'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.' [‎127] (148/448)

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triumphant Entrance into Damafcm: Jmiochm aifo took the fame time to enter Hiem
falm, j4n£iiftnlm Rome*, and haughty Sapores into this City.
SH ERAZ (for To they pronounce it) the pleafanteft of Cities, is removed
from the Equator 29 degrees, 20 minutes North, its longitude is 88 decrees • bv Phil
Ferrarim and fome others fuppofed to be the reliques of Ferfetolis : which I no wavs
allow of, not only from the difference of fcituation and diftance of place from Chil-
being no lefs than thirty Englijh miles thence, but principally in regard many ri
ling and rough grounds and fome confiderable hills are interpofed. However it is of
great antiquity in the Name it bears: For Ben-Jonas a Jew, travelling thefe parts about
500 years ago, found Syafhaz. hereabout, which doubtlefs was this City By Cornelius
de Judais 'tis named Sytas, a miftake probably in the Tranfcript, feeing that 5/W an
other Author likewife mif-calls it. Don Garros calls it Xifias; Pantm Venem ZyraZ
Sir Walter Raleigh Siras - Oforim Xiras \ Stephana Cirecatha and Cirec-batha, borrowed
as I fuppofe from Coelim who does the like from Mujlaedini-Saddi the Philofopher and
Traveller, whofe native place this, was and is by him called Cyropolis, alluding rather
to its ancient O^name than to the name it then bore, feing Authors more ancient
than himfelf call it by the name of Syras, as the I lately mentioned and others' • This
Sad x dy lived u4n. Dom. 1200. Heg. 600. at which time ruled there Mufaffer Eddm Abubecr
Son to Saddy Son of Sengm, as appears by that learned Treatife of Saddy called Rofa
rium Politicum in our time tranilated by Gentms. The name Cyropohs (as the word im
ports) was we may fuppofe affumed from cyrw that noble River, which alfo gave Name
to that magnificent Prince Cyrus formerly called Agradatus *, albeit we have a more clear
authority for it, feeing God by the Prophet Bfay chap. 44 45. calls him by that
Name,above an hundred years before his birth, anointed and defigned to be the Deliverer
of his People from the Babylonian bondage, the River, whether it be that which fprin^-
ing from the Coraxian Hills in thirty eight degrees empties it felf into the Mare Cafbinm,
has neighbouring it the two other Rivers Cambyfes and Araxis, (for that in Soadi-
ana near Jaxartes mentioned by Quintm Curtius and that other in India fpoken of by
Y^lianus are not it, is evident; ) or that it be this, which ftreams in the mid-way
'twixt Sheraz. and Chilmanor, being unlatisfied my felf I leave it unto others better to
confider of', and lhall only give my further apprehenfion concerning the Etymology.
Sheraz. then probably derives it felf either from Sherab which in the Per (tan Toiieue
%nifies a Grape, here abounding*, and than which no part of the Eaft has more o-ene-
rous, nor any Climate more benevolent ^ or elfe from Sheer which in the Per ft an figni-
fies Milk : And the rather feeing feveral other Towns have their denominations accor
dingly •, namely, Aleppo from Halip, i. e. Milk, albeit fome would have it from Alepius
Julian's Lieutenant-, and feveral Per fan Towns have the like v as Whormoot. } i. e. a Town
Of Dates; De-achow, a Town upon a Hill Ve-gardow, a Walnut-Town ^ Bazebachow?
PerifcoWy Cut-bobbaw, and others: Or otherwife, paffing by the Greeksfynonymasy
Catena, or *76 ra propter ayfam * and that of Strabo /. a Minerva, <jH* dttta erat She-