'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.' [‎42] (63/448)

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three other Temples there ciffording plenfure to the hesrt ciiid. eye» Xne 29. d .ciy
crot near the Bar at Swalley where we caft Anchor, becaufe we perceived 13 fail of great
Ships riding there, and knew not whether they were friends or foes: The lalt day of No.
vember we adventured over the Bar 'twixt two Boas (in four fathom water) a hundred
paces afunder, fet thereto dired the pafFage, either fide without the marks being ftioal
water and dangerous: the Ships at Anchor proved our friends, fix Engli{h and feven
Dutch, molt of which were Ships of 1000 Tun: Thofe of our Nation were the Palfgrave,
the Exchange, the William, the Blejfmg, &c. each of which entettained our Ambaliadors
with hearty welcome: we rode in -five fathome (others in nine) 'twixt the {hoals and
continent. 5 v . 1 ,, r> j ;•,#/// u ^
• The fame day we came to an Anchor in Swalley Road NogduAUy-beg the Ferfian km-
Perfian baffador (Sir Robert Sherlfs Antagonift) dyedi having as we were credibly told poifon-
Ambajf. ed himfelf j for four days eating only Oyium: a fad Exit not unlike his who in defpair
dyes, cry ed out, ^ ,
Spes & fort una y ale te:
The Mary (where he dyed) gave him eleven great Ordnance at his carrying alhore:
his Son Ebrahim-chan conveighed him to Surrat {10 miles thence) where they intombed
himjQOt aflones caft from Tisw/ Coryaf s Grave, known but b^tvyo poor ftones that fpeak
his Name, there reiting till theRefurredion. Now this tragique end of Nogdibeg was
not without caufe, for it feems defpairing of his Mafters favour and confcious to him-
felf of his abufive carriage in England, both to Sir Robert Sherley, andfome other mifde-
meanors of his which begot a complaint againft him to Shaw Abb^ and made known
by the way o f Aleppo after his departure out of England, he gave himfelf this defperate
Exit) well knowing that his Matter was at no time to be jeafted with in Money matters,
or bufinefs relating to honour and reputation •, fo as neither his paft fervice againft the
Turkey his alliance at Court, or what he elfe could think upon, could animate his de
fence : fo dangerous a thing it is to exceed inftrudions ^ for where an AmbalFador hath his
charge without limitation he may warrantably ad agreeable to difcretion as occafion
and circumftance is adminiftred j but when circumfcribed in exprefs terms, he is bound
up, and hath no latitude or power of variation •, it being capital to exceed his Commiffi-
on and inftrudions', and other Mens fufFerings upon afmaller accompt making his feem
lefs pardonable. For in the year 1612. a Perfian Ambaifador at Coxflantinople (alfent-
ing to fuch Articles 'twixt his Mafter and the Grand Seignior, as feemed advantagious to
him, but otherwife to the Perfian, and excentrick to his Inltrudions) w^s upon his re
turn beheaded at Cazhyn: The conditions were indeed difhonburable, as, That the
Prince of Perfia Ihould affume to himfelf no other Title than Balhaw of Tauris : that the
Perfian fhould pay as a yearly Tribute for <3heylan 400 Bails of Silk^ that the Cadi of
T aw is ihould be of the Turks Eledion, &c. Which demands Abbas fpurn'd back to
Aahmat with indignation. TamafcaoUbeg alfo it may be came into his mind, who dyed
miferably (though once fecond in Perfia) upon fpleen ill-grounded by the King: and of
Turkijh barbarifm not a few Examples. That Ambalfador probably was firft in memory
whom Abbas beheaded at his return from Confiantimple for no other crime than for
expreiling too humble and fubmifs a behaviour to the Grand Seignior, which the Perfian
King thought was an abatement to his grandeur. The like we have-in the Athenians,
who put Timagoras their AmbalTador to death only for reverencing -according to
the cuftome of the Per fans. Ehruhim Baffa, Cycala, Synon Baffa and Najfaf each of them
in their times fitting at the Stern, guiding as they lifted the Turkifh greatnefs, came to
miferable ends, iiich as made the remembrance of their palfed glory relifli the fowrer:
and as tot Nogdibeg (we after heard the King proteft) if he had not thus prevented it,
at his coming to the Court his Body ihould firft have been hackt in pieces, and then in
the open Market-place burnt with Dogs^-turdsfuch a Ceremony as brands the Delin
quent with lhame to pofterity, and none more infamous than that mentioned 2 Mac-
cab. i> 5.
Swalley Road is from the iEquator 20 deg. and 56min. North: has wefterly variati
on 16" degrees and an half: longitude from Mohelia 28 deg. at a low ebbe it refem-
bles an llle: beyond the fands Gcw called Bibacia formerly, is eafily difcovered. The
firft of December with fomePe-unes (or olive coloured Indian Foot-boys who can very
prettily prattle Englijh) we rode to Surat: our Chariot was drawn by two Buffolos,
who by pradife are nimble in their trot and well managed: we paft firft through Swalley,
and then through Batty (famous for good Toddy) and Damkee, all which are Villages,
and after to Surat the chief Fadory of the Eaft-India Merchants, whofe Prefident has
there