'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.' [‎59] (80/448)

rhe MogulsTedegree.
fome imagine him tohzNoah:) the wonderful increafe appearing by that huge Armv
StMrobates drew out in his defence againft Semir a n Emprefs, both Armies
making three Millions. And fo anfwerably builded and planted was this nart of S
that when Alexander by the overthrow of Torm near fhe River Hydafpes cntred
Curtmaad^ietvMM report that ^/exa^er Ihould fay he found greater Cities and more
fumptuousbuildings inKing iW his Dominions than he had obferved in all the World
® t0 re ™rn. His yearly Revenue is ordinarily accounted socrowofRoo-
pees, each crow is a hundred leek, a leek a hundred thoufand Roopees.a Roonee
twolhillmgsthree pence, fometimes two fliillings fix pence. And indeed both E
Wealth and Power this Emperour is of maybe conje/ured by that oSovfnce cal
led (wherein Swat Hands,) the annual Cult oms and other Revenues of which
as Merchants report is 200000 I.Sterling: And for Power, appears by that Army
W homfh K- (V ! J ed 0Ve ; th ! s . Prov i nce ) fo«Sht with againft the
whom the King of/IWw invited tolusaffiftance, being no lefsthan 130000 Horfe and
4 ?u° 0 c ^ E'ephants, 500 Waggons, and as many Chefts full oftreafure for pay
of his Forces. Howbei^ out of this prodigious income iifue yearly" many great and
fuitable payments to his Lieutenants of Provinces and Umbraes of Towns and Fort
haymg alio m continual pay three hundred thoufand Horfe and two thoufand Elephants!
fed with Donna or Pulle boiled with Butter and unrefined Sugar; to thofe only his F f-
«i^ ^\ ery ? ar!y J 1V M n § out: above forty Millions of Crowns; and his continual
Wars with his emulous Neighbours are no lefs chargeable.
whrnr?fr P f| dCS K CC 0f l r h ^ re MoguttsorMagors (whether fo named from
whence they d^fcend or by poflefling the Brachmam Countrey of old called Marormn
1 knownot) we findftampedupon their Seals thus. 1.
Cue. Tamer Une Prince of the four quarters of the world.) 2. Ahen-Mtram-Sha.
Mirzjt Sultan Mohumed 4. Ahen Sultan Abuftid.5.
Baberfotjha^h.7. AhenHomayon potjlmw- 8.
ladtn Mahumed AMar. 9. Shaw Selim or AhenAlmotapher
%'■ . I0 - Sdtan Curroon or Shaw JeW now called Bedin
Ineir genealogy is by fome deduced from Cin or Cam as fome pronounce it
n/a Ce J r ^Bahur,^ rtFonan, oi PhUcan, of
otshaw-duh-chan, of Tomtman, of Bubacan, ioa all of them men of note as
Stoi les fpeak Romance-like in their generations.
Cm^-chm (as Haithon and other his contemporaries fay) was at firft bv Drofeffion a
Black-fimthbut the influence of Heaven new molding him, in little time inftead ofhis
Hammer he took into his hands a Regal Scepter. His ambition took rife from the en
couragements a man in white Armour (mounted upon a white phantafma) gave him,
P . 0I ?j}j n S his help and ftimulating his courage i fo as communicating the Vifion to fome
let Hoords they give credit to his deftiny and make him their General. He quickly
mews how his metal was refined ; for with a troop of (one of the feven Hoords)
marching due South he fubdues the Countreys as far as Mount part of Imam at
v Nmakott and Cofizat by the Indians : there the Sea flopped his carriere 5 but
Fhrirrl S - 1 ^ lne •', m ' esfi,mblingouthis P ra y ers ' theeffed followed. For/as
broad ^ Clt r 6 afunder ' the Seaparted in two and yielded nine Foot
? ® fe Parage. And was no fooner upon the Continent but that he hammers out his
fiirh ma ' i'i ' Ir ° n > fi r ft againft Vn-cham or cawaKing of and after that doing
fuch marvellous feats of Arms as requires a ftrong hiftorical faith to give credit to S
, ^o^'-eaft Tartar, after other Viaories againft and jI . M . uqS
havin?H l H rl I228 " fome fay iixty y ears fooner, of the Henra 608, A - AmS
m # i- l? a® 0 "? 11 h,s fo 1117 s Pns what was his by conqueft. To he rave "'.S' 608 -
juuajt, Kapecha, Shoz, and Abul^harr; to Chagatay-ca
azjm ; to gg part of Bottria and Caucafus ■,toTult-chan his Jewels andTrcafurc.
rilm f tW0 ^ ars after his Fatlier ' ; Kagdyed in the year 1242. both of
timm without Ufue-i whereby theirSeigniores defce/ded upon 0^, or oLv-rW, '
MonarchvT. ft abr ° ad . ex P refl « d hi raielf the Son of compelling the Per fan
OTJreTwH i r fif ^l 0a r Ckn T ledgehimSOT ^^ but in the year 1252. con-
ceiw death fo'^wed the fate ofhis predeceflbrs, haying nominated for his Suc-
vear n J^ 1 - 0^c-chan\mdQtthe tuition of his Wife: but in the third
y«r aeatn called him alfo away and.gave Mamhu- Son to fyoungeft
Karch) advantage to claim the Sovereignty by right of Survivorlhip.
ahnn/l— n | Pri ^ ce thus moun ted to the Imperial greatnefs perceives the Eves of all
out mm milamed with envy and threatning his expulfion, enraged by the villany of
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