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A19470	A true and almost incredible report of an Englishman, that (being cast away in the good ship called the Assention in Cambaya the farthest part of the East Indies) trauelled by land through many vnknowne kingdomes, and great cities VVith a particular description of all those kingdomes, cities, and people. As also a relation of their commodities and manner of traffique, and at what seasons of the yeere they are most in vse. Faithfully related. With a discouery of a great emperour called the Great Mogoll, a prince not till now knowne to our English nation. By Captaine Robert Couerte.	Coverte, Robert.	1612 (1612)	STC 5895; ESTC S105141	45,255	78

some 30 leagues from Mussaw Cosam The 4. day of Nouember we trauelled some eight leagues to a small village called Deesh The 5. day we set forwards towards Mussell other wise called Niniuy being some 30. leagues or more from Deesh and trauelled thither in 5. daies This Citie is now much ruinated and yet the Remainder thereof is as spacious and great as most Cities that I haue seene in all my trauels within the City is a great Bashaw or gouernour vnder the great Turke Also without the City there standeth a faire strong Castle vpon the bankes of the Riuer Tygris where is also another Bashaw or gouernor for the Castle and Suburbs of the citie The●e is no trade of merchandize in this City but it is only kept by the Turke as a Towne of Garrison yet there are Armenian Christians who haue their Churches and Friars and doe fréely vse their Religion without checke or comptroll Also there are yet remaining manie ancient monuments which make relation and shew that it hath beene a City of great antiquity and famous memory and in this City we staied 4. daies The 14. day we went 4. leagues to a Castle called N●ssebaw and rested that night and the next day we trauelled 12. leagues more and at night came to Nuss●baw where the Prophet Ionas preached to all the Countries round about and there remaineth his picture in stone though much defaced by the warres yet it is kept and maintained by the Christians whereof there are many dispersed amongst the Turkes euer since the destruction or ouerthrow of Niniuie by the Turkes and are now called by the name of Curgees From thence we trauelled some 25. leagues in thrée daies and on the 18. day at night came to Hamadaine an ancient Towne of the Armenians but much ruinated by the Turkes Here we saw many ancient monuments which shewed that it had bin a Towne of great antiquity and worth and at this Towne we staied one day and a night The 20. day we tooke our iourney towards a towne called Goubba being 25. leagues and 3. daies iourney and came thither the 22. day at night where we met with a Consul of Venice and 5. Venetians more trauelling to Bugdad or Babilon and there we staied a day and a night The 24. day we trauelled towards the great City of Vlfawe being 25. leagues and 3. daies iourney and came thither the 26. day at night and there all trauellers pay great custome This is a mighty strong City and a continuall Garrison kept there by the Turke Nor can any Carrauant or Conuoy or any passenger be suffered to lodge within the City But in the day time they may come into it to the Bassart or market to b●y necessaries and so depart againe and here we s●●●ed 5. daies The 2. day of December wee tooke our iourney to Beere a great Towne vpon the Ryuer Euphrates being ● daies 〈◊〉 and 25. leagues distant whither we came the fourth day at night and staied there one day This is also a strong Towne of Garrison The 6. day we were ferried ouer the Riuer and went 2. daies iourney being soule 15. leagues to the Towne of Lumman and came thither on the 7. day at night The 8. day we trauelled 10. leagues to the City of Aleppo and came thither that night and by the waie we trauelled 2. leagues thorough the plaines where was nothing but figs or as I may ●earme it a forest of ●ig trees and another place of as great length being all v●ne trées full of grapes And being come to the great and worthy City of Aleppo we went to the English house where I found Ma●ter Paul Pinder to be Consul a very worthy gentleman and well deseruing a place of so great credit and esteeme at whose hands we found very courteous and kind entertainment for at my comming to him I was destitute both of mony and cloaths and so was my companion Richard Martin But he releeued vs first with meat drinke and lodging during our abode there being some 12. daies also he furnisht vs with apparrell and at our departure with money for our iourney Also there was one M. Spike