Emanuel his Master suffering Zedfadin to enjoy the Title and a pension of fifteene hundred crownes but all command to himselfe himselfe de facto King and lastly by Emangoly-chan the Arch-Duke of Shyraz by help of the English it was taken An. 1622 and by them delapidat and depopulated Let us view it as it was and is The Altitude of the pole here is 27 degrees and though it be without the torrid zone yet what by the sulphur of the earth and oblique reflex of the burning Sun for foure moneths from May to September no place in the world is more hot or scalding it is the custome here to sleep in beds of rayne water which is not very coole neither all day naked the City had a faire Bazzar many Churches and Frieries brave Magazeens stately houses and as gallant a castle as any other in Orient the castle is yet in good strength and repayre the rest levelled with the ground of which I cannot say Nunc seges ubi Troja fuit the soile being uncapable of corne or other graine at that end against Dozar and the great Bannyan tree in the continent the City was built where the sea is so narrow that a Cannon may easily spit over the whole I le exceeds not fifteene myles compasse it is the most barren ground in the world neither tree nor spring of good water could we find in it It has salt silver shining sand and mineralls of sulphur has nothing else worth the looking on And yet from the advantagious standing the laborious Portugal made it the staple and glory of the world secured indeed by many naturall props on all sides commanding Iles and townes to furnish her Larac Azgillia of old Kishmy by some cald Quexome or Broict Keys or Queys Ile Angen Andreve or de los pasharos Kargh Baharem Icara in Pliny Dozaro Iasques and Kostack in Margastan now Mogestan vicinating them So as to the eye of man no place could be more offensive and defensive garrisons of Portugalls ever lying in these Ilands and yet when the God of Nature had decreed a ruine it could not be withstood but was in some regard miraculously effected and at such a tyme as they least suspected it But to doe her all the favour I can let us remember such Princes as have honourd her Sha-Mahomet is the first I find who in the 80 yeare of the Heg Of Christ 700 left his seat at Aman in Arabia and sat downe at Calciat upon the shoare but disliking it removed to Costac in Mogestan six and twenty leagues from Iasques and there built a city which he cald Ormuz and from whence part of Arabia took name to him succceded Soliman to him Izachan to who Mahobet 2 Shawran-shaw who bequeathed the crowne to his Nephew Emer-sha-bedin-Molong whose daughter and heire married Seyfadin Aben-Ezer sonne to Ally-shaw Lord of Keys Iland the crown they wanting issue then came to Sha-Bedin Mahomet his cozen to whom followed Rocnadin Mamut Hamets son who dying An. Dom. 1278 left the rule to his Infant sonne Seidfadin-Nocerat who was slaine by his brother Morad or Masad eleaven yeares after and he forc't to flie into Kermaen by his brothers servant Mir Bahadin Mir Bahadin Ayaz or Ben-Seyfin Ben-Cabadin is forced to flie unable to resist the Turks Morad brought against him so with many of his friends such as hated the Tyrant removed to Kishny but not liking the place rises thence and sits down at this I le Gerun or wood where he built fortified and from the others name namd it Ormuz in the yeare 1312 of the Heg 692 and to him a man of noble extraction Emir-Azadin-gurdan-shaw to him his sonne Mabare-zadin-babron-sha a brave Prince but fell by the axe of treachery Mir-sha-Bedin-Issuff stroke him with who also fell by the late Princes youngest brother Mirza-Codbadin was he cald infortunately banisht by his cozen Melec-Nozamedin at whose death Cobadin returnd and swayd the Ormousian Scepter and at his death left all to Paca-Turansha a victorious Prince yet by death An. 1488 conquered to him Mozad-sha Bedin to him Salger-sha to him Shawez and to him Safadin or Zedfadin 2 subdued by Albuquerq An. 1507 and by him cruelly strangled Nordino Codjeature and De lam-sha attempted the soverainty but Mahomet the right heire was crowned King he dying his sonne Seyd-Mahomet-sha was called King who Anno 1622 was subdued by the English and Persians and at this day lives a prisoner at Shyraz The Persian now is soveraine The particular Acts and passages in taking this famous Citie is thus for some mens better satisfaction remembred At command of Shaw Abbas the Persian Monarch Emangoly-chawn chiefe Lord and Governour of those Territories that conjoyne the gulph of Persia descends with nine thousand men at such a time as he was confident to meet the English Fleet resolv'd to further them in revenge of those many tyrannies they had endured by the braving Portugall The Conditions betwixt them under hand and seale were these 1. The Castle of Ormus in case it were won with all the Ordnance and Amunition to accrue to the English 2. The Persians were to build another Castle in the I le at their owne cost when and where they pleased 3. The spoile to be equally devided 4. The Christian prisoners to be disposed of by the English the Pagans by the Persians 5. The Persians to allow for halfe the charges of victualls wages shott powder c. 6. And the English to be custome free in Bander-gum-broon for ever The Captaines of best note in the Pagan Army under the Duke of Shyraz were Alliculybeg Pollotbeg Shakulibeg Shareearee Mahomet Sultan and Alybeg King of the Port these with the rest of their Army encamped before Bander-gom-broon and two dayes after viz. the twentieth of Ianuary 1622. with small difficulty became Masters of the Port. Upon which the Duke and the English Captaines Weddall Blyth and Woodcock agreed upon an immediate battery and instantly played upon the Castle with a dozen peeces of Cannon for five houres but gave them small hopes of sudden conquest yet that neither pusillanimity nor doubt might be seene amongst them the ninth of February the English transported three thousand Persians in two Frigots lately taken and two hundred Persian Boats good for little other service these so soone as they were landed having formerly made Sconces or Trenches for their men and Bulwarks for the great Ordnance to play on very furiously they made towards Ormus thinking to meet no great opposall but the Portugalls though they let them land and passe quietly into the Towne with equall resolution stopt the current of their fury at first encounter from their barracadoes defended with shott and pike slaying above three hundred and with their Ordnance beat them back with more haste and amazednesse than their approach had courage in this disorder a Flancker by mischance was blowne up but the warre continued little hurt accruing to either party till the 24 of February on
lesse than two houres being fild with nasty raine ending in thunder and flash mingling terribly Tornathos a great while the Tornado troubling us a weather so incertaine and variable as is admirable now blowing fresh and faire and forthwith storming outragiously in one houres space the wind veering about every point of the compasse The winds from East West North and South advance Their force and urge the furious waves to dance Vna Eurusque Notusque ruunt Zephirusque maligne flumine tum Boreas The infectious raines most damnifying the poore saylers who must be upon the decks to hand in their sailes abiding the brunt and which is worse commonly get forthwith into their beds or hamackoes resting their tyred bodies in wet nasty clothes thereby breeding many furious and mortall diseases as burning Feavers Calentures Fluxes Aches Scurvy and the like which doubtlesse did they moderate their bibbing strong waters and shift their filthy apparell might be prevented Other unlucky accidents happen in these seas to vexe them as when in most becalmings they swim in the bearing Ocean the greedy Tuberon or Shark arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them directed by a little Rhombus Musculus or pilot-fish that scuds to and fro to bring intelligence His body is right faire though seeming small And fitly him by name of Guide they call Musculus est parvus visu sed corpore pulchro Hinc piscem vero ductorem nomine dicunt the Shark for his kindnesse suffring it to suck when it pleaseth Many have beene devoured by this ravenous Dogge-fish more have suffered in their members whose shape mistaken in the posture by the Ingraver is thus resembled a Sharke fish By this under 13. degrees we are parrellel with Sierra Leon a Cape land upon the Lybian shoare by old Geographers improperly cal'd Deorum currus Frons Africae