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A42799	A relation of an unfortunate voyage to the kingdome of Bengala describing the deplorable condition and dismal accidents attending those therein concerned, how that after the loss of their ship they were forced to abide in a desart and barren island, to eat leaves, toads, serpents, &c. and reduced to that extremity as to digg open graves and to feed on human bodies : as also, the manner of deliverance out of that place, and what befel them afterwards in the service of the great mogol : together with choice observations touching that monarch's government, laws, customs, and armies, and especially his late war against the kings of Azo and Assam, with several other remarkable particulars / by Mr. Glanius.	Glanius, W.	1682 (1682)	Wing G794; ESTC R40890	57,133	196

best Apparel Money and greatest part of their Servants whom they bury alive to bear their Masters company So far are these poor wretches from bemoaning their condition in this respect that they are on the contrary exceedingly joyous to follow their Masters into a Countrey where they hope in three days time to become great Personages and enjoy certain pleasures which are not to be had here Our General caused several of these Tombs to be opened wherein were found vast Treasures which he carried away with him but which he enjoyed but a small time for he died soon after and according to the custom of the great Mogol's Empire which is that this Prince becomes Heir to all those that dye in his Countreys the Acquests of the General which were to the value of four Millions fell to this Monarch And thus have I given you a Relation of what I saw in this War against the King of Assam all which was written by a Physician of Montpellier who was then in the service of the great Mogol Prince Jemla or the Emir for 't is thus they called our General having signaliz'd himself in several Rencounters and driven out Sultan Sujah Brother to Auren Zeb from the Kingdom of Bengala he entreated the Mogol to send him his Wife and Children to live with them in a place he had chosen remote from noise and business of which his great age rendred him uncapable He imagined that this Prince whose Throne he came now from settling in subduing his Brethren who disturbed him in the possession of the Empire could not well refuse him his demands But he was mistaken for Auren Zeb was of a piercing judgment and knew Jemla to be the Soldiers darling and the Peoples Favourite That he was a great Politician a Wise and Valiant Captain and the wealthiest in all the Empire He was sensible of his ambitious designs and that he aspired to set up his Son Mahomet Emirkin on the Throne of Bengala On the other side he considered 't was dangerous to displease such a powerful Man so that he not only granted him what he demanded but created him also Mir-Vl-Omrag a dignity belonging only to the second Person in the Empire Andas to his Son he made him Bacchis or General of the Horse a place of great consequence but which requires him that possesses never to stir out of the Court. No project could be more effectual for the hindering the designs of Prince Jemlar for by this means he was parted from his Son who could not be separated from his Father under a fairer pretence than by being tyed to the Court by so splendid an Office Jemla well perceived Auren-Zeb's design and being not able to devise a way presently to avoid it yielded to necessity expecting the change of affairs would furnish him with means to have that by force which he could not obtain by subtilty These two great Men were jealous of one another and being in a manner equally powerful they mutually plyed each other with kindnesses whilst both secretly endeavoured to strengthen their parties The year being passed over in Reciprocal dissimulations Auren-Zeb plainly perceived the Emir was not a Man to lye still He judged then 't were better to employ him abroad than to give him time to trouble his Government and therefore proposed to the Emir the undertaking of that great expedition of which this latter had sometime heretofore discoursed to him Which was to march against the Raja or King of Assam whose Countrey lyes Northward off the Kingdom of Deka which is near the Gulf of Bengala 'T is true the Emir had formerly mention'd it to Auren-Zeb who foreseeing the honour which would redound to him from his Conquests objected at first several difficulties but afterwards thought requisit to embrace the motion that he might thereby be rid of the Emir and keep him employed Although the Emir doubted not his design yet he obeyed without hesitating and joyfully prepared himself for an undertaking by which he was sure to establish and encrease his Reputation He imbarked then with his Army on a River whose source arises in that same Country and after about some sixty Leagues Sailing arrived at the Castle of Azo which the Raja of Acham had long since taken from the King of Bengala The Emir attackt this place and took it in fifteen days He