who was both kind and bountifull vnto vs. And so were all the rest of the English Merchants whom I cannot particularly name● both kind and curi●ous vnto vs which was vnto vs a great refreshing and comfort in our iourney Aleppo is a City of wonderfull great trading and as well knowne to England or at lest to our English Merchants as Kingstone vpon Thames And thus much I can say more of it that within foure daies after our comming thither there came aboue 20●0 Camels laden with Silkes and all sorts of merchandi●e all or most whereof I ouer went in my trauels being in seuerall Carauans some from Mesopotamia some from Agro some from the 〈◊〉 and some from Persia and so at other times continually they come from thence and other places whence any trading can come by Land The one and twentieth day I take my leaue of Master Paul Pindar Master Spicke and the rest of the Merchants and tooke my iourney together with my Companion Richard Martin for Tripolie and that da● wee trauelled s●me seuen leagues ouer the Desarts and res●ed tw● houres and then trauelled some 15. leagues farther to an old Towne called 〈◊〉 w●ere we rested halfe a day and ba●●●d and then trauelled some ten leagues more and baited and res●ed our selues in the fields s●me se●●e houres and then trauelled 〈…〉 towne c●lled Hama● And the reason why 〈…〉 thus h●rd was to 〈◊〉 company will a Car●●●●nd or Co●n●●ey of 100● strong who were bound for 〈…〉 there great 〈◊〉 mee was then resident w●ereas also we should haue trauelled in great danger and h●●ard of our liues by reason the Countrey is so full of theeues In this towne are many Weauers that make great store of Dimatree and scham●tree and Cottons also it is a great thorow faire and there is a great O●●s●rie or Inne which they call a Caan and there wee rested two daies The sixe and twentieth day we trauelled some eight leagues to a little towne called Roma where wée lay all night The seuen and twentieth day wee trauelled some eight leagues more to a Monastery called Huddrea●●ns which was built by an Armenian Christian who g●ue sufficiēt maintenance to prouide Oliues bread and Oile for Lamps for the harbour reliefe of all Christian trauellers and there is the picture of Saint George on Horse backe fighting with the Dragon and his picture on foot and his Crosse and mention in old Roman print of his noble memorable acts which Relique is much honored by many Christians as they trauell by the same and to that end there i● a Chapel and Lampes burning therein continually The twenty eight day we went some tenne leagues to a lit●le Towne called Hone and lay there that night The 29. day we trauelled to Tripolis being tenne leagues from thence where we

the General consented heereupon our Master called the Pilot to see if he had any skil in the Plat and so to let him depart and all the rest But when thus treacherously they offered vs the first abuse we could doe no lesse then we did being in our owne defence and for the safegard of our liues Yet did some fiue or sixe of these villaines recouer a Pangaia by their excellent swiftnesse in swimming and escaped to the shore they swimming to windward faster then our Pinnis could rowe In this skirmish were hurt but thrée of our Company namely Master Glascocke with two wounds whereof one was a deepe wound in his backe Master Tindals was aimed at his breast he hauing nothing in his hand to defend himselfe yet by the assistance of the Almighty he turned himselfe about and receiued the stabbe in his arme and our Masters was in his belly as is formerly said which God be thanked they all recouered and were well cured The 19. day of Ianuary wée espied many Ilands which the Portugals call by the name of Almaisant being to the number of nine Ilands al vnpeopled as the Portugals write and affirme The 20. day we sent our Pinnis in the morning to one of those Ilands to séeke fresh water but could finde none yet they found there great store of Land Turtles and brought some sixe aboard then wee sailed ●o an other Iland which seemed more likely for fresh water then the first where we cast Ancor The 21. day about ten of the Clock in the forenoone Riding there at twelue or thirtéene fathome water and a reasonable good harbour we staied there vntill the first day of February and then waighed Ancor and departed Here we refreshed our selues very well with fresh water Coquonuts fish Palmitoes and Doues great plenty The first day of February we set saile and sailed with a faire winde vntill the 19. day that wée passed the Equinoctiall line and on the fiftéenth day in the morning betime we came within ken of land which