Thomas Coriate traueller for the English vvits: greeting From the court of the Great Mogul, resident at the towne of Asmere, in easterne India.
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             Thomas Coriate traueller for the English vvits: greeting From the court of the Great Mogul, resident at the towne of Asmere, in easterne India.
             Coryate, Thomas, ca. 1577-1617.
          
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           THOMAS
           CORIATE
           Traueller
           for
           the
           English
           VVits
           :
           Greeting
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           Great
           MOGVL
           ,
           Resident
           at
           the
           Towne
           of
           ASMERE
           ,
           in
           Easterne
           INDIA
           .
        
         
         
           Printed
           by
           W.
           Iaggard
           ,
           and
           Henry
           Fetherston
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           THree
           years
           (
           poore
           Countrimē
           that
           haue
           not
           trauaild
           )
        
         
           And
           some
           odde
           daies
           ;
           in
           Odde-combs
           grace
           &
           yours
           ,
        
         
           I
           haue
           enricht
           my
           feete
           (
           though
           something
           grauaild
           )
        
         
           VVith
           measuring
           millicents
           of
           Townes
           and
           Towres
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           I
           sweare
           ,
           my
           head
           is
           nothing
           full
           ,
        
         
           But
           rather
           empty
           of
           such
           things
           as
           fit
        
         
           One
           that
           makes
           nothing
           of
           the
           Great
           Mogul
           ,
        
         
           But
           farre
           beyond
           ,
           or
           wide
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           it
        
         
           Is
           from
           my
           Od-combe
           .
           Meane
           to
           trauaile
           still
           ,
        
         
           Till
           I
           haue
           equald
           in
           some
           seauen
           yeares
           more
        
         
           The
           Wise
           Vlysses
           ;
           for
           of
           him
           ,
           my
           will
        
         
           VVants
           nought
           in
           wit
           ,
           but
           seauen
           yeares
           and
           some
           score
        
         
           Of
           foolish
           dayes
           ;
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           hope
           to
           spend
        
         
           Ten
           millions
           more
           :
           For
           all
           my
           life
           shall
           be
        
         
           Endeard
           to
           that
           most
           lou'd
           ;
           most
           fortunate
           end
           ,
        
         
           And
           to
           bring
           honor
           ,
           to
           my
           Land
           and
           Ye
           .
        
         
           But
           do
           not
           long
           for
           me
           too
           soone
           ;
           or
           doubt
           ,
        
         
           As
           doth
           my
           mother
           ;
           who
           doth
           wish
           ,
           I
           heare
           ,
        
         
           To
           haue
           me
           there
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           shitten
           clout
           ;
        
         
           Though
           I
           not
           tred
           out
           my
           Vlyssian
           yeares
           .
        
         
         
           For
           who
           can
           purchase
           wisedome
           ?
           Ten
           yeares
           ?
           No.
        
         
           Before
           I
           get
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           go
           ,
           and
           go
           .
        
         
           
             His
             Parallel
             with
             Erasmus
             .
          
           
             Erasmus
             did
             in
             praise
             of
             folly
             write
             ;
          
           
             And
             Coryate
             doth
             ,
             in
             his
             selfe-praise
             endite
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
        
         
         
           
        
         
           Loe
           heere
           the
           wooden
           Image
           of
           our
           wits
           ;
        
         
           Borne
           ,
           in
           first
           trauaile
           ,
           on
           the
           backs
           of
           Nits
           ;
        
         
           But
           now
           on
           Elephants
           ,
           &c
           :
        
         
           O
           ,
           what
           will
           he
           ride
           ,
           when
           his
           yeares
           expire
           ?
        
         
           The
           world
           must
           ride
           him
           ;
           or
           he
           all
           will
           tire
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           To
           THE
           RIGHT
           Honourable
           ,
           Sir
           Edward
           Phillips
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           and
           Maister
           of
           the
           Rolles
           ,
           at
           his
           house
           in
           Chancery-Lane
           ,
           or
           VVanstead
           .
           From
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           most
           mighty
           Monarch
           ,
           the
           Great
           Mogul
           ,
           resident
           in
           the
           Towne
           of
           Asmere
           ,
           in
           the
           Easterne
           India
           ,
           Anno
           1615.
           
        
         
         
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
        
         
           I
           Am
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           if
           euer
           any
           accident
           worthy
           of
           admiration
           euer
           happened
           vnto
           your
           honor
           in
           al
           your
           life
           time
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           the
           receiuing
           of
           this
           present
           Letter
           ,
           from
           me
           out
           of
           the
           Easterne
           India
           :
           yet
           perhaps
           it
           will
           seeme
           vnto
           you
           so
           wondrous
           ,
           that
           I
           beleeue
           you
           will
           doubt
           whether
           this
           bee
           the
           true
           hand-writing
           of
           your
           once
           Odcombiam
           Neighbor
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Coryate
          
           .
           But
           your
           Honour
           may
           soone
           very
           infallibly
           and
           apparantly
           perceiue
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           partly
           by
           the
           forme
           of
           the
           style
           ,
           which
           is
           
           iust
           answerable
           to
           that
           manner
           of
           speech
           that
           you
           haue
           heard
           and
           obserued
           in
           me
           ,
           sometimes
           in
           my
           Linsie-woolsie
           Orations
           ;
           and
           somtimes
           in
           my
           extrauagant
           discourses
           :
           and
           partly
           by
           the
           testimony
           of
           the
           bearer
           heereof
           ,
           M.
           
             Peter
             Rogers
          
           ,
           Minister
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           being
           in
           India
           ,
           to
           the
           English
           Merchants
           resident
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           most
           puissant
           Monarch
           the
           great
           Mogul
           ,
           at
           a
           town
           called
           Asmere
           ;
           whose
           comfortable
           and
           sweet
           company
           I
           enioyed
           at
           the
           same
           Court
           ,
           about
           the
           space
           of
           foure
           Moneths
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           though
           there
           hath
           itched
           a
           very
           burning
           desire
           in
           mee
           ,
           within
           these
           few
           yeares
           ,
           to
           suruay
           and
           contemplate
           some
           of
           the
           chiefest
           parts
           of
           this
           goodly
           Fabricke
           of
           the
           VVorld
           ,
           besides
           mine
           owne
           natiue
           Country
           :
           yet
           neuer
           did
           I
           thinke
           it
           would
           haue
           broken
           out
           to
           such
           an
           ambitious
           vent
           ,
           as
           to
           trauell
           all
           on
           
           foote
           from
           Ierusalem
           ,
           so
           farre
           as
           the
           place
           where
           I
           wrote
           this
           Letter
           .
        
         
           Howbeit
           since
           Fortune
           ,
           or
           rather
           (
           to
           speake
           more
           properly
           ,
           in
           vsing
           a
           Christian
           word
           )
           the
           prouidence
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           (
           for
           
             Fatuus
             est
          
           ,
           S.
           Augustine
           saith
           ,
           
             qui
             faro
             credit
          
           )
           hath
           so
           ordained
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           securely
           passe
           so
           far
           into
           the
           Orientall
           world
           ,
           with
           al
           humilitie
           vpō
           the
           bended
           knees
           of
           my
           hart
           ,
           I
           thank
           my
           Creator
           &
           merciful
           redeemer
           ,
           Iesus
           Christ
           ;
           (
           whose
           Sacrosanct
           Sepulcher
           I
           haue
           visited
           &
           kissed
           ,
           
             terque
             quaterque
          
           in
           Ierusalem
           )
           &
           do
           very
           much
           congratulate
           mine
           owne
           happines
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           hitherto
           endued
           mee
           with
           health
           ,
           (
           for
           in
           all
           my
           trauels
           since
           I
           came
           out
           of
           England
           ,
           I
           haue
           enioyed
           as
           sound
           a
           constitutiō
           of
           body
           ,
           &
           firme
           health
           ,
           as
           euer
           I
           did
           since
           I
           first
           drew
           this
           vitall
           ayre
           )
           libertie
           ,
           strength
           of
           limbs
           ,
           agilitie
           of
           foot-manship
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Neither
           do
           I
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           your
           Honour
           it selfe
           will
           likewise
           congratulate
           
           the
           felicitie
           of
           our
           Sommersetshire
           ,
           that
           in
           breeding
           me
           ,
           hath
           produced
           such
           a
           traueller
           ,
           as
           dooth
           for
           the
           diuersitie
           of
           the
           Countries
           he
           hath
           seene
           ,
           and
           the
           multiplicitie
           of
           his
           obseruations
           ,
           farre
           (
           I
           beleeue
           )
           out-strippe
           anie
           other
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           that
           hath
           beene
           bred
           therein
           since
           the
           blessed
           Incarnation
           of
           our
           Sauior
           .
           Yea
           ,
           I
           hope
           my
           generall
           countrie
           of
           England
           ,
           shall
           one
           day
           say
           ,
           that
           Odde-combe
           ,
           for
           one
           part
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           may
           truelie
           be
           so
           called
           :
           (
           for
           Odde-combe
           consisteth
           of
           two
           words
           ,
           odde
           ,
           &
           combe
           ,
           which
           latter
           word
           in
           the
           olde
           Saxon
           tongue
           signifieth
           besides
           the
           vertical
           point
           of
           a
           cocks
           head
           ,
           the
           side
           of
           a
           Hill
           ,
           because
           the
           east
           side
           of
           the
           hill
           wheron
           Od-combe
           standeth
           ,
           is
           very
           conspicuous
           ,
           and
           seene
           afar
           off
           in
           the
           Country
           Eastward
           )
           for
           breeding
           an
           odde
           man
           ,
           one
           that
           hath
           not
           his
           peere
           in
           the
           whole
           kingdome
           to
           match
           him
           .
        