afterwards marched towards Chamdara lying near the Country of Assam where within a Month he gave Battel to the King of Assam and worsted him This Prince being vanquished withdrew into his chief City called Guerguon where being followed by the Emir some five days after he secured himself in the Mountains of Lassa and to render his escape more easie left his treasures behind him with which the Emir augmented his These Mountains being unaccessible to an Army the Emir could not follow his Enemy and whilst he studyed how to surprize him the Season of Rains came during which the whole Countrey is overflowed excepting the Villages which stand upon Hills This Season which lasted three Months hindered the Emir's designs the Waters keeping him from marching either backwards or forwards Moreover the Raja had carried away all kinds of Provision and reduced by this means the Emir into a strange extremity This Weather and the incommodiousness of the place having near ruined his whole Army He thought of nothing then but how to get away and in his retreat was ever and anon set upon by his Enemies who taking their advantage enclosed whose Troops in plains full of Mire and slew them Notwithstanding these difficulties the Emir returned home in Triumph laden with glory and spoils His design was to return and finish in the following year the Conquest of this Kingdom which the Castle of Azo which they had caused to be well fortified retained as it were in a Bridle and which was able to hold out a long time against the Forces of the Raja But no sooner was he returned to Bengala but a Dysentery destroyed the rest of his Army and himself also And by this means Auren-Zeb had nothing to fear who as great a dissembler as he was could not forbear expressing his joy thereat He told one day the Son of the Deceased in the presence of his whole Court that he had lost a Father and he for his part a most dreadful friend Having been fifteen Months in the great Mogol's Army our Consul obtained at length our discharge whereupon we parted without Attendants for all our Servants were dead We came in fifteen days to Decka where we saw the Vessel our two Carpenters had built for the General It carried 30 Guns and they had order to begin another far larger From thence we betook our selves to a House of Entertainment for Strangers where we were well accommodated with all things necessary from whence we soon took Shipping for Ongueli Having Sailed about 120 Leagues along the River we made some stay at Cazimabahar a place Famous for Silks From thence we went to Ongueli where the Dutch that Trade to the Indies have a considerable Factory Each of us betook himself to different Employs and mine obliged me so strictly in that Company 's Service that I could not conveniently return to my Native Country till the Year 1673. FINIS Lately Printed A Now Digester or Engine for softning Bones Containing the Description of its Make and Use in these particulars viz. Cookery Voyages at Sea Confectionary making of Drinks Chymistry and Dving With an account of the Price a good big Engine will cost and of the profit it will afford Publisht by Order of the Royal Society By Denis Papin M. D Fellow of the Royal Society Sold by Henry Bonwick at the Red-Lyon in St. Paul's Church-yard

to those of our own Nation He granted us the full enjoyment of all the booty we could take from the Enemy and fifty Roupies for every Head we brought him and an hundred for each Prisoner In fine he told the Master of our Ship he would send him to the Factory to inform them of the loss of their Vessel and that he might take our Chirurgion with him and our three Boys which were too young to serve in the Army In the mean time the Arak made us so bold that we had like to fall'n together by the Ears for Oranges which were given us because all had not a like share without considering we were in the General 's Tent. He winkt at our rudeness and commanded his Chirurgion to carry us to his Tent and drink there more moderately The next Morning the General sent us three hundred Roupies and assign'd us certain Vessels called Gourapes one of which carried fourteen Guns and about fifty or sixty Men. Each Gourape was attended by four Kosses which are Boats with Oars to tow great Vessels There were also several great Flat-bottom Boats that carried no Mast yet were well furnished with Guns The greatest part of the Officers were Portugaises and the General had so good an opinion of the Christians that if a Moor could speak but a little of that Language he commonly preferred him to some considerable Office There were several other Vessels laden only with Provision and War-like Ammunition We saw likewise several Barges set forth with Streamers wherein were the Wives of Persons of Quality that followed the Army The General had five hundred for his share These Women were kept by Eunuchs made so in their tender years who were in great credit with their Masters As soon as we were ordered to march we sought the Vessel assign'd us but I had the unhappiness