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A63439	The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne through Turky, into Persia and the East-Indies, for the space of forty years : giving an account of the present state of those countries, viz. of the religion, government, customs, and commerce of every country, and the figures, weight, and value of the money currant all over Asia : to which is added A new description of the Seraglio / made English by J.P. ; added likewise, A voyage into the Indies, &c. by an English traveller, never before printed ; publish'd by Dr. Daniel Cox; Six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. English	Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689.; Phillips, John, 1631-1706.; Cox, Daniel, Dr.	1677 (1677)	Wing T255; ESTC R38194	848,815	637

not believe me and therefore commanded the Caravan-Bashi to fetch my Trunks that they might be open'd in their presence While they were opening one of the chief persons about those Princes would not suffer any of the rest of the Arabs to come near for though most of the Arabs are great Thieves yet some of them are persons of great integrity Now I had in my company a young Painter who had in his Chest several engrav'd Cuts part Landskips part Figures together with the Pictures of certain Courtisans drawn to the Wast The young Lords made choice only of twenty of those Courtisans which I would have presented to them but they gave me to understand that they knew how to pay for what they had and especially the youngest who seem'd to be very generous him I pleas'd in an extraordinary manner for his Teeth being very foul I order'd a Chirurgeon that I carry'd along with me at the same time to clean them which he did to the great satisfaction of the young Prince Thereupon they sent me and my Train of their best Victuals they had The Caravan-Bashi presented them with half a piece of Scarlet and two pieces of Tissue of Gold and Silver When we were ready to go the young Sultan gave me twelve Ducats for my Pictures and sent the Caravan-Bashi and my self two Frails of the best Dates that we had met with since we lest Aleppo About midnight the Princes dislodg'd and took to the North toward Euphrates We set forward after them driving Northward toward the same River After we had travel'd four days we met one of the most potent Emirs of Arabia who coming from the South and going Northward was to cross the Road that we kept He was about fifty years of age well made and of a comely presence He had not then above two thousand Horse of thirty thousand which we heard had pass'd by some days before Behind the two thousand Horse were fifty Camels that carry'd his Women their Cajavas being cover'd with Scarlet-cloth fring'd with Silk In the midst of these Camels there were six encompass'd with Eunuchs the Fringes of the Cajavas being Silk Silver and Gold The Arabians do not seem to be jealous of their Wives as in Turkie and other places for they led their Camels by our Caravan never requiring us to retire as is the custom in other places They lodg'd a quarter of a League off where we thought to have pitch'd for the conveniency of two or three Ponds which they depriv'd us of This Arabian Prince had a great number of lovely Horses richly harness'd others he had that were neither sadl'd nor bridl'd yet the Riders would turn them with a Wand which way they pleas'd and upon a full gallop would stop 'em by only holding them by the Hair He had some Horses of an excessive price and this is to be observ'd that they are never shod The Caravan-Bashi believing he should not escape scot-free from so powerful a Prince among the Merchants of the Caravan found out a rich Saddle with Bridle and Stirrups which were all set out and garnish'd with massy Silver with an embroider'd Quiver full of Arrows together with a Buckler the whole coming to about eleven or twelve hundred Livers and adding to these of his own a piece of Scarlet four pieces of Tissue of Gold and Silk and six pieces of Tissue of Silver and Silk made a Present of all together to the Emir But he refus'd all demanding only two hundred thousand Piasters for Larins which exchange being no way for the Merchants profit rais'd a great dispute But at length considering that it was in his power to stop and starve us there we only endeavour'd a Composition which was obtain'd Thereupon he took the Present which perhaps he would not else have done For two days that we staid to weigh the Money he sent Provisions to the chief of the Caravan and at our departure he sent us twelve Frails of Dates and four young Camels that might be worth about forty Crowns a-piece Two days after we met a Schek who among the Arabians is one of the chief of the Law He was going to Mecca cross some part of Arabia the Happy with a Train of ten or twelve Camels He staid all night with us and one of his Servants having been dangerously wounded about two days before with a Musket-bullet my Chirurgeon drest him and gave him Salve and Tents for