'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.' [‎245] (278/1024)

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Chip. XX. of Monfieur T A V ER NI E R.
the reiion of Faith, and which way he faid his Prayers, and that according to his
merits they ufe him well or ill. As for the torment of Souls before the Refur-
re&Fn, that only confifts in a grief for not having arriv’d to. thofe perfe&ions
and Sciences to which they might have attain’d, and confequently for not having
?tfain ? d to that perfc&ion which God requir’d of them, f )theres hold that the
Souls of the unfortunate are tormented with Dreams and yifionsh but that the
Souls of the happy always enjoy the fight of pleating objedls *, till the Saheb-el-
zarnm, or Matter of time thal! come to confirm the Law of Mahomet^ who ftlall
kill jjedgdr, who is like our Antichriff with his own hand *, at which time all
then alive (hall dye in an infiant, and then {hall happen the general Refurre&dori,
which they call Moavedet‘bechr<!, That the fame Bodies and Souls (hall unite to
appear at the day of Judgment before the Throne of the great Judge of the
world i and that to go thither they mud pafs over a bridge call’d Pq’ferat, (har
per then the edge of a razor, which neverthelefs the Muftulmen (hall pafs over
without any danger with the fwiftnefs of a bird. Bat that misbelievers (hall fall
asfoon as ever they fet their feet upon it, and (hall fal into a torrent of fire a-
mong a thoufand Devils arm’d with Cramp Irons, Pincers, and tenter-hooks. So
that it is a kind of a Proverb among the Perfuns, if a man cannot obtain of ano
ther the Juftice of his bargain, or to yield to right, JVell, fays he, before.tbofc
fufefl PoFerat, thou (halt rejtore it me double^ for I will take bold of tby Coat, and
hinder thee from getting over till thou haft given me fatirfaction \ But the craftier
fort hugh at this, and make anfwer with a fmile, IFdf well, »?e will venture
(tumbling as we pafs over Polferat. The Porter of Paradife whom they call Kpr-
fuen (hall open them the gate. There they (hall fit upon the banks of the great
Kaujfer, which is a fountain where their Prophet (h ill give them* of the water to
drink out of a Ladle, and that afterwards they (hall have a great number of womeri
created on purpofe for them, with all forts of mod delicious food. And for fear
of fouling this place of recreation and holinefs with the excrements ofeating and
drinking, they fay, that thofe things (hall always evacuate in a perfum’d fweat,and
that they themfelves (hall always remain in that condition.’ Others more refin’d,
and not believing material enjoyments, affirm that Beatitude confifis in the perfect
knowledge of the Sciences - , and for the fences they (hall have their fatisfa&ion
according to their quality.
CHAP- XX.
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Tke Author departs jrom Ifpahan to Ormus, and deferibes the
Eoad to Schiras.
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I Set forth out of Ifpahan the 24. of Feb, 1665. In the afternoon, and fiai d a
League from the City, in a field whither fome of my friends would needs ac
company me. About ten a clock at night, I fet forward again, and travell d till
break of day - , and then l came to a place where the P^adars kept guard halt .^ »
league from a great Town call’d Ifpfhanec}^, which you are to crofs. About ten
adock in the forenoon I came to Mahiar, where there is a very good Inn. But
the Land between this and Ifpaban is all very barren and without wood.
The 26th, three hours after midnight,! fet forward through a dry Plain, which
begins to grow more fruitful, about a Leagues from Comfhe a great City,^ where
1 arriv’d by eleven a Clock in the morning. In it are feveral Inns, and indifferent
handfome ones, confidering that they are built only of Earth. This City is com
pos’d of a row of Villages that extend about half a League in length. About
three quarters of a League on this fide the City (lands a neat Mojquee with a pond
full of fi(h. But the Moullahs will not permit you to catch any, faying that they
belong to the Prophet to whom the Mofquee is dedicated. However becaufe it is
a (hady place in the Summer, Travellers rather choofe to lye by this pond, then to
Ihut themfelves up in the City.
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