange_a thing_n they_o relate_v that_o nizam-scià h_a have_v i_o know_v not_o where_o in_o his_o country_n a_o 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the_o moghòl_n but_o border_n upon_o the_o sea_n eastward_o in_o the_o gulf_n of_o bengala_n be_v he_o who_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n mention_v concern_v nizam-scià h_a be_v call_v by_o the_o hereditary_a surname_n of_o cutb-scià h_a which_o some_o erroneous_o expound_v polo_n d'_fw-fr i_o rè_n the_o pole_n of_o king_n be_v deceive_v by_o the_o arabic_a word_n cutb_n which_o signify_v the_o pole_n and_o be_v use_v by_o the_o arabian_n and_o persian_n to_o denote_v supreme_a excellency_n understanding_n e._n g._n by_o polo_n de_fw-fr i_o savii_n o_o di_o sapienza_n the_o pole_n of_o wiseman_n or_o of_o wisdom_n the_o wise_a man_n in_o the_o world_n by_o polo_n di_fw-fr santità _fw-la o_fw-it della_fw-it legge_n the_o pole_n of_o sanctity_n and_o the_o law_n the_o great_a pitch_n and_o the_o high_a observer_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n and_o so_o in_o all_o other_o like_o case_n but_o i_o say_v i_o believe_v they_o be_v mistake_v and_o there_o seem_v to_o i_o more_o truth_n in_o the_o exposition_n of_o other_o who_o interpret_v rè_fw-la de_fw-la i_fw-it cani_fw-la king_n of_o dog_n from_o cutb_n which_o in_o the_o language_n of_o india_n signify_v a_o dog_n because_o he_o be_v master_n of_o the_o dog_n to_o that_o supreme_a king_n under_o his_o jurisdiction_n be_v gulcondalà r_n where_o i_o think_v he_o have_v his_o royal_a seat_n and_o mislipatan_n a_o famous_a port_n in_o the_o gulf_n of_o bengala_n last_o the_o three_o of_o the_o three_o reguli_fw-la be_v he_o who_o have_v his_o seat_n in_o visapor_n and_o reign_v in_o the_o country_n of_o telongane_n border_v upon_o the_o portugal_n territory_n at_o goa_n more_z southwards_o then_o the_o two_o before_o mention_v some_o will_v have_v visapor_n and_o goa_n belong_v to_o the_o province_n of_o dacà n_n and_o that_o telenga_n much_o more_o remote_a towards_o the_o south_n the_o truth_n be_v india_n and_o the_o province_n thereof_o be_v very_o confuse_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o indian_n themselves_o be_v illiterate_a can_v distinguish_v it_o aright_o and_o the_o portugal_n have_v all_o their_o knowledge_n thereof_o from_o the_o vulgar_a of_o the_o ignorant_a indian_n who_o language_n they_o understand_v not_o well_o and_o extreme_o corrupt_v in_o pronuntiation_n therefore_o i_o can_v speak_v any_o thing_n certain_a concern_v the_o same_o as_o neither_o have_v the_o portugal_n writer_n be_v able_a to_o do_v though_o person_n very_o exact_a and_o sufficient_a but_o to_o return_v to_o my_o purpose_n the_o proper_a name_n of_o he_o that_o now_o reign_v be_v ibrahim_n but_o his_o hereditary_a surname_n as_o the_o other_o be_v adil-scià h_a or_o idal_a scià h_n which_o signify_v not_o giusto_fw-la rè_fw-la a_o just_a king_n as_o some_o think_v from_o the_o arabic_a word_n adil_n denote_v just_o but_o rather_o in_o my_o opinion_n as_o some_o other_o say_v rè_fw-la dell_fw-it chiavi_fw-la king_n of_o the_o key_n from_o adil_n or_o idal_n a_o indian_a word_n import_v key_n he_o have_v be_v in_o time_n pass_v superintendent_n of_o the_o key_n of_o the_o treasury_n perhaps_o or_o archive_v under_o the_o supreme_a king_n sometime_o these_o prince_n have_v be_v call_v nizam-maluk_a adil-chan_n and_o so_o the_o other_n be_v with_o the_o word_n either_o melek_n or_o chan_n in_o stead_n of_o scià h_n which_o be_v all_o one_o for_o melek_n or_o maluk_n as_o some_o corrupt_o read_v signify_v a_o king_n in_o arabic_a as_o chan_n do_v also_o in_o turkish_a and_o scià h_v in_o persian_a and_o because_o these_o three_o language_n be_v sufficient_o familiar_a and_o almost_o common_a to_o the_o moor_n therefore_o they_o have_v use_v sometime_o one_o word_n sometime_o another_o but_o in_o late_a time_n it_o seem_v that_o those_o who_o now_o rule_n reject_v the_o word_n melek_n and_o chan_n be_v better_o please_v with_o the_o persian_a title_n scià h_v as_o be_v perhaps_o more_o modern_a to_o