his glory was but the reflect of him hee counterfeited gave him occasion to understand himselfe by affronts neglect and undervaluing him especially Nadab-Tsaffi-chan the Moguls Chancellor who by intreaty and threats sought to reforme him but by such meanes more exasperated so that after many base and contumelious usages hee is forced to save his life out of the City but so inraged that he vowes requitall hee hasts to Nazar-cawn Viceroy of Patan and Baban-cawn of Chapperbenniz whom by his complaints and affront offered as he pretended to the Mogul their Master hee inflames with fury by this advantage also perceiving a way to defy Curroon their inveterate adversary for hearing the Eunuch had not above five hundred horse they presently prepare and advance to Amadavad with a thousand horse and five Elephants and by leave of some that hated the Eunuch enter the Cicy and commit what villany they please force the Castle and imprison Baffador-cawn the Eunuch with his branded associates Mirza Madary Motzab-cawn and Mamet-Hassen the Cambayan Podestate whom they disgrace and depart at pleasure leaving the City satisfied and the Country full of amazement But ere long Curroon has notice of it and finding it a plot to dishonour him swells with rage thunders out his discontent and straight way breaks out into rebellion But Abdul-cawn scoffes at this accident as unworthy Curroons impatience and his trouble their Antagonists being but three one of them a pallid Lawyer the other two Merchants of small wealth or reputation Yet knowing satisfaction would not be had without a combat and that Saffi-cawn might not too long feed upon their misery hee convocates all his Umbraves Amet-cawn Governour of Brodera T'zalibeg Rustan Bador Mamet-hossen Mercon-beg Zerdzie-cawn Matzael-cawn and others to each of whom he relates the Princes dishonour and his owne griefe not that hee feared such meane enemies but that herein hee saw the fire of more wrath and discord a kindling which by the constancy and valour of these his friends hee doubted not to extinguish They heare him understand and professe their loyalty yea unanimously with seven thousand choyce horse make haste to chastise Saffi-chan his associates foureteene hundred thousand roopees are disburst by Abdul-cawn to increase his army with ten thousand infantery so that now hee makes sure to punish yea to extirpate the very memory of his enemies indeed many swell themselves with empty conceits and fancies and by a foolish admiration of their own power and bravery judge all attempts though chargd with never so much danger inferiour to their worth and fortune but tne event oftentimes discovers their shallow imaginations and makes them ridiculous We see it so in this Abdul-cawn a man of great power credit and experience yet at this time so whirld yea so efflated with pride and scorne that by too much security and contempt of those hee was to grapple with hee prepares his owne ruine From Mandou with his Army in five dayes hee comes to Brodera and hasts thence to Wasset judging all Gujurat affrighted at his comming but Saffi-cawn and his were nothing troubled at it no although Sultan-Bullochy and Cawn-Azem were then at Tseroy a good way distant nor that he wanted the nerves of war mony and the people were though his was the Moguls cause neutrall and indifferent but rather inspir'd with new courage and pollicy throwes off all apparition of feare and to adde somewhat to his treasury and pay forrages such Townes as refused to contribute forces the Exchequer and spoyles that rich and glorious throne or state Sultan Curroon had lately set up in Amadavad as an addition and monument of his glory with this and his other helps he entertaines an Army of twenty thousand horse five hundred Musketiers thirty Elephants for warre and by Proclamation that all his provision was in defence of Iangheers prerogatives above twenty Umbraves of quality Mirza Cassen Immirza Mockym Radgea Callicawn Radgee Doola Commel-cawn Gokeldas Phereez-cawn Tzedchan Tzed Iacob c. associate him to Kanckry where hee incampt and thence to Assempore where hearing of Abdul-cawns comming hee arose and came to Boubentalow six course from Amadavad where in a valiant posture hee attended the comming of his enemies Abdul-cawn at Anamogery receives intelligence of their incamping in scornfull sort he tels the messenger he was comming and upon his owne company lookes so merrily that they all condemn'd him of too much confidence but loath he should perceive any want of valour in them they equall his haste and couragiously march to Nyriaed and so to Momodabad but six course from the Enemy there Abdul-cawn by assent of his other Vmbraves command Motzab-cawn to prison and shackles him upon some intelligence passing twixt him and Saffin-cawn his enemy and next day with his sonne Godgee Sultan upon an Elephant are sent to Mando to receive their tryall The ensuing morne hee moves towards Kavise and there hearing how strong the Enemy was his opinion somewhat altered he travels to Baroch thinking to assaile them in the reare but in vaine for they discovered him so that next day he resolved to encounter them in a maine battell and accordingly at that time divides his Army into three one to Amet-cawn and Tzalibeg another to Tzardi-cawn Maxatbeg and Mamet-Cooly and the last to himselfe and in this equipage the whole Camp removed to Zietelpore and Phettibeg where Nahar-cawn his five sonnes and two sonnes in law Karamamet-cawn and Kamamet-cawn with three thousand horse begin the fight and charge so hotly upon Abdul-cawns troops that they made them retire and lose their ground of advantage besides they playd so fiercely on them with their Muskets that they disordered Abdul-cawns best cavalry and by wounding their best Elephant forced him to turne and execute his wrath upon his own company Curroons chiefe Captaine sees the perill and knowes no way for prevention save by a challenge to a single combat with Nahar-cawn that was so valiant The old man is so full of heat and fury that he accepts it and with his Lance carreers so bravely that Abdul-cawn smarts in the Arme but the old man wounded in the head had perished had not his sonnes then made proofe of their utmost valour and obedience howbeit by this expression three of them wel-nigh sacrific'd their lives not sorry if they had terminated in so happie an occasion but Kamamet was slaine and the residue so discouraged that but for Delawer-cawn who reanimated them they had fled and left Abdul victorious Whiles these were bandying for glory in the field of Mars Tzed-cawn and T'zed-Iacup give a brave charge upon Tzalibeg and Amet-cawn where after mutuall giving and receiving blowes Tzalibeg descends first a degree of misery by being unhorst by his adversaries Elephant and by Tzed-cawn forc't to a deadly dormitorie Amet-cawn also adventring further than discretion warranted is taken by Radjea Doola and beheaded so is Tzalibeg and both sent to Saffinchan as a reall trophy and testimoniall of their
victory The death of these great men so afflicted the whole Armie that throwing away all hopes of conquest each man fled which way his fancie directed him Tzaitsi-chan Governour of Brodera excepted who thought it too great a blemish to his honour to turne taile having five hundred horse and three Elephants as yet lusty and couragious but what could his opppsition do when Saffin-cawn in person with his victorious troops affronted him to contend were madnesse and therefore upon intreatie yeelds and has faire quarter gives him but his example could work but little with Ma'met-Cooly his sonne for hee imagining his Father had done cowardly with forty horse and one Elephant flies to Abdul-cawn who received little joy in such an untimely expression being burthened with sorrow and disgrace but bids him do as he did flie to avoyd the swift rage and pursuit of the Enemy In the flight Motsaib-cawn is brought back to Saffin-cawn and Abdul-cawn by unexpected onsets of the Coolies and high-way roagues as also by intollerable tempests amazed beaten and discouraged hastens to Baroch next day to Surrat and after eight daies refreshment and some fresh companie to Brampore to attend Curroons command and make provision for reparation of his honour never till then so notoriously blemished BAROCH where the pole septentrionall is elevated twenty one degrees fifty five min. is a Citie of good note in the Gusarat Province Baroch distant from Surrat by Cosumbay and Periaw foure and thirtie english miles from Cambaya fifty foure from Amadavad a hundred twenty foure from Brampore two hundred and eleven or there abouts It is seated in a beneficiall soyle watered by Narvar or Nardabah a sweet and delightfull river which from the Decan mountaines commixing with the Tappee flowes through Brampore hither and at Hansot a Village eight course lower separates and makes a pretty Isle and a small houres travell thence in two streames foure miles asunder incorporates with the briny Baroch is visible by reason of her high standing a good way distant built upon the best advantages of Nature and Art both so excellently contending as makes it at first view seeme impregnable she is well peopled and with such as extract great wealth by land and water the buildings are generally submisse and low especially those below the mountaine In quondam times her royalties were more spacious as soveranizing over many Townes of quality a great way removed as Medapore seventy miles thence Radgee-pore or Brodera eighty Iownbasser thirty c. each of which now enjoy peculiar Podestates howbeit as Merchants tell us the Mogul has received hereout as annuall tax or tribute one Million two hundred and threescore thousand mammoodees or shillings in our money 'twixt Baroch and Amadavad is intombed Polly-Medinae a Mohumitan Saint excessively reputed of by the superstitious people who in way of meritorious pilgrimage flock thither loaden with chaines or stones and locking up their mouthes from speaking vanity by such penance to obtaine children health wealth or what they lust after But to our story A.D. 1622. A.H. 1002. Iangheer during these offenssive broyles resides at Fettipore and heares of Abdul-cawns presumption and Curroons new rebellions hee sleepes unquietly and can take no rest till both of