which he was extremely thankful He sent me to Supper a great Dish of Pilaw and the next day a whole Sheep The Caravan-Bashi likewise presented him with two Ells of Scarlet The next we met with nothing worth observation but the day following we met another Emir of about Five and Twenty years of age who came from Euphrates and was travelling into the Happy Arabia He had with him about five hundred Horse and three hundred Camels that carry'd his women He presently sent to know what Caravan it was and understanding that it consisted of many Franks among whom there was a Chirurgeon He sent again to desire the Caravan Bashi to follow with the Caravan to the place where he intended to pitch his Tents which was not far out of the way We did not think to have gone so far that day but he led us to the best water in all the Desert The Princes Tent being set up he sent for my Chirurgeon with whom I went along to know what his pleasure was He had upon his left Arm a Tetter with a most filthy Scab as broad as a Crown piece and this went and came at certain times in the year He presently ask'd the Chirurgeon whether he could cure him to whom the Chirurgeon made answer that the cure was not impossible provided he knew where to get such remedies as were convenient For had he said he could have absolutely cur'd him the Emir would have carry'd him away with him without any farther Ceremony Thereupon he would have giv'n the Chirurgeon five hundred Crowns to have bought Medicines But I made answer that the cure would not cost so much and that if the Chirurgeon could meet with proper Drugs I would lay out the Money my self The Emir content with that answer sent one of his chief People to Balsara to come back with the Chirurgeon when he had bought his Medicines He himself stay'd three days in expectation of him but after we had pretended to seek for what we wanted up and down the Town for we enquired for such things as we knew were not to be had we sent him back word that we could not find what we look'd for and desir'd his excuse in regard the attendance of the Chirurgeon would be of no use where he had not proper remedies which was the only way we could think of to get cleverly rid of him The next days Journey after we had left the Arabian Prince was through a Country altogether uninhabited but the day following which was the sixty-fifth and

that were upon the Trees to the number of sixty came down in a great fury to have leap'd into the Presidents Coach where they would soon have strangled him had we not prevented them by closing the Shutters and had we not had a great number of Servants that with much ado kept them off And though they came not to my Coach yet I was very much afraid of my self for they pursued the President 's Coach above a League and they were stout lusty Monkeys From Amadabat to Panser costes 13 From Panser to Masana costes 14 From Masana to Chitpour costes 14 Chitpour is a very good City so called by reason of the great Trade for painted-Calicuts which are called Chites Near which some four or five-hundred paces toward the South there runs a small River Arriving at Chitpour in one of my Voyages I pitch'd my Tent under two or three Trees at the end of a wide-place neer the Town A little while after I saw four or five Lions appear which were brought to be tam'd which they told me took them up five or six months and their way to do it is this They tye the Lions at twelve paces distance one from another by the hinder-legs with a Rope fasten'd to a great woodden-stake set deep in the ground with another cord about the neck which the Master holds in his hand These Stakes are planted in the same Line and in another Parallel they stretch out another Cord as long as the space which the bodies of the Lions so dispos'd of as I have describ'd take up The two Cords which hold the Lion ty'd by the two hinder-feet give him liberty to spring out as far as that long Cord which is a mark to those that stand to provoke and incense the Lions by throwing stones and pieces of wood at them not to venture any farther The people run to see the sight and when the Lion provok'd gives a spring toward the Cord the Master holds another in his hand ty'd about his neck that pulls him back Thus they accustom the Lion by degrees to be familiar with the people and at my coming to Chiapour I saw this Divertisement without stirring out of my Coach The next day I had another meeting with a knot of Faquirs or Mahometan Dervichs I counted fifty-seven among whom he that was the Chief or Superior had been Grand Esquire to Cha-jehan-guir having left the Court when Sultan Boulaki his youngest Son was strangl'd by Order of Cha-jehan there were four others who next to the Superior were chief of the Company who had been also great Lords in the same Cha-jehan's Court All the Cloaths those five Dervichs had were only four ells of Orange-colour-Calicut to hide what modesty will have hid before and behind and every one of them a Tygers-skin over their shoulders ty'd together