'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.' [‎80] (117/1024)

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Jbe Persian 'Travels
having been anciently nine Miles in compafs •, but the 'fel/enam to rmke
reduc’d it to the circuit of three The Wo’rk of the Fornfication Cas o
fuch a proportion obferv d in all things, that the tnoft famous Engineers cS a "5
it one of the molt ftately FortrefTesin the World, when Selim the Second d md
Army againft it, under the Command of Mupjha his Grand Filter ' nt 311
Famagofta is a Sea-Town upon the Fall fide of the Eland, and the chief r„i, ,
of it. It is kept in good repair, the Caftie within being in form of a Cu tacW t?
Turks have converted into Mofiuees the Churches of the ChrJftians wtm The
and to open Shops.which they fhut up again at night,and then go home to tbeirHorf
in the neighbouring Villages The City is govern’d by a Bey, who has no dc D
guad ofThe cSr rn ° Ur ’ Wh ° iS ° bliS,d t0 ffiaintain a Galle y fS
Onaer is another little City, but without any defence, the Walls thereof hein.
all tumbl d to rume.^ Only there is a Fortrefs toward the Sea, well built wil
a Garn on in it. There is alfo a handfom Monaftery of Religious Greeks bnilf
fomewhat after the French manner; wherein there are feme of the CeUs’wh 1
ftand fo upon the Sea that they can filh out of the Windows, The Fk dst
it bear Cotton, which is the chief Revenue of the Monaftery/ There i S0 nl,,h
!L 0r e° f ^ r TcT n 'u 6 P:’ r ' h ,’ w here the Mand does not lye fo open as toward
; t ^ thandEa “’ wh'eh befides by that of Famxgofta, are guarded by the Fom
of Sahnes Urntflo, and Paphos. The Inhabitants of the Ifland are for the moll part
Greeks, efpectally in the Villages. They are clad after the Italian manner, bo
Men and Women * the Men wearing Hats like the Franks, and retaining thd
ancient Cuftoms as much as ispdffMp {c,r them to do. The Trade of the Ifland I,
in Cotton wool, which is the bed m all the Eaft •, and fome Silk, which is nei h
good, nor very plentiful -However the Ifland is fertil enough, did it not want!
habitants enough to ttll it As for Bread, Wine, Cheefe, and Milk, they S'
very cheap, and there is Oyl enough to ferve the llland. But for the Wine itistranf
ported out of the Ifland to all the places of Trade not far diftanr. The beft growsat
t efcotof O/^, and is a delicious fort of Drink. The Country between
and Famagofia produces Cotton, of which there grows alfo fome between PaphsL
Ltmjfo. The chief place where the Silk is made is call'd Cytherea, a large Town
water d with a fair River that runs from the Mountain of Femu. The River turns
feveral Mills, which are the chief Revenue of the ifland. There is Silk alfo made
betweenr^W and Ltmtjfo •, upon the Road between which two places you meet
W 1 he // are£ ° befeen fcveral Aqusdufts, that earn'd
^ R ° 0t f> a e d Ma p mes were the people formerly made Sugar.
But fince the Ifland was tak n from the tetiettansj oneof the Bafha's that was fen t as
Governour, burnt up all the Sugar-Canes in the Country. Toward the Sea (boat
near ,s to be leen oneof the fc.reft Gardens of which they call
Shm., to which there belongs a magnificent Houle, and a Grove of Orange-
alrouts ^ TOS bU11 by 3 nCb ^ emian ,who had a good Eftate in Linds there-
f IC 2 a , k V aV r ftn r b L er ° f Blrdsa,hi g « a Lark, efpecially near
cL^ TT l u ° l I thc MoWbs of September and OMer the
wwi y f P || P I°r ‘ hc ad ) ac<:r 't Villages make themfdvcs little Hurts in the Fields,
^' b “ fuall y t!l of c Birds are wont to light, and feed upon the Seed of an Herb that
i ”'!! thcre ’ wb ‘ cb when it is dry, the people daub over with Lime twigs. But
this they never do but when the North-Weft Wind blows, and that the wefther be
very cold, for with a Southerly Wind they never take any. Thefe Birds are ac
counted great Dainties by the Fenetians, who make no great Feafts in Carm-mi-
time wherein they do net let thefe Birds upon the Table, pil’d up in Dilheslikea
Pyramid. They buy them up every year •, being firft prepar’d fit for exportation
nl be R Pe0p C ’ w . hobavln g P u l d their Feathers, parboyl them, and pickle them
up in Barrels with Vinegar and Salt. When they are to be eat’n, they are fei upon
a ~„ ! ,n § dilh, between two Dilhes. Sometimes there are above a thoufmd Barrels
T ° f tbe ! na !! d ; and ,ndeed> were it not for this Trade, the poor people
would fee but very little Money. ^
Upon the Mountain of the Holy Croft (lands a Church of the fame name; upon
which
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