         
         
           Three
           yeares
           and
           some
           few
           odde
           dayes
           I
           haue
           spent
           already
           ,
           in
           this
           second
           peregrination
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           with
           as
           much
           profite
           (
           vnpartially
           will
           I
           speake
           it
           of
           my selfe
           ,
           without
           any
           ouer-weening
           opiniō
           ,
           to
           which
           most
           men
           are
           subiect
           )
           both
           for
           learning
           foure
           Languages
           more
           ,
           then
           I
           had
           when
           I
           left
           my
           Country
           :
           viz.
           
             Italian
             ,
             Arabian
             ,
             Turkish
          
           ,
           and
           Persian
           ;
           and
           exact
           viewing
           of
           diuers
           of
           the
           most
           remarkeable
           matters
           of
           the
           Vniuerse
           ;
           together
           with
           the
           accurate
           description
           thereof
           ,
           as
           most
           of
           my
           Countri-men
           that
           are
           now
           abroad
           .
           Yet
           such
           is
           my
           insatiable
           greedinesse
           of
           seeing
           strange
           countries
           :
           which
           exercise
           is
           indeede
           the
           very
           Queene
           of
           all
           the
           pleasures
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           I
           haue
           determined
           (
           if
           God
           shall
           say
           Amen
           )
           to
           spend
           full
           seauen
           yeares
           more
           ,
           to
           the
           ende
           to
           make
           my
           voyage
           answerable
           for
           the
           time
           to
           the
           trauels
           of
           Vlysses
           ;
           &
           
           then
           with
           vnspeakable
           ioy
           to
           reuisite
           my
           Country
           ;
           which
           I
           will
           euer
           entitle
           (
           notwith-standing
           all
           the
           goodly
           Regions
           that
           I
           haue
           seene
           in
           my
           two
           perambulations
           )
           with
           the
           stile
           of
           the
           true
           Canaan
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           flowes
           with
           Milke
           and
           Hony.
           Onely
           wish
           me
           good
           successe
           ,
           I
           beseech
           your
           Honour
           ,
           as
           I
           will
           from
           my
           heart
           ,
           to
           you
           and
           all
           your
           familie
           ;
           hoping
           to
           salute
           you
           after
           the
           finall
           catastrophe
           of
           my
           exoticke
           wanderings
           ;
           when
           you
           shall
           bee
           in
           the
           great
           climacterical
           year
           of
           your
           age
           ;
           you
           being
           about
           fifty
           three
           ,
           if
           my
           coniecture
           doth
           not
           faile
           mee
           ,
           when
           I
           tooke
           my
           leaue
           of
           you
           :
           a
           thing
           verie
           likely
           by
           the
           mercifull
           goodnesse
           of
           God.
           For
           your
           Father
           ,
           that
           was
           my
           god-father
           ,
           who
           imposed
           vpon
           me
           the
           name
           of
           Thomas
           ,
           liued
           more
           then
           eightie
           yeares
           .
        
         
           Honourable
           Sir
           ,
           take
           it
           not
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           for
           a
           discourtesie
           ,
           in
           that
           
           I
           write
           nothing
           in
           this
           Letter
           of
           my
           past
           trauels
           .
           I
           am
           certaine
           ,
           that
           a
           Letter
           which
           I
           haue
           written
           to
           M.
           VVhitaker
           ,
           your
           learned
           and
           elegant
           Secretary
           ,
           wherein
           I
           haue
           compendiouslie
           discoursed
           of
           some
           of
           my
           obseruations
           in
           Asia
           ,
           will
           quicklie
           come
           to
           your
           hands
           ,
           at
           least
           if
           hee
           remaineth
           still
           in
           your
           seruice
           :
           therfore
           it
           would
           be
           superfluous
           to
           haue
           repeated
           the
           same
           things
           .
           Dutie
           ioyned
           with
           the
           recordation
           of
           the
           manifold
           benefits
           ,
           and
           singular
           fauours
           I
           haue
           receiued
           from
           you
           ,
           hath
           inioyned
           mee
           to
           send
           this
           Letter
           to
           your
           Honour
           ,
           from
           this
           glorious
           Court
           of
           the
           Mogul
           ;
           wherein
           seeing
           I
           relate
           not
           the
           singularities
           I
           haue
           seene
           in
           those
           Orientall
           Regions
           ,
           I
           will
           desist
           to
           be
           farther
           tedious
           ;
           humbly
           recommending
           your
           Honour
           ,
           and
           vertuous
           Lady
           ,
           your
           well-beloued
           Sonne
           &
           Heire-apparant
           ,
           Sir
           Robert
           ,
           (
           to
           whom
           I
           
           haue
           written
           a
           few
           times
           also
           )
           &
           his
           sweet
           Lady
           ;
           M.
           Martin
           also
           ,
           M.
           
             Christopher
             Brooke
          
           ,
           whom
           I
           thanke
           still
           for
           his
           no
           lesse
           elegant
           then
           serious
           verses
           :
           M.
           
             Equinoctiall
             Pasticrust
          
           of
           the
           middle
           Temple
           ,
           M.
           
             VVilliam
             Hackwell
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           worthy
           gentlemen
           frequenting
           your
           Honourable
           table
           ,
           that
           fauour
           vertue
           ,
           and
           the
           sacred
           Muses
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           Heauenly
           Clientele
           of
           the
           eternall
           Iehouah
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Honors
             most
             obsequious
             Beadsman
             ,
             Thomas
             Coryate
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             great
             Mogul
             ,
             resident
             in
             the
             Towne
             of
             Asmere
             in
             the
             Easterne
             India
             ,
             
               on
               Michaelmas
               day
               ,
               Anno
               1615.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             I
             beseech
             your
             Honour
             ,
             to
             speake
             courteously
             to
             this
             kind
             Minister
             M.
             Rogers
             for
             my
             sake
             :
             for
             he
             euer
             shewed
             himselfe
             very
             louing
             vnto
             me
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Most
           deare
           and
           beloued
           Friend
           ,
           Maister
           L.
           W.
           animae
           dimidium
           meae
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           most
           Mighty
           Monarch
           ,
           called
           the
           Great
           Mogul
           ,
           resident
           in
           the
           Towne
           of
           Asmere
           ,
           in
           the
           Orientall
           India
           .
           Anno
           1615.
           
        
         
           COrdiall
           salutations
           in
           the
           Author
           of
           Saluation
           ,
           Iesus
           Christ
           :
           where
           I
           writ
           vnto
           you
           last
           ,
           I
           remember
           wel
           ;
           euen
           from
           Zobah
           ,
           as
           the
           Prophet
           Samuel
           calleth
           it
           (
           2
           Booke
           8.
           
             chap.
             ver
          
           .
           3
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           Aleppo
           ,
           the
           principall
           Emporium
           of
           all
           Syria
           ,
           or
           rather
           of
           the
           Orient
           world
           ;
           but
           when
           ,
           in
           trueth
           I
           haue
           forgotten
           ,
           for
           I
           keepe
           not
           coppies
           
           of
           my
           Letters
           ,
           as
           I
           see
           most
           of
           my
           Countrey-men
           doe
           ,
           in
           whatsoeuer
           place
           of
           the
           worlde
           I
           finde
           them
           :
           Howbeit
           ,
           if
           my
           coniecture
           doe
           not
           much
           faile
           me
           ,
           I
           may
           affirme
           that
           it
           was
           about
           xv
           .
           moneths
           since
           ,
           about
           a
           month
           after
           I
           returned
           vnto
           Aleppo
           from
           Ierusalem
           ,
           after
           which
           time
           ,
           I
           remained
           there
           three
           months
           longer
           ,
           and
           then
           departed
           there-hence
           in
           a
           Carauan
           into
           Persia
           ,
           passing
           the
           noble
           riuer
           Euphrates
           (
           the
           cheefest
           of
           all
           that
           irrigated
           Paradise
           ,
           
           wherehence
           ,
           as
           frō
           their
           original
           ,
           the
           three
           other
           riuers
           were
           deriued
           )
           about
           foure
           dayes
           iourney
           beyond
           Aleppo
           :
           on
           the
           farther
           side
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           entered
           
             Mesapotamia
             ,
             alias
             Chaldea
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Euphrates
           in
           that
           place
           disterminateth
           Syria
           &
           Mesopotamia
           .
           Therehence
           I
           had
           two
           dayes
           iourney
           to
           Vr
           of
           the
           Chaldeans
           ,
           where
           Abraham
           was
           born
           ,
           
           a
           very
           delicate
           and
           pleasant
           Cittie
           .
           There
           I
           remained
           foure
           dayes
           ,
           but
           I
           
           I
           could
           see
           no
           part
           of
           the
           ruines
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           wher
           that
           faithful
           seruant
           of
           God
           was
           borne
           ,
           though
           I
           much
           desired
           it
           .
           from
           thence
           ,
           I
           had
           foure
           dayes
           iourney
           to
           the
           Riuer
           Tigris
           ,
           which
           I
           passed
           also
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           same
           place
           where
           I
           crossed
           it
           ,
           I
           found
           it
           so
           shallow
           ,
           that
           it
           reached
           no
           higher
           then
           the
           calfe
           of
           my
           legge
           :
           for
           I
           waded
           ouer
           it
           afoot
           .
           Now
           I
           wel
           perceiue
           by
           mine
           occular
           experience
           ,
           that
           Chaldea
           is
           named
           Mesopotamia
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           is
           inclosed
           with
           the
           foresaid
           riuers
           .
           