under their chins They had led before them eight fair Horses saddl'd and bridl'd three whereof had Bridles of Gold and Saddles cover'd with Plates of Gold and the other five had Bridles of Silver cover'd with Plates of Silver and a Leopard's-skin upon every one The other Dervichs had only a Cord for their Girdle to which was fasten'd a piece of Calicut only to cover their private parts Their hair was ty'd in wreaths round about their heads after the manner of a Turbant They were all well-arm'd the most part with Bows and Arrows some with Muskets and others with Half-pikes with another sort of weapon which we have not in Europe that is to say a sharp piece of Iron like the side of a Platter without a bottom which they wind eight or ten times about their necks and carry like a Calves Chaldron They draw out these Iron-Circles as they intend to make use of them and they will throw them with such a force against a man that they shall fly as swift as an Arrow and go very neer to cut a man in two in the middle They had every one besides all this an Hunting-Horn which they wind making a prodigious noise when they come to any place and when they go away together with a Grater or Rasp being an Iron-Instrument made like a Trowel This is an Instrument which the Indians carry generally about them when they travel to scrape and make clean the places where they intend to rest and some of them when they have scrap'd all the dust together into an heap make use of it instead of a Mattress or Pillow to lie easily upon There were some of them that were arm'd with long Tucks which they had bought either of the English or Portugals Their Luggage consisted of four great Chests full of Persian and Arabian Books and some Kitchen-housholdstuff They had also ten or twelve Oxen to carry their sick When the Dervichs came to the place where I lay with my Coach having about fifty persons with me as well of the people of the Countrey as of my own servants the Chief or Superior of the Troop seeing me so well-attended enquir'd what Aga that was and desir'd me to let him have that place which I had taken up as being the most convenient in all that place for him and his Dervichs to lodg When they told me the quality of the Chief and the four Dervichs that attended him I was willing to be civil and to yield to their request and thereupon I left them the place free After they had well-water'd the place and laid the dust they lighted two fires as if it had been in the frost and snow for the five principal Dervichs who sate and chaf'd themselves before and behind That very evening after they had supp'd the Governour of the Town came to complement the principal Dervichs and during their stay sent them Rice and other things which they are accustom'd to eat When they come to any place the Superior sends some of his Crew a begging into the Towns and Villages and what Alms they get is presently distributed equally among them every one of them taking care to boil his own Rice What is over and above they give to the Poor in the evening for they reserve nothing till next day From Chitpour to Balampour costes 12 From Balampour to Dantivar costes 11 From Dantivar to Bargant costes 17 Bargant is in the Territories of a Raja to whom you pay duties In one of my journeys to Agra passing through Bargant I did not see the Raja but only his Lieutenant who was very civil to me and made me a Present of Rice Butter and Fruit in season To make him amends I gave him three Shashes of Gold and Silk four Handkerchiefs of painted Linnen and two Bottles the one full of Aquavitae and the other full of Spanish-Wine At my departure he sent a Convoy of twenty Horse four or five leagues along with me One evening being about to lodg upon the Frontiers of the Territories of the Raja of Bargant my people came to me and told me that if we took the Road through

gave him fifteen days Thereupon the King did go to the Treasury next morning according to Mahomet's desire and found all things in good order having heard before what became of the Scimitar From thence he went to Mahomet's House who made the King a mean Present For it is the custom that he whom the King honours with a Visit must make a Present to his Majesty After the King had receiv'd it he walk'd up and down and view'd the Chambers Halls Parlours and Rooms of State and wonder'd to see them so ill set out with plain Felts and course Carpets whereas in other Lords Houses a man could not set his Foot upon any thing but Cloth of Gold and Silk For the King as they had set the Nazar out expected to have found other things which made him admire at so great a Moderation in so high a degree of Honour Now at the end of a Gallery there was a Door lockt with three great Padlocks Of this the King took no notice whereupon the Meter who is the White Eunuch and chief of his Chamber as he came back shew'd the King the Door that was so strongly Padlock'd which made the King curious to have it open'd withal asking Mahomet what he had got there lock'd up with so much