[15]Odoric of Pordenone (c. 1286-1331, formally beatified in the eighteenth century) was a Franciscan friar and missionary who traveled widely in the Far East. The story of his travels became popular in the fourteenth century, but fell from favor as it gained a reputation for embroidery. The phenomenon to which Pory refers occurred at a place described as “Moumoran” in the printed version with which Pory was probably familiar, that in Hakluyt, Principal Navigations (1599), II, 57.
[16]A stream running from the Smelt Pond to Plymouth Bay, entering it at the mouth of the Jones River, about two miles northwest of Plymouth.
[17]“Skeines” in the manuscript.
[18]High tide in tidal streams.
[19]“Muskles and slammes” in the manuscript.
[20]Virginia.
[21]Delicacies.
[22]Chief town on Terceira, one of the Azore Islands, where Pory was detained a prisoner on his way to England.
[23]Raspberries.
[24]The “musky” flavor common to the muscat grape varieties. “Muskadell” in the manuscript.