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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06357	A display of two forraigne sects in the East Indies vizt: the sect of the Banians the ancient natiues of India and the sect of the Persees the ancient inhabitants of Persia· together with the religion and maners of each sect collected into two bookes by Henry Lord sometimes resident in East India and preacher to the Hoble Company of Merchants trading thether	Lord, Henry, b. 1563.	1630 (1630)	STC 16825; ESTC S108886	68,332	182

rescue of her who with fury and resolution vindicated and recouered the Child from the Griffins that would haue torne it in peeces and with gentle hand putting the Child into the wombe of his Mother did by soueraigne Art close vp the rupture that was by the Griffins torne and dilacerate whose Agony thus mitigated by this worthy Person the Griffins were driuen away the fierynesse of the heauens altered and Dodoo awaked out of her dreame and slumber But the Passion she suffered in this vision fixing the forepast occurrences more strongly in her phantasme she related to her husband the particulars of her dreame whose passages being so remarkable she conceiued it to be an Omen either for good or euill touching the child in her wombe whereof being desirous to be satisfied shee with her husband repaired to one that was a Southsayer to bee informed touching the significance of this vision The Diuiner informed them that this vision partly foretold good partly euill that should happen to the Child that was in her wombe that by the fire which gaue light was imported some strange Reuelation that should bee showed to the Child euen to the enlightning of the whole world which in that it did shine in heauen the reuelation should bee touching some heauenly businesse by the Griffins was set out Enemies that should endanger the life of the Mother but principally endeauour the destruction of the Child by the Man was signified God aboue who should represse the might of those enemies that they should neither effect their cruelties on the mother or child but also those dangers should he driuen away as appeared by the restitution of the heauens to their wonted estate and the driuing away of the Griffins from the woman with which interpretation Espintaman and Dodoo being highly satisfied they rerurned home awayting the hopes that lay folded vp in this Child Time hauing his accomplishment played the Midwife and brought forth this Child who was no sooner brought from the darke wombe to open light but bewrayed the ioyes he was to bring to the world in open laughter so the time comming when hee should receiue his name they called him Zertoost which importeth as much as a friend to the fire because the Southsayer had prognosticated such good to him by the fire his mother beheld in the vision But these notable things concerning this Child could not so bee concealed but that they were bruited to the eares of the King of Chyna who fearing least he was borne to depriue him of his Kingdome or some of his Successors did vnderhand send the Griffins dreamed of that is certaine Conspirators to betray Zertoost to destruction who attempting euill against him had their sinnewes shrunke vp and came to vntimely ends so that euery one was discomfitted in attempting euill against one whom God so miraculously preserued But about twelue or thirteene yeeres of Age a great sicknesse tooke him which the King hearing of hee wrought secretly by a certaine obscure Physitian to administer to him poysoned physicke if by such meanes hee might ridde away his life but Zertoost sensible of their euill practises towards him refused both the intruding Physitian and his banefull medicines and weary of the wickednesse of the place solicited his Parents to flye into Persia by which meanes they should auoyd those mischiefs that the King intended towards them which would at some time or other either bereaue them of him or him of them They chary of their hopes in him harkened to his aduise and did by the rysing of the next Sunne betake themselues to escape away the various accidents that befell them by the way we omit onely it is deliuered that meeting with deepe Riuers that impedimented his passage hee congealed them with hard frosts and so past ouer and after long trauaile arriued at the King of Persia's Court in the Reigne of Gustasph lately mentioned his Parents applying themselues to such courses as might best procure the supplyes of liuing and Zertoost wholy dedicating himselfe to the seruice of God and Religious deuotions as to which from his Infancy he seemed inclined CHAP. IIII. Shewing Zertoosts meditation of the Worlds wickednesse he goeth out to enquire of God some Reuelation for the Worlds better gouernment he meets an Angell is rapt to Heauen his request of the Almighty his Vision hee receiueth a Booke from the Lord and returneth backe from heauen againe ZErtoost thus arriued in Persia and there making his aboade vpon a time went into the fieldes and reuoluing in his minde the worlds wickednesse how one followed his lusts another his pride another his belly and Epicurisme another his cruelty that one sought the depopulation of Countryes another the oppression of inferiours and none obserued good Gouernment or had a good Religion or worshippe amongst them he beganne to examine the causes of all this wickednesse that thus reigned amongst men belowe and found it partly because Lucifer had laboured to corrupt and make naught that which God had made good next because men had receiued no Lawes or good Institutions in those parts to restraine them from sinne but euery man liued according to his owne deuise liberty and liking whether it were euill or good Hereof Zertoost more seriously considering desired God to giue him some Reuelation for the worlds better Gouernment and the establishment of Religion amongst men and conceiuing the publique place where he was not fit for so excellent Communications hee went out further till he came to the point of a valley where two Mountaines ioyned together when sodainly there descended before him as his face was bent towards the earth an Angell whose wings had glorious Pennons and whose face glistered as the beames of the Sunne saying Hayle Zertoost beloued of God what is it thou requirest Zertoost replyed that he desired to enter into Gods presence to receiue some diuine Lawes to deliuer to the Nations that so they might liue in a better obseruance of his feare So the Angell adminstring something to him to cleanse purifie his body to make it capable of entrance into so pure a place bade him cloze his eyes and he would transume and rappe him vp into that place of glory where hee should come into Gods presence whither being carried by the Angell he beheld such ioyes as were too mighty for his feeble senses so that vnable to sustaine them he fell into a Trance till God gaue him power to endure the height of those pleasures and being returned to himselfe beheld the glory thereof and heard the Almighty speaking as one encompassed with flames of fire reuealing to him the secret workes of the Creation in what order he made his Creatures and reuealed to him things to come shewing him that he should receiue Lawes for the worlds better Gouernment and the establishment of Religion with many other things not fit to be vttered neither by Zertoost euer published Then Zertoost ready and willing to publish to all people what might be needfull