care Oh Sir said he it behoves me to keep that lockt for there is all the Estate I have in the World All that your Majesty has seen in this House is yours but all that is in that Chamber is mine and I dare assure my self your Majesty will be so gracious as never to take it from me Those words inflam'd the King's curiosity so that he commanded the Door to be open'd But he was strangely surpriz'd when he saw nothing more within than Mahomet's Sheep-hook that lay upon two Nails his Scrip wherein he us'd to put his Victuals his Bottle for his Water his Pipe and his Shepherd's Weeds all hanging against the Wall The Nazar beholding the King's astonishment at such a Sight Sir said he when the King Sha-Abas found me in the Mountain keeping Goats then that was all I had and he took nothing from me I beseech your Majesty that you would not deprive me of these things neither but rather if you please let me resume them again and fall to my old Calling The King touch'd at so high a piece of Virtuo caus'd himself to be disapparel'd and gave his Habit to the Nazar which is the greatest Honour that the King of Persia can bestow upon a Subject Thus Mahomet continu'd and dy'd honourably in his Employment This brave Person was the Protector of all the Franks in Persia and if any one had done them wrong upon complaint he did them Justice immediately One day as I was shooting Ducks upon the River of Ispahan near the Nazar's Gardens with two Servants some of the Nazar's people that did not know me set upon me and would have taken away my Gun which I would not let go till I had broke the Stock about the Shoulders of the one and flung the Barrel at the other 's Head Thereupon I took some of the Franks along with me and complain'd to the Nazar He testifi'd his sorrow for what had happen'd and gave us evident Proofs thereof by the blows which he caus'd to be laid upon those that had done me the injury Another time Sha-Sefi being upon his return from Guilan his Tents were set up near Zulfa in Armenia where the King staid to hunt two or three days Now among the rest of the Courtizans that follow'd the Court to divertise the King with Dancing and Mummery there was one who was perfectly handsom to whom the King had already sent Presents which could not be unknown to any Lord i' the Court. But the Nazar's Son for all that being in the heat of Youth got this Courtizan to his Tent and there lay with her which came to his Father's Ears next day The Nazar whether out of his zeal to the Ring or whether it were an effect of his prudence to prevent the King's anger which would have certainly been the death of his Son caus'd him to be drub'd after the manner of the Country and bastinado'd all over till the Nails of his Toes dropt off and that his Body was almost a perfect Gelly Which when the King understood together with the Young Man's Crime he said no more but that the Nazar had done wisely by punishing his Son himself to prevent his Justice But to return to the Road from Kerman to Ispahan The first day that I set out from Kerman at my Stage in the Evening I met with a rich Moullah who seeing I had Wine civilly offer'd me some of his Ice to cool it In retaliation I gave him some of my Bottle He invited me to his House which was well built with a handsom Garden with Water in it He entertain'd me with Spoon-meat according to the mode of the Country and when I took my leave he fill'd my Boracho with very good Wine The following days I saw nothing worthy observation the Country being as I have already describ'd it Yezd lyes in the Road almost in the mid-way between Kerman and Ispahan in 93 Deg. 15 Min. of Longitude and 13 Deg. 45 Min. of Latitude It is a great Town in the middle of the Sands that extend themselves for two Leagues round it so that when you leave Yezd you must take a Guide for upon the least Wind the Sand covers the Highway whereby a man may be apt to fall into Holes which seem to have been either old Cisterns or the Ruines of ancient Buildings Between the Town and the Sands there is a little good Soil which produces excellent Fruits but above all Melons of several sorts the Pulp of some is green of others yellow and vermilion and some there are the meat whereof is as hard as a Renneting There are also very good Grapes and good Wine but the Governour will not permit the Inhabitants to make Wine Some therefore they dry and of the rest they make a kind of Confection to cat with Bread There are also abundance of Figs which are large and well tasted They distil vast quantities of Rose-water and another sort of Water with which they dye their Hands and Nails red which they squeeze out of a certain Root call'd Hina There are three Inns i' th' City and several Bazars or Market-places cover'd and vaulted which are full of Merchants and Workmens Ware-houses They also make at Yezd several Stuffs of Silk intermix'd with Gold and Silver which they call Zerbaste and another sort of Stuff of all pure Silk call'd Daraï like our smooth strip'd Taffata's Other Stuffs they make half Silk half Cotton others all of Cotton like our Fustians They make also Serges of a particular Wool which is so fine and delicate that it looks handsomer and is much better than Silk Though I had nothing to do I staid in Yezd three days because I met with

