[His Person, Meen and Habit.] As to the Person of the present King.  He is not tall, but very well set, nor of the clearest colour of their complexion, but somewhat of the blackest; great rowling Eyes, turning them and looking every way, alwayes moving them:  a brisk bold look, a great swelling Belly, and very lively in his actions and behaviour, somewhat bald, not having much hair upon his head, and that gray, a large comely Beard, with great Whiskers; in conclusion, a very comely man.  He bears his years well, being between Seventy and Eighty years of age; and tho an Old man, yet appears not to be like one, neither in countenance nor action.  His Apparel is very strange and wonderful, not after his own Countrey-fashion, or any other, being made after his own invention.  On his head he wears a Cap with four corners like a Jesuits three teer high, and a Feather standing upright before, like that in the head of a fore-horse in a Team, a long band hanging down his back after the Portuguez fashion, his Doublet after so strange a shape, that I cannot well describe it, the body of one, and the sleeves of another colour; He wears long Breeches to his Anckles, Shoes and Stockings.  He doth not always keep to one fashion, but changes as his fancy leads him:  but always when he comes abroad, his Sword hangs by his side in a belt over his shoulder:  which no Chingulays dare wear, only white men may:  a Gold Hilt, and Scabberd most of beaten Gold.  Commonly he holdeth in his hand a small Cane, painted of divers colours, and towards the lower end set round about with such stones, as he hath, and pleaseth, with a head of Gold.

[His Queen, and Children.] His right and lawful Queen, who was a Malabar, brought from the Coast, is still living, but hath not been with him, as is known, this Twenty years, remaining in the City of Cande, where he left her; She wants indeed neither maintenance nor attendance, but never comes out of the Palace.  Several Noble-mens Daughters hold Land for this Service, viz. to come to her Court in their turns to wait upon her Majesty.  She bare him a Prince, but what became of him, shall hereafter be shewn.  He had also a Daughter by Her, she came also in her Youth to a piteous and unfortunate death, as I shall relate in its place.

[His Palace, Situation and Description of it.] He keeps his Court at Digligy nour, whither he fled in a Rebellion against him.  His Palace stands adjoyning to a great Hill, which was before mentioned; near unto that part of the Hill next abutting upon his Court none dares presume to set his foot:  that being for his safeguard to fly unto in time of need.  The Palace is walled about with a Clay Wall, and Thatched, to prevent the Claye’s being melted by the Rains, which are great and violent:  Within this Wall it is all full of houses; most of which are low and thatched; but some are two Stories high, and tyled very handsomely, with open Galleries for Air, rayled about with turned Banisters, one Ebony, and one painted,