them receive due punishment he calls Sultan Perwees his sonne acquaints him with his affliction gives him order to levy some forces wherewith to persecute his traiterous Brother and those out-lawed Umbraves that attended him Curroon rebells and is beaten Perwees intreating Mahobet-chan to accompany him with 50000 horse moves against Curroon by the way he imprisons Mirza-chan Abdul-chans sonne but lately to Iangheers grandchild marryed and by order is sent manacled to Ethabarchan in Agra castle to be confined whiles Abdul Azief-chan by Abdulchans deceit brought to Curroons party escapes submitts to the Mogul and is pardoned Curroon has notice of the approach of his enemies so that from Azmeer he hasts to Mandow to augment his Army with a setled determination to bid them battell Perwees followes him and pitches ten English myles from his brothers campe and next morning drawing out his men assayles him who at the first shock by mishap of Rustan chan and Berkendaschan falls back and lets the enemy possesse his trenches in a word Perwees has the day and Curroon flies to Brampore his old receptacle Ganganna noting Curroons sadnesse makes it an advantage of his treachery he perswades the Prince to send him to mediate a peace with Perwees with an intent to deliver him into his hands having precontracted with Beyrambeg and Darab-chawn to seize him who to that end had ambushed neere the river Nardebah 20000 horse but Abdul chan disswades Curroon assuring him of Ganganna's villany Ganganna escapes the conspiracy comes to light and Beyrambeg with his associate is loaden with irons placed on an Elephant and with some selected troopes leaves Brampore and flyes into Decan where by Melec Ambar glad of such confusion he is welcomed and seated in Nassier-Throm where he dictates patience his Elephants and men are sent to Daultabat till he recalled them Sultan Perwees and Mahobet-chan enter Brampore and here whither Curroon was travelled They give Iangheer notice of their good fortune and hee celebrates it with no lesse joy than as if hee had triumpht over a dangerous enemy But behold this faire Sun-shine of content is inveloped with an unexpected cloud of storme and danger I'hen Thouz an Ouzbeg Tartar of long time watching some fit occasion to forrage the Moguls Territories by Curroons unquietnesse spies it with thirty thousand horse overruns Chabul perpetrating all sorts of spoyle and mischefe Iangheer exclaimes and rages violently but so soone as hee had given vent to this his swelling passion he sends post to Zaed-cawn son to Mahobet-cawn Viceroy of Bange to retaliate him this young Gallant delaies not but with twenty thousand horse interposes 'twixt the Citie and Tartarr gives him so furious a charge that Ihen Thouz is afraid to suffer it by base flight leaving his honour halfe his men and store of wealth to Zaed-cawn and by his joviall troopes to be rifled after which they enter Tartary and as farre as Gassany burne spoyle and make havock of what they meet with returning with great wealth and many Elephants to Kabul where with all acclamations of joy they are welcomed and by Iangheer so accepted of that he sends Zaed-cawn many thanks and adds to his former troopes 5000 as an augmentation of more honor and benefit This cloud once over-blowne the Horizon appeares more glorious and Iangheer contemplates in what part to enjoy with his beloved Noor-mahall most pleasure Cassimeer at length gets the preheminence It abounds with variety of choyce sports but the progresse was long and remote from most places whence in those active times hee was to receive intelligences howbeit delight swaied him against all objections giving Curroon by that distance so faire an advantage that with all speed sending his Umbraves word to follow
land some perisht but Euphrates without any pittie ingulpht 100000 of those miscreants and by that losse he Persian King is heart-broken after he had tyrannized 20 yeares and another Vararan 5 of that name placed in his stead hee tooke truce with Martianus the Emperour and after 17 yeeres left both life and crowne Perozes succeeded him call'd Pheruz by the Persians a Prince more rash than valiant in the 20 yeere of his reigne the warres of Scythia made an end of him Valens or Belax and Ialas was then chosen King he ruled 4 yeeres to him Cabades call'd also Chobad and Canades dethron'd by Lambases in the 11 yeere of his greatnesse which Lambases or Blases was also deposed by the Nobles of Persia in the 4 yeere for that hee had set forth an Edict that all women should be us'd in common and Canades is re-established but at last through his too much curtesy to his vile brother is made blind and the other mounts the Throne againe At this time great warres commenced 'twixt the Roman and Persians the Persian storming that at their perswasion Zatus sonneto Gurgenus King of the Lazarrs a part of Colchos or Mengrellya had received Baptisme at Constantinople Iustyn the Emperour witnessing for him at the Font. After that this Persian Tyrant had full gorg'd himselfe with the slaughter of many thousands of the Lazarrs and Armenians Death summons him to an unwilling accompt after 30 yeeres tumultuous reigne and Cozrhoe his son they call him Chezir is solemnly crowned the Persian King About this time the Roman Monarchy in the West took end Chozrhoe of all the Tyrants of Persia was most wicked and desperate hee first concluded peace for 110 yeeres with Iustinian the Roman Emperour but quickly broke it and to the utmost of his power inraged them 't would bee endlesse to speak his restlesse motion his barbarisme his hypocrisy In meere malice he put to death his brother Balax and Aspebides his aged Uncle the people murmur at him and to be even with them he commands them to follow him into Syria where hee ingages their valour and at Palmyria is beaten soundly but so exasperated that he ransacks Barrhosa Antioch Selucia Apamea and other parts in Phoenicia also hee gluts his mischiefe there hee forced Euphemia a Christian Lady and of her begot Hormisda who succeeded him hee also there compelled the chast Nymnhs of Daphné to offer incense to him as to a Deity and for their kindnesse ravisht them He consumed the great and stately Temple dedicated to St. Michael the Arch-Angell and accompted it no sacriledge to rob other Churches hee besieged Sergiropolis but is forced thence dishonourably he attempts the spoile of Ierusalem but hearing that Bellisarius in his time the most rich and wretchedly poore of men was approaching hee renues his league with the Romans but purposes not long to keepe it for next yeere hee forrages Armenia and Phoenicia Anno Dom. 556 Iustyn the Roman Emperour enters Mengrellia and by death of Nachorages the Persian Generall got a happy victory Cozrhoë next yeere assauts Edissa but fruitlessely for at Sagarthon that yeere the Christians vanquisht him An. Domini 574 he commands Artabanus or Adaarmanes with a great Army to enter the lesser Asia accordingly they spoyle Syria and unpeople Antioch in Iberia also and Armenia they entred with no lesse voracity At this time Armenia received the Christian Faith and the Romans have cōplaints sent them of Cezrhoes his cruelty Iustin sends Tiberius elected Caesar to quiet him His Army was great and consisted of many Nations French Italians Peonians Illirians Misians Massagets Isauriaus c. towards Armenia he marches to meet with Cosrhoé Cesarïa the Cappadocian Metropolis he soone mastered and after long toyle comes in view of the Enemie The Persians were strong and lustie The signall of battell was no sooner given but each man in a wrathfull posture hastned to vent their furie Cosrhoe by a sigh presages his overthrow but doubts it more when when Cursé a Scythian that led the right wing of the battell entred with rare courage into the body of the Pagan Armie and mastred all the Persian-baggages but the losse of that fight did not so much grieve him as that his Fire-god was falne into the hands of his scoffing Enemies Many night stratagems he invented to recover it but all to no purpose so that seeing it past recoverie it broke his heart at Ctesiphon after hee had reigned 48 yeares leaving this report behind him that to the Christians he was cruell to the Greeks perfidious to the Persians lustfull and tyrannicall In his place his sonne Hormisda Ormous by the Persians hee is call'd was crowned Monarch of Persia Anno Dom. 580 of the world 4550 His eight yeares rule was troublesome For in his 3 yeare Mauritius son in law and Liefetenant to Tiberius and also Emperour afterwards hammered the face of Persia he ranged where hee pleasd and did what listed him albeit to prevent it Tama Cosrhoé Adaarman Alamandure and Theodorique did what they could to hinder him Anno Dom. 589 Philippicus with some Roman Legions entred Persia especially to comfort the poore Christians who were threatned by the Magicians to be slaine all of them that yeare by myracle Cardarigas the Persian Generall supposes they were forced thither by a fate uncontroleable but the event prov'd such as in sted of the Christians above 30000 Persians were slaine by the great valour the great Captaines Philippcus Heraclius and Vitylian manifested amongst the superstitious who depended upon some supernaturall helps so long that Nature no whit defended them Barames a noble Persian by hap escaped but not a second disadventure for Hormisda grew so madded at his late overthrow that hee forces Barames to weare womens apparell and with a Distaffe in 's hand to disport the insulting multitude but this jeere cost him deerely for Barames flies into such parts as loved him and inceases Byndois a potent Persian against the King by whose confederacie they raise so great an Armie and passe to Shyraz so privatly that ere many knew of their approach they enter the Citie and imprison the King yea that same day crowne his sonne Chozroes King the barbarous Traytors executed their wrath upon the Queen her children whom most cruelly they sawed asunder at which Hormisda expresses all the simtoms of an inraged man his son cannot comfort him because his beloved wife was irrevocable Cosrhoes in passion commands some villaines to temper him whose crueltie prov'd such as drubd the wretched King to death an act so infernally devillish that all Persia cursed him Vpon their mutterings he growes tyrannicall but Barames that had mounted him wich the same hand thinks to pull him downe the King acquainted wich his intent commands this and that man to raise some force to punish him but into such hate was he growne that none would obey him whereby to save his life he flies with Cesarca his wife to Byzanth his
