'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.' [‎85] (948/1024)

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Touching the Women..
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Fttimes when Women think that their Amours are
moft fecret, they are by fome ftrange and unexpedt-
^ ^ ec } accident odly difcover'd. While I was at ( Ba-
the Secretary of theHofpital, as handfom a perfon as
any was in the City, had a Wife that pafs’d for a ‘Batavian
Beauty, neither indeed was flie defpicable. This Couple
had been feven years married without any Children ;- fb
that the Woman defpairing of her Husband's Abilities, and
to know where the fault lay, refolved to beftow her Fa
vours upon one of her Slaves, who was well ihap’d but ve
ry black • chufing rather a private Familiarity with him,than
with any young Hollander, whofe frequent Vifus might
breed fufpicion. It feems the fault did not life in her, for
her Sable Gallant had fo improv’d his Talent, that in a fhort
time Hie found the effects of Change. In Ihort, the Wo
mans Belly fwell’d, and her Husband thinking his time had
been 5 come, began to boaft of his Manhood, and great Joy
there was among the Friends of the Woman upon the hopes
of Iflue. Great Provifions were made againft the Lying in,
and the General himfelf made choice of for Godfather. But
when the good hour was come, and the Woman delivered
their Toy was turned into Mourning, for the Cnild piov d
one of the footy Qf-fpring of the Sun-burnt race, a perfect
Black. The Husband and Mother of the W oman blufh d as
red for flume as the Child was black, and the Gomps hung
down their heads like Bulruflies : nay the Husband was lo
tranfported with fury, that he could not hide his relolution
to murder his Wife, for bringing fuch a piece of hve Char-
cole into the world. But he was prevented, and lecur d in
the Fort by the General, till by the intermiffion of Friends,
who wifely laid before him the original caule of his Wiles