             Traiecto
             Tigride
          
           ,
           I
           entred
           Armenia
           the
           greater
           :
           After
           that
           ,
           Media
           the
           lower
           ,
           &
           resided
           six
           dayes
           in
           the
           Metropolis
           therof
           ,
           heretofore
           called
           Ecbarana
           ,
           the
           sommer
           seate
           of
           Cyrus
           his
           Court
           ,
           a
           City
           eftsoone
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           now
           called
           Tauris
           ,
           more
           wofull
           ruines
           of
           a
           City
           (
           sauing
           that
           of
           Troy
           &
           Cyzicū
           in
           Natolia
           )
           neuer
           did
           mine
           eies
           beholde
           :
           whē
           I
           seriously
           contemplated
           those
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           the
           doleful
           testimonies
           of
           the
           
           Turkish
           deuastations
           ,
           I
           called
           to
           minde
           Ouids
           verse
           .
        
         
           
             Ludis
             in
             humanis
             diuina
             potentia
             rebus
             .
          
        
         
           
        
         
           Now
           I
           am
           at
           the
           Moguls
           Court
           ,
           I
           think
           you
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           receiue
           some
           narration
           thereof
           from
           mee
           ,
           though
           succinctly
           handled
           :
           for
           I
           meane
           to
           be
           very
           compendious
           ,
           lest
           I
           shold
           otherwise
           preoccupate
           that
           pleasure
           which
           you
           may
           here
           after
           this
           reape
           by
           my
           personall
           relation
           thereof
           .
           This
           present
           Prince
           is
           a
           verie
           worthy
           person
           ,
           by
           name
           Selim
           ,
           of
           which
           name
           I
           neuer
           read
           or
           heard
           of
           any
           more
           then
           one
           Mahometan
           King
           ,
           which
           was
           
             Suliam
             Selim
          
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           that
           liued
           about
           80.
           years
           since
           ;
           the
           same
           that
           conquered
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
             Damascus
             ,
             Aleppo
             ,
             Caico
             ,
          
           &c
           :
           adding
           the
           same
           to
           the
           Turkish
           Empire
           .
           
           He
           is
           53.
           yeares
           of
           age
           ,
           his
           natiuitie
           daie
           hauing
           beene
           celebrated
           with
           wonderfull
           pompe
           since
           my
           arriuall
           here
           :
           for
           that
           daie
           he
           weighed
           himselffe
           in
           a
           paire
           of
           golden
           Scales
           ,
           which
           by
           great
           chance
           I
           saw
           the
           same
           day
           (
           a
           custome
           that
           he
           obserueth
           most
           inuioablie
           euery
           year
           )
           laying
           so
           much
           golde
           in
           the
           other
           scale
           as
           coūteruaileth
           the
           weight
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           he
           afterward
           distributed
           to
           the
           poore
           .
           Hee
           is
           of
           complection
           neither
           white
           nor
           blacke
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           middle
           betwixt
           thē
           :
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           expresse
           it
           with
           a
           more
           expressiue
           &
           significant
           epitheton
           then
           Oliue
           :
           an
           Oliue
           colour
           his
           face
           presenteth
           :
           hee
           is
           of
           a
           seemelie
           composition
           of
           bodie
           ,
           of
           a
           stature
           little
           vnequall
           (
           as
           I
           guesse
           not
           without
           grounds
           of
           probabilitie
           )
           to
           mine
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           corpulent
           then
           my selfe
           .
           The
           extent
           of
           his
           Dominion
           is
           verie
           spacious
           ,
           beeing
           
           in
           circuite
           ,
           little
           lesse
           then
           4000.
           
           English
           miles
           ,
           which
           verie
           neere
           answereth
           the
           compas
           of
           the
           Turks
           territories
           :
           or
           if
           any
           thing
           be
           wanting
           in
           geometricall
           dimension
           of
           ground
           ,
           it
           is
           with
           a
           great
           pleonasme
           supplied
           by
           the
           fertility
           of
           his
           soyle
           :
           and
           in
           these
           two
           thinges
           hee
           exceedeth
           the
           Turks
           ,
           in
           the
           fatnesse
           (
           as
           I
           haue
           said
           )
           of
           his
           Land
           ,
           no
           part
           of
           the
           world
           yeelding
           a
           more
           fruitfull
           veine
           of
           ground
           ,
           then
           all
           that
           which
           lieth
           in
           his
           Empire
           ,
           sauing
           that
           part
           of
           Babylonia
           ,
           where
           the
           terrestriall
           Paradise
           once
           stoode
           :
           whereas
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Turkes
           Land
           is
           extreme
           barren
           and
           sterill
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           obserued
           in
           my
           peregrination
           thereof
           ,
           especially
           in
           Syria
           ,
           Mesopotamia
           and
           Armenia
           ;
           many
           large
           portions
           thereof
           beeing
           so
           wonderfull
           fruitelesse
           ,
           that
           it
           beareth
           no
           good
           thing
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           if
           any
           thing
           ,
           there
           
             Infelix
             lolium
             et
             steriles
             dominantur
             auenae
             .
          
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           in
           the
           coniunction
           and
           vnion
           of
           all
           his
           Territories
           ,
           together
           in
           one
           &
           the
           same
           goodly
           continent
           of
           India
           ,
           no
           Prince
           hauing
           a
           foote
           of
           land
           within
           him
           .
           But
           many
           parcels
           of
           the
           Turkes
           Countries
           are
           by
           a
           large
           distance
           of
           seas
           &
           otherwise
           diuided
           asunder
           .
           Again
           ,
           in
           his
           Reuenue
           he
           exceedeth
           the
           Turk
           &
           the
           Persian
           his
           Neighbour
           by
           iust
           halfe
           :
           for
           his
           Reuenues
           are
           40.
           millions
           of
           Crownes
           of
           sixe
           shillings
           value
           ,
           by
           the
           yeare
           :
           but
           the
           Turkes
           are
           no
           more
           then
           fifteene
           millions
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           certainly
           informed
           in
           Constantinople
           ;
           and
           the
           Persians
           fiue
           millions
           
             plus
             minus
          
           ,
           as
           I
           heard
           in
           Spahan
           .
           It
           is
           saide
           that
           he
           is
           vncircumcised
           ,
           wherein
           he
           differeth
           from
           all
           the
           Mahometan
           Princes
           that
           euer
           were
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
         
         
           
             Your
             assured
             louing
             Friend
             till
             death
             ,
          
           
             Tho
             :
             Coryate
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           From
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           Great
           Mogul
           ,
           resident
           at
           the
           Towne
           of
           Asmere
           in
           the
           Eastern
           India
           ,
           on
           Michaelmas
           day
           .
           Anno
           1615.
           
        
         
           I
           Do
           enioy
           at
           this
           time
           as
           pancraticall
           and
           athleticall
           a
           health
           as
           euer
           I
           did
           in
           my
           life
           :
           &
           so
           haue
           done
           euer
           since
           I
           came
           out
           of
           England
           ,
           sauing
           for
           three
           dayes
           in
           Constantinople
           ,
           where
           I
           had
           an
           Ague
           ,
           which
           with
           a
           little
           letting
           blood
           was
           clean
           banished
           ,
           the
           Lord
           be
           humbly
           thanked
           for
           his
           gracious
           blessing
           of
           health
           that
           hee
           hath
           giuen
           vnto
           mee
           .
           I
           was
           robbed
           of
           my
           money
           both
           golde
           and
           siluer
           (
           but
           not
           all
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           certaine
           clandestine
           corners
           where
           it
           was
           placed
           )
           in
           a
           Cittie
           called
           Diarbeck
           in
           Mesopotamia
           ,
           the
           Turks
           countrey
           ,
           by
           a
           Spaheê
           as
           they
           call
           him
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           horsemen
           of
           the
           great
           Turke
           ;
           but
           the
           occasion
           and
           circumstance
           of
           that
           misfortune
           ,
           would
           be
           too
           tedious
           to
           relate
           .
           Notwithstanding
           that
           losse
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           destitute
           of
           money
           I
           thanke
           God.
           Since
           my
           arriuall
           heere
           ,
           there
           was
           sent
           vnto
           this
           King
           one
           of
           the
           richest
           presents
           that
           I
           haue
           heard
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           any
           Prince
           in
           al
           my
           life
           time
           :
           it
           consisted
           of
           diuers
           parcels
           ;
           one
           beeing
           Elephants
           ,
           whereof
           there
           were
           31.
           and
           of
           those
           ,
           two
           so
           gloriously
           adorned
           ,
           as
           I
           neuer
           sawe
           the
           like
           ,
           nor
           shal
           see
           the
           like
           again
           while
           I
           liue
           .
           For
           they
           wore
           foure
           chaines
           about
           their
           bodies
           all
           of
           beaten
           gold
           :
           two
           chains
           about
           their
           legges
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           
           furniture
           for
           their
           buttocks
           of
           pure
           gold
           :
           twoe
           Lyons
           vpon
           their
           heads
           of
           the
           like
           gold
           :
           the
           ornaments
           of
           each
           ,
           amounting
           to
           the
           value
           of
           almost
           eight
           thousand
           pound
           sterling
           :
           and
           the
           whole
           Present
           was
           worth
           ten
           of
           their
           Leakes
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           them
           ;
           a
           Leak
           being
           ten
           thousand
           pound
           sterling
           :
           the
           whole
           ,
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           sterling
           .
           Pray
           commend
           me
           to
           M.
           Protoplast
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Sireniacall
           gentlemen
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           wrote
           one
           Letter
           from
           Aleppo
           ,
           after
           my
           being
           at
           Ierusalem
           ;
           and
           another
           I
           intend
           to
           write
           before
           my
           going
           out
           of
           Asia
           .
           Their
           most
           elegant
           and
           incomparable
           safe-conduct
           that
           they
           haue
           graciously
           bestowed
           vpon
           me
           ,
           I
           haue
           left
           at
           Aleppo
           ,
           not
           hauing
           made
           any
           vse
           of
           it
           as
           yet
           ,
           neither
           shall
           I
           in
           all
           my
           peregrination
           of
           Asia
           :
           but
           when
           I
           shall
           one
           day
           arriue
           in
           Christendome
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           very
           auaileable
           to
           me
           .
           I
           haue
           heere
           sent
           vnto
           you
           the
           coppy
           of
           certaine
           facetious
           verses
           ,
           that
           were
           lately
           sent
           to
           me
           to
           this
           Court
           ,
           from
           one
           of
           my
           Countrimen
           ,
           one
           M.
           