youth and haste came abortive into your hands and fail'd not of respective welcome Yet in so cold so nipping a Zone more cloathing may be accepted of and which I have woven with some toyle but very willingly hoping it may discover more maturity I formerly obeyed my friends who thought the first too short this then may prove the happier since I have laboured to give them a ready acknowledgement Let my errors therefore reflect on them and impale me in your favour for peradventure I may give boldnesse to your Factors to fetch exotique rarities in a new division of the world and in assuring their Barques to bring you home what may prove worthy your sight and mony But this lucky gale will suffer no longer complement The relation of our Sea-voyage is first enjoyned me 1626. VPon Good-Friday we took ship at Dover having six great well-man'd ships along with us In few houres coasting close by the I le of Wight call'd so from Gwydh a Brittish word signifying seene at distance Vectis in Pliny Vecta in Eutropius where a sudden and violent gust assaulted us which after an houres rage spent it selfe and blew us the third day double solemniz'd by being the feasts of Mother and Sonne upon the Lizards point or lands end of England the utmost promontory of Cornwall and from whence to the extreamest cape of Afrique wee compute our longitude and not from the Azores the first Meridian The wind blew faire so as the seven and twentieth day wee entred the Spanish Ocean the coast of Biscay neighbouring us Ere long we descried seven tall ships whom reputing enemies we bore up to speake with but they proved friends Hollanders out of the Levant who drunk our healths as they past by a roring Culverin and we vomited out a like eccho of thunder plowing up the liquid Seas in merrinesse till the nine and twentieth day made us the sport of Danger dancing upon the raging billowes Aeolus from his iron whistle blustering melancholly tunes a good while heaven and sea seeming undivided To which Tune Horace Od. 3. lib. 1. Illi robur et aes triplex circa pectus erat qui fragilem truci Commisit pelago ratem Primus nèc timuit praecipitem Africum Decertantem Aquilonibus nèc tristes hyadas nèc rabiem Noti A heart of brasse that man had sure Who in a Barque durst first endure The raging waves not valuing life Midst fierce South-west and North winds strife The Hyads who clouds seldome want Nor blustring South his sprite could dant Violence has no permanence in thirty houres the quarell 'twixt wind and sea was ended and joy in a serene sky reanimated us so as wee ended March in chase of a Turkish Pirat whom with top-gallant top-sailes we pursued 6 houres but to our griefe he out-sailed us The first of April we cut our passage into the vast Atlantick Ocean by Arabs call'd Magribana as saith Marmolius Atlantic Ocean nam'd from Atlas Maurus brother to the star-gazer Prometheus from whom two famous Mounts one in Mauritania th' other in Lybia are denominate Long we had not been in these seas but another Barbarian Sally man of Warre came up to us sculking all night in hope to board the first hee saw divided at day break we found the villaine who loath to parlee in fire and shot fled amaine and left us who swum so well that the third of April at Titans first blush we got sight of Porto Santo a holy Port call'd Cerne in Ptolomy commanded by the superstitious Spaniard and of Madaera or I le of Wood from the Canaries 300 miles the first discovered by Perestrellus anno 1419. 5398 undiscovered given him upon condition he would people it which he found difficult the Conies in such numbers resisting and undermining him The other the same yeere by Gonzalvo Zarco from incouragement of Henry sonne to King Iohn the first of Portugall The holy Port has five and twenty miles compasse notable in Wheat Ry Rice Oxen Sheep Bores Conies Sanguis Draconûm Fruits Flowers and Grapes at 8 leagues distance thus respecting us Porto Sancto The sixt of Aprill we had 27 degrees and a halfe at that instant descrying the Iles Canariae of old fortunate in name though not in quality undiscover'd till the yeare 1328 accidentally by one Machan or Marcham an English man from whose relation Lewes de Cerdezo two yeare after sail'd thither and by consent of his King Pedro of Arragon had liberty of conquest and benefit but long enjoyed neither Iohn 2. the Castilian King Anno 1405 extruding him From whom also Ventacurtius a French man snatches them but by Iohn de Betancour a well-descended Gentleman kinsman to Bracamonté the French Admirall is dispossest Anno 1417 shipping 10000 voluntiers by whose valour and constancie he subdued five of the Iles La Palma La Gomera Lanzarota Ferro and Fortéventura an atchievement honourable yet such vexation possest the ambitious Gaule that Canarie masterd him as made him entertaine death with an uselesse complement his Nephew Menaldus left heire to what he had got and has added his misfortunes Myndus a haughty Bishop incensing the Castilian King by whose greatnesse Menaldus is forced thence glad of some composition pay'd him by Don Barba the Bishops kinsman But see variety Barba repents the purchase and for small profit assignes his Title to Don Fernando Perazzo whose brain taking like infection growes weary of his toile and for other imployment parts with his claime to the Prince of Castile from whom 't was torne by Don Henrico Infant of Spaine to this day constant to Spanish servitude These Iles perhaps the same Ptolomy and Mela call Deorum currus are from the Morocco or Lybian continent 20 leagues from Spaine 200. six commonly numbred Cadamastus ten three by speculation by old Authors Ptolomy Pliny Strabo and others Canaria Capraria Nivaria Iunonia Ombrian or Pluvialia Aprosita or fracta lancea and as Martian adds Casperia or Fortunata At this day thus Canaria La-palma Teneriffa Lancaerota Hierro La Gomera and Fortéventura A word of what they were and are They knew no God but Nature were ignorant of the use of fire shaved with flint stones gave their children to be nurst by Goats cultured the earth with hornes of Oxen abhominated the slaughter of beasts For how can they be good Who dare each day imbrue their hands in blood Like beasts us'd women in common No meum tuum Lust and carelesnesse so vailing them that little difference was 'twixt them and their cattell Sylva domus erat cibus herba cubilia frondes The Woods their dwelling was the herbes their Diet And on the leaves and boughes they slept in quiet Some glimmering they had of superstition having alwayes two Kings one alive one dead The dead they wash and erect him in a Cave a staffe in one hand a payle of milk and wine set by him to support and help him in his Travell At this day are Spanish Christians
materiall is good white chalky stone flanckt with Ordnance and mounted high to play at advantage At the South end we perceived a faire Church with white battlements a top the houses of like stone strong and beautifull 3 other Temples affoording joy and pleasure to the heart and eye The nine and twentieth day we got neere the barre at Swalley and there cast Anchor because wee perceiv'd 13 saile of great ships and knew not whether they were friends or enemies the last day of November we adventured over the Barre 'twixt two boas in 4 fadome water a hundred paces asunder set there to manifest the passage either side without being very dangerous the Ships at Anchor proved our friends 6 English and 7 Dutch the most of them 1000 Tunne those of our Nation were good men of Warre The Palsgrave Exchange the William the Blessing c. each of which to do them right feasted our Lord Ambassadors with hearty welcome we rode in 5 fadome others in 9 twixt the sholds and continent The same day we came to an Anchor in Swalley roade Nogdi-Ally-beg the Persian Ambassador Sir Robert Sherley's Antagonist dyed having desperately poisoned himselfe for 4 dayes eating only Ophium the Mary where he dyed gave him eleven great Ordnance whose thundring Ecchoes solemniz'd his carrying ashoare his sonne Ebrahim-chan got him conveighed to Surrat 10 miles thence where they intombed him not a stones cast from Tom Coryats grave knowne but by two poore stones Tom. Coryats grave there resting till the resurrection Doubtlesse Nogdibeg had a guilty conscience hee had very basely misbehav'd himselfe in England and feared the extreame rigour of Abbas a just but too severe Master at no time to bee jested with in money matters or reputation so as neither his past good service alliance at Court skill in armes nor brave aspect could animate his defence assured of most horrid torture Other mens sufferings upon lesse cause made his seeme more unpardonable in the yeere 1612. a Persian Ambassador at Constantinople for assenting to such Articles 'twixt his Master and the Grand Seignior as seem'd advantagious to him but odious to the Persian Monarck was upon his returne beheaded at Cazbyn by command of his inraged Master the conditions were indeed dishonourable That the Prince of Persia should arrogate no other Title but Bashaw of Tauris that the Persian should pay tribute for Gheylan yeerly 400 bal's of silk that the Cadi of Tauris should bee of the Turkes Election c. which Abbas kickt back to Achmat with great indignation Tamas-coolibeg also came into his mind who dyed miserably tho once second in Persia upon spleene ill grounded by the King and of Turkish barbarisme not a few exemplaries Ebrahim Bassa Cycala Synon Bassa and Nassuf each of them in their times sitting at the Sterne guiding as they listed the Turkish greatnesse yet ere death cald for them they were cald for by precipitating ends such as made the remembrance of their passed glory relish the sowrer more deformed and Nogdibeg as we heard the King protest if he had not prevented it should first have beene hackt in peeces and then in the open market place burnt with dogs turds a perfume not fetcht from Arabia a staine indeleble branding with shame all his posterity Returne