'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎33] (54/448)

Trefier-fohn. ^Ethiopia^
iAro,nata in PtoQm which theCity ZeyU Hands near unto that Bay called as
we fin ^ eX P r , eired mT ' 01 :t Table of ^. from and p aces
near which doubtlefs were of greateft value to him, both in reference to
the Sea, and Gold thofe parts afford abundantly i butalfo Turkilh Em
peror Mm 1558 expelled himout of Ercocc andS^W, the only Ports he had upon
the Red-fea, and the King of Dattaqua, the like from what other Territories he had which
gave him any paifage thither •, we may well queftion his power and extent of Enroire
" and give it equal credit we do the Library the European Friers found in the Caitl o of
Amara-, where among the reft were fome Manufcripts of and ZW Butlhave
faid perhaps too much of this Abajfin, a Name either given him in relation to his ponti-
ficdhab't, for the Hebr. and Fox Ferfica figmfie Father, or flowing from Abrech, vnth
which Title and Ceremony was honoured amongft the ^ypians\ orotherwife
taken from the principal River of the Country Abas, Aftahas of old, fprineins from
the Lake Barenna albeit, fome derive it from,a Coptique word, which Iknifies a feat
tered Generation Afluredly under no lefs (if not greater) ignorance are we of all
that great fpace of ground which lies betwixt the fuppofed Soutiiermoft part of Prehr
Johns Country and the Cape of good Hope, which is not at all difcovered. partly bv-reafon
of the great and uninhabited Defarts thofe parts without doubt afford, exceffive heat
and other diftemperature of weather when the Sun approaches the TEquinodial penu
ry of the Soil, rowling Sands, noifome Serpents, and wild Beafts of all forts; but prin'
cipally the truculent and perfidious difpofition of the Inhabitants rendring the Enter'
prize (any coniiderable diftance from the fhore) fcarce poffible fo that'tis no wonder
if as to the true knowledge of thofe favage parts we reit ftill under an invincible igno
rance;, which would not be, had thofe Abajfm Chriftians, who are reported to ht an
ingenious and civil People, that voicinage with the Lum Mom?s> Zembrace, is com
monly credited. Nay more, I may fay the like concerning much of that part of the
World which had Neighbourhood with the firft Seminary after that univerfal Delude
wherein JVoah was preferved, we now call 5^^ extra Imaum • for albeit 'tis true that
Vertomannm, Tlancarpo, and his fellow Monk ^ Paulm JTeneim, and feme others, have
prefum'd to give us a plenary manifeftation of S eric a regto, the mighty City Cambalu.
t.e the great Chums place of relidence, and other parts of Cathaja far beyond the defarts
of Lop and Mount Belgian, of which Haython the Georgian Ipeaks by hear-fay, and of the
extream parts of Tart aria, toward that which from Pltny we call Tahyn and the Strait q £
Aman, where near unto Arfaret and Argon, fome pretend to find the transplanted Tribes
of Dan and Nepththali (the rather for that the name is found mentioned in th^ i Efiras
13.^0. albeit moft take Ar arat to be fignified by it) and thence deduce their Gog and
Magog, Vng and Mongul-, Imuchfufped the truth of thofe peregrinations and relati
ons ^ but rather as our Mandevile, thofe aforenamed had fame only for their authority,
multotits dicendo mendacia fefe deleftat. And concerning Ejfedon, a great City difcO-
Pitts 2. in 42 degrees Eafl: from the Emodian and Auxatian, and abutting upon
thpAfmerians ( Afmeer we find in Indufian) they are hwt Ideas, and feeing P^/. (not-
withftanding his utmoft fcrutiny) acknowledges that Scythia extra Jmaum, both to the
North and Eaft habet Terras incognitas, give me leave to fay that we remain ftill under
the lame ignorance; for albeit a great Cham we find mentioned in the Life of Tamber-
Um, and elfewhere v without oppofmg that there is a principal Hoord, of which Cingis
Cham predecefibr to Tamberlang had the Title (albeit Cham, which we Ihould pronounce
Chan or Kam in our Dialed, is the fame that Count is with us, and prefixed ufually to
1 erfons of Honour in Perfia, Induftan and Tartary *, as with us Count Mansfield, Count Har~
coHrt, Jkc.) that he is fuch as M. Paul defcribes, amongft other Epithetes be
ing ftiled the Shadow of Spirits, Monarch of the whole World, and Son of the immor
tal God, an Hiftorical Faith will not eafily imbrace fuch a Tradition. For, as parch
ing heat, &c. in the one, fo in the other the intolerable coId 3 continual fnows, barba
rity ot a vagrant and fierce People, as to the real difcovery of thofe parts gives equal
Qilcouragement •, yet as counterfeit as they be, we muft accept of them until we can
make a better difcovery but fearing I have made too great a digreffion, I proceed.
AH this while, having propitious winds, upon the 23. day the lecond time we croft the
quinodial, once more bidding farewel to the Antartique conftellations, fome of
which we took fpecial notice of towards the Pole the Crojiers 4 Stars of the fecond
magnitude in form of a Crofs, diftant from the South Pole 17 deg. 20 min. JVoah's Dove,
Polophylax, within 3 degrees of the Pole, and others, amongft which Magellane's Cloud,
h conftellation offeveral fmall Stars,not fo lucid as thofe be of the fifth magnitude*,yet being
a condenfe part of the aereal Region they difcolour the Skie, as the Galactta doth which
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