'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎126] (147/448)

Jin untic^JToi/yih,
, ■ . • „ ari ojH Goats-head, and with a fcornful pull tore it afiinder, crying out
^ Lhwhoddaw i e God be thanked, the ftanders by with a loud yell applauding him; This
ttnom* But what was he to fpeak of Marw (oue of the thirty Tyrants) who
wfrh one of his fingers cofild overthrow a loaded Wain? Or rf Polydamas, who with
one hand would hold a wild Bull by his hinder leg, as Ctxl. Rhod. and
^ort But in remembring thefe 1 had almolt forgot how that is intombed
M/e'c Mdhomet, one who in thefe parts is not a little famous for fomenting the autho
rity of his Matter Mahomet, when the Saracens (not liking the innovation ) firft began
t0 Next nkht we loft one another by a carelefs.alfociating, whereby we procured to our
felves a miferable lodging in that folitary wildernefs, having neither grafs, nor trees,
nor water j but ftones (which gave no refrelhment) and fand in abundance; nor be
held we other than Oftriches, Storks and Pelicans for companions. The Earth has
heret^ore worn Flora's Liverybut, by the rage of War and continued ardor pf the
snn heromesmiferablydeferf, or rather from the wrath of Almighty God ^(as
the kinelv Prophet Hags) makes a fruitful
ther%, Next day we quefted in fearch of our Carravan, and after fome pains reco
vered it That night we again pitched in the Defett, and were entertained by fuch a
fudden ftorm of rain, thunder and lightning, as made our chear very wretched, impn-
fonine us alfo in our Tents. Next day we had the weather more comfortable, the fight
of a few Date and Maftick-trees exceedingly refrelhing us. report, that Ma-
fi-ick is found no where but in Syo, was here confuted, By the way we took notice of
an old-conceited Tomb which inhumed a harmlefs Shepherd: Hung it was to and fro
withthreadstripartite (peradventure lhadowing out aTnmty) each thread being trim,
med with parti-coloured wool-, at each end of which was placed a puppet to proteft
' : "i foie Cvorefs-branches ftuck about, to revive (as I then apprehended ) an anti
quated Ceremony mentioned in Virg.Uh-z- which then was to ereft
—Stant manibus Ara;
Casrulcis moele vittis, atrique Cupreffo, rnmm dwith
And in the 6 <t/Eneid.
About the fides they mournful Cyprefi place.
And that it was an ancient cuftom to adorn the Sepulchres of the Dead with fillets,
lib* 4. Siharum faith;
Pandc fores Super urn Vittataqj Temp la Sabasij;
Nubibus & pecudum fibris fpirantibus imple.
Et ab arbore cafta
Nc^lent purpureas niveo difcrimine yittas_,
faith another Poet. And Valer* Fbtccm lih.%. to the fame purpole*
Ultima Virgineis turn flens dedit ofcula Vittis,
The next (being the two and twentieth of February) by the way we had fome fport
in diflodging a wild Bore^hom we purfued, but aeither fhot nor dogs could reach im.
That night we made Cuubobbo our Manzeel: Mohackjwx next *, m which are buried A
hornet, mctjree, Izmael and My, four MulTuImannHh Dodors, intombed here four hun^
dred years ago, and reforted to with no fmall reverence. Next day to where
the People in few years before fuffered in an high meafure by Locufts, wh^h th
parts are fometimes infefted with: Yet not fo much as the more South and al e y
parts of the World * where as God's revengeful Armies they are obferyed to fly in num
bers infinite and in order admirable, devouring the fruits of the Earth fo excee in §}»
that famine commonly enfueth. Howbeit, irifome places the Inhabitants in requx v
devour them again, efteeming them both favoury meat, and eafie or digeition.
next day we got to Vnghea', the day following to Moyechaw, the next to
(leaving Bobbaw-hodree on our left hand) and next night pitched a farfangh Ihort^
ran. According to cuftom we expeded a ceremonious entrance: But feeing x
out to that purpofe, our Ambalfador (who was ever fenfible of his Mafter s H 1 ;
fent his Mammandar to the Governour to demand frefh Horfes and fitting accmmio
tion. The Baragmd in perfon came to diifemble his negled *, firft excufmg the