we to the roade againe Swalley road is from the Aequator 20 degrees and six and fifty min. North Swally road westerly variation 16. degrees and a halfe longit from Mohelia 28 degr at a low ebbe it resembles an I le beyond the sands Goga is easily discovered The first of December with some Pe-unes or black foot-boyes who can pratle some English we rode to Surat our Chariot drawn by 2 Buffolls who by practise are nimble in their trot and well managed we past thorow Swalley Town Batty famous for good Toddy Damkee to Surat Surat is the chiefe factory of the East India Marchants the station of their President at that time one Master Wyld was in that office a modest understanding Gentleman to whose kind respect I owe acknowledgement and in whose house the English house we had tidings of Sultan Curroon's Coronation at Agra Anno 1627. whose history we will prosecute after we have view'd the Towne which may well challenge a particular description SVRRAT perhaps so cald by the Surae whom Pliny places here is that old Muziris named by Ptol. if my judgement deceive me not nor am I ignorant Choul and Onor are imagin'd it by Molelius and Ramusius a Town at this day great famous rich populous nor ayre nor soyle agree with strangers the one inflamed by the torridnesse of the Zone the other sandy and sulphureous the Artick Pole is here elevated one and twenty degrees three min. subject in Iune to become Nadyr to the burning Sunne thence to September the clouds showring continually an insalubrious moysture the wind and thunder so commixing that no place in the world seemes more unhealthy all the other 8 moneths either parching or freezing Surat is accounted the third best Towne in the Gujurat Kingdome Amadavad Cambaya excelling her from the first removed foure from the other two good dayes journey all now adding lustre to the Moguls rich replendent Diadem Whether Gusurat comply with the Greekidiom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or from Gezurat in Arabick an Ile I question not a Province it is so usefull to the Mogull that his annuall tribute out of this one shire amounts as Marchants say to 150 Tunne of gold Surat is at this day not very strong neither in scite nor Ordnance a 100. yeere agoe Antonio Siverio a Portuguise with 200 men enter'd it sackt and burnt it a 1000 would now find it a hard enterprise It was after that subjected to Ecbar Anno Dom. 1566. of the Hegira 946. by valour of Chan Azem whose care defeated the confederacy of Mirza-chan Hussan Mirza Mahomet Chan Goga and other conspirators Surat is now in a quiet government watered with a sweet river named Tappee or Tindy as broad as the Thames at Windsor which arising out of the Decan Mountaines glides thorow Brampore 220 miles distant thence and in many Maeanders runnes by Surat and after 20 miles playing to and fro a league from Swalley road wanders into the Indian Ocean 'T is circled with a mud-wall a Castle of stone is strongly built at the South-West side the river washing it planted with great Ordnance and other shot awed by a Garrison who make dainty to admit a stranger to see their fortifications or parapets The West opens into the Buzzar thorow a faire gate of stone where toll-gatherers are ever ready to search and exact sound tribute for the great Mogull their Master the Medon is of no great beauty nor do the shops give splendor the crafty Banuyan desiring rather to be rich indeed then so accounted The houses are indifferently beautifull some are of carv'd wood others of bricks dryed in the Sunne the English and Dutch houses at the
prevent the tortures provided for him by Ecbar and Mardout his enraged Master In this sort this famous Fort is taken which Aladin by twelve yeares siege could doe no hurt to A victory so great and valuable that Eckbar causes it be exprest in sculpture and for a Trophy placed in Agra as a wonder Hee had no time to surfet of this victory receiving letters from Rajea Bagwander Viceroy of Lahore that Mirza Mamet Hagee his brother with thirty thousand horse out of Kabul had attempted to prey upon Lahore Ecbar delayes no time but with his Army presents himselfe so suddenly to the Enemie that without any resistance or stay Mahomet flyes away leaving his men and camp to the rage of Ecbars company This occasion drew the King to view all advantagious places of defence which hee both bettered by his care and gave them in charge to such hee trusted He also takes a survay of Pang-Ob out of which he is called by letters from his mother in Agra assuring him of the rebellion of Badur-kawn Ally-Kooli-Kawn and Zemaen sent that spring against the Patanians whom in Doab they put to flight at Sambel also and at Lachnoun got a greater victory and three weekes after at Ioonpore utterly defeated them subduing to the Mogul all such Provinces as lie ingirt 'twixt Ganges and Tsatsa conquests of so great note that they grew efflated beyond measure conceiting all Indostan under like hazard and which they resolved to make tryall of But the reward and destiny due to Traytors overtakes them for Ecbar by swift marches long before the Rebels expected him pitches on the East of Ieminy the river at Agra which wounded the adverse part with such amazement that forfeiting the memory of their passed victories they begin a shamefull flight Ecbar greedily pursues them beating downe the silly men immeasurably and after long pursuit the heads are taken Allyculi-cawn is troden under foot by the inraged horses and Badur-cawn by Ecbars command and in his sight strangled this done Ganganna is sent to Ioonpore against Mirza Sulyman and the King retreats to Agra where hee fancies a pilgrimage to Asmeer a hundred and thirty course or two hundred English miles distant thence by invocation of Mandee a reverent Hodgee or disciple of Mahomet by his favour to obtaine some issue masculine after much foot toyle at every miles end a faire stone being pitcht to rest upon as yet remaining he gets thither where bare foot very devoutly he intreats dead Mondee for children this Prophet is intombed in a rich and stately monument graced with 3 faire Courts each paved with singular good stone the Fabrick after the Persian mode polisht and pargetted in Mosaick order Asmeer is under 25 degr 15 min. North lat seated upon a high impregnable mount the greater part of the City being below Asmeer fairely built of small value in resistance yet moated and wald about with solid stone not much distant is Godah once the habitacle and seat of the valiant Rashboot the country is champaigne and very fruitfully in many places affoording the ruines of much antique magnificence time and war made desolate and obscured these Ecbar coupled to the rest of his spatious Empire Ecbar by this has made an end of his oblations and in his returne visits a holy Derwis Siet Selym by name who tooke it for so great a favour that out of his delphick notions he foretold the Mogul how ere long hee should be father of three gallant men children it proved so in which regard his first borne from the Dervys is called Selym after Sha Selym the other two Chan Morad or Amurath and D'haen-sha or Danyell a prophecy so grateful to Ecbar the Mogul that there he consecrates a brave and magnifique Mosque walls the old towne Tzickerin or Sycary and from this holy occasion new names it Fettipore i.e. a place of pleasure yea grew so affected to it that he added a pallace for himselfe and a Buzzar Fettipore scarce out-beautified by any other in the Orient and had made it the Metropolis had the river affected him by whose unwholsomnesse he forsooke it from whence ruine and neglect have moatheaten her at this day prostrate and become the object of danger and misery t is from Agra eighteene miles English Whiles things were in this sort digesting newes comes to King Ecbar then in Fettipore that a great rebellion was begun in Gujurat by Ebrahim Hossen Mirza-cawn Mahomet Hossen and Ioon-cawn who had most audaciously forraged as farre as Baroch and were marching to Amadavad hoping with his troopes of Theeves and Coolyes to make a prey of that Emperiall City Amadavad undoubtedly seemes to me Amadavad to be that City Amacastis in Ptol Amadavastis in Arrhian Howbeit some say it has denomination from King Hamet who in the yeere of Mahomet 375 made it large and beautifull the pole Articke is there elevated 23 degrees 18 minutes t is at this present the Megapolis of Cambaya or Guzurat watered by a sweet river and circled by a beautifull strong stone wall of sixe miles compasse well and orderly advanc't with many pretty Towers and a dozen Posterns out of which few passe or repasse without a Passe fearing treason from Prince Badur who in our times with a hundred thousand horse ransackt Cambaya thirty seven courses hence and dayly threatens this faire Citty The streets are many pretty large and comely most shops redundant with Aromatick gummes perfumes and spices silkes cotton callicoes and choise of Indian and China rarities owned and sold by the abstemious faire spoken crafty Bannians who here surpasse for number the other Inhabitants of most note is the Buzzar rich and uniforme the Castle is strong large moated and the receiving place of the Cambayan Governour the houses in generall are of Sunne-burnt bricks low large and tarrassed adjoyning is seene the momument of a certaine pedagogue so deerly beloved by Sha-Reer the King that by a stately Mausoleum he strove to make him seeme immortall both building and pavement are of well polishtmarble It has 3 Courts of great beauty and respect one of them fastidious in foure hundred porphirian pillars framed in Corinthiack architecture conjoyning is a Tanck of refreshing water compassed with cloisters adorned with spatious windowes most of which give the observer a delicate horizon at Sesques also one houres riding thence are seene the Dormitories of many Cambayan Potentates lodged in a brave and princely Temple much resorted to by the Idolatrous Vannyans and two miles neerer the City behold the gardens and pallace of Chawn Chonna sonne to the great Byramchan the Persian an Indian Ombrave by whose valour of late yeeres the last of the Cambayan Kings in that very place by losse of his life gave conquest to this warriour and dominion to Ecbar the Mogull his Master But returne we to Ecbar who no sooner received intelligence of Hossens rebellion but with incredible haste winged with fury he gets thither each
