‘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’ [‎462] (483/508)

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next noon, crying out moft lamentably while flie was able to
fpeak in her language 5 as xhzShunamits Child did in hisjS King.4.
dh n/y heacl^yhead ! Which horrid execution., or rather murder
was aded near our houfe: where the Eunuch by the command of
the faid King was brought very near the place where this poor
Creature was thus buried alive 5 and there in her fight cut all in
to pieces.
That great King would be often overcome byWine 3 yet (as
if he meant to appropriate that (in to himfelf) would punifli
others with very much feverity 3 who were thus diftempered.
Sometimes for little, or no faults^ the Mogol would caufe men
to be moft feverely whipt, till they were almoft ready to die
under the rod^which after they muft kifs in thankfulnefs.
~ Hecaufedoneofhis fervants of the higher rank to be very
-inuch whipt for breaking aCto^-Cup, he was commanded to
keep fafe, and then fent him into China^ (which is a marvellous
diftance from thence^) to buy another.
Sometimes in other of his mad diftempers he would condemn
men to fervitude, or difmember, or elfe put them to death;, as
facrificesto his^witl andpaflion, notjuftice. So that it might be
faid of him, quando male nemo "pejus ^ that when he did wickedly
none could do worfe, as if it had been true of him which was
fpoken of that monfter Ner^obferved before, who was called
Ltttum Jangnine maceratumfint foaked in blood.
For his good adHons, he did relieve continually many poor
people 5 and not (eldom would (hew many expreffions of duty
and ftrongaffedionto his Mother then living, fo that he who
efteemed the whole world as his Vaffals would help to carry
her in a Palankee upon his (boulders.
The Mogol would often vifit the Cells of thofe he efteemed re
ligious men, whofe Perfonshe efteemed facred, as if they had
been Demigods,
And he would fpeak moft refpedively of our bleffed Savi
our Chrift^but his Parentage,his poverty^nd his crofs did fo con
found his thoughts, that he knew not what to think of them.
Laftly,the Mogol is very free and noble unto all thofe which fall
into, and abide in his affection, which brings me now to fpeak
SECTION XXVI.
Of the exceeding great Fenfions the Mogol gives unto his
SnbjeSls^ how they are raifed, and how long they are con-
tinned^ &c.
WHich great revenues thatman^of them do enjoy a makes
them to live like great Princes rather than other
men. Nowforthofe Penfions, which arefo exceeding great,
the Alogol in his far extended Monarchy allows yearly pay
for one Million of Horfe j and for every Horfe and Man
about eighteen pounds ftetling per annum^ which is exadly pa-id
every