Tagazza and Zanguebai in Thevet and Marmolius strengthned by a Castle built by the Spaniard famoused for refreshing our English Neptune Drake at his returne from circumnavigating the body of the whole Earth and that thence to Bab-mandel the entrance into the red Sea Africk is no where broader The Inhabitants here along the Guinea coast Bynnin Cape Palmas Lopez Gonzalvo c. know no God nor are willing to bee instructed by Nature Scire nihil jucundissimum Howbeit the divell who will not want his ceremony has infused demonomy and prodigious idolatry into their hearts enough to rellish the divells pallat and agrandize their owne tortures when hee gets power to fry their soules as the raging Sunne has scorcht their bodies A Ship of ours coasting along and landing for discovery was so admired at by the Salvages as if they never had seene men nor Ship afore Two of our men adventured the shoare some hostages kept in the boat till they return'd and are welcom'd by thousands of those naked black skind Aethiopians who were so farre from injury that they loaded them with Flowers Fruits Toddy and what they judged acceptable after immeasurable admirations returning them safe aboard all contented Cape Verd. April the 18. wee had 15. degrees and ere morne were in height of Cape Verd in 14. degr so named by Florian Hesperion cornu Surrentium in Pliny Lybiae promontorium in Strabo of old cald Arsinarium at this day by the Negroes Mandangan Hacdar by the Alfarabes Discovered by Dio Fernandezo or Antonio di Nolle a Genoan Hesperidae Anno 1445. at the charge of King Alphonsus 5. Famoused especially in the Hesperian Garden enricht with Golden Apples robd by Alcides in despight of that hundred-headed Dragon engendred by Typhon on Echydna 'T was a Greeke fable who surpast for lyes The morall this The garden was a spacious greene and pleasant Field the apples of gold good sheep worth gold such sheep and fleece as Iason had the errour partly arising from the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 admitting a double construction sheep and apple The Dragon no other than a meare or fluxe of the Sea in forme or nature of a Dragon or Serpent invironing it swelling in 100 armes or sluces which Hercules to enrich Spaine passed over and exported The three faire daughters of Hesperus were three honest Ilands in the West adjoyning this garden their names Aeglae Arethusa and Hesperthusa now new named Mayo Sal and Bonavista three other neighbouring them the Atlantiades which we have no leisure now to treat of the magnifique Fabrick of Anthaeus calling us away to look upon but alas we find nothing extant save memory a pallace doubtlesse brave and capacious the Lord of it being no meane nor little man he grew 70. cubits high a dozen ordinary mens proportion a proper man and an excellent log for Hercules to smite at yet the Greekes perswade us his sword could not conquer nor was he overcome when by prodigious force Ioves sonne threw him thrice upon the ground the Earth his mother still reanimating him till being perceiv'd he strangled or choakt him in the helplesse Aire Extreame heat April 21. Aeolus was a sleep one breath of Ayre not comforting us the Sunne over-topping us and darting out such fiery beames that the Ayre inflamed the Seas seemed to burne our Ship sulphureous no decks no awnings nor invention possible able to refresh us so that for 7 dayes 70. are better endured in a zone more temperate wee sweat and broyle unable to sleep rest eat or drink without much faintnesse in this space our Ship making no way no current is felt in the vast Ocean till the fift day the billowes began to rowle and the Ayre troubled travelling with an abortive cloud which suddenly fell downe in forme of an inverted Piramid wonderfull and dangerous A cloud as I apprehend exhaled by the Sun a powerfull Magnet not agitated by the wind and missing the retentive property in the lowest region distills not in sweet drops but diffudes or falls hideously the whole cloud together so impetuously into the Ocean Spouts of raine that many great ships as if a thousand milstones or cataracts had fallen have beene dasht and sunke past all recovery and what 's little lesse formidable the stinking raine is no sooner in the Sea but as a fearefull farwell a whirlewind circles with such violence as helps the cloud to lash the murmuring Seas so furiously that oftimes the waves or surges rebound top gallant height as if it meant to retaliate the Ayre in another region God be praised we mist the rage of raine the gust somewhat affrighted us but it contraried Seneca's Philosophy Finis alterius mali gradus est futuri a pleasant Breese first increasing into a happy gale cooled the Ayre and posted us out of those exuberances of nature so that on May day we crost under the Aequinoctiall Aequator a circle imagined to divide the world into two equalls from either Pole ninety degrees and where we lost sight of the Sydus salutare the Pole-starre of a third magnitude fixt in
him hee forsakes Decan and through Gulcunda and Orixa speeds into Bangala yea with foure thousand horse and three hundred Elephants passes the solitary deserts and so suddenly presents his forces afore Dehaka that Abrahim-cawn governing that Province blasted with amazement flies away first to Bannaras then to Meslipatan and knowes not where to rest securely whiles Curroon smiles at it without stay or let commands his treasure with mony and faire words so bewitching most of the Umbraves of that fruitfull Country that they immediatly came to do him service with horse mony armory Overjoyed with such good hap this daring Prince breaks into Purop flashing as to the other such terrour into the eyes and heart of Makolidischan the Governour that without any show of manhood or pollicie hee posts to Elabass to acquaint Rustan the Captaine with his danger by whom in stead of thanks he is soundly rated and for his cowardize imprisoned Curroon heares of it but so long as hee continues prosperous hee regards no mans misery but rather by such increases his activity passing his Army over Ganges he aymes at Kerry not doubting of the conquest but by the way at Radgee Mahal is with such fury assaulted by Ebraim-chan by this time reincouraged and here ambuscadoed with six thousand horse that little wanted of foiling him had not Abdul-chan behind with best part of his Army hastily brought up his troope and by 3 houres skirmish recovered him after three thousand were slaine of Curroons party and foure thousand of Ebrahims who also lost his life by his too great avarice amongst his men and out of too much appetite to regaine his honour so lately blemished Curroone rubricates this in the Kalendar of his greatest dangers and deliverances it teaches him to travell with more care and vigilancie but disswades not from the prosecuting his unjust designes spoiling robbing all that wealthy Province and entring as Conquerour Tanda and all Gouro Banaras Chatighan and all such Townes in Orixa and Bengala as resisted him preying upon their gold and jewels acting many unchastities and forcing their oaths and hostages to become his subjects thence to Pathan whither Radgee Vslem with five thousand horse and twenty thousand foot came to serve him Perwees heares of Curroons extravagancies and intends to curb him he commits Brampore to Rustan-chan and Laskar-kawn and with 50000 horse aymes with long toyle at Elebasse and entring Lala Bersinghs territories Lala meets him with 7000 horse and gives him a Present of 3 leck of roopees Iangheer lest hee should surfet of delight at Cassmeer entertaines the newes of his sonne Curroons fresh outbreaking as also of Ebrahims death and sad discomfiture but fearing his vagrant sonne might grow too potent if too long suffered in his exorbitancies hee rowses himselfe and forthwith commands Chan Iehan out of Molthan and Buckarr to raise some Companies and to hasten into Gousurat with the tribute of those Provinces to advance a brave Army and joyne with Perwees against the Rebells Chan-Iehan being come to Fettipore he there loyters and as long at Agra wraps himselfe in idlenesse forgetfull of the Mogulls command the Princes need and his owne honour yet Rustan Captaine of Elabas shewes himselfe of better temper for having imprisoned Mokolidaschan for his feare he thenceforth labours to fortifie his Castle with men money and provision which when Curroon heard hee alters his intent and drawes his forces against Rantas a strong defenced Castle which by Syet Monbark is yeelded upon small treaty hee also assaults Tzinner which tho a while well