‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [‎180] (201/508)

! he Iravcly of Peter Delia Vallc,
but ajfo with Pipes and Drums 5 that he might vifit the General
in his Name 3 and give him a Prefent of Elefrediments to eat,
nitmely, Indian Figgs 3 Lagnc, and other fruits. His Anfwer to
the buiiiiefs was, that the Peace ihould be firft made between
bimfelf and the Tortngals^ and afterwards the Interefts of the
King of Cocinfaow\<\ be taken into confideration ^ withall, de-
fjring the General that he would vouchfafe to ftay a while till
he had better advb'd with his Minifters, and deliberated about
fending Ambafladors to GW in the fame Fleet 5 with other Rea-
fons, which were judg'd rather excufes to put off the time, and
hold the Vortugals in a Treaty of Peace, till fome very rich Ships
of his which he expeded from Meccha were return 'd , left the
Tortugals ftiould moleft them at Sea 5 than real intentions for a
Peace & efpecially with the King of Cocin^ with whom he hath
long a:nd intricate difcords, not fo eafily to be terminated. The
Tortugmls alfo demanded,that the Samort would remove a Garri-
fon \vhich he had plac'd in certain Confines, where they for their
own fecurity, and the defence of the King of Cocin, were fain
to keep a Fort continually , with a great Garrifon and at much
expence: And becaufe he fbew'd not much inclination there
unto, it was not without caufe judg'd that his Treaties were
Artifices, to hold the in fulpence ^ wherefore the Ge
neral fent him word. That he had exprefs Order from the Vice-
Roy not to ftay longer at Calecut then twenty four hours, and fo
long he would ftay : If within that time the Sam on took a Re-
folution futable to the Vice-Roy's Propofitions, he would carry
his Ambaflador with a good will 5 otherwife, he intended to
depart the next night, all the intermediate day being allow'd his
Highnefs to determine. With this Reply he re-mandedthe
young Child Cicco^ honor'd with fome fmall Prefents, and the
other Men that came with him , without fending any of his
Vortugals on purpofe, or going afhore torefrefh himfelfand vifit
die Savwn, as he was by him invited •, the Vice -Roy having
gi ven him fecret Inftru&ion not to truft him too far ,becau(e thefe
Kings samort had never been very faithful towards the Fonu-
guis. Neverthelefs the General forbad not any Souldierstoland
that were fo minded, fo that many of them w T eht afhore, fome to
walk up and down, fome to buy things, and fome to do other
bulinds 5 as aiio many people came to the Fleet in little boats,
partly, to fell things ,and partly, outofcuriofity to fee thePflr^-
gals , who in regard of their almoft continual enmity with the
Samorl^ feldom usM to be feen in Calecut,
1 he fame day, f the two and twentieth) whilft we
were aboard in the Port of Calecut, I took the Sun 's Altitude
with my Aftxolabe, and found him to decline at Noon from the
Zenith 34 degrees a*id 50 minutes. The Sun was this day in the
thirtieth degree of Sagittary 5 whence according to my Canon
of Declination, which I had fromF.FrA Paolo Maria-Cittadini,
hedeciin'd from the Jiquino£Ual towards the South 23 degrees