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K acnccs Aw |ii/ not Acki hoteBtMfi l^nl^ave i Tjhwld i otminds, aljotiel %i ■r*»^— — y- 5f>A r^fmilT^: ■.■Tt^'i ? ^'W" >4 I ' ? ■ rv?.^.^^,' ■, 'N^A.>; TO THE HIGH -^ MIGHTY ONARGH, CHARLES n. %fthe^race of QoJefEtiOiAiiD, Scotland, France an^ Imland KING; Defender of the Faith, &c, MlBAt) SOVSKAIGNt [^^4 Concern of thk Nature there can h «o ff'eater Apology ri&4» %«r Sacred Majefties mdouhtd %ight to this Worki, •»ho]eT)omi^ irfomiihn^ larger than from Lybia to the «^ mof GUdes, can never out^reach Tour Majejlies KjfCfmedge Jtnd Experience in thofe Arts and Iciences herein onlj touch at. And I could never btufh enough, if I ^dnot Jcfyo»ledge nyf Endeavours onbfuch^ai may Receive Your ^roteWon, i^ithout vbich they pre nothing, anddhly exprefs thi Ambi^ \6nl^anje td/he»mj JjfeBion to Serve Your i^ajejij ; Inrphich, rjhould doubt Yifur Invincible ^oodne/s, I might become unpardon^ Me : paving had ^e undeferved Incouragcment of Your Majejlies inminds^efpeciaUy >o the Vollume of the Brittisn Isles • ji>hich, r alfofhc Firfi Vollumeiare n(m> in band, andifiU befinijhedmth ^ ^fsiblefpeed : And to mchjhis, (though a Fore-runner') it a *Defign fhom Wong by any othr Tatronage than Your Own -^ idereby, V You do give Lik and Vigour w all Arts and Sciences byYour B^- iigne (jrace and Favour, Yonr Majejly may Miraculonflyjilefs YOUR MAJESTIES Mtft Hwmklt, dndftmilj Sevtte4 i>iib)^*94 Seivant, 7793''' Richard Bloai« t 1 -'^ ii^ fent&i^t. '^ "•■i..!.. ■•!■ ' "WW*'-:'-'- ,ji», V' '^'^ ,?r:'*t?^. ' ■»>• 1,-^j^f- ■atffiyii? Charles R. H^RLEs tije 9cton& bp tbe Crate of tfoti, king of England, scon linJ, Franc; ailB Ireland , OeteitOCC Of tbt fM\t . &c. CO Dll Dukct, Arcli-liiOiopt, Marqueffct, Enrii, Vilcounn, liiniopi, B-iront, Judgcf, Knightt- Hironccs, Kniglin Ot' t\]t Uath, Knights Hatclidours, bliprei, Gentlemen, OltO tO all socictiei. veiiowOiip* aiio compiniet, 00 uicii t()o(e foj ttie aobante- ninit of Arci iillQ LeatAing, a0 tOOfC fO) Truffique QIlD Commerce, (Cnll0 €rccttns. ccioecea0 toe are infoimeQ . cunt R.chard Biume of st. Clemenn Danes. Ill t6e COUntP Of Middlefex Gent, fiatt) i)p tbe pecnDafi- 0110 ano dlTilldnce of Diuer0 cmtacnt anD Lcarneo ^en»unoertaken to let tO^tb Mi lour Voluniei (it Folio, a BOOK Of CEOOllAl'HY, ttberC- fn are banUcQ ai^ nitd Arts&c. a0 arc iicieirarp to be unocrflooD fo; tde true knowledge tpere* of, ann Uinffratiti tnto bartetp of HfetuI ono oeltgbtfUl copper Piacei, 00 mapps, seAo CHARTS, ^HEM£s iinD F.cuREs: fl)ne Of iD^ct) fan voiumet, at M Onall 9Cott aitii tCrotibl'. mn 'orniyin notu alreaop printed ■, aito toe otDer0 (it ra(t Dopes of betntt rpcewip fi* ttiR)cD,tf Citcoiitasrinent bcnot uiatiting. 9no being ivell fattsfleo (00 uteu bptbecn- lifiote of Geberal iuoictou0 ano able ^tn, as upon a particular peruAl onD inQicaion tbeteof nate bpoueOjDeranDDirmionj a0tQtbcPi.hti<-krAMeriiment anb B^wtMtf Defign, ant tbe neceirarp ufc toereof^inbi"!) bit*«to W "M Mfp beiii unDertofcen bp inp, cfbentilpfnlpur itatibl rongoe = acu babetUouoDt fit at tbe bumble Eequeftor tneran Rtchard Bione, ano outof iPut Princely befire topjoiiitte AnD gtbe ^ncouraffemeitfc ta ■H (ucb vonbP umienakingi; ano u\ trffatb tbat tm0 cannot rouiell beo^ouitbt to tetfjittton (u^rearonof tbe irtcat Bxpences inono about tbe Qinie) biitbout tbe numiro- le am anb StiTtnante of fuib 00 arc bullmB to concur Wtb U0ln fo laubaUe anb beneflf- cis! a work,berebp to Recommend \)ifi fatb enDeabour0 to tbe encouraeement of afl perfom of Honour, anb PatronianQLovenOftbeAmOf COSMOGRAPHY anb GEOGRAPHY, tO tte CMI tbep map bp subrcnbine fo; one, 02 more of bis f)nn Book(,encoura0e onb enable bim to Mtb tm0bi0<£9nmienbaDfeDcnsK. ^ flnbbtbereao tbe (Htb Richard Biome batf) in obeblcnct to 0ttr particular commandtpiepa' ttb one 0( tbe Vollumei of tbe fnib work to be a large Defchption of £>Ue Xingdomct of^ENG- LAND, SCOTLAND aiiD IRELAND, .iiibtDc ULEs tbetcunto belonslng, tDiiemn (Iberai ne* ccirarp tbfnir0 are^reateb of, not bitbetto uiibertafcen bp anp. onb tbe faibRicbuxi BioQclierns Defiro(i0 tortdifie tbofe great anbmanp Erron tommitteb maJf Books anb M«fn pet ettnnt ■, foi tbe better eifr aiiig bibrteof, it being a Work of mcb general goob, aai bibetlkeuiife tbougbt fit berebp eainenip to befllre ull llXir Juiti^ of tbe peace, sbe- riff. M«}cri,High.Cdnftabl«, MimRen.anO Church-wardem, 80 airoajfOtiJKC fl)Ur lOMng Subjcdi UKtbitt fl>Ut Dominions Of England, Scotland ailO Ireland , tO ance unto tbe Giib Richard Biome m nicb partltulat0 an I. cberpoftbem bpbtm tbe faib Richard Biome, at bpbimtboi m Cats erro;0,anB l^erftttinif bi0 faib work, ttberein r illCe to Ui aitb sue Nation. ^tbClt at S)Ur com at Whi{ ;(ie tbeir ceabpafli ana aihii' I be pippofeb to tbem , anb Wli bo aa acceptable «Mc- tbe loth. rapof Jfiiy, i6c;p. By His MajcftiesC/mmand f Arlington. \i ,A apr'~ws«<«**" ..y THE Teftimony * Approbation OF tHE LEARNED «nd EXPERIENCD SUPERVISORS OF THIS f W O R K E Hertas Mr. Richard Blome hath at no fmall Cofit artd^TrouiU unto him J made ready for the Prefs a Treatifc<>r GECX5RA- PHICAl., HYDROGRAPHICAL, ^wrf CHOROGRA- PHICAL Dejcnptionofthe Four Farts cftheWorldJfeing a Tranflation from the IVtrkf of the FamoHsMoHficHr SA\ t^f^-^ .;v.^: 't n- \. ■ u. I. ^SIA, whok. Ckicf Parti an llMfifiMl«llt rnftnY hi kttAJb liiM iMi Hnt wWdi tkt OtM4^ PtkAiiM Ktftu Ti m — i«tt Otmu Tht CwMnrsf MAftA, wMtlttyMlirf . .J^rthtSS?! Tbt Eafin «f r I It 1 1 A, wiik HI Avml »mlnc« ** ThclmpiitofilMUnM MIXjOL TiM rolnlaUof INDIA) ^^^^ wiiluw ihc OM|tij wl.ti< ) NaifiiMM KMfuv «« r ■ n 1 >IA, or iktl INPIa, .r <«i BAIT.INDIIt,^ W f w lMwIii n iiiibclliii|iloiMtar I TW rnuufcU «f I N oi4(sim IWttlttii *« ««■(••, wbtii^ Mfaat Mt dM llui|Hl!(V)'«- MttaorU, mtm* aN^llTCvkttrABTMlNM,^ i.^ E.ATMK MM. UtU, «iS iMdiMtW ■ » • ■" "' '^'^^" Tht ^|to tr mUN.wMl hi riiwi^ifciarf/ ^^ " H 1! tW tl i f lKrf XTAlTt alni trt ita Mtam aTi f^' whole Chief Farts ;TlHUbmof TttUlT ial«or(, •*•- li^ •in TiM ^. AMERICA as u is divided in- lt4 AHljl t ^3^. Jo c • ihc for accc whk whic (htisi to b putp IVm jam tUtu it»u fmi the. then • twin vcnti Mith ofh *f« 'ttlltr ctttn «rhicl v.» a partis 'in Ntad Tk xi^tA «r niANci , «Mi ii* , lMii(A»lMiiMilnftor efOLAND •f IITHUANIA The EAm>/f dw t «pir< af HOtCOVIA— ■tinWi. '1. t. AHlJiCA tirriNTIUONAtM, «k• ' M tetcU >i k*lifeCl a< i» )> IMFC and ^ parts comii King great habit roum wei« '.griev and 1 QPOO fALi QVttt tKel; reppt tOCvii tbsai J i *^ '■■'"J* "T"""" fmfff and called Mtgsli^is. Cozdlvh, In(t was flainby Pjrrhus Ton to AckiQtti JUtgdUffut^ Btrysnifft^im laftlv Sthfu, Thefe Amdttnt ta matters of copnlati- Co called in honour of AugnftMS^ wnom on ufedtogoto their neighbouring Men the Grttkt called Sti4fl0s ^ a place which thrice in a year % and if it h:q>pened that for (Irengih is very confidaable, being they brought forth M^Us^ they Tent thefti accountra one of the fiift in the /q(frr>/74)iri«eiaid unto the Province of P0- cuwp/r, djrfi, and elfcrt'here, Xa«'o ^"^^ mnrthered ; but their mvts being fothisCir; didaniiently refide the DtfH" ^i^"' .grievonfly |ngried, as well throogh grief tin of the Grician Etufertrs ^ for the fe- KIIh"- andftar. • exile and widow-hood, fet curity ofthe oatpartsagaind the incnrfions • ***^ itBon the Gtnquerors, under the condna Jo of the PerfiMt j and now is the place of olLmftJtjoiAMdrftpM^ who not tmly fuch Gaiitt as by the Grand S ^ntur tct QVertltrevcihttn. but alfo much added to appointed for the fcouring abd fecuring tpe largeneii of their Dominiofts ^ and their ittdi on the Coafts of the Enxine , ^ % -x^ ^a^onfiderabletime continued in great repptatwn. The names of the chiefeft of the viri»f64p^(KMM, were £«i^id[», Mar- ppt^miK^k AititfdsiXiA Ptntkffikdywho wuh 1 troop of gallant Ftragts came to th« aid^f /r^(«wf King dlTrtj : who at St4. 4. A£4. $. Ztfhirum. 6.Ccr' dfbi . jk C hmUs, and feveral others be- i,^ miMMkrowns. J ^ fowms or MSrAVblTTH^ ei boupded onthe E^ ;irith theRitMr fdr- thmtMs^ whkhfcparate$ieiDifl»?r//AM: 3.7«/> and rhrfgu Utmr\ on tlte Weft part of aonvr/Mr, whoTe Inhabitants arefamoosfbr the Euxtnty thelhrtct/m tt^fhtms ^ and interpreting oi Drums y being accounted part oi. the Priftmt is s and on the North. Soutn-fayets : 4. fbtMii alfo on the the Euxiiu fed, 1 his Place is famoufed Set fidt , in the time ot the JTmm* great- for the ViAory of AltxMudn againft the nefs a neft of firati , by whom then fttf$d0jy ofwnomheflewaooof then for hannted and enriched, as i<((fir is noW| M00i$t SitSd , where Pmrnftj overthrew but after taken by SfrvUm a M»md» Cdf- MnAnJdtts^miTjimitrUiiivinthSooooo, turn, when timftj fcowred the Stmt 74rr4ri , enconntred ^4/4««f with joooco 5. Cr«f«v, having a JtfMivfJM of the fame where aoco*. loft their lives, and jjr/i^rr tumeyhtfyMhubdyCdridd/fdy P04/dItd,9cc in the pride ot his heart being taken, and 50 ire oflittlenote) TheTe People formerly penn'd up in ai Irm-tdgty beat out his were very powerful, and elpedallyon own Brains againft the barrs. Nicty where the Seas as nur as //4/; \ but at lafl fob- the pr^ Gtnerdl Ctmuil was held l^ the dued with great difficulty by the ftr- appointment oiC$iifidiitinethtCrtdtjtuk- fitns. no 314. for the expelling of the Ar$d» The Province of GAL AT I A b n«rr.. Htrtfu. ChdUeJtHy where the ^h. Cent- bounded on the Eaft with CdffdJttid t on (*X> / rdt CtKiuil was, to repel the Ntfttridm He- the South with Ljtdmud \ 00 the Weft J^^^ rtfu, where yet the //iA4Aft4«ri do fliew mth the River SMf^rinir, and part of ^mh /t to this Pro- vince Saint /m/ did dedicate one of hb E- higher is fair , ftrrag , and hath a Cd^lt. piftles. Both within and witboat the C»r]r are fair The Province of f^iVf ffrz tA hath jy^ ATO L I J. tmM h for 3^":; lor its "^ "•'■*- than, hi. nton- »nrm, IS for- aining where- itnow 4eft of of this dorned one of having Ith and 3.TJ/. loostor rounted on the • greai- im then isnow) e Stmt :he fame i/i/?/ , and other interiour o/)F»rf Tra/jipi* of aU its CoaAs , communica of both fexes , in the time ot sudio t- tiag its name to the neighbouring (7«//, mounted to about tfooo. j, Ertimmj ^M Gtlft di Sdtslidy and to the mo(t lofcituate in the Confines of >#rMM/4 MMJtr. Oriental part oi the MtdittrrsiUMftds fa- which is the XtHJetvuis for the Tiirki^ moos for the rich Ttftftritt that are here Army when thev have any deHgn againit made. a. Side^ famous in the time of ftrfuy at whicn place they arelikewi% t\\eGttitiltifoTaTtmfUoSPMMm.).P*rgt, disoanded and f(^t home. 6. herhm, renowned hi old time for the TtmfU of memorable for the great Aj/.v/ fought be 2>i4M , and for the muhsI Ft»ftt there held in honour of her^ and yet more fa- mous for Saint fWs preaching here. A, yjifftitdm^ an in-landr***, (Trongly tween Crtt[i4*K\n%oi LJ4U4, andc^frwof Ferfu\ in which Cr«/M/ loft not only the fttU, butairohisir/»;i^. 7. Fmm^i' mflk. 8. 7>4>M. g.Anirtct. \o.rhi- it' ^cituate't once the Metropolis of the i'r#- ao «*<>. xi. Stldmirid. it. Cdmfd, With viiKtt famous of old for its Mufuum. othersnotwoithyofnote ). othid, 6. M^dity on the Std-fiJt. 7. C$ldr^iii, 8. CsrdMMfiim. 9. Mt- mJtmmm. And 10. Cr«r4f«/«, with fome other of no great note. Thefe Prtviiu^i were converted to ckrifiiMtty by the A- poftles,Saint ?■ 4r/,ii. ^ 5SC^ TO Ll A, Camels to >«%#» here the Eu^lifb, frtnth , and VtnetiaHs , have their Vict' Cottfuls to prote«^ their Goods and .v^/f. tf. Jmdvarzit, aCity inthe time of Strsbo of great antiquity. 7. Nictftlis, founded by Alexander in memory of his great ViHorj, And 8. ijfus, (esied on a large Saj, famous for the Battel here fought between Alexander with an inconsiderable note in this Oifii/rjr arc j i.ifhefus^ fa- mous for many things, as i . for being the Burial-place of Smt^ohnthcEvMugelii, who, asfomefay, *ent here alive into tne grave; aly. for the Temfle of Diana, which , for its Greatnefs, Furniture, and ftately Workmanfliip, was accounted one of the Wonders of the World, jly. for Saint PattPs diredin" an £^i/?/f to tne iii- « Army of Macedonians , and 1)4^/^ , and to habitants thereof. Aly. for being the £P/- Jiis vaft Army which confifted of about fcefal See of Timothy the kvangelifl , ntfi 6000CO A fians; whereof about 160000 Sifhof hereof ^ and, ^\y,tot'us Ecclefiafii' ot the Perfians were flain, and about caI Council hete: But now much ruined 40000. takinPrifoneiSi in which Battel, from its andent beauty , it being now te- thc M'/fw and D4«fA//w of D4r;«/ were duced to a fmall Village. ^.Smyrna, taken , Alexander not lofing above joo which is now the onely City of Trade ih ut his men. thefe parts, famous for being one of the On the right hand of 07;W4 is //4i»rM, 7 i-tmrches ofAfta, to which Saint y»/&» which may bear the name of a I'rovince; dedicated his Revelation , being one of It ii fiuittul in Vines, andfevtralfortsof 10 thofe 7 Cities that ftrove forthrtirthof FrKits, having 3 rich Soil} ThechietCi- ties are , t. Claudiopolit, into which CUtt- dins the £mp«iour brought a Roman Co- lonic : And 1. Seleacta, founded by Se- Uncus. The Province of C/^jt/yf hath for its Eaftern bounds, Lycia; for its Southern bounds, the Carfaihianfea; fonts Weft- ern , tlie Icarian or iAigitan[ea\ and for us Homer , where in a Cave hard by he is faid to have writ his Poems : But now violated by the Mahometans « her Beauty is turned into Deformity , her Relieion into Im* piety , and het Knowledge into Barba- nfm. This 0(7 is feated on the bottom ofiBai orCulf, called the Gulf of JMjrr- na, where the Enrtijh;, French, and Vent' 'ttans keep Conluls to protcA their Mtr- Noithern bounds, /#»/4and Lydia. Its 30 chants, and keep up the T^ade, it being chief Places are, i, Miletus , got farrfrom under the Jurifdiftion of the CrandStig- the Hill Latmus, the birtli-place of Thaks, nior. one of the ; Wife-men of Cr««-, to this piace, Saint /'<««/ called together the Bi- jhofs oiEphefns , and other of the adjoyn ing Cities. J. Primajus , noted for the The Commodities that are here found, are Raw Silk, Cotton Wolls, Cotton and Gro- grain Tarn , Mo-hairs , Grograins , Cham- lets. Carpets, Galls, Box-mood, Cordo- CtmmU,- lift »)i S,>.t>,:.. Stratagem by which it vv.is taken by /"A/A^ vants , Wax, Anifeedss alfo fome I>r»{;f / of Mscedon, 3. Mmdas , which being and /'m///, t(^etner with fuch things as but a fmall City, and its Gates (0 bigg, are found in T«rl^. made Diogenes the Cynick to cry out toxo Commodities here Vended fromi:*^ havetlieni (liut their C4/« , left the Ci/; land^ are, Cloaihs of Suffolk, Woreefier, Ibould run out at them. 4. Milafa , fa mous in old tunes for xTni»^/f/ dedicated to Jupiter. And, 5. J»rJ7/M,where2)/4- »4 alfo had a Trmi^/^ In th;s Country l»s NeylinohCetveih) is the Hill Latmus , which was the retiring ibuftfl 3ndcto/ter, Ptrfetuana's , red and white Lead, Tinn, Callicoes,Srazile-mood,CoU' chantile, Indico, Pefftr, with feveralo- ther Spites , Druggs, and other Indian Commodities. The Cuftoms here paid , as generally place of EndjmioH, who by theftudyot' throughout all Turky by the Englijh, is 5 A(lrfnomi did there finde out the changes percent. and conrics of the Moon, by the Poets feign- 50 The Coynes here currant , are Sfanijh c^^, ,, ed to be her Favourite » others there be Rials of, and Afperss lyo of which »">'»k makes a Rial of } 5 alfo the Doffar of Ger- many pafleth for ijo Afpers, And the Che^uine and Sheriff of harhary f(xr 300. Afpors : fo that tw6 Rials of ; is a Che- fttn* of Coldi like\*ire the Lyon Dollar 155. Alters. But the Dollars rife and who would have it, that in a Cave under this Hill Jupiter hid him, andcafting him in a deep fleep, dcfcended fomtimcs to kifs him. The Province of lONlA a bounded L^ld, °" ^'^^^ Eaft with Lydias on the South with Cartas on the Weft with the «-€^44*/i4» hU according to the plenty and fcituty and on the North with ji#;p. Pkccsof of weighty ffMir«7. They AH, AT L I A. They keep their\^frM«f/ in nMm Hr^tns. x. fhiUdetfhUl ontheBaob ind jff ITS. That freight ji i DrMm^ o( (^ the river dr/^iuttaa of note to Sgf which '180 makes a RttttUt^ and 100 amtUts makes a ^w(ii/ , which is 4J eths s and 400 Drtms make an 04ket which is a /. 1 1 ; timtes Havenbiftis EKg- lijH. There is alTo another Ss.'"^*^^^^ fiftingof440'iii^j, by which, feveral par- ticular C«imw«iArirj are vended, as others dit. 3. Tbidtjra. 4. Lt^e*. %. M/^- nift*. 6. AlaiuuU^ add 7. Tratii on thtltdidts oicgjfhiu. Theftt^ of this Ctimtrj are uid to be the firft inr eaters of Diee^ Chein and ether fuch Games, as alfo the firft Huckfiert^ ttJkrt, mArSait firft CvjMTi of wfM^. The Cmtmrf by are by the Sjntutl of 45 04A» s likewife ^^ reafon of the great plenty of gallant rivers feveral CmmeJ^tiet are fold by the 04/(« renden it venrfrnitral and f^Mfant, being of 400 Hftm, 5//ikisfoldby the £4/- man confiding of 3400 Jirtms. Their Meafure is the fit$, which is a- bout ; of aj«« fimomed Cwwim. a. MUut on the refimmeiit: this Cifj is placed in the bor- moQtbof C4i(M, being the /irr-7«w«i to40dctsbf{;«/4^M. Alfo ;. Sjmud; 6. 4- Fergtmu, 3. Mjrm^ which in honor to ftm*. 7. Hier*ftlis. 8. fmlitftlis. 9. Ti- '1 A»g»fhu'»aikd Smfttftlk. 4* Ar^M "leref^lis. 10. btrjIdMrn, and feveral o- on a rivir of thefinenuDe, not fo from thers of (mail note. * the */€gM» Ses. InduBtown thor had The CMJi^is ve7rich, plearant,and an art in making kricks that woold fwim wdl watered with Mtvtrty tne ftefU be- above water. 5. >f(4r«r«, over againft the ing amiently more fup^tious thenio lfi« of Lesku. And 6. Cem, by Strskt any other place of Afid^ as is manifeftby oUed CdMt nigh to a Promouoiy of the the rites ufed in their fdfrifim of Cjkele, tune name. and other of their r««^id^/», being accoun- ^fir^. The rrtvitutci LTDIA isbomlcdjo ted fuch as uTe iivimaitn. They are a '" on theeaft with Pkr/gid m^tr^ and fome people which much ddight in effemimuj. part of /iiinfM, on the South with Cd^ In this CuMny reigned rmdbu, who on the Weft with %/f.tlii and inud ) ana wanting wifdom to makeufe of his great 00 the North with Uf(tA. The principal riches, »by the tmt feigned to ftand in Cities in it are, i. Striii^ the Metropo" i«f up to the chin in water, under a Tree lisof X)iv/*(ir«. Places of moft i)Ae,\^'A«; I. Vtrtt^m or Dtrd*m> i^k thi r*f* fi^d f/t^imiij of ./fiiK^/. C i^^ ireate(i|o(»'tb< papks of the Rivtr SiM&ier.t ftmo&sfpr having fufteyned jr ten years ficge ?gaiaft ^heOmltf} in whfchtlniethe7>«;4|>f loft Stfooop pico, where PM/and BtrnAtu having healed a Cripjple, were adored for jtf^ri^irrjr and ^fittr. 3. Prr^r where the faid^^tf/?^ preached, 4. PMfsUif. j, Ltrtni*. 6. Cdtrsths. 7. Adtfiffns. 8. C4»M, with foine others of fnnail note. The Frtviifcioi H S ibiA is boun- t*. tj dedontheEaftt w4th^rMro>Mw/ff«ri 00 ^,,7; J the South witM Tdmfhjlu, and part of «''*-'^ "ft. andtlie <;r>r4 remarkable ^r 3 Cm** <:kriUp.im, Pttfii^ cX CufidMimfk , tU there led liv the FriMwrivr times, called confeaed here by ihemalice of theen^efs SjnodMs Cdt^mfu. X, PtrnftitfU*,, fo Btidt^ ThisCMvorrjfasto its fertdity, calW by Pmfp the great. 3. C$mtU4 plealaotneri,ftc. it the (ame as C^/^Jktt Or C«4rir4, fortified by iV/r^-r4urfr/*wheo «ibremeBiiotK*'j. he vpsMafter of this Country. 4.XMiM. The /lr0vi«rr of ^r^/vf is bounded ;. Qtmuiuftlis. on the Eaft with Pf>ry^id nujir, on tl^ The Prtvmtoi LTCAQNIA is South with part oi Ljdid^ t/f«///,andthe bounded on the Eaft with AmuMt* mffm 1 lo */£g4umf tafia the We^ with the ^A'.gsdn^ '" on the South with Piftdid, on^be We'Q' and f/m^f4«M7«r, and on the North with with PhrwiM wdjtr ^ and 00 1]^ l^h BpjtiiM*^ Prtfmtit, and the HtUtff0Mt. with C4fAbrf4, The qioftenupempL* The chief places whereof are, i.Cjfi^/fw, ces in this Country, vei. humnit{wfi (tucdinthe PrtftHtih in an //?4M(/ot the CtjfiM ) being , now the rtaalSeawoifihe fiui^ename, but fonear the continent that AiMAneKingSy a place of ereat ^Mst^* U ia joyned to ir by two bridges. The me- whofe fcitoation is in the Moooulins ad* tropolis of the cmfl«r HtlUffcnt a place vamngiousforc!etenccandf^eqf.4.X>7/?r4 of great (hmgth and beauty, whoCe £in)ous for the; kirth fUft q( Timfyt V^ ^^ -> »*tUm»tks , Ttmrs , and Hdvtn M|iu,aM ■I *m/ werei took I tbebl ofgre of al allwril coftiyj here! to wl and lal QdUm\ the A| fides 1 may I oftheil length ofhUls toEaf thebrl theot M«unt ther»» GtUem felf, other inXjFi fif* to of Afi cats. 11 hard a) him, : Thisii in Kin feign© BeBrn CdTNt dymiti Ai roolcc fince of Cr thenc the 5 woftii ng hnlcd a ^trcitrf and . LdrdmU. 9. Cmiu , 'A isboun- n.tl ind part of '<>'H\ artofZ;«4"""' lie North , 4 fcituate in s Country. :t4tm»nUns. a a Rtmtn ;lv fcated. >all account, rthe kdttul ras and Ar- /y/!r,andthc wmade that tins, ic the meq which is bounded A[°^*i \ which fc- m IT { on the lich parts it land North 1$ it were a fromC4/4- r. Mebttiu s Country, great quan- . Nit0f»Us ranct of a ift the for- , i. Ctr- iMA/,aod r«le of «, s fatiliiy, Cdfadttu bounded ,^^ 'i on tf^ "••» .< y>. and the f/ViT" orth with 1tUiff$M. mdoi the nent that The me- r$ a place whoCe d Hdvt» were Whe IjLmds of Afia Minor, II 1 1) mm. were made of all Mat^le ^ 5. Lamffdcns. There are many oth^ things ob'fervable ™r , 4. Pdmm. 5. Adfdmfttium^hat fdnl about, and within theldTer /*/?4 5 The r'f a- took (hipping to gotO'irmif. tf. >*»f*»- B^hcrtu oi Thrdce , or Channel of he ""*'*■ ^, Pergtmus fcated in a goodly Plain, on fo narrow, that Dantu Hjpdjkts built a the baidts of the rivir Cdicus j a place Bridge over it, and pafled with his Troops oipgreatfoeDgth, beautified with a /ifo-rfrji over it from A fit into Eumpe, to make of aboo^ jcoooo volumes or mdrmfcrips War ogainft the Scythians. Xerxes, the all writ in ^rfrr/frmrfff, famous alfo for thofe fon of JE>4r/w, did as much over the //r^r- coftly hdiigings known tons hy tafefbri\ 10 fittit, or^trei^htof GaSiPoli, or the Dar- hen Vf3$ one of thtCeveiichrcfiesoi A /id J tUneitr , which we call the dfites of SefiifsxdAbidts, which are featcd three , Leagues above the entrance , and at the natroweft place of the Hcllehont , oppo- fiteeach toother; Foimefly famous for the unfortunate loves of Jiero and Ledn- itr, drowned in the mercilefs Surges. Here alfoJITrrxr/, whofe populous Army drank Rivers dry, and made Mouutdins circum- to which I*, ^ehn writ his Xevttdfi^i, and la(Hy famous for the tirth-fUtt of a diem the eminent Pkyfifidn^ who lived to I Mm».im the Age of 1 40 years in'^ood health, fie- ■ *"'"|^ fides wnidh the Mtntaains^iivtrs and J/I«, may havefome what in particularobferviqd of them? Mount Tturus begins between LjJlSdandCdria, and extends it felf all the length of A/Id, being a continual ridge ^ navigable, is faid to have palTedoverinto of hills, running through Apd from Weft Greece on a Bride of Stdts. Se(les is ftrongly to Eaft ; which for its lengtn, height, and feated on the ftdeof a Mountain de&encf- the branches it calls forth on ooefide and the other, thegreateft, and moft famotts Mtumtdin ^ the World. On MMm ti» the 7Hjd^ Pgrk judged of the beamy of "^untt PdiUs, zndFtnmSy and giving the G^dtu APfU to the laft , drew on him- felf, ana flls Pricnds theTunrity of thfc ing to the Sea on the Eureftdn (hore-, Abidts on a low level on the Aftan (hore. The Amdnidtn Streights, or l-afTes of Mount Amdn, between Ctltcid and Sfrid, are eafie to keejk i, the Way for about a joo paces, 'being between Rocks and Crdggs j the few of which, are wafhed with many other two. On tht Meuutdm Tlwwfcjoftreamswhichfalloff from the Mountains. in Ljdid, Mjda , liaving efteemcd Pif».; fiPt to be more pleafanr then the Hdif of Afolio , was by him pulled bv the ats, not to tnake them greater, but fo hard as gaveoccafionto the Poets to jeer him, and fay that he had Affes cares. This Momntdiit is very iraitftd, efpecially in yiHtt Old Sdffron. On Crdgus wai feigned to be tlie Monger CAiMer4 which Here it was that Alexdnderxht Grc3t,van- quiihtd D4r;iw. ^^ ^ The ISLAJs(J)S about ASIA Minor, .,«'•] npHe FSIANDS iTkcwifewhidiare teSeroPhiit made tradable. On Idtmus in 40 J. about A^d Minor, have been very re- C4rMpaflKl the loves c^tlve mon^^Eit- markable to Antiquity, though not foat tf ttU, dfmiottf 9ee Am«ngft the fJMn^ Pdffolm hath roulcd down fo much (>*£/in itsftreamil fince Middt wall cd there, that the riches tiCroefm, and others, are come from f hence. The(^'«ifcib waswitaefi of thtf vi^ory of AUxdnier the Great , agahft the Sdtrdf^ of Ddrim ^ but Alexsiubr prefcnt : They are almoft ad in the Archi- feldfo, (omemthe Mediterrdtted»Sed, al- moft none in the BUck Std ^ yet at the en- trance into that Sea, and near the Boffho- TM of Thrdee,ate^ 1 .The two ifldnds called CTANEES', fo near the one to the other, that the Ancients would make os bdfcve they joyned. j. LESBOS, ^ 1 waAiing himfelf in the cold waters of Ci^ 50 fiamons for the Ctti MeUliiie, which for its »m, fed near k>ft his life. The Bivtr greatnefiandexcellencyof its|Pr/)»«,givcs Aehenn, and the Lake Aebtmfid, near JVr' name to the jfldHd-- In this place was born r4«/i4inffirAf«r4, arecfteemedtoreach to Sappho, the Invfntrcfi oi the Sappbique Kdl^ and twit this way ff/rnrf« brought rerfe. Pittdcut one of the Sages of uptheVillainCfr^Mr. ffdljs (at prefcnt Grme $ and Ario/i the Dolphin Hdrper, loU) fthredforthebOwidSjaridKmitsbe^ j. SCIO or CHIOS diftant from the tvcfrt tbeKii)gdem of Cr^MT, and the joniM ftiore four Leagues, being in com- Empir^af the|>iT|f(«w, bncicproved filial pafs about ia6 Miles ( remarkable for f» C¥»fliOi &e, the Cimti of its Coitveitt of Jiiomene , • - , • . one I Cjaitti t L:)ba<. jSri* 11 TbelJIanJs of Jfia Minor, oneofthefii' eft in the World. ItafTord- the World for 5Mi^». under whofe Rocks eth excellent Fruiu in great plenty , but they grow in the Sea ^ tor the getting of of moA note for its Mtfliqiu, not found which, they have people which horn their elfe wheie , it is now under thepowa of infancy, are bred op with dry Bisktt, and «Iiiii>. ]P*llllMI. Other extenuating dyet, to make than lean s then taking a Sf»n^t wet in OyL they hold it , part in their months, and part without, and fothw dive down into the Sea to get it } thoTe that have been Leagues, Mountainous, &ut reafonableioufed to this trade, can abide under Water the Crsiul Sigmtr. 