"آسيا البرتغالية: أو تاريخ اكتشاف البرتغاليين للهند وغزوها؛ بما في ذلك كل استكشافاتهم من ساحل أفريقيا إلى أقصى المناطق في الصين و اليابان؛ كل معاركهم في البحر والبر، والحصارات وباقي أعمالهم التي لا تُنسي؛ وصف هذه البلاد، والعديد من التفاصيل المتعلقة بالدين والحكومة وعادات سكان هذه البلاد وغيرها. في ثلاثة مجلدات. كتبها بالإسبانية مانويل دي فاريا إ. سوزا، وسام المسيح. ترجمه إلى الإنجليزية النقيب جون ستيفنز. المجلد الثاني." [‎٤‎٥‎٠] (٥٦٠/٤٧٦)

^ The Portuvues Afia. Part IV. ^
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they ufc facb as bear Fruit, if they have !■
much ground, they plant great Trees, raife ^
Mounts, on which are kept Fowl, as Cranes
and Swans, and Beafts; as Deer and others. ^
They alio make Ponds in which are black
and red Fifties with gilded Scales. »
5 They firft frame the Roof of the Houfe,
then fet it upon Pillars,each of them of only ^
one piece of Timber, varniOied with Cha- -ir
ram for the moft part black; then they oftai
build the Walls of brick, and a fort of pla- f in
fter like lime which is very hard; they fay wol
|hat formerly they built after our manner, k£K
and have ftili rules of Architeaure oniyob- U
ferved in publick buildings, as Pallaces and u Ti
the like ^ they have many Towers of feve- Lepr
ral forms, all beautiful, from 5 to 9 ftones tame
high with winding itairs and others, and won
galleries without; their Houfliold ftuff is ikl
various, curious, and very cheap. »
<5 .This Kingdom being of fo great an extent iw (
and confeqnently lying under (o many fe- iilitt
veral Climates, produces all (orts ot fruits j ^
that the whole Earth affords. Their com- ility
snon fuftenanceis Rice, and Wheat, whereof ides
they have fuch plenty, that a Pico of either a ik
of them, is fold for 5 Royals, and when iredj
dcareft for 7. A Pico is a Hundred and 3 5,
quarter weight of ours. The Northern Pro- 'ioiia
vinces make moft ufe of Wheat and Barley, a In
the Southern of Rice; all other forts of .
Grain is plentiful, the Poor ufe it for\vne3t.
and it (erves to feed Cattle. The common-
nalty feed on Herbs all the Year, and no
otherMedicincsa^t found io dieApothecarics
IShops. 7 ;