'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.' [‎105] (126/448)

fafques. Kjjhmy.Ormtu. Car mania. 105
Leaving Arabia, crofs we the gulph of Perfia, which by Plutarch in the life of Lucullm
is called the Babylonian Sea, by the Syrians Towmacham, Mefcndm and Derioh Farfiftan
by the Perfians Bohar el Naharim by the Arabians, and by the Turks Blcatiph, We
failed alfo near to Cape Gxvader (Dendrohofa of old) within view of that other promon
tory we call Cape Goadely which .is in twenty five degrees North, where we found the
Compafs to vary feventeen degrees fifteen minutes. An infamous Port according to
the report which that noble Knight Sir Robert Sherley made thereof, as 'we paft by ; For
he and his Lady travelling that way in the year 16.13. they with one Newport their Cap
tain were allured by the Towns People to go a iliore for refreihment; where but for tae
honefty ofa Hodgeeor Mahometan Prielt then in Town who gave Sir timely no
tice, their lives as well as goods had been hazarded •, fo perfidious and covetous were
thofe wretches to poiTefs that little they carried about with them •, which is remembred
only for caution. The next place of note we faw upon the Carmanian Coaft wzsjafques, Jafcues
where the Artick Pole is elevated twenty five degrees fifty eight minutes, from Ormm
diftant about forty leagues. Pliny calls it Caryella, fo does Ptolomy, but under twenty
three degrees • another Author calls it Cajfandra ; and other fome judge it that Thay-
fans where Alexander the great built Veflels for the recruit of his Navy. Nevertheiels
the name it now bears 'tis thought was impofed by Jezguird, Son to Sha-por or Sapores
once King of Carmania, at this place, buried. Albuquerque having reduced this place
under the Crown Portugalj built a large Caftle here, and ftrengthened it with leven-
teen pieces of brafs Cannon, which when our Country-men took from them in the year
1623. (thereto provoked by the death of Captain Shilling who was unhappily llain
there) then was found befides the other, a Cannon-pedro^ two whole Culverins, two
Demi-Culverins, four Sakers of Brafs, and one thoufand Mufquets unadvifedly put in
to the hand of the Perfian foon after the deftrudion of Ormm, both which he now poiTefl-
eth : They ufually fire as many Guns as they fee Ships under fail, to give warning to Ornim
and the adjacent Towns upon that coaft.
Carmania is two-fold, major and deferta. The Defert, along the Ihore extends from
this place to Aria, towards the N. E. The greater is confined by Gedrofia to the N. W.
and the Parchoatran hills. Near this is a fmall lile, called Aphrodifta by the Greeks, in
regard had her Shrine there ereded ^ a Country in Alexanders time famoufed for
Sword-blades, fo excellently .tempered that they were preferred before thofe of Da-
majcm: Memorable likewife in that fatal march the vidorious Greek made (after he
had rigg'd and vidualled his Navy) through the Country of the Orytes into Gedrofia, and
Carmama ; where albeit he buried a great part of his Army, he neverthelefs folemnized
the Orgies after the wildefb manner that was poffible. Here we entred the Ormuzian
ftrait, called the of the gulph, which in lengthftretches from Balforac to Cape
Koul-gate, Corodamum of old : This Preturn is about fifteen leagues, from thence to that
promontory calls Afaborum, Next day we came in view of Kijhmy, which by Kifhmy
the latitude feems to be Carpella above-named, where the Portuguez had another Fort • V J
whence we heard the pieces give warning to Larac (an IQe formerly called Arathos, and Larac.
upon tne oppofite coaft) of our approach that way, not above four leagues from Ormus,
near which we paft, and then came to an anchor afore Gombrownythz beftPort the Per-
fan is Mailer of.
ORM 11S isa Kingdom in that part of Carmania major which Ptolomy calls Armuzum
extremumfub 21. de£. 30. min. unde Arabia confpicitur, where Arabia may befeen: Alio
an Iflein the Pefiian Gulph where the North Pole is elevated 27 degrees: 5 Tisabout
one league from the Continent, and in compafs about fifteen miles, fo as the diameter
may be five. And, as then the City Om^none was more flouriihing, fo alio, than the
Ifle Ormw none was more barren *, the Ille which is compared to a Ring ferving as a Foil
unto the Diamond, agreeable to the Poet,
Jf all the World were made into aiding, v Si terrarum Orbis ('quaqua patetj Annulus cjfTet
Onwis the gem andgrace jhould be therein. lilius Ormufium gemma decofquc foret.
For from the year of our Lord 1507. it was reduced under the Crown of Portugal by
that great Captain Alfonfo d'Albuquerque (Zedfadin-fha at that time King, and rather by
reafon than force induced to enrol himfelf a tributary-to Emanuel, remaining ftill a Titu-
lado with a yearly penfion of 1500 Crowns per menfem) unto the year 1622. luch time as
Emangoly-chawn Duke of Shyraz, by help of the Englijh commanded by Captain Weddal and
others,iubjeded it to the Perfian\ it was a City for Building fo elegant,for Inhabitants fo po-
■ Pilous and forTrade fo fingular,that it fate as Emprefs,not only alluringMerchants andTra-
P vellers