4. J C AKI 4^ now called Nittri* , in compifs twelve Leagues: HtttUvm (v£aec Shifwdek. Abounding in Cnn aud PsfiMn^e. 5. fATHMoS, in compafs about ten fruitful, efpecially in Cr4i«. Here it was that St.5^«/^«beingbanifhedbvi>«iiw/iM, writ his RtveUti$i$ to the dhurches of jfia 6. P A R M A CU S 4, max Miletum where CMfsr was taken by them. rcianx. 7. CL AROS xAr/fpaftbe* been HckfWhoTe cures were there rt^iftredi twecn its tiejgk » bat in M ycats, bv aa and AftMts the famous tMinr. Earthquake it was thrown down aad mo* \o. s c 4 R F A N T E , ftored with ken m pieca : And bcfides the mais of the heft Ctrdl in the World. 11. J^A ^Stones contained therein, moCmm^t were COS I A , which was thefeatof the laden with the fr^^ whin was nfed about Kings of the Family of Luigiu, and the it. This City bearing the name of the See of an 4rMiJhff, and peopled with IjUiul, is featra foot Miles frooa theanti* 405)00 Families. 11. i^iflM^CKS^ ent City, famoa^of oU for thev C^vfiw- aw«e, their expert JVm the CiUtiM litri ttout so Leagncs, it ftretcb- eth it felf from Baft to Weft, in fonnof trltttt, and thtufting forth a neat many Fnmmtrut. This //W hath former^ This IS the oody place ia been knows by fcvcnl other names » as I. Ci$ki» which becaufe AriflttU could not nnnd die, he here drowned himfelf} the chief uttmcr C ity is C«/(A«r. ij. SAMOS, about 50 Leagues in compais, ftronglv feated almoft onall fides with Rocks, naving a '■' hiir tfin/M, fertile in fmifi, dbecially in &jr/and o//a/» ; the //7<(W mucii inmed withpitates. The Ijlands of A fa, Minor, ^l n j.CttiinorCethiMis, frOm Ketim thefon of ^av4n, which was the firft Planter of it » J. Ctrdftit, from the many I'rmon- toriu ; J. Amtthufta 5 4. ftfhUs f.St- iaminid.- Which three laft werefocallcd from its principal Ttwus^ 6. MdCdhdArom the fertility of it •, 7. Afftrid: from the 1MU>, • Lyprui. '*^' crifices made unto Adtnis, the darling of ytHM, where ftie had another Ttmfle, a. Rfifctfid, where ^/*i7» liad both a 7«»- fle and a Crw*. T his Ttmfle was held fo roughnefsbf thefoyl j 8. t/€r«/4, from lofacred, that thofe which touched it, were the Mines of Br^/fi 9. And laftly, Cy/nw, thrown into the Sea. And 5. Cetium, the either from the great quantity of Cjfrtjs Birth-placeof ZtntxhtStrnk. Trees, or from Cfrm, who built in it the This ifldnd is feated under the fourth ^^.f'p, ancient City of Afhrcdifu, who lived here climdtt, which makes the longeft day to '• >j "* 600 years after Hmer. This JfUnd, du- be but fourteen hours and a half. It is ex- ir^Jt','. ring the Empire of the PtrftdHs and Mdte- ceeding rich and fertil, abounding in Corn, dtnidni, was accounted tor Nine King- WiH«,«ji, Silks, cm^n, Tiirfeiitine,Wotl, doms, moft of them bearing then imes of Hanej, Sdlt, Vtrdifrtttt, ABem, Storax, their principal Towns s but oy Pt»t$mj d - Collt^uintiJd, Linddnuth .• All fdrts of Mt-^ vided into thefe four Prtvintts , viz. jo tdls, ^e. And Mr. Ltwit Etbtrts in his I. Ldftthid, '1. Pdfhid, i. Sdldminc, hook ciikd The Merdditts Mdf tf Cm- and 4. Amdthufu. mtrct , obferveth, This Ifldnd is able to Places of moft note in Laftthid are , build a SA/^ from the Keel to the Tpffaily I . Nictfid, the Metrtftlit of the if dud, be- and to fit it out to Sea, either for a Mdn of ing a walled City, ui form round, being Wtr, or Merchdnts Vrjdge, with all things neccflary. And all forts of £«§"///& Com- modities in fmall quantities donnde vent^ but the chief Trade is managed- by Kyals of?. CijHs here currant, are tlie fame ^th (.,■,,. ^ _ jy -^ Q five Miles in compafs, adorned with (late- ly buildings , re(embling fome Cities in Fltrtncey as well for \tu>ed»tj, and plea- tuapitKdtitH , as for its plentifulnefs in fttftt:Vorttm\y in the potfeffion of the rr- 30 mtidHt, andbythemftrongly tortified,yet could not withftand the fury of the Titrks, who are DOW mafterot it, and the whole ifiditd. 2. C«rfff»ftroaglv feated near the Sea. And j. Tremtm, the Birth-place of SfiridtH, a famous Bidiop of the Primitive tunes. \rnyimt4 Placesof note in PdfhiiiTt^ i.Pdfhts, |nph.i feated near the Sea. This City according i4r/nipM> thofioi CtHfidnttHtfltt Aleppo, and other parts of Turkey : And they keep their Ae- ceunts after tlie fame manner. Their Weights here ufed throughout ""••it"- this//?*, are Odks and RttieBos •, one 100. JtHttStf makes a Cdntdr, which is 500 /, Hdberdufeis •, and a Rtttcllo is 5 /. of the fame weight, which is 710. Drdms. The 04jt contains 400. Dr4m/, znd 60. Brams to the opinion of fome, was built by f^- 40 makes i ounce, and 6\0uttcts makes an fk$St fooof PygmdliM, King of Phenicid Oak. 1 1 ff vlm'i tf and Cjfrm, where ftands Pjgmdli$Hs fta- tue^ whicl^as the f«rf/ feign, was by the power of Vnm tamed into a Wtmdu t, where (he had her fo mach celebrated Ttm- fit, and where her r«rjr/>/ of both Sexes in their natural nakednefs, did perform herfjCTi(ices. a. CtnntUd, rtdi'xn Sugdrs and Cmtiit WhI : And 5. Drtfdnum , a Town of good Trade. The next is Sdldmine, which hath for its chief places, -i. S dUmis, once the Me- tnftlitdn City ih the IfUsid, but now turn- ed to ruines \ in which there was a famous Temfb confecrated unto ^ufittr. 9. A- fhrt(di(ium,(6tamed from fMM^.wherelhe had another TrMf/r. j. 74ii»4^«r, abound- ing in rich Mines of Jr4/}. 4. Fdmd£d^d, though but fmall, vet one of the chieteft in this tflMd, ftrongly feated. Ahd 5. Arfimt , famous m the Groves of fufUtr. Their Medfures of length are of two forts, viz. The Pic$ of 26 ; inthes , by which all Silks and Woollen Cloth is fold •, and the Brdce which is ,', larger then the Pifi, by which all Limun is vended. Their dry Metfures are many and diffe- rent according to the Commodities-, as for example. a\lCrdins are fold by iMetfure 50 called the Monfe, which weighcth 80. Odks s yet fome dr'dins are fold by the C»//f/f .which is 10 Odks, hdag \oiiBufhel EnfUpi, fo that a Moofe is 4 Bufhels Englijh, Sdlt IS likewife fold by the Mitfe, Oil is fold by the Rttt$ll'oo{ 1060 Drdms, which weigheth a 5 Odks % and Wine is fold by the Cuffe, which is a ; GdKtns Snglifh, To this I fie , as to all other parts of Turkj, no Enslijh are fuflfered to Trade, except thofe of the Compahy of tevdut MtrckdHts i where they nave a Fdffery, .ft - and JKt^ftertt, \.r*. tit fHfti tl Cjfpiin. I J. Souria^n^'Dmheck^ znd Sottria or Syia. and a CMf»I, who is generally eleded by more known to the occidtnttl Petfle^ the ■ " ■ ~ . o , ■ /. . firftiotheorrtflTd/i the firft likewife ha- thefaidZevMf Company, andeflabltlhed by the Amb/^uUr, The Tttfu here are very civil to ftran- gers , delighting in fftfpiulity , alfo ad- didling themfelves to W/ir, being firong and shtvt s and the^«M«;i (as Htjlin noteth) wereini'ormer times given toi»»- ehaflity^ by reafon of their fo great ado- ving been more famous m the fir A ages, the laft in latter times. Both the one and tlie other part, were after fubdivided each into three Paititions. Affjria^ into A^jria Mtfefotamu and Chal- de» or BdbyUnit : Syria, into S'^na Fhat- nUu and ^udu or Faleftint, The three ration of their Goddefs yernu, it being loUft together, have at prcfcnt retook their tie> II All* (as he faith) the cuftom of thefe JVtmen, ^to proftitute themfelves on the fliores to parfers by; where their f/rj/w would do the fame, as wcllt to pleafe their GttUc/, as to eiicreafe their FerfitHS. But upon their receiving of Chnliianity by the Preachings of St. Faitt and BM-iutds, be- ing the fi/r»/;-^//tfr^;t^i(' particularly 10 Meft- fetamiay iadchurdi^an to thepaiticulor Ajfyria. And it is to be obferved that of thefe three Parts , Ajfyria hath been the chief in the vogue ot Hiftory^ cbaldeuyOtSa- byleui* the fecond % but HiftfMmmia, or Diarbttk is accounted fo now : be it be- SOV%lA and T>IATi- olX"' QoUKiA and DIARBECK to- d,v.dJ, v3 gether , have been known formerly ' '" underthenameonelyof5jfr/4or.^tf;rM5 which Affyria, or Syriuy was firft divided into two great parts j of which, the moft Eaftern held the name of Affyri* ; the Welltnt^ that of Syrk^ This laft name 4imI tht.r lull. we have learned) though poffibly in Ptrps we may finde others, hit fndi as are more known to thofe Ba^trn fttfU than us. ' Let us proceed then to SyrisnHch is the nearefttous, andonthis tide the £«f^4- tts \ which done , we will pais beyond the Eufhrates , and treat ofDiarbuk. ^"^ SOVRU or STBJJ. SoUniAy formerly STRIA the Great, »'«-"<' and at prefcnt Smfisn with the Eafitnt fitfky is near hand that which the Rt- mam called tbeirD/nrr/Tof the Eaft,asmw feem by our now calling it the Levant. It extends from the JWrirffrriMMM/M, which waflws in Vftfkxmcfn&vyxheEufhrattt^ whicB '«!'<*■ e Great, k. «►•,*. 5* r rR, I J "Propria. 15 which on the Eaft divides it from Hisrktck^ and from Mount AmM , or Monte-Negro^ which buunds it on the North, anafe- parates it from CilieU , unto Ardiis and Egypt which border on its Southern Parts. Tlie Antients have divided it into tJvee principal Parts : the particular Syrian called sjrufrefriA, which, ^ the greatefi:, and Cities of the Roman Empire : Its Walls are yet {landing, and the moft beautiful that eye ever beheld 5 within jt, is nothing but ruines. Its fcituation is on the River Oron- tes fo called i at prefentyni n ^ HT yf beautified with Fountains , and enriched yi I j\\j 1 J.\M.yM, with aboundance of Trw , which yield variety of excellent Frutts, aswell for talle OS tin^ure , for its Temples dedicated to Apottoy fot iaS ancillary orAfiUy and for .Pro. OrJl//* PROPRIA, OT STRIA ^'^^ Oefpecially fo called, is bounded 00 the "^ Eaft with the River E»phrates\ on the the pbce where i)4pi6w was changed into South with Phxmcias on the Weft\yith ^Laurel, that it hath been compared with the Jtffi&f«iT4M4;)/M} and on the North the Valley of TrMf; in TJ^fj/d/jr. j. ^' withCi/f(M. leppo, which at prefent is the greateft and This Countrey is very fertile, alTordiog 40 principal tmit of^all Syria , and one ofthe plenty oH, txaMtnt Fmits , Cttto»-mt , moftfamoosofthewholeEaft, being the fi&M/whichhavetailsthatweighaboatjo. antient Uitrapolit^ It is feated between pounds t with fcveral other good Com- the Enfhrates , satithe Metbterranean fea, moditics which I Dull obfierveanon. and in that place where that Sea and the The People in this Country were fornser- Enfhrates tnake the neareft conjundlion, ly very inouftrious, but very much addift- ' ' ' •••'■• - • ~ ed to glnttony , as did appear by their often and great feafiing ; People of great fnhiby in their dealii^, much given to Snperpitioity being Worilhippcrs of the^ GodceCsFortime , and other of their fjrriiM' phrates, juft againft the City of ^//'f^*; Codibffes , much addiAed to Plays and ' ' ' PafHtuts, and People given to/r«//fN^ and lasigknre. ['"•f The chief places yvhichC have been, or) are fband in this Countrey, are, i. Anti- which makes it capable of beft and greateft commerce ofthe World, to wit, of all the Levant , with the Weft, by thepaf- > face of tiie Gulf of OrmMr and Balfaray ' 50 which brings Conunoditjes up the £«* from whence the Carravans bring them oy Land to Aleppo , and carry them from thence to Alexandretta or Scanderotn , fci- tuate on the MediterrMtan fea .- and thence into tlie Parts of Ajia , Africa, otby or AntiochiM , once the JHetropolis of and Ettropt, which border upon theitfe ^im\ fo fait formerly, that it held the diterr*iua»y and farther into thatOceatt. uiidj ot foiuth degiee amoogft the beft This City is the ordiiuuy refidence of a I Turkiih £4//4. Comou^ \6 rtrtr Souria or Sjria. Commoditirs that this City of Alefft Their MtU h about 4/. tj.tmieeshs^ hrAftis. CtU, Silv&f PrteUut Jfmts , &c. are fold by the MitigtU, whicn 1 1 Drtm, and a Dr4m is 00 C4r4Ui , and every C^r^// it four CrdtHS. All Commoditin have the allowance of tsrt , fome more, and fome leTs s uGtUt _ _ have t^opfrrmr. allowed for Duftv Of '«>" Commodtties moft vendible' here, 10 10 Drtms in every 1 10 Drtm$. Musk is are , Silks , Vdvtts , Satins , ir«J?fii- bought by the Jiitigdf^ and inthec*/, (^r/fr ui divers colours , efpecially Sur- and gives ao ftr ctm. allowance, but out of lits^ Ctrsly FMns^TinH, LMsH, Steel, theC«/none. Ltd J, Inn, S^ick-ftlvtr, Ltktng-gl^"', Their Meafure for Linsun^ Wtttn, and i^' CtKchdHfil, fines ejfEigkt in [pecieyV/hich 5i7i(,isbutone,towitthe?/<-#which isay they much efteem, <^f. And before the ]nches,orjofafW£fff/!r/l^. firtngdli had found out the way to the Th^ keep their Accounts in DfZf^r/ and Ed/l-InJieSy by the Cafe offend l>*ffs offers, 4. Awuity or Amd, formerly there was no Commerce between the jfdme^ in the wav between Trifli and Weft and Eaft, except by vny oi Alef- lo Aleff0 , is fomewhatdiftant from the de- p«, or h^t\x Red-fed, and £j^||>r , where fcent of a fmall HiB, in the midft of a gtatPUiny encompafledon all fides with productth, are Grtgrdins.Crtgrdinjdrit, CtttoH , Ctlten fdrn , M0-hdirs, ckdntlets, CdtUt, alfo quantities of white 5/7* brought from rrifeli, Bdrntt, Bidt, A 'dead, and feveral other adjacent places : Befides which , Ferfidiu , Armenidns , Ardies, and other caftem people , bring to this Cay y Silk, Drnggs, Sfiees, fretiotii-fttnes. the Engiifh Merchants (as alfo thofeof other Nations) have their Honfes for the ftowaee , and difpofing of their Goods, and wherethey keepa Cm/*/ for the better negotiating of their aiTairs. I'he Cuftom of this City is alfo j. fer cent. Coyos here currant are , the S^ltdin., which IS two Dollars , or Pieces of f. The Litn DtSdr, which is i of a Dollar, andisyo.Afpers. The DeBdT, which is 80. Afpers. Be- fldes which , they have others , as being the currant Coynsof the Country, as £Af- j^r», of which itf.makeapieceof ,', and l/^.ALj$nD»lldr. The Pieces of J oiSevii and Meried, by reafon ofthe quantities conied into frr/Ij, are ftom twototen/fr»ffi.dearer,astney 4othe Ardits call it Ndsmfiy and that Name very plealant HiSs , abounding in Crdim, Wines y with aboondance cfonhdrds fto- red with varieties of Jm^/ and ^^/M-zr^f/. The City isalmoft encompafled with the River Ortntes , and with a great Ldke^ the Gdrdtns are watered with many Chdmntls drawn from the li$vers\ there are very ex- jocellent Pdflarts , To thit Seltntsit Nscdsm fedd there )Oo Elethdnts , joooo Htrfesy and a great part of his iVi///M was ordina- rily there { And to this day thib City is the bed peopled of all Sjrid, next to A- UffvuiDdrndfcm. 5. £n^d, ot HetmSy feated in the Ipaciuns and firnitful Plain of Afdsmtm, watered with many pleaCuc Streams, which, for its Scitaatioo,is almoft the fame with thatof ^a>«vi andbccaufe have occafion for them. The Weights here ufed , is the DrdM, and the R»t$lt , as in moft part of Turkey^ but the RtftU is in many Commodities found to differ in Drams, according to the Commodity and weight of the place. The WijM \iio.Ntthers,a. Jfmed built alfo by StltucM. 10. MpiphanU , fo called from Antioehm Epiph.ines, King of Syria, who eithtrr rebuilt or repaired it. ii. La- r/jfamv/ Ltrit, featcd four Leagues South- wards of L/udicta , much noted in the ftories of the Htly Wars. 1 2 . Hiertfolis, a City of great note in ancient times for their Idolatry, in adorinj and fforfhip was adorned with feV^l great and beaii^ tiful Citits , though of no great extent; For the mod part leatedofi tnc Seaftiore, which makes it much frequented by Mtr- chiHts, there being feveral good Ctmmf- ditits found therein, ssCorn, ojl, Honey, excellent Balmy <^c. The Peoflewete here held to be very ingenious and adive. Places of moft note in this Cckntry, are. itig the SyriaM Coddel^. The Teififle ms 10 1 . Tjri, at prefent 5#r or 5#«r, feated in built by Strat$nice, wiff to Seteucw , in a Plain fo advantagious (that is, on a themidftof theCity , encompaded with Rock almoft quite encompafTed with the a double Wall about 300 fathom in height. Sea) that it oft difputed the Priority with the Roof thereof in laid with C7#/ eth, are excellent ff«!>/, as to* uik Ihnr SoHria f or Syria. r^ B»iUiMs are very beautifulttheC4/7/< is in Their Mesf»rt is the Pieff, which is a- the middle oftheCi/;.built by a/'/fffiiriM. how ijiMthtiy or ,' of a rW, £«;{///&. 4. ffrr/rtf, featedonthe Sea-co(l be- The Bnildmgt are generally low, and twixt TjrtaadSul0i$t memorable ir. htlj At Street iianow, excepting thofe which Strif turt fot thtPtophet Elijdh, inraifing lead towards Alepft, which are fair and from death the poor H'i<<»»/fon. Here is brbad : Having many pleafant <7irf, jitr*, oi old Ae0n, rndPttUmdit, tieioi Silk lV0rims. The (oyl is excellent is boundea with the Sea on two fides ^ 10 good, it it were well tilled) but the Air the third is joyned to a Plain of the Con tinent. The City is very ftrong, being walled with a double fVdU , fortified throughout on the out-fide with Timtri and BiilmMrhs and in the middle of the City, being a ftrong C<(/?/^ on the top ot IS unhealthful. This place alio is now in the hands ot the T»rkr. 7. BiHmi now Giiietethy was the Ha- bitationof O/i/r^, the Father of Mirrhd^ Mother tothe«fairyf^M«r-, from whence, the Neighboring Rtver took its name, :c- which, there was every night fet Lights, markible in the infancy of chri(liamti , which ferved to direfi Skifs at Ses to their for being the See of a Bijh<)^ ; but now oy Ptrt, which is very ggod, and of fome ufe the Tnrks made defolate. for Trtffck. The Plain is fertile and well 20 And 8. B*rutt or terjte, a place for- watered with ftreams which defcend trom merly of great Trade, but now of great the Neighbouring Mountains. concourfe, and much frequented by JVfr- The CkriftiMu took, loft, and retook fi!>Mrj, and others t it being the road for this place divers times, when they nude all thofe CtrtviHsihn travel ixomAlep- War into the l/#/yZ,4»it in which, none p0, Ddttufau, ind ^erufaltm $ 10 C*trt, more famous then itf<'/fr4r«^i4 Petrd/i: * Trade, afibrding Cir» , C0tt$H Wttl^ and On the Weft, with the Medsterrtnetn Sea^ KiBgi Daughter, which was to be delivered to his fury. 9ALESTl:h(^E, PALEST I NE, formerly called y«- iea, CM44II, or the ^0/jf JLW, is bounded on the Eaft with Mount HermtH^ Plltllnt Tarn, Silky tomeDn^s, Pit-Afitty''^ other Ctmmtdities. The Ctmmtdities that are moft vendible here, are the fame with thofe of SteUm. fM cpi Their Cnm are generally the fame with thofeof itfftM*,and other places of 7iirki { n^H, .1 and part of Phtenici* ^ and on the North, with the AHti-LiidHuiy which feparates ic from Syru, and the reft of Phtemci*. Its fcituation is between the Third and Founh Clitiutety which makes theloneeftdayto .. - ,, be 14 hours and a quarter. Tne whole among which, the piece ot ;, and the Lim Country being accounted to be in length 2>«4Ur,pa(s moft currant. so but 66 Leagues, and inbreadth atfj yet i..a.p\ Theu Weights doth agree with that of fo ptfuhm , that , before the comming ^"J:'„\ DmMfcmy which is a Rittth ^ and 100 in of the ifrtelitesy they had 30 Kings j *" MtiU's a a CsMtdT of Dtmsfctu , which and afterwards, DdviJ numbred 1300000 is about 416 /. Hdverebtptit, EHgliJb. fighting men, befidel thofe of the Tiite of ]a Drms is an Onncey la ounces is a Benjdmilnad Levi. Bmitt y whichis4/. a OMWfj) haver- This laft and moft Meridional part of 5** dupois EngUPiy and 8 otmtt is an OiAs but rM,which we uWPdlefiintj&xit receiv'd the the Silk Bttttk ofteoholds ottC at Altpp* i \ name of the Land of Ommd, bccaofe the ^tftl*. Children of Cmm0 firft feifed it, and . i / P>«ed Itl Vsmu, 20 Souria or Syria. partcil it nmongft tlifni , when Cod had promilcil ii to Akftham and his Poftcrity, It was cillcd the LAiidtfPrtmifts but when it tell into the hands ot the //r^rriv/, after ( heir retuintrom £{;//, and that they had divulccl It by Tribes , it took the lumeot' tlie LjHtltfiit Htirtns, under which it was governed by Prtfhtii , ^udgts , and Kin^ss but under thcfe A'/^j^/itwasfoon le A /*^. »,wliicii mtlk and h«Htj , adorned with pleafant MnunitiHs, and luxurious f4i^r)r/ , enrich> ed with pleafant Strumt ^ anidwhetethe inhnbiUHti are neither fcorched with lieats, nor pinclied with coldj. To fpeak of all the memorable aanfaAions that hath happen'd in this Countrey would require a Volume by it felf, I (hall onely run over Tome of the chief, and (hen proceed to the Jivrdcd in(o two Hentms , winch they called i o defcnption of Come of the Cilia and Pidtts ^tijjyand jfrael. Under thei(«mj»/it SV.1S onely knownby thenameof^«i/r4 0r rMe/iiHt : of J^Kjtj , becaufe that the Ti ibe vifuja was always the mo(t powei- fill ot the Twelve-, and the Kingdom of ■Jud.! the mod noble, and prcferved it felf iiiii'-ci thiin that ot lfr,itl ; of PtUfitnn, bcv.iul'c the Philifliins, which pod'eflTed a p.i. t of tIit\A/.i''//M^ 0.«/? of ^••i'", weie pow\itul, and veiy well knowntoSiran- »o wastramfigured. On Mtunt M$ridh, iftse of moil note that are found therein. This Countrey is famous for bringing *«r irfv/wr 3f//i»/ C/fc-i/f uKotheWorl<^ where lie wrought fo many Miracles: bat infamous for their horrid aAion of crucify- ing him, the Lord of Life. Here it was, *^;.!':, that the ZW appeared to^ his wife wa firft read in a ttrange tone , and fing as bad during the tune of their feivice, their heads are veiled with Linnen, (ringed with Knotts, aiifwerabletothenumbnof their Laws, and obfetving a continual motion of their body to and fro , and olteu jump- ing up , wluch thev account for great zeal in their devotion, tiiey obfei ve much reve interred : and on Mtunt Stir was the Ha- bitation of EfdM , after his deptrtnre from CtiuM. I AuU ceafe to trouble the Reader witU the roentioniiig oftoy more remark- able PafTages which were here tranfadled, but onely referrthcm to the Books of the Old and New Teftament, where they fhall find them recorded) Alfo great fatisfaAion ■fit ft,: I, y ../ a. rence to all the Names ot Gtd^ but efpeci- 50 may be received from fopfhus^ a Book of iWy 10 ^tbivih , inlomuch that they do good repute. never ufe it in vain talk. Theu- ancient This Countrey is at prefentpofTefled by Language was //^^«ii> i they keep their the Tor*/, as MaAers of it, but inhabited Sabboth on Saturdjf, in whicli tneyaie by Mttrs, ArtbiMS. Gretkt^ Turks, ^tivjj yery ftrid ^ tlity mai ry their Daughttrs at nay , I may fay witn people of all Uttitiu the age of iz. yeais, as not attKiing a and X.tl$gitiu\ But letting afide matters ftngle life. ofHiftoiy, letnsproc^tofayfomthint This Countrey is fo fertile in all things, of the principal Places found nereio, anl that it was termed a Land flowuig with fitftwith^rrN/ii/fw. ^truftlim Souria or Syri4» ' '• %t ^fritfMm is fo well known in tlic llolf chapel of clic iliviHun of his Gjrmtna, the 5fr»^»*r«, that we muft confds it imli hn Chaptl of Saint Helena, who liuiit ilii} notonly oncofthcgreattft, butoncot'tlic Temple, the Chapel o( Saint ■foh^y tlic " " " ' Sepnlchrt of Jtftplj (yf ^rimtlhea mdet faircft Citiei in the Woild , being called the Ciiy tfihe LtrJ. Its Kings, its ///?