Dominions full Eye-brows which meet together were highly esteem'd whereas the Women of France pull them up by the Roots But which said the King dost thou like best the black or the fair Sir continu'd I were I to buy Women as I purchase Diamonds Pearls and Bread I would always choose the whitest With that the King fell a laughing and orderd me a brimmer in his own Cup which was a great Honour indeed From hence we fell into a more serious discourse concerning the present State of Europe speaking very low and the rest of the Company retiring all the while out of hearing Only I observ'd that there was one Lord middle ag'd and clad after the Georgian mode who stood within five or six paces behind the King and that many times as the King drank he only wet his Lips and gave the rest to that Lord to drink which when he had done he retir'd again to his place Upon inquiry I found he was the Kings Uncle by the Mother's side While we were talking of serious things the Curtisans were bid to retire out of the Hall which they did into a Gallery that look'd upon a Garden where they sate where immediately a Sofra was laid before them cover'd with Fruits and Sweet-meats and one of their Society continually powr'd out the Wine which they drank round without intermission One would have thought they should have been fuddl'd yet when they came in again no man could perceive they had been drinking After they had Danc'd a while they were order'd to retire again and the King sent for his Musick which was both Vocal and Instrumental his Instrumental Musick consisted of a kind of a Lute a Guittar a Spinet and two or three Base Flutes He had also in the Gallery where the Curtisans were a large Ebony Cabinet eight foot high adorn'd with several Silver figures which prov'd to be an Organ that went alone It was part of the present which the Muscovite Ambassadors made the King which he order'd to be set a going that we might hear it as we sate No sooner had the Organ stop'd but the Curtesans were call'd in again and the King caus'd the Gold Ladle to go round commanding that no man should leave a drop When every man had done the King was pleas'd to ask me which of the Curtisan's I thought to be handsomest Thereupon I rose up and taking a Wax-Candle in my hand I went and view'd them all The King laugh'd and being very glad to see my face among theirs Bring hither said he her to whom thou hast most a fancy In obedience to which I pick'd out the eldest as I thought and led her to his Majesty who caus'd us to sit down by him Then the King pointing to another And why said he did you not chose yonder Girl which is younger and handsomer commanding them both to kiss me one after another that I might understand the difference between the Caresses of one and the other But I reply'd that were I to choose again I would make the same choice believing prudence to accompany age However I besought his Majesty to consider that it was not for me to look upon elder or younger and that though he had giv'n me the liberty to send the elder home to my Lodging yet it was not in my pow'r to accept of his favour in regard I had a Wife to whom I never had been unfaithful We had thus droll'd together 'till eleven a Clock at night when the King started another Question Whether any one present knew how to Sing It happen'd that there was one Monsieur Daulier there that Play'd upon the Virginals and pretended to Sing who immediately began a Court-Air But his Voice being a high-pitch'd Voice and for that the Persians are altogether for Bases the King did not like him When I perceiv'd that being in a merry vein though I knew not a Note yet having a good deep voice and clear I sung an old Air that came into my head which begins Fill all the Bowls then fill'em high Fill all the Glasses there for why Should every Creature drink but I The King was so pleas'd that he cry'd out Baricala Baricala as much as to say Oh the works of God! an expression of admiration usual among the Persians By this time it was very late and the King growing sleepy gave us leave to depart which we did very willingly having had hard labour for seventeen hours together The next night the King fell a drinking again and there was in his presence an Agi or Pilgrim newly return'd from Mecca and consequently oblig'd never to drink Wine after that While this Agi staid there was one of the Persian Lords got so impertinently suddl'd that he twice struck the Agi's Turbant from his head refus'd to drink when the King commanded him play'd the fool with the Curtisans when they were dancing and committed so many other acts of folly that the King incens'd at such a continuation of Buffonry in a great fury This Rascal said he has lost all his respect and thinks he is no more