[sidenote: the description of the tombe.] the tombe is long and narrowe, and deepe, walled on euery side like a graue, in the botome whereof was found the sayd stone with the writing on it, and the said glasse of ashes, and also another litle glasse of the same proportion, wherein, as they say, are the teares of his friendes, and in those dayes they did vse to gather and bury with them, as they did vse in italy and spaine to teare their haire, to bury with their friendes. in the sayde tombe were a fewe bones. after dinner we rested vntill it drew towards euening by reason of the heat. [sidenote: sant elia, but one frier.] and about foure of the clocke we walked to another frierie a mile out of the towne called sant elia, these are white friers, there were two, but one is dead, not sixe dayes since. this frierie hath a garden very pleasant, and well furnished with orenges, lemons, pomegranates, and diuers other good fruites. the way to it is somewhat ragged, vp hill and downe, and very stonie, and in winter very durtie. it standeth very plesantly in a clift betweene two hilles, with a good prospect. from thence we ascended the hill to the castle, which is situated on the very toppe of a hill. [sidenote: the description of the castle of zante.] this castle is very strong, in compasse a large mile and a halfe, which being victualed, (as it is neuer vnfurnished) and manned with men of trust, it may defende itselfe against any princes power. this castle taketh the iust compasse of the hill, and no other hill neere it, it is so steepe downe, and so high and ragged, that it will tyre any man or euer he be halfe way vp. very nature hath fortified the walles and bulwarkes: it is by nature foure square, and it commandeth the towne and porte. the venetians haue alwayes their podesta, or gouernour, with his two counsellours resident therein. the towne is welle inhabited, and hath great quantity of housholders. the iland by report is threescore and tenne miles about, it is able to make twentie thousand fighting men. they say they have alwayes fiue or sixe hundred horsemen readie at an houres warning. they saye the turke hath assayed it with 100. gallies, but he could neuer bring his purpose to passe. it is strange to mee how they should maintains so many men in this iland, for their best sustenance is wine, and the rest but miserable. the first of august we were warned aboord by the patron, and towards euening we set sayle, and had sight of a castle called torneste, which is the turkes, and is ten miles from zante, it did belong to the venetians, but they haue now lost it, it standeth also on a hill on the sea side in morea. all that night we bare into the sea, because we had newes at zante of twelue of the turkes gallies, that came from rhodes, which were about modon, coron, and candia, for which cause we kept at the sea. the second of august, we had no sight of land, but kept our course, and about the thirde watch the winde scanted, so that we bare with the shore, and had sight of modon and coron. the third we had sight of cauo mattapan, and all that day by reason of contrary windes, which blew somewhat hard, we lay a hull vntill morning. the fourth we were still vnder the sayd cape, and so continued that day, and towardes night there grewe a contention in the ship amongst the hollanders, and it had like to haue bene a great inconuenience, for we had all our weapons, yea euen our kniues, taken from vs that night. the fift, we sayled by the bowline, and out of the toppe we had sight of the iland of candia, and towardes noone we might see it plaine, and towards night the winde waxed calme. the sixt toward the breake of day we saw two small ilands called gozi, and towards noone we were betweene them: the one of these ilands is fifteene miles about, and the other 10. miles. in those ilands are nourished store of cattell for butter and cheese. there are to the number of fiftie or sixtie inhabitants, which are greekes, and they liue chiefly on milke and cheese. the iland of candia is 700 miles about, it is in length, from cape spada, to cape salomon, 300 miles, it is as they say, able to make one hundred thousand fighting men. we sayled betweene the gozi, and candia, and they are distant from candia 5 or 6 miles. the candiots are strong men, and very good archers, and shoot neere the marke. this ilande is from zante 300 miles. the seuenth we sayled all along the sayd iland with little winde and vnstable, and the eight day towards night we drew to the east end of the iland. the 9 and 10 we sayled along with a prosperous winde and saw no land. the 11 in the morning, we had sight of the iland of cyprus, and towards noone we were thwart the cape called ponta malota, and about foure of the clocke we were as farre as baffo, and about sunne set we passed cauo bianco, and towards nine of the clocke at night we doubled cauo de la gatte, and ankered afore limisso, but the wind blew so hard, that we could not come neere the towne, neither durst any man goe on land. the towne is from cauo de le gatte twelue miles distant. the 12. of august in the morning wee went on land to limisso: this towne is ruinated and nothing in it worth writing, saue onely in the midst of the towne there hath bene a fortresse, which is now decayed, and the wals part ouerthrowen, which a turkish rouer with certaine gallies did destroy about 10. or 12. yeeres past. [sidenote: caualette is a certaine vermine in the island of cyprus.] this day walking to see the towne, we chanced to see in the market place, a great quantitie of certaine vermine called in the italian tongue caualette. it is as i can learne, both in shape and bignesse like a grassehopper, for i can iudge but little difference. of these many yeeres they haue had such quantitie that they destroy all their corne. they are so plagued with them, that almost euery yeere they doe well nie loose halfe their corne, whether it be the nature of the countrey, or the plague of god, that let them iudge that can best define. but that there may no default be laied to their negligence for the destruction of them, they haue throughout the whole land a constituted order, that euery farmor or husbandmen (which are euen as slaues bought and sold to their lord) shall euery yeere pay according to his territorie, a measure full of the seede or egges of these forenamed caualette, the which they are bound to bring to the market, and present to the officer appointed for the same, the which officer taketh of them very straight measure, and writeth the names of the presenters, and putteth the sayd egges or seed, into a house appointed for the same, and hauing the house full, they beate them to pouder, and cast them into the sea, and by this pollicie they doe as much as in them lieth for the destruction of them. this vermine breedeth or ingendereth at the time of corne being ripe, and the corne beyng had away, in the clods of the same ground do the husbandmen find the nestes, or, as i may rather terme them, cases of the egges, of the same vermine