'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.' [‎78] (115/1024)

The Persian 'Travels
Book Ik
CHAP. VL
Of the $oad -inhich the Author kept) when he TraVeltd the fau rt j, :
time into Afia, to go from Paris to Ormus. Jnd fir[t of /,#
Voyage from Marleillcs to Alexandrccca.
Set out from Paris in the company of Moafieur ^f ArdiliM'tht eighteentli
1 of June , 1651. and arriv’d at Marfitlles the fisteenth df July 8 On th
1 twenty-fixth of Juguft we fet Sail, with a favourable North.Weft Wy
JL that blew very briskly the two next days ibut at length it grew fo very (lack
that coming about cothe North North-Eaft, we made:fbr Sardinia. Upon thefecond !
of September by Sun riftng, we dilcover’d^he Weftern Coaft of Sardinia, fix Leagues
from the Land. About Noon the .Wind chopping about again to the North W c ft
we held on our firft Courfe ^ and upon the third of September, we defcry’d th’
Ifland Calita upon the Coaft of Africa.. On the fourth we difcover’d the Iflandof
Zambino before Tunis, and about Evening which is the moft Southerly
Point of all Africa. T he fifth we had a fight or the Ifland of PMalaria, and the
Coafl.of Sicily. The fixth wediicover’d the Hland ol Goz,a, and the fevenrh the
Caflle that bears ti e lame name. \t
1 We iaii Jed at Maftaupon the day of the Nativity of the Virgin, which is-a great
day among the Maltefi, upon which they give thanksto God, for that the TwrLf rais’d
their; ^ivge upon that day.
The Grand Mafler goes to the Church of St. John, accompanied with all the
chief Commanders in their Rpbes of Command, and the greateft part of the Knights/
All the Country-men and Citizens are up in Arms upon that day, and marchthe
hm call'd the Auveman hoyfo, with the Knight that goes to fetch the Standard
This Knight is clad ina Cafibskpf Criuafon Velvet,, with a Crofs of the Order bt
fore and behind. He wears a Helmet upon his head, and carries the Standard upon
his fhoiilders ,; and by him marches the Grand-Mafter’s Page, who carries a Sword
in one hand, and a Dagger *in the other, both very .richly Embellifh’d andgiv’n
the the Order by C 4 R LSS the fifth. The Page that carry’d the Sword and
Dagger was the youngeft Nephew of Pope Innocent the tenth. The Soldiers and Of
7 tizens marching before to the Church door make a Lane for the Knight and thePacc
to pafs on to the Altar, where the Knight makes three bows, and having doncas
much to the Grand-Mafkr, places himfelf on the right hand of the Grand-Maflers
Chait, and the Page on the left. Then the Mafs and the Mufick begins, and while
the Gofpel is reading, the Grand-Mafter takes the Sword and the Dagger out of the 1
Pages hand, and holds them with the points upward all theremainiins oartof the
Mafs. During the Elevation of the Hofl, the Knights repeats the farne Ceremony
as at the beginning-, and then the Bells ring, the great Guns go off, and the Soul-
diers give three Volhes. Mafs being ended, the Grand-Mafter retires, accom
pany d as before, only that he is then attended by all the Ecclefiaftical perfons of the
City, snd coming out of the Church, he proceeds with all the Infantry marching
before him toward our Lady s of Victory, where they all go in proceflSon. While
they make aftand in that place, the Souldicrs give another Volley, which is an*
iwer’d by all the Canons in the Town, as aifo from the Ships and Galleys. After that
they return to St.Johns } and the Infantry Guard the Standard back to the Inn,
While the Grand-Maftcr goes to his Palace.
The ninth we view d the Fortifications, which arc floir'd with very fair pieces of
Canon.
The tenth we faw the Pages perform their Exercifes before the Grand-Mafkr, •
which are generally vaulting and handling their Arms, both Muter*od
Pike. _ ’
The elev nth we view’d the Arfenal, where l was afTufd that there were Am
for twentv thoufand men, being in good order, and rarefy wefl look’d after.
The nest* day we vifited the Infirmery, where the (kfcsai'c ferr’d mfhtc, ss
well the poor as rich
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