my Slave drag him out by the feet and throw him to the Dogs to eat Immediately four or five of the King's Officers came and drag'd him out of the Hall by the feet and every body wonder'd he was not thrown to the Dogs according to the King's Command but 't is thought that some of the King's Women beg'd for him so that his punishment was chang'd There was one of the Curtisans that gave one of her Companions a box on the ear not in the King's presence but in the Gallery where they were drinking together However she did not strike so softly but that the King heard the noise of the blow Whereupon he commanded her that had giv'n the blow to be had before the Deroga or Judge of the Town whom he order'd to expunge her out of the number of Curtisans and to put another in her place that she should have a hundred Tomans giv'n her and that the Deroga should cause her to be marry'd The next day I waited on the King and receiv'd those Models which he had bespoke me to send into France They were the Patterns of certain Drinking-Cups and Trenchers with the Model of a Dagger drawn with his own hand for he had learnt to draw of a couple of Dutch-men that were in his Service The Dagger was to be Goldsmith work enamel'd When I had receiv'd his Instructions I took my leave of his Majesty and then going to wait upon the Nazar at his Country-house I took leave of him also who assur'd me of his affection upon all occasions and did me several kindnesses at my departure The End of the Fourth BOOK THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE PERSIAN TRAVELS OF MONSIEUR TAVERNIER BEING A Politick and Historical Description of PERSIA With the ROADS FROM ISPAHAN to ORMUS CHAP. I. The Genealogy of the Kings of Persia of the last Race AFter that Tamerlane had extended his

the world which there is no remedy can prevent One day an English man in heat of blood had kill'd one of the Kings of Macassars Subjects and though the King had pardon'd him yet both English Hollanders and Portugals fearing if the English man should go unpunish'd lest the Islanders should revenge themselves upon some of them besought the King to put him to death which with much ado being consented to the King unwilling to put him to a lingring death and desirous to shew the effect of his poyson resolv'd to shoot the Criminal himself whereupon he took a long Trunk and shot him exactly into the great Toe of the right foot the place particularly aim'd at Two Chirurgeons one an English man and the other a Hollander provided on purpose immediately cut off the member but for all that the poyson had dispers'd it self so speedily that the English man dy'd at the same time All the Kings and Princes of the East are very diligent in their enquiry after strong poysons And I remember that the chief of the Dutch Factory and I try'd several poyson'd Arrows with which the King of Achen had presented him by shooting at Squirrels who fell down dead as soon as ever they were touch'd The King of Macassar is a Mahometan and will not suffer his Subjects to embrace Christianity Yet in the year 1656 the Christians found a way to get leave to build a fair Church in Macassar But the next year the King caus'd it to be pull'd down as also that of the Dominican Friars which the Portugals made use of The Parish Church which was under the Government of the secular Priests stood still till the Hollanders attack'd Macassar and compell'd him to turn all the Portugals out of his Dominions The ill conduct of that Prince was in part the occasion of that war to which the Hollanders were mov'd to revenge themselves upon the Portugal Jesuites who had cross'd their Embassy to China Besides that they offer'd great affronts to the Hollanders at Macassar especially when they trod under foot the Hat of one of the Dutch Envoys who was sent to treat with the King in behalf of the Company Thereupon the Hollanders resolv'd to unite their forces with the Bouquises that were in rebellion against their Soveraign and to revenge themselves at any rate Now as to the business of China it happen'd thus Toward the end of the year 1658 the General of Batavia and his Council sent one of the chief of the Holland Company with Presents to the King of China who arriving at Court labour'd to gain the friendship of the Mandarins who are the Nobility of the Kingdom But the Jesuites who by reason of their long abode in the Country understood the language and were acquainted with the Lords of the the Court lest the Holland Company should get footing to the prejudice of the Portugals represented several things to the Kings Council to the prejudice of the Hollanders more especially charging them with breach of Faith in all the places where they came Upon this the Holland Agent was dismiss'd and departed out of China without doing any feats Afterwards coming to understand what a trick the Portugal Jesuites had put upon him he made report thereof to the General and his Council at Batavia which so incens'd them that they resolv'd to be reveng'd For by