             Iohn
             Browne
          
           ,
           a
           Londoner
           borne
           ,
           now
           resident
           with
           diuers
           other
           English
           Merchants
           ,
           at
           a
           Citie
           in
           India
           ,
           fiue
           hundred
           miles
           from
           the
           place
           where
           I
           abide
           ,
           called
           Amadauers
           ,
           about
           sixe
           dayes
           iourney
           from
           the
           Sea
           :
           who
           vnderstanding
           of
           my
           arriuall
           at
           this
           Court
           ,
           and
           of
           my
           tedious
           pedestriall
           peregrination
           all
           the
           way
           from
           Ierusalem
           hither
           ;
           vnderstanding
           it
           I
           say
           ,
           by
           Latine
           and
           Italian
           Epistles
           ,
           that
           vpon
           a
           certaine
           occasion
           I
           wrote
           to
           some
           of
           that
           company
           ,
           made
           these
           pretty
           verses
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           me
           .
           You
           may
           reade
           them
           to
           your
           friends
           if
           you
           thinke
           fit
           ,
           and
           especially
           to
           the
           Sireniacall
           gentlemen
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           alegant
           and
           delectable
           .
           
           The
           superscription
           of
           his
           Letter
           was
           this
           :
           to
           the
           painefull
           gentleman
           ,
           M.
           
             Thomas
             Coryate
          
           :
           The
           title
           within
           prefixed
           before
           the
           verses
           ,
           this
           ;
        
         
           
             
               To
               the
               Odeombian
               wonder
               ,
               our
               laborious
               Countriman
               ,
               the
               generous
               Coryate
               .
               The
               Verses
               .
            
             
               What
               though
               thy
               Cruder
               trauels
               were
               attended
            
             
               With
               bastinadoes
               ,
               lice
               ,
               and
               vile
               disgraces
               ?
            
             
               Haue
               not
               thy
               glorious
               acts
               thereby
               ascended
            
             
               Great
               Brittaines
               stage
               ,
               euen
               to
               Princes
               places
               ,
            
             
               Led
               on
               in
               triumph
               by
               the
               noblest
               spirits
            
             
               That
               euer
               deignd
               to
               write
               of
               anies
               merits
               ?
            
          
           
             
               If
               then
               for
               that
               they
               did
               aduance
               thy
               fame
               ,
            
             
               How
               will
               they
               striue
               to
               adde
               vnto
               thy
               glory
               ,
            
             
               When
               thou
               to
               them
               so
               wondrously
               shalt
               name
            
             
               Thy
               weary
               foot-steps
               and
               thy
               Asian
               story
               ?
            
             
               No
               doubt
               more
               ripe
               (
               as
               neerer
               to
               the
               Sunne
               )
            
             
               Then
               was
               that
               first
               that
               in
               the
               cold
               begun
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               rest
               a
               while
               ,
               and
               to
               thy
               taske
               againe
               ,
            
             
               Till
               thou
               hast
               throughly
               trod
               this
               Asian
               round
               ,
            
             
               Which
               yet
               so
               many
               Kingdomes
               doth
               containe
            
             
               As
               Dackon
               ,
               where
               the
               Diamond
               is
               found
               ;
            
             
               And
               
                 Bisnagar
                 ,
                 Narsinga
              
               :
               and
               if
               you
               be
            
             
               Not
               weary
               yet
               ,
               in
               Zeilan
               seeke
               the
               Rubie
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               could
               I
               wish
               you
               saw
               the
               China
               Nation
               ,
            
             
               Whose
               policie
               and
               art
               doth
               farre
               exceed
            
             
               Our
               Northern
               climes
               :
               and
               here
               your
               obseruation
            
             
               VVould
               Nouelists
               and
               curious
               Artists
               feede
            
             
             
               With
               admiration
               .
               Oh
               ,
               had
               I
               now
               my
               wishes
               ,
            
             
               Sure
               you
               shold
               learn
               to
               make
               their
               China
               dishes
            
          
           
             
               But
               by
               the
               way
               forget
               not
               *
               Gugurat
               ,
            
             
               The
               Lady
               of
               this
               mighty
               Kings
               Dominion
               :
            
             
               Visite
               
                 Baroch
                 ,
                 Cambaia
              
               ,
               and
               Surat
               ,
            
             
               And
               Amdauar
               ;
               all
               which
               in
               my
               opinion
            
             
               Yeeld
               much
               content
               :
               &
               then
               more
               to
               glad
               yee
               ,
            
             
               Wee
               le
               haue
               a
               health
               to
               al
               our
               friends
               in
               *
               Tadee
            
          
           
             
               Then
               crosse
               to
               Arab
               ,
               *
               happiest
               in
               diuision
               ;
            
             
               But
               haue
               a
               care
               (
               at
               Mecca
               is
               some
               danger
               )
            
             
               Leste
               you
               incurre
               the
               paine
               of
               circumcision
               ,
            
             
               Or
               
               Peter-like
               ,
               to
               Christ
               do
               seeme
               a
               stranger
               .
            
             
               From
               thence
               to
               Egypt
               ,
               where
               the
               famous
               Nile
            
             
               And
               Memphis
               will
               detaine
               your
               eyes
               a
               while
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               done
               ,
               at
               Alexandria
               seeke
               your
               passage
            
             
               For
               Englands
               happy
               shores
               ,
               wher
               How
               &
               Mundy
            
             
               Will
               striue
               to
               make
               your
               trauels
               out-last
               age
               ,
            
             
               So
               long
               as
               stand
               their
               Annals
               of
               our
               Country
               .
            
             
               For
               Mandeuill
               wil
               come
               of
               thee
               farre
               short
               ,
            
             
               Either
               of
               trauell
               ,
               or
               a
               large
               report
               .
            
          
        
         
           YEt
           one
           Post-script
           more
           by
           way
           of
           a
           Corollary
           ,
           and
           so
           with
           the
           same
           ,
           beeing
           the
           fourth
           and
           the
           last
           ,
           I
           will
           adde
           the
           final
           vmbilicke
           to
           this
           tedious
           English-Indian
           Epistle
           .
           I
           haue
           written
           out
           two
           seuerall
           coppies
           of
           these
           verses
           ,
           and
           included
           them
           within
           the
           Letters
           ,
           which
           I
           haue
           intreated
           you
           to
           distribute
           for
           me
           ,
           but
           so
           that
           the
           Letters
           are
           not
           sealed
           vpon
           them
           ;
           onely
           they
           lie
           loose
           within
           the
           Letters
           ,
           therefore
           they
           are
           subiect
           
           to
           losing
           ,
           except
           you
           haue
           an
           extraordinary
           care
           of
           them
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           intreate
           you
           to
           deliuer
           that
           to
           mine
           Vnkle
           with
           your
           owne
           hands
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           in
           London
           ,
           or
           to
           conueigh
           it
           to
           him
           by
           such
           a
           one
           as
           will
           not
           lose
           that
           loose
           paper
           of
           verses
           .
           The
           like
           care
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           haue
           of
           that
           to
           my
           mother
           ,
           and
           to
           send
           it
           vnto
           her
           by
           some
           other
           man
           then
           a
           Carrier
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           iet
           with
           such
           an
           opportunity
           :
           for
           in
           truth
           I
           am
           afraide
           the
           carrier
           wil
           lose
           the
           inclosed
           paper
           .
           Pray
           take
           aduice
           of
           some
           of
           the
           M.
           of
           the
           Rolles
           his
           people
           that
           are
           to
           ride
           to
           Euill
           .
           Pray
           remember
           my
           commendations
           with
           all
           respect
           to
           M.
           Williams
           the
           goldsmith
           and
           his
           wife
           ;
           and
           to
           
             Beniamin
             Iohnson
          
           ,
           and
           to
           reade
           this
           letter
           to
           them
           both
           :
           likewise
           to
           mistris
           
             Elizabeth
             Balch
          
           ,
           if
           shee
           continueth
           with
           your
           Lady
           .
        
         
           One
           appendix
           more
           and
           so
           an
           end
           .
           There
           happened
           betwixt
           the
           day
           of
           the
           writing
           of
           this
           Letter
           ,
           and
           the
           day
           of
           the
           sealing
           of
           it
           vp
           ,
           a
           memorable
           occurrent
           not
           to
           bee
           omitted
           .
           VVee
           receiued
           newes
           at
           this
           Court
           the
           ninth
           day
           after
           the
           writing
           of
           this
           Letter
           (
           for
           nine
           daies
           it
           was
           vnsealed
           )
           being
           the
           eight
           of
           October
           ,
           of
           the
           arriuall
           of
           foure
           goodly
           English
           ships
           ,
           at
           the
           hauen
           of
           Su●at
           in
           India
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           of
           a
           very
           generous
           and
           worthy
           English
           Knight
           ,
           a
           deare
           friend
           of
           mine
           ,
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Rowe
          
           ,
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Court
           with
           some
           mature
           expedition
           ,
           as
           an
           Ambassadour
           from
           the
           right
           worshipfull
           company
           of
           London
           Merchants
           that
           trade
           for
           India
           :
           he
           cometh
           with
           Letters
           from
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           certaine
           selected
           presents
           of
           good
           worth
           from
           the
           company
           ,
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           a
           gallant
           Caroch
           ,
           of
           150.
           pounds
           price
           .
           Also
           there
           came
           with
           him
           15.
           seruants
           ,
           al
           Englishmen
           .
           Forty
           daies
           hence
           at
           the
           farthest
           we
           expect
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           his
           arriual
           at
           this
           Court.
           This
           newes
           doth
           refocillate
           (
           I
           will
           vse
           my
           olde
           phrase
           so
           well
           knowne
           to
           you
           )
           my
           spirits
           :
           for
           I
           hope
           he
           will
           vse
           me
           graciously
           ,
           for
           old
           acquaintance
           sake
           .
        
