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A43153	The English rogue continued in the life of Meriton Latroon, and other extravangants comprehending the most eminent cheats of most trades professions. The second part. Licensed Feb. 22. 1669; English rogue. Part 2.	Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?	1680 (1680)	Wing H1249AA; ESTC R216596	218,882	355

that the times would be worse and worse desired to live no longer than till he had discharged his Message and then that he might be translated to the same place of glory so he was reduced to his proper sense and remained in heaven many days and then having received the Book of the Law and the heavenly fire he was conveyed by an Angel to Earth agai● But the Angel had no sooner left him but Lucifer met him but notwithstanding his perswasions he went on in his designs of revealing the Law which he did first to his Father and Mother and by their means it came to the ears of Gustasph then King of Persia who sending for him he told the King every circumstance so that the King began to incline to his religion often sending for and conversing with him The Churchmen of that time endeavoured to put infamy upon Zerto●st by perswading the King that he was an Impostor and of unclean living for that he ●ad the bones of humane bodies under his bed the King hearing this sent to search and found it so to be for these Churchmen had caused them to be conveyed thither wherefore Zertoost by order of the King was put in Prison but there happened an occasion that he was not only soon released but also brought into the Kings favour for the King having a Horse that he prized that fell sick and no person able to cure him Zeroost undertook the cure and performed it and working some other miracles was now of good credit and esteemed as a man come f●om God so that now his Book gained an esteem and the King himself told him That if he would grant him four demands he would believe his Law and be a Professor thereof The demands were these First That he might ascend to Heaven and descend when he list Secondly That he might know what God would do at present and in time to come Thirdly That he might never dye Fourthly That no instrument whatso●ver might have power to wound or hurt him Zertoost did consent that all this might ●e done but not by one person and therefore to the first Gustasph had power to ascend to and descend from Heaven granted to him The second which was to know what would fall out present and hereafter was granted to the Kings Church-man The third which was to live for ever was granted to Gustasph's eldest Son named Dischuon who yet lives as they say at a place in Persia called Demawando Lohoo in a high Mountain with a guard of thirty men to which place all living creatures are forbidden to approach lest they should live for ever as they do who abide there The last which was never to be wounded with instrument or weapon was granted to the youngest Son of Gvstasph called Esplandiar So Gustasph and the other three mentioned proving the power of these several gifts all determined to live according to the precepts in Zertoosts Book he unfolding the contents thereof which were these This Book contained three several Tracts the first whereof was of Judicial Astrology the second was of Physick the third was called Zertoost and this was of matters of Religion And these three Tracts were delivered to the Magis Physitians and Church-men called Darooes the●e Tracts were divided into Chapters seven were in the Wisemen or Iesopps Book seven in the Physitians and seven in the Darooes Book the two first is unlawful or unnecessary I shall omit it and proceed to the third The Dicision of men being Laity and Clergy and those of the Clergy being ordinary or extraordinary It pleased God say the Persees to divide and apportion his Law among these men First therefore to the Lay-man God gave five Commandments 1. To have shame over them as a remedy against sin for that will keep them from oppressing his inferiours from stealing from being drunk and from bearing false witness 2. To have fear alwayes present that they might not commit sin 3. When they go about any thing to think whether it be good or bad so to do it or to let it alone 4. That the sight of God●s creatures in the morning put them in mind to give God thanks for them 5 That when they pray by day they turn their faces towards the Sun and by night towards the Moon These are the precepts enjoyned the Lay-men those of the common Church-man follow who are bound to keep not only these appropriated to him but the proceeding precepts 1. To pray after the manner is described in the Zundavestaw for God is best pleased with that form 2. To keep his eyes from coveting any thing that is anothers 3. To have a great care to speak the truth alwayes because Lucifer is the father of falshood 4. To meddle with no bodies business but his own and not meddle with the things of the world for the Lay-man shall provide all things needful for him 5. To learn the Zundavestaw by heart that he may teach the Lay-man 6. To keep himself pure as from dead carcases or unclean meats lest he be defiled 7. To forgive all injuries in imitation of God who daily forgives us 8. To teach the common people to pray to pray with them for any good and when they come to the place of worship to joyn in common prayer together 9. To give licence for Marriage and to marry men and women the Parents not having power to do it without the consent of the Herbood 10. To spend the greatest part of their time in the Temple that he may be ready on all occasions 11. and last Injunction is upon pai● of Damnation to believe no other Law but that of Zertoost and not to add to it nor diminish it These are the precepts enjoyned the Herbood the Des●oore being the High Priest who commands all the rest is e●joyned not only these of the Laymon or Behedin these of the Herbood or Churchmen but 13 more of his own whi●h are these that follow 1. That he must never touch any of a strange Caft or Sect of what Religion soever nor any Layman of his own Religion but he must wash himself 2. That he must do all his own work in token of humility and for purity viz. Set his own herbs sow his own grain and dress his own meat unless he have a Wife to do it for him which is not usual 3. That he take Tyth or Tenth of the Behedin as Gods due and despose of it as he th●nks fit 4. That he must use no pomp or superfluity by either give all away in charity or bestow it in building of Temples 5. That his house be near the Church where he must retire himself living recluse in Prayer 6. That he must live purer then others both in frequent washings and dyet and also sequester himself from his Wife in time of her pollutions 7. That he be learned and knowing all the several Books of Zertoost as well the Astrological and Physical parts as the other 8. That he

