 and is of great force ; for he commeth to Colombo, which is the place where the Portugals have their fort, with an hundred thousand men, and many elephants. But they be naked people all of them ; yet many of them be good with their pieces, which be muskets....  Early Travels in India, 1583-1619 - Page 41edited by - 1921 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Watson Frazer - India - 1896 - 440 pages
...the king was very powerful, " his guard are a thousand thousand men, and often he commeth to Columbo, which is the place where the Portugals have their...them be good with their pieces which be muskets." Fitch reached home in 1591, after an absence of eight years from his native country, where, in the... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - Discoveries in geography - 1904 - 594 pages
...of Bengala every yere. The king is called Raia, and is of great force : for he commeth to Columbo, which is the place where the Portugals have their...be muskets. When the king talketh with any man, he standeth upon one legge, and setteth the other foot upon his knee with his sword in his hand : it is... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - Discoveries in geography - 1904 - 564 pages
...out of Bengala every yere. The king is called Raia, and is of great force: for he commeth to Columbo, which is the place where the Portugals have their...be muskets. When the king talketh with any man, he standeth upon one legge, and setteth the other foot upon his knee with his sword in his hand: it is... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - Voyages and travels - 1904 - 576 pages
...where the Portugals have their fort, with an hund thousand men, and many elephants. But they be nake people all of them ; yet many of them be good with their pieces which be muskets. When the king talkrth with any man, he standeth upon one legge, and setteth the other foot upon his knee with his... | |
 | Samuel Purchas - Voyages and travels - 1905 - 562 pages
...The King is called Raja, and is of great force; for hee commeth to Columbo, which is the place 'here the Portugals have their Fort, with an hundred thousand...they be naked people all of them; yet many of them bee good with their Pieces which be Muskets. When the King talketh any man, hee standeth upon one legge,... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - Discoveries in geography - 1907 - 412 pages
...of victuals. Their provision of victuals commeth out of Bengala every yere. The king is called Raia, and is of great force : for he commeth to Colombo,...be muskets. When the king talketh with any man, he standeth upon one legge, and setteth the other foot upon his knee with his sword in his hand : it is... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - Discoveries in geography - 1926 - 408 pages
...of victuals. Their provision of victuals commeth out of Bengala every yere. The king is called Raia, and is of great force : for he commeth to Colombo,...be muskets. When the king talketh with any man, he standeth upon one legge, and setteth the other foot upon his knee with his sword in his hand : it is... | |
 | John Horton Ryley, Ralph Fitch - Burma - 1998 - 318 pages
...Raia, and is of great force ; for he commeth to Columbo, which is the place where the Portugals haue their fort, with an hundred thousand men, and many...be muskets. When the king talketh with any man, he standeth vpon one legge, and setteth the other foot vpon his knee with his sword in his hand: it is... | |
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