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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42798	A new voyage to the East-Indies containing an account of several of those rich countries, and more particularly of the kingdom of Bantam : giving an exact relation of the extent of that monarch's dominions, the religion, manners and customs of the inhabitants, their commerce, and the product of the country, and likewise a faithful narrative of the kingdom of Siam, of the isles of Japan and Madagascar, and of several other parts, with such new discoveries as were never yet made by any other traveller / by Mr. Glanius.	Glanius, Mr.	1682 (1682)	Wing G793; ESTC R40478	75,780	191

the greatest Princes of His Empire by His Wives and Concubines who are in great numbers all very richly clothed by Land upon Elephants and by Water in Barges all guilt without and within From the Palace to the place where the Emperour goes the Life-Guard stands in a row on each side all well apparelled and mounted to advantage principally the chief Officers who are upon Elephants whose Houses are of Gold and Silver All along the way nothing is to be heard but Fifes Drums Flutes and other Instruments which make a passable Harmony And assoon as the Emperour appears every one upon pain of Death is obliged to come out before him prostrate ' emselves and adore him wherein they are so rigorous that if one waits never so little to acquit himself of this Devoir he is punished at that instant which I have seen with my own eyes This Custom is quite contrary to what is practised in Peru for in all places where the King goes with his Wives and Concubines the People must shut their Doors and Windows and remain as in Prison until all is gone by Those who happen to be in the Emperours way are obliged to dislodge and make way for His Attendants which often occasions people to die of Hunger and Cold especially when the Order comes by night those who give it being so punctual or rather so hard-hearted as they force obedience without giving the People time to provide themselves with Clothes and Food A hard extremity in all particulars since besides the inconveniency which they receive from this surprize they have likewise the displeasure of leaving their Houses to be plundered Gold is so common in this Court that their Cattle are served in Vessels of no other Metal The Elephants and especially the White Ones are there treated like Princes and of this last sort there is always one in so great Veneration that they attribute to his presence the Prosperity of the Empire Those Creatures have in all times served for a pretext to Wars of long continuance betwixt the Neighbouring Kings for besides that they are rarely of that colour they reverence 'em in memory of Xaca whose Mother being with Child of him once dream't that a White Elephant came out of her mouth and at another time out of her left side It was upon the account of these Animals that in the Year 1548 the Kings of Ava and Pegu made a League against the Emperour of Siam in whose Territories they had made a great Progress before he was in a condition to resist ' em At length with the Aid of His Generals He got in the Head of two Hundred Thousand Men with whom he went to encamp within Half a League of His Enemies Those who thought to have surprized him seeing so strong a Barrier opposed to their Design made shew of preparing ' emselves for a Battel but whether their Forces were unequal or they began to abate in their good intelligence among ' emselves three Moneths passed without making any attempt at the end of which those Kings seeing their Armies perish for want of Victuals abandoned the ground and left by that means the Emperour of Siam the peaceable possessour of the two White Elephants which they pretended to seize on What at first delayed his March was that he had neither Souldiers nor Ships to go to the place where he was to joyn the Enemy and he caused above Twenty Thousand Vessels to be built which required some time Besides the two Hundred Thousand Men which he brought with him he left upon the Frontiers Fifty Thousand Citizens who were obliged to guard 'em at their own costs Some were amazed he did not take advantage of His Enemies weakness but he said That he had gained more by destroying them after that manner than if he had constrained 'em to end the quarrel by a Battel the issue whereof was uncertain He pretended to have conquered 'em more cunningly and more happily for His Subjects whose Lives and Estates he preserved without costing 'em one drop of bloud So that he was received in Triumph in His Metropolis as if he had made the greatest Conquests After the death of the King if he has left no Male Infant or his Son has not attained the Age of 15 Years this Son loses His Right to the Crown to which the eldest Brother of the deceased becomes the Legitimate Successor And as for the Offices possessed by the Grandees of the Court they are all Hereditary at least if he who enjoys 'em does not oblige the Prince to declare his Heir uncapable of succeeding him Sect. VI. THE great number of Strangers who trade at Siam help much to increase the Treasures of the King there is continually a coming in and going out of His Kingdom a prodigious quantity of Merchandizes on which there are considerable Imposts His Mines of Gold Lead and Pewter do contribute very much thereunto as likewise great Forests of as fine wood of Japan as that of Brasile The Trade of this Wood lies along the Coasts of Coromandel Dabul ' China Japan and all the Neighbouring Islands Add to this that all His Subjects being His Slaves He inherits all their Estates or at least two Thirds leaving out of favour the other Third to the Relations of the Defunct A Custom so advantageous as this Prince extends it even to Strangers whose Heir he is as well as those that are born in His Country and as there is ever an incredible multitude of 'em 't is certain His Finances are thereby much augmented The greatest Expence of this Prince is the great number of Pagods Convents Hospitals and Towers which he causes incessantly to be built and what it costs him in raising 'em does surpass the Idea People have conceived thereof After having applied Himself to what concerns Religion he takes care His Arsenals be largely provided with all that is requisite for War and indeed all things there are in a surprising abundance and so neatly kept that it would be very difficult to imitate them therein As for His Forces they consist almost all in Infantry which is very good the Pay of the Souldiers is but a little Rice the rest they have occasion for they are to gain it from the Enemy or by labouring very hard at any kind of Work for they are treated as Slaves and they give a blind Obedience to whatsoever they are commanded As for the Citizens their condition is little better than that of the Souldiers for besides the Subsidies with which they are excessively oppressed and that they have nothing in Propriety they are obliged to work on the Fortifications and to work as well as the Souldiers in occasions of necessity Notwithstanding this they are so supple and so tractable that they are never heard to complain or murmur tho the Government is severe they live contented and happy because they desire nothing From that soft and tractable Humour they easily proceed to Devotion which is as