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A41898	The remarkable sayings, apothegms and maxims of the Eastern nations abstracted and translated out of their books written in the Arabian, Persian and Turkish language, with remarks / by Monsieur Galland ... translated out of French.; Paroles remarquables, les bon mots, et les maximes des Orientaux. English	Galland, Antoine, 1646-1715.	1695 (1695)	Wing G169; ESTC R7403	112,508	250

Time of your Infancy and how I hugg'd you in my Bosom 122 The Son of a certain covetous Wretch b●ing dangerously ill his Friends advised the Father either to cause the Alcoran to be read or to offer a Sacrifice saying that perhaps it might prevail with God to restore his Son's Health The Father thinking upon this about the space of a Moment said It 's best to read the Alcoran because the Flock is at too great a distance One of those who heard this Answer said He prefers the Reading of the Alcoran because that is only Lip-labour but the Money that he must have expended for a Sacrifice lies at the bottom of his Heart Observation The Mahometans read or cause to be read either the whole Alcoran or Parts of it on divers Occasions as for the Soul of the Deceased for one that is sick before a Battel in publick Calamities and other pressing Necessities as believing it a proper Method to appease the Wrath of God and they do also sacrifice Sheep upon the same account Schahroch Son of Tamerla● being about to give Battel to Emir Cara Jousof who had declared himself King of Persia and establish'd his Throne at Tauriz ordered the Chapter of Conquest which is the 48th of the Alcoran and contains 29 Verses to be read 12000 times by the Hasiz that is those who have the Alcoran by Heart and followed his Army 123. A certain old Man being ask'd why he did not marry answered that he did not care for old Women To which it was replied that it were easy for him who was rich to find a young one To which he rejoin'd seeing I do not care for old Women because I am old my self how do you think that a young Woman should have any Inclination or Love towards me 124. A certain Sage said to an Indian who learned to throw Wild-fire That Trade is not proper for you whose House is built of Cane Observation The Eastern People speak often of this Wild-fire and by their Account of it it would seem that they make use of Bitumen in the Composition 125. A Mahometan who was a silly Fellow and had sore Eyes addressed himself to a Farrier for a Cure who applied the same Plaister to him that he us'd to do to the Horses whereupon the Man became blind and made his Complaints to the Courts of Justice The Cadis being inform'd of the Matter of Fact chas'd him away saying Be gone you have no Cause of Action against this Man for you would never have gone to a Farrier instead of a Physician if you had not been an Ass 126. A Son being sat in a Church-yard on the Tomb of his Father who had left him a great Estate discours'd thus to the Son of a poor Man My Father's Tomb is of Marble his Epitaph writ in Characters of Gold and the Pavement round the same of regular inlaid Work But your Father's Tomb what is it two Bricks one at Head and another at Feet with two Inch thick of Mould upon his C●rps The poor Man's Son answer'd Hold your Peace for before your Father shall be able to move the Stone with which he is covered at the Day of Judgment my Father will be arriv'd in Paradise Observation It is the Custom of the Mahometans to put one Stone at the Foot and another at the Head of the Tombs of their Deceased and according to the Person 's Estate those Stones are the more or less polished or adorn'd and often-times they put fine white Marble instead of the Stones and then the Marble or Stone is in form of a Column and very often with a Turban cut out upon the Head thereof conformable to the Profession of the Deceased or with a Woman 's Head-dress if it be that of a Woman and upon the Column there is usually an Epitaph in Sculpture or in Characters engraven in Relief for I do not remember that I have seen any engraven hollow as we do usually in Europe The Epitaph does for the most part contain the Profession of the Mahometan Religion the Name and Quality of the Deceased with an Invitation to those that pass by to repeat the first Chapter of the Alcoran for the repose of his Soul And some of them are in Characters of Gold The richer Sort are at great Expence in Representations and in the Neighbouring Buildings as Mosques Hospitals Fountains and Schools with Revenues for their Maintenance The publick Burying places are always without the Gates of the Cities and none are interred in the Cities but Princes and Persons of great Note who are buried with their Families near the Mosques which they founded This same Method is observed in Villages and Country Towns where the Burying-places are always a-part from the rest of the Houses and along by the High-way that those who pass by may be thereby excited to pray for the Souls of those who are interred there And besides the Stones and Marble there are Places where the Friends of the Deceased plant Rosemary or some other Plant at the Head and Feet of the Deceased And in some Places Women go on Fridays and lament over the Sepulchres of their Husbands or other Relations and Friends 127. The Great Iskender or Alexander the Great having taken a certain Town he was inform'd that there was a Philosopher of great Note in the same and ordering him to be brought before him he was amaz'd to see him such a deformed Fellow and could not forbear to utter some words which signified as much The Philosopher understood him and although he was in great disorder because of the Sacking of his Country yet answered smiling It is true that I am deformed but you must consider my Body as the Scabbard whereof my Soul is the Sword and that it is the Sword which cuts and not the Scabbard Observation I don't remember this Passage of Alexander the Great in any Greek or Latin Author nor never heard that any of 'em did mention it neither do I find that any of the Philosophers whose Names are come to our Knowledg did ever mention it and in effect it savours more of the Sagacity of the Eastern People than of the Greeks But however that is it deserves to be remark'd and the Easterlings not knowing the true Author may be allow'd to ascribe it to Alexander the Great whom they have rank'd amongst the Heroes of their Country 128. A Philosopher said I have writ 50 Volumes of Philosophy but they did not please me I extracted 60 Maxims out of them neither did they give me Satisfaction In sine I pick'd out 4 from amongst those 60 wherein I found what I sought for which are as follow viz. Never esteem Women so much as you do Men for a Woman is always a Woman let her Birth and Quality be never so good Let your Riches be as great as possible set not your Heart upon them because the Revolutions of Time scatter them Discover your Secrets to no Body no

