'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.' [‎129] (150/448)

Terjia.
Shyra^.
tiiei^Gardefis (^Forefts^ther here are without
So as indeed a more delightful object can hardly be, 'than what thifcitVv I iS?h efreS '
from the neighbouring mountain. The Palaces rile foamiahhr , he ^
theMonfco manner, but alfo fpread the floors and arches of their Rooms
top and outfide thefe are pargetted with Aynr^ ur * P ut on the
moft part within with black weli-polifhed Marble • and the uL* ^ ]T Ur(1U ^ 1 j e u > liRed
double gilded crefcents or fpires whicl reverber^
iightfuily. Two are efpecially note-worthy in their fteepte Ib Wrl h ^ ^ ,e ■
fmall but exceeding high Towers: The, one is fquare above fifty fooTwgh inrte hod" 5
leaded m fomepart, in other part difcoloured with gold and blue the out fM 7 '
mlhed and wrought with knots and poefies, vaft and unfurnifhed ( or rather unMfhed^
within; and above, fpinng in two flender but afnirino- ^ ^nerunnnined)
round and coupled at the top, garnilhed with great art and
Tads in London from whole tops the clear-voic'd Boys fin? thrice evprutL„n!l S f
hours to their Prophets Ally and Mahout Jr Bells are no X e Stcdm
Mahometans Temples: The other ( rather refembling a royal Carravans-raw)ffn,, a
drangular; the luperficiesof it Arabick^ invention, imbolfed with gold Diinted wifh
azure, flagg d with Porphyre, garnilhed in feveral forms or mazes, and made rrfoTen
dent at fome folemmties by many Lamps and Torches. relplen-
Other Mofques within this City are not fo remarkable, vet not fo mean ,c f •
nte the obfervation •, for what they want in Architedure they fupply S ReMoues vene"
rably accounted of for entombing the Carcafles of fome AlchoLmn,D a a^ Zh J r
mmg fandity hath got fuch repute amongft thofe fuperilitious People, thek^omb be"
mg inncht by the fuperfl.nty of zeal, as no colt nor pains is thought too much to evi"
dence the reality of their devotion. Some Sepulchres there are of WpolS Marhre -
others of vVood cut into an antick kind of carving; others exnrefs the Painter a S
and Other fome the Sculptors skill in Brafs and other metal; fo that where Art is dtfe'
dive. Nature out of the treafures of darknefs has fupplied them. In one place
meerlMy Htmy a prophetick Mahometan rells his bones, feven hundred years We
(fome merrily lay) ferried by Charm into Acheron for doting upon his t,
Mofque is fquare, for threefcore paces long I found the ftrulure he is buded in to t
and in breadth juft fo many. In another fleepsSW^^™^, con cmporarv
tradition gives) with Mahomet ■, and many more, whofeduft refts till the -
fpofe them to a refurredtion. A little out of the TownTinterred thaM
and Philofopher Mfijladm,Sadd h who wrote the Rofarmm which is lately turned into
Lmn by Gentius And near him his Brother Poet Hodm whofp P„p m " ' i f
great efteem m Perfia. And indeed Shyraz. has a Colleclge wherein is read PhiLronI,
Aftrology, Phyfick, Chymiftry and the Mathematicks; fo as 'tis the more
through Ferfia. Upon many of thefe Mofques the travelling Storks have nllpHrt
^«Lt rd by C p f ^i^ OT ^' f<>) 0f £hefe Pc0ple divinel y eft i^t e d, termed
The fam om Storwhich hmldeth in the Airj
Foftcrs her naked y oung with tender care,
jind by that love their duty doth engage
When need requires to hely her feeble age :
Nor fail her hopes , for when jhe cannot fir^
The pious Brood both feed and carry her.
Aerio infignis pietate Cicojiia nido
Inveftes pullos pignora grata fovet."
Taliaqj expedat fibi mutua munefa reddi
Auxilio hoc quoties mater egebat anus.
Nec pia fpem foboles fallit 5 nam fefTa parentum
Corpora fert huraeris, praeftat & ore cibos.
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The Gardens are many, and both large and beautiful i fo as I may fay of this what
tne Syrians attribute to thofe of Damaj'cm, Operatijfmi funt in how: Several of them (as
i paced) are eight hundred paces long and four hundred broad. But Hom-Jhaw ( which
is the King's) challenges fuperiority over all the reft, being fquare every way 2000.
paces. Mofb of them fafegaarded with walls fourteen foot high and four foot thick;
and which from their fpacioufnefs and plenty of Trees refemble groves or wilderne^Ies , ,
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