'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.' [‎151] (172/448)

and other Antiquities.
and that Pecy le conformed to the Greeks cuftoms; as appears by that ftately Funeral Eyhe-
Jiion had,ana alfo that other o£ Alexander himfelf *, where the Corps were neither interred
in thefe deep holes,nor burnt with fire ■, but embalmed,coffined,and kept after the manner
of the Egyptians. Nor doth it appear what manner of Funeral 5^^ the Wife of
xander and Daughter of the laft Barms had whether according to the manner of the
Macedonians or Per fans : For albeit Juflin, Diodorus Siculus, Quint us Curtius, and v£lian
make mention of her Burial, and of the Burial of Darius, yet in what manner, or in
what place they were interred, (albeit neither pomp nor coft was fpared, nor the pre-
fence of the Conquer our himfelf wanting for the greater honour of the Obfequy) thole
Hiftorians are altogether filent.
Befides thefe upon the fame Mountains fome pieces of Perfpedive are elaborately and
regularly cut, refembling the nobleft fort of ancient ftrudure. The loweft door or
place of entrance is open, and as if it were to be afcended by fteps: on either fide the
door are placed flat pilafters which fuftain the Architrave and other fuperftrudure.
Towards the fummit are other doors fhut and the whole imbelliftied with a few pour-
traits of Men, which ferve for ornament, fomething conform to that Templum Solis
which long after by Aurelian the Emperour was ereded upon Mount Quirinal in Rome y
as expreiled by Laurus. Upon the culmen has been a which the Inhabitans there
abouts fay was Jamjheat or Shem-yhid he that fucceeded Ouchang, and he Syamec the Son'
of Keyomarraz. who ruled Ferfia circa A. M. 2000. and was contemporaneous with the
Patriarch Jacob, fix hundred years before the deltrudion of T by,than which (fome pre-
fume to aver) no Monument in the World precedes in time ^ Nullum ante Trojana tem-
fora Monumentum apid ullos Uteris mandatum vet fcutytum fuerat: In which we ought not
to be poiitive.
About three hundred paces Southward from Chilmamr there is a fingle Column, entire
from bafe to capital-, but being fo low and without company, it is not eafie to conje-
dure of what ufe it was. The pedeftals of two other Columns fquare in form are feen
at no great diftance thence, but uncertain what fort of Column they bore, feeing there
is an empty hole in one of them, which fome think ferved as an Urn to keep the allies
of fome dead Bodies that were burned.
Some Ipace from the Mountain towards the Valley, are feveral Coffins or troughs of
ftone ■, fome whole, but molt broken: in which one may prefume dead Corpfes have
been laid. There are moreo ver the reliques of fome Tanks or Confervatories of water,
towards which one may difcern the Aquedud or water-paffage was cut through from
the top of the Mountain: fo as by a pipe what rain-water fell at any time from the clouds
was convey'd down into the^Cifterns. And with good reafon ^ for albeit the City Per-
fyolis had the benefit of the River lately mentioned, yet the Building expatiated molt
towards the North-eaft, which was towards the Palace. Certain it is, fo great a di
ftance needed thefe helps ( wanting Springs) the better to feed their places of pleafure,
as Orchards, Gardens, Grots,^.which the City had plenty of,andthofe very large ones.
The onely ruin that remains of building in that part the City ftood, is a Ipacious
fquare, which had but one door for entrance. The walls are high and lafting •, for they
aj;e of extraordinary large pieces of Marble- And albeit the cement of theft that joyns
the ftones is vifible •, yet of what fubftance the lingle column is, 1 lately mentioned, I
fomewhat doubt, feeing 'tis fo high and differing from the colour of that quarry, and
by the Curiofity of the cement feeming as if it were one piece of ftone: fo that the little
time I ft aid there would not fuffer me to fatisfie my felf whether it was natural or arti
ficial. Howbeit fince upon fecond thoughts I fuppofe it may be fuch plaifter as in old
time was made of flower with whites of eggs and the beft fort of ftone beaten into pow
der, with which the outfides of fome fofter materials was ufually finiihed or pargetted:
And of fuch a compofition was that Pifcina mirabilis near Cuma-, which for colour and
durablenefs even in thofe times gained admiration. To proceed now in our Travel.
The eight and twentieth day of March we put foot in ftirrop, and that night rode
four and twenty miles to a Town called Moy-own. In the mid-way 'twixt thofe 2 Towns
I obferved a Hill, upon whofe top (as the ruins fhewed) hath ftood a Caftle fo advantagi-
oufly fcituated by Nature, as we judged was impregnable. A late rebellious man
ned it againft Abbas his Sovereign, who (to terrifie others) came in perfon to reduce it.
But fuch was the Sultan's refolution, fuch the height where the Caftle ftood, fo narrow
the entrance, and fo defperately defended,that in fix months fiege he had but little hopes
of taking it. Loth he was to draw off -, and what ftratagem to ufe could not fuddenly
devife : At length he goes.this way to work v a reward was promifed to any would
effed it. What force could not do, Magick (atleaftof Gold) perpetrates; For an