/;• Pr/^/?/ , and Its lempU , and «»)(-«/ frf/^r?/ have made it tainous even amongA the rciiiotcft people s Its Circuit w-isonce jo Tuiiongs, which arconely dijoGeome 1^. til' lit, , ground , togt'tlici with iVveral others too long to recite. To this place tliuc is n pint rcfort, at well ot I'roiellaiitjM Papifls , though Jor luiidiy ends, winch bungs a gieat icve- tricai p.iccs, whicli is foincthin}' above K |lue^ none being pci nutted to mtn with two Leagues » but fo well buiUicd , thai it was capable ofthc receiving of 150000 Families. Its temple, and Palaces , tfptci- ally thofc of Solomon, were the fan eft, the greateft , and the moft magnificent which ever eye beheld : Its Catet , its its Walls , its Tmtrs , its Ditches, cut out of the Uockv and its fcituation m the Mountains made it feem impngnable. out paying fomeinoncy , which the Jews here inhabiting do t.irm of the Grand Sei/'/-» , the Monafletj of Bethle- hem,\\\cMtna[leri of the lIolf.Crofs. And at lleihlehem , over tlie place ^cence is quite decayed : Yet is it not fo 40 where Chrt(l was born, the virtuous //r- loft , but that there are feveral Places yet remaining worthy of note , together witli feveral»othcrs that were fincc built : as on Mount Calvary \'.\\trc Chri/t the Saviour of the World W4U Crucifeds there is a ricli, magnificent, and lai ge Temple built by tbe vutuous Helena, Daughter to C«/7«t , a Sntijl) King , and Motlicr to Ctnfiantine the Great , whicli not ontly poflefleth tlie Una erc(fted alfo another tair and good- ly Temple , which is poftcft by the franc ifcans of Jerufalem , bemu called by the Nameof 5/. Maries of Bethlehem, Nigli toT^frw/j/twisthedefart oi Saint John Paptifl where is yet the ru;nes of a Monaflerj ove: Ins Cave, and the foun- tain •, as alio the Mountains of Juda, where is thcChurchoi Saint John Baptifl, Mount, but alfo all the Ctrden Mow, ^o the Fountain , tind thv /louf: ot Elizaheth, whetchis Sepulchre wiiy andinthisrfiM//f Mo the Sepulchre oi/jch.trii, apartofthe there aie feveral rich 5rri»ff«r<^i , as one Pillaroi Abfalon, ».nd the Cave o\ S.James. where Chri^ was imfnfoned bttorc hij At Bethania , two Miles from Jerufa- Crirf//jf»#)», another where C/^-z/Zwas nail- |r», is" the Houfe of Simon the Leper , cd to the Cr»/i, another where lie was the Houfe oi Lazariu, a$alfohis5fJi«/- Crucified) alfo one whac the Sepulchre fi^r^ whcrcis the3/tf»flrofo/;vf.', wnere was, the Altar of the Holy Crojs , the is thc5^/>«/cirf ofthe^/rjiuA/^rY, wher« Altar of the Scourging s thecA<;'f/ofihe chrift was often, and horn wnencc he Appmlia» , the chafd of the 4ngels, the afcended up into heaven. F J»ff4, "^' ZI T> I J 1{^ E C K^ Diirlerk ^effa, or ^'ffa, ferves for a fort to ^e- mfaUm, from which it is lo Miles diftant; and it was thither that the JVooJand Stents ^ taken from Mount Libattus^ and dcftined to the building of the Temple oi Sthmen, were brought by water, and from thence by land to ferufalem. This is the Port whcie fonJ> embaiqued to fly from the face ot tlie Lord^ who had commanded gris; The fecond the moft occidental, and IS between the Eufhratis undtheTy^ru^ The tliird the moft Meridional, and'lyes on both fides the 7ygris; t he name of y^/^'- iia came from/f//i»rthcSonof5/&^TO-, that vi Mefepetamia is taken from its fcituation, between the two iiversoitjf^ris and Eu- phrates-^ T hoft of chaldea or B-ibjlonia are taken, the one from thenamcofthean- him to go preach Repentance to Nimveh; lo cient People , the other from the chief Cz/jp and here in all appearance the whale re- vomited him, and ne took hence the Jour- ney he was commanded. From this Hi- ftory the Heathens made the Fable of An- dromeda , and pretended to fliew in the Rock , which is before the Port, the marks of the Irons , to which Andromeda was chained, anJ expofed lothc Seamcn/ler. Alter ^crufalcm there refts yet Gaza, now Gazere, greatei and better inhabited 20 ceeding than Jerufalem. Jericho feated on the River Jordan, about 50 Milts diflant from ^■trufalemA Ctty once of great fame, being in the time oi Chnffianilj an Eftfcopal See^ alfo noted for her beautiful Palms , but c- fpecially for her Salfamum; but now turn- ed to rtiines •, in the place whereof ft ands a few poor Cottages mhabited by the Ara- bians. Samaria , once the Seat of the of that People', which hath been fo famous throughout all the Eaft, Th\s C ir A L n £ A, or Babylonia, now Terack is bounded on the Eaft with pait of Perfias on theSouthwithihci»rr//.j«^rf7, and part iii Arabia Defer fa; on the Weft with Arabia Deferiat, and on the North witii Mejopotamta. This Country is for the moft part ex- ' ^• fruitful, yielding ordinarily 200 " '"'' fold, the blades of thtir'ivheai mAsarlj being about four fingers broad , having yeaily two Harvefts. The People anci- ently were much given to Divinations , Sonth-fayini^s, and Idolatry. Places ot moft note in this Country, are, '-ru. '.' I. Babylon , formerly Babel, theancienteft City in the World , feated on the Bank of the r.nfhrates , fiift built hy Ximrod, aftcr- Xtn^s of ifrael, hath now nothing left but 30 wards beautified and enlarged by Semira theiuinesof foineproud Buildings. Si chim, now Naplouje , hath fome54W4r/- tant , and remains the Capital of that Quarfcrvand the beft inhabited, but with many ruines', And to fpeak truth, there is now fcaice any place of Mark in all the //o/r Land; whereas under the Cananites, under the Hebrews , under the Jews , there were fo many People , fo many Kinp, fo mis the wife of Sinus one of his SuccelFors; and laftly , inuth enlarged and beautified by Nebuchadnet.zar,(o tliat it was account- ed one of thcnine Wondersof the>K(;r/th fides ot the £i»/i/;r4/^/, which alfo ran through the City emptying it fclf into di Vl.K. ., many Cities, fo rich, and fo powerful , 40 vers Rivolcts \ over this KFver Euphrates that throughout the whole Continent of the Earth, there was no Country might compare witli it. Jerufalemii noicient governed by a Baffa , and Naplouje by a- nothcr , wliich obey the Beglerby of Da- majcus. Dl A RB EC K , taken particularly anfwirs onely to Mefcpotamia , which 15 but a part of the ancient vf/Z/rMi taken in genera! . itinfwers fo the three parts of that Affyria, ofwhich the particular /I'jl/;- ria is now called Arzerum or Aderbit^ian, Mefopotamia , Dmrheck , and Chaldea or Babylonia, or Terack. The firft is the moft there was a ftatcly Bridge, at each end ot which tlicre was a fumptuous Palace^ beautified alfo with the Temple of the Idol Bel; the whole City being adorn- ed with fair Buildings , ftately Palaces , and Temples , with a number of fair and large Streets, famous for its Tower of jBj- bel, which exalted it Iclf j i ^14. paces in height, which is Ibmething above five JO Miles, having its bafis , or circumference equal to its height-, ThepalTagetoafcend this great Building, {as f/eylin noteth) went winding about the out-fide ; which was of fo great a breadth , that there was not onely room for Norfes , Carts , and other Carriagei which were employed in the Building, tomettandttirn) but alfo Lodging tor Man and Bea^, nay, as fomr taking ienrs c efteen but tl: of G( invafic Macea ned, and m ines J r:L called «dad. cardet compa largen fevcn to "ii tw n dravi Cameli ties br abounc AUppe Ufe all( dretta ftead fervetl ravans geons, they V their ; the Pi up, al ther P gives r Th< worth; and n ftonc, cular^ to the a rich, Bridge are clii Hon Q blance laftly, of Go of Co^ Place fort wluch Oriental, and almoft all beyond thc7;« fay , Cm/), and Corn- fields for the nou rifhment tital, and and lyes eoUffj- 'tern; ihiic rituation, f and Eu- lyUnia are oftliean- chki City (o famous onid, now J^';;'; ithpaitot erfun f'*1-, 1 the Weft he North ^ part ex- /J;; larily 200 ; andfijW; d, having roplc anci- tvinatitnt , >nntry,are, t/*- i ancientcft the Bank of af$, but yet remains to "is day a Place of great Trade-, bc- tv a which and Jlefpc arc found many dravans to travel with many thoufand Camels laden witli divers rich Commodi- ties brought from India , and elfewhere, abounding with the fame Commodities as Altfft doth. At this Place they make ty is faid to have loooo Heufes ^ andan- fwers to the antient Teredon \ 4. Coufa , was fometime the Seat of the Califfs^ and near it was Alt tnterred; whence it hath likevvife been C3\\cd M af ad- J H, or Me'at-Alt, the Houff; oiAli, and there is always a Horfe kept ready to mount Mahemtt Mahadin , the Soaof Jlmanfory life alfo of Pigeons as they do at Alexan- jo the Son of Ocem, the Son of ^/;', when dretta and Allefft , which fervc in ftead of Pofls , which , when occafion fcrveth, as upon the arrival of 5iw^/, Ca- ravans , or the like, they take thefe f/- geons, and tyc an advertifcment f which they write in a little piece of Paper) about their Necks , which done , they carry the Pigein to a high place , and tofl'e it up , and immediately it flycth to the o- ther Place to which it is defigned , which gives notice to them. The Places in this City that are moft worthy of note, arc, thsMtjque^ a large and rich Stiuiffure, built of white Frce- ftonc, refembling Marble, inform orbi- cular^ then the Sultan's P>/ Rul^ia,aniPelonid. The Aire of TurcomanU or Armenid inttn^ is healthful, though its temperament be '"'^"J"^ (tU, becaufe of tne Mountains and HiUs which over-fpread the Country j but inter- nixtwith/mi/f aad delightful V4l<;/, G tbt 16 tv%£oma:>qa. Hi the foih producing more grMiu and fruits then "viaes j, It yields heU-Armtnick , floiiey, ;ind, iowirdsServan,ftlk •, tor.ethei Y,ithk)n\f: Min(i oi Silver. Tlie Pafiures aif every where excellent, and particu- htlyi'ov her fes, of which tliey make great account, tor when Armenia was fubjcd to the Antient Kings of Ptrfia, it furniflied them yearly with i ooco horjts. At prelent tiie Turk po flees the greateft part of the Country, and keeps ftill, or did not long fince keep, Btglerkjes at Erzerum, Cars, Kevan, Fan, Schildir, Tifflis., and Birhtnt : bdides which tlierc are many Ctties of confiderable note, fome of which tiie Ptrfums hold. I. Entrum is on the Eufhraits, and tliere where this River approaches the nearcfttothe ^/rff/t/r.i, on which and not far horn Erzerum is TrehjcnJe : winch facilitates a great trade between the half. Well, and No: th ; tor, coming fiomthe Oiitntal InJ/ait Ocean, by t' Gulf oi Ormus or BMfera-, and lo up the E»- f'hrates, tiiey nuy receive paiTing by what /'rf/«, feparate it trom Mefopo- lomia and Aifjria, whicli wexrall Diarheck ; On the Weft the Euphrates feparates it from Afia minor now Anatolia : On the Eaft tlie Cafpian Mountains divide it from ^r«/«, call Arethuja-, Strabon, Ar- feparate it from Coichiie , iberia jvne ( witli whicli he confounds Thoniiis;) Amianics , Marcellinus^ Sofingite, Tins is the fiift wliich the Tigris erodes, ahfr which it lofes it felf firft under ground , near to Mount Taurus-. Thofpitii.Sccordin^, to Ftolcnrf , and Tnofpites according to Pliny, and Thonitis according to Strahon; if I be not miftaken , is another Lake the TywV likewife crofles : attcr which it ntt mains fome parts of Armenia, which on -° lofes it felf the fecond time. The fiift 'I one fide touch the Cafpian or Tahrejlan fea, between Albania and Media; on the other the Eaxine or black-fea, between ihe leflcr Afia, and Colchida : for divers Authors extend Armenia unto this fea, which others ihut up with the Mojchicque Mountains. With this advantage the Country is well lepleninied with Memmtaims, Valleys, Stivers, and Lakes. Tlie Mountain An- y ti-Tauriu divides it Eaft and Weft, al- moft from one extremity to the other ; whofc moft Eafternly point tis ciWdAhus; from whence the Euphrates, Tigris , and Araxet take fomeot their ftrcanis : The Ctfr<^/4»A^o*»/4/W pour forth the grcaceft fuppUcs to Tigris s and the Paryardes in- crcafc moft the ftreams of Euphrates, Araxts,miL Farza. hath its irjrfrfo as it will take Spots out of Cloaths; but is not good to eirnik. Among i\\e Kings oi Armenia , which made thcmfelves moft known to the Ro- mans, or Parthians; T/^r4;;«Son-in law toMithridates, Ktngof /'o»/«j, hath been the moft famous. This Ttgranes , af- ter having been an hoftage in the hands of the Parthians , regained his Eftates °by their means % in recompence of which he gave them 70 Valleys , on the Con- fines of MrdiA and Ajfiria : but after lie knew, and had gatlicrcd together his pow- ers , he retook all thofe Valleys , beat the Parthians out of them , pillaged Ajfyria, as farr as Nimve , and Arbela , fubje(fled to himfclf a part of Media -^ and after- wards all Mefipotamia , Syria , Pha-ni- cia , and Cilicia : but, whilft he belie- Kti^; of €'n,itnt n had the confluence of 300 dif- • .. . , ■ 1 , Sent Nations, and different Tongues, ,05-^". ^n^^ bothtliepacesareoiuhe^M which came hilhet from the North , in they have been . and may H.^bly yet be rent but todivers People, though they be. the fame places. However it be, StrtntMa or ZamhamKh, anCwertothpant^pnt ^A handy Metropolis of AlbAnut, Zitrach , or. Cargora aniwers to the anticnt Getttxau which the Greek Text in Pttlomy writes G*", way of Traffiifiie. Fhatza , antiently Fhafis , on the River of the fame name, was the abode of »/£«« , who kept the Gtlden fleece, which the iala. l.v commj:?{Ja ABove Georgia lyes CO MM AN I A, little known by the Antients, and lefs at prdent •, Mount Cocas , or Caucafus, bounds it on the South, and feparatcs it from Georgia 1, The River Don or 7aaa is us Northern limits, and parts it from >/«("- lovia i the Euxine (x black Sea, and the 5 M of Zaha([ue or T-iw.doth wafti it on the riii, iii feigned that the /?««wasofGold, and Weft, and divides it from the /"my T4r- that it was guarded by furious Bulls, men tars .• The Cafpian Sea, or the Sea of well armed , and a horrible and affrighttul Taberejlan lyes to the Eift ward of it , and Dragon. It may be added, that fafon .q gives it Traflick and Communication with with the (yo/:ek ikanid. Church , bilt with many Super (litiihu ; at ^UtRIA extends it felf from th< prefent, for want of Teachers, many let particular Georgia , which lyes on the Weft themfelves fall to Mahunietifnty others to and South of it unto Mount C But the People of thefeQjjirters have uttmin^t been much more fiamous formerly under ^l^, the name of Amoimi \ for this was their H tttus* ^ ^*RA*BIJ, Aalfia the Stony, true and natural Coantrey, from whence they came, and made their incurfions into diveis parts of Enrtft and jfpd. They hadSoveraigncy, \nC*lchid4y in aHhhU^ in Cdfddicidy in Afi* the Lefler, in Cili- eidy in Syrids and did in divers places build many fair Cities, as Thtmifcjra in Caft- Jteid, and on the £mxiw Std% Mir It d in Bithitud-, and on the Proftntitk : Pyu/iiy MiritUy and Cumd on the Coaft of ty^glid i, HKewife Efhtjiu , Stirfrnd , and fjrene : On the Coaft of /»»/* fthefc t^oQijar- cers vScltd nnd Uma, being on the i/£gda>i Stdy) Uptltnt in the Ifle of Leskts , and P4/A« in the Ifle of Cjfrm, who made themfelves known in thofe Wars they fuftained againft //;»•«/«, near Jhemfcj- rd i againft Tbefetu, near Athtns, whither they carried the WOir againft the Grtfks be- fore Trvj <, whither they went in favor of Heiltr t againft the ftrftdns , and other People in divers occaHons. Some of them made their abode at jhemifeird, others at jtUpe , which was af terwarcu called Efhe- futy and others at Zeltjd , not far from Trii. In fine, the Ancients have fpoken fo many wonders of them, that the leaftof them have parted for Fables. It may be believed, that fome Eftates in thefe Quar- ters being fain under the Government of IVtmtn, their Hmkutds being decesfed, and their ChiUrem young , or for fome other reafon : Theie Wtmen adminiftred the public k aiTairs which fo much condudl, and genetoflty « both in r»liey and fTdKy that they excelled the greateft part of Mtj$\ from whence, the Cretks accordii^ to their ordinary cuftom, took occafion to fpeak things not onely beyond the truth, bat all that came nigh to truth. And fo much for tmrktf in Afid. A^A'BIJ. ARABIA hath for its Ed^trn Limits^ the Ftrfidm Gulf and chdUtd % for its Sutthern, the Ocean ^ for its Wifimi» the Red Sea, and fome part of Egjp \ and for its Ntrthern Limits, the River EMphr/f $es, tc«;ether with fome part of Fdleftiiu. ArdUd, ArdU^M* amoa^the MdfitrM people, hathbecolwell known both to the ^«(iM//,andatprefiaic They commonly >«fc divided it ioiotbicepara: B4vrMt, tuJ' Anhit 'lit rdbid the Stony, which lies near the //o/jr Ldnd, BerjdTd or Ardbid the Defert, near to Cbdldtd, and the EuPhrdte$ ; Hjamdn or Ctmtn, or Ardbid the Happy, which advances it felf between the Red Sea , which fepsi-ates it from Africa , and the Gulf of ormm, which divides it from Ptr" fidy mo the I>nlid)iC:ea». And this inft part of ^r4^"4 is the greateft, the richeft, to and beft inhabited ot all, containing four or five times as much Continent, as tlie other two together. * A'K^A'BIA the Stony, ' ARABIA the Stony, hath forits chief places, i. i*rtr Hjairum f, which ed Sea , and the From Per" I this hd e richeft, ning four I, as the «'>» tony. 1 » I nh for its ^t't: low called '" '"' 5 a j?«-*i ihc^r^wi uilr, with romtnuni- a place of as well in I. Bt^r4, tcr its for- a City of ; for being •f Attxan- firft of the ced Chri- ofhisEm- \ of gtmes McAty ac- he Seftmd- be taken aughter, cndM } of oUTtfd- d fiosD an >wn by the IS that the , where al- UlemtH to ry Harbor, i of the^f- Wildemeft r the ereat ImdUititej , tel firft en- irough ttie th, Dtthdm, \nd7.JV4- i,beingthe ic fomeo- ry is for the (amewho^ the }\ ^^ .W .%. ^mtm,- /. ■isv l"^ ».-', ''t^i i 6o ■ 1 iJllU SrpE IfiM thf sr T^DfTFfLU H rrH i- L . 1 1 Cm(' ^0 75* :M.diyM3 A-GfiNJElLAix Mapp of A II -A. B I A , ttritk ^ke. 1^ iyea. -««<£ Ctf G toa^atjher to the rrencn JGn^/ ^ti^:? lUndreai ^o %naliJh ( t C imifmt .m^uU T H K r* Tj M V I R E ti-l^ ABIA Cnat LT /)\mU^Ak^ b,3f-'n XCmrul or ^bj^' ^Umupuw Pe ks I a. mm^^\ ■r: .. .'iR M^ BJ t^ea and Ctrcumdacent Lap As, tdredi vto %naliAQ^\ 1b^ JUcJiord Bl J^^i^i *' .- «>; "ijrn) l H V I v:i I -f' MA.l¥ ■^ri! H' A' 1 I 1 t ( VI I M'A \\\ ^' \\^\\ T^\y'\i \\\< -W. \aV> 1^ V <,? !ir -) O i- theChil< there, w AnuUki othets t Stmi an and that liigheft, Jjratlifti whole y ting thai dained; and eda ok St. all forts inhiDit Mount CtJ 3pp Honh. haveW vvifc or btloug! JmtUk On I Caftlc and a I lievcd, theRcj And it the C* Mt(c» Hsfler C$r*!. and tl afford thatt forcc( andt bytf and 3: CdT* rifled babii cafic fori muc into Aut thei thei JriAia the 'Deftrt. j« the Children of ifnul wandred forty yean » there, where then inhabited the UMtiiii, Am4Ukitis, MitbdMits, idiimtMs, and others » there, where are the Mountains of Stnj$ indJl«rti : This towards the Weft, and that towards the Eaft i but Smdi the and their /, and elfwhoe. Some Authors have cwierved in the courfe of their Trade, That the Sd$idy Deftrts are two Cities of the name of Aiii$4 or Amit, one on the E»phrdtrs ^ and tlieotlier on the River AftdH, not In hom the Gulf of Bdlfors •• This laft is leaft famous -, the other is the moft confiderable of the Prt- viHci y feated both on the one, and the other Bank of the Eufhratts : But the gteateft part, and the richeft, is on the ArtbidM Hde. There is in all about 4000 4° houfes, which have been much ruined in the late Wars, between the rur*/ and PtrfUiu. The City contains divers //?«, on one of which is a Caftle. At S»skd»»d, a Borrough upon the great Road between n, m,. An»d im Altfft^ T^xirj faith, That the Women are as fair as Angels ^ if he had likewife faid as wife, and had fpoken truth, all Men from the four corners of the JVtrld had been obliged to go to feek them. 3, Mfxdt Ali^ that is, the ontirj of lin. Ally had once 6 or 7000 houfes f when the SeA of Ali bore fway in thofe quar- ters': There remains at prefent not above 500 Inhabitants. 4. Mexdt Oeem, that iS; the Ordterj of Ocem, is not walleid, nor hath above 4000 houfes. Sdid, rum Si' mifcdfdCf according to the opinion of (7»//- UmUw^ is the place from whence the Three their {^5 thcfVildtArsiSf thca Pirdts ; Wifemen dtj^zncd to goto Eethlem, toa- dore 34- Jrabia the Happy. iattthcSdvi'mrcftheWcrU^ andforthis rcafon fays, That the Magi being come ftbm Akwiia, and fipnri the Sufi •, Arahia the Defert is oncly E»fi, from the Hcly L»nd, The other two Stonj and HdfPj, be- ing South, or between Eafi and £«»()&. This Arabu the Defert . according tp fome, hath divers Lords which command it, and which for the raoft parrare Va^als ■N P Arabia the HdJ»py,may aptly be focal- led, by reafonof the fruttfulneff arid rich- ntfoi the foyl, which produceth plenty of Corrt, Wini , Fruits , Oiwiftrtus Sfi- (tt , great encreafe of Catttt ; Alfo a- bounding in Gold, Ptarh^ Balfom, Mjrrhe, Frankinctnft , Several forts of Dru^f^ to- gether which divers ufefu! and beneficial Ccmmodttits. Alfo feated in anexcccd- ''' ■>•■,«. I). „j (III. oi Tributaries to the Great Turk •, who lo ing healthful and temperate c//>w.iff, and holds likewife a pamo But thefe People being lAore inclined to the Mahimttan Seit of Alt, which is that of the Perfians, then to that of Omaz , which is that of the 'Turks, are more ;>ffeftionate to the Per- parts then to the Turks y and fome of thefe Lords ^ li k ewife hold of the Perfians. Others give all Arabia the "Defert, to one Ktug, and will have the City, or ra infiched with many pure and pleafant Streams and Fountatits^ whole Waters are Medicinal. Thefe People are very faitliful and pundfual in their pmmifcs , bonftini^ of their Nobility , as being dcfcendcii from •ftifiicr , hating any h:^(t: or mechanical Art , but applying tlitnifelvcs (bme to Grafing of Cattel , and others to Mer- thcr the Court of that Pnnce^ to have a 20 chandize. Here it is held Adultery for a •wonderful difftfttion and fcituaiien •■, and thattht Priuce, «n make it all amaich or walk, when and as often as he pleafes , which is ftill by going thither whet* they may beft finde food for their Horfes and Camels » and they fay , that the place being chofen, they dilpofe the ^Quarters and Streets , after the ordinary manner : And at the fame time pitch all the Tents •, Man to enjoy any Woman, favc thofcof his own Kin , as his Sifh'rs, Mother, Cofins, and tliehke, whom alfo they take as Wives. Here in tliis Countiy are great quantities of ofiriches, which for the moll part abide in thcDeferts. The Ancients mentioned a great num- ber of different Peeflt, Cities, and King- doms J and wc at this day finde the fame. that of the Prince in the midft, and the jo The Turks poflcfs one part, the Perfians lltmtn. ntr tf s Tnra. ' others about it,always in the fame fa/liion ^ that part which is towards the North, South, Eafi, o' Wefi, never changing.* And the jSuarters and Streets , have their Names and their Tents m the fame form 5 infomuch, that who once knows the order, may eafily find any which inhabit therein. This moving City, or rather this Owr^ Errant, contains not oncly the MiUti* of another, but much lefs then the Turks. The Snltan, or Xecifue of Mecca, another $ and divers Princes, Peofle, and fome Refub- //fi'/, the reft. Its chief Cities towards the Red Sea, are, Medina, or Medina- Elnabi, or Talna- bi, that is, the City of xhcProfhet; and Mecca : This laft the Biith-placc , that the Burying-place of Mahomet. Medina , Ul'ttKJ rittti. AfiHa ibt Bmntei the Prtnce , wliich are above 2000 Men, 40 though fcituated in a barren and dcfolatc but likewife a great number of theu- No- place, adjoyning on Arabia the Stony ; yetbyreafon of itsbcing the Jrt(»/(y^fof that vile Impoftor Mahomet, h becoJne a fair City ( though not contaJning above 6000 Hoofes ) being a place of great Trade and refort, by reafon of the Pihrims which hither flock to pay their blindc de- votion. This Sefulchre p: Tomb wherein their the Mountains, which divide it from the jo Profhtt lieth, is notinfuch an IronChe/f other two parts of Arabia, to tht Ocean', or C^fin, which is drawn up to the top of being J, 4|and in fome places 500 Leagues the Temfle, by vertueof a Loadftone inere loug and broad. The Gulf of J<«A^r4 , placed 5 but is a r»»^ (though of no great and oriwMf, otherwifc the Perftan Gulf, beauty ) indofcd within an Iron-grate, wartiesitontheletifidej the Red Sea, or and covered with Cieen Velvet , having btiitj . Merchants , Artijans , and divers ftrangets which follow this Court. A^^A'B I A tht Happy, ARABIA the Happy , is a great /•ww/w/j.whichftretches it felf from Matuiirr* Tii«». Relick Keven about wh.erei eintrnc kept I now a He dift.ini feated rcjort ; modi I i htncc Palefli Turks filled hoiijes the pi bctwe which City. thfgr is kf pi found the ill it isn proaci The dolati verfc he w; xvlio i6yc and t *,i,i,,mi who I t-P^ abou Sea of Mecca otherwife the Arabian and the oriental or Gulf on the light Indian Ocean , which is there called the Sea of AnAia on the t^ront. the fupply of a new one every year from t^t Grand Seignior, and the old one being the Fees of the Pnefls, they cut into little flireds and pieces, which they fell tor great Relicks y be focal- !'