'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.' [‎47] (366/1024)

Book I.
Travels in India.
Being one day going out of the Palace,while the King was fitting in the Dtvan^
upon fome urgent bufinefs that would admit of no delay, the Captain of the
Guards held me by the arm, and told me I ihould go no farther ^ I contelfed and
argued the Gale with him for fome time, but finding his ufuage to be very boifte-
rous, I lifted up my Cane, and had certainly ftrook him in my paffion, had not two
or three of the Guards that law all the pallages, held my hand. Happily for me
at that time, the JSJabab, who was then the King’s Uncle, came by, and being in
formed of the ground of our quarrel ^ order’d the Captain of the Guards to let
me go. After that he made a report to the King how the matter flood } and to
ward evening the Nahab fent me one of his Servants to tell me, it was his Ma~
jelly’s pleafure, that I might come in or go out of the Palace, though he were
iitting in the Divan, as I pleas’d my felf} for which I went the next day, and re
turn’d thinks to the Nahab.
Toward the middle of the fame Court there is a fmall Channel fome five or
fix inches broad, where while the King is fitting upon the Seat of Jullice, they
that have bufinefs are to Hand. Further it is not lawful for them to go, till they
are call’d; and Embafiadours themfelves are not exempted from this cuflonn
When an Embafiadour, comes as far as this Channel, the Mailer of the Ceremonies
calls out toward the Divan where the King is fitting, that fuch an Embafiadour
craves Audience of his Majelty. Then one of the Secretaries of State declares
it to the King } who oftentimes makes as if he did not hear .* But fome time after
lifting up his eyes,he calls them upon the Embafiadour, making him a fign by the
fame Secretary, that he may approach.
From the Hall of the Divan, turning to the left, you walk upon a Terrafs,
where you difcoverthe River. Over this Terrafs the King pafles into a little
Chamber, from whence he goes into his Haram. In this little Chamber it was
that I had my firfl Audience of his Majelly } as I Ihall relate in another
place.
Upon the left-hand of the Court where the Divan is built, Hands a littk
Mofquee neatly built} the Cupola whereof is cover’d with Lead perfectly guilded.
Here the King goes to hear Prayers every day, except it be Fridays, when he is
to go to the great Mofqaee, which is a very fair one, and plac’d upon an high
Platform, rais’d higher than theHoufes of the City, and there is a noble afcent to
it. That day that the King goes to the Mofquee, they place huge rails of wood
round about the Heps, as well to keep off the Elephants, as out of refped to the
Mofquee.
Ihe right fide of the Court is taken qp with Portico’s, that make a long Gal
lery, rais’d from the ground about half a foot} and thefe are the King’s Stables
into which you have many doors to enter. They are alfo full of Hately Horfes,
the worH whereof Hands the King in three-thoufand Crowns} and there are
fome that coH him ten-thoufand. At the door of every one of thefe Stables
hangs a kind of Mat made of Bambouc, that cleaves like our Ofiers. But where
as we bind our Ofier twigs with the fame Ofier, they bind their Bambouc s with
wreath’d-Silk, which is delicate work, but very tedious. Thefe Mats are to hin
der the Flies from tormenting the Horfes; therebeing two Grooms toan Horfe,
one of which is Hill employ’d in fanning the BeaH. There are alfo Macs fpread
before the Portico’s, and before the Stable-door } which they fpread or take
away as occafion requires. And the Floor of the Gallery is cover’d with fair*
Carpets, which is taken away in the evening, and the Horfes Litter Hrow’d in
tne fame place. Which litter is nothing but the Horfe-dung dri’d in the Sun,and
then fqueez’d a little flat. The Horfes that are brought into India either out of
lerfia, Arabia, or the Country of Vsbech y change their food .• For in India they
never give them Hay nor Oats. Every Horfe in the morning having for hispro-*
Potion three loaves made of Meal, Wheat, and Butter, as big as one of our fix-
penny-loaves . 'Tis an hard matter to bring them to this diet at firH} it being
onietimes three or four Months before they can do it. The Groom is forc’d to
old their tongue in one hand, ard to thruH down the bread with the other.
j 1611 Sugar-Canes or Millet are in feafon, they give them that diet about noon}
n m the evening, two hours before Sun-fet they give them a meafure of Gar-
en-Cbiches which the Groom fqueezes between two Hones, and mixes with wa
ter