160 and companions. The Mouros and gentiles light it up, each claiming it as their own. The church is laid out like ours’, with crosses on the altar and on top of the vault, with a wooden railing and many peacocks as an emblem. But it is now badly daamged and is surrounded by thick undergrowth. There is a poor Mouros who looks after it and asks for alms to do so. He thus keeps a lamp lit at night, and makes his living from the rest. Some Indian Christians go there on pilgrimages and take home relics of little balls of earth taken from the very grave of Blessed Saint Thomas, and they also give alms to the said Mouros and tell him to repair the building. The City of Pulicat Heading further along the coast beyond Maliapur, one comes to another city belonging to Vijayanagara, inhabited by great Mouros and gentile merchants. This country has an excellent seaport, where many Mouros ships come with all kinds of merchandise, and also overland, across the kingdom of Vijayanagara. Many merchants come to this city to buy a variety of commodities, because a large number of rubies; spinels, and musk are brought here from Pegu, which I will talk about later. These precious stones are sold for very little money for those who know what to buy and choose. The King of Vijayanagara has appointed a governor and tax collectors in this town. Many coloured cotton cloths are made here, which are worth a good deal in Malacca; Pegu; Sumatra, and in the kingdom of Gujarat and Malabar, for making clothes with. Copper; quicksilver; vermillion and other merchandise coming from Cambay, such as scarlets and rose-waters are worth a lot here. Heading along the coast past the city of Pulicat as it turns North towards Bengal, one comes to many villages belonging to the King of Vijayanagara, until one comes to a mountain-range called Odirgualemado, which is where his kingdom ends.
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