■ >• p and rich- 'll„'„ :eth plenty ""• iftrem Sfi' .- Alfoa- om^ Mjrrhe, Dru^s, to- il beneficial an excccd- lim,ttr, and nd pleafant Waters are faitliful and /, , boaftin;;; ot :ended from • Tncchanical .'cs (bme to las to Mer» iultcry for a favc thofcol i , Mother , m alio they Countiy are ,vhich for the • ; great num- f, and Kta^ ide the fame. the Perfuns n the Turks, rfi«, another J ibme Rtpuh- he Red Sea, '"••*«/ */, or r4/«- """• Prophet; and -place, that tit, MtJind , and defolate the Stony ; ? StuUhreoi h becolne a ainiag above ice of great f the Pilgrims eir blinck de- wherein their an Irctt Chef to the top of ud-^ine there h of no great M.h.« in IrtH-grtte, Ivet , having ery year from ; Old one being cut into little y fell for great Relicks Relicks to the' /';7ijr//w/,\vhich brines agreat which v s a new Religion whereby tie Revenue to them! In this T'^w^/^ tliere are might bring the :fem, Gentiles i and about ?ooo Lumps oi Cold and Silver, Chriflians into one forme of Religion^ 35 wlierein is Balf9m,ind otiier fuch rich odours oinimcnts, and ojls which are continually kept burning. This much for his Toii : now a word or two concerning his Life. He was, as 1 faid before, bom at Mecca dift.int from Medina about 60 Leagues where in a Cave not far from Mecca, with thehel^pofSergiM a Neflorian-Menk, and tlie ayd of a cei tain Jew, l,e made the Al- coran; a book fo highly adored by them that on rhe cover is wiitten, Let none that are unclean touch this hook. 3, Zidenitllti feated alfo in a barren foil, but of great 10 onthe read fea, and in the middeft of all rcjort and Traffck, abounding in the com- the Coaft oi gratia, feives for a Port to modilies oi Per fa ind Jtidia, whic^jipiti Mecca, from which it'is diftant 40 miles? hence are tranlpoited on Camells to E^fft^ well built, ricli, and of great refort, which Pdleflincj Syria, and other parts ot,jfei»- ■ hath been \talled, and fortified fince the Tarts doninions. The City is very fair', Pertugalls liave made themfelves knovyn? filled with about 6 or 70C0 ;vell built and are become powerful in the Eaft, hottl'es-, iiavingavery fumptuous Temple, 4. Egra, by the Arabians caW^d Algiers tlie place not walleJ except by Mountains, leatedon ihtred fea, ferving for a Port- bttvvein which tlitre are four paflages, Town to Medina, from which it is diftani which give entrance, and liFues to the ;o about thie^daycs journey. Ciiy. About the end of May, wliich is Mecca Medina , and a gdod part of tlitgreat [fuhileohhe Mahometans, there yfr.i^j //;f /'.»/'/')', doth belong toaJfmj^c, is kept hcie a Fair, at wliich there is often found more then 50000 grangers, with the like number of Camels. To tliis Cily it is made death for any Chriftian to ap- proach witliin five miles. But to proceed; The father of this impofturc was an I- dohtrous Pagan, and his Mother as per- defcended from Hafcem, great Grandfa- ther to A/4/>o/w«, and for this reafon both the Turks, ^ Per funs do much rcfpcft him futfering him freely ro enjoy his eftates; without his paying tribute to either .■ for, onthe contrary , the Turk caufeth to b« given him a third part of the Reve- verfc a Jewefs, at the age of two ycais 30 news of i^gypt\ that the i*//fr/w»/, which he was kit to the tuition of his Uncle -, who after he had kept him to the age of itfycais, to quit himfelf of further charge ana trouble, fold him to the ifmaelites, whointheir Markets fold him agam to a uch Merchant: who.atfirft was imployed about fervile work, till at laft the Mer' chant perceiving him to be of fo ripe a wit, and folid judgement, advanced him goe to Mecca may be prote(5led againft the Jrahs Beduins, who by their incurfions much trouble thofe quarters ^ and not onely Pilgrims, but likewife Emperors^ Kings , and Mahometan Monarchs often make him great Prefcnts. 5. Ziiitnce: the mouth of the Red fed, is fair, rich, well built, and of a good trade, in Dru^s, Spices, Perfumes, &e. from his Kitchin, to be iiis Faflor, fend- 40 It was once tTie feat of a Kingdom, till j, ^^.^^ j^ ing him with his C4W/// hden with A/^r- the Turjtfeized it when he did /*««• that he gained his Mafler a great Eftate, ther'shead tobeftruckenoff. Seated nieh tUeRedfea, in a ia:<vards publiHied: ihf great Ocetn, and by the iinduAry of together with no fmall fame and credit to himfelf." he was of perfonage low , but comely, with which his Mifrefs was fo much taken that jpon tlie death of her Husbandhls M after, Ihe foon married him. ^^ A %A'B I A. ■ the -Inhabitants is made an I^»nd, forti- fied with a ftrong C4/?/? , which com- mands the road. This Citieov I[lanJis now become the MA^aeint for the com- modities of India y Perfia, and Arabia. It is (aid to be here fo hot, that the Inha- kitaHH, Md Merchant i are forced to ne- gsAiatetheit affairs in the fealbn. t'Th^Coyns here, and throughout all A 7i.fr bit. Turks, having fecn their treatment f « his Neighbours of /Iden, and Zititt. The Ports of Doifar ( wiiich is the Titrk's ) and Pefcher , are the moft Renowned of thisCoaft, and fend forth the beft Frankinceafe of Arabia in gieat quan- tity.- higher on the Coaft , and fa'ther on the Land, are the Citits and King- domS^ or, as they call, them the SuUanm Mia, efpecially Arabia the Hi^^y, ^^ oi Gubtl haman^ Alibmahi, Amazirifdcn, by wafon of their fubjeftion to the GrW SigHi*r , are the fame •, or at leaft do cottefpond with thofe in other places . of hiS' Dominions, v/r. the Afper , and 6(^ Afters are efteemed to be a S'al of ' ''Sfianifh ; alto loo ■ifperj arc accounted andotheis. The reft of the Coaft unto Cap: de Raz-*l-gate is very barren •, from Cape de ' E a&- all gate nntotlnx. oi Mocwndon, the foil is tfie beft of all Arabia -, and fome would here alone confine the name of fame With tfiofe of T'dntrr ^ to wit, the Dram, of whVh lo makes an eunce , and 14 ounces a Retolo : 34 Sotoiis is a FracsBo, which is 2 J //: 1 2 ounces Engli(b\, \ 5 FracelUs is a Cantar, or, as they tcarm it, a Bahar, making Englifhcrrca ^86. //. Their Meafures arc alfo Turkifh , and ^vtiich is the P/f», efteemed tobe 2tf J in- ches Englifl) Sane or Sanaa ftands at the foot of a Mean- tasHy and is one of the greaicft, faireft, and ftrongeft of Arabia , having many PUncjards, Meadows, and Gardens within its Circuit. Its Hnfes are well built, its Finejards and (r^Mrw well cultivated ; mh'alls 10 Cubits high, and its Ram- 'parts 20 Cubits thick. Its Territory is ■watered with many Fountains, produ- ceth excellent Fruits, and feeds the beft 50 at prefent the Culfoi Baljora, and Or WM.-This laft name being taken more com- monly for that part of this Gulf, which lies neareft the Ocean at the bottom of which is Ormus J and the firft for that part which flow's fartheft into the Continent , to- wards the mouth of the Tjgris^^ at the bottom of which is Balfora. N«er Slcatif is Bahar, whoftf Tcrrito- ">J K.- iot a. Sultanie, Cbf/juine, or SIierifF, which //)4»».«», which fi^nifies H;ippy. Thcie • are tlie common and currant Gold Ctyns, are here many faire Cities, both on the and held to be about 8 Ihillings fterlm^, Sea-Coa(l, and higher in the Land, One Their VCei^bts are likewife much the *° of chief /r4//f^«(r between the Eaft, and Arabia the happy , ivas formerly called Sohar, as the Arabian of Nubia faith} but tliis trade wns after tiajilported to Ormiu on the Ferftan fide. In our time it was reftored to the Arabian fide, to wit, at Mafcates , held by the Pertugalls. Sohar, and Mafcates, vc between the Capes of Raz-aJl-gate and MoccatuioK, and are not above jocoo paces as that Above Aden, and farther in the main 3° Arabian fays, which is about 20 Leagues Land, are many faire Cities, as Laghi, diftant from each other, and not 4J0 Agiaz, Almachazane , Satiaa, and o- thoufand paces. Within the Land arc thers i fobjeft to the .Yrfi/« of Mecca. MaifaiCitj znd Kingdom, MtrabatySew Laghi is not far from the Sea, Agiaz o: ot Ljr,3i\d others. Hagiat fometime gave its name to thefe Beyond the CaPe Moccandon, and ad- quartcrs. Almachazane is featcd on the vancing towards the mouths of the Tj- top of a very high Mountain, and of a gris, and Euphrates; among many other difficult accefs: it hath a Ct/ferne capable places, we liave El at if or ElCaiif a fa- coho. "^atertofurnifh loothoufandmen, mous Port ^ and which communicates the Xecque ofttimes keeps Coiirt here. 40 its name to the adjacent Gulf, which the antients called Smui Perftcm , and wee ttt'mif. f ha horfes of AraUd. The Arabian of Nubia ry IsCilkdBahareim or Baha'em; and the makes it to bethcgrcateft.jnticnteft, beft Itlt , and Citj before /(4»<«rr», farther in peoplal,and moft tempera te of all Arabia, tne Land is Mafcalat, a City and Kingdom t Towards the Eaft, and almoft r;o ^emenlikemie i I'lngdem, md Cttj ac- ^eigucs from 4den, is Fartach, 3 ring- cording to fome j Lazach or Laffach dtmmACity Neanhe Sea, and having a K..'.«., Hfirtf of the farte name. The Tarta- Tm.''.'^ fumes irt valiant, and their King de- «/i««. ««* himfelf couragioufly againft the •.■t.i likewife a Kingdom, and <'ity j where are ofthebeft //«/«of Arabia, a at Sanaa. Lajfach, Elcatif, and fome other are the frks, Eltaiif is the anticnt Cerra, and that that par callecl c Barem is Thert fome h; thers li' rare m Arabia > ■''■' p topic, < and trib' hours , ' Leagues paitin tl wards M Roun ber oi / arc difpi Red Sea J" til '■<\u Ifles, w .;;, NATi, and twi THOCL MURIj Tortoife. ties. In tl NARA LAm 125 mi having they g Samarti In found, bec3uf< beft in twecn 1 30 I.< Ormut hta, ai of eu Ijle «jt pans, v/f Ort> all fall Cf/r frelh ' which ing id with forth The I tftecii rounil joo I of IO( ted of nc •, tt Tn eatment r > •ind Zibitt. Renowned t'l the btft icat quan- aiid faither and King- lit Sultanas imazirifdca, nto Cap! de ,,,,„,.^^ om Cape dt '"■' " : '■■andon^ the and fome le name of J7. Tliere lioth on the Land, One e Eaft, and ncrly called iubtt faith} iilportcd to In our time w« fide, to '■ PortugaUs. >ctwcen the MOCCMdOlty 3aces as that 20 Leagues nd not 4JO 'le Land are yifraijty Semr Ita, and ad- , s of the Tf- many other tCaiifiii' >minunicates \ which the r , and wee 'd^ and Or- n more com- ^, which lies m of which is "»;.•* t part which wonn« Kinent, to- :r*r.5 at the tofcTerrito- fwj and the », farther in i Kingdom; ' md Cit J ac- or la{f4(h 5 where are as at Sa/ui, ther are tijc Ccrra, and tliac A %A m 1 A. that part of the Gulf neereft the City neighbouring ifl;s are lefs , except it be V callecf Cenarkttf Sinue , and the /^f of Barem is iheantktttTylDf. There yet remains fome Cities ofwhich fome liave their Kings or Sultans ( o- thers live in refuhttque , which is very rare m Afu. Towards tiie middle of ArabiA arc the Arabs Bengebres , a free ftofle, and which live only of the prey. KMASCATES6Q. Leagues (:om Or-' mm. Thty fiili here all 'J'une^ fulj, and. • Augufl; if they begin Iboner, the /V«/// excellent. Thcfcow- bours , yet pofTefs they 200 or 250 Leagues of Country, and are for the moit part in the Mountain?. The Beduins to- wards Ai in length diffeient : and though it contains, and borders upon different People , and of di- ftiicl manners ; yet there are Arabians which may be reduced into two forts: Tlie one inhabits theC///'«, and the other continually ranges the Countrejs •, thefe lead with them their Famihes, and all tliat they polTefs, repofing under their Tents ) nor doe they ftay or incamp in 115 miles, and not ab<3ve 12 broad, 30 any place but where they finde food for having a Citj of the fame name , where their Cartel. , <•» Trr they gather P;<«r/i, and 3. and laftly the Samaritan Iflands. In the Per flan Gulf (hcfc Jflands arc found, BAH ARE M the moft famous, becaufe it hath the Pearl-Fifhing , the beft in the Oriental parts. This //Tir is be- tween Bilftra, and Ormus, about 1 00 or 130 Leagues from iJ*(/ir(i, and ijo from The People, for tlie moft part, are of "» r„,;, a mean ftature , lean, fwarthy complexi- .i,t' ™«. oned, effeminate voyces, very fwift of ""'"■ foot , and expert in the Bow and Dart. They firft excrcife themfelves in Manu- failures , ufing all fort of Trade and Traf- fick farroffj and fome addiift themfelves to Learning , particularly to Philofophy, OriHM x, it is neer the Coall of Ara- ^ Pftyfick, the Mathematicki y ind to Aflro- bid, and difcflly oppofite to the Cojft It^gy; there have been amongft them ma- of Ekdiif which is the Turks; but the Jfte ot Bdharem which is ftill the Ptr- fians, oiKC belonged to the Kingdom v/f ormm, Tiie waters here are almoft all fait, but neer Manams the Capital Cttj ot the Jflandy there are fprings of frcrti water, at the bottom of the Sea^ which the Divers goc and fetcli, gather ny Grammarians^ Rheteritians, Hiflorians, and Interpreters of the yif/j*r4* , which is in their Tongue } and which hath made the Arabitk language fpread it fclf through all the Eaft , at leaft in the moft Southerly parii of ^/;j, and part of ^/r/Vj, but little m Europe. Thofe whicf range tlie Country are ing it into Borracht's or Coates-skins, jo great Wanderers, and greater Thccvesj witii mucti cunning , and bringing it forth of the Std, doe afterwards fell it. The Pearls of this /(le are very inucli eftcciTud, both for their largcnefs and rouodnefs •, and this fithiog is yearly woith $00 thooland Ducats, hcHdes the value of too thoufand and more, which is diver- ted : Thofe of the tide oiCloNFA are of no great vslue \ thofe of the other they are divided into nwny Families, which know each other, and how todi- ftinguifh the one from the other. Everv Famdy , how numerous Ibever it be, hath a principal Xecque that is a Chief, which conduces, and commands them, theyli* ving almoft in the fame manner as then Tribes of I frael did iathe Dejerts ; they preferve a good Intelligence amongR them- 5<5 J1{A'B I A. fi.at t 10 . "HI jjfj tliemfelves , their cliief Defi^n being on- ly opon Strangers : Theyaflaultlikewife tlie Caravans, if they think themfelves able enough to mafter them, or fnatch any thing from them : They have fome- tiuies t.ikfn the Rights, Revenues, and Cuftoms which arc carried towards Con- jlantinofU^ They have this good Cu- itom, not to kill any, except forced to it, lO Their Horfes commonly arc little, lean, and fparing ReJers , yet couragious, fwift , and of gieat labour > They arcfo skilful in managing them, tliattheycom- mnnd tl'.em as they pleafe-, and them- felves are fo aftivc , that , at full fpeed, tiny wil'. flioot an Ariow wirhin the breadth of a Shilling , take trom tlie ground tliofc Arrows they liave flidt , and r'Jt*/ via- a ceafed not to great makeprogicfTts under the names of divers People , which fomc havecall'd inonemanner,othets in another; and nioft commonly Jrah , Saracens, Moors, Turks,, and Tartars;, and that which much favoured their definn, was, that they then found all their Neiglibours , and par- ticularly the Princes o( cfjr/[le>idom,m divi- fions as great as their own. Amongft thefe Califes , U lij or yValiJ iiM,.r,.\ the eleventh or twelfth , and wi'.o reigned ^','nC,;,l' a little after the, year 700, was the mod powerful 'Prince that ever reigned in the Llniverfe: liis Kingdom extended from the great VVeftern'Occan , on which lie held almoft all Spam in Europe , and th ? Kingdom of fez and Morocco in Africa, unto the River /W/<* in the Eaft, contain- ing more than ever jllexsnder the Great avoid an Arrow ilying diredly towards 20 could conquer \ai\\e Levant , andalmoll thtiiu nor do they manage lefs skilfully thcSl.ng, eitlier in charging, retiring, or flyina. I htfi- advantages bting very familiar to tlum , and the grcattft part of the Countrey, where they inhabit, being diy and baicii, makes them not care for til- ling the eart!\, thougli they fometimes fin fe a good foyi •, they are almoft con- all that the Romans poffefll'ed of our Con- tinent in the Weft. But in the end God permitted, for the goiid of chn/l'ndom , that that great Co- Itffns, which al'pircd at nothing lefs than commanding over all the reft of the woild-, wss divided initfelf, and reduced to fevcial pieces, which aie yet but too consider able-, as the Empires, or Kingdoms tinually" on horfe-back , and in their 30 of the Sultan oi the Turks; oitheSophy Arms, w th which they ihew themfelves capable of Commanduig, and givings Laws to others. M ahomit czmc not into the World till about tl;c year 570 after Chrift, and be- gan not to publilh, and fliew abroad his Doclrine, till a little after the year 600, A Doiffrin intermixed with Chri/iunitf, ^uJj/fm , and Pa^anifm , that he might of the Perfians •, of the great Lord of the Mo^ols \ of divers Chams of ihe Tart arsj of the Xerifs o( Fe(fe znd Morocco -, like- wife of the Xtriffo\ Mecca, &c. But lee us at prefcnt leave Hiflory , and finrflj our jlrabia. Its People arc almoft all Mahometans, n. t. ,, There ar? fome dreek Chrtfiians towards It.^lZ'^ the Mounts oiSmai and Horeh •, likewife •*'"• dtaw lot'i the one and the other; and 4° towards iheredSea, andintheDefartsof w!i;ch eftibliliied .ts principal end in dc- Arabia the Stonj , and JratiathcDeJart, lights, ciin.il and uiifual pleafures, where to the Oricntil people were very much in- clined •, and with all he found the means to make ufe of Arms for theeftablilhment of this DoCkrin-, his Califs or Succcftbis in a Ihort time carried their Government and Religion into the beft parts of Afia, and Africa, and into fomc places odiu Arabia the happy is unhappy in having the feweft : Yet the Portugals hold Mafcates, Calafates, and fome places about it, which are CathoUquts. Before we pafs into Vtrfia , let us fpeak a word of the name of the red Sea. It could neither be taken from the rednefs of its Waters , nor from its having on its Coaft rope : And notwithftanding the Schifms^ 50 a Fountain of red Waters, or which made Civil Warrs , .ind Mxffacres of thcfcC^- lifes one agamft theoihcr, { for there hath been often found two or tin ee , and fome times four or five at the Came time, which Jiave eftablilhed their Scats tlierc where they found themfelves ftiongeft; as at Dama(i. us in fhxnicia , at Bagdad xnd Cufa in Chaldea •, at Cairo in Egift >, and ar Chai- raon in Africa •, and ellewhere ) yet they red the Wollof thofe Flocks which drunk o[ it 5 nor from the Sandor Corrall, which is at the bottom \ nor from the rednefs of the circumadjacent Mountains, or that that the Sunnfing, or being above their Zenith, makes the f ^ace of that Sea ap- pear redder than ». All thefe rea- fons arefalfe : And moreover the ant ient- eft and wifctl mco uoderflaod under the name giefTtsunJer which fomc s in another* , Saractns, d tliat which as, that they irs, andpar- idom,m divi- lid orW4//(/ii'i'i,«':i.| wl'.o reigned j','„vy,l ivas the mod gncd in tlie ended from jn which he jpe , and th ? in jlfnca, aft, contain- kr the Great , andalmoll lofourCon- ttcd, for the hat great O- ing lets than reft ot the and reduced e yet but too or Kingdoms oitheScphj t Lord of I he iheTartdrsi trocco \ like- kc. But lee and finini our uns towards m.Ju'w.*' ei; hkewife'""- he Defarts of idthcDef4rt, in having the jld Mafi^ttSy out It, which letusfpeak Sfa. It could edncfs of its on its Coaft which made which drunk :irrall, which he redncfs of ins , or that » 1 above their that Seaap- ill thcfe rca- rtheantient- nd under the naiBC , ■**»■; ■!"*«;•■ :i :«»«&• iKtt *' » 1 (,»* -^(WSSE*, "**^^ j Ki \ I T t < » ,1* % 'I' J jii^- ■\'* n ^1*' • fe-t. *' >-4 ^ ■^. ^ 1 _jfas^ #■'*■ ■•-* i-^ ^e. .'I • li ysy.^'X*! . ,^" ■>'■■■ "V J f-i^- .iS^^ >«ki* " I .5 ».^''# - / 7jtt* ^ '4 '> fc^- iA 1^ % s u '/niV*' Y-i^< ->,, ■m %m •««» h. K -^:rs .;.| ■ A i 1 *Tl THE E M P I R R^^ G E ORG I A ***''*^* Ttn P«Kl(Nr al> O E T H E e. G RAN D,':;««^"c*J Tu RCO K»»^ Btmnh %t^4M SfiK *o Oni.] Thk Caj pian 5 b a, Or 5ba o « G I i, a n Tab. oi|«:i SE{ I G N E /AMiiaTaraquin T. iTuIrks ».xi7r'">^!J^^ ^ „ ^ JKii w wi' ^ f _i^ cL"'^M%,^.\jr qJS-r o-xSn: .^"^i TAfl I. (A N \r" ^ Yfl A JVknnOTi -v. ■d)»< Ah. A Mapp OP the^Empire opthe SOPHIE of per Sanfoii Geographer toy French King, and Rciidrcd infoEngliffi by Richa f.t^Au. , WITH 1T>S SEITERALL PROUINCES, DcOgncd bj- Monc"^ [lomc. by hia Majcfties Command. London 'Pnnkd^^ ■,\uf;itft^ Biorrw^ ^.° if^^ '-W- 1 f '■m-mi.'.' :immr .^ A r i**'*-;(«B|^ > ^ -^: 4. A y •i*^^ v.* ,.v - -^-K V^ W' -A -^ wtesspp - K T B^SI A. M \\SUl J'/ name of theRtJfea, both theCuZ/wIiich leagued thcmfelves together, and naming n, p«(.- is between 4fr/r4^/4 , but likewifc AUxtndtr die great held this Emfire the oritntal, or /Waiw o«4«, which but few years, and dying it was divided wafhes both Affria and Afia. from the among many of his Caf tains 5 who took C af e of gtod hope t:\ai\xy om\.\xGangts •■, 10 in the end the title of Kings ^ and waged which may make us judge that thename of Warr againft eacli other j till the Romans the Red Sea , comes rather from what the Cr«(t; called tliisgrcat Oriental Sea, Mare Brjtfir*um, the Kine Erythros hi- ving beea Lord of it •, ana being as it is faid,interrcd in one of thefe Iflands : but the Latsns indcad of retaining the name Erjthraum, luve given it that of Ruirum, wliicli fi^nifies the Tame thing ^ and wc md,,l„. feized the Weftern, and the Farthuns tlie Oriental part of that Monarchy, thefe Farthians freed themfelves from the Rule of the Macedonians 2yo years , before the Birtii of J^efM chri^, an Reigned near rive hundred ycais, Artaxerxesre- ftored the Ferfians 228 years ikerchnfis Nativity. The Caliphs of Bagdat be- havedoiiethe fame. And the reftraining so came Mafters about thcyuar 650. The of the nameof Rtd-[(.i^io tlie C«//"alonc, winch is between AH'ri,:a and Arabia, comes from us being the firft part of tlie Red-fea known unto us. TE%S1A. HE Kingdom^ or Emfire oi the So Tartars in 1257. or 58. Iht Turcomans in 1478, Xa, or Xecque Jfmael-fophyre- tftablilhed the Ferfians, a lutle after the year 1 500. and though they pofTetsonely the Oriental part of the anticnt Emfire of the Perfiansj yet it is ftill very great and powertul. And we find at prefent under it, all that "',("„'" t he Antiens knew under the names of Me- «'«•'" •/ fhfoilht PERSIANS is one of the 30 ^/4, Hircania,Uar<^iana. A(fjria, in part, ^""'" \ ♦nmrMK 'nil n rrirf ft r»t ill /tli.i. ir n._.i.. ^_. . i> . /• ^» » i moli famous, :ndgicattftot all ////j-, it extends it felt from the Ti^is, aiui£«- ^/ir4/riont!ic Weft, almofttotlic River Indus, ontheEafti and from the C»// of Ferfia, and tiie Arabian and Indian fe.i, which hounds it on tlie South, unto the KwetCehen, wd 10 the Caffianfea, now lhef(r4 0f£ja-», otTabarejUn^ which arc itsNorthcinhmits •, fo containing about Pjrihi.i, Arid, Paraponifa, Chaldea, or U.ibjloHia m pair., Snfianay Ferfia^ Ca- rjmani.1; Dranguna^ Arachtfa, :indCed- rofi.1^ all thefe Uesjions taken a part be- ing gieat, fairc, rich, and populo»'>. Theprel'ent names of tliclc Provinces' differ from the antients: we call J;rr4w, Gilan, Dilemon, Tabareflan^ Corgian, and Rhoemui; tliofe wliicli arc towards 600 Leagues of length, and 500 *f 4° the Sea oi Saccu, o:Sala, which is like- breadth , being feated under the third, fourth, fift, and fixt Climais. Ncvet- thelcfs this is but a part of the antient Empire of the Perfiam: for the Ajfjrians having oidmauly held in Afia all that which both Turk and Perfian at prefent poffcls-, andth.n Wo;/.jrf/rji having begun under Nini*s^ and laftcd under thirty and odd Kings 15 or 1400 years, ending in wife called of Tdareftan •, and they com- pafs the moft Northernly part of thef^r- (ians Eftates. Chnrdiflan^ Ajrack 0: Te- rack-Agemi, anil Chorazan make the middle. Terack^ Chufiflan, Fars^ Kermon, Sahleflan , Sigft.Wy Candahar, ana Macke- ran aie towards the Soutl>, and the Jf4 of Sardjnafalus ; divided ic lelf into that ot 50 Arabia^ or India. the Medo-Mvi Babylonians, whocontinu- Servan or Xervan, GiLin, with a part cd It httle lefs then 300 yeais, afterwards of Gerack Agemi an.l Dilemn, anfwer to the Per funs made themfelves M afters ot the anticnt Media. Which having been it : and thefe during 200 ando^id years divided into three parts, Antrofatine, which thev reigned, remitted to it t he beft Trepoiane, and Chcromithrene s Servan part ot what tlie Medes and Babylonians anfwers to the firft, GiUn to the fecond, had pofleflcd. But when they would and the reft to the laft. Tabareflan and have pafledmto Europe, and have Ici/id Corgian anfwer to Htrcania r, Rhoemus in on (rXfi* i the Macedonians and Creeks part, sM part of Cherafan to Margiana, .