of which he had given moneys and command upon condition he would ratifie it and in no sort imagine them rebells or conspirators he was ready to obey if not he would take his owne courses Ecbar resends him a tart message and Selim to demonstate his neglect and boldnesse posts to Elabasse where he commands all sorts of Coine of gold silver and brasse to be stamp't with his owne name and motto yea to vexe the old man more affrights Anarkala his fathers wife whom he sirnamed Pomegranad and sent him of his new stampt mony a crime so strange so audaciously odious that the inraged Father curses him vowes reward and with speed acquaints his Chancellour Abdul Fazel with it who first moderates his Masters passion and then with all convenient haste accompanied with three hundred horse followes the post to do some service but Sha Shelim having intelligence how all this passed desirous to anticipate so sure an enemy he writes to Radgee Bersingh Lord of Soor thorow whose countrey hee needs must passe promising him a gratuity and the command of five thousand horse so hee would lay in wait for Abdul and send him his head the Radgee promises his best performance and with a thousand horse and three thousand foot lurks neere Gwaler and such time poore Abdul Fazel suspectlesse of any villany passes by Radgee falls upon him and notwithstanding the great advantage he had for three houres the fight was hotly continued but ore-pressing them with men and troops in the end his company were most part slaine and Abdul himselfe after twelve deep wounds taken and beheaded Selim receives it joyfully but Ecbar who loved him deerly becomes so passionate and sorrowfull that for three dayes he conceald himselfe and would not a long time after be comforted but like waves see another horror afflicting him newes of his other sonne Sha Danyel kild in the same Citty of the same disease Morad was formerly hereat he afflicts his decaying body immeasurably cryes and sighes and vowes upon Chanchanna revenge for not better regarding him who comes to purge himselfe but for some time is not admitted to Ecbars presence till by mediation of others and so returnes to Decan with an augmentation of power and dignity But the sorrow hee suffers in his rebellious sonne cooles his courage and inflames his passion some way he must tread to bring home or destroy him by perswasion or warre but feares both his sonne is so hardned and safegarded somewhat he must doe and therefore first as a King he rides against him with thirty thousand horse but by his mothers death is recalled whose body when he had most sumptuously interred in Delly in King Homayon her husbands Sepulcher he resolves to proceed against Sha Selym but his minde alters hee feares his sonne 's singular courage and way in fight and as a Father tries once more what perswasion can operate he dictates a pathetique letter mixt of love and anger reproving perswading diswading promising pardon and puts him in mind he was or should be at least his joy and comfort he had no mo sonnes nor grand children Myrad Zedda once the Princes Tutor or Schoolemaster carries it who so forceably penetrates the yeelding conceits and nature of Sha Selym that forthwith taking Perwees his little sonne along he leaves Halabassa passes Semena and after two dayes more the Wizard allowing the day fortunate with all his Umbraves he arrives in Agray and by Mortoza-Kawn is brought to Ecbars presence then in the Guzel-Chan who blushing to eye him so leads him into the Mahael or private lodging where forgetting his promise remembring the dances Selym had led him into such a rage that rapt him that The Prince submits after he had flasht terrour into his heart by the sparkling fury of his eyes and thunder struck him with a storme of mighty words with his fist he struck him so hard so oft upon the mouth that Selym throwing himselfe down requests his Father at once to punish him showes him his brest the sword and hand ready to it But Ecbar by this surfetting of choller intends no such sacrifice but commanding him to arise derides him and termes him Asse and Foole that commanding seventy thousand able men would so doltishly forsake them to trust the sugred and deceitfull promises of a reconciled Enemie That said he brings him forth againe and sends him back to prison giving all the Vmbraves his associates like welcome Radgee Batso excepted who wiser than the rest escaped By this imprisonment Sha Selym contrary to his custome abstaines foure twenty houres from Opium which next day Ecbar himselfe gave him and the third day by intercession of his Ladyes and Concubines is freed and sent to his owne home where he behav'd himselfe very orderly in princely sort each day visiting Ecbar till by some old mens malitious surmises he is restrain'd againe and the Mogull exasperated But the folly of his unnaturall and ill grounded rancour is not destinate against that object the jealousie of his braine throwing it upon Mirza Gashaw the Viceroy of Tutta's sonne for speaking one word by Ecbar ill taken and interpreted No recantation will satisfie his life must pay it the Kings Physitian is commanded to prepare two Pills of like shape but contrary operation Gashaw is trusted with them and brings them Ecbar The great Mogul poysons himself who imagining by a private mark hee knew the right one bids Gasha swallow one and himselfe the other Gasha ignorant of any deceit by chance devoures the best and Ecbar is poysoned too soone too late the miserable Mogul perceives his mischance repents his choller and for shame concealing the cause after foureteene dayes violent torment and trialls to expell the poyson yeelds up his ghost and having victoriously reigned five and twenty yeares in the 73 yeare of his age is by all his Umbraves with all possible state and solemnity in Tzekander three course from Agra in a new begun Monument buried and Sha Selym though a while resisted by Radgee Mansingh and Chan Asem who in vain endeavoured to make his sonne Cushroo Mogull Sha-Selym crowned great Mogull nominated by Ecbar as they alledged with such ceremony as was requisite is crowned by name of Iangheer King In the yeare of our Lord God 1604. and of Mahomet 984. We are now to present you upon the Asiatique stage various Scaenes compos'd of a miscelany of subjects excellent and remarkable A.D. 1604. A.H. 984. Iangheer so now we call him by mediation of Morteza Chan Cooly Mametchan and others receives Sultan Coshroe or Gushrow his late competitor and sonne into favour and to begin his greatnesse in the good will of his people receives Cham Asem and Radgee into grace againe But Cushrooe struck by his own guilt suspects his pardon counterfeit and entreats by letter Hussanbeg Viceroy of Cabul his old friend to meet him neere Fettypore with some Forces that by his love and care he might
that time Abbas King of Persia with 30000 men besieges Kandahor pretending it a member of his Empire The Citie was defended by Azief-chan a Captaine of great valour and honesty who for sixteene dayes kept it in despight of the Persian but perceiving his Company too weake if they entred hee writes to Iangheer desiring speedy assistance Iangheer is neerely touched with his distresse and promises him immediate succour so that posting to Lahore he convocates his Vmbraves for advice and help and first commands Chan Iehan then Liefetenant of Multhan adjoyning Kandahar with such force as he had in readinesse to haste thither the Enemy in the interim attempting day and night the entrance whiles Iangheer the great Mogull ruminates whom to make his Generall at last by his owne assent and choise of all his Vmbraves hee fixes upon Abdul-chan by that by Curroons leave againe returned This famous Captaine readily accepts the charge speeds to Lahore and is imbraced with such sudden joy by the Mogull that hee presently contracts his faire grand daughter D'haen Shaws child to Mirza-chawn Abdul-chawns eldest sonne and so with fifteene thousand choise Cavalry and one hundred Elephants five thousand of which hee himselfe brought with him makes haste to give battell to the victorious Persian But ere hee could attaine thither Iangheer having notice that the Persians were too strong to be beaten and had vowed the conquest by letters commands Azief-chan to surrender it unto the Enemy but he doubting they were counterfeit holds out till by a Mine a great part of the wall is blown up and Abbas is entring which when Azieph-chan saw hee mediates their yeelding it up upon condition they might depart safely with their baggage Abbas who onely aymed at the Citie condiscends has it given him wherein hee places Ally-Koli-cawn and returnes to Spahawn whiles Assuph and Abdul-chan easily goe back to Lahore where with welcome by Iangheer they are entertained CANDAHOR has Artick elevation foure and thirty degrees Candahor and longitude from the first Meridian 98 degrees The Province South is reasonable fruitfull and redundant in all good things yet by reason of so many Carravans passing and repassing from Lahore to Persia all sort of provision is very deere and the passage in regard of many rascall troopes of Puttans Agwans and Coolyes which like the inhospitable Arabs prey upon all Caffilaes chargeable and dangerous The Citie is not very spatious but strong made defensive by many helps of nature and industry to the South and East it is surrounded with an advantagious wall to the West and North with high and precipitious mountaines The Suburbs also tho not well defended are large adding to the Citty beauty and wealth nothing wanting save good water which there all the way to Spahawn is brackish and the earth for most part barren and uncomfortable Iangheer by the crafty perswasion of Assaph-chawn sends him with peremptory command to the Castle-keeper of Agra that without delay hee should transferre the treasure thence to Lahore where hee then was and resol'd to be of long time abiding It was a message of much wonder to Ethamat-chan considering the strength where it was kept his owne honesty the danger of convaying so great a masse of gold and silver a journey so long so chargeable and dangerous These and many other perswasions hee used to Assaph kawn but in