Thus There Are
At Present Four English Renegadoes In The Decan, Besides Many
Portuguese.
The 27th October, 1613, we received letters sent by Mr
Gurney of Masulipatam, written by Captain Marlow of the ship Janus,
informing us of his arrival and trade at that place.
From Surat I went to Periano? three coss; thence to Cossumba, a
small village, ten coss; and thence to Broach, ten coss. This is a
very pretty city on a high hill, encompassed by a strong wall, and
having a river running by as large as the Thames, in which were several
ships of two hundred tons and upwards. Here are the best calicoes in the
kingdom of Guzerat, and great store of cotton. From thence I went to
Saninga [Sarang], ten coss; to Carrou? ten c. and then fourteen c.
to Boldia [Brodrah], a smaller city than Broach, but well built,
having a strong wall, and garrisoned by 3000 horse under Mussuff Khan.
I went thence ten c. to a river named, the Wussach, [the Mahy?] where
Mussuff was about to engage with the rajaputs who lay on the opposite
side of the river, the chief of whom was of the race of the former kings
of Surat. Thence other fourteen coss to Niriand,[Nariad] a large town
where they make indigo; and thence, ten c. more to Amadabar, or
Ahmedabad, the chief city of Guzerat, nearly as large as London,
surrounded by a strong wall, and seated in a plain by the side of the
river Mehindry.
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