kept by Hastibeg is in the end delivered after this Abdulchan forces Iangheer-Coolighan Captaine of Bonarce to Elabas and Wazer-Chan to Ioonpore and other Townes whereout they drew abundance of treasure and hearing of his brothers approach with Mahobet-chan to forfet prevention he intreats Abdulchan Radgee Rhiem and Byram-chan to try their fortune against Elabasse by Rustan-chan so strongly defended they obey him and with all haste besiege it and next day assault it with utmost fury but by Rustan are as bravely beat off and forced to retreat with shame and danger In that action the seed of so much emulation and spleene kindled twixt Abdul and Radgee Rhiem as was not quencht in long tyme and without both destructions Sultan Perwees and Mahobet-chan hasten if posssible to be at Elabas ere the rebells rose from before it they passe Backery and Municpore but Abdul-chan hyes thence over Ganges and at Bonarce or Banaras joyne with Curroons army Ghan-Ganna imprisoned Ganganna banckrupt in credit with Curroon and Abdul-chan had not beene long in Perwees army but by Mohobet-chans command for some unworthy plots is imprisoned which a servant of his M'hia Fehiem by name took so impatiently that he consorts with 500 men and ambushes twixt their passage to Kalpin and Lala's country by force attempting his Lords delivery his good will was much and good but the successe bad and bitter for Mahobet-chan fearelesse of such a scarecrow in small space slew him and his rash society Ganganna thenceforth is more strickly look't to his estate confiscated his wife and son and family are upon Elephants sent slaves to Agra whiles Perwees Mahobet and the Army arrive at Elabas where by valiant and faithfull Rustan-chan they are welcomd and lodged in the castle with much pompe and joyfull entertainment Mahobet-chawn is impatient of stay till he could come to grapple with Curroones Army who by that tyme had assembled a great company allured by the magick of his gold and tempting language to runne a bold hazard with him to the gates of Death neere Thonec 15 myles from Banaras they pitch their camps in view of one another either side resolv'd with the utmost of valor and policy to purchase victory Ganges that great rich and deified river which say the Bannyans issues out of a rock at Siba formed like a Cowes head a whiles forbad them restrayning eithers fury save what volleyed from the roring guns to eithers prejudice Beyrambeg began the play with 4000 horse and forraged towards Elabas but is by Mamet Shawma met upon Shawezi's bancks where his men were discomfited himselfe slaine and his head severed Mahobet-chan interprets this as a good Omen to the battell inflamd with courage he drawes out his troopes but knowes not how without apparant perill to passe his men over Ganges till by a Native he is directed to a safe ford where he got over luckily he gives his company some incouragement and delayes not to affront Curroon to his face Curroon willing rather to lose life than swallow such an indignity orders his campe and desires Radgee Rhiem with his Elephants to answer him this couragious Captaine most gladly undertakes it and gives Mahobet so hot a charge yea with his warlick Elephants so disordred him that had Abdul-chan or Derra-chan seconded him as was appoynted Curroon had easily obtaind a glorious victory but they swelling with envy against this brave man
expence of 90000 lac of roopees trebled They delay not but with extremity of rage assayle him and in two houres by villany of Amir-chan and Sheirgodgee his chiefe Captaines who betrayed him get the victory forcing him into the castle which for two dayes kept safe but in the third was by treason entred his men slaine his treasure taken and to make him incapable of future ambition has his eyes put out Sultan Bullochy not suffering him to be killed That done they againe proclayme Bulloch Emperor of Industant and Lord of the Moguls and send Eradet with 20000 horse against the Virago Queen who hearing how ill her sonne had sped and doubting treason in her Army lets fall the Majesty of her spirit sighs at the perfidy of her brother grieves she slew him not when she had him in her power complaynes of her owne wickednesse in continuing so long inraged against Mahobet-chan deplores her abusing his valiant sonne and with a dejected eye beholding the sudden eclipse of her glory and the inconstancy of her Friends she wraps all up in dismissing her guard and disroabed of her bravery submits to Bulloch's mercy who comforts her gives her his oath of safety and during his reigne affords her all respect and freedome But long this good Prince injoyes not his soverainty for Assaph-chan seeing all as he desired speeds away a sure post with letters to Curroon who made such haste that in 14 dayes he runne 2500 of our myles to Daita 8 course from Necanpore and from Brodera or Radjepore 120 to the East in Decan there finding him overjoyed with such good newes and sending his excuse to Melec-Amber the Decan King hasts on with Mahobet-chan Zulpheckar-chan and 7000 other rashboots and mancibdars through Guzurat to Amadavad where by Saffin-chan he is welcomed there hee slept not long for making Agra the object of his race he bids farewell to Saffin-chan and with a greater troope feeding them with great promises when he had the crowne in three weeks travell comes to Agra where he claymes the Imperiall Title and is by his owne favorites proclaymed King by name of Pot Shaw-Iehan then giving notice to his Father in law Azaph-chan how farre and with what successe he had travelled as also that so long as Sultan Bulloch was living his owne greatnesse was but counterfeit Assaph-chan flesht in former homicides and not caring how so he could fixe the Dyadem on Curroon at that tyme tottering he makes Radgee Bandor of his counsell who forthwith without examination of right or wrong posts to Lahore and with Assaph-chans keyes enters the hummum or Bath where the innocent Princes were and with a horrid speed and infernall cruelty strangles them all to lead Curroon through such a bloody path unto the crowne In this miserable sort A.M. 5598 A. D. 1628 A. H. 1008 dyed young Bulloch but three moneths Emperour of Industant or great Mogul in that massacre accompanying him Sultan Sheryar Sha-Ethimore and Sha-Hossen the baptised sonnes of Prince Daniel two sonnes of Sultan Perwees two sonnes of Sultan Morad or Amurath all whose carcasses were without any respect buried in a garden in Lahore neere the entrayls of Iangheer but their heads as an assurance of their death sent to Curroon to glut his eyes by so horrid a Spectacle with infernall ambition The murther of the royall blood of Industand being known to Chan-Iehan Zied-chan-and other Umbraves they are orechardged with amazement and feare they see Assaph-chan guilty but want power to question him especially by inquisition hearing it was Curroons commandement they heap up a thousand maledictions on their heads and crave vengeance from above to recompence them Curroon peceives the Empire storming at him but his incantations quickly quiets them And now after much toyle having through the Ocean of inconstancy arrived at the port of greatnesse and ease as he thought he gives order for his solemne coronation which accordingly by a generall assembly of the great Umbraves and Nobles of his Empire is performed by second proclamation assuming the Name of Sultan-Sha-Bedyn-Mahumet Then he orders the affaires of his Monarchy placing and displacing at his pleasure the Seraglio of his father is shut up Normall and her three daughters are confined stricktly Assaph-chan is made second in the Empyre and next him Mahobet-chan Abdul-chan is released Channa-ziedchan is made viceroy of Bengala againe Ambassadours from Persia Arabia Tartaria and Decan come and joy him in his greatnesse Divers Radgees as Radgee-kessing from Nagor Chan-Azem from Azimeer the puissant Radgees Mainsingh Tzettersingh and Ghessingh from Fettipore with 50000 horse move with great and solemne state to Agray whither after six weeks came Assaph-chan Zadoch-chan Eradet-chan Rustan-chan Saffin-chan and Mirgomley to all whom he gave thanks for ther severall Favours remitting and putting in oblivion all offences and insults during his rebellion After which he proclaymes a Iubile celebrated by all men there with all sports and delights possible Thus has Curroon through a sea of blood attayned the highest port and dignity of the eastern world surrounded with delights and guarded by a power in his conceiving unresistable but these sinnes he makes nothing of have