they_o whence_o they_o be_v ordinary_o call_v now_o nizam-scià h_a cutb-scià h_a and_o adil-scià h_a which_o be_v the_o three_o prince_n of_o who_o i_o undertake_v to_o give_v a_o account_n as_o person_n who_o i_o shall_v have_v frequent_a occasion_n to_o mention_v in_o these_o write_n and_o to_o leave_v nothing_o unsay_v i_o shall_v add_v that_o nizam-scià h_a or_o rather_o his_o governor_n melik-ambar_a make_v war_n frequent_o and_o brave_o against_o the_o great_a moghòl_n upon_o who_o he_o border_n cutb-scià h_a i_o know_v not_o whether_o he_o actual_o make_v public_a war_n against_o he_o but_o at_o least_o he_o fail_v not_o to_o assist_v his_o neighbour_n nizam-scià h_a with_o money_n the_o same_o do_v also_o adil-scià h_a but_o secret_o and_o by_o underhand_o not_o dare_v through_o i_o know_v not_o what_o mean_a fear_n declare_v himself_o a_o enemy_n to_o the_o moghòl_n i_o say_v mean_a fear_n because_o not_o border_v upon_o he_o for_o the_o two_o other_o prince_n lie_v between_o they_o and_o be_v able_a as_o they_o say_v upon_o occasion_n to_o bring_v into_o the_o field_n a_o hundred_o thousand_o man_n he_o seem_v just_o chargeable_a with_o timerousness_n and_o cowardice_n since_o methinks_v he_o that_o have_v a_o hundred_o thousand_o man_n at_o his_o command_n ought_v not_o to_o fear_v the_o whole_a world_n or_o if_o he_o do_v he_o be_v a_o very_a poltroon_n but_o indeed_o adil_n scià h_v fear_v the_o moghòl_n yea_o he_o fear_v and_o observe_v he_o so_o much_o that_o he_o pay_v he_o a_o annual_a tribute_n and_o when_o the_o moghòl_n send_v any_o letter_n to_o he_o which_o be_v always_o bring_v by_o some_o very_a ordinary_a common_a soldier_n or_o slave_n he_o go_v forth_o with_o his_o whole_a army_n to_o meet_v the_o letter_n and_o he_o that_o bring_v it_o who_o be_v conduct_v to_o the_o palace_n sit_v down_o there_o whilst_o adil-scià h_a stand_v all_o the_o time_n and_o the_o letter_n be_v lay_v upon_o a_o carpet_n on_o the_o pavement_n before_o he_o offer_v to_o put_v forth_o his_o
come_v this_o year_n he_o shall_v receive_v another_o as_o he_o may_v see_v in_o the_o viceroy_n letter_n which_o he_o present_v to_o he_o and_o hereupon_o the_o ambassador_n arise_v from_o his_o seat_n go_v to_o present_v the_o same_o to_o he_o almost_o kneel_v upon_o one_o knee_n and_o he_o without_o move_v a_o whit_n take_v it_o and_o give_v it_o to_o vitulà _fw-fr sinai_n who_o give_v it_o to_o another_o probable_o the_o principal_a secretary_n without_o read_v or_o open_v it_o the_o ambassador_n have_v bring_v a_o letter_n to_o he_o likewise_o write_v in_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n name_n but_o do_v not_o present_v it_o now_o because_o the_o portugal_n say_v that_o the_o first_o time_n of_o go_v to_o audience_n they_o be_v only_o to_o make_v a_o visit_n and_o not_o to_o treat_v of_o business_n then_o they_o draw_v forth_o the_o present_a before_o the_o king_n which_o be_v some_o piece_n of_o cloth_n within_o one_o of_o those_o wooden_a gild_a box_n which_o be_v use_v in_o india_n a_o lance_n of_o the_o moorish_a shape_n to_o wit_n long_o and_o smooth_a like_o a_o pike_n the_o point_n of_o iron_n gilt_n and_o the_o foot_n embellish_v with_o silver_n a_o gallant_a target_n and_o the_o horse_n abovementioned_a cover_v with_o a_o silken_a horse-cloth_n which_o horse_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o court_n where_o the_o king_n sit_v after_o he_o have_v receive_v and_o view_v the_o present_a and_o take_v the_o iron_n of_o the_o lance_n in_o his_o hand_n which_o the_o ambassador_n say_v be_v of_o portugal_n they_o cause_v the_o rest_n of_o we_o to_o sit_v down_o near_o the_o outer_a wall_n of_o the_o porch_n on_o the_o left_a side_n upon_o a_o rough_a carpet_n stripe_v with_o white_a and_o blue_a of_o that_o sort_n which_o the_o turk_n and_o persian_n call_v kielim_n spread_v upon_o the_o pavement_n of_o the_o porch_n the_o ambassador_n although_o he_o sit_v yet_o never_o put_v on_o his_o hat_n before_o the_o king_n for_o so_o the_o portugal_n noble_n be_v wont_a to_o 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