[9] The text is: uccellano a camelioni che da noi non s’usano.
[10] There are many of these crutches to be seen in the bazars and houses at Constantinople, but the use and object of them is forgotten. They are still used in Persia.
[11] Tessels, or tassels, for tiercels, a term for a hawk; the text is: & viddi appresso di lui, quattro ouer cinque di quell’ herbe, che noi chiamiamo garzi: sopra lequali eran’ alcuni cardellini.
[12] Nowe; i.e., enough.
[13] In Wallachia the villagers go in their carts to a distance from their village and from any water, and plough and sow the ground, and return again in the same way to gather in the harvest.
[14] Zattera is Italian for a platform, raft, or framework for sailors to stand on in harbour to work at the ship’s sides.
[15] Hassan Bey Ak-Koyunlu.
[16] Kabarda.
[17] Mingrelia.
[18] Hajy Terkhan or Astrakhan.