-■'is K Churdifian, tnms ltd ntmt. :l -<^ry!^: 38 CtitnlijlMj and part of Ytruk-Agtmh compafs the moft caAerly part of the An- tient ^jfiri'i ( 'Jie reft of Affjru is pcnefTedby tne Turks \) Khttmm in part, and part of Chcrdfdg make the. Ancient Pdrthid : The reft of CkcrtfiHthe Anti- cnt/fr/<(, and Ftrtftnifd. Teratk is the Ancient Ch/ddtd, or B*tjlt»U, Ch»ft^i» the Ancient SufutiA , Ftrs the Antienc "P E\SIA, The Province of GIL AN at CUBY- t„^/ £^JV} contains s.Governnients, of which ^I'lS^r'T the chief Cities are R»^, Cdxk», Lttjtn^ film!!*. | CiUn^ Mtfnn, CtimrflsA. HM»»^ be* fides which the re are 30 and odd fair and rich Cities \ M»K,*ni»r*n which Tome fe* parate from, others )oyn to G/Zm, hath inits Government >;. Cities, and in the City of MMdnitrtn about 50000 fouls. CkuniU Ttr(is , Khtrmtn ancf SdhUflan the An- 10 All tiiefe quarters would have revolted in tient Cdrdmdnid \ wliich being divided in- to vmOtCdrdtHdnid^ and Cdrdmdnid the de- fertj 54^/f/?M anfwers CO this, itu\ Rhtr- MM to chat 1, Sdgifidn, Cdnddhdr ^ and Mdckerdn anfwer to the DrdngidMd , Ardchepd , and Ctdrpfid ^ of.tlie An- cients. I will not fay that all thefe Refisns an- fwer fo precifely one to the other, but there may be fome concradidlion t buc ao 1 594. buc Xd aUm fooo brought them to their duty, and chaftil'ed them for rfieir offence. The Province of i)/££i^0JV hath its if-imfi Metropolis of the fame name » then Al' '"'*■'*■ Idmotd GtwdT^ and ThdUkdH. Inthede- fcription chat thofe of the Country give us of thefe places, AUdm«tAictna:o za- (wa to DiUmtM. The Provinceor 7ABARESTAN\i(m only that they cotrcfpond in the greateft thcEaft ofC/I./4JV,andof MdZdntUrdH parr. Ic extends more then tfo Leagues on the SERVAN hath for its Principal! Coaft of che Cj/jr/M /m, which is often Cicy,i,Ti»rw, being chcSumnDer-fcats of called TABARESTAN from the name the ferfidn Sof hies y concaining in Circuit of this Province: It ftrctches 100 Leagues about 16. Miles, and including above up the Land, containing in its Territory 1 5COCO Inhabitants, before ics being fo 12 fairCicies^ of which yf/?rr4^4/, or otcen taken, and retaken by che TMrki^ 5/4rii^4/ , which hach fomething of cgm- and Ptrfuns. Sdtmm took it the firft mon, with the name of the Province, i$ f:;^'';{ timein 1514. Selyitunia tj^S. Aimmrdl^ ^o tbe principal , tjhen Anmlj Zdrsdcty Ti»in«u ;-li '*'»r/'r.in 1578. and ijSj. and every time it returned into che hands of che FerfidHs, Xd Atkds regained ic from the Turks in 1503. and the Ptrfidsis h2ve kept it e\'er finct. It is ftrongly forcifyed, feaccd a- bouc fix daies journey from che Cdffidn fed, in a cool and wholfom Country, and encompafTed wich fcvcral greac Towns of noce, tiamous for their Manufadories. The i ; tiicn yimtuij £drsde»y and others : chis Coancry affords quan- tity of Silk. TheProvinceof tfo JtCM touches noc the Std, the chief City is of the fame **^ name) then oifcten, DdmtgdH^tadSem- nd. Ctrgid annvers to che Antient Hir- (d»id Meireftlis. The Province of RHOEMUS^ is in the Eaft ofTABARESTANaad CORCIAN: rmlmt4 People in this part being more addided 40 its-chief Cicv is. i. Btfid^, then a. j«- jdJ^ 3. Zdbzdwtry and 4. Thtm higher in the Land , 5. Fttdrnd. 6. Mdfiimiy and others toward the Sea, and month of the RittrCthun. Kdftr £4^0 that ex- cellent Mdihtmdi'uidit was a native of Thtnst wiio drove >i»fidts,i» from his I MTMiw. thereunto, then unto the Sword. The *"*' Commodities that are here found, are Stlk, raw , and in fcveral Manufactures { OutonSy }Voel,Gdils, Alltm, (otM Spices and Dmggs with feveral other Commodi- ties. 2, Sammachiy and 3. 5frr4»once both the Metropolis of this Province, a- bounding iu Silk and excellent Cdrfets , to which the people are wholly addifled. ftiUjllt IN S,(*> fltnt ; m Cdlifhdt or dignity of BdjUuy becaufe A/«//?4/i/* had demanded of him, Where were his H»nis : fo dangerous it is to mock 4. Ardevil was the fignory, and binh- 50 a man of Spirit, and Courage, place oi Xeque Atdaz, , Father jfmdel- fephj who leftored tins Empire to the Per funs, about tiie year ijoo. Here are many Tombs of the laft Kings of Ptrfsd, 5. /»4ff4isaplaccof,fo great trade, that the Cdfpidn Se* oft takes its name : Neer the City there is a Spring of BUck ojle^ which ferves to burn throughout all F£RSIA, The City of Thtas is eftetmed very confiderable, being large and encompafTed with a noble Wall, adorned with ftately fhndluresj and among others with abonc a 00 or 300 Ttwers, diftant from one an- other a Muf kets (hot. This City is made famous for the ftately Sepulchre of imdit Rifd of the Family «f Ali , one of the 7wdrcrtrfsdi$ $iim % where great De- votioiB ' votb mem thisC ST. rAi B E Itisd of wf the I C»rm chere l.Nt mdbd mMv. whici theyi di^io yet i! whici three five < the i MtH4 Is/fs. andn habit gOCKl not hi N a andi thisl been Batt Wit firhil retir aC like CdSi fain su the deft caul 'f • Hse Pro hav refi pre gre 5. P. II. fvif Cv rn wi i CUEY' T^,^ ofwhich ^i'^y- ', X47M, isTdy be* faif and fome fe- Uiiy hath nd in the )o fouls, voiced in t tiieni to for dheir rhath its riMAmif thrn Al' '"^- nthede- itry give Ds:o an- r^JVison imm»< es on the 1 is often the name Leagues Territory Tdidt, ot ; of com- ovince, is Ztrueby rds quao- >uchesnoc rmhm-f the fame ""•^ , and^mr- tient Hif' T E\SI J, votbos and Ceremonies are performed by pure and excellent ji/mm which brings in a great Revenue to 39 Cturdi. cnein, this City. ^•*w 4 The Province of C H U R D I STAN, is to the Southward oiSE R rAN, to the Eaftward of D / W /f BECK, which is in T « il /: r It is divided into three Pares or Provinces of which , SalmiU is the chief City of Sclun hath great quantity ot the hireft Fountains, and takes its name from the Siluns, which fomctimcs refiJed here. Ttfd yields the richeft and f lircft Tspe/lriej in the World Near this City, and on the Mountain Al- btrs , t\ c arc yet fome worfhippers of Fire, which Inve ufed it above jo^o years. In Htmadan., Beni amine the Jtw, of Tede- the firft ( MATAgi ofthefecondv and 10/4, faith, That in his time there were joooo Ctrmtbt cl' the third : Befides which , there are a great number of fair Cities \ as, 1. Nthtitvin, 1. Chtj, "J. MtrtgA, 4. Cor- mAbt, ). SalmM, 6. Cuienche, &c. Sal- mju is near the Sale- Lake of KannudbaH, which yields Fifh onely at a certain time of the year. This City nath under its jurif- ifrgelites, that is, J^eni j who believed there to be the Sepulchres of E/l/jtr and Merdecai : But tins Author is one of the mod notorious Iinpoflors that ever writ. HAmadan hath borne the title of aKin"- dom, and had fifteen Cities under it, C°- //<« producer h many Silk andCoteenManu- f, is in the RCtAS: icn a. Bt- tm higher mouth of » that ex- native of from his r, becaufe I, Where IS to mock med very -.ommffed th Aately 'ith abonc m one an- ty is made e of iman )ne of the great De- votioiB mm* lAff s»u* icni , • di^ion twenty other flrong and fair ones ; /i;7*r«, and hath diawn to it all the Traf- yet is not without thofe wandring Peofle fick that was at Com , not fuflfcring any which live under their Tents. MAragt is 20 Vagabonds or Beggais. Com hatli been as three or four days journey from Taurit ; great as Conflantintfle % but Tamerlawe five or fix from SAtms*. Near Maragt havinp ruined it, it could never regain its the PertidHS were defeated by the Sara- (plendor. The Inhabitants addift them- zeiu, aoout the year Ahho 650. and their (elves to labor in their Vtnfjards and Gar- MoHMTthj fell into the hant^ of the Ca- dens. Its Bndgf ii oi Aone, and the faired iifi. etmuia K on the Eaft of Tigri/ , in all PERSIA. CMimwas the refidence and not far from SagdAd and Moful. Its In- of Xa ThAmji, when the Turks had taken habitants are efteemed the true C«rd» , which arc two great Cities, 3. Cd^idn, 4. Hamadan, 5. J>dnkand, tf. Sduwd, 7. Com, 8. Tefd, pt, Sohdttid, 10. Hrej, II. ChochcrA, IS. Kargh, with feveral others, are like- fvife very fair. Near Urej, is gatnered very ty five thoufand Houfcs ) are proud and elegant, and was faid to be once fo popu- lous, that it gave cntcrtainmeat to Five hundred chouiand Iiihabitancs. Buc after a certain Revolt ( for which they were fe- verely chaftifcd by the command of the Prince) it hach noc hadfo greacaquanci- ty of people } yet it is exceeding popu- lous, and much frequented by ftrangers •, rich i^O T E%Sl A, 111 ftl4 »l h,i,i, ,,J. Ill:''" tiU^Hii :\c\\\nTradt, eminent for all forts of ex- The liih»bi{*nts of this City do all ercife, and more mai-nificent , as being twir affairs on Htrf-isd, as well public k tlie lendcncc of the Emftror, or Sofhj of asptivate, going from placcto place, and till' Perfians , who have here built divers conferring with one another on HorfbAck j /'.i/jm, which are inhabited by his JV**/«i the like alfo do the Mtrchtnis ^ in the foiich and ftitcly. with Gardens fodc- buying and vending of their Commodities. Iiglittul and magnificent, that not the in- But here the SUvts never ride, whereas dulhy of man, nay, fcaici- his thought can the otiiers never go a foot, wlucli makes comprehend, or imagine any thing more ihediffcienccbciwixtthem.^ bc.iutitul. 10 This City being the relidcnce of the TliisCity bclidts its Wrf/// is fenced a- Sofhj , and being inhabited by fo many thhll. i " 1 iiimi ./ (»■ it,f ■ iM .1111, the •KimiH ■ ittit tftm 1 ■••-' Vld >• Hnl. ■'-""" !..< W:c.. rv4r bout witli a /)/»f /p.and defended by a ftiong Caplt, The chief buildings in tins City, arc the I'aUccs , tiic Mtfnues , the //««»- mums, or Uet-houfts^ anJ the MjJdn, or MArktt-fl,tce, 'which witliout difputc is the fjircll, r:clit(f, and nobledbuiiding in the Woilii, being about iccop.iccsinTciigth, and 200 in breadth : The inlldc refcmLles eminent ^fr/ow, which always attend this Mtnanh, makes it to luve a great Trselt, and be much frequented hy Mnchants al- mort from all places j aj Enflifh, Dutch, r«rl»?,tlt, ArAbiitns, Jnduns^ Turks^ ^tws, ArmtniAtit, &c. whereby it is lurnilhcd, notonely with all the Native Commodi- ties o{ PE RSI Ay J Geld and Sitiir^ Mluihin *■•///, ^c. Alfo fundry curious Manw fiiiurtSy as, Carpets^' ArrM-ntrk, f/ang- '"i'i&f. Cltth ot CelJ itvi Silver, I'lnc C011OH Cltthet. with feveral other Com- modities whicfi arc here made j but alfo with thofe o( A R A B lA, I NDI Ay Chin Ay and TURKTy which hither wlieic all forts of rich Commodities "are vended and fuftaincd byAiclics •, and be- low, furn:lhed wiih futh things, both for rood an J Raymcnt, as the Countrcyat- fordeth. On the Weft fide arc feated two ftately Palacf} or Sfrt^lio's, for the Kinf and his Lidtes, far exceeding in ftate and nugni- ficence , all other the proud buildings in this City •, the If'Al/s being of RedAfjrhlt, 30 are brought in exchange lor theirj, by C'4 rAV4fis(^ Camels, Drtmtddnejyind Mulfj, by icafon they want the benefit of the StA. They hrd formerly tlic benefit of feveral good Perts, as, TAuru ^.J BAlftrd^ but now in the culfodyof the CrAnd Seir- mir , together with fome otiiers : The Ptrti that they now enjoy, and makeufe of, ate Ormiu and ^Afijuei. In this City is ere^ed a Column or and p.irgettc'd with dive s colours 5 and the wl.olc PitUce paved with fretted and checkered work < over which, itisfpread With flattly Carpets •, the Windotvs are made of Al.ib!,t(ler , and white and (potted MitrUe ; .ind tlie fc/ls , ;ind mcLts of iV.1/7 Ivory, clitckeitd with glittering E- lonj <, fo (.u:ioul)y \\iou";(it in winding knots, tliat It m.iyfooncrftjy, then fatis- fie the eyts of the beholder. To which 40 PiUAr, compofcdof the Heads or Skulls of MeH and BeAffs, being about twenty foot in circumference at the Ba/is, and ex- alting It fcU near fixty foot in height. Now tlic rcafon of ere^fting of this terrible and iiorrid Column and Monument ^ was this. The PeofU furfeiting with Luxury , through their Pride and Impudence, de- nied their duty to their SoverAirn , not onely inrefufing tocontribute afmallfum Uaiely fliucture , there is joyned no lefs pleafaiit ;;nd delightful aCArdeu, wherein are no lefs then icoo feveral Fount Ains , Broiks, MdRivolets, fuinfhrdwith ftore, and variety of curious fruits , together with what elfe may make a place delight- ful. The great place of the City is before thefj/rfff, where the .y»/iAj( orduiarily re- fides. The Fruits about ( and in ) this City, 50 of money ( being towards the extirpation arethebeft in the World \ their Fines oithcTurks inaTArtArs, who did much yield in nothing tothofeof thcCi«ir;M.- annoy thr: Kingdom) but alfo audacioufly 'Thiv: llorfes and iV«/« arefairand good-, oppofed his entrance -, whereupon he vow- their C4»if /j fo ftronu', that they carry al- td revenge: And having made a forceable moft twice ^s much "as thofe of other pla- entrance, in his rage fireth a great part of CCS. They have permitted in this City the City, pillagcth each Houfe, and in fonie Mofia/lerits oxchnftuns, asof Cur- twodays he put to theSword near 50000 j mtlites, Augufiine Fryers, CdfuchinSy and and to terrine others , erc:„ Hirl-bukx ••""/- /, in the xc of the J'jyiJ'" y fo many " .Zii- attend this "" I.I mill Vifiri 4f J Vii«*lifjf it.. makeufe The I The Province oiCIIORAZAN is tlic grcatcft ot all /• £ A i' / // » Tome (.k- vidc It into CVAiJirfw, Chorai.*n, ami C/;a- ivjir.tzjH, whifh otlicis cUtcin to be the fame. It (littctietli it felF from Halt lo Wtlh from InAck-Jftml, unto tlic l> ftateof thcA/i'^o/', above thfW/«» and from Soutli toNoi tii, from the Mount Jiils of Ciii)tCdran,\u\M the Kivcr ovAww.'l liofc is fo fruitful, that it often yields io«jor jGo lor ont'. lis Cities arc StHfitr, Ard^m, JljiPdi.^ A\k.t Menkeran, .ukI otfitii. I, Stit(ltr IS the ArKicnt.V»/i. ttL'reihc •I'lophet Damtl had ilic yifitn concerning tlic determination i)f the PerfiMU Mo- narcliy, andthcbeginniiiy of tlieCr^-Mw.j and wlieic Ahtfucrui kept In-. i;reat Fitfl, whi«,Ii continuevi i8j days tot;etlier, tor whicli divide It in thice parts, nuke Coin- \o hih PriHicy and Lords, mutated to tins day ztn themoft Welfcily, cAfliiMrjiaw the moft Eallcrly, and place c7;w.u4« in tlic midft. It li.itli every where a great number ot brave Cities, as, A'.iA^'w or A'<«»:»» , which yields great lloie of Saffron. a, 7lioit abounds in Silk SUnufullurts. 3, Mtjcf/fd ot Mcxji, is the chief ot Choraz,»H, and lliews the Tombs of many tiy t\-: Suluns of V li RS I A , wlio do annually eiiti'iiam iheir NuhUs , uhetc Ahiluerns kept his t"'*rhere, and hereabouts, put CO death Four hundred thoufand pcrfons in one day. (i. BonrtguH or Su rtgian, is near a grea t Lake of the fame name : This Lake re- ceives many Rivers, biit liJtc the tajfian 5° Set, fends not one to the ocean. But let us return to the more Southerly pai t of f £/{- SlAi we will fay nothing Iierc of rer^f it, fince the Tmr* at prefent holds it. ,^ 7. Csfh, i, fuTM, p. ZaretMy 10. 7.tt(»i*»> II. BdUhj and 12. 7luhs .bilttk, ... ,, KU ,the J>rovinc«^of ^HUSlsi A,N "lAi. uTwcrsio ii>f^ AaocQt Jiii/(i)M, tU ^oyl Cities of c/«///?k.ir Mocran dlitti Askar-Moukeran, ontheUueriV/yv- f4», where there was a Bridge fupporicd by twenty Boats. , , 4. 7optr, with a Rivci of the lame name. /^,,-.. :4i,.;/ 5. Hamcz. , 6. Ciondi Saluty which -.iieoihcrs call And 7. Sjurac with fe vera! other?. , The H^ts in thcfc pa^K, in the Summer feafoh, ore lb great , efpecially towaids the ^t|i part of the Mountain } that ttie ii^U*mt are forced to forfake the Cities, a^difjire tnonfelves into the Mountain tbi: i tU 41 T E%SIA, ttiitintt tf I'irl, ill tilt fvrtiti- I}, CI. Tlie Province oi F ARS ot F ARC^ formerly PERSIA, now a particular Province of the Eftates of the Pirfum ; but which hath long (ince communicated its name to all the reft. BenJimir, which is the fwifteft River of this Coaft, tra- verfes it % and it hath a great number of large, rich, and beautiful Cities, As i. Chirac fy whichisfaid to be 20000 paces ly keeps it ; It is a iroft sflbrcd counter Pojjfonor Antidote, and an excellent falve againft all Cuts or Rufturts, even within the Body, Btz*r comes likewife from this quarter. 5. Ckaieakardj 6. DsrategerJy and 7. Bdcfjy are on the confines of Fars and Kerman. Some efteem them under the Province of Fan , others under that of in|circumferenct 5 -where fometimes the 10 German ^ ochers make that a particular Soffjy hath made hisrefiden.e, fcituatein a large and pleafant Plain, well built, and beautified with fair C^irif/w, and magnifi- cent Mofqnts : Two of which are larger than thereft,and beautified with two Spires or Steeples, covered with a painting of CeUmd At.ure : Thefe Mefques, by rea- fon of 1000 Lamps which are kept burn- ing, are as liglit by night, as by day. This Province, which takes its name from the firft of them > and which certainly is the greateftandthefaireft. Darabigerd, as I believe, is the yatajt^erdoi the -^ri«^,and the ancient PafagarJ^e-, there, where fome- time refided , and where the Tomb was that CyrM, who here by this place de- Ajljagts, the laft King of the feated Mcdts City for V."^ %ooA Wint , pleafant Fruit s,io And 8. Gtmbrene, feated on tlie Gulf gallant ffW^ and above all, foritspritty Women., iTvn- compare with the beft in a'l PERSIA. The Ladits here are fo fair and plcafant,that Mahtmtt pafllng througii thefe quarters, would not enter this City for fear leaft he (hould lofe himfelf in its delights. ThcSoyl is very good, and 3/4- fiuk is gathcicd in its Forefts. The Arms they make here, are excellent. of P ERS I A^ a fair Town, well fre- quented; and where the £»gM, Dutcb, and Pertugals, keep their Faucnes for the benefit and fupport of the T 'c 5 this place being now the Scale of Trad«forall PERSIA ( as was fonnerly ormm and y^afauts , beine at prefent of little ufe. > And this place being the ScaU of Traffick for this Kingdom, I Oisll here include the J. A(lacktr was one of the greatcft of 50 trade thereof, as to the C«»»«»#4!fr/>/, c^jrw. thefe quarters, as hkcwife in the time of tlie AraiidH of Kuiia. The mines of its Caftle Chtlminare, tiiai is, 40 Pillars, (how the remains of the .\ncient Palace that/f- /r.vjwcaivftil- imt« is coyocff, bat not mocb, and noc being futed counter xcellenc falve , even within wife from this ahtgtrd, and s of Farszai em under the under that of it a particular lame from the :ertainly is the trabtgerd, as I ■ the-'fr4^,and t, where fomc- he Tomb was this place de- King of the rd on the Gulf own , well fre- Ingjiib, Dutch, ■tilories for the r T 'e i this of Trade for all rly Ormiu and of little ufe. ) cdUoiTrtfpck :re include the moditUt,CtjnSt hey are known s place are thr 1*\^ and the Cim- b co»,i» which from Ji"*"- CTfed through- as at HifidhsM ^ >iei Dtmtmms, our StMdtrd, tile and Mtrk\ SlfiAtts, Mm- fges. A Seta at is coyned by 'te. A SLibte, oning. and in ler witn C0sk- bd Companies and is 4 of the J of an A- the generalleft Hs in EitglMd, to the neateft uidisthefineft St4»- h is a Ceffer Some CtU iach, and nor being : MWn f. 9E\SIJ. 4:5 being ordinarily paid upon any Accompt, Their Meafures are two, and both called t* /r ' ">r- covedts s the greater is an /w/& longer ''"^'"'" then our En^i;lifh Yard , and the leflfer is three quarters of the other, and moft com- monly ufed inmeafuring of Carptts. The Province oiKHER MAN. or rr^^c^f X £ RM AN oi old Caramania', is one ^'^f^'^Z'. of the greateft, but not one of the beft '«""<'*'^ Provinces of the Efutes o( PERSIA; "'""''"' Nominal Cojns, are, Larrees, Hajjars, and Tomonds. A Larree, which in (ome parts of /»armtick. Abafftes, and is of value 5 Af-rr*; EngHjhi and IS commonly fpoken there, as a Pound Sterling with Ui. RtxdtUars and Pieces of ? of all three forts, vtz. S ivi/l, Mexico, iad Peru, ipad without diftindtion here for i^ Shahees, or which are black and fhining 5/m«, wfuch cures fore eyes, and paints black. Carpets the beft in ? £ ij 5 / .^, after thofe Tejed (thofe of chorazan hold the third degree.) Arms which the Turks buy at any rates^ and Scimitars, which will cut a Head-peecc 3 Abajfees Iper piece, A Sherriffine or jq without blunting the edge. Ducket oi the feveral German &c. Princes, The Countrej is fomewhat uneven and together with the Gr-i«(/ 5f/^«wx » are mountainous, which caufeth barrennefs ; here commonly \Vortii 27 Shahees, or 6} batthe ya^eys are very r^rtil anddelight- ^*4/f«i, one with another. And altliouglj ful, every where adorned with Flowers , theic Ctjns are prohibited the tranfporting and efpecially R$fes, of which they make out of the Emperors Dominions, without a great Revenue, paying aconfiJerable Cuflom, yet through Amongft its Cities, which are ingreat the negligence of the Officers , much of number, i. Cherman, which is thechief, their Cojn is exported, rfpccially A^f- and which communicates its name to the fees. 30 P:ovince, makes a great quantity of Cloth Their ryr/jfA/i are alfo different, and of tf Cold tnd Silver. As alfo thofe 5«)»»/- fundry denominations, thatmoftin ufe is /jw aforementioned. 1. zirgian oxSirgi- called the -iWrfirwdf 5A4W, and contains a- tn. 5. A'4/;;4«, and others, are likewife bout 13 //. //4A5i/t>rr) jtfMand Women lie naked up to the r Chins. In this //?W there is no frelh water , but what tliey fetch from other places there adjoyning, which they keep m Ctfierns j from whence they likewile Amher-grteee, and the like, is called aMit- tigaly whereof about 6 \ nukes an tumt ytnict. l)\tvc DidmondsyPttrlst&c, z:e weighed by afntall weight, called ?Rat' Ut, wherein , are twenty ^4i>, and twenty chite of thefe Vtdt nukes our Bnj^UPs Ctr- TMk, J|et other Ptovifton for their food, being eated not above i a miles from the Con- (iocat. The Cmmtdmts that are here found, H T E'RSIJ. found 7 are the rich ^ems and Spices of Wm. The Tapijlries, Carpets , &e. of PEXSlAi the GregramSy Mohairs, ind Chambltts ofTURKT ; the Vrtigs of fomuu ^^-^^I^'^^- The feofle hereof, iti their Religion, in their Perfens and A4^/V, havefomething of the Arabuni in them , but more of the?;r/»rf»/. 5. Moche(ian\s the ordinary refidence of the Kings of or- civil in their converfation, and more exaft in their Policy and Government , then all the Mahometans. And if we would compare the manners of the 7urksy with tliofe of the Perfians, ■'■s<''^' weftiouldfinde a great difference, and of- ' " '' ten much contrariety : For the Perfians are courteous to ftiangeis, the Juries a- bufivci The Perfians tfteem fluciy, the ru p-i Iu.k>. Tuvincl §f lubicltan. mu, becaufe it is cool, its Waters excel- 10 7Jw/t/negleft it : 1h^ Sophies oi \.\\t Ptr- lenttodrink, and its Land fruitful in C0r» yJ^w hold in great honor , their Brothers and Fruits , which is not found in the Ifland, ,6. GHodeU, and 7. Pat ants, are the moft famous Ports of the Coaft. ThePtovinceof S ABLEST AN is inclofed with Mountains, between Chtra- zan and Khermon , it anfwers to Carama- tiia tJeferta; yet it hath many Cities, and inhabited places, amongft others, Zarans and Kinfraen , the Turlis oft put thnn to death: Thei';r/J4w!i3veamong{f them great quantity of Nttles, t\ic Turks maka account of none but th.e officers fcnt them from the Ptrt : The Per furs have the Cavalry , the Thrles the better In- fantry: Both the one, and tlie other, are Mahometans, but they explain their ,^/- toviiiids Khermon ? 