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Page 140
... person or persons come to any man of quality's house , it is customary to offer him on a fair tray in a porcelain cup ( as or many cups as there are persons ) a kind of warm water which they call cha , which is somewhat red and very ...
... person or persons come to any man of quality's house , it is customary to offer him on a fair tray in a porcelain cup ( as or many cups as there are persons ) a kind of warm water which they call cha , which is somewhat red and very ...
Page 175
... persons who by any means chance to be there present ; and this so that no falsehood may be used , nor any sleight in ... persons of quality , and of whom it is presumed that they will not easily lie.❜ When they examine any matter of ...
... persons who by any means chance to be there present ; and this so that no falsehood may be used , nor any sleight in ... persons of quality , and of whom it is presumed that they will not easily lie.❜ When they examine any matter of ...
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... persons of quality . All of the soldiers and the servants were to be given horses , with a Chino on foot to accompany and to look after each one of them . Besides all this , each town was to provide the Chinos [ coolies ] who might be ...
... persons of quality . All of the soldiers and the servants were to be given horses , with a Chino on foot to accompany and to look after each one of them . Besides all this , each town was to provide the Chinos [ coolies ] who might be ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
2 The writers and their narratives 1 | l |
TEXTS I | 3 |
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¹ Cf Amoy vernacular Bay of Amoy bridge C. R. Boxer called Cantam Cantão Canton captains Carstairs Douglas Catálogo Ch'ou-hai-t'u-pien Ch'üan-chou Chang-chou CHAPTER Chekiang China Review Chincheo coast commanded Court Cruz's Dalgado Dictionary Dyer Ball emperor Encyclopedia Sinica Fernão fish Foochow friars Fukien Galeote Pereira Gaspar da Cruz Gaspar de San gates give Glossário Luso-Asiático González de Mendoza governor Hakluyt hath Hobson-Jobson houses India island João de Barros justice King kingdom Kuangsi Kuangtung land leagues likewise Limahon Lisbon Loarca Louteas Louthias magistrates Malacca mandarins Manila Martín de Rada Ming dynasty officers original Ormuz Peking Peter Mundy Philippines pirates Portugals Portuguese principal prisoners province Purchas Rada's region river San Agustín Scythia ships shire side Spaniards Spanish stone streets Tartars Taybin therein thereof Things Chinese Tomé Pires towns trade translation unto Viceroy voyage W. H. Chang walls wherefore