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sin_n neither_o be_v they_o concern_v the_o next_o morning_n at_o their_o be_v over-taken_a the_o cup_n out_o of_o which_o they_o drink_v be_v wooden_a skiff_n or_o little_a dish_n they_o never_o force_v any_o to_o drink_v and_o though_o according_a to_o our_o custom_n they_o give_v the_o cup_n round_o yet_o those_o that_o be_v unwilling_a may_v pass_v it_o by_o without_o any_o breach_n of_o drinking-law_n wine_n a_o prohibition_n against_o the_o drink_n of_o wine_n anno_fw-la 1620._o king_n abbas_n fall_v into_o a_o great_a fit_a of_o sickness_n at_o ferhabad_n occasion_v by_o a_o potation_n of_o too_o much_o wine_n he_o cause_v a_o edict_n to_o be_v publish_v with_o the_o sound_n of_o trumpet_n wherein_o all_o the_o mahometans_n in_o ispahan_n be_v forbid_v to_o drink_v wine_n yet_o the_o armenian_n georgian_n frank_n and_o other_o christian_n may_v carouse_v as_o much_o wine_n as_o they_o please_v provide_v they_o neither_o sell_v nor_o give_v any_o to_o the_o mahometans_n upon_o pain_n of_o death_n this_o law_n be_v with_o great_a strictness_n observe_v public_o by_o all_o the_o mahometans_n not_o only_o in_o ispahan_n but_o through_o all_o the_o king_n dominion_n insomuch_o that_o some_o for_o violation_n thereof_o be_v put_v to_o death_n this_o seem_v to_o be_v too_o severe_a a_o law_n for_o the_o mahometans_n especial_o the_o courtier_n wherefore_o they_o address_v themselves_o to_o the_o aga_n chizi_n the_o king_n great_a favourite_n and_o other_o great_a lord_n at_o the_o king_n court_n to_o implore_v the_o king_n to_o repeal_v it_o with_o promise_n that_o they_o will_v raise_v he_o a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n but_o all_o prove_v in_o vain_a for_o the_o king_n continue_v firm_a in_o his_o resolution_n della_n valle_o who_o at_o that_o time_n be_v at_o ispahan_n in_o persia_n tell_v we_o that_o he_o have_v more_o visitant_n especial_o of_o the_o grandee_n than_o usual_a because_o the_o king_n have_v not_o only_o give_v he_o a_o toleration_n for_o drink_v wine_n himself_o but_o to_o distribute_v to_o those_o mahometans_n that_o visited_n and_o make_v address_n to_o he_o provide_v he_o suffer_v they_o not_o to_o use_v any_o such_o excess_n as_o to_o be_v see_v inebriate_v in_o the_o street_n repair_v home_o moreover_o the_o king_n himself_o drink_v wine_n private_o yet_o very_o little_a that_o so_o he_o may_v not_o be_v a_o ill_a example_n to_o his_o subject_n to_o which_o he_o pretend_v that_o his_o distemper_n force_v he_o according_a to_o the_o direction_n of_o his_o physician_n who_o prescribe_v he_o to_o drink_v only_o what_o may_v be_v conducible_a to_o his_o better_a health_n the_o inhabitant_n in_o the_o province_n of_o persia_n of_o which_o sciras_n be_v the_o metropolis_n drink_v wine_n public_o and_o the_o rather_o because_o be_v far_o from_o the_o court_n they_o be_v become_v as_o it_o be_v lawless_a but_o in_o the_o other_o province_n the_o law_n be_v so_o observe_v that_o it_o be_v dangerous_a to_o mention_v wine_n in_o all_o the_o country_n about_o ardebil_n be_v no_o vine_n partly_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o cold_a and_o partly_o because_o the_o sceichavend_n that_o be_v scheick_v successor_n will_v not_o plant_v any_o there_o because_o it_o be_v a_o sacred_a place_n where_o scheich_n sofi_n set_v up_o a_o new_a sect_n which_o next_o to_o mahomet_n at_o mecha_n and_o that_o of_o aly_n and_o hussein_n be_v most_o follow_v furniture_n kitchen_n furniture_n in_o their_o kitchen_n they_o use_v pot_n or_o kettle_n of_o clay_n and_o some_o of_o copper_n furnace_n tine_v over_o their_o dish_n be_v also_o of_o copper_n most_o curious_o wrought_v and_o be_v tin_a over_o feem_v to_o be_v of_o silver_n beside_o which_o they_o use_v abundance_n of_o china_n dish_n and_o other_o vessel_n but_o in_o the_o village_n they_o have_v earthen_a ware_n in_o all_o the_o town_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v
tomam_n ten_o besorch_n make_v a_o pay_v which_o be_v copper_n and_o make_v like_o a_o dutch_a doit_n four_o pay_v a_o chay_n or_o four-pence-halfpeny_n english_a twenty_o pay_v a_o mamoudy_a or_o ninepence_n english_a twenty_o five_o pay_n a_o laryn_n five_o laryns_n a_o crown_n and_o a_o hundred_o mamoudies_n a_o tomam_fw-la which_o be_v sixteen_o crown_n commodity_n how_o they_o value_v commodity_n rich_a commodity_n be_v value_v by_o toman_o or_o tumains_n each_o toman_n reckon_v at_o fifty_o abascy_n and_o notwithstanding_o this_o sort_n of_o money_n which_o amount_v to_o so_o much_o be_v not_o stamp_v yet_o they_o reckon_v they_o by_o the_o number_n as_o the_o russian_n do_v their_o rubble_n and_o we_o here_o by_o pound_n sterling_a a_o toman_n be_v six_o rixdoller_n or_o three_o pound_n twelve_o shilling_n english_a anno_fw-la 1644._o according_o to_o the_o king_n command_n no_o person_n whatsoever_o dare_v carry_v or_o convey_v any_o rial_n ducat_n or_o new_a money_n to_o 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