2. * lb diverfly, that that alone is capable and 4. Gijna-Cajfahy, towards Chorazan. Some place here Balafan , from whence come the Balais Rubies. ^^•f TheProvincesof i/C/^r^^iV, 5/- ti«'«^ STAN, ox S AG EST AN s P ^• ?J^i^:rAN£Sj CANDAHAR, and MACKERAN, are the moft Eafterly Provinces of all PERSIA, and nearcft the mouth of the Indus. Sifian is the chief ii«ru. to carry them to the ruinc of one or the other is'w/'/rf, if they could cffict it-, and it feems, that the difpofition of the one, and the other eftate is very dift'erent, c.mlcd by their contrary manners, which makes them follow Maxims quite difl=ient from one another. The Empire of the r « /J A' S is divided into many parts , cut afunder by feveral City of 5«f /^4» ; Mackeranci Macker4n,3°SeM , one upon the neck of another, and which is feated on the Sea y and alfo Bafir, which feems to keep its ancient name Par- fit. The River llmenel, waters all thefe Provinces, and/alls into the /«(/»';/, which tliey which tliey give much credit unto. Thefe ftiaveeveiy eight dayes-, and thofc which and the like y*r/;and .9f/>«f« are ftudied have not black Ihure naturally , by Art and taught , young Students at feveral make it fo , as being in great tfteem a- CoUedges and Umverfitics by experienced mongft them, they paint their hands and pcrfoiis in the fanuswho tliere refide. They natlesoiix reddilh colour. In thtiv hal>ir, are veiy ingenious in /?/; and water- tvorks, r.\\t\x cltthes have no proportion to their are great lovers of their pleafure, infeve- bcdjes, hanging loofc and large, much in ral recreations , as Hawking , Hunting , thefalliionof the womens; their Mendits, :o Riding a tilt, crc, tlicyare very complar- by the Twrit/ called T/zr^j/;//, are made fant, complemcntory, obliging, andcur- oi Cotton , Cloth, or Silk, Stuff vi\\k\\ is fine and of feveral colouis, which they weare on their heads, as wee do hatis, many ok tliem weare tliemof Red, but the Priejls, as alfoiiis otUetCarmmts are white, their Carments they girt about their waifts with a skarfr, under t hefe Gar- ments tl.cy were hreethes like our drawers. teous, efpecially to flrangers, not addift- ed to covetoufnels-, ufury being torbidden amongft them-, they are generally mucli given to Luxury , not contenting them- felves with fevtral wixcs, but muft alfo have tlic ufe of Concubines, which is al lowed them, they are alfo given to Sodomy: but Adultery tlicy feverely punilh, when a their //tfii/wjiaie lor the moft part madejovoun^ u/an dtfiics to marry, and hath of C/»/A witliout any ihapc in them •, their v i . . ■ ■ ... jhoes arc picked toed, andhkc jlipfters, by reafon of their often putting them off and on, not wearing them in houfes. The women weare much finer (luff's then the men, and have nothing to tyc about their vVails, tUm drawer J, ihckiHgSiiniifhifts are like thofc of tlie men\ they we.ue their hair loofeabouttheu llioulders in fevcr.1l liearciol a w.r;./, as he chinks he can love, he liathfome 01 las tticnds to treat with ha fMents or f.icnJs about it, for the wj/iisnot tobc itcn, and if they agree, then they proceei; to Articles, which is n.„ n,, tobeperlormedby thefriendotthe Bride- "■"*" groom, it not being there thccuftom foi; the man to icceive a poition with her, as it is herewitlius, but contrarily, the yeiTes, having no other Ornament except 40 Dower which by both of their friends is it be two or three lowcsot Pearls, which ihey faftcn to their fore head, and fo hangs dowoon each fideot thcir/itv to be faftned to their chin •, the young Ataids weare rings, and trajlets about their hands and (irwf/, ai alfo r//i^; With precious Jk/tes ia their right nojlnUs, as the Tartarian mtmenAo, The women m the (Iretts goe with white vaiks over their /ii^rt, down agreed on, he either fends unto her two or three dayes before the confumation of the Marriage, which is cither in monsj or ^oods, as a recomjwnce to her Parents or Kindred, for their care in her Education •, 01 clfe engages to pay her if in cafe a Divorce (hould happen , which is iifuall amongft them, as being allowed ot by their law this done, their Agents,- in the name of 10 tlieir knees. The people in this Nation 50 the betrothed coui>le, goc to their rrii(ls as weWmttt as women, according to their or Ecclefuflical t'"^S'-> ^^''^ being fatis- degrecs in honour, or riches doe exceed in fiedthat it isdoiie by the mutud confent coftly hakits, in wiiich thty areexcccding of their friends, marnes them : by the faid neat and curious, not admitting fo much Agents, bnt very privately, xhc Marriage as a fpotupon their clothes, vvhicli neat- day being agreed upon, the Bridegroom ncfsthey likewifcobfcfvein their houfes, which are for the moft part well furniftied > asalfo in their meats and drinks, which are cxceUent, delightful, and curious. They fends his 5riW< feveral toyes, as Pendants, Srafieis , Rings ot the like Ornaments ; alfo feveral diihes of mtdte , for the en- tertainment of her friends and relations } M who 4d T E%S1 A, who about the evening brings the Bride to the Bridtgreom, being nnounted on a Hor(e, Mule, oxCtmeB , being covered with avail of CrimfottTaffttj, over her facedown to her kntts, and accompanied all the way with Mitfiek, and being entred the Mofquty the Mulaj demands their likin[; ; then tlie Bride requireth three things, viz. Bed-right, Food, and Bay In their Feaflt they are very ftately, ha- ving uot only all varieties of ^leais, as ' ^M, Fonles, FiP), Baked- meats, wit h ex- cellent tVine, and great attendance, but alfo pleafant fritits , ftately Baiu/ints of fiveetmeats, and to make their entertain- ments compleat, they arc furniflied with curious Muftck, as well VocjI as Inftru- menial, :heii' Rooms, otH*llsvihzict\icy ment; anJ the Parents having declared to make thefe entertainments, are very fpaci their confent, the Priefi encircles them with a cord, con joy ns their hands takes a reciprocal Oath, and calls Mahornet to witnels, wiiich ended, the Caddi enrolls their names, with the day of themoueth, year, and houieof the day of their Nitf- ttal, and fo dirmiircs them •, and being come to the Bridegrooms houfe, they t^ke her oft", ;ind lead ner into a room where ous, and curioufty adorned with ftately Hangings oi Tafefirj, and beautified witn varieties of Paintings, but moft of them being naked figures which amongft us would be accounted unfeemly, th.eir Rooms being perfumed with fweetOi/e;-^ and Wd' ters, fo that nothing is wanting for the pkdmsoi the Sen/es, their way is tofet upon the ground on Carpets, being the Ihe and her friends fup , the Bridegroom 20 Cuftom ot the Turks and other Eaftem and liis friends being in another room, Countrysfo.todo,beingalfouredtoo//4 and afrer fupper is ended, they conduct her to another room where ftie is to lie, to which the Bridegroom is foon brought , where he lecciv^th his firft fight of her, tlie company with-drawing themfelves out of the room, he falls to his embracing her, and after the firft en- joyment of her, he leaves htr, and goeth tions in afternoons and nights, wherein they have excellent /r*///. Sweetmeats, Wine, Mufick, and Dancing, ^^ They are great lovers oi Women, info- ..'"' much that at their Feafts they are always 'ti'^,]^,! furniHied with them, being fuch as they call Dancing-women, who being brought up in Dancing, Singing, and Plajii^ on to his friends , to fpend fome houres in 3° Inflrnmenti, make it their imployment fo their company, if he finds that (he hath loft her virginity before, he hath power to cutofTher Ears and Nofe, and to turn her, and her relations and friends out oj doors, whichisagreitdifgrace unto her and them -, but if (lie be a pure f />f /», then Jie fends the tokens ot it, by an ancient woman, to htr relations, and then for joy they continue their entertainments three to doe at fM/.", ihefeW»»«* for the moft Eart are very handfom, and richly attired, aving about chem coftly jewels, Pendauts, Rings, having about their leggs Bel/s^ike Morris-dancers.fln^ he who hatfi adefireto enjoy a Woman, ufeth from his feat, and tiketh which of thefe Dancing-womtn he moft fancies, and goes into a pnvate Room, and after he hath enjoyed her to his Con- or tour daics together, having fcveral di- 40 tent, he comes to his place, and the Woman goes to Dancing, without any flume to the one, or notice taken of the other. They are much given to drink fVine, Tea, and Cofe. The Perhans are very ftriA, froerftiti- ^ ^'f- ous, and ceremonious m tlie;* Rtltnony tr jh mounted on Hcrfes, who liave Musket t their Almes Deeds. for their jtrms, as for an Aimy of Foot, The King of Ptrfts governs by an ab- together with ^the afliftance of great gans folate power,, difpofing of the lives and by them, is not fomuch fet by, as -being efi^tes of his rnbjcAs, as beft pleafcth troublefom, ahda retardcr oi themlroin him, making his will his law, not any one their fpeedy and great marches, they are darihgfomuch as to murmure, though his very expert in all ftratagems of Warr , actions are never fomuch unjuft. Their which gives tliem a great advantage over Xim come to the Government by fuc- their enemies. ceflion, an^ not by eleAion , infomuch *° Thus much concerning their Stature, that "if the King hath no Children, Hsiit, what they are mofl adiCfed unto, which are lawftilly begotten as by his their Mariares, Feafis, SuferfHtitns, Ce- rh Cm- '^^A Wives , for want of fuch , thofe of his Contuhines fhall fucceed him. Upon the CorM4//M of their Kinrs, a- Sw*.''. mongftotlicr'Ceremonics, he is prelented with a Crown, by one of their chiefeft Lords, wiiich he takes putting it to his forehead , and after kimng it thrice in remonies^ tneir Government, Militarj af- fiiirs, dri T flid! dofc my difcourle of PERSIA with a word or two about the fertility of the Country and particu- larly with a fmall difcourfe of Stlke- ivtrms, rhey have great quantity ofcattel. the name of Mahomet, tndoi Aaiy, he'^asCwp*, oxen, Coats, Bnjfs, Sheef,x\(o delivers it to the grand Mafler of the Kingdom, who puts ic on his head, the people making great ftiouts, and accla- mations, kifling his feet, and prefenting him with great prefents, which done, the reft of the day they fpend in FeafUng, andothtr jovialities, but in all their Ce- Temonies there is not fo much as an Oath impofed upon him , as for his well gO' tiorfes. Camels, M'lts, aiid Jjfes I their ground producing by their Tilling and Manuring it, wheat, Barly,Xtce. Millet, Peafe, Beanet, drc. they have the befl, ana moftvarietiei of /««//;, of anyplace in the world, there being none in E U- 20 PE but what are found m P E R- S 1 A, with varieties of others not known elfewhere? amongft their ^r»// frw,they vemingthem, and keeping and preferving 3<^ have great qaantitits of white and black . t their tundamental Lgns , and other of their ritrsf asamongft us is done, but all being left to hisfole power, as being ab- folute. There are belonging to the Court, fe- vcral Offcers, as Chancellor, Secretary of State, Controller, Mafler of the Horfe , Ma/fer of the Ceremonies-, together with Mulherry trees, which are planted fo clofe together, that a man can fcarce pafs be- twixt them,and not fuffering them to grow above five or fix foot hign , fo that one mayeafily reach up to the branchesi and in the fpring time, when thcfc trees be- gin to moot forth their leaves, they be- gin to hatch their Ji"//)lr-ir#ni»/, which they •..:^s"..i feveral other Officers, as amongft our do by carrying the fed under their ^nw- "'lif* * Courts are found. ^fits in little baggs, which in feven or eight daies will receiveiife, then they put them into a wooden difh,. utx;n the MmI- .... j^ Tlie Adminiftration of ^ufiice is deci- i,«', 4 ded by the King, but firft tried by the fe- J;f;/;^"' cular ^if(/fw- who examin the fame, and 7»;" I deliver up their opinion to the King. They have feveral ftridf and fcvcre pu- niOiments , which they infli^ upon the ofTendets according to the hainoufnefs of their crimes, for fome offences they cut off'the*4r/ or nofiy fometimes ihe feet terry-leaves , which they or ;e 'a day change, and take a great care that they be not wet, at the end of five daies they fleep three, after which they difpofe a them into Rooms or Barns, prepared for the fame purpofe, upon the beams of thefebuilcfings they fallen laths , or fuch oi hands, for others to be beheaded, for 50 like pieces of wood, upon which they Tfrn Mi. ■••1 ttg*tr$. fome again, they are tyed between two boards and fo fawed afliinder, with feveral other cruel deaths which are too tedious to name. In their Military affairs they are very experienced, their Arm^^ confiding only of Horfe , who have for their Armour Tiarts and -favilins, yet have they fome in (he nature ot our Draioo»s, which are lay Mnlkrry-iranches , which hath the leaves on, whereon they put the Silk- worms (hifting them every day, and as they grow in bignefs, fo oftner to twice or thrice a day ^ before they begin to fpin, they fleep about eight daies more, after which they begirt, and in i a daies thef have finimed their Cod. the biggeft they makechoifeoffor fcN} alltherefith^ caft *K ave Musktis ny of Foot, if great gans >yi as -being f them irom cs, they are i of Warr , antagc over heir Stature, iiittd untOy (UtitHS, Ce- Militan af- difcourle of two about and particu- of Silkc- ' of Cattel y Sheep, a\(o Affes •, their Tilling and Xict. Millet, e the beft, )f anyplace one in E U- i mP E K- i not known / rr«/, they te andblacK ited fo dofe rcc pafs be- hemtogrow fo that one anchesi and fe trees be- IS, they be* , which they their ^ri»- ::^ ^ a feven or icn they put ;n the MbI- or ;e 'a day e that they dales they r difpofe oi )reparcd for s beams of hs , or fuch which they :h hath the t the Silk- lay, and as ler to twice sgintofpin, more, after dales thejr jiggeftthey cherefith^ caft <^'.- .J,..^ . W 'i'^ . fJilfA -J ^■t .' y ■*■-!* -""Tr«»--;y '1*-' 4 ' t' f,'-' ■ ^: s^w >j" i "1 'if ^V* ~s :X- - '*>< 5 V ■A- jt>K •I ^5 '«. "'?,:? A t ^^ Q f^ i ^ 5^. ^ >! R ^ >i I^O ^ t ! •** ^ '•"^J '^ ^ ?^H ^ ^ o ^ ^ I .»• s >UJ Mj :b^ k M W3 %.4 "^W IJ* It^ u3 1 ><) HIT ^* ^^J|[ ^ ^ - ■"»•.,- X, ' ^>tcBr -ffHt^^, -'"vf^ ..;i' i ^*r»* ; : * r' I cift into a Kettle of boyling Water , into which they ofKnvui iWhuk made foriht purpofe, to whicti the Silk fticks, whirh they immediately winde up •, and that which tliey keep tor Set J, they lay upon a Table, out of vvhicl., in t\\c fpace of fif- teen days comes for'h gieat Bup, which afterwards turns .o things like Buutr-fiies, which in a few days they gtnder and Uj Ej^Sy and then die, not eating anything from their fitft Spinnings which is much, for things to live fo great a while without rating anything: And oithekSi/k If trms thus ordered they nuke a great Revenue. HSCTHJ. 19 10 OR THE Eajt Indies. A. h. Ktmt. l\ 'ifD I A , o( which we treat at prc- fent, IS, That which the Antients have known under the name of Induor the Indus, and which the Moderns call the Afutick or Edfi Indus -, becaufe tliey like- wife call AMERICA, though very ricntal, and beyond the CM^es, ftiall be called The PcninjuU cf [»du within the GM^es, We will eftcem in t'lefirftpart, tliai whifh rheGreat Afo^oti' ^ii pr-fenrpolfcrtts, and what is engaged in his Empin. In the Two PtninfuU we fliall have a great pum- htx oi Kingdoms ^nA Prtncipituus . nei- ther the one, nor the other, luvi g lefs then fifty ) which by little and littlf , , c re- duced into a lefs number, the ft.o igeft becoming Matters of the wcakt ft. Thus ihe Great Mo^oll made himfclf Maltei ot' 35 or ^Kingdoms, of which, fome had k>efore ruined many others. The Empire of the .og%EAT MOgOLL. Or tlie jy, 3^ or 40 Kingdoms under j^-jj*^' the Empire of the Great- A/#etf/!^, wii'.'. which are Weftward and towards Perfi*, ';""jl"' are, Cabull, Attock, Candahar, Hjjacan , '#*- Mult an, Backer, r4r/4,and Suret •, all above, and from the firft ftreams of Wwfunto Its falling into the Sea. On the North, . I.WI^I. improperly, the iVtfi Indies j thefe lying joand between the Mountains which divide Weft, thofeEaft from our A/wi^/mw. But ihis Empire from Turidry , Cafimere 0: under t!ie name of EmjI Indies , diven Au- ^erimur, Sankijh, Ktxtres, and Nangn- thors comprehend all the moft Oriental mt , are between the Springs of /Ww, parti of ASIA, that is to fay. All that and thofe of Ganges, On this fide, or IS above,and beyond the River Indm, from rather without the Ganges, are Siha, ^am- whence the Countrey takes its name ; ^4, Bskar, and S*mb»ll , and within it , and likewifc Chim, and the Iflesof Aft*, Pn^r, Ctr, Ktndnand, Pafna, Udejja, fe- which arc inihe Oriental 0ff4ii, pals under fitdl, and Mevtt. The Kingdoms more the name of thefe Indies. Southerly, aic Cncnrdtts or Camhtja, Chi- But leaving ri!>/M. and the Ides of Afia^ottr.Malwaj, Candit, Berar,Gnalur, Nar- apatt, we will bound our A^atick India var, and Bengala ; in the midftare Peng- with Perfid on the Weft \ with China on ah or Lahor , ^fengapar or ^fenuPar , the the Eaft, with Tartar} 00 the North, and Htndmns, fejfelmere, Bandt, Delli, Agra, i,*.:>' "*..;:■ ttfl with the Indian Sea on the South « and this will be the fame which the Ancients called India, and which they divided into India without, and India within the Gan- ges ^ and which, thep'copleof theEaft at prefent call Indafian, that is, the Region of India. We may divide it both becaufe of its Form, and the Difpofition of itsE- ftates, into three fcveral paru : Of which the firft ftiall comprehend that which is up- on the main Eart n, the reft ftuU be in two Peninfulas ; of which, the moft Weftcm, and between the Mouths of Indns and Cannes, flwU be called The PemnfnU ef In- dia withint the Ganges ^ and the moft O- and Ranai, A part of thefe Realms or Pro^>inces have their names common with thofeof their chief Cities •, and all are rich : Since being feparated the one from the other^ they compofed fair and powerful eftates. 50 C A bUl, whofc cnief City bears the x.-jw « fame name, is the moft advanced towards ",'i°X"^" Perfia, with Usheck or 7agatha. The Springs of Nilab miBehat, which fall in- to the /« CiiiJ^ha' Buikur. Ttitt. hi'U' 11. chief City of Ctfcar, from whence they btingSili, Mmk, and RMtrkt^ which comes from cA/«4 and Ctthdj. ATTOC K i» on the W*/ , in the midway, and 75 Leagues from Lsher, ami from A^ra \ hkewile 75 from Sirimktt, thcchiet City of Ctfimere, and onely 50 from H»lu0. The City is fair, the For- ttefs good< and v.hen the Limitsof tlie tftates of the Kings of /Wm lay bttwecn 10 Luhir and /liieck, it was of greater con- fideration, then polfibiy it is at prcfcnr. Mil LT A N is iich by reafon of the fruit fulnffs of its Soyl .ind Traffick which the Kivtis ot iHthu, o\ mh.n, of Nilaf>, nnd ot K.nvn, wliicli Mil into tlie /Wm/, do much cnikli it. The ("itv ot iV»/- tan ;s i^rcat, anticnt, and not alxjve twoor tliuf I.«ai;ucs dilhiiit tiom the lnJ$*s, aiul ICO iM 120 from Ldher towards the Eaft, 10 from Cmdukir towaiiis the Weft, from EHchor towaids the South, atui from Cahul towards the North. Its principal Com- modities, aic i«f4f, CaMs^ Optum, Brim- lln$e \ fevcial Monufailures of Silk and CANDAHAR is far engaged to- wards Perfid, Its chief City beinc fo called, \vlnch is great, and of fomc Trade. BUCK OR hath tor iis rliit-f City jO BMtker-Suckar, which lies along the River /Wmt wiiich runs through the Prtvtnct which tiukes it very feitil: The City u of an indiflfoent extent, and of fome Trade. TATTA, whoiechief City bears the fame name, is divided by the River /W*r into feveral Ifles. In tnis City arn'. I>ro- \'ince , ore held to be the inoft induftrious Tradifmen of the whole KtMgJtm, by rea- fon of which, here is lonnd a gooid Trade 40 drove by Uenkants of feveral Countreys. Bufkor^ there where the R ivcn of Rtwey aniCdul fall into the //h/iM •, and between Multdnind T.itti •, :!nd Tatta where SmJe goes, benvecn B hi ktr 2nd theSea: Leu- rtiandrr snd Diul fervt lor Ports to Tdita. Lturehander, there whcie the />i<«» and Z)«r/ ate two difierent places, being diftant 150 jo Leagues ft om each other. Z)/i» in the King- dom of Gnzurate or Csmhaje^ belongs to the Fmu^dls : Dt»l in that of 741/4, is the Great MogoUi , who keeps there a Governor. T he Province o\ HA^ACan lietli Weft wards of the River Wm/, but of very fmall account, havingnophtes worthy of note. Sof SORET'w feated between the King- doms of T4/r4 on the Weft, of Cutiirdtt on theEaft, oi -fefjdmtre on the North, and the Gulf of fnJu on the South. It hath tor Its diief City ^.iwjf.rr ; the Pro- vince IS but of little extent, but veiy ftuit- ful, rich, and well peopled . CASSIMERF. or ,Qtl E RrMttR^ftnir,-,. BANKISIl^ K A K A R K S , 3ad N AUVRACUT, nre betweai the River iHjMiando'dft^fs \ all encompjflcd with the Mountains of Bimicr towards the/»- |,|„ JiniKt. LtUr. ttn^i.lk Oof. Kjfhluani. I'Yihiro- te4iii. ^_ IHJ>^^' pjfltil with ards tlie/»- :Ganm, of F D*ltnguir ntcs throne e Forefts ot d fo much , to lidcend rdcnt thofe vcrtilVmrnt Sizimket istlicchict it Sanktih ; •4rtt ; and :his!aft,the vcd^VVanf- rs oi Cold.- r IViuiitains om whence 13th for \n sfji. iv« Its rile 'Ttnegtr bo 5 -■/ gires yin*4. t lieth on '^'^'• ath lot its L L takes »*"*'* illed. This ^ that K^ g between 1 together icntioncd, le Cungrt, lead unto its fume 0'/«»«<•/( called tlie Kingdom of C AM B AT A •■, haih more then 30 great tradmA C//W, ;ind is with 'Ut doubt, the noble(f, giratefi, richeft, and moft pow- erful Province ot ull the /4t£»Us Country, In tKltM that they eatc them not : but keep Hejpi- uUs to receive fuch as are (ick and lame. The Ctwa here mc in (uch cftecm with them, thataMerclijin,/;.(n(4M, ( accord- ing to the report oiT(xtr* ) Ipent 10 or i » thoufand Ducats at a Nuptial, marrying his Owwith his tticiuls DhU. ThisKing- lodom IS in part PeniMJula , between the Culfs of tlie lttdi(s , and CimbifA. and in part on the ma n , wlucli ntt'ti.hes it felt towards litcun.'lhsPrevinctil^i^M^lx ot .1 luge extent, vet hath above no l.eaguesotSca <'o.ilt, on which it hnth fevtral taire and ncli Cinis^ and of a good trade. As alio great quantities ot Inland Towns and Cities, the chietcft whereof ore, T7t, i'arj/, or S»r4tia, feated on the river ''"'«■ 74W4, which tails into the i>V4, 12 miles belowtheCity^ itsaCuy at ih^ day no lefsgieat, and licli, then populous, and famous, and enjoy etii as great a itdde as any City in India \ it is much frequented t',.m'f by the £iiglifh and Duich, wheic tliey f.tif have their Prefidems, and fafltrus, and where they have their hiif(s tor the nego- tutionof their aillirs, which are fpacious. yeilding a yearly revenue of ijorlo Ml!- 30 and well built!,this City 1$ built four fquare. lions ot aeld\ audits A'«/>^hath brought into tlw field 150x30 Hfrji, and jooo o Fttt, looo CMHth, drc. The Ctiuun likewifciseAeeiDed the moft fertile oH all Indu r producing all forts ot CrMHts , fruitSy and living creatures, quantity of Drarj^t., SPieis, Preatus ftttuf , not ha- ving any Mines of GtU or Silver^ but three plants which bring it an ineifimable n% heufes fiat after the PerfuM mode, and teafonablc beautiful, having the benefit ef Elcafant aardeib •, u hnth Icveral Mofijues, ut nonedeierves commendation-, it is de- fended by aftiong Cj////,and liath a ftrong mall on all fides, except on that which is feated on the River, and for its entrance hath tluee Gates; its Part is fix miles from the City, where tic S/iifs are unladen, quantity t asvN-cll from the G0lfe ot Per- 4<^ and the CMMnMitriri brought to the City fia, and the Sed-fea, as from all the Coifts of iMdia and CIums. Thefe Plants, are Cetttit^ AmmfteJ, and Of turn ■' bc' fide$ whichtherearevatietics of other rich cwnmoAit\t%, M ;>/», Jind comptencodcd them under the faid City otCJwA Plaiaupoo a fmall giver, well fortified '" vvith walls and forts, the Inhabitants be- ins for the moff part Dyers, Weavers, and other workers of C$iiHis, for which it is addided to letting feive themfel ves ofdll forts of Afm, yet know nothing of J\f«b bilitj, but by aioundance of riches-, they nrc all Pagans, or Mahfmetam. The Pa^ant for tliQ moff part are P^thoforeant, holding the immprtaiity of toe finlt and that it 5t I^DIA. Btro.hc thechiefeft place in the whole Province, The Governour of this City hath alfo Ui' der its jurifdidlion about 3 1 o Towns and Villages. The City of Baroche is ii Leagues from SurMty and 8 from the Sea, feated ftrongly on a Mountain with walls of free ftone ; this City is wcll|peopled, moft of which follow the Jjing, weavia^, and efteemed to be lo ficts^ or lo Ctsbe^s, Their freights are two, the one for 740, 5//j{:«, and the other for all other c«;/»»Wi- ties', both of which have their foundation upon a copper called the Pice. A Pice in Silk is efleemed 5 ,' Mitigalls^ A Mitigall is ( ). APiceoi Silk isheld to be 2 Tolls. 