'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎53] (916/1024)

their living. I heir Orders permit them to marry ? provi
ded they leave their Monaftery. They affift at the Funerals
of great where they lay a kimd of Orizon, founding
their Trumpets and Carnets, while the Bells in their fawds
go at the lame time.
The Tunquimfes aifo have a great veneration for two
Magicians, and one Magiciaaefs. The fell of their Magi
cians, whom they call fay-bm, makes them believe that he
knows the Events o! things to come 5 fo that when they
have any occafion to marry their Children, build a Houfe,
buy Land, or undertake any bulinefs of Confequence, they
confult this Oracle so know what {ball happen to them.
The Magician courteoully receives them, and with a coun
terfeit modefty demands of them (for Example) the Age of
the perfon concerned. Then taking into his hands a great
Book about three fingers thick, wherein ate the Figures of
Men, half Men, and leveral forts of Land and Water Ani
mals, of Circles* Triangles, and Squares, he goes to work,
and at the fame time puts into a Goblet three Pieces of Cop
per, whereon are engraven leveral Characters onely up
on one fide. After he has flhaken the Pieces in the Cup,
he throws them upon the ground as at Crofs and Pile 5 if
all the Characters lie undermoft he looks no further in his
Book, but looks upon it as an unfortunate fign ; but if one
or two Characters come up, he looks in his Book, and
makes the perfbn believe what he pleales. But if all the
Characters happen to turn uppermoft, then the Magician
cries out, that the Party is the moll fortunate in the world.
The fecond Magician is called Tbay-tPhou-Tbouy, to whom
they have recourle in all their Sicknelfes. When any fick
perfon comes to him, he takes a Book full of Figures like
the former • onely the Form of the Book is different, for
this is not above an inch thick, and about four fingers long,
with eight Panes full of Cyphers. If after feveral Apilli
tricks which he aCts before the fick perfon to amufe him, he
affirms that the Diftemper comes from the Devil, he him-
felf, together with the fick party and they that brought him,
do Homage to the evil fpirit : this Homage confifts of le
veral Sacrifices, and the Friends of the fick party prelent to
the Devil, or rather to the Magician, a Table furnifh d with
Rice and other Viands. But if after all thefie Offerings the
fick