'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.' [‎328] (351/448)

Heaven defcribed.
brought him to Jerufalem: there difmounting the Angei took 4 him into his proteftion.
In few minutes Mahomet paft the feven Seas, and afcended Heaven, into which he was
let by Gabriel the Porter, who keeps feventy thoufand Keys that open feveral divilions
of Paradife. From one Heaven to another ( according to his computation ): it is fi ve
hundred years .travel •, howbert, Mahomet paft through the feven in a moment. In thofe
Orbs he faw many ftrange things; but firlt take notice what mettle the Orbs are of. Et
r if urn te neat is
' The firft is of refined filver, wherein all the glittering Stars are fixed with chains of
burniflied brafs: In this Heaven he faw a Cock fo great, that ftanding upon the Moon
his comb reached into the Imperial Heaven: every time this Cockcrow'd, all other Chan
ticleers upon the Earth re-echoed him. The fecond Heaven is of gold, fuch as has been
feven times tried in the fire. The third of Pearl: In this Heaven he fa^v innumerable
troops of Saints and Angels, each of which faluting him by his Name, he pray'd fo
them. Amongft the reft, he took notice of Adam,Emch,Abraham, Samuel, David Solomon
&c. all whom he knew by revelation •, and of which, fome he taxed, others he commended'
as occafion ferved. The fourth was of Smaragd ^ where he faw -infinite companies of other
Angels, who made a mighty noife and inceffantly praifed God: every Angel there was a
thoufand times bigger than the globe of the Earth; each had ten thoufand heads • everv head
threefcore and ten thoufand tongues ^ and every tongue praifed G od in feven hundred tho
fand Languages. Amongft them, he noted one efpecially, or the Angel of Mercv-
a Creature of that vaft frame, that every ftep he trod was twelve times more tha
the diftance is 'twixt both the Poles: Mahomet enquired of him why he went icr
the Angel reply'd. It was in compaffion to fee the deplorable ftate of Man This is
that Angel has the holy Pen in keeping; a Pen of Orient Pearl foJong,thatan^^
Courfer in five hundred years galloping can hardly reach to the further end of it With
this Pen, God regifters all things paft, prefent, and to come: the Ink he writes with £
pure Light *, the Charader fo myfterious, that none but he and Seraphael can read V
All the hundred and four Holy Books are .written by this Quill, ^ thofe ten which
Mam received, 5#«had fifty, Edris ( or Enoch) thirty, and Abraham had the reft • Tf
alfo writ Mafes his Law, David's Pfalms, Chrifs Gofpel, and Mahcmet's Alcoran. The
fifth Heaven was of Diamonds-, where he faw a mighty Angel, of all other the wifeft •
he had as many heads and tongues and voices as any two in the inferiour Orb • and hnri
the keeping of that Book wherein all Men in the World have their Names written • he
did nothing but turn over leaves, and blot out one Name or another*, for by that rash*
the arrow of death) they die fuddenly. The fixth was of Turquoife: The feventh of A/a.
hal , fome interpret it Fire \ others pure Light or Breath congealed. All thefe circum-
volve one another like Pearls or Onions: they be tranflucent, and yet of metals \ Above
all is the Heaven of Heavens, full of Light and filence •, immenfe, and within which all
other Bodies are compnfed, but it incomprehended. There Mahomet faw or rather
dreamt he faw the higheft Throne, rich beyond expreffion ; very great alfo; for it was
fupported by feven Angels, each of them being fo great, that a Falcon if he were to flv a
thoufand years could not go fo far as is the diftance of one eye from another About the
Throne hung 14 Candles everlaftingly burning: the length of every one of thofe Candles fas
Mahomet conjedured) was from one end to another as much fpace as a Horfe can ride in
five hundred years. There this blafphemer fears not to fay he faw the Almighty who Cif
it be lawful to mention) in fign of welcome, laid his hand upon Mahdmef'sface • his
hands (fayes this Anthropomorphite) were a thoufand times colder than Ice. For all
Which, Mahomet in acknowledgment of his own bafenefs blufht for fhame, and fweat for
fear ; and with his long finger fweeping the fweat from his brow, threw it into Para-
aife: Rare Sweat! for each drop ( he notes them to be fix ) turned into fome rare thing:
one drop became a Rofe^ another turned into a grain of Rice; the other four into
n aine ^ ^chmet-Sembelimy Ahuhamefa Mdec-ned, and Seh-Baffin. After he
nad lull mftrudions he defcended with his Alcoran .-What courfe he took to promote it,
entertained how notoriouily it has over-fpread the greateft part of Afia and
is too vifible; Here onely let us note his Quatuor noviffima concerning Ansels^
Judgement, Paradife, and Hell. 6 6 '
rn- A p^ e ^ Sai:ee ^ er g 00 ^ or bad', both are fubjed to death: the good becaufe they con-
po j an ^ rnent ^ t0 ^ becaufe Lucifer an Angel for his ambition was expulfed
raracme. Bad AngelsareimprifonedinDogs, Swine,Toads, Wolves, Bears, Tygers,^^
Atter the day of Doom theyfhall be tormented in Hell fome millions of Years •, but in
the end are to be delivered.
The Great and General Judgement is as certain as the day of Death, and will happen
fuddenly