1 ToU is 12 Maffes. A ^^iirf .of which there is a fmall and a greats Mfi.i.i FtrSiUt, making of C0(/0ffj, as they dot AtBrodrn^ lotliefmall f;4rf is ordinarily ufed in 5//i',and abouttnis City are very fertil fieicis which efteemed 30 7if///. bring forth n'he*te, Barly^ Rice, and Cotton in great abundance •, and out of t lie Moun- tains they find the Agttts, cnhayi. The City ot Cambaja , f ated on a j'"/'"^ River on a fan.iy place, is cncompafTed with a wall of tree ftone, being about 10 Leagues in compafs ; its Streets are ftrair, and broad, its //<»»/« fair and large, having F/rnJin- The Common Weight ufed for otiier Com- modities., xsihtSetre, which much varies «««,'""' in feveral parts in the MogoUs Country j for example. A fetire oi A G R A called the Setre ^antjuery, and is ^6 Pices ^ being the common Seare of all I HDIA : and is 26 ' ounces, alfo the Seare oi AG X>A cal- 12 (7,i/«ior entrance, J large itf4r*«f/4f«, 20 led the Seare Acol>erg,\s ^o Pices\ which is and 4 ftateiy Cifierns, large enough to keep water for the Inhabitants all the year long. They have alfo about this City 1 5 or i6p\ib\ick CarJtns, forr'.e recreation of the Inhabitants, being places of great pleafure and delight. Tnc Inhabitants are tor the moft part Pagans, Benjans, or Xaf- hoHtes. This City is at the bottom of its Gulfe ; and fo famous, and of lb great 2 ounces haberdefois, PiSeareoi PUTT ANA and G A N- G ES IS ^7 Pices, which is 29 J ounces ha- be.'defois, A Seare of S ERR AT is 18 Pices weight of Ceffer money, wnich is 1 3 j tun. haberdefois. They have alfo two Maurds^ 40 Scares makes a fmall Mound of j^ li. £>tglt/b, and Traffique, that the Kingdomc fometimes 30 40 se4arts nukes a great tianndoi J4 \ li. bears its name, being frequented by moft Engisfli. Nations , where the Engltf) and Dnteb keep a fadiory. The Commodities that are here found, are, Corne, Rice, and other graincs, Butter, Oyle, Catlicoes of all forts, Carfets, Coverlets, feveral mianutadures of wood carved and imbcUiftit, alfo Preci- ous fhnes. Amber, /Igats, Jiiffer, feve- ral Druggs , Sugar-Candy , Indico , Lake tot Cold, Silver, Civet, Sinsk, Befar- f»c»«^ fione, and the likr , they Kive another M.'^tr, Weight called the /tt, which is 12 JUaffies, and IS 7 d. iCgraines Trey weioht of Eng- land. They have two common Meafures, and jt,„^„ bothot them called the Covado<, one be- /«'• ing ftiorter then the {other. The ihorter Uiir MyroboLas, Salt-feter , Mother of Pearle, t^oCovado vied for Silk, and Linnen, is 27 &c. Inches Emglifh. The Ctvadt nfed for Wellen-cUih, ^c. is 35 Inchest, and this is the mcafure in Surrat, Cambaia, &c. but in DiBj, A^a, Bramfne, Labor, f^c. the commoitC*- VMi$ IS 31 Inches, At Pat 4*4 it is 3 S Jnthes, Note that here, and throughout the MtgpUs Country , they ufe no concave The 0]r»« here currant, asat^«r4<,and generally throughout the MogoDs Coun- trie, are the RufT .■> of which tlicre are feve- ral forts. The Hachmudj is an antient C«^ii^, and now very fcarce, by the Englijh it is efteemed vvorth 1 2 d. Sterling, The Cajanns Rufpie, which is the moft common, is worth in India J of a Mah- ;o fl»f4/!irr^,eithertorCr4/»r^, or liquid Cm»- mudy, and is efteemed in Circa '/ff,accottnting34totheJV<«i>iK«df)', G«ver>M«i//houfe and other publichplacesj which is 10 d. Sterkng, The Shahet is tlie Streets are large and many. This 13^1 A, 4' [fl i'«»WI» hut. This City is very populous, and of a the Fertility of the Countrey there adja- grcat Tradt^ abounding in divers Owiwe- cent, is of good repute, well peopled, ha- 2f//«, as all forts oiSattins, Velvets, and ving in it about 20000 Houfts. Tafftits 5 all forts of Cottons, CaUicoes , Carpets, Amber-greece, Mmk,Sugar, Sugar- CanJy, L»cqui, Honef, Borax, Oft»m, Mj- rabolans, and Gingery both dry and wet 5 with feveral other torts of Prefervesi Salt- Peter, Sal-armoniac, Indsco, &e. Tde City Chejiepeur. is feated on a fmall River , the Inhabitants being Ben- jans, whobyProteirionareff'?4T'<'r^, who make great quantites of Cotton-Linnen. Here are alfo feveral othci Cities of lefs note , as Najfary, Gaudui, and Balfaray r .'* 1 ences and the keeping ?o which are much ufed amongftthem I*, VIM'/ • id Twelve thdtjfana Horfe and Fifty Ele fhants for the tiog»B.'% fcrvice. In and about tnis City , there is great quantities of pleafant Gardens, plentifully ftored with variety of Fruit-trees, The City of Dtn is inanUlandof the fame name, andlieth about ao Leagues from the River Jndut , and not far diftant from the main Land : It is now fubjefi to ihe Pertugalsy who have ftrongly fortified 40 it. T he City is well built, indifferent big, and hath a great and good Haven, being a place of great Trade, and having a con- courfe of Jtf^nrA^*/^ of divers Nations, by reafonof which, it brings a great profit to the King of Portugal, whoft chief Com- modities aie Cotton- Linnen of fundry forts, whichwecall CoBicoes, Ceeos-Ojt, Butter, titch. Tar, Sugar-Candy, Iron \ feveral The pi'eat Mogell doth often change his dwelling -, fo that there is fcarce any City of note, but what he hath abode in, and where he hath not his Palace, ^but thcic is none which iiath his prelcnce i'o mucli as this , it being the nioft delightful of all others, where he hath a fumptuous Palace , as jjj^ ieveral Gardens and Houfes for his trttrement without the City, His Palace is feated upon the River Ge- mini, and if Ibuie Authors may be credi- ted, is about two Leagues incompafs^ it is very ftrong, being encompafled with a ftrongWall, and a great Ditch, or Moat, having at every Gate 2 Dram- bridge which arc ftrongly guarded. For the cTelcripti- onof thisi'4/4«, Imuft be beholding to 3^. Albert de Mandflflo, in his Book ot Tra- vels, where he faith , That being cntred Ttt Fttjct if ih ■ Ttil M.j- Pcll, til t4TffntJi, forts of cmovs Desks, ehefls, Boxes, Stan- JO in at the Gate, there is afpacious Street difbet, which they make of Wood neatly with Shops, which leads to the Mogolls Pa- carved, guildcd, and variouily coloured, and wrought with Mother of Pearl; alfo excellent fair Leather, which is artiHcially wrought with Silks of all colou'S, botH with Flowers and Figures , which is there and elfwhere ufed inftead of Carpets and Civtrlids. The City of tifamagaitf by reafonof lace 5 to whic h t here is feveral C4r« which are called by feveral names. Under the C4/* called C/y?;ry, is the place of judica- ture, to which is adjoyned a place wlierc all Ordinances and otiier H'rits arc fealed, and ^htxtthe Records are kept : At the entrance of this Gate is the fpacious f /rr;f aforcfaid. Ih^GattcAXtd AcMarke Der- O Pfagt 5^ 1!S(J>IA. wag( is a placeof grfat rcfpcft with them, long, almoft all inhabited by Merchtnts, and it is the place that tht Singing and Fctifm^thn'a,Difirt«tc$mfli{htd^x.\w\\t D.UICIHZ Women ate lodged 3t,who jre kept Leagues from Agrar, and towards the Weft »/ A* foi tlieuiveifion of the Great iVflfo//, and ins Family •, thefe Women dance before liim naked. There is another Gate wliich they caW Derfame which leads totl River, to which becomes every morning to wor- fliipthe Sun athisrifing : Near this place is likewife one of the works of EkebAr , who having obtained Children to fucceed his eftates, canfed this place to be built for pleafure , with a very ftately Palace and Mnfqueito or Temfle s but its ill Waters iiave caufed it to be abandoned. Biana to it is, that his Neblcs and officers ahoMX. his lo the Weft of fetiftre^hdx\\ tliebeft Wood' Court, come cvtiy day to do their fub- of allyWw. Stanierhad on the Weft of miftien to him-, to which place lie comes }!ayana, hath been the Rcfidaice of fome every day, except Fridays (wliich is fit h'tngs, and the C^yf/f above it is very ad- apart for tlieir Devotions , (as Sunday is vantagiouflv fcituated , where JCa Selim wkh us) to feethefigluing of Liens, E- kept himfelf, till fuch time as £/l(«^4r had lef/hants, ^«///, and the like fierce 5m/?/ , ftieightly bcfieged him, and forced him whicli IS hereufcd for liis recreation. He to retire into the Mountains. The name fpealveth of another Gate which leadeth of this place, aijd likeWife this olSecaik- into the Guard- Hall^ through which, at d-a, direftly oppofite to Agra , retain the fai thcr cihI of a Paved Court, under a 20 fomething of the name of Alexander. ^ Portal , there is a row of Stiver rillars , The Provinceof LAHORoi PENG- 1 wl'.erethere is acontinual Guard alio kept ^f^ is large, very fertile inall forts of fritits to hinder all people, except great Lords, aadCrains, which makes it very coufider- to enter any farther, it leading to the Mo- able -, whofc chief City bears the name <;fl/// Lodgings, which arc exceeding rich ot the Province •, and I beheve this City and m.ignificent •, but above all is his to be the dmc with Alexandria Btifef ha- Throne, which is made of maflie Gold, and Int, which Alexander the Great built, and inriclicdwithD/4Wo»iJ/. Pearls, and other named ot his name, and that of his horfe PreeioMs Stones : Above the place where Bucefhalns. The Ancients place it by the this T/^rMf ftandcth, is a C«/^<'ry where he 30 River UyJa^t, which may atprefentbe ilieweth himfelf every day, andrccciveth Xtttty. TneCity hath been fo much en- the complaints of thole who have received larged by Xa Selim , that it contains 14 any injury •, but they muft be fare to prove Leagues of circuit. It ij very pleafaotly it, elfe he runs a great hazard of hislifif, feated, cfpecially towards the X/vtr, ua to trouble him vainly. But in his inner which it hath many delightful Gardens : Lodgings there is no perfon to enter, lave Its forirefs is good, it is adorned with the Eiinachs, who wait upon the/, j^/« in many ftately Palaces , and great Htmfes Jiis Seraglia, which is about One thoufand. where their Nobles and perfons of quality Among"thc fcveral fair ftiuifiures which arc do refide^ amone others, that of the Kings wuhin tii;s great indofure, there is one 40 which is (thoogh feated within the City, great J own, iicli without (beink covered yet) feparated from it with a liigh WaU, v;ttic;»/J)butnot tocompare to tne wealth beuig magnificent, andadotned withgreat wit!:in ; in wliich , are eight fpacrous quantitiesof fair f/^f/wrM.. Here is alio by V'ults, winch are filled with <;#/(/, ^//rw, and Preciem Stones oi an ineftimable value. Tins (ity of Agra gives name to a PioviiK* or Kingdom which is of a fertile fuyl, and well peopled and frequented , anduws its beauty and enlargement to F- reafon the Inhabitants are A/4i&Mwfr4»/. a- bundance of Mofques and Bathing-flacet for their ordinary purifications , which is a ceremony moch ufed amongft them. Here it is l)V many thought, that NtJi feated himfelf after his coming out of the kebar, Emperor of thtMogtUs, Thef4- jo Arki, and likewife, that from neiKC Ofiir l,tce of the C\{:a.tMogoH^ as I faid before, is of two Leagues circuit •, the other Palaces of Princes md Lords, which are alfofeat- td along the River, ftietching towards the Noith, are all proudly built, butnotof lb bigean extent-, thatof theGreat MogoBs being thefaiteft, richeft, and nioft magni- ficent of all thcEaft. On tlicothcrlide and Havtlah, Sons of ^tktan, remored to» wards the Ganges and Malacta. This Prt>- vince of Labor is eftetmcd one of the moft pleataot Ccuatreys in all Jtuba , being fo well fliaded with Mulberry and other Trees, whofe verdure is no lefs de- lightful to the eye of the beholder, theji refreflung to the wearied Traveller, under IS the City of Se(andra,3.ho\it two Leagues whofe Boughs he may reft, and flude bini' felf fel t,f ■ Go th( fin ne: ob fta Pel ■ itii .-,f .; tOl froi froi wat Bef qua: Kef had fom licet Gie; '•■/ T ' CUpii ar.d I onti The givci Bian Coal into' fom; name we h their wife i cs of Som( as ot Gang then r/er 1 andf ofc-i calle( The( onaf is 001 '*^" This Boats or Ot Milei (ion I force orot pofc mean ofch )y Mcrchsnts, ardsihcWeft IS of Ekebar , ren to fucceed to be built for [y PaUct and Its ill Waters ed. BiaM* to liebeft WoocT n the Weft of .dciice of fome : it is very ad- here JTa Stlim isEluhir had ad forced him 5. The name this of Stcstk- Agr» , retain 4kxa»der. 7 Jt or PENG- . forts of fruits I very coufider- bears the name •eheve this City indrit B»(iff>*- Great built, and hat of his horfe s place it by the ly at prefent be eenfo much en- it contains s4 very pleafantly ; the Xiver, UO htful Gsrdens : is adorned with d great Htttfes rfonsof quality lat of the Kings vithin the City, th a iiigh fVally )tiied with great Here isaUbby MdhmtUnj, a- BaihiHg-fldces :ions , which is unongft them. ht, that Ne4k ningoutof the }m hence opkir 4)», removed to «4. ThisPro- ed one of the in all iMbdi Mulhirrj and are is no lefs de- beholder, then "ravcller, under andfludchiffl' felf tHJ^lA. ^ WrMf, felf from the fliillure of the Sitn. At Ft- tifore , not far from Lthor , the SnltM Confron, the Son of Selim , but a Ktbtl, was by his Father defeated -, from whence the place had its name, which fignifies Bt- fire tccomfltj}){d ^ As the other Fetifore near Agra was built by Ekcbart after having obtained Children to facceed to his E- flates. This Countrey bears the name of Peng-ah. that is, Five Waters, byreafonio it is watered with five different Rivers. The Province bf D£ L LT gives name to Its capital City, which is intheRoad from Z4W to Agra •, almoft 50 Leagues from this, and 100 and odd from that, watered by the Kiver Gemini or Semena. Bi'fore the Mogolls defcended into all thefe quarters, the Kings of India made it their Kcfidence, were here Crowned, and here had their Tombs : There are yet found *° fome very fair obtltfques, believed to have beenerededin the tin" of AUx*ndtrx.ht Great, and the Greeks. The Kingdom of B E NG A L J oc- cupies all the lower part of the Ganges , and may be divided into three parts. Prurtf on this fide the Ganges, Patan beyond it. The particular name of Bengala may be given to that whith lies oetween the Bunches of the Ganges , and along the 3* Coaft. This Kingdom hath been divided into Twelve Provinces , which have been fo many Kingdoms, and which took their names from their principal Cities t but we have no certain knowledge either of their names, or fcituations, Bengala like- wifc is placed by fome between the Branch- es of tlie Ganges , by others beyond it : Some efteem Chatigan its cheif City, when as others will have it to be Gtnrt on the 40 Ganges , higher in the Land, and more then 100 Leagues from tht Sea. How- r/er it be. Bei^aU is of fo great Traffick, and fo rich, that the Kingdom and Gulf of Ganges , on which it is at prefent, is called The Kingdom and Gulf of Bengala. TheCityof C^4f/(4» is pleafantly feated on a fair and large River, wliofe imbofure is not fardiftant from that of ihe Ganges, ■ This River hath fo fierce a Current, iliat Jo Boats and Keffels, without the help of Sails or Oars, are driven in 24 hourt abcut 100 Miles i, fo that ihofc who have no occa- fion to pafs up and down this River, are forced to fallen their Ve^els to certain 'i rees or other thingi which are for the fame pur- pofc fixed along the fliore. By wliicii means they are (hcltered from the violence of the Ticlcs, which clfc vrould fpoil them. At the entrance of this River, as Mr. Lttvit Rfterts in his Book of Commerce noteth, is a place which the Inkabitants and Mer^ chants do yearly build in form of 2 FiUaga which tliey make of Reeds, Straw, Branch- es oi Trees, or the like; which though a riUare, yet is of a great largenefs, to which place they bring all manner oi. Mer- chandize to meet the Ship , which at a certain fet time, with the Menfoms, come hither for Trade, who for want of Water are not able to go liigher : And when the Ships are gone with the change of the Monfoen, and that years trading part, they carry up their Goods and Merchandizes to the City of Chatigan in Boats and Barks, and burn their faid Town, leaving it until the next year; at which time and feafon aforefaid, they build it again. There arc feveral other Cities in this Kingdom, as RagmeheSy Dekaia ot'Daca, Banara, Tan- da, r^tana •, Holohafje or Halebaffe on the joyning of Gemini and Ganges, is one of the faircft and greateft Cities of India i and I cfteem it in the place of the Ancient Pilibothra, where the ftreams of the^o- manes and the Ganges do meet, witli other Citiesof lefs note' This Kingdom of Bekgala extends it felf 300 Leagues from Eait to Weft, and fometimes 200 from North to South , having no lefs then a 150 Leagues of Coaft, which is much frequented by Mer-. chants oi feveral Countrcys, which hither come for their Commodities, which by rea- fon of the temper ..rnefs of the Air, and the fertility of the Conntrej, it abounds in feveral rich Commodities, as ftore of Fruits, Sugars, S Pices, Comfits, Cotton, and Cotton- cloth of divers forts, which are here made in great quantities. Long-Peffer, ojloi Zerfeline , quantity of Lacqne, Silks, as well thofe made by Worms, as thofe drawn irom Herbs, Canes, plyable, though maf- fic , which Nature fcems in pleafure to diverfifie. So great quantity of il/«, thac It is able to furnifh all its Neighbors ; load- ing yearly divers Ships with it alone, which with thefeother Commodities, do common- ly finde loading for al)0Ut Forty Sail of oood Ships every year. They have all torts of Animals, fr»»/i;»,bcing with them as common as Beef and Mutton with us. The Inhabitants are courteous, but de- ceivers : Their Kugs have been efteemed as rich and as powerful as any in India. Between the Kingdoms of Cambayait^ Bengala, irtthoieoi C A NDIS,C HI- TOM, MAIWAT, BESAS,CUA- LEOE, oj Ueiif^aUi /If Ctwttiif dtli€$ iltd 7rt4t, In hb4i' Puiintt « i6 IS^dplA. LEOR, NAUVAR, RANAS, iod The Province of JJ^ 2V^i hath for BE R d/F. Sre/imfort is the chief City its chief place, Cunhiito, fe atcd on a high oiCanJis, feated on the River Taftd, Hill. which defcends into the Gulf of Ctml>aja\ below SnrAt. The City is great, but ill built, unhealthful, and a place which hath been unfortunate to many Children of the Great MogoUs. Chtn Mend, and ChAti Dsttiei, l)oth Sons to Ekebdr, died here The Province of N AR V ^: R hath for its chief City Cehud^ feated on a Ener which falls into thfi Ganges, and touches on the Mountains of Narvur. The Province oi bERAR hath for its capital place Shafor or Shajpour^ which Rini,. through their debaucheries, and left the lo reaches Southward, and toijches that of TrevMft (j Chkoi. Inhtiicance to ,^ tnnious Jut \\x sepHlchn of H»gi layeai^beforeit. The Province of M ALWAT hath its Terriiery fruitful, and for its principal place Rdt^re, Sthm flit Ugen or OugtU, Its chirf Fortrefs is Nar-var, whole City is near the Spring Head of a RPuer, and at the Foot of Mountains of the fame name , and which ftretch themfelves fiom the Kingdom of (7kc«r^/r, unto that of Agra Mondee, JiMahumetan, wlioin theJW<>^#i^x cftecm a $*tn< , and there where I'.kehar made his devotions , to the end he might obtain a Son tofucceed in his tliate -, and afterwards taufcd to be fet up at every Leagues end, a Pillai of Stone, and fe- veriJ Loiigings to be built on the way to receive Pajjengers and Pilgrims, Thefe are the Provinces or Kingdoms and Narvar ; and in tlicfe Mountains abide 40 whicli the Great McgoU poflefles ; whofe 7'. Trfvini t if fome Princes whicli obey not the Mogtll. The Province oi Gil ALE OR takes its name from its chief City, where there is one of the beft Cittadels or Fortreffe: of the Eftate , v\ herein the MogoU confines fuch as are prifoners of State , and thofe Lerds of which, he hath any jealoufie 5 where he alfo keeps a great part of his Empire ftretches from South to North jco ». "'. Leagues, and from Weftto Eaft6 or 700, "^' is bounded either with Mounttints or the Sea. Its Neighbors are the Uiieck, the Cafcar, the jhihet^ and the Tur/fntflan parts of Tar.'.iry towards the North 5 the People of ^44^■■g , and others which liave been or Pegit towards the Eaftj the Per- Treafure. In 1550. the ^«rc/.<«»», King y?4« towards the Weft 5 and the King oi Patane, ditd at Cualeor 5 after having jodoni oi Decaii and CfUonda towards the fcveral times vanquiftied and driven Haj WAjoH out of all the indies • But leaving a Succeflbr but of Twelve yeareold, hisE- ftatts were divided. Hajmaytn re-entred the Indies by the means of the Perftans; and li;s Son tkebar, in the end, became fo povve: ful, that he ruined thcKings of Pa- tate, and almoft ail the Kings oi India, fcifingtiieuLftates. South. Th« Indian Ocean, where are the Gi'lfs o\ Inius and Camlnja on oric fide, and thai oi hengjU on tlie other fide, walli the reft. Of all his Ncigiibors, the Tartars and P^r/Jrfwj art tlic moll powerful : The TWr- tars, ncvcrthelefs, oeing divided into many (■>'■' Eftates, wlieie tluy boidct on hiin, are ^"J',' more liKely w cuuugc him by Inroads, ""*""• then Uri ant Prilu ' f Ml irtt tf JjIS hath for i>"' stedonahigh '^'""' '^;j? hath for i"'". ed on a River '""'" , and tenches r. AR hath for ujpour^ wliich Hiches that ot not Ram, Wcffffi/f Eftates, ' NUPAR or fDOWNES, 1 B AN D O. takes its name »/ ot HendcwHSy 's. ffffelmerf, led, in vvliofe »/fAc_^r,Wifcof r/M, Lay-in of e Mtf^tlis , and and powerful in the Piovince of City beats the tlie Cities of r^r-i •, at 70 or and the other, lit name. Af- tutchrt ot He^/■' ici on lum, are „ ,j. iiu by Inioads, "'««''' then i:Ht>ia, Til -« ir«7. then ly open War, The Perfiam regain- ed from him Candahur fome years part .• which he lolf not again, till he had at the fame time to deale with the MegoUs, and Turkts. The others have much adoe to defend themfelves againft him .• as the Kings ot Golcondi^ and Dicm-, this laft having loft fome part of his Eftatcr*, and the other giving him fome prefent lu ihe way of Tribute. :o 15ut the great Mofoll would make no- thing to feize both thefe A';»^^tfw/ , if he were not often perplexed with inteftme war; and if there remained not m hisE- ftates divers Princes, wliich they call Rdhias ox Kings; and many ^m^/? of whom he cannot abfolutely difpofe, neither the one northe other obeying him, or paying any Tribute to hiin,butby condiaint •, and the greateR part paying it only when an.i 20 how they ple,ire,and fometimts not at ail. Aii-.ongft thefe little Kings and PeofU are the Rahia Bofjou, wiio [iddcs .\i Temery , yo I,e;igues tiom Lafm. The Rahu Tuiuck Chdn, who rtJides at Negracut 80 Leagues from Ltlw. J\ c Rshta De- camftrga is a 1 50 Leagues from ^^r4, re- fiding at Caiferj •, the Rahit Manj* is loo Leagues from AgrM, rcfidu;^ at S*r$MigAr. The Rithit Rodtrtuis beyrnd tlie C4/;f«, ^o refidinj; at Ctmsfo, ThcA/K^f/likewifc beyond the Ganges tothe Soutliot i?4A;4 MederoH is very powerful as well astlietwo laft; bt'twpcn the Armes of the Cdnges, is a Prince of the antient family of the Kings 0^ Delli, who likewife maintains himfelf. Above Cafsimere the ^4/^/4 Titlitn acknowledges neiUier Mogoll, nor Tartar; dcfcending often, and making incurfions both on the one and the other. 40 The People called Ballothes or BuliMues, doe unpunished live like vagabonds in the Province of Hiacam : likewife the AgnvantSy and the Pttanes in C*ndthar, likewife the jHui/In.or CtUes, and the Rej- tittes in the Mountains between Camhaja and Decan, and fometimes the CoUes of Dccjut, the Rebufies of Camiaja, and the Patanes of Candahar have raifcd tribute. T\\e(cJCings and Peofle are almoftallyo P4^4«,defcending from divers Kirgs and People which poITeffeddiveiSDaits ofthe Indies before the Mogolls. Tlitieis one J?4A;4 of the Ctlles aoove Amadeht, a- notliertlie/f4i!r;4i'jrf4//»/!'4neer£rr4W/'«rr, who hath fometime taken and pilLiutd Camiaja. The Rahia Ram rcfidis at Gor- chitto : and after having well dctcnded hunfelf agauift the aiitieat Kings of Jn- ^f very [I tn ^nJ: .'V*. dfa, yields now fome Tribute to the iiit- goU. Yet is the Great MogoU one of tlie "reateft,and moft powerful Princes of Afta: he can bring into the fidd aooooohorfe, jooooo foot, and 2 or jooo Elefhants : he gives penfions to the ^eateft part of the Princes, Lords, Nobis an^i Gentry oi the Country on condition that tlic-yktcp for his fervice, fome i, fome 2,3,4,7 fome 10, foraeioo, fome looo and up- wards ot horfcs, wh cli are to be alw.iiesin readinefs) his armies neverthek-ls confift for t'le moft part of io;ooo horic, and looc.co foot t and this befides his ordina- ry Gairifons. His Subjeds arc ftrong and rubiift.ous •, ulc all Ibrts of Armes, goe freely to all occafions.wanting nothing but order and policy. They hp.ve no con- fiderab' t'o;cts;u5f4, lincethe/'tf;/*'^4/// hold from them in the Kingdomc of Cam- haya, the City and Fortrols of Diu, Da- man, Pa^tim ot the Iflc of SaUette neer Benfaim, the Fort of Minora, and the Rock q{ Afferim. The whole Country is ftored with fe- vcial forts of tame and wild cieatures is Buffet, Oxen^Cerves, sheep, Ueerc,lVildA[les, Bores, Hares , &c. variety ot Fosvlmd Fifh; here arc alto found Crocodiles, fome of which arc 30 foot long ; Cormorants, ani Batts as big k Crows. The great Mtgolls ojdinary guard con- ,, ^,, fiftsof about uooo men, befidcs 600 of e "."'