'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.' [‎103] (422/1024)

Book I.
Travels in I
aiiaim
N D I Ai
had left at Golconda upon the King^s earneft entreaty. The King was always
very much troubl’d with the head-ach: For which reafon the Phylitians had or
der’d that he fhould be let blood in four places under the tongue; but there was
no perfon that would undertake to do it .* for the Natives of the Country un-
derltand nothing of Chirurgery. Now before that Feter de Lan, for that was
the D/tfe^Chirurgion’s name, was entertain’d in the King’s fervice,he was ask’d
whether he could let blood / To which he anfwer’d, that there was nothing fo
eafy in Chirurgery. Some few days after the King fent for him, and gave him
to underftandthat he was refolv’d to be let blood the next day in four parts un
der the tongue, as the Phyfitians had order’d, but he fhould take a care of not
drawing away above eight ounces. De Lan returning the next day to Court,
was lead into a Chamber by three Eunuchs* and four Old-women, who earn’d
him to a Bath, and after they had undreft him, and wafh’d him, efpecially his
hands; they anointed him with Aromatick-drugs , and inftead of his own
£^0^-Clothes, they brought him a Robe according to the fafhion of the
Countrey. After that* they brought him before the King j where he found four
little Porringers of Gold, which the Phyfitians, who were prefent, had weigh’d*
In fhort,he let the King blood under the tongue in four parts, and perform’d his
bufmefs fo well,that when the blood came to be weigh’d,it weigh’d but bare eight
ounces.! The King was fo fatisfi’d with the Operation, that he gave theChirur-
gion three-hunder’d Pagods, which comes to almoft feven-hunder’d Crowns.
The Young-Queen and the Queen-Mother undemanding what he had done,were
refolv’d to be let-blood too. But I believe it was rather out of a curiofity to
feethe Chirurgion, thanout of any neceffity which they had to be let-blood. *
For he was a handfom young-man * and perhaps they^had never feen a Granger
neer at hand,for at a diftence,it is no improbable thing,in regard the Women are
fhut up m fuch places where they may fee, but not be feen. Upon this, de Lan
was carri’dinto a Chamber where the fame Old-women that he had waited on him
before he let the King blood, ftript up his arm,and wafh’d it,but more efpecially
his hands; which when they were dry , they rubb’d again with fweet-Oils
as before. That being done,a Curtain was drawn,and the Queen firetching out
her arm through hole, was let-blood; as was the Queen-Mother afterwards
in the fame manner. The Queen gave him fifty Pagods, and the Queen-Mother
thirty, with fome pieces of Cloath of Gold.
Two days after we went to wait upon the Klahab's Son, but were told we
could not fpeak with him that day ; the next day receiving the fame anfwer, we
were advertiz’d upon enquiry, that we might wait long enough in that manner j
that he was a young Lord that never ftirr’d from the King ; or that if he did
leave the Court, it was only to keep his Mifles company in his own Haram.
The young Chirurgion feeing us fo delaid, offer’d to fpeak to the King’s firft Phy-
fitian, who'was alfo of the King’s Council,and who had teflify’d a great affeUion
toward the iW*m^-Envoy,and for himfelf; for which reafon be thought
he might embrace an opportunity to do him a kindnefs. In fhort/e? Lan had no
fooner fpoke to him, but he fent for us, and having,after much civilty fhewn us,
inform’d himfelf of the caufe of our coming, he defir’d us to fiiew him our
Pearls, which we did the next day. Aft^r |ie had view’d them, he made us feal
, them up again in our own bags .* for all that is prefented to the King mull be
leal d with the Merchants-Seal ^ and when the King has had a fight of the Com-
modity, it is feal d up with his own Seal, to prevent any fraud. Thereupon we
ert the Pearls, fo^ feald up, in his hands, who promis’d to fhew them to the
hand ’ ^ t0 ^ Ve US 3 account tiie tru ^ we ^ P ut * nt0
The next day about nine of the Clock before noon we went to the River to
ee how they wafh the King’s and the Great Noble-men’s Elephants. The Ele*
pnant goes up to the belly in the water, and lying down upon one fide, with his
junk he throws the water feveral times upon that fide which lies out of the
ater; and when he has foak’d himfelf fufficiently, the Mailer comes with a
filrF n 3 an d rubbing the Elephant’s-skin, cleanfes it from all the
nthat clings to it. Here fome believe, that when this creature is once laid
wn, it cannot rife of its felf 7 which is contrary to what I have feen. For
when