apparantly in these our tymes drawn downe the heavy Iudgments of God almighty both in taking his beloved wife away the week of his inauguration since when he has made his daughter by that dead Lady his wife incest of so high a nature that that yeare his whole Empire was so wounded with Gods arrowes of plague pestilence and Famine this thousand yeares before never so terrible 1634 1014 The sword also seemes to threaten him the Persians having snatched from him Kermaen and Candahar the Tartar Kabull Sheuph-Almuck indangers Tutta and Lourebander Radgee Ioogh with his Coolyes trouble Brampore and two counterfeit Bullochyes have sowne the seed of an universall rebellion The event of all is in the hands of God who in Infidells hates sinnes of blood incest and dissembling wee will close this story with a caveat from a heathen but of more reason and temperance Quid ille qui Mundum quatit Vibrans corusca fulmen Aetneum mann Stator Deorum credis hoc posse effeci Intor videntes omnia ut lateas What that great Iupiter the world that shakes When Aetna's thunderbolts in hands he takes Think'st thou from him who all the world doth see In lurking holes concealed close to bee To end all at our being in his country he came within two dayes journey of Surrat and in a ceremoniall way the English merchants ships thundred out his health by 200 great shot which he most thankfully accepted of T is high tyme now to renew our Travaile Diu. Adjoyning this and in the Cambayan Territorie is Diu or Dew in former times call'd Delta frō a resemblance of that in Egipt Patala Patalena and Hidespa as Arrhian Pliny and Strabo have it seated at th'entrance into the gulph in the latitude of 22 degrees 18 minutes North from Ormus
Moheia rather from fish a calumny had three sonnes Ally Hushan Achmet Ally sirnm'd Abenhassen had no issue his father and he were both buried in Sheraz An. Dom. 940 heg 320. Hussan by death of his elder brother was Lord of Parc Hery Hierac and Corasan Acmet had Kerman and Macron To Hussan succeeded a stranger Zedday-Mohee by name brought in by Mustapha the Babylonian Calyph to whom succeeded Eyna-duddaule that had no issue So Rocnadaul Hussans sonne got possession of his fathers seigniories and dyed Anno Domini 980. heg 360. dividing first his crowne lands amongst his three sonnes Sherfa-daule Shamsdaules and Bahao-daules The eldest had Shyraztan Larestan and Kerman the second Hierac and Diarbec the youngest had Gerioom and Taburstan Sherfadaule dyed issules Anno Dom. 990. heg 370. the second brother inherited but the envie of traitors gave him small joy for hee was buried not long after his Coronation whereby the seigniory came to Bahao-daules the youngest sonne of King Rocknadaule Bahaodaule governed twelve yeeres very succesfully and at 's death commanded his eldest son Sultandaule to succeed him this Prince was train'd up in field exercises from his cradle and by his valour much inlarged his Empire yet could not defend himselfe from Hocem Masharafdaule his restlesse brother till by agreement the Kingdome was divided to Sultandaule Farsistan and Aywaz to Hocen Hyerakeyn At that time Gelalâ—daul their brother was invested with the Caliph-ship of Bagdat Anno Domini 1021. heg 401. and Sultan-daul at last dyes and is Anno Domini 1025. buried in Shyraz with great solemnity Abdul-cawn his sonne ruled after him but perceives the Crowne to totter yea to fall off by the unnaturall practises of Syarfuddaul call'd also Abul-favar his traiterous Uncle forced thereby to fly to Gelaladaul his other Uncle the late made Kaliph who is glad of this occasion having long lookt with a squint eye of ambition upon his Nephews Diadem but dissembing it with a brave Army he descends from Bagdat and with ease dethrones Abul-favar but mounts himselfe into the throne to Abdul-cawns amazement who to save his life flies into Arabia whiles Mahomet Gaznehy from Hindostant falls upon Ayrac and Shervan but is repeld most shamefully into Sablestan Parc at that instant being miserably trod under-foot by the Turquemen and Deylamans ere long Abul-favor gets so highly into the Calyphs favour that hee is confirmed in his former title but in the way death cut off his claime leaving Abdul-cawn the banisht Prince his right who upon this faire advantage returnes and is joyfully welcomed but surfetting of too much joy hee lived not long after it for commending his body to the earth he gave the royalty to Aben-melec-Rahim his sonne who dyed Anno Domini 1054. heg 434. without issue and in whom after a race of fifteene Kings took end the Moheyan pedegree To him succeeded Abumansor who pretended himselfe true sonne of Gelaladaul the Caliph he took to wife Danta daughter of Toshalbeg and dyed after five yeeres greatnesse in Kermoen and lyes buried at Hurkawn not farre from Iasquis he had five sonnes by that Lady Abumansorphulad-sotun Chozroe-pheruz Abu-becr Abuzeddai and Aboally-kay-kozrao Abumansor inlarged Shyraz and did his best to make it strong and beautifull but whiles he busied his fancie at home he looks not abroad such time his ambitious brother Cosroe-pheruz gripes him and takes unjust possession of his Territories but revenge pursues him for being invited to Bagdat to see his sick grandsire Toshalbeg for his cruelty to his brother he is put into a loathsome prison where famine and stench made an end of him But this could not terrifie Abuzedday the fourth brother from intruding into Abumansors right albeit his injured brother had escaped and gathered a resolute Army who so stoutly stood his friends that Zedday is slaine and his associates banished It seemes Abumansor was borne to an iron destiny unable at his second returne to safegard himselfe from Fazele his Liefetenant that unawares detrudes him into a deadly prison adorning his rascall browes with his Masters Diadem Aboally will none of that he takes a happy advantage and pulls it from Fazel's brows and crownes him with one better becomming Traitors of flaming iron Aboally after hee had soveraniz'd seven yeeres is arrested by grim death Anno Domini 1100. heg 480. and for want of issue the Scepter falls to Mahummed Abutalip Togrulbeg sonne of Michael sonne of Salgucius sonne of Didacus a Turqueman In the Salgucian family it continued till Mahummed Abul-casen dyed Anno Domini 1220. heg 600. without any issue A race of Tattarrs followed led by Cingis-cawn Lord of Ketoa-kotan Maurenahar and Gaznehen Almostansor-bila-Mansor then sitting Caliph of Mecca and Bagdat To Cingis-cawn who dyed Anno Domini 1228. heg 608. followed Tuki-cawn and Chagatay-cawn from Chagatay-cawn descended Tamberlan whose issue now rule Hindustant After the Tartars the Turks a fresh planted here led by Chara-Mohummed An. Dom. 1415. Heg 795. a Karakula guspan or black sheepe as they call themselves banisht Anno Dom. 1470. Heg 850. by Acen-beg call'd also Vsan-cassan an Armenian Christian whose grandson Alvan was the last white sheepe or Acorlu-guspan shorne mortally by Izmael-Sophy his ambitious kinsman An. 1504. Heg 884. This Izmael was great Grandfather to Abbas now Persian King of the Ben-Ally or Sophian Genealogie Let us now what pace you please to Perse-polis not much out of the road but were it a thousand times further it merits our paines to view it being indeed the only bravo Antique-Monument not in Persia alone but through all the Orient PERSEPOLIS first call'd Elamis from Elam sonne of Sem sonne of Noah was built enlarg'd rather by Sosarmus a Median Dynast third from Arbaces that put a period by death of Sardanapalus to the Assyrian Monarchy begun by Belus Nymrod and Iupiter and in a glorious succession of one and forty Emperours commanding the world till Arbaces subjected Babylon By Cambyses sonne to Cyrus the magnificent it was most beautified and from him to Darius Codomanus continued Empresse of Asia two hundred thirty yeares in a line of thirteen Monarchs till Alexander by conquest of all Asia made prostrate also this glorious Citie betrayed by Teredates and demolisht by vehement perswasion of Thais an Athenian harlot who in revenge of Xerxe's expedition into Greece never gave over exasperating the giddy Macedonian till shee saw it flaming an act so unworthy Alexander as hee sought to quench it with his teares A Citie so excellent that Quintus Curtius and Diodorus Siculus intitle it the richest and most lovely Citie under the Sunne A high and stately Tower it had circled with a triple Wall sixteene cubits high the first adorn'd with battlements the second was two and thirty the third of threescore cubits high of delicate polisht Marble entred by many gates of burnisht brasse To the East rose amiably a hill of foure Akers in which in stately Mausoleums were intombed the Monarchs of the world Many rare