was the coast of Melueidey vpon the maine The 16. day we came to an Ancor about nine of the Clocke in the morning at 12. fathome water and some two leagues from the shore and presently wee sent our Pinnis to the shore to séeke some refreshing but they could by no meanes get on shore nor would the people of the Countrey being fearefull come within parly which at their returne they certified our Master of and so in the afternoone we set saile againe and departed Now about this time it pleased God by the confession of William Acton one of our ship boies to reueale a foule and detestable sinne committed amongst vs which being approued against him by a Iury hée was condemned to die and was executed for the same on the third day of March being Friday in the morning The 21. day betimes in the morning we espied an Iland standing in the height of 12. Degrées and 17. minutes being barren and vnpeopled ouer against which Iland some thrée leagues distant stood foure hillocks or rocks for this Iland we bore vp a whole day and a night and finding it to be barren and vnpeopled by sending our skiffe on shore wée passed by it and the same day wée espied thrée Ilands more about sunne setting standing in the height of 12. Degrées and 29. minutes to which Ilands we came the 29. day of March 1609. two of which Ilands were within a league one of another and the third we found to be Sacatora and standeth in 12. Degrées and 24. minutes where we Ancored in a fine Bay the 30. day in the morning about ten of the Clocke At sight of vs the Ilanders made a fire and wée sent our skiffe an shore but the people fled with great feare and trembling hauing as it séemed beene formerly iniured by some that had passed 〈…〉 our men looking about found no likelie-hood of any reléefe there and so came aboard and certified the Generall thereof so that about fiue of the clock in the afternoone wée waighed ancor and sailed along to find out the chiefe harbor The 31. day we stood of into the main Sea wher we met with a Guzarat ship laden with Cotton woolls Callicoes and Pentathoes béeing bound for Adden whether wée kept her company in regard they told vs it was a Towne of great trading but wée found it quite contrary for it was onely a Towne of garison and many Souldiers in it and at the very entring into the Towne is a Castle cut out of the maine and incompassed round with the Sea wherein are thirty two péeces of Ordinance and fiftie péeces in the towne The 10. day of Aprill wee arriued there and the Guzarat ship went into the Towne and told the Gouernour there was an English Ship come to trade there Who presently sent his Admirall to vs and our Generall vnaduisedly went on shore where hée and his fellowes were receiued with 4. great Horses and were caried before the Gouernour in as great pomp and state as the Towne could yéeld But the Gouernor finding him to be a plaine and simple man put him in a house with a Chowse or kéeper with many Ianyzaries or Souldiers to gard him and so kept him prisoner sixe wéekes my selfe being prisoner with him And then the Gouernor caused him to send aboard for Iron Tinne and Cloath to the value of 2500. Dollars with promise to buy the same which when he had on shore hée claimed and made stay thereof for the Custome of the ship onely and when hee saw hee had gotten as much as hée could hee sent him aboard the 27. day of May and kept 2. of our Merchants for 2000. Dollars which he said was for ancorage but the generall voice of the company was that hee should haue none whereupon hee sent the Merchants vp into the Countrey some 8. daies iourney to a place called Siany where the Bashaw then lay The 28. day our Pinnace came to vs who told vs their Master was dead and inquiring where and how the company told vs he was knockt in the head with a Mallet hammer by one Thomas Clarke with the consent of Francis Driuer his mate Andrew Euans and Edward Hilles beeing foure murderous and bad minded men who beeing asked why and vpon what occasion they did it they could make no excuse nor alledge any cause saue onely that hee had some small quantity of Aquauitae and Rosa solis for his owne store and for the good of them or any one aboard that should stand in néede thereof and was prouident to kéepe and preserue the same till great need should be and therefore out of méere malice and chieflie by the instigation of Francis Driuer his mate they thus murdred an innocent man who thought them no harme nor suspected any such danger The 31. day of May a Iury was called and vpon iust and due proofe according to our English lawes they were conuicted and Francis Driuer