      
       
         
           
           
           
             TO
             THE
             HIGH
             Seneschall
             of
             the
             right
             Worshipfull
             Fraternitie
             of
             Sireniacal
             Gentlemen
             ,
             that
             meet
             the
             first
             Fridaie
             of
             euery
             Moneth
             ,
             at
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             Mere-Maide
             in
             Bread
             streete
             in
             London
             ,
             giue
             these
             :
             From
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             great
             Mogul
             resident
             at
             the
             Towne
             of
             Asmere
             ,
             in
             the
             Easterne
             India
             .
          
           
             RIght
             Generous
             ,
             Iouiall
             ,
             and
             Mercuriall
             Sirenaicks
             ;
             I
             haue
             often
             read
             this
             greeke
             Prouerb
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             that
             is
             ,
             one
             hand
             washeth
             another
             ,
             &
             in
             Latine
             ,
             
               Mulus
               mulum
               scabi●
            
             ,
             one
             Mule
             scratcheth
             another
             ;
             by
             which
             the
             Ancients
             signified
             ,
             that
             courtesies
             done
             vnto
             friends
             ,
             ought
             to
             bee
             requited
             with
             reciprocall
             offices
             of
             friendship
             .
             The
             serious
             consideration
             heereof
             ,
             dooth
             
             make
             me
             to
             call
             to
             mind
             that
             incomparable
             elegant
             safe-conduct
             ,
             which
             a
             little
             before
             my
             departure
             from
             England
             ,
             your
             Fraternity
             with
             a
             general
             suffrage
             gaue
             me
             for
             the
             security
             of
             my
             future
             peregrination
             ,
             concinnated
             by
             the
             pleasant
             wit
             of
             that
             inimitable
             artizan
             of
             sweet
             elegancy
             ,
             the
             moytie
             of
             my
             heart
             ,
             and
             the
             quondam
             Seneschall
             of
             the
             noblest
             society
             ,
             M.
             L.VV.
             
          
           
             Therefore
             since
             it
             is
             requsite
             that
             I
             should
             repay
             some-what
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             lawes
             of
             humanity
             :
             Such
             a
             poore
             retribution
             as
             I
             sent
             vnto
             you
             from
             Aleppo
             ,
             the
             Metropolitan
             City
             of
             Syria
             ,
             by
             one
             M.
             
               Henry
               Allare
            
             of
             Kent
             ,
             my
             fellow-pilgrime
             therehence
             to
             Ierusalem
             ;
             I
             meane
             a
             plaine
             Epistle
             ,
             which
             I
             hope
             ,
             long
             since
             came
             vnto
             your
             hands
             .
             I
             haue
             sent
             vnto
             you
             by
             a
             man
             no
             lesse
             deare
             vnto
             mee
             then
             the
             former
             ,
             one
             M.
             
               Peter
               Rogers
            
             ,
             a
             Kentish
             man
             also
             ,
             from
             the
             most
             famigerated
             Region
             of
             all
             the
             East
             ,
             the
             ample
             and
             large
             
             India
             :
             assuring
             my selfe
             ,
             that
             because
             I
             am
             not
             able
             to
             requite
             your
             loue
             with
             any
             essentiall
             gratulations
             ,
             other
             then
             verball
             and
             scriptall
             ,
             you
             wil
             as
             louingly
             entertaine
             my
             poore
             Letters
             ,
             beeing
             the
             certaine
             manifestation
             of
             an
             ingenious
             minde
             ,
             as
             if
             J
             should
             send
             vnto
             you
             the
             minerall
             riches
             or
             drugges
             of
             the
             noble
             Country
             .
          
           
             Thinke
             it
             no
             wonder
             I
             pray
             you
             ,
             that
             I
             haue
             made
             no
             vse
             in
             all
             this
             space
             since
             I
             left
             my
             natiue
             Country
             ,
             of
             the
             superexcellent
             Commeate
             ;
             for
             I
             haue
             spent
             all
             my
             time
             hitherto
             in
             the
             Mahometan
             Countries
             ,
             and
             am
             like
             to
             spend
             three
             yeares
             more
             in
             these
             Musselman
             (
             as
             they
             call
             them
             )
             Regions
             of
             Asia
             ,
             after
             of
             Europe
             ,
             before
             J
             shal
             ariue
             in
             Christendome
             .
             For
             this
             cause
             I
             left
             it
             in
             Aleppo
             ,
             with
             my
             Countrimen
             ,
             there
             to
             receiue
             it
             from
             them
             againe
             ,
             after
             that
             I
             shall
             haue
             ended
             my
             Indian
             and
             Persian
             perambulation
             :
             and
             therehence
             to
             carrie
             it
             once
             more
             
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             the
             way
             at
             
               Iconium
               ,
               Nicaea
               ,
               Nicomedia
            
             ,
             &
             in
             the
             countrie
             of
             Natolia
             ,
             a
             iournie
             of
             forty
             daies
             .
             From
             that
             finally
             through
             the
             heart
             of
             Greece
             ,
             by
             the
             Cities
             of
             
               Athens
               ,
               Thebes
               ,
               Corinth
               ,
               Lacedemon
               ,
               Thessalonica
               ,
            
             and
             to
             the
             Citie
             of
             Ragouze
             ,
             heretofore
             Epidaurus
             ,
             so
             sacred
             for
             the
             image
             of
             Aesculapius
             in
             the
             countrie
             of
             Sclauonia
             ,
             once
             called
             Illyricum
             ;
             from
             thence
             J
             haue
             three
             daies
             iourney
             to
             the
             inestimable
             Diamond
             set
             in
             the
             Ring
             of
             the
             Adriatique
             gulfe
             ,
             (
             as
             once
             I
             said
             in
             the
             first
             harangue
             that
             euer
             I
             made
             to
             Prince
             Henry
             of
             blessed
             memory
             ,
             translated
             since
             my
             departure
             from
             London
             ,
             from
             the
             terrestiall
             Tabarnacles
             ,
             to
             the
             coelestial
             habitations
             )
             venereous
             Venice
             ,
             the
             soueraign
             Queen
             of
             the
             
               Mare
               superum
            
             :
             if
             the
             great
             Iehouah
             shall
             be
             so
             propitious
             vnto
             mee
             ,
             as
             to
             grant
             mee
             a
             prosperous
             arriuall
             in
             that
             noble
             Cittie
             ,
             I
             will
             there
             beginne
             to
             shew
             your
             safe
             conduct
             ,
             and
             to
             decantate
             ,
             yea
             and
             blazon
             your
             praises
             for
             the
             same
             :
             and
             after
             in
             euery
             other
             place
             of
             note
             ,
             vntill
             I
             shall
             arriue
             in
             glorious
             
             London
             ,
             communicate
             it
             to
             the
             most
             polite
             ,
             with
             that
             the
             Cities
             will
             yeeld
             ,
             thorough
             which
             my
             laborious
             feete
             shall
             carry
             mee
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             superuacaneous
             to
             commemorate
             vnto
             you
             the
             almost
             incredible
             extent
             of
             Land
             I
             trauersed
             from
             Ierusalem
             to
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             great
             Mogul
             in
             India
             ,
             where
             I
             now
             reside
             ;
             with
             the
             variable
             Regions
             and
             Prouinces
             interiacent
             betwixt
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             manifold
             occurrences
             and
             obseruations
             of
             speciall
             worke
             in
             this
             vaste
             tract
             :
             for
             it
             wold
             be
             such
             a
             fastidious
             discourse
             ,
             that
             it
             could
             not
             be
             wel
             comprehended
             in
             a
             large
             sheete
             of
             paper
             :
             but
             M.
             VV.
             I
             hope
             will
             not
             faile
             to
             import
             vnto
             you
             in
             a
             few
             compendious
             Relations
             ,
             which
             I
             haue
             acquainted
             him
             with
             ,
             in
             a
             particular
             Letter
             to
             himselfe
             :
             of
             which
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             haue
             written
             againe
             to
             you
             ,
             it
             would
             haue
             proued
             
               Crambe
               his
               Cocta
            
             .
             The
             Gentleman
             that
             bringeth
             this
             Letter
             vnto
             you
             ,
             was
             preacher
             to
             the
             English
             Merchants
             conuersant
             at
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             aforesaide
             mighty
             Monarch
             in
             the
             Towne
             of
             Asmere
             in
             this
             Easterne
             India
             :
             
             and
             in
             diuers
             louing
             offices
             hath
             bene
             so
             kind
             vnto
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             intreat
             your
             generosities
             to
             entertaine
             him
             friendly
             for
             my
             sake
             ,
             to
             exhilarate
             him
             with
             the
             purest
             quintessence
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               ,
               French
            
             and
             Rhenish
             Grape
             ,
             which
             the
             Mermaid
             yeeldeth
             ;
             &
             either
             one
             in
             the
             name
             of
             you
             all
             ,
             or
             else
             the
             totall
             vniuersalitie
             of
             the
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             to
             thanke
             him
             heartily
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             quality
             of
             his
             merits
             .
             Farewell
             noble
             Sirenaicks
             .
          