City is taken at one end But these mutations did not so eclipse her as Selechus Nicanor did by envy and policy Anno Mundi 3645 building a City in the conflux of Tigris into Euphrates where Coch first stood and then Alexandriae new naming it Seleucya 50 miles thence 300 stades sayes Marcellien and to add lustre to his owne by the decay of the other illured from Babylon six hundred thousand soules in small time making that late triumphant Empresse of Townes sit naked and disconsolate the reward of her incomparable pride and tyranny Ieremiahs prophesie in the 50 51 then being accomplished The violence done to mee and mine be upon Babylon Behold I am against thee O thou most proud c. The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken her high gates shall be burnt with fire she shall become a heap a dwelling place for Dragons and it shall be said how is Babylon become an astonishment a hissing and a desolation among all Nations Alexander when he took it inricht his coffers with two hundred thousand Talents of gold betrayed by Bagophanes the Eunuch and here Terrarum fatale malum sydus iniquum gentibus as a Critick calls him Alexander the worlds great victor disroab'd himselfe out of his life by quaffing too much Oxe blood to Hercules his emulated Progenitor Anno Mundi 3647 337 before the Incarnation at the age of 32 having troubled the world 12 yeeres and 8 months his death foretold him by a Calanus or Bracman Thus much concerning Babylon not that Al-Cayro in Aegypt neere old Memphis in the same place where Latopolis stood built by Cambyses the Persian and new named El-cayro by Gehoar Leiftenant to El-Cayn the Kalyph as I finde in the first and eight books of Leo's History of Afrique by the Hebrews call'd Mezraim by the Caldees Alcabyr Myzir by the Arabs and Massarr by all Armenians BAGDAT rais'd out of old Babells ruines is in 36 deg 20 min. North in 82 of longitude built in that part of Meso-potamia the Persians call Yrakein the Turks Diarbec the Arabs Iazirey the Armenians Meridin It receives the name Bagdat I suppose from Bag-Deh i. e. a Lordly Citie or from Bawt-dat i. e. a Princely garden some say from Bugiafer the Babylonian Kalyph who disburst two millions of gold to reedifie it after that cruell devastation made there by Almerick King of Iewry But long shee enjoyed not this glory for Chyta a Tartar Prince gives order to Alako his brother to divest her who accordingly sackt it with a barbarous rage and greedinesse cruelly tortured the then Lord or Chalyph Mustaed-zem but in the yeere of our Lord 762. Heg 142. Almansor or Abviapher the Calyph pittied her delapidations and taking a precise time when by a good influence of the heavens it might in future times be fortunate he begun to reare her up againe and builded the Mosq ' in that place where one Bagdet an Eremit had made his hermitage and from whom it may be 't was so called Almansor gave it another name Medina-Isalem i. e. the City of peace or as Ben-Casen thinks Deer-Assla i. e. the Church of peace An ill spirit it seemes hanted it for after shee begun to breath anew and to adorne her head with Majesty another cold Northern blast benummed her Tangrolipix or Sadoc Lord of the Zelzuccian family and father of the Ottemans takes it in despight of the Arab and Persian An. Dom. 1031 Heg 411 and forced her to bow under the yoak of miserable bondage Howbeit once more an Arabian Chalyph re-comforts her Negmeddin-Fidall-ally by name sonne to Emyr-Elmummyn after whom Addaë-daul And Siet Saife-Daddaul did their best to inlarge her and to them according to Acmad-Abu-beker followed Almostacer-bilah sonne to Almoctadi-bila Anno Dom. 1100. Heg 480. all which severall Calyphs were rich and liberall such as spared neither cost nor paine to redintigrate her bulk and memory Ismael-Sophy conquer'd it from Bajazeth but Solyman regained it from Sha-Tahamas from him the Persian King Mahomet sonne to Tamas wrested it Anno Domini 1566. Heg 946. by a neat stratagem he entred unsuspected in disguize of a Merchant fifteene hundred other Noble warriors in like habit driving into Bagdat a Carravan of three thousand Camells but upon the watch-word throwing off their gownes they brandisht their glittering blades in the eyes of the astonisht garrison The Persians kept it till the yeere of our Lord 1605. Heg 985. when it reverted to Turkish thraldome but Abbas could not suffer it for An. Dom. 1625. Heg 1005. most bravely he beat the Turqs thence and the Tartars from Van in Armenia and to this day holds both though ten times the inraged Turqs have attempted to recover it Let us now into the Towne Bagdat at this day scarce equalls Bristow in bulk or beauty the circuit may be three miles and better including fifteene thousand familes It is watered by Tigris call'd Diglat and Dyguilah somewhat broader than the Thames but not so navigable nor gentle In all this City is nothing worthy the present observation save the Bridge the Mosque the Sultans Pallace the Coho house the Buzzar and the Gardens The bridge resembles that at Rohan in Normandyl it has a plain easie passage over 30 long boats concatenated and made to separate at pleasure The Mosque is builded in the West side large round and very pleasantly rais'd of white free-stone brought from Mosul old Ninivy The Sultans house adjoynes the great market it is large but low and neere it are some brasse peeces the Turks left there against their will a little Chappell also Panch-Ally by name is note-worthy memorable in the impression of five fingers Mortis Ally by a trick that he had made in the solid stone there The Coho house is a house of good fellowship in the evening many Mussulmen assemble to sip a sort of Stigian liquour a black thick bitter potion brewed out of Bunchie or Bunnu berries more reputed of in that it increases Venus and purges melancholy but most of all from a tradition they have that Mahomet sipt no other sort of drink save this which was first invented and brewed by Gabryel in the Coho house they also inebriate their braines with Aracc and Tobacco The Buzzar in Bagdat is square and comely The Gardens are sweet and lovely all put together shew no more artificiall strength wealth nor bravery than do many neighbouring and late up-start Townes about her Twelve miles lower is seene a grosse confused Mount by some thought the rubbish of Nimrods Tower slimy bricks and mortar may be digd out of it I rather imagin it the ruine of that monstrous Temple which was erected by Semyramis in honour of Bell or Iupiter Belus Grand-father to Nynus At some distance it Is better perceiv'd than when neerer hand the insensible rising all the way it may bee occasions it what more or more properly can I apply than in our owne tongue what an old Poet warbled in
and drunkennesse Their complements were heartie and not various to equalls affoording imbraces to superiours bowing the head and knee to this houre continued without much alteration the rest I offer not this in my conceit sufficing to parallell the moderne customes and to set them off with better lustre Of the Persians at this day The religion of the Persians at this day I have fitted by it selfe without commixture Speak wee of other observations They are very superstitious it may be noted from our adverse fortunes as we travelled for when wee stood at their mercy to provide us Mules Camells and Horses how hasty soever we appeared they took no notice of it nor cared to set us forward Their superstition except by throwing the dyce such a chance hapned as they thought fortunate a ceremony diduced from the Romans who had their albi atri dies In every mischance also or in sicknesse they use sorcery prescribing charmes crosse characters letters anticks or the like taken most commonly out of their Alcoran Nicromantic studies are much applauded as profound and transcending vulgar capacities many in those parts make a notable living of it and few Siets there but can exorcize Force In battell they have few tricks or stratagems yet prosper in an honest bravery There are many severall rancks and degrees amongst them foure most remarkable Chawns Coozel-bashes Agaes and Cheliby or Coridschey The Timarrs or Turqmars are more despicable In a common muster the Persian King can easily advance as appeares by roll and pension three hundred thousand horse and seventy thousand good musquetoons Such forces he can march withall but seldome exceeds 50000. enough to live