‘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’ [‎292] (313/508)

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BB Travels of Peter Delia Valle^
found otie Dtdafcato Jl/attcozCrtck Monk, whofpoke Italim
well 5 as he that had Hv'd many years at renice^nd profefs'd Ikifl
in Mineidts, Chymicai matters, and the like. To him 5 whilfth e
wafiiit Nicajta, I had gotten a friend to write from Larnaca. to
dt fire him to procure me the Cadmia and other Minerals which
you delir'd. But the Letter found him not ia Nicofta 5 %
he was departed from thence to go to Motint'Sinaj. Find
ing Jum heiCj and asking him about the bufinefsj he told iue.
There was to his knowledg abundance of thole Minerals ; particu-
]2iT\\ t Sor7^ A^fi^Melafittria^ACadmia^xoh^ had in fome places
of CjprHfy and that he would have procur'd me fome 3 had fee
known my defire in time 5 but now he could not by reafpn of his
prefent departure, and the place where to have them was very
remote.He gave me certain little pieces of Silver and Gold found
in -CyfrHJj and promis'd me to ufe exquilite diligence for the
reft at his retuin from Monte Sitiay^ which would be within three
Months 5 whereupon, 1 writ to the Conful of Larnaca, that at
his going to Nicofu, where he was fhortly to falute the new Bafha
(for by vertue of a third command from Cenjiantinapk, the new
Baftia was once again confirm'd, and the old ^again depriv'd
with more ftrange - inconftancy of government then everj he
would canfult by the way w ith a renegado Gervianjflho pradis'd
Phyfick there, Pidafcah Matuo told me, knew whereto
find the fa id Minerals for me. WhileftI was difcourfing thus in
the Churchyard with Didafcalo, the Bilhop an ancient man with
a white beard paf^d by^ together with another Monk, who was
going to Church to rehearfe his hours. undbrftandihg who he
was, faluted him, and pafs'd many complements with him in
the Greek Tongue , for he underftood not Italian,
Ottober the firft. The Hollanders invited me a Ship-board
to fee their Ships which were in the Port ; w hereupon, after din
ner, I went accompani'd with Sig. Tarente aboard of two. the
Neptune^ and the S. feter^ in both which we were oblig'd to
drink feveral healths, particularly, that of their Prince Hwr;-
Frederick^ of NaJJau.^ every Cup we drank being foleiiiniz'd with a
Great Gun, and alfo at our departing from the Ships, they
difcharg'd three Pieces, which were anfwered by thofeofall
the reft. , , _ J j
^.<)^p^rthefecond. By Letters from Conjiantinople to certain
Qieek Monks, the news lhad heard at Aleppo^ concerning the
progrefs of the A artar of Cafa, united with the CoflacksofPtf-
an againft the Turks, was confirm^and that about feven hun
dred of their Ships failing to the Confines of Conjiantinople^
done ineitimable dammage, and put the City it felf in fear. They
laid alio that a violent Peftilence rag'd at Conjiantinople^ and that
the Grand Signor.had been grievoully fick, having had in his
own perion (eyenty Plague-lores,of all which notwithftandinehe
rarely lU * W ^ indeed is a ft range thing, and happens but
oMer