This short text is the story told by the Bishop of Cochin about a man from the port de Vengalarauge who was aged 380 years. There is some discussion about longevity around the la Ganga and a place called Regora. The full title of the text is a resumé of the story.

The majority of this book centres on Chine. However, there are a number of chapters towards the end which describe other royaumes in the Indes Orientales. Chapter XXIII (p. 373) is about Gange; Chapter XXIII (p. 376), Royaume de Coromandel including Calamine and Bisnague; Chapter XXV (p. 380), Goa, Cochin, Coulan; Chapter XXVI (p. 384), Cananor, Calicut, Mangalor and then Ormus and the Red Sea (p. 386).

The text was reviewed as a hard copy at the BL, but a digital copy is now available online. This text is part of a collection of letters and writings about the Catholic Church. The book has no continuous page numbering. This reference refers to a section approximately 2/3 through the book (numbered in pencil as 19) and the relevant section about India is on pp. 17-40. This section is a collection of letters translated from Portuguese into French and sent from Goa in 1608/9 about the church in that part of India.