together in such barren Countries Forces to particularize as some have partly the Sultans and their Command may better prove it Mirza Fetta has under his Regiment fiftie sub-Bashaes of note each of them commanding three hundred men His horse troopes are thus raised Emangoly Chan of Shyraz has under his charge 30000 horse Dav'd Chawn his brother Kaza-can Lord of Sumachy Assur-chawn Lord of Myreyvan Zedder Lord of the Kaddyes and Gusseroft Magar Sultan of Tabryz each command 12000 horse Soffy-chan Sultan of Bagdat Akmet Kawn Lord of Miscarroon Gusseraph-chawn Sultan of Koom Zenal-cawn Lord of Tyroan each his charge of 15000 horse Isaac-beg 24000. Ethaman the Vizier 17000. Soffy Koolican 16000. Gosserat-chan Governour of Arabestan Perker-cawn Lord of Gorgestan Hussan-chawn Lord of Ery Manwezir-can and Sinall-chawn Lord of Sigestan 10000 each of them Mahomet Governor of Genge 8000. Ham-sha-cawn of Dara 7000. Aliculi of Periscow 4000. Morad of Asharaffe 6000. Badur-can the Darragod 6000 and Dargagoly sonne to Gange Ally-can Sultan of Candahor 4000 three hundred and twenty thousand horse or there-about wonderfull when I consider the miserable pastures and want of other provant to encourage their horses with making chopt straw and a little barley serve the turne but by that thin dyet find them lesse apt to diseases and more couragious In peace they are not alwayes idle solacing their active bodies in sundry sorts of warlike exercises They cannot dance except as Pirrhus taught the Epyrots They love to hunt and chase the Stagg the Antilope Gazal Exercises Tyger Bore Goat Hare Fox Jackall Woolfe and the like abounding there In which pastimes they have singular skill courage and dexterity in Bow Dart Scemiter Gun and Javelin Their Harquebuz is longer than ours but thinner and not so good for service They can use that very well but detest the trouble of the Cannon and such field peeces as require carriage They have good Greyhounds not unlike the Irish apt to encounter any Lyon They have Spaniells also but not so good as their Hawkes may challenge They have many excellent Eyeries of Eagles Lannars Goshawkes and Hobbies their best Falcons are out of Russia and other Scythick Provinces they fly them at choise game commonly at Hares Jackalls Partrich Phesant Herne Pellican Poot Estrich c. Their Lures Jesses Varvills Hoods are richly set with stones of great price lustre The vulgar sort delight in Morice dancing wrastling assaulting bandying Ram and Cock-fighting wherein they spend much time but value not their money to see Boyes dance or Lavoltoes upon the rope wherein they are very excellent Their Physitians are great admirers of Nature Physicians and doat so much thereupon that they make that oft-times the first causer which indeed is but instrumentall or secundarie morall men they are and humane in language and garbe both which beget esteeme and honor from all that know them and did not avarice a vice predominating there and by occasion of sicknesse in me full dearly exemplified and Magick studies too far sway them I could value them above the rest however as they are they passe for a generation usefull and exquisite They have degrees transcending one another in Title as their skill and Seniority merits The Doctors are nam'd Haekeems it may be radically from the Hebrew word Hachajim that is a life-preserver Mulaii in the Arabick Mountebanks or Imposters are nick-nam'd Shitan-Tabib i.e. the Devills Chirurgion They are Masters of much knowledge and ignore not the Mathematiques Many Arabick Writers have flourisht in those parts most of whose Bookes they read and practise by namely Galen Averroys Hippocrates Alfarabius Avycenna Ben-Isaack Abu-Ally Mahummed-Abdilla Ben-Eladib Abu-becr Rhazis Algazzallys ' and Albumazar In Geography Abul-foeda and Alphraganus from whom they better their discourse and by such Lectures become admirable Nor want they the knowledge of herbs drugs and gums the Mydan in Spahawn abounding in singular variety and than which no place in the world can more aptly be termed a Panacaea a Catholicon of herbs of drugs a Magazein ' gainst all diseases having also no lesse choice of delicious fruits rare gums and aromatique odours This I observed that to such of us as had fluxes they gave Sloes Ryce Cynomon Pomgranad Barbaries to purge melancholy Alloës Senna Rhuparb for phlegme Turbith for colds sweatings oyles of Beaver of Leopards of Jackalls herba maris our Ladies Rose c. Which I note to shew you they have some skill and resembling Europaean prescriptions Howbeit sweating in Sudatories is the Epidemic Physick there most us'd of least charge and very usefull insomuch that some Cities have above threescore hummums or baths some say three hundred Phlebotomy is but little us'd not that it is bad not perhaps because Galen and the other old Naturalists never us'd it They desire rather to tread in an antick path of ignorance then by any new invention or wholsome study to wrong the judgements of their predicessors because forsooth Eventus varios res nova semper habet And hence it is as I imagine that they continue their maimed calculations out of a blind conceit that antiquity commanded them for they compute their yeares only by the Moone Lame calculations not by that course and motion of the Sun affirming that the firmament
and five hundred Attique or Euboick Talents Crowne revenue in our summes forty hundred thousand crowns or there abouts therfore might they easily lavish out such prodigious expences Out of Indya also they yearely received three hundred and threescore Talents of gold The crowne revenue at this day is little lesse albeit the jurisdiction royall be not halfe so spatious and amounts to mighty summes Tahamas Anno Dom. 1560 received eight millions of crownes gathered from fifty Sultans who farm'd his in-comes besides an annuall present or tribute of 20000 crownes Leventhibeg a Georgian Prince never fail'd to send him and 12000 horse the Curdyes 'twixt the two Seas also eased him of payment and Abbas at this day from silk tribute and exactions receives yearely above nine millions foureteene millions and 280000 florins some say 357000 Tomans in Persian money in ours 1190000 pound sterlin And though the ground by a continued flaming of the Sun be barren in grasse trees or the like yet it hinders not that her womb is rich and uberous for besides her store of rarest marble the earth from her concave bosome oft-times discovers many rich mineralls and stones of lustre Jacynths Jasper Myneralls Chrysolites Onix Turquoises Serpentine and Granats the Pezars and Pearles than which no part of the whole world has better also no lesse valuable Of old the Persian hills have been famoused for Mynes of gold Plautus in Sticho remembers it The Persian hills he may deserve to hold Which if the proverb lie not are of gold Mereat Persarum montes qui esse aurei perhibentur c. and Varro alluding to their tempting excellencies thus The Persian mountaines nor the Lydian state Our mindes from care or zeale can seperate Non demunt animis curas ac religiones Persarum montes non divitis atria Croesi But whether they have any now or no I know not Thus having done with this of old record we the coynes at this day used Coynes the Abbassee is in our money sixteene pence Larree ten pence Mamoodee eight pence Shahee foure pence Saddee two pence Bistee two pence double Cozbeg one penny single Cozbeg one halfe penny Fluces are ten to a Cozbeg the gold coynes are Sultanyes Duraes c. but few seene all but the Cozbegs and Fluces being pure silver the other brasse and currant all o're his Monarchy I have else-where described the buildings in Persia a word of their beds and other customes Their beds are generally Cotts of two foot height Beds or foure posts strengthened with girthweb a shagg or yopangee atop of double use serving as an Vmbrella abroad at home a Coverlet in Summer their Slaves attend about them some to waft and to beget coole ayre others to scare away the Gnats and such like buzzing vermin The men account it no small shame to urine standing but call such dogs rather than Mussulmen we beleeve them they mundifie their genitors after it and to that end have Slaves every where attending them with Ewers of silver to cleanse pollution they hate to see men walk such they think mad a madder thing to see them ride tho not a stones-cast journey Their horses are of the Arabian breed bodied like Jennets Horses but farre more swift and couragious they curb their fierie mettall with sharp cutting bitts a ring of iron also helping them their bridles are long and