_ 161 _ with sending them to me if they arrived in the meantime and if the carrack was in one of the ports of the island where they always stay for a time. If they arrived later, he was to hand them over to a certain Venetian, a friend of mine, who was to go to Venice, to bring them for me. We left and put into Limassol, a town situated in the north of the island; of three hundred citizens, Greeks and Venetians, with buildings in a bad state because the town had recently been destroyed by pirates. Here, these carracks load large quantities of cotton, sugar, carob-beans and wine, white and red, Muscatel and very good brandy called simiso, which means “middle” in Greek because the town is between two headlands which go far out to sea. It is the seat of a bishop and has many date-palms and Indian fig-trees. We stayed here until 20 March loading and waiting for favorable weather. We left here when the weather changed and put into the port of Salines. Three days later, a caravel arrived from Tripoli bringing my possessions. I left here on 5 April, giving the master of the carrack six escudos extra to eat at his table. We were detained many days because of bad weather without being able to put into Paphos, a town at the end of the island, where, as well as in Limassol, these carracks call and load the aforementioned goods.
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