the Deputies accounts the Embassy had cost them above fifty thousand Crowns for which they consulted how to make the Portugals pay double Understanding therefore the trade which the Jesuits drove in the Island of Macao and to the Kingdom of Macassar whither upon their own account they sent seven Vessels laden with all sorts of Commodities as well of India as China they took their opportunity and the seventh of June 1660 appear'd with a Fleet of thirty Sail before the Port of Macassar The King thinking himself oblig'd to make defence against so potent an Enemy endeavour'd to sustain the brunt of the Hollander with the Portugal Ships in the Road but the Hollander dividing their Fleet part of them fought the Portugal the other half batter'd the Royal Fortress so furiously that they carry'd it in a short time Which so terrifi'd the King that he commanded the Portugals not to fire any more for fear of farther provoking his Enemies The Prince Patinsaloa was slain in the fight which was a great loss to the King of Macassar who was become formidable to his neighbours by the good Conduct of that Minister As for the Hollanders they took burnt and sunk all the Portugal Vessels and sufficiently re-imburs'd themselves for their China Expences The thirteenth of June the King of Macassar whose name was Sumbaco hung out a white Flag from another Tower whence he beheld the fight environ'd by his Wives During the truce he sent one of the Grandees of his Court to the Dutch Admiral to desire peace which was granted upon condition he should send an Embassador to Batavia expel the Portugals out of the Island and not permit his Subjects to have any more to do with them Thereupon the King of Macassar sent eleven of the greatest Lords of his Court with a train of seven hundred men the Chief of the Embassy being the Prince of Patinsaloa The first thing they did was to pay two hundred Loaves of Gold to redeem the Royal Fortress again and then submitting to the Conditions which the Dutch Admiral had propos'd the General of Batavia sign'd the Articles which were punctually observ'd For the Portugals immediately quitted the Country some departing for Siam and Cambòya others for Macoa and Goa Macao formerly one of the most famous and richest Cities of the Orient was the principal motive that enclin'd the Hollanders to send an Embassadour into China for being the best station which the Portugals had in all those parts the Dutch had a design to win it wholly Now this City lying in twenty-two Degrees of Northern Latitude in a small Island next to the Province of Kanton which is a part of China has very much lost its former luster But this was not all which the Jesuits and the Portugal Merchants suffer'd The Chief of the Dutch Factory at Mingrela which is but eight Leagues from this City understanding the bad success of the Dutch in China had a contrivance by himself to be reveng'd He knew that the Jesuites of Goa and other places drove a great trade in rough Diamonds which they sent into Europe or else carry'd along with them when they return'd and that for the more private carrying on of their trade they were wont to send one or two of their Order that knew the language in the habit of a Faquir which consists of a Tygers Skin to cover their back-parts and a Goats Skin to cover the breast reaching down to the knees Thereupon the Chief of the Factory of Mingrela taking his opportunity and having notice that two of the suppos'd Faquirs were gone to the Mines to lay out 400000

did for the sake of the Chineses who loving Silver better than Gold carri'd away all the Silver that was coin'd at Batavia at good rates But length they left it off finding so few people that made use of Silver CHAP. XXIV Of the War of the Hollanders with the Emperor of Java HAving taken my leave of the English President I return'd to Batavia where having little to do I resolv'd to give a visit to the King of Japar otherwise call'd the Emperor of Java This King was formerly King of all the Island till the King of Bantam who was only Governour of a Province rebell'd against him the Hollanders being made by the divisions of those two Princes For when the King of Japar besieg'd Batavia the King of Bantam reliev'd the Hollanders and when they were attack'd by the King of Bantam the King of Japar came to their assistance And when those two Kings were together by the ears the Hollanders always aided the weakest The King of Japar keeps his Court in a City of the same name distant from Batavia some thirty Leagues You may coast along the shore to it by Sea but the City stands above eight Leagues up in the Land From the City there is a fine Walk to the Sea where there is a handsome Port and fairer Houses than any in the City And the King would live there if he thought it safe The day before I departed I went to take my leave of one of the Indian Counsellors and telling him that I was going to wait upon the King of Japar he stood amaz'd in regard the King and the Hollanders were mortal Enemies of which he