studded with gold of such mettall are their pummell 's and stirrops their saddles are usually of velvet high close like the Morocco sort the trees are curiously painted those they borrow from the Tartar are hard and small and close sure but not so easie They are generally fat and in good liking albeit their fare be meane and slender a little bagg fill'd with barley and chopt straw hung about their heads is both livery and manger they strictly tie them to a proportion more or lesse breeding death or diseases The Mules are no lesse valuable of better service where the passage is sandy desart or mountanous Men use Horses and Asses to ride upon women never but upon Camells every Camell loaded with two Cages or Cajuaes as they call them holds two women of wood coverd with scarlet commonly low and not suffering them to stand upright but lesse grievous in that for most part all sorts sit cannot endure long standing when any mans Haram travels they are guarded with leane-fac't Eunuchs without weapons to offend women but arm'd with bowes swords to defend theÌ„ against any bold or curious opposer upon sight of any of them all travellers fly out of the way albeit they be the best men in Persia to make good the custom and to prevent such mischiefe as jealousie drawes too oft along with it enflaming there as quickly as in any other part of Asia where we will finish our domestick view and turne our eyes upon other objects their Language first next their Religion and as a farewell end all in a compendium of her Emperors I will offer you their Alphabet writ in their owne Character to which if I add somwhat of their present Language it may both shew thee the affinity it has with the Saxon in many words for from the Sacae a people neere Mount Taurus they borrow both Name and Descent and peradventure benefit the future Traveller Aleph bea tea sea Icam hea chea taul zaul. rea zea zean sheen saut zaud. ctea zcea. me kine phea caufe coffe Lom meam nuen wow Loomealephloy yea 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cumque superba foret Babilon spolianda tropâ—oets English Persian GOD VVHoddaw the Sunne Afta the Moone Maw a Starre Nacosh the Sky Kabowdas a Cloud Sephyte the Earth Zameen Emperour Pot-shaw King Shaw Queene or Empresse Beggoon Prince Mirza Duke Cawn Marquesse Beglerbeg Earle Sultan Lord Beg Lady Conna Lords sonne Beg-Zedday Gentleman Awgaw Merchant Soldager Souldier Cowzel-bash Lord Ambassador Elchee-beg President Visyer Judge Cauzee or Caddi Justice Darraguod Chancellor Mordaer Constable Calentar Purveyor Mammandar a Christian Franghee a Moorish beleever Mussulman a Jew Iehewd an Armenian Armenee Persian Farsee Indian Mogull Georgian Gorgee Sarcashan Carcash Turk Tork A Church Dear a High Priest Mustaed-dini an Arch-Bishop Kalyph a Priest Mulai a holy man Hodgee a begging Fryer Abdall a Saint Meer a Prophet Emoom a Prophets son Syet Emoomzedda a holy Father Padre a Father Bobbaw a Mother Mamma Madre a Brother Broder a Sister Qhvaar a Sonne Zedda a Daughter Daughter a Boy Oglan Pissar a Girle Daughter a Mayden Whotoon a Cosen Choul a Friend Memam a Slave Colloom a Servant Marda a Foot-man Shooter a Groom Mitar-bashe a Cook Ash-pash a Butler Suffrage a Barbar Syrtrash a Physitian Hackeam a Doctresse Dayah a Mountebanck Shytan-Tabyb a Scribe Vikeel an Interpretor Callamaehé a speech or lang Zavoan a Mechanick Oastad a Man Adam a Woman Zan the Head Serry Hayre
and in another fight Rashed-byla his sonne at Hispahawn To Masud in Gasnehen succeeded Sha-Aesolan slaine by Babaron-sha his brother Ar. Heg 499 to whom followed his sonne Cosrhao who after he had forraged India dyed A.H. 540 and in him took end the Sabutaque family In those times as Kaliphs of Babylon and part of Persia were Ghaladuddaul whose seventh successour Mustaed-zem was slaine by Cingis Chan An. Heg 580 Almostansor bila Mansor in his place governed Caldea and Persia Of those Tartars I have formerly spoken Descend wee therefore to the yeare of our Lord 1415 Heg 795. such time as Chara-Mahumed the Turk re-entred Persia Hee ruled three yeares and left Kara-Issuph to succeed him who also after three yeares dyed at Casbyn and left six sonnes viz. Pir-buda-cawn Scander-mirza Ioon sha Sha-Mahomet Abuzedda and Mirsa-Absall all which dyed untimely by envie and one anothers emulation Of those seven Ioon-shi was last and he also slaine with Acen-Ally his sonne by Acem-beg at that time the family of the Guspan Caraculu or blacksheep ended and the Guspan Acorlu or white-sheep took beginning The first were Turks the last Armenians The Armenians subdue i◠Acem beg otherwise call'd Vsan-Cassan conquerd Persia An. Dom. 1470. Heg 850. he subjected Hyrac Trakeyn Aderbayon Kaboncara Mosendram Carman and Cusistan and after eight yeares command dyed at Kazbyn in Shervan was solemnly buried He left behind him seven sons Ogorlu Sultan-Kalyl Iacob-mirza Iosias Yssuf Maczud and Zenal-beg O gorlu was poysoned Kalyl was slaine by Maczud-beg Iosias and Synall were slaine in the Turquish warres Iacob was murthered by a Whore at Tauriz and Yssuf dyed of an Impostume The seven sonnes of Vsan Cassan being all dead the Empire descended upon Baisangor Iacobs sonne hee was deposed by Rustan-beg sonne to Muczud-beg Next yeare Baisangor return'd with many of his Armenian friends but in the way dyed Rustan that yeare was dethroned by Hagmet beg sonne of Ogorlu and he by Kacem-beg and Hayb-Sultan two powerfull rebells who also by Alvan-beg were slaine and in Spahawn all of them buried Alvan-beg Baisangor's brother after he had ruled Persia five yeares An. Heg 878 was vanquished by Ismael his Aunts sonne and two yeares after Morad was slaine at Spahawn In him ended the race of white sheep who under Acem-beg had conquered Persia In Ismael revived Saint Azmully and Mortis-Ally's glory whose successors at this day rule Persia I will very briefly touch some passages of their Reigne that I may hasten to our other Travells Ismael sirnamed Sophy was invested Monarch of Persia An. Dom. 1500 Heg 880. He drew his pedegree from Mortis-Ally King of Persia Anno Dom. 750 Heg 130. In a descent of 35 Princes some of them are thus named Abi-Taleb or Abutalip had Mortis-Ally Father of Mahomet Mahadyn from whom Mutar Saint Asmully and Salyn descend to them these Shec-Sophy Eddin-Isaack sirnamed from his learning and piety Cutb'b el-eulya to whom in order are these Shec Moses or Mizra-Sedryddin Shec-Ally-Shec-Ebrahym Siet-Gunet Shec or Siet Aydar and Shaw-Ismae Whose Title to the Crowne was this Shec-Sofy such time as Tamberlane returned from his Turquish Conquests this Shec was of that holinesse and fame that that great Monarch vouchsaf't not only to visit him at Ardaveel but also to expresse his best affections Hee made no other use of the Tartars favour save to beg the lives of many thousands of miserable Persians whom by Hoharo-Mirsa's folly Tamberlane had markt out for death That act added infinitly to the Santo's credit Tamberlane dyed Anno 1437. Heg 787 and is buried at Anzar in Cathaya The Persian Saint lived but three yeares after him of whom I may say as Horace did of another Crescit occulto velut Arbor aevo Fama Sophyi Syet Gunet his sonne by the excellent report his Syre had honoured him with not only inheriting his fathers repute but so popularly beloved that he suddenly hatches the ambitious thoughts how to dispossesse Ioon-Sha of the Empire Hee attempts it divers wayes but finds none so sure as by making a Schisme in their Religion he therefore dictates a new Currawn wherein he villified accurst the three successours to Mahomet and magnified Mortis Ally adding this That he was lineally frō him descended Ioon-Sha espies his drift and seeks to kill him But he doubting no lesse avoyds it and flies into Armenia where Vsan Cassan entertained him with all respect possible and to make it more apparant bestowes his daughter Martha Kadaijon Katun the Persians call her upon Despyna daughter to Calo-Ioannes Emperour of Trepisond upon Aydar his sonne on whom he begot two sonnes Ally-Sha sirnamed Sulyman and Sha-Ismael Ally was slaine in the Cradle by Prince Iacup their Uncle Vsan Cassans sonne But Ismael found mercie from Rustan Amansor sent to murther him and who lived to revenge his fathers and brothers death upon him Aydar in the Annalls of Persia is said to have subjected Trebizonal to have him sat as Emperour 8 moneths conquerd afterwards by Mahomet first Turquish Emperour Upon Vsan Cassan's conquest of Persia he also recovered his Barony of Ardaveel but by the treacherie of Iacup at his besieging Tabriz was slaine by