'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.' [‎48] (69/448)

TS army am Religion.
lencies; till at laft he met with Vifagmdah, whom he foon won being of a tradable
fweet nature and condition, and of her begat fo many Sons that the North quick
ly became pregnant and inhabited. Now Wyfe (the fimpleft oi PoHrom Sons; a man of
much plain honefty and comportment goes Southward, having intelligence that his fe
male was thereabouts, whom (after he had paifed feven Seas) the breadth and way is
concealed in the Shafter) and built him a fair Manfion, hitiier Jejunogundah came to ad
mire fo rare a ftrudure, whom he foon law, but not knowing how to court is o'recpme
with Loves paffion *, long time he was rejeded, till (by providence) me was mollified
and made to yield, upon condition neverthelefs that he Ihould build many Pagothaesor
Idol places for worlhip, adore Pidures under green Trees, which to this day his po-
fterity oblerve ceremonioufly. Thus, from thele two, the Soutii was niied with nie-.
chanickmen, andfuchaspradifeHusbandry.
When thefe four youths had confumed fome years in thofe contrary quarters of the'
world whither Fate direded them •, all four became equally mindful of tneir firft home,
defirous to vifit their Parents *, not only to propagate there and furnilh that Meditullium
of the Earth, but to recount their memorable fortunes and adventures. After much
toil they arrived at the place from whence they came, each of them attended by a troop
of their own off-fpring. 'Tis too great a labour to defcribe the joy and mutual embraces
paft 'twixt them and their aged Parents, revived by this good hap from the benumming
froft of old age} as alfo the reciprocal kindnefs and love that was amongit tiie four
Travellers'; a dull fenfe may eafily comprehend it was without the leaft mixture of dif-
content or malady. Notwithftanding, to fhew no fummum honnm can be had in tliisiife,
inprocefsoftime (the ilfue of thefe four multiplying) the world began to iole her vir-
gin-purity *, difcord, pride and rapine mingling amongft them v fo as brotherly love was
laid aiide *, no appearance being now but of violence and voluptuoufnefs. For Brmon
grows idle and carelefs inhis devotion. Cattery becomes infolent and alpiring, regard
ing neither the venerable admonition of his Parents, nor the dignity ot Bramon nis eider
Brother. Shuddery alfo invents deceit, neither regarding juftice nor equity, but de
lights in cheating nis other Brethren. Wyfe alfo grows unthrifty in a good confcience,
baniihing his innate honefty to entertain riot; For which, his cruel Brother Catury do
mineers, impoling fuch burthens upon the Countrey-man that Wyfe is now the oujed
of calhiered not, and the abjed of his Lordly Brother*, who alfo picks a quarrel with
Shuddery and admits not of any reconciliation till the Poor Merchant had latisfied his
Avarice with half his itore fo that fuch hate and fear grew amongft ? em tnat all their
Deligns were involved in dark confufion. Now though deceit, riot and tyranny fway a
while, an all-feeing Majefty fits aboye, who in his own time retaliates in the extremity
and obliquity of juftice. So it hapned: For upon a fudden, when they were moit ex-
ercifed in villany and leaft dreamt of an account, God robes himfelf with clouds and
fiaihes terrour *, whereat the Seas multiply their noife andfwell fo formidably that they
threaten an univerfal deluge: In the interim, the people are amazed with horrible
cracks of thunder and fuch thick flalhes of lightning, that the entrails of the earth feem
to galp and quake with terrour : which done, in a moment the fea breaks o'reher
bounds, and in filence fweeps away all creatures upon the earth, purging thereby the nafty
Imell of their pollution.
But God, who delights in Mercy his great attribute, repenting him of his feverity,
refolves again to furniih the earth with a new generation repleat with more purity and
perfedion. To which end he defcends and upon the high mountain called Meropurbatee
commands to rife up, who (though till then uncreated) obeyed, and forthwith
worlhipped his Maker. In like fort, at two other calls came up fiflney and Rudder^
who performed their obeyfance. Bremaw had power given him to create other creatures ^
had order to preferve them and Rnddery flrength to maifacreand be Gods exe
cutioner, by infliding death, plague, famine, difeafes, war and the like mifchiefs. Accord
ing to this appointment, thefe three new created Lords manage their particular ini-
ployment, to each of them a fet period of time being allotted to live upon earth: For
Bremaxv at the end of the fecond Age in a fiery Chariot was tranflated : Viftney conti
nues double his time and then dies, leaving the lifue to Riiddcry (at the end of three
times fo long commorance) to deftroy the world, and to tranflate the fouls of good men
into a Garden of ravilhing delights, Elyfinm. But ere this was accomplifhed, it is fit to
acquaint you how Bremaw came to furnilh the earth with more inhabitants. The Shafter
tells us that as Bremaw was ruminating how to ad, fuddenly he fell into a deep fleep
or trance, and upon recovery felt his body troubled beyond meafure, purporting fome
immediate alteration: Nor did his apprehenfion deceive him 5 for lo, forthwith his