'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.' [‎324] (347/448)

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They accomplifh this with fuch regard as when the Mnyetin is heard to cry aloud from
the fteeple of the Mofque they fall to prayer, though bulled in prophane talk, drink-
ing, drabbing.or the like. Before they enter the Mofyue they waih their feet, lay afide
their Ihooes, and being affembled turn their faces all one way *, and in their prayers fliut
their eyes, fometimes their ears, drop their beads, and with a fubmifs voice or murmur
ingeminate their devotion, bending, proftrating, and kilfing the ground or fome Re-
lique of confecrated earth brought from the Haram or the Alcaba two Chappels in
ereded (fayes the Alcpran) by Abraham from the Idea or pattern of that which Mam
built in that little time he ftay'd in Paradife, holding neverthelefs that he ftay'd there
not above one day, and that it was tranflated by Angels into Heaven at the Deluge. i n
every Bl-fata or prayer they faeda or kifs the Earth at every epithete or name of GW
and Mahomet *, and after they have battologized Llay-lala, or Hilnla, /.f.Praifesj they
iterate another to this effedt
In the name of the good and holy God. Praifed he the Sovereign of all Worlds■, the oncly mer
ciful God of -Doom : Thee Vte ferve, thee we call upon: faw m the heft way, that which thou
h ft revealed to Mahomet *, not that whereby thou puqijheft the Ungodly. This alio they ufe
I have noted amongft them, being a Tautologie of the Names of G^d and Mahomet]
Bizjnillah I raugh mawr n a raugh-heam AllhundilLAlly: Etto hyattOj almo barakatto, ajful-
watto } Attayo battoLcyla^ heejfalem, Aleyka, /, Jaana-, nebeeti rough meet Walio ugh heeweeber-
cam, Bffa-lamalena-, Wallah Ebadulla-, hefolaheem JEjhaddo. Awla-El-aha, El-Allaho, Ejh-
addaly Mahummed refull-Allogh. L?alia, Ejfalamalena Ebadulla Solaheem. EJfalamaleekam
EJfalamaleeka. Allyhomma Sul-hillulla. Allaw Mohummed don Wallawy Waff ale em-chamma
Salle at a, Alhumder alley, Whoddaw- Which form the Mahometans in Arabia, Per ft a, India
Java and other parts have, or moft part of it.
Now though this be moft ufual, yet are they not without other fet forms of prayer,
compiledby Of man in his Parody-, and more largely by that famous Almotannabhy, who in
his high-flown conceits endeavoured to exalt his Name and reputation above that of
Mahomet. Their Elfatae's are either for the fafety of their Kings, a happy iffue, welfare
of their Countrey, Thanks that they are Mujfulmen, Bofarmen, true Believers or the like:
five times in four and twenty hours exercifing prayer. The hours obferved canonically
are about day-break, noon, three in the after-noon, fun-fet, and mid-night: called by
them AJhara, Magreb, Adeleper, Kalamath and j Arabically Dahour, Lajhour, Mo-
grub, Sallie and Sabaha Vhair. The firft hour is ajfced by four Teffajems and two prayers*
the fecond by ten times kilfingthe earth with five Elfatae's, the third hour requires eight
grovelings and four ejaculations the fourth hath five paedaes and three orations; and
the laft hour hath fifteen Teffalems and eight repetitions: after that hour to day-break
'tis held unnecefTary to invocate. Howbeit the Per fan fince their reformation think it
enough to pray thrice in four and twenty hours', at Sob, Dor and Magareb, Arabickyvoids
which fignifie morning, noon and night. On the Gyumaa or Sabbath (by the PerftanscAd
Towma and D'ftuma, by Turks Zuma-giuny, Dumaad by the vulgar Arabs) they affemble
in the Mofques (which are without feats and Bells*,) fidt walhing their face, hands and
arms to the elbow, then kneeling with faces towards Medina, ipeak not one to another^
ipit nor cough if they can avoid it,
5 Command. See thou obferve yearly a month Lent, a Byram, &c-
The Lent or Kamdam ( called alio Ramadan, Ramadan and Ramulan) begin! commonly
at the Sun's entrance into Aries, Libra other times, no time certain^ and is in imitation
of our Lent, or rather the forty dayes Mofes was in Horeb, by fome faid in memory of
Mahomet's forty dayes obfeuring himfelf in the Defart when he fled from the rage of
MeccJs Inhabitants, and for that in this month he divulged his Alcoran: but moft likely
(as in the ^-j A^oara of himfelf, and 25, in which he treats of the excellency of the Alfur-
can) from his being fo long in the fixth Heaven called Alahal, where this Anthropomor-
phite blafphemoufly reports. He had the honour to fhake hands with the Almighty (which
he fayes were feventy times colder than Ice-,) and that being upon the Earth,to make the
People credit him the more, he commanded the Moon to defcend; half of which the
Hocus put into his own fleeve, and the other half ferved as a zone or girdle for his Son-
m-Law Mortis Ally •, Howbeit, to others amazement, he afterwards pieced it together and
t T ki Nr fleight P laced lt in the fame 0rb whence firft he invited it. Borrow'd ('tis pro-
babie) from fofeph'sdream mentioned in Gen. 37. 9. where the Moon made obeyfance to
mm: Sergtus the Apoftate Monk helping him with the AUufion«
During