gave me this account The deceas'd King Father to the King that now reigns since the Hollanders built their Fort of Batavia would never have any peace with them And though that during the war the Hollanders took ten of his Subjects for one of theirs and offer'd ten for one in exchange yet he would never exchange one upon any condition whatsoever and charg'd his Son upon his death-bed never to release one This obstinacy very much troubl'd the Dutch General and all the rest in Batavia and oblig'd them to consult upon ways how to right themselves Now it is the custom when a Mahometan King dyes that his Successor sends certain great Lords of his Courtto Mecca with Presents as well to engage them to pray for the Soul of the deceas'd as also to give thanks to God and Mahomet for the coming of a new King to the Throne without any impediment and to pray for the blessing of Victory over all his Enemies But the new King and his Council were at a loss how to accomplish this Voyage for first the King had none but little Vessels that were wont only to sail along by the shore by reason of the inexperience of his Seamen and in the second place the Dutch were always plying to and fro about the mouths of his Havens to surprize his Subjects if they stirr'd forth For the safety therefore of his Pilgrims the King at last concludes upon making an agreement with the English For which reason he dispatches away an Envoy to Bantam to the English President and his Council who promis'd to lend him the biggest Vessel and the best mounted which the Company had in the Indies In lieu whereof the English were to pay but half Customs for ever for all Commodities exported or imported out of his Country Which Treaty being ratifi'd the English furnish'd him with three stout Vessels Mann'd and Gunn'd beyond an ordinary rate Thereupon nine of the principal Lords of the Court and most of the Blood Royal with a Train of a hundred persons embark'd themselves in the great Vessel But all these preparations could not be carri'd so privately but that the Dutch had intelligence of it by their Spies Thereupon the General of the Dutch makes ready three Ships and lying just in the streight of Bantams mouth so soon as the English came up for they had no other way let fly at them so roundly that the English fearing lest their Vessels would be sunk struck Sail which the Java Lords seeing call'd the English Traytors and drawing their poyson'd Daggers cry'd a Mocca upon the English killing a great number of them before they had time to put themselves into a posture of defence And perhaps there would not one of them have escap'd had not the Hollanders come aboard as they did Some of the Java Lords and about twenty of their Attendants would take no quarter so that the Hollanders were forc'd to fight for 't and at last they got the better with the loss of seven or eight men The English Vessel being carri'd into Batavia the General very civilly sent both the Prisoners and the Vessel home again withall giving notice to the King that he was ready to make an exchange of Prisoners with him But the King would not so much as Hearken to any such proposition returning for answer that though the Hollanders had three times as many of his Subjects he would not release so much as one Hollander So that the poor Dutch were kept slaves in Java and the Javanners dy'd miserable in Batavia As for the Javanners they are good Souldiers And it is reported that while Batavia was besieg'd by the King of Bantam in the year 1659 a Dutch Souldier lying in Ambuscade in a Marsh a Javanner little dreaming that any body had been there came to the same place to discover the Enemy and was by the Dutch man thrust with his Pike into his Body Upon which the Javanner finding himself wounded did not strive to pull the Pike out of the body but thrust himself farther upon it to the end he might come at his Enemy whom he stab'd to the heart as soon as he got within his reach CHAP. XXV The Author buries his Brother and is again quarrel'd withall by by the General and his Council WHile I stay'd at Batavia my Brother dy'd and it was pretty to consider what the Dutch made me pay for his Funeral The first expence is for the Fees of those that beg leave for the Corps to be buri'd of whom the more there are the more honourable the Funeral is esteem'd I sent six and paid them to my wonder for that seventy-two Crowns The see for the Pall is a right that belongs to the poor for which I paid two Crowns There was a Vessel of Spanish Wine drank out that cost me two hundred Piasters I gave twenty-six more for three Westphalia Hams and some Neats-tongues and twenty-two for Bak'd Meats To the Bearers I gave twenty Crowns and sixteen for a place in the Church-yard for they ask'd me a hundred to bury him in the Church And all these are Fee's demanded So that my Brothers Funeral cost me twelve hundred and twenty three Livres of French Money Being thus put by the two Voyages which I intended to Japan and Sumatra I was advis'd to lay out my Money