177 called Pasay; Compar; Indragiri and Menangkabau, where a lot of gold is produced and taken as dust to Malacca. There is another gentile kingdom on this island called Ara, where they eat humanflesh and any foreigner they manage to capture is eaten without any mercy. Beyond this one, there are other gentile kingdoms in the interior. Some parts of this island produce a lot of benzoin resin, chili pepper and another kind; camphor; ginger; gold, and silk. Many ships sail here to fetch these goods, bringing them Cambay commodities which are worth a lot here, as well as coral; quicksilver; vermillion; rose-waters, and driedfish, which they bring from the Maldives. The Mouros on this island are very disloyal, they often kill their kings and proclaim others. Our Lord and King once again has a trading factory here. Sunda Passing Sumatra and heading towards Java, one comes to Sunda which is a small kingdom, where there is a lot of pepper; it has its own king, who wishes to serve Our Lord and King well. There are many slaves here and many ships take cargo to China. The Kingdom of Java Going further to the South West of the island of Sunda, there are many small and large islands, including one very large one called Java. Its interior is inhabited by gentiles and its seaports by Mouros, who have very large towns and villages with Mouros kings. However, they all swear obedience to the gentile living in the interior, who is an overlord called Pate Udora. Some rebel against him, but he subdues them straightaway, some of them detest the Portuguese, others want peace and friendship with them.
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