had received a good-account though little satisfaction but since it is a Novelty and may well enough ●uit with the following discourse which will consist of several and variety of Knaveries and Cheatings whereof I suppose this of this Countries Religion m●y very well bear a part I shall give you a sho●t account thereof in this following Chapter CHAP. II. The Original Religion and Worship of the Banians Persees with all their Casts and Tribes THis large part of the World which is governed by the Great Mogul is inhabited by these three sort of People Banians Moor-men or Rashpoots and Persees the several Religions or Worships of the first and last viz. the Banians and Persees I shall here give you an account of but for the Moors or Rashpoots they have little esteem ●or any Religion in particular and being ●or the most part Souldiers are of the Great Moguls Religion which is partly Mahometan I shall therefore begin with the Banians who believe in one God that he created the World out of nothing that after this manner first he having the 4 Elements of Air Earth Fire water for a ground-work by some great cane or such like instruments blew upon the Waters which arose into a bubble of a round form like an Egg which spreading it self made the firmament so clear and transparent which now compasseth the world about after this there remaining true liquid substance in the earth God made of both these together a thing round like a ball which is called the lower World the more solid part became earth the liquid Sea both which making one Glob he by a great noise or huming sound placed them in the midst of the firmament there he created the Sun and Moon to distinguish times and seasons and the four elements which were before mixed were now separated and assigned to their several places and discharged their several officies the Air filled up the empty parts the fire nourished with heat the earth and sea brought forth their living creatures and then was the World created and as it had its beginning from four Elements so it was measured by four points As East West North and South and was to be continued for four Ages to be peopled by four Casts or sorts of men who were to be married to four sort of women appointed for them The world being made man was likewise made out of the earth God putting into him life and he Worshipping his Creator woman was like-wise made and given to him as a companion the first mans name was Poucous and the womans name was Parcontee and they lived together as man and wife feeding on the fruits of the earth not destroying any living Creature These two had four sons called Brammon Cuttery Shaddery and Wyse who were of different and distinct nature from each other for Brammon was of an earthly constitution and therefore Melancholly Gutte●y fiery and therefore Martial Shaddery Flogmatic and therefore peaceable Wyse airey and therefore full of contrivances and inventions Brammon being melancholly and ingenious God gave him knowledge and appointed him to impart his laws and therefore gave him a book conteining the form of Divine Worship and Religion Cuttery being Martial had power to Govern Kingdoms and therefore had a sword given him Shaddery being mild and conversable it was thought fit that be should be a Merchant and Tr●ffick and therefore had a pair of ballances and a bag of waits hung at his Girdle and Wyse being aiery was appointed for a Mechanick or handicrafts man and therefore had a bag of several sorts of tools These were the first men and these their qualities according to the Banian tradition that peopled the earth Poucous and Parcontee had no daughters because the sons should go else where to find them Wives which were made for them and p●aced at the four winds the four sons being grown up to mans estate were commanded to travel And Frst Bramon with his Book in his hand took his journey towards the rising of the Sun in the East for the place where they were born and their Parents created was in the Middle or Navel of the World the Sun at Noon-day casting no shaddow Brammon taking his journey as is said towards the East arrived at a goodly Mountain before which was a Valley through which there passed a Brook in the descent of which there appeared a Woman a drinking This Woman was of black hair yellow complexion of an indifferent size and a modest aspect and indeed in every thing made as if made for her beholder who being naked and seeing her to be so too was more bashful than the Woman who make silence by questioning the cause of his coming thither Brammon hearing her speak an● that in his own Language thus reply'd That the great God who made all things had sent him thither The Woman seeing his Book asked the use of it whereupon he opening it shewed her the Contents thereof and after some other di●course she consented to be married to him acording to the form prescribed in that book which being d●ne they lay together and had many children who peopled the East part of the world this womans name was Savatree Cuttery the 2d Brother was sent upon the same account to the West part of the world and taking his sword in his hand he advanced on his journey but not meeting with any adventure or occasion to make use thereof he was much troubled desiring above all things that he might meet with some people whereon he might exercise his courage thus impatiently did he proceed on his journey till he arrived near a high Mountain where he might behould a Personage who was walking with a Martial pace and coming nearer found to be a Woman armed with a weapon call'd a Chuckery They were no sooner met but they encountred and set upon one another but though he expected a sudden conquest yet was he deceived therein for his adversary held him in play all that day till night parted them The next day also they wholly spent in fight he gained no advanrage over his female enemy only at the cloze of the day he had the fortune to cut her weapon in two but the night coming on she escaped from him without any further damage The next day she was provided vvith Bovv and A●rovvs and then had a great advantage over them because she could wound him at a distance and he could not hurt her without a close fight he being sensible of this odds clozed with her by main strength threw her down holding her by the hair of the head when having a perfect view of her beauty instead of an enemy he became a lover of his beautiful object and that he might gain her affections he threw by his weapons and applyed himself to her in fair speeches to whi●h she was attentive and he at length became so prevalent that they at present plighted troths to one another and of enemies not only