'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.' [‎165] (206/1024)

Chap, VIII. of Monfieur T a V E R N I E R.
fearlefly into it *, and as he went in, fo he came out without the leaft harm* Then
the King and all the people that were prefent ador’d him for a real Propher and
gave him the name of Zer-Ateucht, or Waft'd in Silver.
The Prophet perceiving that all the people had him in fomuch veneration, (vf]>
drew himfelf, and would not be feen any more. Nor do they juftly know wfiat
became of him > which makes the greats part of the Gaurs believe, that he was
tak’n up into Paradife both Soul and Body together. Others fay, that having found
an Iron Coffin upon the Road near Bagdat, he put himfelf into it, and was carry’d
into Heav’n by the Angels. They allow their Prophet three Children, who are not
yet come into the world, though their names be already giv’n them. They fay
that this Prophet walking one time upon the River without a Boat, three
drops of his nature fell from him upon the water, which are hill preitrv’d there*
That their God will fend a Virgin, very much belov’d by him, upon the fame River*
who by the recepden of the hrrt drop, (hall become big of the hrft Child, whom
they call beforehand Ottchider. He (hall come into the world with authority, dhd
(hall caufe his Fathers Law to be receiv’d, and confirm it, not only by his eloquent
Preaching, but by many miracles. The fccond, whofe name is Oucbiderma, (hall
k conceiv’d after the fame faffiion *, he (ball atfifi his Brother, and by caufmgthe
Sun to hand hill ten years, (hall convince all the world of th,e Truth of hisDodfrine.
The third (hall be conceiv’d by the fame Mother, and (hall be call’d Senotetftatius :
He (hall come with more authority than his two Brothers, and (hall perfectly reduce
all people to the Religion of their Prophet. Af ter which (hall be the univerfal
Refurre&ion, at what time all the Souls, either in Paradife or Hell, (hall return
to take poffeflion of their Bodies. Then fay they, (hall all the Mountains, and all
the Minerals in the world be melted, and (hall bll up the great Chaos of Hell,
whereby the Manfion of the Devils (hdl be utterly deftroy’d ? After this the
world (hall be levell’d, and be made fit to inhabit, and men (hall have every one
their apartment anfwerable to the degree and quantity of the good which they did in
their life time: but that their chief delight (hall be to behold and praife God and
Ebrahim their Prophet- They add that before the Refurre6Hpn, thofe that are. in
Paradife do not behold the face of God, no not the Angel? themfelves, except only
one, who is always attendant on him to receive and execute his commands. They
alfo fay that God will have pity upon the DamnM, and that they (hall go into
Paradife, as having fuffer’d enough already for their fins. By which it appears,
that the-Paradife of the Gaurs is lefs remote from fenfe than that of Mahomef&lti?
vention i and that they have a confus’d knowledge of the rnyfleries of Ghrilh&n
Religion.
Of the Books of the Gzms.
being taken up into Paradife, they receiv’d by his means
-y feven Books of Laws, which God of his goodnefs fent them to inftrudt thdb
in the way of their Salvation. They alfo receiv’d feven others, containing an Inter
pretation of all the Dreams that could be Dream’d. Laflly, feven others, wherein
were written all the fecretsof Phyfick, and all the pofbble means for th? long prefer-'
vatton of health. They fay that fourteen of thefe Books, which contain’d the expli
cation of Dreams and fecrets of Phyfick are lofts for that Alexander the Great carry’d
them away, as efteeming them a vaft treafure , and for the Books of their Religion,
becaufethey were written in a language that none but the Angel? underftood, Alex-
ander for madnefs caus’d them to be burnt: for which raffinefs of his, God punifti’d
him, and afflidedhim with that terrible ficknefs whereof he Dy’d . Some Dodors
and Priefts that had hid themfelves in the Mountains to lave their lives from his But
chery, after Alexander wis Dead, met again together, and compos’d one Book
by the ftrength of their memories. I faw that Book which is a good large one, and
written in a different Charader, either from the Arabian, Perfian, os Indian.
I heir Priefts th&nfelves that read in that Book hardly underhand what they
read, hat they have other Books that explain what is contain’d therein. When
they reaum that Book, as alfo when they pray, they tye a Handkerchief about
their mouths, as if they were afraid their wo*ds fliobld mix with the Air and receive
any impurity.