Pharuc-Issur the then Viceroy of Sultany and Tabriztan I have told you that Ismael in revenge of his Fathers murther and to make good his claime from Ally in two battells wherein hee vanquisht Alvan and Morod Kings of Persia made himselfe Monarch of that Empire For upon his flight into Arzenion he was so welcommed that in memorie of his Grandfires kindnesse to them when hee begd their lives of Tamberlane they all rose in his defence namely those great Tribes the Auxarchiars Romlu Sufiah Estayalu Kayridac Versabli Shamlu Zulcaderlu c. by whose help hee slew Pharuc Issup conquerd Shervan at Tabryz beat Alvan and in himselfe establisht the Empire In memory of which and the other hee gave Morod that yeere neere Shyraz hee instituted an order of Coosel-basha's in them both memorizing his discent from Mahadyn 12 sonne of Ocen of Ally and Mamalucks who then flourished Bajazet the Turk squints at Ismaels greatnesse having formerly in his appetite devoured Persia But such was Isamel's high courage vertue that he not only resisted the utmost furie of Bajazeth but also made the Tartars and Indians tremble at his fortune The Persians honoured him the Armenians loved him but the Jewes deified and assured him hee was the Messias they so long wayted for but Ismaels severity towards them upon that blasphemie made them quickly recant and rather think him a second Vespasian Ere I goe further let mee speake a word of his sirname Sophy Ismael at his Coronation proclaim'd himselfe King of Persia name of Pot-Shaw-Ismael-Sophy Whence that word Sophy was borrowed is much controverted Whether it be from the Armenian idiom signifying wooll of which the Shashes are made that enobled his new order Whether the name was from Sophy his Grandsire or from the Greek word Sophos imposed upon Aydar at
Gentry by The better sort are habited in silke and a sleight sort of satten the meaner in black cloth made of cotton their coats or vests are long and quilted made to tye under the left arme after the usuall garb of Asia their sleeves are also very long and at the wrist very strait their shoes are many times of such stuffe as bee their coats and soaled with cloth or callicoes some have them richly imbroydered The greatest variety amongst them is in their head attire some knit their hayre in cawles of silk of horse-hayre some and some with fillets of gold or silver others weare high caps or felts made of fine twigs round and commixt with silk of divers colours and other-some an antick sort of hat high crown'd round one halfe without brim and tawny coloured The women are commonly modest and differ not in apparell in that a like vaile of white linnen wholly couers them shewing nothing but their polt-feet which from their infancy are straitned so as to make them alla mode many of them are maymed They tollerate Polligamy and Sodomy yea what else their lustfull idle natures can dictate to please their effeminacies They are generally crafty proud lasie jealous complementall and voluptuous Musick Poetry Painting and Stage-plaies delight them exceedingly they care not what they spend in luxury and fire-works they eat in porcellane and have their dyet in many but small dishes their meat minc't and which they take up with two sticks of bone or Jvory but some have their nailes so long as may excuse them for to touch their mouths or meat with fingers is held absurd and impious their drinck is commonly hot and by its tast and colour seemes to be such a Coho potion as they drinck in Persia they drinck oft and little The Louthya's are served on the knee and much regarded they all sit upon stooles and eat on Tables And albeit no Nation in the world is more idle and gluttenous yet are no beggars to be found there if he be young and beg the whip rewards him if old or lame or blind the Hospitall releeves him Murder they punish with death theft and adultery commonly with the strappado their Justice is severe and impartiall their prisons strong their executions beheading or starving them The Mandarins are honoured the Chyam's reverenced the King adored no Subject nor Ambassador ever sees or speaks with him save his children and Eunuchs except by petition They suffer Ambassadors or others to enter China so they bring presents of valew otherwise they suspect them as spies and no way honour them The Chynaes are curious in novelties and love to see strange Arts which they also delightfully practise few of them but has skill in some thing either in tillage making China dishes or porcellane to paint sing or play well the Mathematicks they affect the civill Laws they use not letters but Characters or Hyerogliphicks of which they have above 40000 they write neither to the right hand nor to the left as the Latin and Hebrews did but right downe and simmetrically they write with pencills made of horse hayre such as they also paint with their language is most part of monosyllables they be generally Poets and Musicians affected with Rhetorick and Divination The Schollers and Merchants in this republique are much more honoured than the Souldiers bee and some reason they have for it They are so cowardly lasie and tyrannicall No people in the world more honour their King than do the Chynaes they suppose him too glorious for them to look upon they obey his will in every thing they fill his Exchequor yeerely with above a hundred millions of crownes they call him The undaunted Emperour and great Lord of the whole World Son of the Sun and beauty of the whole Earth No people whatsoever expresse more filiall respect unto their Parents than the Chyneses do they obey them at all times and every where they do nothing to displease them they marry not without their assent their childrens Names are at their disposing they honour them bee they never so meane releeve them bee they never so poore at their death expresse all symptoms possible of their loyalty and duty and seldome mourne lesse in white linnen as did the Jewes than two or three yeeres the longer they mourne they think they the better expresse affection They arrogate all sorts of excellencies whether in Art or Science as peculiar to their Nation they think their Speech the most sweet and rhetoricall of any in the world what other people have they judge deducted and borrowed from their transcendent Notions They say they are the most ancient and immixt people in the Universe and borrow nothing of any other Nation They say they first invented Letters or Characters Guns Painting Tillage and Navigation yet in none of these for all their brags can they parallell us of Europe For their antiquity I deny not but they may have continued their plantation and without much mixture admirable if so for the Tartarrs and Siamits have oft over-runne them since the first seminary begunne by Sem in those parts yet may others in that point compare with them I might nominate the Bryttains for I regard not their Lies and Histories of such Kings as reigned or such Conquests as the Chyneses obteined long before the birth of Time a hundred thousand yeeres ago unlesse wee qualifie it by the example of the Arcadians whose yeare had but ninety dayes of the Massagers who had fifteen yeeres or of the Aegyptians who had twelve yeeres in one of ours following the course of the Moone and not the revolution of the Sunne nor regarding the Dies intercalares an error most of the Orientall Ethniques are plunged in Their letters are not so succinct as ours their Hieroglyphicks come short of the Aegyptians Their Guns are not so serviceable they have them not above a span long so that they rather resemble Pistols than Guns nor are their bore nor squaring so good as ours so strong so near so mathematicall Their painting is of good colours but their designing farre short of our invention they draw the postures filthily and shadow meanly which doubtlesse in painting makes the perfection Their husbandry is without Art or Reason the graine is good the soyle rich the Zone moderate and yet their corne is neither so various so good nor so certaine as be our Harvests Their Navigation is lame they build many ships but without beauty or service nor have they much skill in sayling their Logarithms and Mathematick instruments to take the height of the Sun by failing them their Compasse also is defective for they have but eight or twelve points at most to distinguish by nor is the Magnet till of late acquainted with them for all which they say they see with two eyes we with one and that all other people be more than purblind in sottish ignorance They delight excessively in all sorts of games and voluptuousnesse