Scheeps-togt van Pedro da Nhaya na Oost-Indien, met een vloot van 8 scheepen, in het jaar 1505 en vervolg...

1505

,,account of the first, sixth, and seventh, and all the others are repetitions of the ten. As for their
As also of their dead.

,,dead: when these have been eaten The text implies a ritual consumption of the deceased, likely part of ancestor veneration rites misinterpreted by the contemporary chronicler., they collect the bones of their descendants, wives, or ancestors from whom they have had many children, and keep them separately to spread a cloth every seventh day in the manner of a funeral, and cover it with bread and cooked meat to offer to the dead, to whom they then pour out prayers. The most important thing they request is favor for the King's affairs. After having offered these prayers dressed in white clothing, they sit down, with the most important people of the house going first, to eat the food set out.

Their clothing.

,,The clothes are usually made of Bombasijn bombazine/cotton-silk blend or Catoen cotton, which fabrics are made there, or others that are brought there from the Indies, among which many are interwoven with silk and gold threads and cost 20 scudi A silver coin of the period. per piece. The noblemen and ladies dress themselves in these, except for the King and his wives, who must wear all native weaves, for fear, as they claim, that the foreign ones might be infested with some harmful contagion. This ruler is
Great authority of the Emperor.

,,in power and authority, as his name also signifies, like an Emperor, whose wealth consists of Tapijten tapestries/carpets and movable furniture, of which the largest part are cottons of various workmanship, each piece being worth 50 scudi or Rijksdalers rix-dollars. He has them serve him on their knees; and they show him no reverence until he
In what manner he eats and drinks.

,,drinks; but when he is busy eating or drinking, they call out various things to the praise of the King, which pass from one to the other, thus letting it be known at what time the King is drinking or eating. For greater reverence, no one dares to touch him, and they must