‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [‎25] (46/508)

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Into the EAST-INDIES.
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The Commendator promised to do us this kindnefs as (bon as
poffible, nor was it long before we were advertis'd of an oppor
tunity i The Commendator's Steward, who takes care of the
like bufinefles, came to know of us how many Coaches we
flioald need 5 Sig: Alberto fpoke to him for one for himfelf, and
I for twOj intending to carry Sig* 1 jyariuccia with me;, becauie I
thought not fit to leave her in Surat without me, although (he
had the company of good Women. I offerM the Steward money
for the Coaches, but he refus'd then to take it, faying that it was
not the cuftome, and that at our return, accounts Ihould be
made up 5 for (b they were wont to deal with thoie Hackney -
men, with whom the Nation has always long account for fuch
matters} and I, who undetftood things no otherwife then by
this information, fuffer'd my feff to be perfwaded. Now, on
Monday the 2 3 11 of February^ beingtheday for our letting forth,
befides the three Coaches for Sig: and me, and two others
fullof Dutch-tnen who were to go this journey with us, all in
very s^ood order for habits and arms, and alio with a Trumpeter
with a filver Trumpet to recreate the Travellers, the Commen-
dator himfelf came to my houie with many others of his follow-
crs in their City-Coaches, to conduft me forth and fet me
in the way. He accompany d me to a certain place without the
City, where, in the (hadow of a fmall Chappel, we convers d to
gether for a good while, and were entertain d with fundry
fruits, particularly with Grapes, which here in we have
often eat ripe, fweet, and good in February, yet green of colour,
like thtDva-Lugliatica^ox early J^^-grape of Italy 5 and I believe
there is plenty enough to make Wine. Whilft we were in this
place, a Poft came to the Commendator from Agy a and from
the Court, with news that 5^/^ ^3 ^^£5 of the Country,
hadfentone of his principal Chans, call'd Ashf Chan^to Agra^to
remove the Royal Treafure thence before the ai rival of ^Sultan
Chorrom, one of the fame Kings Sons, lately rebell'd againfthis
Father, and then reported to be upon his march with his Army
thither : And from Agra it was (ignifi d,that things were in great
danger of alterations through this'war rais d^ between the Father
and the Son, with great danger of the whole State^ of India.
This notable Paffage happening in my time, will give me oc-
cafion to write many things worthy of memory, ufually attend
ing the like Conjunftures, and being prefent in the country,
perad venture lihall hereafter be an eye-witnefs, or at leaft have
certain intelligence of fundry occurrences. In the mean time^
to the end what I fhall have occafion to fpeak of thefe Revolu^
tions may be better underftood, I fhall here give fuch account 01
the State of the King and his people,as may fuffice to give light to
all the reft.
Sciah Seltm, ( who, as I have formerly writ to you, is 0 ^
the greater part of India, between Indus and Ganges, and whole
Countries are extended Northwards as far as the cliffs of mount
£ rtanrns^
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