'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.' [‎240] (273/1024)

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Vyfentery, they take Tower GurdlM-cnilk, with Rice unbruisM boyl’d in
water, to which they add a little Rhubarb powder’d.
At the beginning of a Difeafe they forbid Bread, and inftead thereof preferibe
Rice boyl’d in Hen-broath, or fometimes in fair water. For diet is the chief Re
medy which the Phyfitians preferibe in all DifeaTes, and account moft foveraign.
Indeed the remedy is well preferib’d in many diftennpers-, however it is by them'
never preferib’d according to reafon or method, but only according to cuftom;
whereby it often comes to pafs that they forbid that which is good, and preferitje
that which is bad. If the Patient be To poor as not to be able to fend for a Phylitian,
two or three men fet him upon an Afs, with a Scarf about his neck, which denotes
him to be a Tick perfon, and fo lead him to the Phyfitian •, who prefently feels his
pulfe, lets him Blood, and by and by taking his Pen in his hand, in a fmall piece of
Paper preferibes more Hog-wafh at one ftroke, then three mens bellys are able to
contain.
When a Phyfitian is call’d to a Confultation,he pretends not to take any Money:
But his Atar or Apothecary finds a way to have the Do&or fatisfi’d for his pains.
They never permit the Sick to change their Linnen, how nafty foever it be.
When they come home to the Patient, though they find him ready to expire, they
tell the Servants that he will certainly recovery but then, on the other fide, they
go to the Parents or Kindred of the Patient, and tell them that the Patient is in a
defperate condition, and caonot live. By this means they fave their credit i for
Of the divifion of time amongthe Perfians.
HE Perfians divide the natural day into four parts. The firft is from Sun-
rifing to Noon s the Second from Noon to Sun-fet: The third from Sun-fet
till Midnight j and the fourth from Midnight till Sun-rife. At Midnight, Morning,
and Sun-fet, they make a moft horrible din in every great City, of Kettle-Drums,
Haut-boys, Latten-Bafbns, and other Inftruments .* upon which there are certain
men hir'd to play for a quarter of an hour together, in fome place where they
may be heard all over the City. They have alfo great Cornets, about fevenfoot
long, with deep mouths, which may be heard above half a league. But thefe
Cornets are never us’d but in Cities where the Kans or Governours refide. Thefe
Inftruments are alfo always employ’d at their great Solemnities, asalfo when the
King creates any new Officer or Governour. Thefe Inftruments have alfo a pri-
viledg to play at all Houfes where they underftand there is a Male-child born.
The meaner fort dare not refufe ’em , but the Nobility value not their priviledg
of aftraw.
The Perfians in the computation of time make ufe of Lunar-months. Thefirft
Mouharrem^ the fecond Cepber^ the third Kebia-cl-Avef the fourth Atyer, the
fifth Gemadil-Avd, the fixth Gemadil-Akrier^ thefevemh Regeb, the aghthShaabon-
the ninth Ramezan, the tenth Shaval^ the eleventh Z%ade, the twelfth Zilbagge-
And every Month begins from the firft appearance of the Crefcent.
In thd? Aftronomical Accounts, and the Calculations of the Longitude and La
titude of the Planets for the compofing their Almanacks, they make ufe of Solar-
months, thus call’d: Azar 31 day. Onzon 30 days. Ajar 31. Harizon 30. 7 V-
mouze 31.^31. Eiloul ^o.Tecbrion-eb Avel 31. Techrion-el-ilani 30. Ration-el-Avel
^i.Kanon-Elfani %i. Shaabat 28 or 29, anfwering to our February. The firft month
Azar begins upon our eleventh of March : fo that it anfwer’d to our month of
March before the Gregorian Reformation. Therefore they call this month
Mab-Roami^ or the Roman month. They alfo make ufe of the Egyptian months,
which are thus call’d, Terverdin^ Erdi-be^bo^^ Kourdad, Eir^ Mordad-fSberiverj
happen what will, they have told truth either of the one fide, or the other.
CHAP. XVI.
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