be set thereunto and being for the most part built of Wood it was burnt down in one Day all but the Great Mosque and some Houses built with Brick Ogtaikhan Son and Successor to Ging●i●kan caus'd it to be rebuilt It continued famous in the Reign of Tamerlan and his Successors and subsists still under the Reign of the Vzbecs 174. After the Destruction of the City of Bokhara by Ginghizkan the People of Khorassan demanded of one of the Inhabitants who had sled thither if the Desolation made there by the Moguls was so great as reported he answered in Persian which was his Language in these few Words They came they destroy'd they burnt they kill'd and carried away Observation Having spoken of the burning of Bokhara in the foregoing Observation I shall speak one Word of the Blood shed there by the Army of Ginghizkan That same Day on which they came before it 20000 Men sallied in the Evening to surprize them but the Moguls perceiving it made so great a Slaughter amongst them that there were but a very few who return'd into the City and next Morning at Sun-rising the Inhabitants having observ'd from the Ramparts that the Fields look'd like a great Lake of Blood as Mirkhond expresses it they capitulated and opened their Gates 175. A Scheich of great Reputation and Learning dwelling in the City of Kharezem the Capital of the Kingdom of that same Name when Ginghizkan came out of Great Tartary to extend his Conquests towards the West The Mahometans about him understanding that he design'd to lay Siege to that Town by the three Princes his Sons pray'd him to be so kind as to give the Scheich notice to retire elsewhere Ginghizkan granted them that Favour and notice was given to the Scheich from him that he would do wisely to go out of the Town to prevent his being Partaker of the Misfortunes of his Fellow-Citizens if the Town should happen to be taken by Storm as it was for in that Case the Inhabitants would all be destroyed The Scheich refused to go out of the Town answering that he had Kinsfolks Allies Friends and Disciples in the Town so that he should be criminal not only before God but also before Men if he did abandon them Observations This Scheich whose Name was Negem-eddin Kebri was kill'd in the sacking of Kharezem but though he was of a great Age he kill'd divers of the Moguls who forced his House before he fell himself Without speaking of the Kharezemians who were killed in the last Assault by which they were forced after having held out six Months Siege Mirkhond reports that the Moguls when they became Masters of the Town made all the Inhabitants go out according to their Custom when they took a Place and made them Slaves viz. the Merchants and Tradesmen with the Women and Children that were above 14 Years of Age and distributed the rest amongst the Souldiers to be killed He adds That the Souldiers were above 100000 and that Historians affirm that each Souldier had 24 to kill for his Share which if true there were above two Millions and 400000 Souls cut off in that Slaughter alone It may well be doubted whether one Town could contain so many People but we must consider that the City was very large as being a Capital and that the Inhabitants of the Neighbouring City and the adjacent Country fled thither before the Siege 176. Ginghizkan being at Bokhara after his great Conquests on this Side the Oxus and about to return into his own Country the Great Tartary where he died sometime after his Arrival had a Conference with two Mahometan Doctors concerning their Religion which he was very desirous to understand and having said divers remarkable and sensible things on this Occasion they deserve to have a Place here The Mahometan Doctor who took the Speech upon him says to him The Mussulmans acknowledg one only God the Creator of all things who hath none like him To this Ginghizkan replied That he had no Reluctancy to believe the same thing The Doctor added The Almighty and most Holy God hath sent an Ambassador to his Servants by whose Means he teaches them what they are to do so as they may do Good and avoid Evil Which was no way dis-relishing to Ginghizkan no more than the other so that he answered in these Terms I who am the Servant of God dispatch Messengers every Day to acquaint my Subjects with what I would have them to do or not to do and I make Ordinances for the Discipline of my Armies The Doctor went on and said This Ambassador hath fix'd certain Times for Prayer during which he hath commanded us to give over all Labour and Occupation to worship God Perceiving that Ginghizkan agreed also to this he added That he hath also commanded us to fast one entire Month in the Year Ginghizkan replied It is but just to eat according to Rule one Month to acknowledg the Favours of the Lord after having spent eleven in eating without Rule or Management The Mahometan went on and said The Ambassador hath also commanded the Rich to give half of what Money they have each Year to the Poor Ginghizkan commended that Statute exceedingly and said The Eternal God hath created all things indifferently for all Men and therefore it 's reasonable that those who have an advantagious Share should impart to those who have not The Doctor added That the Mahometans have further an express Commandment to go in Pilgrimage to the Temple of God at Mecca there to adore him To which Ginghizkan answered All the World is God's House we may meet with him from all Parts of the World God can hear from the Place where I am now as well as from the Temple which you speak of Observations The Doctor who maintain'd this Discourse concluded from Ginghizkan's Answers that he was a Mahometan but his Colleague maintain'd the contrary because Ginghizkan did not acknowledg the Necessity of a Pilgrimage to Mecca which was very remarkable for as Mirkhond hath observed it is certain that Ginghizkan was not addicted to any particular Religion of the People that he had subdued but left every one to the Liberty of professing what they would and constrained no Body to embrace that which he professed himself On the contrary he had an Esteem for all Persons of Learning and Merit without any regard to their Religion as appears by his History and as Mirkhond observes it was one of the great Qualities that recommended him And if we consider his Religion by the particular Entertainment with these Doctors the Circumstances of his own History and that of his Predecessors it would seem that we may affirm that their Religion had not degenerated very much from that which Japhet or his Posterity brought into Tartary Whether that Opinion was imbib'd by the Arabians in the Time of Mahomet that Abraham and Ishmael built a Temple to God at Mecca or that Mahomet invented it himself it is that