vaine had they beene trebled So that on the one side haste threats and the Mogulls command is urged on the other delay disswasions and diverting Iangheers meaning to another sense is objected on either part so violently that from words blowes became their uncivill moderatours But in that exercise Assaph-chan for all his greatnesse found himselfe weakest finding the Eunuchs Guard so strong and Ethabar-chan Provost of Agray to second him so that he craves their pardon and after some toyle by many dissimulations at length wins them to his purpose But whiles the Eunuchs are preparing for the journey this deceitfull man with all speed posts away a swift Zantell or Footman to his sonne in law Curroon then upon the confines of Decan advising his speed and to ambush 'twixt Agra and Delly for his Fathers Treasure The Prince compos'd of courage and ambition receives the letter with much joy Curroon prepares to rob his Fathers Exchequer and without any check of conscience or respect of loyalty immediatly commands all his Vmbraves out of such Provinces his Father had assign'd him even from Brampore to Surrat and all Gambaya to Amadabat the Governors of Surrat Baroch Iaunbasser Medapore of the marittim coast Goga Diul Nagsary Mangerelpore and Onnepore as also out of Mandow Gandersee Oudepore Baraer Amnadagar c. in a rebellion and enterprise so infamous and full of perill desirous to ingage all his Lieutenants to bring them under like hatred and in some sort to oblige their dependance upon his acts and fortunes and so with a brave and sturdy Army of 70000 horse he sets on towards Mandoa if he intended a contrary Progresse Mandow Mandow threescore courses from Brampore is a Towne both antient and famous seated on the side of a lofty precipitious hill and ambitious in a Castle strong and stately imcompast with a defensive wall of five miles the whole had fifteen mile circuit but the Citie later built is of lesse assise yet fresher beauty whether wee behold the Temples in one of which are intomb'd foure Kings Pallaces or Fortresses especially that Tower elevated one hundred and seventy steps supported by massie pillars and adorn'd with gates and windowes very observable and built by Chan Iehan who in it is buried This Citie was lately owned by the Kings of Delly till such time as Homayon the Mogull rapt it from Sheck Sha Selym King of Delly at his returne from Persia whither Selym had forced him From Baroch 't is distant 150 English miles Curroon after two dayes rest in Taxapore hasts away with such velocity that his Army ignorant of his intent thought hee was mad every day posting above forty miles so that in thirteene dayes with all his troopes he attained Fettipore from Brampore neere 500 miles yea ere Ethabar-chan knew of his being in the Country but as it fell out he made more haste than good speed for long hee could not lurck with such a company without the knowledge of Ethamat-cawn the carefull Treasurer who as if all the Enemies in the world were approaching unloads the Camels of their pretious burthens convaies it in again fortifies the Castle and sends quickly to Iangheer of his sonnes trayterous intention who is astonisht above measure and presently sends every way for assistance to Sultan Perwees out of Pathan to Chan-Iehan out of Multhan and for Mahobet-chan out of Kabull whiles Curroon perceiving he was discovered with his whole Army divided amongst severall Captaines Ganganna Rustan-chan Radgee Bickermanse Mirza-Darab Sayet-chan Mahomet Tackjeck Tsossally c. shew themselves in front of Agray making a bravado
his desteny and chardges so furiously and so close that in despight he mounts the wall and is so bravely backt by his owne regiment that in small tyme he takes the principall cittadell or fortresse and on many parts of the wall florisht his colours in signe of victory and as a call to Abdulchan to to second him but Abdul poysoned with envy to see a Merchants sonne possessor of so much glory forbeares to succor him so that this heroick Captaine too farre ingaged is assayled by Rustan Atset-chan and fresh troopes so long and with such egernesse that all his company are cut in peeces and Mahomet struck dangerously in his eye yea after as much proofe of dexterity and valour as was possible is taken and imprisoned In this base sort the second tyme has Abdul-chan forfetted Curroon the victory yet keepes the knowledge in his owne breast and goes unpunished whiles Sultan Perwees and Mahobet-chan continue their quest and receiving notice of the siege of Brampore they hast thither with chan Alen Radjea Stertsing and a great Army of Rashpoots but Curroon premonished seeing no good likely to bee done arises and falls towards Bellaguate in the way attempting vainely Hasser but missing it redelivers Rantas also into his enemies hands and once more visits Melec Amber at Rerki in Decan cloathed in his old sad habit of misfortune Hasser five courses from Brampore as you passe to Agray the strongest and in all advantages the best defended Castle through Chandis is built upon the top of a most high and precipitious Mountaine wall'd by Nature and capable to feed and lodge forty thousand horse within are springs of wholsome water by vertue whereof the people are infinitly inriched the earth also is excellently fruitfull in hearbs and corne and what else is requirable for defence or pleasure upon all sides are mounted great Ordinance of brasse about six hundred here placed by the last King of Gusurat but one discommodity is commixed making all the other delights relish unseasonably Wormes ingendring in the legges and thighs of such as drinke the water but lately noted and which only gave Ecbar conquest of this Castle otherwise inexpugnable Iangheer the great Mogul rejoyces at the severall victories his son Perwees and Mahobet-cawn are crowned with and to expresse how well hee took it observing the valour loyalty of Ganna-zied-cawn lately made Viceroy of Kabul calls him to Court expresses his good will in variety of complements and more then so addes five thousand horse to his command and under seale makes him Governour of Bengala of all the Provinces of Indostan most famous rich and populous Bengala is a Province in India spacious noble and fruitfull peopled with Mahometans and Idolaters addict to Mars and Merchandize reasonable in shape and colour well cloathed extreamly lustfull jealous crafty and suspicious the ground is redundant in good Townes Castles fruits flowers corn c. mellowed by Ganges which in two great branches flowes thorow her and 200 miles asunder at 23 degrees commixes with the Ocean Normal and Assaph-cawn cast a squint eye upon Ganna-zied-cawns new glory wishing fit occasion to eclipse it and only for that he was son to Mahobet no other reason caused it they are no trewands in the schoole of mischiefe and in the first place to plot more mischievously and affront Mahobet whose miseries are now broaching they get the old Mogul to command Mahobet without delay to send Ganganna the Captaine unto Agra Meza-Arebdestoa-cawn one of Normals creatures delivers the message and Mahobet loth to shew any example of disobedience though he knew langheer abused and this a meere plot of his confusion lets him go who forth with begins to chatter and spit his utmost malice against Mahobet exhibiting many false complaints and incensing as much as possible the old Mogul against his innocent Champion that hee had most unjustly put to death his sonne and others of his kindred out of malice yea after he had voluntarily left Curroon to serve in the Kings Armie These accusations wrought somewhat in the credulous jealousie and weaknesse of the old Mogul but more when from the seeds of haste and distrust sown by Ganna in the heart of Perwee by his letter he intreats his Father to call Mahobet a detractor of his glory and ambtious to ingulph the Monarchy This so confirmes the Mogul that without more dispute or memory of his former services he beleeves Gangannas reports no longer malicious but presently condemnes him of pride and ingratitude gives his command to Cawn Iehan and commands him home to receive his deservings Frau de perit virtus Mahobet admires the villany of Ganganna and Noormall and thinkes by the purity of his owne conscience it is impossible his Master should really beleeve such imputations till remembring his dotage upon Normal and her inveterate spleen hee grants it but resolves to take another course till time might delucidate his innocency and therefore as his love and dutie bound him hee goes to Prince Perwees to bid farewell but when hee perceived him so strangely altered so coy and stately it welnigh struck him dead with sorrow and amazement an excellent sympathy and union till Ganganna dissolv'd it having beene till then betwixt 'em so that with a sad heart and tormented eyes he leaves the Camp but carries along with him the hearts and courages of all the Army From Brampore hee goes many guesse but none no not himselfe knowes whither his fortune led him at length by advice of his best friends that assured him if hee went to Court hee should at least bee branded with the name of Traytor hee travels to his Castle of Rantampore resolving to purge his honour by letter and proofe to Iangheer and to safegard himselfe from the spite of Normal and all his enemies The discord of Peiwees Mahobet and Normal sounds sweetly in Curroons eares hoping by the confusion of them all to ground stedfastly his owne ambitious practises and perceiving his old Father so taken with fantasmes and apparitions of love he resolves to practise deceit and in the Moguls weaknesse to fix the strength of his conspiracies he presents him by Godgee Iehan a crafty man and Tutor to his two sonnes a letter neatly pend but dictating nothing save hypocrisie and submission hee knew also the greedy appetite of his Father after gold and rarities and therefore addes a pishcash of rare coignes a hundred choise Elephants and some portraits hee borrowed from the Portugals They are all well taken his sonnes respected and word is sent him from Assaph-cawn of hopes to re-ingraft him In the meane time Madoffer-cawn at Lahore receives the government or Provostship of Agra from Cassem-cawns pride who was placed there upon his marriage which Movissan-begem sister to the Queen but is so impatiently digested by that ambitious woman that shee ceast not till she had got him re-established Six yeares past viz. 1618. and of the Heg 998. I told you how Iangheer
