'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.' [‎231] (252/448)

Shujhan,
Bavdat isdiftant from jUeffoforty dayes journey by Carravan, of which above
two thirds of the way be through the Deferts : but by water it may be done in fewer
For in one day we pafsfrom thence toFdugia ; in fixteen days more to Birrha- from
whence^in two days to Alefp in Syria-. From by Carravan to TnWy 'undS
mount LAmm) in feven dayes. AU n o is twenty leagues from Hut to fee
old ShuJhM is neither unworthy our labour, nor out of our way ; for it gave name to
SufiaM which has Afyrta to tlie North, the Gulph South, Eaft, and to the Weft
Babylon.
S H U S H A N every where famoufed, was one of the three Royal Palaces the
Monarchsfomuch gloried and delighted in, viz.. Babylon,.
thus diftributes the Court-motion, _ -viz.. Three Spring-months in Sufa, two Summer^
monthes mEcbatm, and feven Winter-monthes the King Ipent in Babylon, meaning
when the Sun was remoteft: for their Winter is equal to our Summer in heat, when the Sun
rifes to his Meridian. This was built by Darim Son of Hyflajpis Anno Mmdi 34,44. as
Vlmy in his 6 hb. c. 28. who rather beautified it with many Palaces, as Elian. J lib.
Some fay Laomcdon built it, fuch time as Thola judged Ifrael Others make C\rm firft
Founder of Pifogard (called lb from Tifon a branch of Htddekel) to be the Architedor
in memory of his good fuccefs obtained in that very place againft My ares the Median.
It^fpoken or in the firft Chapter of Hefier? That there, Ahafrmrm Anno Mmdi 3^00.
realted his Lieutenants over an hundred twenty and feven Provinces, a hundred and
eighty days. But Nehemiah and Daniel (whofe burial-place it is) caHit Sufis cafirum in
Elam regione, thereby making Sufiana part of Berfia, or rather a Province. And notwith-
Itanding the many mutations and miferies it fulfered, yet was it able to fmile upon
Alexander when he extraded thence to pay his Soldats and fill his Bags with fifty thou-
fand Talents in Bullion and nine millions ofcoined Gold. And well may be, fince Cattio-
dore in his 7. lib. i$.Epifi. reports for truth. That Memmn (Son to tithon, reckoned
by Hetodotm lib. 1. the firft founder and to have called it Memnonid) fo gloried in his work
that he cemented the ftones with Gold; which made Arifiapra* proclaim untohis men
of War, That if they could but mafter it, every Souldier there might then compare with
Jove for wealth.
The name Shuftan is much controverted. Athentus defines it from plently of Lilies^
but whence fetcht I cannot apprehend, the Arabic or. Berfian having no fuch etymon or
fignification : As well I might fay from Suz.an or Shuum which in the Berfic Tongue fig-
nifies a needle or a glafs-bottle: but rather believe it is derived from Chm (Noahs
Grand-fon, j Sufiana from him being called Chufiana, and at this day not much difcrepant
in the name Cmfifian, and not Elharan as fome have fancied. More probable, in that Chm
(Chams Son) planted a Colony here ere he removed into Ethiopia (a miftake which made
theSeptuagints imagine Nyle one of thofefour ftreamings from Paradife,) his Sons alfo
hereabouts inhabiting, utz,. JN^twrod in Chald&a-) Seha in A-rahtay Hauilah in Sitfiana^ (the
other Havilah the Son of removed into India,) Raamah into Arabia firft and after
that into Car mania, &c.
At this day 'tis called Valdac, ot Baldach as Baulm Venetm, and not far from the Gulph,
and watered by Choz.es or Choafpes *, which fome incongruoufly take for Hydajpes, and
from this Chafes the Cojpei or Cuthai were which removed to Samaria. Which arifing from
the Jaaroonian Mountains ftreams very pleafantly to this place, and not far from Balforac
participates with the Gulph of Berfia , where alfo Euphrates (called Phrat and Almalcher)
from Lib mm fome fay, from Mount Aho'm Armenia fay others *, and Tigris (now called
Diglat, Tegil and Hiddekcl) from Taurm (or Nyphates, part of Tmrm) imbowel them-
felves: A River of fuch account with the Berfian Emperours, that no water but this of
Choafpes, no bread but from AJfos in Bhrygia, no wine but the Chalybonian in Syria, no
Salt but what they had from Memphis in zAZgypt could pleale their pallats. Daniel calls
itVlaiy Blinyt EhUms ; now Tirtir ; an anti-ftream of which glides to Shyraz.: in locum
quendam conflmnt Tigris, Euleus & Choafpes, atcfr ex eo inde in mare exeunt, faith Strabo. Sunt
etiam qui ajfirment omnia flnmina qua Sufiam pervadmit, in mum Tigridis alueum illabi, faith
the fame Author, and by comparing the 8 Dan. 2. with the 10. c. 4. v. may belup-
pofed Tigris.
Shujhan is under thirty degrees, Ptolomy makes it four more i in compafs an hundred
and twenty ftades or furlongs, fo Strabo. Bolycletus numbers two hundred, which is
above twenty miles Englilh. The Wall about it was quadrangular. In building, walls,
houfes, and Temples in little it refembled great Babylon. The Royal Palace here fome
fay was built by •, and of that magnificence, that it was not inferior to that
other which Darnel formerly built at Ecbatan. The. out-fide and the pavement of this
were