She couldn't believe anything else but that it was Goa-Nisse himself; and in her terror she dropped the shears, clasped her handsand forgot to hold on to the goosey-gander.

But yo' can goa right awaay, Jimmy, an' I sudn' keer ef

I wouldn' tooch yo're mooney now ef I could goa out t' wark an' look affter 'im too.

Look yoI could have a hole knocked through t' back wall o' t' kitchen and a winder put thereand roon oop a wooden partition and make a passage for yo t' goa to yore awn plaace, soa's Maaggie'll not bae in yore road.

"We'll goa oopstairs now.

"Maaggie sall goa.

Sall we goa oop t' fealds?"

God knoweth how we shall be delt withall in Goa, and therefore if you can procure our masters to send the king of Spaine his letters for our releasement, you should doe vs great good: for they cannot with iustice put vs to death.

Thence he went to Lisbon, where he entered the service of Vicenzo Fonseca, archbishop of Goa, where he arrived in 1583.

[Sidenote: They arriued at Goa the 20 of Nouember 1583.]

From Goa this 20 day of Januarie. 1584.

There we stayed 14 dayes, and then we imbarked our selues for Ormuz, where we arriued the fifth of September, and were put in prison the ninth of the same moneth, where we continued vntill the 11 of October, and then were shipt for this citie of Goa in the captaines ship, with an 114 horses, and about 200 men:

[Sidenote: Diu. Chaul.] and passing by Diu and Chaul, where we went on land to water the 20 of Nouember, we arriued at Goa the 29 of the said moneth, where for our better intertainment we were presently put into a faire strong prison, where we continued vntill the 22 of December.

Here very shortly after our arriuall wee were put in prison, and had part of our goods taken from vs by the Captaine of the castle, whose name was Don Mathias de Albuquerque; and from hence the eleuenth of October he shipped vs and sent vs for Goa vnto the Viceroy, which at that time was Don Francisco de Mascarenhas.

All marchandise carried to Goa in a shippe wherein are horses pay no custome in Goa.

All marchandise carried to Goa in a shippe wherein are horses pay no custome in Goa.

Oftentimes they lade one in Goa, the rest goe to Cochin which is from Goa an hundred leagues southward.

Goa standeth in the countrey of Hidalcan, who lieth in the countrey sixe or seuen dayes iourney.

They range all the coast from Ceylon to Goa, and go by foure or fiue parowes or boats together: and haue in euery one of them fifty or threescore men, and boord presently.

This kings countrey beginneth twelue leagues from Cochin, and reacheth neere vnto Goa.

From Cochin I went to Goa, where I remained three dayes.

From Goa I went to Chaul, which is threescore leagues, where I remained three and twenty dayes: and there making my prouision of things necessary for the shippe, from thence I departed to Ormus; where I stayed for a passage to Balsara fifty dayes.

But on a Whitsunday they went abroad to sport themselues about three miles from Goa, in the mouth of the riuer in a countrey called Bardes, hauing with them good store of meate and drinke.

And since those English mens departures from Goa, there neuer arriued any strangers, either English or others, by land, in the sayd countreys, but onely Italians which dayly traffique ouer land, and vse continuall trade going and comming that way.

Is there any place where one can goa cellar, or any old spot of that kindjust in case we are" "Bless you, you'll be all right!"