Villages The Buzzar here is but ordinarie the Mosques are not to be admired the Kings Pallace is vast and notable only in her Gardens the building itselfe is confusedly divided into three or foure Mohols or banquetting houses great and gorgeously painted which were they united might better delight the eye and cause the Architect to be commended I will speak more of it at the Ambassadors audience The pole Artick is here elevated eight and thirty degrees seventeene minutes it is due North from Spahawn as wee observed in our star-light travell for the dayes are raging hot and not to be travell'd in or jeasted with Arcturus was ever just before us from Ormus to this place are a thousand English miles from Spahawn three hundred and fifty or there-abouts as reckoned The Ambassador has Audience But before I give you a survay of Hircania let mee present an essay of my Lord Ambassadours audience and entertainment After foure dayes rest the King or Emperour Potshaw they call him was pleas'd without long warning to assigne him his day of audience It was the five and twentieth of May our Sabbath and the fag-end of their Ramazen or Lent advantageous to the Pot-shaugh for it spared him the charge of a royall Banquet My Lord Ambassadour had Sir Sobert Sherley in his company and seven or eight other English Gentlemen his followers good reason it was some Sultan or other should have convoy'd and shewed him the way the Court being a quarter of a mile distant from our house but it seemes they wanted breeding or that some other mysterie was in it for no other than a footman from Mahomet-Ally-beg proffer'd a complement every way so course that the Ambassador had no patience to digest it save by equall contempt to inculcate in the Persian mode and send him thanklesse back againe To the Court at length wee got no noise no admirers saw wee there neither by which we presumed the Towne knew not of our going thither which I wonder at since Abbas of all sorts of honours counted to have strangers at his Court the highest At our alighting an ordinarie Officer bad us Hosh-galdom and usher'd us into a little Court du guard that stood in the center of a spatious Court in it was no other furniture save a few Persian Carpets spread about a pretty white marble Tanck or Pond fill'd with water here we all stayed and for two houres space junketted upon Pelo and wine nothing so good in taste as the materiall they were served in the flaggons cups dishes plates and covers being of pure beaten gold thence wee were led by many Sultans thorow a spatious and fragrant Garden which was curious to the eye and delicate to the smell to another Summer house rich in gold imbosments and painting but farre more excellent in a free and royall prospect for from the Tarrasses wee viewed the Caspian Sea one way and another way the tops of Taurus The ground chambers were large quadrangular archt and richly guilded above and on t her sides below spread with most valuable Carpets of silk and gold in center were Tancks full of crystallin water an element of no meane account in these torrid habitations round about the Tancks were placed pomparum fercula Goblets Flagons Cesternes and other Standards of pure massie gold some of which were fill'd with Perfumes other some with Rosewater with Wine some and others with choisest flowers and after wee had rested so long as wee might at full feed our hungry eyes with that food of ostentation wee were brought thence into another square large upper Chamber where the roofe was formed into an Artificiall Element many golden Planets attracting the wandring eye to help their motion The ground was cover'd with richer Carpets than the other were the Tanck was larger the materia more rich in Iaspar and porphyr the silver purling streame was forced up into another Region yet seem'd to bubble wantonly here as in her proper center this sea of rich stone so deepe and so capatious seem'd an Ocean rather where the spoiles of shipwracks were conjur'd out to please the appetite of Mydas or god Mammon so much gold in vessels for use and ostentation being set for us to looke upon that some Merchants there adjudg'd it worth twenty millions of pounds sterlin another watery Magazeen there was circled with a wall of gold and richest Iemms no flagons cups nor other there but what were very thick and cover'd with Rubies Diamonds Pearles Emralds Turquoises Iacinths c. The Chamber was gallery wise the seeling garnisht with Poetique fancies gold and choisest colours all which seem'd to strive whether Art or Nature should be to a judicious eye more valuable one Iohn a Dutchman who had long serv'd the King celebrated his skill to the astonishment of the Persians and his owne advantage the ground in this roome also was over-layd with such Carpets as befitted the Monarch of Persia round all the roome were placed tacite Mirzaes Chawns Sultans and Beglerbegs above threescore who like so many inanimate Statues sat crosse-legg'd and joyned their bumms to the ground their backs to the wall their eyes to a constant object not daring to speak one to another sneeze cough spet or the like it being held in the Potshaws presence a sinne of too great presumption In breach of any them fearing his spleen who as Caesar told Metellus could by the fulgur of his eye dart them dead sooner then speak the word to have them killed the Ganimed Boyes in vests of gold rich bespangled Turbants and choise sandalls their curl'd haires dangling about their shoulders rolling eyes and vermillion cheeks with Flagons of most glorious mettall went up and downe and proffered the delight of Bacchus to such would relish it At the upper end and surmounting the rest so much as two or three white silken shags would elevate sat the Pot-shaw or Emperor of Persia Abbas more belov'd at home more famous abroad more formidable to his Enemies than any of his predicessours His Grandeur was this circled with such a world of wealth to cloath himselfe that day in a plaine red callico coat quilted with cotten as if he should have said we might see his dignity consisted in his parts and prudence not furtivis coloribus to steale respect by borrowed colours or rich embroderies crosse-leg'd hee sat his Shash or Turbant was white and bungie his waist was girded with a thong of leather the scaberd of his sword was red the hilt of gold the blade formed like a hemi-cicle and doubtlesse well tempered the Courtiers Regis ad exemplum were but ordinarily attired My Lord Ambassador by his Interpretor or Callimachee as the Persians name it quickly acquainted Shaw Abbas why hee had undertaken so great a journey to congratulate his good successe against the common enemy of Christendome the Turk to agrandize the traffick of raw silke and other Persian staple merchandizes to see Sir Robert Sherley purge his honour
3 and then Herodes slaine by Phraortes his cruell sonne At this time Crassus the rich and famous Roman was slaine and twenty thousand Romans at Carrhas by the Parthians a foule blemish to the Romans till soone after Ventidius Mark Anthonies Liefetenant purged it by a new victory in which Pacorus the Kings sonne was by that valiant Roman slaine and the Empire acknowledged Augustus Caesar over them who deposed the Paricide and made another Phraortes King in his roome At this time was ecchoed the golden song Pacem te poscimus omnes a time most fit to entertaine the Prince of Peace Christ Jesus our Saviour who as then became flesh and dwelt amongst the sonnes of sinfull men To Phraortes 2 succeeds these severall Dynasts of Pathia Orodes or Daridaeus Vonones Tereditates the last of the Arsacidae slaine treacherously by Artabanus to whom these Bardanis Goterys Vonones 2 Vologeses Artabnus 2 Pacorus Chozroes Phamaspates Vologeses 2 Velogeses 3 and lastly Artabanus vanquisht by Caracalla by Macrinus slaine Howbeit in him the hopes of Persia slept not but rather joyed at the farwell of that strange race Redacted by the Persian for upon that advantage the Empire seeming distracted 'twixt two severall affections one Artaxerxes Chobad before but to speed the better he assumes this pleasing name steps forth and with a Majestick grace modestly chides his Country-men for their sloth and faint-heartednesse and that now or never the occasion was offered of reviving their name and redacting the Persian Empire to her former freedome and lustre the people admire the man and by his name doubt not that bee was a true Persian so as with an uoanim assent they crowne his temples with the Dyadem and resolve under him to dye or to dispell that cloud of bondage which the Parthian had so long wrapt them in For three dayes the fight continued twixt those two neighbour the stake was freedome and Monarchie at length the Persian has the victory and Artabanus the Parthyan King by his death pat this late triumphant Empire into bondage After that he vanquisht the Roman Emperour Alexander Severus but in the 15 yeare of his reigne is himselfe by imparriall death vanquished An. Dom. 243 Sapores his sonne begun to reigne And here Teixera may be taxed who assures us that Artaxerxes late named or as they call him Ardkhyrbabba-cawn i.e. Father and Lord to men of warre reigned contemporarie with Caesar Augustus This same Sapores is by the Persians call'd Shaw-Pot by Teixera Scbabur by Schicard Xahur-Xabulketaph or Dbul Aktaf a Prince sufficiently couragious but basely cruell He over-ranne Syria Cilicia Mesopotamia Capadocia Armenia c. but returned with many curses for his crueltie and had next yeare beene retaliated by Gordianus the Roman had not this Emperour dyed by the hands of Philippus a rebell that slew him at Ctesiphon But which efflated Sapores above the rest was the rare overthrow he gave two yeares after to Licinius Vilerianus sirnamed Colobus Roman Emperor who after he had inhumanly triumphed ovet St. Lawrence thousands of other Christians whom he made Martyrs or witnesses in an open field Sapores vanquisht him betray'd some say by Macrinus his Liefetenant and to his dying day made that proud Roman his footstoole to mount upon verifying the old said Saw Superbos sequitur ultor a tergo Deus