'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.' [‎130] (151/448)

' 0 ' Shynuj- Terfia.
(whofewood though I ttle wor ( p e aches, Chefnuts, Cherries,Quinces,
Oranges, Lemmons, Dates, and Melons of both forts exceed-
Walnuts, Apn co cte) A > alfo Flowers rare to the eye, fweet to the fmell,
ing fair and ^ e Jr t h dry, but green*, the air falubrious,thou g h lharp a little
Da 11ZZTX S . tot6% peragtos W M cuL
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■ 50 ^ 1 r? ShT^Weft Afoug 't^^^
delicious, fnccnlent and fair than we find in
the Occidental Regions
favtj&zsk
eTradZLaortsiMmfrntrimurn
amet. A.nd in another place: Orientaks
dLdihin, cum Aromata omnis generis &
Z, Tod fine calore mlidiori fori non foteft, Ocadente, ^
mfcHnmr.And Olympodoru, gives us this reafon:
tendit it awe omnes eas ftatim illHmimh & calorefuo fovet. So as it may be grantea tnat
the ^rhlTpreeminence over the Weft for fruits, plants, gram, fpices, drugs, herbs,
Gems, Minerals, and other things. This onely contradicts that,
alTefiOccUcns-U t contraric, r i Oocidens Onens, rn^e hdeamr,
mot in longmdinernfmt hahuationes, &c. Farther it is agreed (faith Ihf wrlh
lent of the Hebrews-, Greeks and Latines, that the Eaft is better tempered than the ft,
and that bv the Prophets in Holy Writ the Eaft feems to challenge a dignity and fupe-
?ilS which truth feveral Philofophers and Hiftorians fubfcnbe as
Ammlnm, Strabo, Pliny and others, backt with the judgement of Hipocrates, Galen,
and other grave Writers, who all averr that in Jfia all or moft things are much fairer
and better than in Europe , and that the Orient produces flowers, fruits,_ fpices and
other commodities, as alfo greater plenty, of gold, filver, pearls and precious ftones,
than the Occident. Which may fully evince an oppofite judgment', efpecially leemg
Almighty God in the firft Creation of the World was pleafed to endow the Ealtern
parts of the Earth with the beft temper ; And from whence (faith Carpenter ) all otner
parts derive their original- , j
Amongft other paftimes there ufed, 1 remember 1 faw ropes or cords it retched trom
tree to tree in feveral gardens, Boys and Girls and fometime thofe of riper years fwing-
ing upon them *, the Turks efpecially during the Byram time ufing that recreation: a pal- <
time firft pradifed by the Athenians. I may confine my commendations to a toll com-
pafs, places more remote being at this day fteril, mountainous and unable (if then as
now) to make Alexander an JEpcure, the Wine excepted, which is indeed the molt ge
nerous grape of Verfia, and famoufed all over the Orient. Nothing more complaine
of by the Inhabitants than want of water *, yet a pretty fliallow Rivolet it has, an
might have more were the Citizens more induftrious*, a gallant River (Cyrm or olaj
ftreaming not fifteen miles thence in the way to old Perfepol^ which by pipes like other
Aquaduds might be drawn thither. > ... , r
The Cyrenians and Epicureans place their [ummum homm or chief felicity in pleaiure,
and make vertue to be the Hand-maid*, without which Felicity cannot be we "' a '
tended. Diogenes Laertim tells us, That Felicity is onely a ferenity and tranquillity ot ^
Mind free to delight, and void of all fadnefs or perturbation: whence I may c ® rl ^ 1 r s
thefe Shyrauans of that Sedl. For at the Nowrouz. or Spring, they not onely fend Veits,
but other Prefents to one another *, a ceremony no lefs ancient than Cyrus,as Xemphonws
it. Alfo Plutarch in vita Alexandra notes, That Artaxerxes the Great gave Mtthndam