'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎18] (51/1024)

The Persian Travels Book. I.
” 7 ntoTgr^atlHall 7 ~wherrw^were very well treated. For it is the cuftom of the
a little before Meals to prelent their Guefts a large Cup of Aqua-Vit*
with Sweet-meats of all forts, befidesCitron and Orange-peels candy’d, in fe VC n
or eight Porcelan-difhes, laid in a gieatCfe/^ Bafn. I his is a little Prelude to
excite the Appetite *, for the Armenians, both men and Women,will empty great
Cupsiof Aqua-Vte. After Dinner they go to Church, where they fmgcertain
Byrnns:: w T hen voy.return,there are a.fulficientnumber of PdattrcffesorC^ijiltsto
lye upon; for they ufc no other fort of Beds over all Afia : only at Night you ipread
/ Carpet upon a Quilt, and (hut the Door. We law not the Archbifhop all that
Evening, only at Church. ^
About Midnight all the Bells rang, and every body role to go to Church. I
beHevedt was more than ufual, beeaufeit w$s Shrovetide \ for both the Office and
the Mijfa were both concluded by break of day. Between eight and nine in the
Morning the Clo th was laid *,before which time we faw abundance of the Neigh
bouring Country people, w ho brought Wine, Fruits, and other Frovifions, and
prflented all to the Archbifhop.
While we were at Breakfaft news came that a certain Bimop was dead, in his
return to the Three Churches •, whithei^hc was fent by the Patriarch to gather certain
Duties due from the Villages. Immediately the Archbifhop rifing from the Table
with all his Affiftants, and having made a Prayer for the Dead,fent aBifhopand
fix Monks to fetch the Corps *, who returning a little after Midnight, the Body
was iprefently laid in the Church upon a Carpet fpread upon the Ground, with the
Face turn’d toward the Altar. In the mean time, a great number of Wax-candles
were lighted, and all the reft of the Night two monks watch’d by turns to Pray for
the Dead. Early in the Morning the Archbifhops,the Bi(hops,and all in Religion
Orders, iaid the Office for the Dead, which lafted half an Hour; and at the end
of the MaG they brought the Corps to the Altar, fo that they made the Feet of the
Corps to touch it. Having fo done, they took off the Linn en Cloth that cover’d
his Head, at which time the Archbifhop anointed him in fix places'with the Holy
Oyl, faying certain Prayers every time.Then they cover’d him again,and faid other
Buyers, which lafted half an Hour. Thefe Ceremonies perform’d, they carry’dthe
Corps out of the Church with Crofles and Banners, and every one a Taper inhis
Hand. As the Corps pafs’d by, one of the Bifbops put a Paper in his right hand,
containing theie words, I came from the Father r and I return to the Father* Being
brought to the Grave, upon a little Mountain near the Covent, and fet down,the?
faid other Prayers which lafted a quarter of an hour. In the mean timeaBiftop
going down into the Grave, took away all the Stones and made the place fmooth,
after, .which the Corps was let down wrapt in a large Linnen Sheet. Then the
Bifhop,' according to ther cuftom, rais’d his Head a little higher thanhisBody,
turning his face to the Eaft. Which being done, the Archbifhop and AffifiaM
took every one a handful of Earth, which the Archbifhop bleft, and givingit to the
Bifhop, he ftrew’d it over the Body. Then the Bifhop coming out again, the
Grave was fill’d up.
From St. Stephens there is a defeent for a League together to by tneMfl
whereof you are to keep along till you come to Zalpha, where you come into the
high Road again. There is another way quhe over the Mountain, which is the
nearer way by a League, but Tis very troublefomand toyllom, and therefore the
lefs frequented. , r r i v,*
But to return to the High Road from Nakjivan ; half a League from
you meetwitha River which falls into Aras, which is to be crols d oveta tore
Bridge of 12 Arches, though there be but little Water,unlefs it be when the Snow
melts, or the Rains fall. In a Meacow, next the Biidge, where welodgdon
time that I traveled that way, there is a Spring of lukewarm Water, vvhicnwi
loofen the Bellies of them that drink it. At this Bridge it is that the ToII-gatn£ ^
comes and takes his Duties, when the Caravan (lays not at N*kpvan. \ T’ 00 , 01 „
pay ten Abaffis for every Camel's Loading, or nine Livers, which is tor tne ;
curing the Highways, 1 hefe, Duties are demanded in many places of "j.
out i’earching the Packs.The Govcrnoursalfo in their Provinces are made to an
for every Robbery committed: which makes it fo lafe travelling in Perfta^ a y
need not keep with the unlefs you will your felf.
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