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the travels of Peter Delia Valle,
nsr) the tayle^i the (aid Nandi ^ after which they put off their
Pantofles,and fo enter the Tennple bare-foot to pray ami wodfeip
after their manner > of which I have eUe-wherefpokeo. Some
go round about the Tennple before they enter 5 beginning from
the right fide, and coming about to the left, as I faid beferethey
did alfo at Canara in their Proceflions and Ceremonies. Ojiiers
offer Fruits and other things to the Idols, or elfe ftrew grasosof
Rice before them in Oblation: The like they do to the Statae
of the Ox Nandi, andalfoto a Sprig of Bajtl, planted tfeeie
upon a fquare Pedeftal of earth, on one fide of the little Chap-
pel of Nandi. There (land alfo upon the Lake, and other-where
about the Temple, many other little Chappels indos'd with
walls, having feveral Idols in them. In one behind theTerople
ftands the Idol of the Scimione Haniment , in his ufual and ridi
culous Figure of an Ape, and fitting like a Man 5 and isKiee^
'tisftrange that thefe wretched people are not aftiam 'dto^oi-
(hip fuch things. This Haniment was one of thofe or
Apes which helped Rama to recover his Wife, for whk£.
they Imerited Divine Honours 5 and therefore 'twas reaibo fee
ftiouid here have a place near the Temple of wlaidi re-
fembles the fubjoyned Plat-form.

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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 . Translated from the Italian by George Havers. A dedication, written by Havers to the Right Honourable Roger, Earl of Orrery, precedes the main text. The second part of the volume, A Voyage to East-India with a description of the large territories under the subjection of the Great Mogol , was written by Edward Terry, and not, as the frontispiece suggests, by Sir Thomas Roe.

Publication details: Printed by J Macock for Henry Herringman, London, 1665.

There are pencil and ink annotations in margins of many pages in the volume. The index at the end of the volume is handwritten, and contains entries for: Persia, Portuguize [Portuguese], Surat, Ormuz [Hormuz], Cambay [Khambhat], and Shah Abbas.

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‘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’
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:6, 1:480, v-r:vii-v, back-i
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