'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.' [‎123] (162/1024)

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. Chap. IX of Monfieur T AVERNIER.
The Bey of Met elm has two Gal lies.
The Bey Cavale, a fraall Bay, twelve Miles on this fide the Dardamlls, upon the
Coall of Europe, has one. / 3 ^
The Bey of Neftrepont, feven.
The Bey of Napoli in Romania) five.
The Bey of Coron^ one.
The Bey of Mo don, one.
The Bey of Famagofia, fix.
The Bey of Alexandria in Egypt, five.
The Bey of Canee, two Gallies.
The Bey of Candia, one.
The Bey of Cajhl-Tourneze or Navarin, two Gallies.
; All thefe Gallies make up the number of Fourfcore.
The light Gallies carry not above ic-6 men j the four men that are wanting of
two hundred, being the Bey’s profit. &
Every Captain is allow’d thirteen thoufand Piajlert for his Provifion ; and every
Chrijinicu he gives to every Slave a pair of Breeches, and a Caflbck of courfe Cloth
with a fcantie kind of a Cloak. ; 3
Every Slave has every day a pound and a half of good Bread, and nothing elfe.
But upon Friday, which is the Mahumetant Sunday, they have hot Peafe, or Beans '
, or Lentils boy I’d in Butter. They receive alfo fometimes the Alms of the Greek/
when they lie in any Port. But at Con(fantinople they fare fomewhat better ) for
twice a week, as well the Turky, as the Greeky and others, come to the Bains and
beftow their Charity of Rice and other good Vi&uals. The Bains is the name of
the place where the Sea-men are kept when they are not at Sea.
Sometimes when they are to go Sea, they will counterfeit themielves fick or
lame; but they are fo narrowly obferv’d, that it ferves them to no other purpole
than to procure to themfelves the more Blows.
CHAP. IX.
A Relation of theprefent State of Georgia.
G E 0 F^G I A, which others call Gurgle, or Gurgi^an, extends Eaftward
to the Cajpian Sea i and upon the Weft is bounded by Mountains that
part it from Mengrelia. Formerly it was a Kingdom, all the Inhabit
tants whereof were Chriftians, of the Armenian, and of the Greeks
Church * but of late the Mahometans have got footing among them. And the
K-gof Berfra having fill’d them full of Divifions, has made two Kingdoms of it,
which he calls Provinces} over which he has plac’d two Governors. They are ge
nerally Princes of the Country, who muft turn Mahometans before they can bead-
mitted to that Dignity. When they are advanc’d, they take upon them the title
ChiH^ S * 3n ^ W ^ e the y ^ ave any llfue, the King of Perfia cannot difpoflefs their
The moft Potent of thefe two Kings, is he that refides at Teflif, who in the Lan-
guage of the Country is call’d the King of Cartele. The prefent King is the laft
^ continu d a^Chrifiian, with his four Sons? the Eldeft of which, the King
0 erfia having entic d to Court, partly by Promifes, and partly by Prefents, has
won to Mahumetifm, Immediately thereupon, he caus’d him to be declar’d
King of the other Province. , •
Thefe two Kings have each of them a Guard of Mahumetan Horfe-men under
teir own pay •, and at prefent 1 believe there are in both Kingdoms near upon
12000 Mahumetan Families.
coy ns Money in the King ofPerfias Name ^ and the Silver
\vU' C u if C ° ynS ’ ^P an ifo Reals, French Crowns, and fuch other Money,
Which the Armenians bring out of Europe for their Goods. As to the Juflicc of the
ountrey, neither the King himfelf, nor the Mahometans have any thing to do
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