the cargason, and causeth all his goods to be discharged
out of the ship, and payeth the custome, and causeth
it to be brought into the house where the marchant
lieth, the Marchant not knowing any thing thereof,
neither custome, nor charges. These goods being
brought to this passe into the house of the Marchant,
the Broker demandeth of the Marchant if he haue any
desire to sell his goods or marchandise, at the prises
that such wares are worth at that present time?
And if he hath a desire to sell his goods presently,
then at that instant the Broker selleth them away.
After this the Broker sayth to the Marchant, you haue
so much of euery sort of marchandise neat and cleare
of euery charge, and so much ready money. And
if the Marchant will employ his money in other commodities,
then the Broker telleth him that such and such commodities
will cost so much, put aboord without any maner of
charges. The Marchant vnderstanding the effect,
maketh his account; and if he thinke to buy or sell
at the prices currant, he giueth order to make his
marchandise away: and if he hath commodity for
20000 dukets, all shalbe bartred or solde away in fifteene
dayes without any care or trouble: and when as
the Marchant thinketh that he cannot sell his goods
at the prise currant, he may tary as long as he will,
but they cannot be solde by any man but by that Broker
that hath taken them on land and payed the custome:
and purchance tarying sometimes for sale of their
commodity, they make good profit, and sometimes losse:
but those marchandise that come not ordinarily euery
fifteene dayes, in tarying for the sale of them, there
is great profit. [Sidenote: Great store of men
of warre and rouers on the coast of Cambaia.] The
barks that lade in Cambaietta go for Diu to lade the
ships that go from thence for the streights of Mecca
and Ormus, and some go to Chaul and Goa: and these
ships be very well appointed, or els are guarded by
the Armada of the Portugals, for that there are many
Corsaires or Pyrats which goe coursing alongst that
coast, robbing and spoiling: and for feare of
these theeues there is no safe sailing in those seas,
but with ships very well appointed and armed, or els
with the fleet of the Portugals, as is aforesayd.
In fine the kingdome of Cambaia is a place of great
trade, and hath much doings and traffique with all
men, although hitherto it hath bene in the hands of
tyrants, because that at 75 yeeres of age the true
king being at the assault of Diu, was there slaine:
whose name Sultan Badu. At that time foure or
fiue captaines of the army diuided the kingdome amongst
themselues, and euery one of them shewed in his countrey
what tyranny he could: but twelue yeeres ago
the great Mogul a Moore king of Agra and Delly, forty
dayes iourny within the land of Amadauar, became the
gouernour of all the kingdome of Cambaia without any
resistance, because he being of great power and force,
deuising which way to enter the land with his people,
there was not any man that would make him any resistance,