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THE CAPTIVITY OF HANS STADE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2010

Hans Stade
Translated by
Albert Tootal
Edited by
Richard F. Burton
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CAPUT I

What helps the watchers in the town,

The mighty ships that plough the main,

If God doth not protect the twain?

I, Hans Stade from Homberg in Hesse, resolving, if it should so please God, to visit India, travelled with that intention from Bremen to Holland, and found in Campon ships which purposed loading salt in Portugal. Thither I sailed with them, and on the 29th day of April, 1547, after sailing on the waters for four weeks, we arrived at a city called Sanct Tuual.1 Thence I proceeded to Lissebona, which is five miles from Sanct Tuual. In Lissebona I went to an inn, the host of which, a German, was called the young Leuhr; with him I remained some time. This same innkeeper I informed that I had left my country, and asked him when I might succeed in sailing to India. He said that I had delayed too long; and that the king's ships which sailed to India, had departed. I then begged him as I had missed this voyage, to help me towards another, as he knew the language, and that I would in my turn be of service to him.

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The Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse in A.D. 1547–1555, Among the Wild Tribes of Eastern Brazil , pp. 15 - 116
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1874

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