           
             
               Your
               generosities
               most
               obliged
               Countreyman
               ,
               euer
               to
               be
               commanded
               by
               you
               ,
               the
               Hierosolymitan-Syrian-Mesopotamian-Armenian-Median-Parthian-Persian-Indian
               Legge-stretcher
               of
               Odcomb
               in
               Somerset
               ,
            
             
               THOMAS
               CORYATE
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             PRay
             remember
             the
             recommendations
             of
             my
             dutifull
             respect
             to
             al
             those
             whose
             names
             I
             haue
             here
             expressed
             ,
             being
             the
             louers
             of
             vertue
             ,
             and
             literature
             ;
             and
             so
             consequently
             the
             well-willers
             (
             I
             hope
             )
             of
             a
             prosperous
             issue
             of
             my
             designements
             ,
             in
             my
             laborious
             pedestriall
             perambulations
             of
             Asia
             ,
             Africa
             ,
             and
             Europe
             .
          
           
             VVritten
             with
             mine
             owne
             hand
             ,
             at
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             Great
             
               Mogul
               Shaugh
               Selim
            
             ,
             resident
             in
             the
             towne
             of
             Asmere
             ,
             in
             the
             vmbilicke
             of
             the
             orientall
             India
             ,
             the
             eight
             day
             of
             Nouember
             ,
             being
             wednesdaie
             .
             Anno
             Dom.
             1615.
             
          
           
           
             IMprimis
             ,
             to
             the
             two
             Ladies
             Varney
             ,
             the
             Mother
             &
             the
             Daughter
             ,
             at
             Boswell
             house
             without
             Temple
             Barre
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Item
             ,
             to
             that
             famous
             Antiquarie
             ,
             Sir
             Robert
             Cotten
             ,
             at
             his
             house
             in
             the
             Blacke
             Friers
             .
             Pray
             tell
             him
             that
             I
             haue
             a
             very
             curious
             white
             marble
             head
             of
             an
             ancient
             Heros
             or
             Gyant-like
             Champion
             ,
             found
             out
             very
             casually
             by
             my
             diligent
             peruestigatiō
             amongst
             the
             ruines
             of
             the
             once
             renowned
             City
             of
             Cyzicum
             ,
             mentioned
             by
             Cicero
             in
             his
             second
             Oration
             (
             if
             my
             memory
             doth
             not
             faile
             me
             )
             against
             Verres
             ,
             situate
             in
             a
             peninsula
             of
             Bythinia
             ,
             in
             the
             goodly
             country
             of
             Natolia
             ,
             neere
             the
             Sea
             Propontis
             :
             to
             this
             head
             wil
             his
             best
             antiquities
             whatsoeuer
             veyle
             bonnet
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Item
             ,
             to
             that
             courteous
             ,
             sweet
             ,
             and
             elegant-natured
             and
             nurtured
             gentleman
             .
             M.
             William
             Forde
             ,
             Preacher
             to
             our
             Nation
             at
             Constantinople
             ,
             if
             you
             happen
             to
             meete
             him
             in
             any
             part
             of
             England
             ;
             one
             that
             deserueth
             better
             of
             me
             then
             any
             man
             in
             all
             this
             Catalogue
             :
             for
             of
             him
             I
             haue
             learned
             whatsoeuer
             superficiall
             skill
             I
             haue
             gotten
             in
             the
             Italian
             tongue
             :
             pray
             reduplicate
             my
             commendations
             vnto
             him
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Item
             to
             M.
             George
             Speake
             my
             generous
             &
             ingenuous
             countriman
             ,
             the
             Sonne
             and
             heyre
             apparant
             of
             Sir
             George
             Speake
             in
             Sommersetshire
             :
             him
             you
             are
             like
             to
             finde
             in
             any
             Terme
             ,
             eyther
             at
             the
             middle
             Temple
             ,
             or
             in
             some
             Barbers
             
             house
             neere
             to
             the
             temple
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             Iohn
             Donne
             ,
             the
             author
             of
             two
             most
             elegant
             Latine
             Bookes
             ,
             
               Pseudo
               martyr
            
             ,
             and
             
               Ignatij
               Conclaue
            
             :
             of
             his
             abode
             either
             in
             the
             Strād
             ,
             or
             elsewhere
             in
             London
             :
             I
             thinke
             you
             shall
             bee
             easily
             informed
             by
             the
             meanes
             of
             my
             friend
             ,
             M.
             
               L.
               W.
            
             
          
           
             6.
             
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             Richard
             Martin
             ,
             Counsellor
             ,
             at
             his
             chamber
             in
             the
             middle
             Temple
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Terme
             time
             ,
             scarce
             else
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             Christopher
             Brooke
             of
             the
             city
             of
             Yorke
             ,
             Councellor
             ,
             at
             his
             chamber
             in
             Lincolnes
             Inne
             ,
             or
             neere
             it
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             
               Iohn
               Hoskins
            
             ,
             alias
             
               Acquinoctial
               Pastitrust
            
             ,
             of
             the
             citie
             of
             Hereford
             ,
             Councellor
             ,
             at
             his
             chamber
             in
             the
             middle
             Temple
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             George
             Garrat
             ;
             of
             whose
             beeing
             you
             shal
             vnderstand
             by
             Master
             Donne
             aforesaide
             .
          
           
             10
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             VVilliam
             Hackwell
             ,
             at
             his
             chamber
             in
             Lincolnes
             Inne
             .
          
           
             11
             Item
             ,
             to
             Master
             Beniamin
             Iohnson
             the
             Poet
             ,
             at
             his
             chamber
             at
             the
             Blacke
             Friars
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             Item
             to
             Maist.
             Iohn
             Bond
             my
             countreyman
             ,
             chiefe
             Secretarie
             vnto
             my
             Lorde
             Chancellour
             .
          
           
             13
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             Doctor
             Mocket
             ,
             resident
             perhappes
             in
             my
             Lord
             of
             Canterburies
             house
             at
             Lambeth
             ,
             where
             I
             left
             him
             .
          
           
             14
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             Samuel
             Purkas
             ,
             the
             great
             collector
             
             of
             the
             Lucubrations
             of
             sundry
             classical
             authors
             ,
             for
             the
             description
             of
             Asia
             ,
             Africa
             ,
             and
             America
             .
             Pray
             commend
             mee
             vnto
             him
             and
             his
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Maister
             Cooke
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             token
             ,
             that
             he
             gaue
             me
             a
             description
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Thracius
               Bosphorus
            
             ,
             written
             in
             Latine
             by
             a
             Frenchman
             called
             
               Petrus
               Gillius
            
             :
             which
             Booke
             ,
             when
             I
             carried
             once
             in
             an
             afternoone
             vnder
             mine
             arme
             ,
             in
             walking
             betwixt
             our
             English
             Ambassadors
             house
             in
             Pera
             ,
             on
             the
             opposite
             side
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             the
             Flemish
             Ambassadors
             house
             ,
             I
             lost
             it
             very
             vnfortunately
             to
             my
             great
             griefe
             ,
             &
             neuer
             found
             it
             againe
             .
          
           
             15
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             
               Inigo
               Iones
            
             ,
             there
             where
             Maister
             Martin
             shall
             direct
             you
             .
          
           
             16
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             
               Iohn
               Williams
            
             the
             Kings
             Goldat
             his
             house
             in
             Cheapside
             .
          
           
             17
             Item
             to
             M.
             
               Hugh
               Holland
            
             ,
             at
             his
             lodging
             ,
             where
             M.
             Martin
             shall
             direct
             you
             .
          
           
             18
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             
               Robert
               Bing
            
             at
             Yongs
             ordinarie
             ,
             neere
             the
             Exchange
             .
          
           
             19
             Item
             ,
             to
             M.
             
               William
               Stansby
            
             ,
             the
             Printer
             of
             my
             Crudities
             and
             Crambe
             ,
             at
             his
             house
             in
             Thames
             street
             :
             also
             to
             his
             childlesse
             wife
             .
          
           
             20
             Item
             ,
             to
             all
             the
             Stationers
             in
             
               Paules
               Church-yard
            
             ;
             but
             especially
             those
             by
             name
             ,
             Mast.
             Norton
             ,
             Mast.
             Waterson
             ,
             M.
             
               Mathew
               Lownes
            
             ,
             M.
             
               Edward
               Blount
            
             ,
             and
             M.
             Barrat
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               God
               bless
               thēall
               ,
               &
               me
               too
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               one
               day
               after
               the
               finall
               consummation
               of
               my
               fastidious
               peregrinations
               
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               see
               and
               salute
               them
               all
               in
               health
               and
               welfare
               .
            
          
           
             Per
             me
             Thomam
             Coryatum
             Odcombiensem
             .
          
           
             PRay
             remember
             my
             verie
             humble
             dutie
             to
             my
             Lord
             Byshop
             of
             Bathe
             and
             Welles
             ,
             generous
             
               M.
               Doctor
               Montacute
            
             ;
             and
             tell
             his
             Lordship
             ,
             that
             before
             I
             returne
             towards
             the
             Persian
             court
             out
             of
             this
             Orientall
             India
             ,
             I
             resolue
             (
             by
             Gods
             permission
             )
             to
             write
             such
             a
             Letter
             vnto
             him
             (
             after
             I
             haue
             throughly
             surueighed
             so
             much
             of
             this
             country
             as
             I
             meane
             to
             do
             )
             as
             shall
             not
             bee
             vnworthy
             to
             bee
             read
             to
             the
             Kings
             most
             excellent
             Maiesty
             .
             You
             are
             like
             to
             heare
             newes
             of
             his
             Lordships
             abode
             in
             Kings
             street
             ,
             neere
             VVestminster
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Distich
             to
             the
             Traueller
             .
          