to lose my self in that vast multitude of people together with one of my Companions and were eight days before we could know where to betake our selves This small mishap gave me the opportunity of an exact observation of the Army which consisted of near three hundred thousand Horse and five hundred thousand Foot The General rode in the midst of the Cavalry and before him marched several Trumpeters and Kettle-Drummers mounted on Elephants He was followed by twenty of these Animals each of them carrying two small pieces of Cannon two Gunners with as many chargers After these came three or four thousand Moscovites all extraordinarily well mounted Several thousands of Cammels laden with the Baggage were followed by all sorts of Merchants Artisans Curtisans some mounted on Cammels others on Horses 'T was told us that this great Body stood the Mogol in every day above five Millions the greatest part of which were paid by the Curtisans and Merchants that followed the Army Which is no hard matter to believe because I knew in that Countrey the Cities were destitute of all Trade in time of War and therefore the Inhabitants were forced to follow the Army by which means it abounded with all necessaries except strong drinks the use of which was only permitted to the Christians because the Moors in drinking never so small a quantity became cruel and bloody minded After a long march we entred into Kosbia a Country lying between the Kingdoms of Bengala and Azo of which the General easily became Master The King of Azo imagined the Walls of his Capital City were proof against our Cannon and believed himself secure but soon found the contrary for we took his City by assault and made him Prisoner He had an Iron Collar fastned about his Neck whence hung two great Chains which were fixt also to his Legs and in this manner was served by four Pages A while after the King was taken Prisoner the General was shewed several Caves made into rocks wherein was hid his Treasure the rest became the Souldiers booty and we thought all to enrich our selves but were mistaken for besides that these people wear no other Cloathing than a piece of Linnen which reaches from their Waste down to their Knees they had so well hid every thing of value that we could find nothing but a Pot of Rice and a Box full of Tow and some Leaves which they chew continually to cleanse their mouths We were troubled to find our expectations thus frustrated especially considering the smallness of our Wages which were not sufficient to maintain us being no more than ten Crowns a Month and Provision was very dear The reason why we had no more was because we served by constraint whereas the English and Portugaises that went voluntiers received monthly twenty five Crowns a Man Some days after the General required our two Carpenters assistance in the building him a stately Vessel from a model he shewed them Which finished he promised 'em their liberty They accepted the proposal and were sent to Decka where they finished their undertaking to the General 's content who kept his word with them It was demanded of us at the same time whether either of us was willing to accept the Government of the Castle of Agra and for our encouragement there were several advantagious offers made us but they could not prevail with us especially considering we were to live amongst Moors and that such an employ perhaps would so fix us in that Countrey that we should never get out of it The General being a Man of dispatch immediately after the overthrow of the King of Azo hastened towards the Countrys belonging to the King of Assam who was one of the Mogols chiefest Enemies 'T was said that this King having notice of his march derided his discretion wondering that with eight hundred thousand Men only he should undertake that which two Millions of Men could not atchieve In effect it seemed to be a rash Enterprize and that the Example of so prodigious an Army which lately perished in the same Parts where we went should have deterred our General But so far was he from being discouraged by this consideration that the greatness of the danger served only to heighten his courage and lest the Flood which every six Months overflowed the greatest part of this Kingdom should hinder his project he advanced with great expedition and arrived before that time at the place he intended As soon as we were in the Enemies Countrey a general consternation seized upon them and the fame of Nabab's Fortune caused infinite numbers of the Enemy's Subjects to come over to his side as the surest In the mean time the English and we having observed all the signs of an approaching tempest carefully viewed and repaired our Vessels but all our pre-cautions could not hinder its sinking For not being Ballasted the Currents overturned it and that which hastened our loss was the Sottish and Extravagant curiosity of a Marriner that had the management of it This Man to try experiments would needs have all the Sails hoisted up which was no sooner done but our Vessel sunk