After he had tyrannised twenty yeeres hee dyed Anno Domini 273 and before the Hegira or Mussulmanish accompt 347. To Sapores followed Ormisda Cherman-sha say the Persians who at the end of thirteene months dyed and Vararanes for three yeeres till death prevented succeeded him to him Narses Tesdgird say the Persians who after sixteene yeeres rule died also and left to inherit his sonne Vararanes 2 cognominated Seganese by Persians calld Baharan who in the first quarter followed the common fate Narses a stranger succeeding him This Narses made bitteer warre with the Armenians and Mesopotamians at which Galerius stormed but his being the Roman Emperor could not dant Narses nor privilage him from being beaten yet in the second conflict is victor and Narses for griefe and shame burnes himselfe after he had eight yeers ruled Persia Misdates his sonne reighned seven yeere after his fathers death to whom followed Sapores an Anti-Christian for the Romans did not rage more furiously against the Christians in the lesser Asia than did this Tyrant in the great he was a posthumus and the crowne set upon his mothers belly even before his birth acknowledging him their soveraigne hee was the Romans inplacable enemy by no threats no bribes no reasons to be pacified he fired Nisibis not valuing that Bacchus was there borne and suckled after which in his owne Dominions he martyrd as Ecclesiastick writers report from the yeere 337 to 347 above thirty thousand Christian for in those dayes those eastern parts were most part Christians the names of many of those noble Martyrs you have in Sozimen he also affronted but with bad successe Constantius the Roman Emperour who dyed of griefe so soone as hee heard what cruelties Sapor had perpetrated upon the Citisens of Singara Bizabda Aminda Bombyca c. Mopsicrive a Towne under mount Taurus in huming him No better luck had that malicious Apostat Iulian who when he had done his worst against the Christians endeavored the subversion of Persia but most strangly he is peirced with a Persian dart in the night and expires with a tandem vicisti Galileë and in his place Iovanian with the joyfull cry of all his Camp Omnes sumus Christiani was saluted Emperour of the Romans He could do but little good against the Persians and therefore returnes towards Constaninople but in the way is arrested by grim death after hee had beene but eight months Emperor Sapores about that time also sighed out his affrighted ghost at the age and reigne of seventy one Anno Mundi 4350 Anno Domini 380. and Artaxerxes his brother ruled after him who dyed in the 11 yeare of his reigne Sapores followed him after five Varanes sirnamed Cermizat him after 10 yeares and to him succeeded Yezdgyrd a constant friend unto the Romans and as Socrates Scolast reports a Christian converted by Maruthas Bishop of Mesopotamia sent into Persia to that end by Pope Innocent and Theodosius the Emperor The Persian Stories say he apostatized who can tell the truth of it this is certaine that in the 20 yeare of his reigne Anno Dom. 426 hee dyed and that Varanes 4 or Baharan inherited his royalties By all Writers this Prince is taxed for his perfidie lust and crueltie especially against the Christians In their defence Theodorus junior sends Artaburus with a gallant Annie Vararanaes diffiding in his owne requests ayd from Alamandurus a Saracen whose Armies when they met were so many that they covered the earth for many miles with their innumerable numbers At Babylon both meet but ere the battell begun such a pannique feare struck the Pagans that they fled amazedly by
it syded with the Turkish Emperour Vlembeg also who had married their sister laboured it But albeit Solyman did his best by his owne forces and by their treasons yet such was his ill luck that excepting Babylon and Tabryz they got nothing but sad experience for Tamas upon notice of the Turkish entry leaves Kazien Bassa and Corasan which he then had beseiged and hasts to Cashyn the Turks so soone as they had rifled Tabryz retreat but are so assailed in the rear by Delementhes still as they marched that they could not preuent the losse of 40 Cannon 3 Sansacks 800 Janisaries and of Asaps or common men above 20000 a victorie so plausible that to this day upon the 3 and 10 of Ardabehish or October t is with many signalls of joy solemnized 4 yeeres after as Morod had done to Ismael so Bajazet Solymans sonne fled to Tamas to save his life willing to part with his hopes of a Monarchy his rebellions and injuries to his father and brother had beene many and notable so as Hassan Bassa comes to Casbyn and upon assuring Tamas that Bajazeth came purposely to kill him that infortunate Prince was by that old villaine strangled and his 4 sonnes also Homer Morad Selymus and Mahomet Solyman next yeere enters Persia with 150000 men Tamas affrighted with their great ordnance hyres 5000 Portugalls from Ormus and Indya who brought 20 Cannon along with them and by whose helps the Turks were vanquished That yeere Tamas eatf ed the Ouz begs country and retorned victorious and next into Cabul whence he thought to have gone to Lahore but upon newes that Mustapha Solymans eldest sonne and brother to Bajazeth lately at Casbyn strangled was fled from his Father to him from succour he returnes and welcomes him willing any way to agrandize discord amonst the Ottomans Solyman in person with 80000 men followes him in every place hee came that loved the Persian perpetrating all sort of savage cruelty At Erez Tamas fought with Solyman but with worse successe than formerly neere Bagdat for 1000 Persians were slaine and 20000 Turks but by their numbers the Persians were forced to leave the field which when Mustapha saw fled to his Father and beseeches for Roxalana his Mothers sake pardon but it would not be his Father forthwith made him to be strangled Anno Domini 1576. Heg 956. King Tamas dyed at Cazbyn aged 68 having reigned 50 yeeres and left his eldest sonne Mahomet to succeed him hee had in all 12 sonnes and 3 daughters Maomet Ismael Aydar Sulyman Emangoly Morad Mustapha Ally Hamed Ebrahim Hamzé and Izma cawn Ismael during his stay at Cohac complots with Peria-Conconna and Sahamal-can by whose help hee strangled Aydar and beheaded 8 other of his brethren hopefull also to meet with Mahomet who being fled to Georgia finds such friends that ere long he returned with 12000 horse Curds and Georgians by whose service and the valour of Leventhybeg he arrives at Spahawn where he had newes of Ismaels death slain in his bed by Periaconconna and 4 Sultans who entred habited like women An. Dom. 1577. The same yeere that Ismael was thus slain Peria-Concanna was also made away by Salmas-Mirza at the command of Mahomet Mahomet call'd Codobanda by the Turks had many sonnes Ismael Mustapha Mir-can Guynet Sophy c. Ismael was famisht to death Caykahe Castle neere Tabriz by meanes of Massombeg the favorite the rest of his sonnes dyed untimely He had also 3 sonnes begot of Ioon-Conna Princesse of Heri and Corassan Emyr-Hamzé mirza Sultan Aydar and Abbas Emyr-hamze-mirza was the most famous active and beloved Prince that ever to this day lived in Persia When he commanded they thought nothing impossible the Turks the Indyan the Arab and Tartar feared him with 40000 horse hee vanquisht 200000 Turks neere Van and cleared Armenia of those Locusts After that with 30000 Persians and Ouzbeghians hee over-threw them at Erez and obteyned a most glorious victory Two yeeres after Anno Domini 1580. Heg 960 at Bagdat he beat the Turks at that time of Persians being slaine 10000 but of Turks 70000. Next yeere he opposed the Tartar neere to Sumachy and slew 20000 of their men and that same month of the Turks led by Mustapha Bassa 100000 but with losse of above 40000 of his owne men An. Dom 1584. Heg 964. neere Van againe he slew above 20000 Turks and with his own hands slew the Sultan of Caramit the Generall the Basha of Trebizond and 5 Sanzacks At Sancazan the insuing spring he also beat Osman the Basha who dyed to think of it and slew above 23000 other Turks At Tephlis he vanquisht Sycala the famous Basha and slew 30000 of his Turks the Prince losing 9000 Persians but by that victory regained Tabriz Babylon and all other such places as King Tamas had Anno Domini 1537. Heg 917 lost to Solyman Next yeere he took Derbent from the Turk and neere to Tephlys with 20000 horse scattered and slew 80000 Turks so dismall to Amurath that rather than see his face Mustapha by voluntary poyson at the age of 78 gave up the ghost and Acmat the renouned Ennuch resolv'd to beg rather than to see Persia againe But Synon Bassa was so puft up with his late conquests at Cyprus Malta and Aegypt that he threatens his payment and to that end with 100000 men he entred Georgia sackt Tephlys and in Shervan did many mischiefes but plague and famine puisuing him the Prince of Persia ere the Tartar could joyne with Synon bad him battell at Carse in the Turq'men confines and beat him but two dayes after lost 5000 men more and was forced back to Trepizond But at length what enemies abroad could not effect at home his brother Abbas perpetrated by poyson insomuch as in the vigor of his age and hopes of further conquest this gallant Prince goes down not aged 30 and of such force with purblind Mahomet that in few dayes after hee expired An. Dom. 1585. Heg 965. after 8 yeeres reigne and at Ardaveel by his father was some part buried Abbas had much adoe to quiet the distemper of the Persians such hate they bore him for his cruelty At Casbyn hee found most welcome they had considered the other two were irrevocable that it concerned them to have some expert man to defend them from the Turk who almost every day from Tabriz affronted them Spahawn indeed paid deerely for her rebellion The first yeere of his reigne Amurath the Turkish Emperour sent his Ambassador to Abbas to command him If he desired peace to send him his sonne Ismael as a hostage the Ambassador had better have stayed at home for albeit hee escaped with his life yet hee was miserably bastinadoed Enraged by that message hee besieged Tabriz and easily forced the Turks thence as also out of Van and all Armenia two yeeres after he beat them out of Balsorac and Bagdat yea made Dyarbec and Iaziry too hot for them By Curchiki-can he subdued Ghey-lan by