           
             All
             our
             choice
             wits
             ,
             all
             ,
             see
             ,
             thou
             hast
             engrost
             :
          
           
             The
             doubt
             yet
             rests
             ,
             if
             they
             or
             thou
             haue
             most
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           his
           Louing
           Mother
           .
        
         
           BY
           this
           present
           Letter
           ,
           I
           am
           like
           to
           minister
           vnto
           you
           the
           occasion
           of
           two
           contrary
           matters
           ;
           the
           one
           of
           comfort
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           discomfort
           :
           of
           comfort
           ,
           because
           I
           haue
           by
           the
           propitious
           assistance
           of
           the
           omnipotent
           Iehouah
           ,
           performed
           such
           a
           notable
           voyage
           of
           Asia
           the
           greater
           ,
           with
           purchase
           of
           great
           riches
           of
           experience
           ,
           as
           I
           doubt
           whether
           any
           English
           man
           this
           hundred
           yeares
           haue
           done
           the
           like
           ;
           hauing
           seene
           and
           very
           particularly
           obserued
           all
           the
           cheefest
           things
           in
           the
           Holy-land
           ,
           called
           in
           times
           past
           Palaestina
           ;
           as
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
             Samaria
             ,
             Nazareth
             ,
             Bethlehem
             ,
             Iericho
             ,
             Emaus
             ,
             Bethania
             ,
          
           the
           Dead
           Sea
           ,
           called
           by
           the
           Ancients
           
             Lacus
             Asphaltities
          
           ,
           where
           Sodome
           and
           Gomorrha
           once
           stood
           ;
           since
           that
           ,
           many
           famous
           and
           renowned
           Cities
           and
           countries
           ;
           Mesopotamia
           ,
           in
           the
           which
           I
           entred
           by
           the
           passage
           of
           the
           riuer
           Euphrates
           ,
           that
           watered
           Paradise
           ;
           in
           which
           the
           Citty
           of
           Vr
           where
           Abraham
           was
           borne
           ;
           both
           the
           Mediaes
           ,
           the
           higher
           and
           the
           lower
           .
           
             Parthia
             ,
             Armenia
             ,
             Persia
          
           ,
           through
           al
           which
           I
           haue
           trauailed
           into
           the
           Eastern
           India
           ,
           being
           now
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           great
           Mogull
           ,
           at
           a
           Towne
           called
           Asmere
           ,
           the
           which
           from
           Ierusalem
           is
           the
           distance
           of
           two
           thousand
           and
           seauen
           hundred
           miles
           ;
           and
           haue
           traced
           all
           this
           tedious
           way
           afoote
           ,
           with
           no
           small
           toile
           of
           bodye
           and
           discomfort
           ,
           because
           that
           beeing
           so
           exceeding
           
           farre
           from
           my
           sweet
           and
           most
           delicious
           Natiue
           soyle
           of
           England
           ,
           you
           will
           doubt
           perhaps
           ,
           how
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           me
           to
           returne
           home
           againe
           :
           but
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           quickly
           remoue
           from
           you
           that
           opinion
           of
           discomfort
           ,
           (
           if
           at
           the
           least
           you
           shall
           conceiue
           any
           such
           )
           because
           I
           would
           haue
           you
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           alwayes
           go
           safely
           in
           the
           company
           of
           Carauans
           from
           place
           to
           place
           .
           A
           Carauan
           is
           a
           word
           much
           vsed
           in
           all
           Asia
           :
           by
           which
           is
           vnderstood
           a
           great
           multitude
           of
           people
           trauelling
           together
           vpon
           the
           way
           with
           Camels
           ,
           Horses
           ,
           Mules
           ,
           Asses
           ,
           &c.
           on
           which
           they
           carry
           Merchandizes
           from
           one
           country
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           Tents
           and
           Pauillions
           ;
           vnder
           which
           instead
           of
           houses
           they
           shelter
           themselues
           in
           open
           fields
           ,
           being
           furnished
           also
           with
           all
           necessary
           prouision
           ,
           and
           conuenient
           implements
           to
           dresse
           the
           same
           :
           in
           which
           Carauans
           I
           haue
           euer
           most
           securely
           passed
           betwixt
           Ierusalem
           and
           this
           Towne
           ,
           a
           iourney
           of
           fifteene
           months
           and
           odde
           dayes
           :
           whereof
           foure
           wanting
           a
           VVeeke
           ,
           spent
           in
           Aleppo
           ,
           and
           two
           and
           fiue
           &
           od
           dayes
           spent
           in
           Spahan
           the
           Metropolitan
           Citty
           of
           Persia
           ,
           where
           the
           Persian
           King
           most
           commonly
           keepeth
           his
           Court
           :
           &
           the
           occasion
           of
           my
           spending
           of
           sixe
           moneths
           of
           the
           foresaide
           fifteene
           ,
           in
           those
           two
           Citties
           ,
           was
           to
           waite
           for
           an
           opportunity
           of
           Carauans
           to
           Trauaile
           withall
           ;
           which
           a
           traueller
           is
           not
           sure
           to
           finde
           presently
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           ready
           to
           take
           his
           iourney
           ,
           but
           must
           with
           patience
           expect
           a
           conuenient
           time
           ;
           and
           the
           Carauan
           in
           which
           I
           trauelled
           betwixt
           Spahan
           and
           India
           ,
           contained
           2000.
           
           Camels
           ,
           1500.
           horses
           ,
           1000.
           and
           odde
           Mules
           ,
           800.
           
           Asses
           ,
           and
           sixe
           thousand
           people
           .
           Let
           this
           therefore
           (
           deer
           Mother
           )
           minister
           vnto
           you
           a
           strong
           hope
           of
           my
           happy
           returne
           into
           England
           .
        
         
           Notwithstand
           all
           these
           lines
           for
           prouision
           for
           your
           
           Funerall
           ,
           I
           hope
           for
           to
           see
           you
           aliue
           and
           sound
           in
           body
           &
           minde
           ,
           about
           foure
           yeares
           hence
           ;
           &
           to
           kneele
           before
           you
           with
           effusion
           of
           teares
           ,
           for
           ioy
           .
           Sweet
           mother
           ,
           pray
           let
           not
           this
           wound
           your
           heart
           ,
           that
           I
           say
           four
           yeares
           hence
           ,
           &
           not
           before
           ;
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           you
           euen
           vpon
           the
           knees
           of
           my
           heart
           ,
           with
           all
           submissiue
           ,
           supplications
           to
           pardon
           me
           for
           my
           long
           absence
           ;
           for
           verily
           ,
           I
           haue
           resolued
           by
           the
           fauour
           of
           the
           supernal
           powers
           ,
           to
           spend
           4.
           entire
           yeares
           more
           before
           my
           returne
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           make
           it
           a
           Pilgrimage
           of
           7.
           yeares
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           I
           may
           very
           effectually
           and
           profitably
           contemplate
           a
           great
           part
           of
           this
           worldly
           fabricke
           ,
           determining
           by
           Gods
           special
           help
           ,
           to
           go
           from
           India
           into
           the
           countrey
           of
           Scythia
           ,
           now
           called
           Tartaria
           ,
           to
           the
           Cittie
           Samarcanda
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           Sepulcher
           of
           the
           greatest
           Conqueror
           that
           euer
           was
           in
           the
           worlde
           .
           Tamberlaine
           the
           Great
           :
           thither
           it
           is
           a
           iourney
           of
           two
           months
           from
           the
           place
           I
           now
           remaine
           :
           from
           that
           I
           meane
           to
           return
           into
           Persia
           ;
           and
           therehence
           by
           the
           way
           of
           
             Babylon
             &
             Niniuy
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Mountaine
           Ararat
           ,
           where
           Noahs
           Arke
           rested
           ,
           to
           Aleppo
           ,
           to
           my
           Countrymen
           .
           From
           that
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           of
           Damascus
           ,
           and
           once
           againe
           to
           Gaza
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           the
           Philistims
           vnto
           Cairo
           in
           Egypt
           :
           From
           that
           downe
           the
           Nilus
           to
           Alexandria
           :
           and
           therehence
           finally
           ,
           I
           hope
           to
           be
           imbarked
           for
           some
           part
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           as
           either
           Venice
           ,
           or
           &c.
           
           After
           mine
           arriuall
           in
           Christendome
           ,
           I
           shall
           desire
           to
           trauell
           two
           yeares
           in
           Italy
           ,
           and
           both
           high
           &
           low
           Germany
           ,
           and
           then
           with
           all
           expedition
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           you
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           with
           as
           great
           ioy
           as
           euer
           did
           any
           Trauailer
           his
           Father
           or
           Mother
           ,
           going
           in
           that
           manner
           as
           I
           do
           like
           a
           poore
           Pilgrim
           .
           I
           am
           like
           to
           passe
           with
           vndoubted
           securitie
           ,
           and
           
           very
           small
           charge
           :
           for
           in
           my
           tenne
           months
           trauailes
           betwixt
           Aleppo
           and
           this
           Moguls
           Court
           ,
           I
           spent
           but
           three
           pounds
           sterling
           ,
           and
           yet
           had
           sustenance
           enough
           to
           maintaine
           nature
           ,
           liuing
           reasonably
           well
           ,
           oftentimes
           a
           whole
           day
           ,
           for
           so
           much
           of
           their
           money
           ,
           as
           doeth
           counteruaile
           two
           pence
           sterling
           .
           But
           least
           I
           be
           ouer
           tedious
           vnto
           you
           ,
           I
           will
           heere
           make
           an
           end
           .
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           will
           now
           commend
           you
           to
           the
           most
           blessed
           protection
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           Iesus
           Christ
           ;
           before
           whose
           holy
           Sepulcher
           at
           Ierusalem
           ,
           I
           haue
           poured
           foorth
           mine
           ardent
           Orisons
           for
           you
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           sacrosanct
           Trinity
           ,
           beseeching
           it
           with
           all
           humilitie
           of
           heart
           ,
           to
           blesse
           and
           preserue
           you
           in
           a
           solid
           health
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Your
             louing
             Sonne
             ,
          
           
             Tho
             :
             Coryate
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           his
           louing
           Friend
           ,
           Thomas
           Coryate
           .
        
         
           
             
               TOm
               Coryates
            
             Shooes
             hang
             by
             the
             Bels
          
           
             At
             Odcomb
             ,
             where
             that
             Bel-Dam
             dwels
          
           
             who
             first
             produc't
             that
             monster
             :
          
           
             Monster
             of
             men
             I
             may
             him
             call
             ,
          
           
             In
             that
             he
             is
             admir'd
             of
             all
             ,
          
           
             else
             mought
             he
             me
             misconster
             .
          
        
         
           
             His
             head
             doth
             run
             the
             wilde-goose
             chace
             ,
          
           
             Swifter
             then
             horse
             of
             hunting
             race
             ,
          
           
             or
             Hare
             that
             Hound
             runs
             after
             :
          
           
             He
             pickes
             vp
             wit
             ,
             as
             Pigeons
             pease
             ,
          
           
             And
             vtters
             it
             when
             God
             doth
             please
             :
          
           
             O
             who
             can
             hold
             from
             Laughter
             ?
          
        
         
           
             To
             see
             him
             in
             a
             Morning
             Sunne
             ,
          
           
             In
             his
             rough
             Lambeskin
             and
             bare
             gowne
          
           
             the
             Scuttle
             hole
             ascending
             :
          
           
             Would
             make
             a
             horse
             his
             halter
             breake
             ,
          
           
             To
             heare
             him
             vomit
             forth
             his
             Greeke
             ,
          
           
             with
             all
             the
             Ship
             contending
             .
          
        
         
           
             On
             Christmas
             day
             he
             drunke
             in
             iest
             ,
          
           
             Coniur'd
             a
             storme
             out
             of
             the
             East
             ,
          
           
             in
             clambring
             vp
             the
             cradle
             :
          
           
             Before
             ,
             the
             winde
             was
             wondrous
             faire
             ,
          
           
             Now
             forc't
             to
             ride
             in
             Gebraltar
             ,
          
           
             withouten
             horse
             or
             saddle
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             But
             Asses
             there
             a
             hideous
             band
             ,
          
           
             Thom-as
             discouered
             from
             the
             Land
             ,
          
           
             His
             Booke
             is
             not
             without
             them
             :
          
           
             At
             Toms
             returne
             there
             will
             be
             sport
             ,
          
           
             In
             Countrey
             ,
             City
             ,
             Towne
             ,
             and
             Court
             ,
          
           
             Those
             Asses
             round
             about
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Who
             liues
             his
             Leaues
             for
             to
             vnfold
             ,
          
           
             At
             his
             returne
             ,
             I
             dare
             be
             bold
             ,
          
           
             will
             wonders
             finde
             farre
             stranger
             ,
          
           
             Then
             was
             his
             conflict
             with
             the
             Iewes
             ,
          
           
             Or
             entertainment
             at
             the
             Stewes
             ;
          
           
             or
             lying
             in
             the
             Manger
          
        
         
           
             Amongst
             the
             horse
             at
             Bergamo
             ,
          
           
             Or
             begging
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             I
             tro
             ;
          
           
             these
             were
             but
             toyes
             and
             bables
             :
          
           
             Of
             Drums
             ,
             Guns
             ,
             Trumpets
             ,
             he
             will
             tell
             ,
          
           
             Of
             haling
             Ships
             ,
             of
             Pyrats
             fell
             ;
          
           
             of
             Tacklings
             ,
             Masts
             ,
             and
             Cables
             .
          
        
         
           
             VVith
             Starboord
             ,
             Larboorde
             ,
             Helme
             Alee
             ,
          
           
             Full
             ,
             Come
             no
             neere
             :
             't
             is
             done
             quoth
             he
             ,
          
           
             who
             at
             the
             Helme
             doth
             stand
             .
          
           
             War-no-more
             ,
             cries
             an
             angry
             Mate
             ;
          
           
             Oh
             Odcombe
             ,
             these
             be
             termes
             of
             state
             ,
          
           
             Not
             vsuall
             on
             the
             Land.
             
          
        
         
           
             Oh
             learne
             this
             Tongue
             I
             thee
             beseech
             ,
          
           
             For
             it
             is
             not
             beyond
             the
             reach
          
           
             of
             *
             Leaden
             pated
             fooles
             :
          
           
           
             A
             Marine
             Language
             made
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
          
           
             Among
             ourselues
             ,
             which
             till
             this
             day
          
           
             was
             neuer
             taught
             in
             schooles
             .
          
        
         
           
             Confront
             your
             Academies
             all
             ,
          
           
             Of
             Brazen-nose
             and
             Penbrooke
             Hall
             ,
          
           
             of
             learned
             not
             the
             least
             :
          
           
             Challenge
             the
             chiefe
             in
             our
             behoofe
             ,
          
           
             And
             make
             the
             proudest
             spring
             his
             loofe
             ,
          
           
             or
             send
             him
             South
             South-east
             .
          
        
         
           
             There
             let
             vs
             leaue
             them
             for
             a
             time
             :
          
           
             Now
             to
             the
             subiect
             of
             my
             rime
             ,
          
           
             
               Tom
               Tel-troth
            
             simply
             witty
             :
          
           
             Neither
             
               Tom
               Dingell
            
             ,
             nor
             
               Tom
               Drum
            
             ,
          
           
             
               Tom
               Foole
               ,
               Tom
               Piper
            
             ,
             nor
             
               Tom
               Thum
            
             ,
          
           
             the
             scorne
             of
             Towne
             and
             Citie
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             Tom
             of
             Toms
             ,
             admired
             most
             ;
          
           
             More
             then
             a
             Goblin
             ,
             or
             a
             Ghost
             ,
          
           
             A
             Phairy
             ,
             or
             an
             Elfe
             ;
          
           
             VVhilst
             he
             amongst
             his
             Friends
             abides
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Gizards
             at
             your
             Whitsontides
             ,
             
          
           
             no
             merrier
             then
             the
             himselfe
             .
          
        
         
           
             Fryer
             Tucke
             ,
             Maide
             Marian
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             ,
          
           
             You
             Bag-pipes
             loud
             that
             loodle
             best
             ,
          
           
             making
             the
             valleyes
             ring
             :
          
           
             You
             and
             all
             countrey
             clownes
             giue
             place
             ,
          
           
             To
             Odcomb
             of
             esteemed
             grace
             ,
          
           
             euen
             vice-toy
             to
             a
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Who
             for
             his
             mirth
             and
             merry
             glee
             ,
          
           
             Is
             rais'd
             to
             higher
             dignity
             ,
          
           
             then
             ere
             was
             English
             wight
             ;
          
           
           
             So
             honor'd
             since
             his
             comming
             out
             ,
          
           
             He
             must
             no
             more
             be
             earm'd
             a
             Lout
             ,
             
          
           
             but
             styl'd
             a
             Troian
             knight
             .
          
        
         
           
             Where
             he
             hath
             writ
             of
             Toombs
             ,
             of
             Stones
          
           
             Of
             Marble
             Pillars
             ,
             dead
             mens
             bones
             ,
          
           
             with
             Pallaces
             of
             pleasure
             :
          
           
             Of
             Gates
             ,
             of
             Turrets
             ,
             Churches
             ,
             Towres
             ,
          
           
             Of
             Princes
             ,
             Pesants
             ,
             Knaues
             ,
             and
             VVhores
             ;
          
           
             alas
             for
             time
             and
             leasure
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             to
             repeate
             what
             he
             hath
             writ
             ,
          
           
             VVhilst
             I
             am
             in
             this
             riming
             fit
             ,
          
           
             plaine
             ,
             simple
             ,
             vnrefinde
             :
          
           
             Of
             this
             no
             longer
             must
             I
             stay
             ,
          
           
             Be
             merry
             Mates
             ,
             and
             le
             ts
             away
             ,
          
           
             whilst
             weather
             serues
             ,
             and
             winde
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A19384-e1050
           
             Gen.
             2
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             11.28
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A19384-e1650
           
             *
             A
             goodly
             Prouince
             in
             India
             ,
             three
             hundred
             miles
             from
             hence
             
          
           
             *
             A
             kinde
             of
             wine
             vsed
             in
             that
             part
             of
             India
             .
          
           
             *
             He
             meaneth
             
               Arabia
               foelix
            
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A19384-e4560
           
             *
             Because
             my
             Brother
             C●●riate
             called
             the
             Sailers
             Leaden
             pated
             Fellowes
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             beyond
             their
             reach
             to
             learne
             this
             Language
             :
             not
             that
             I
             call
             him
             Leaden
             pated
             ,
             for
             the
             world
             knowes
             he
             is
             capeable
             of
             farre
             worth
             or
             Languages
             :
             beeing
             now
             adding
             Italian
             ,
             to
             his
             excellent
             Greeke
             and
             Latine
             .
          
           
             Gizard
             is
             in
             Scotch
             a
             merry
             Mummer
             .
          
           
             Termed
             a
             Lout
             ,
             hauing
             a
             reference
             vnto
             the
             Princes
             verses
             ,
             who
             held
             all
             men
             guts
             &
             Louts
             that
             were
             not
             Trauellers
             .