^ his lie guard; 1 - never ftnrs abroad to hunt, take the aire or the like, without the attendance of about locoo men of all degrees-,befides to make his ftate the great- er, there are ico Elefhants richly trapt, and covered with Scarlet, Felvet, or the like J on thefe Elefhants there arcfeated twomen, theone to guide him, and the other which fupports a largebani»er oiSilk, richly einbroydered witli Gold and Stiver ; but on fomeof the Elefhants wliich goe foimoftjinftead of carrying Banners, tliey play upon Simhretts and other fucli like in- flraments; after thefe too Elefh,vit.< comes the Mogoll, cither mounted on an excellent Perfianhorfe, or el fe in a Coach, Oi Sedan, ,;„,„„ attended by his Nobles and otiicr Courtiers, '■'Jt"" alter whom come about 500 Elefhants, '""^"' Camels, and Wagons whicii arc to carry the Baggage-, for commonly he encamps in the field, in which he takes great de- light by reafon of thecoolenefs, asallbby reafon few Cities are able to give entertain- ment to fo great a retinue ; and befiJes his going thus 10 hunt or take ihe^aue, ho P ' oftea 5S n^Cptj. often cl :«nges the place of his abode ac- cording to tne feafonsof thcyeare. The MegtU celebrates with great potnp and (tate the fir A day of the yeare. r. ,>/>n-» They have feveral Ftfiivtl dajti which ^!i.';i/« they keep in great triumph, wherein they >»; iyu j^^^^ feycral divertifpments of fports and recreations , and cfpeciah) the birth day of iheM^tU. they apply thanfelves unto, and are very expert in the adulteration of all Ccmma- ditits. They are civil! in their jffpMrtl, but their C/fri7Vy untill they retun^ and to fupy ly their places •, another cuftom tlicy have, that when any are married, thcBiideis brought to the BnmMt and is earneftly requefted to enjoy the firft fruits of her, without which they think the marriage IS not bleft. and for lo doii^ andmoft people of quality Ipeak, is the PirfiantongQe. The Inhabit mts are very expert at the Bow. The difeafes which are common a- roongd thein, are feavtrs, and the shcJj Flux. Their Horffs arc not good, but tl-iir Oxen are excellent, being here ufcJ in- ftead of Ww/f/, which arc very mttidl- j© (tmt. As in this great extent of ground f which we call the Mogolli Country ) there are feveral forts of Peefle, fo likewife are there divers forts oi Religions . fome of which I (hall fpeak a word or two of. The Benjani are Pagtmsi, they ufe nti- thex Circumcifion nor Btptifme s they be- lieve there is a God who created them , him to governe the world, and doe mif- chief to mankind, to which end in all their Mcffues they have the figure of him in Statues of GoW, Silver, Ehiiy, Ivprj, JUdrile 5t0He, and JVotJi this figure in Hiapeis ugly and horrid to look on; it is placed on a Table of ftone, which ferves for an jllijr, and receives the offerings iih *^ t/ir tlHlf, t; ma- which are made to the Ptgidts on the right ^0 he hath gitts prefented hit>i according ta fide of this Table is placed a trough, in theriualitiesof theperfoiis. which thofe who intend to do their devoti- The Benjtns beleivs tlie tranfmigratioo ons wa(h and purifie themfelves < & on the and immortality of the Soul, thinking that other fide tJiere is a Chefl in which is put the Soul of a coodman is departed iato their Offiings, nigh to which in the wall is ihebody ofa Cbtcinnwi '••jw/»,tha£ of a TWuta tveflel out of which the Brnnun or Priefi takes out a kind of yellow Stuff, with which he mirkes the foreheads of them % this BrtmtH fits at the foot of the Altars from whence he rifeth often to fay Prayers wicked or crueU man o a £/«!», Tigreat CrHnbUy that of a glutton mto a Smite, that ofa crafty man into a Ftx, &e, for which reafonthey neither eat nor kill any jQ thing that hath Lfe^ nay they are foBu^r lii- In their Mofquejes they ?lwaies burn lamp*, from dcftroying them, t hat on the contrary and about thewallsof (.hem are abundance of Figures, as Be,ifis Dmils,t^c. which they adori'. They much ufe as a part of their Reli- gion corporal purification, bathing them- felves every day. The Bcnjtns are very ingenious, fubtle, and civil, there brjig no trade but what they will purchafe them of the M*hcmet4my and fet them at liberty, and for thofe that be lame, or fick, they have hofpitals tor them as in Perps. ^. Jlht't df }i4ndelfl$ in hi< book q£ Travells faith that the Henjans are divided among themfelves, into 83 principal feAs; bcfides an infiniie number otothet), thofe of I and are very >f all Cmmo- ttfp4rtlj but ill the age of ir 10 years of dome (laying lly the female lametolivefo narriages they 5. 1 he Men larry twice, or )Ut alfo if their ; firit hath a her of the fa? f their Fathers nuft maintain i^ife their Sift- f are of great Acd amoogft BeiiJ4i$s wilt any matter of id"!ceand ap- PrieJIt befioes rCS of their Re> tncies f which he miodes of have an "ver-" Dhildren have mcnaretogoe tm4i$ to have 1 tlicy return, nothercuAom are manied, SrtmMf and njcy the firft they think id for to doing according to ranfmigratioo thinking that departed into f«»»,that of a into a Smite, ex, &c. for c nor killany 7 are fo fair 1 the contrary Mthcmetsm, for thofe that hofpitals tot I hia book of m are divided mscipalfeAs; others, thofe of iih ffrf«(/f their devoti- abfolute power over .he things, which he tion. htfidtithe BIIIJ4IIS. (he faith) there is another fort of ?jf4»j whom they call the ''^" f4rfi], who for the moft parr refiJe by the Sea-coa(f, addi^ing themfelves to TrdJes and Cemmtrct \ they believe that there is one God, preferver of the univeife, who a^s alone and immedincely in all things s but he hath as they fancy about Pals ons more ftaift then at otiicr times, which cheifly confiftcth in finging ot Hymes to the honour of their Gtd in daiKing , as alfo in feveral forts of MnftaU ^fHftrU' meii$t as pipes, drumi , Copper injJwor the like, on which they play brtore their I Jolt daring which they aciorne with many colUy things as chaines oicotd, aadFe4rle, and hath entrufted them with,buc withall they are obliged to give an account unto him ; and for thefe fcrvants they have a great ve- neration, who have each their particular charge, as one having the Government of thetarth, another of Jrww, another of ^f4/fi, another of Military afl'airs. Others who have influences on men, fome giving under- 66 1!>(T>IA. bndcrftanding , others wealth, c^r. An- other who takes the poJUflionot the Jm// departed ^ which coniludls tliem to the ■fudgts where they are examined , and according to their good or evil deeds , re- ceive their Stnteiict, and arc carried by the good or bad Anttls , who attend the ^udres, to ParaJife or /////, where tliey think they (hall abide 'rntil the end of the The Tcnm/ffla of I JA(j7) / if rpithoMt the gAJ^^ES. THe PeninfuU w thout the GANGES^ is between th( Mouths of indiu and World, which w:ll be icoo yeais •, after lo cj^^^^, and advances from thcHftateof which time, they lliall enter into other the Great ;tf#iftfi7, unto the eighth degree ''i>..i.l 7*» \1»h >. IT*.. ( ll,l inttCit. Bodies, and lead a bctfr life tlien they did bcfo" Anoi hath.- Jovernment of W4- tfrs, anc ;.-,; >r.V.- Vi, -motlicffoi /■//■?, which the. lu.'Ui >'*. > " &c. They li'av • .'; '•^v7f or tuhlick f la- ces for their h.jttion s '' '" nave a very great eftccm of tlicirTrjffc.. i »nd Doilors, allowing them a plentiful eftatc. Their mdiws are fuffetcd to marry a fe- cond time. Adalttrj and /■or«/V4/;#wthey fcvcrely pun:lh. They are forbidden the tAtmg of any thing that hath life. Drunkcmef! they likewifc ftri(flly punirti. Thcfe Peofle are much given to Avahct, and citcumveniirtg thole they deal witlial. JO The MahomeitHS wlio here inhabit, holding the fame Tcnent! in their Rtliptn, and obfervmg in their MtrrUps , Inter- ments < f then dead, &c. much of the like Ctrtmonies with thofe ot the Per funs a- fore treated of, onelyibme few excepted. I (liall forbear to mention tliem, but refer to them in my defcriptionof Perfia. Thefe M»hemet*ns or Migtiies, are of a good ft.'.ture, have their Hair black and 40 o«4«, the Gulf of CJ»»i^4;i. And this fl^iggy-, but are of a dearer Complexion Kingdom is divided into three others. of L4tititde,on this fi ic the ty£qit4tor. The Octars or Inhtn-SeA walht-s it on three fides 1 to wit, the Gulf of Beitgala, once CangettcMi •»/«■, on the Half-, the Gulf of Cambtj 'nciently Sangdzenui Sinm, and the Sc .vliich regards Araiu on the Wcfl-, t( wards the South , that which regards Cyan on one f»dc,«nd the Maldives 20 on the other. We will divide tliis PtuinfuU into four principal parts, which (hall I eD^f4«, Gel- condt, N,irfin^ue or f^sfnagdr, and Mdla- iar. The three firff , and tlie greatcft, liave each their Kiaf^; or if there be more, they depend and hold of one alone : The tourtn andlaftpait, hath likewifc formeilybeen a Kingdom ilonc; atprefent ismanyj buc which hold one ui another. 'DECAU^. THe Kingdom o{ r> EC A N hath on *"/'■ the North, the Kingdom ot Cdm- »,?'.■ htjd-^ on theEaft, that ot Colccnd* % on "' ' the South, tlutol Si/w.iwr, v\heic isC4- »4r4 ; and on the WeJt, by thcyW/4* W.T, ilien the other forts of people aforemen- tioned. They htitt themfelves fomething like the Perfuns; their Gdrmetts about their vj/li, arc dofc to their hodies , but down- wards wide i they ufc girdles ; and their P)oees and the covering of their head, is much the fame with thofe of the Turh. which th«y call Deean, Cunkan, and BaU* gudie^ tlic two firA on the Coaft V Decait more towards the North , and ftrctching to the River .B4/«, which feparates it from Cambaja ; Cuakan more towards the South, and reaching towards the River yf • hga, which feparates it from Camara : Ba- /4^/»4/? is Eaftward of the otlicrtwoup in And they arc likcwife diftinguiilied by 50 the Land, and compofcd of f4//f;j which tlieirf^4r^y,which according to thedcgree and quality, and ihc ferfon, dotli exceed in nchnefs. Tiiey are very civil, ingenioMt, and re- fernjed, y^t are expenfivc in their Apparel, Feafling: , and great loveis of Women, And fo much for the UtgtD.'i Countrey. are below, and between the Mountains of Cite s beyond which, are the Kingdoms of Gtletnda, and Narfingue, or Bijnagar, In the particular Decan^ are the Cities u< ct^\ of Hamedanager ohm Omenogora , chaui ''"" tlim Symilla, Emporium and I'remtntorium. InCunkanzxc the Cities ot f'ljapor^ ot old Mufopalle, Soi.apor, of old Carura, Coa, of m Cberftnefm ot the people, firatt of fttlmy J i:>iviA. 6t rtolomy •, likcwifc in BiUt^uate, Lifpor ought to iUirwer to ffippaCHra , Bed.r to BoUittay Doltabad to r^hAJo. ILmtdMi- trcr, rif^por, and Bet/cr, are tlicprincip.il C'.txs , an.l tliofc whcri; tlic Df.ih:m or hUian inakts his Rc.'i.lcnce •, but none nioic conliJeralile t.'iin Coj, tliough thiy arc t.iir, well built, large, and po- pulous according to the fcarcity or plenty of tlam. And fur the avoiding of alufes, all money is received and paid liy the hands oF certain men appoiiittd for the lainepur- pofe, by them calied .v/ifr .///>, and by the Ptrlu^Als CtrmJors, Aii.i tlicf men lor fonie Imall conlidc.ation, iJo undertake to make good vviiat lols or d.iinage ihall t ■ r /Jiif jre J' jfrrr , I:il-,lll h ill W ir^i r-1 < t' f ft, CwisaCity as tail, iicli,and of as great 10 happen, either thioogh h.id monn , or Traffick as any place in tlie Eafti bein;; fcituatej man liland ot the lame name, whicli the Rivcis of Mandova and(7«<«r/ make at their tailing into tfie .Sea. Alfonfo jliMifuerijue took it in the year i J i o. and fin:e ihi: Port u^Ms have cdablilhvJ thein- felvts lopowcrtully, tliat tlieirr/tY-A'*;, a Bilhp, and their Council tui the Ea(i Jn- dtes hav here their lUlidence. flioi tncfs in tale ; and this cultum :•> Uied in many places of Jinkey, rhe lVii?his common in G*.», an ! al ng tlieCoaftsof l>^dn, winch arefubjf^'t to the Crown ot /'or/«j4/, arcdivcis •, thoie moft known, and ufed i'oiE'iropcinCoods, are the ^Quintjl which is ( ) £>/'^- lilh, and the Rove winch is ( ) tn<'- lifl,, itiiih I, The Connnodities lound in this City ao They have another Weii^ht > iper (being the Staple ot the Commodities of tliis part of the 1n<{:ci , as alto of i'(rfl.t, Ai.tbi,i^ Chin.t, Armemn, erf.) a e frtcious :^ton(s, Cold, Silver, Purls, Silk i.uv and wioug'it.Ctf/rcwotwhiJi thty nukeUveral Mjnufjilures; a\(o Spuej, /iru^^s Fruits, Corn, Iron, Steel, with divers others which the I"' ■''Uountreysatfoid, but the Situnl K.ommodiiies of Go4 aic notcon- iideiablf. Their Coyns arc of two forts, of wliich, oneisgtxxl, and theother bad. The com- mon ^toney here currant, is called the P4r- d.m> Kertphitt, coyncd here, and worth ^00 Reso{ PortMg.tl, whicli is about three leflons, wlucii ot Englifh money :s about tour ilr.llings fix pence. One fiird^u is five linvM in bad money, and four in goo l money. Spices, which they call the K/'»4.-, w is ; \ Quintals ot Portugal W' nt, 'i have another Weight onelv io Vfcfjj*', Honej^ind 5«rr fr,which th( ^ a.! a i /.■/«iJ. T/'Poci,,. Ill' "' kr' in ,•111 1<< jurt -tJ W» ■,.'■■ 'rllK ltd ■niii: u i\ml ftll In Tridt ui t- j§f» nllii.. «. £;ood iLtvoh which they make their Har- bor t'orthiir Indiitn Fl:ct, liywiiiclithcy coiiiiiiniul thei'ci/ t'icrc.ilu>uts. 'lUv Portu^.ils at(7o.i live in allm.Miner ot' i.ielitzlu .iiui plejluic •, aiul wirhapiidc anJ prti'umjnion fo great, that the Ical^ and niortbeugcily anum^ tliem, take to thcmrclvesthetitlts ot (jentltintnof the I louleanii Chamber (it the A'»»f, Knight s^ J'.Jtjuirfs, &c. liciiig very highly conceit- ed o\ themlelves , and exceeding {voud and (lately, but withal veiy c,v:l and cour- teous •, no perl'on ot hcklv. BotI ScNoaieextreamly gvento/Vwf- ni, by:e-lonot wLich,tlie i'c.vis veiy frt- qutnt ain.Mig tlitm, ot which .ibuiiJancc dies : The.r Women have aneycellive love to w!i:te Mffiy and will ull tlicii utttimoft cndeavos toen)oy thtni. The Men,\:t[o jealous i)t their iVnts , that they will I'caice lurtlr thei; nea:e(l /{c/4r/o«/ to lee them, by lealbn tlicy arcfo much deiiious ot the enjt>yment ot A/f»,and tiicy fo mut !i ot tlitm. In their ,(/>^4rW, as alio in theiurniture ot then //i;«/«, they arevery cotlly. Tlic Wtmtn arc lieie delivered without pain, and not having the ul'e ot a J^iJnifc, or any one but her Iclt » and no fooner is (he delivered, but (lie is about her occafions, not oblcrviiii; the tuftom among us, in keeping their C'hambcr a Moneth toge- ther. Mollot thiiu live to the age ot a hundred years, and tliat in perfect healtli •, but tlicfe are not the Portufah , but are the Xa'i'vei whicii are P4^4ns and Ben- jitflS. Tjic Parttguez. in their Marruges and chrifleninci, arc very colUy and ceremo- nious. To this City do relbrt Merclunts (torn jfratu, Ptrfi.i, Armtni*^ dmhdjs, Beit- fdU, Sum, Peru, Chifu, Java, Mallarca, "and from feveral other Countrcys.it being the Staflt of all Indiit Ctmmtdiiiei, In the heart ofthcCity, is a 5frfff where every morning, from feven to nine, not onely tlie Merchants meet tor the vending and buying of c>Mr»»o^/f/«,whicliirchcicfet foitli for lale, like our /'4/rj-, but alfo the Gentry of the Citymca as well tohearnews, as to fatisfic their fancies in the fight of the Commtdities : And befides this Street, e- vcry Trade hath its particular Street , one Trade not intermixing with another. Here they, onthisCoart, muchufeilie f/fhinj^ trad: tor Pear/s , by which they make a gieat Pioiit I, niui aniungil tlieir Ctmmodi- ties, tliey (ell and truck (or J/jw;, both of the one and tlie other Sex % neither more noi lets then as tliey do here tor Herfes or Sheef, and dil'pofc of them as they think fit. Ikfidts Coa, the Land of the Bardes , the Ides ot Stlfettt, of Cortn, of Divar, 10 and fome other Lands about Co*, ate the PortM^ah : As likewifc, the City oichaul on the Coaft, where they have 3 great Trade of Silk •, and trom thcfc places they have their Provifion brou,",ht them, and that at vcty cafie rates \ (or the Ijlandoi It felt IS fo barren, that it will Icaice pro- duce any thing. Up the Land Poluhad of Sala^ate is of great Trade, wliitfiei ufeall the ^rr- 20 chants ot Camhan, Ren^alA, and CoUonda. At /./^orisa Fair toi the (ale of Diam$nds, Amethiftes , HamtthiJes , and all other Stones which aietouiul in divers places of Bala^ate. In the Mines of thi uld Reck, are tound Diamonds cut nitutally ^ they caii tl (IP Njiffes,M\. The Geat MogoU hath taken (rom him fome places in tlieparticulai Dtcan, and ihf Ftriu^als, Coa, ChaiiJ, and ("ome other places on the Coaft. This Prince 1$ yet u. powcr(ul , at leift in regard ot the Indi- '|; ans He hath tikenDaM from the For- J " tufals, and ruined it. He once bcfieged Chjut, and divers times Gta, leading in his Amiies near Two hundred tlioufand 40 men. In fine, he made Peace with the Portui^als •, the yict-Rtj of the £afl-lH- dies tor the Crown of Portut^al, having always an Ambaftador at the IdtUans Court , and the idtltM having one at Cia\\\thth*:rice-Rcj. And tliough t/iis Pnnce is fo powerful in men, and fo well provided with Ammunition, and his Ar- ttierf greater and better then any Prince about him, yet is he become Tributary to 50 the Great Mi^oU, AlltheCountrey isgood, fruitful, wa- „,„ tcred with fevetal Rivers , hath ftore of "/'/ ' ' Prtctom StCHfs , of CMtm and Siik , of ' which they make divers Mdmtfaiiurts ; of Ptffer, oi Fruits, and othct Ctmmtdi- tut. The Ithatita^s or Nstnts of the t». s, Conntrey are Pagans , and for the moft 1""'.; ., paitBenjanj. Jhey cat any kindeof flefh, '••"' except K , £»■;.■ I^^THA. f I III old Rock, urally •, they topic tio very illy it the cur hath one A' jileafant, its/o;/ huittiil, ot aboiir 5 or 6 Leagues ciuuit •, noi dorli its A'//,r^ yitld muchtotheGreat Mogoll uinches, /'Vav- Biu Stones , in ftorc ot hUflKims , or all fortbof magnificence: But lni I (Vices be- ing much lei's, and his people U is v\ , rlike, but what enters in at the /iwr, whichisnot loconflraineth him to fend him tvtry year Four hundred tlioufand /"/((jc/^/a in to:in of fo high as a mans walle : In which, tlieu chiefell furniture and houiliold-ilurfs, arc Mats to lie upon in the night, on wlucli they alfo eat their Meat \ their Difhes , Vrinkitig-eiips , C'c, are made ot Fig- leaves, which they daub and plaiftcr toge- ther. In tliel'e, .ind the like Cerempiiies and Cuflcms , they imitate the Benjans atoieinentioned : The left of the people Tribute Tins Countrey moreover hatli no Minft n- cm- oi Cold, Silver^o: Copper, fomc it hath ot iron and Steel , but many of Diam nds and other I'm/tfw 5/tf««. It hath one of Diamonds about 50 or 60 Leagues tiom Mafulefaian, and near the K ivtr Chnflma, forich and abundant, that in i6ii, the fnt.Nil which here inhabit, are Mahometans and >cj,;,ngcauledit tobeftiutnp, .ind the labor ^eivs , which here enjoy the freedom ot their Religion , but tlie Subiedts of the King ot Pertugal aie Catholuiu, thole ot tUcEnglijhrrotellanls. qoLCOHp^' toceafc, fearing leaft the too great quan- tity (hould make them neglcdled : (>t!iers fay, for feu leaft it lliould draw the Great Mogoll into his Kftates, Condafvli, its chief Forirefs is fo qrear, that in Its circumference it contains iix o- thers •, and thefc fix are one .iliove the other, each having rTevi^, Frmis, and Land, fuAcient to maintain the Canfens THc name of COLCONDA hath 3°deftincd for their defence , which amount been known but lor tew years ; nc vntlielcfs, this is a iwwerful and rich King- dom •■, but which hath been confounded With the name ot Orma. It is upiA. I'lcm oui 5, Tliiii ("r.ifc ns niedlA npuflitJ in tliitc inaniuis \ liny lunvcvtiy fitat lic;:tk 111 Murih, ylfril^ Mji, ■.tH\Jur,f\ aiiiitluitis ilicir Suirnitr. Miul K.niiin ^ulj^ AufHf}, Sfplimttr,i)Ui.\ (Jiiders ;ilid t lint s, thfii //««««(•»«. I'ltlli Wt.Ttlicr, or little luat in Kcvtmier, lJ(iemltr,J*nu- an, aiui f(hru.tn^ wliicli .ithdi Sfrinv : I'oi Winter they li.ivcndnc. On- ot tl iir culai K iig ^ I ut ; II Tnl ifrr(« tr Film- far, Tl uli li 111 ( II il < 1 . 0. ;!( C ill' ut /(r»^, Bifna- gAT and Cheromtnd U holdall theEuftein Co,ift : The laft towards the Coaft ot the Ftfcfjcrj, and Illcof CV;/-** » anJthcfirft 1 lie Nauijmeoi Tatijatr hath his Eftatc beiwctii thole ot c.»»^/ nnd Madurc, and neai thcPoirot iV<'^j;4r4w,which belongs to the I'ortM^als. Betides TAXjAtr and C4. fijn in the .pland, the ities of Tnmin4- />4/.(», ot frMifahr, indo\ TrimiM4Ve:^ belong: unrohiin. The Nauqutoi M.idure , bcfides M4- dure his cap'tal C!ity, and a very fan onr, holds almoft all the Coaft of the Pffrfie- rij , and the little Kle of Atanjmesr Cty- Uh. This Coaft extends tiom t!!cC4/f ot Comon , unto the CAPe of Ne<^»f»t»n , viewiug in thr0f^4«, the not far diftant Klcot CejldH: And thename of i\\e Prf- 4farthe, intheLind, which or to keep the rifhermens Ved'els from tfrctchcs to the Mountains ot 6'4'c •• Bif- trouble. Thcfc f;4r/i arc cxpoled to fale »4^4r hath the K n^jidoins ot Tienlujue and in /•/;, Augufl, and Seftemker. liJ/ugAr, Ch>romAndell thofc of cLoreman- JuiAiiiori or T«(;«£pr/, and MdMiutr, are di/J and Tjmul. the beft Cities of this Coaft, which is of r*» (hif 14tir »n4 tttitiljii. Oner^ BAtuAUtindGerccpd, are the ca- pital Cities cathot their Kingdoms 5 the two firft to onr, the laft fubje^ to a paiti- 75 Leagues length, where there is about 25 Cities. The people of P4r4t/hnts arc docile, their people healthtul, and well dilpofed, butnotcou- ragiouv ' he Pepper ot Onor is cfteem- edthc mofl wcii;i,ty, and the btfl of all thelequaiteis.- Tlir Poriiigatls lade fiom tliencf 7 or 8000 Qjimtals' a year. Baii- cmUz P()rtoti?/« ot iVvcral forts, differ- ent both ill price and goodnds \ the black /f/«iseflec'medmort!ie.ilthtul, and better ■J oKltfktnts His chief ( ity is Chdrt- in the year 1 60:, and as many or more with the I all Njrqueolo'inp. As toi the Forme M\.\ CH/iome which are olUctved in the burning of thefc filly wretches, I lliall borrow from SirThomat Ucrhert, as he hath it in his took of Tra- ils^ p.igc ;6z. wherchefaith, that the *'■•<■ • mft Man^altr, which istx. rheCoaftbfC4jf4- 5© //«/i^'4:TiieFortrels of rr/Znr, between CA4»- her felt for her Funeral , habiting her if»rf and iVwr/?«f«f , was he Kind's Court in i<5op. All the Countiy is healthful), rich, anvl fertile inCor»?^nd FrMits^hrced- '\ngtio:e 6ic*ntt and Ftwl ; and Diamonds arc found in the Mountains of Gate neer Chandepj^ and inotherplacesquantityof Amethtftts , and white Saf hires. Thty have all forts of Beafls both tame and wild : ii,„ ih, If.m,-, lu-mihm- It VII But l'» ''erf, if it' ir 4,. lOjiiHtt. tin^i. felf intraniparcnt Lawn-, her A'«/f, Fares, and Finders flie adorncs with Precious [tout!,, C-c. But her Lc^s, Thighs and ylrmes Ihc fcttercth with C/'.j/»w, which tliey hold as exprcffions of Love ; in one; //4»U. VtCMf tt4 in I'iJt. accompaniei! to the place by all her Rtlatt- ens^ Friends., md Mquaintduce ^ and all the way going, the Branchman, or Pr«// denotes tuc joycs (lie is to poflTefs, toge- ther with the alTurance ot enjoying Tier Hufhand in tlic Elizium : wliich words do much excite her to valor, lb that when (lie comcth to the place, Teeth the flame, and the carcals ot her dead Hnjhar -V, wliom hours. Ualupiir a final!, but well known town on this Coaft, is the place where thole of the Countiy believe that St. Tho- w.w was martyred, and interred ; and there were many chri^ians who called it St. Tho- W(W;when the Portugals entred the Indies -, thty are ftill a confiderable body, and may eaniy be made return to true chrifHanitj. The old City is ru'nul, the new was re- flielongeth tobewith in tliz/um. being rebuilt by the I'ortugals , wl^cre tliere is a as It were, like a hot-headed Lover, ^ranl ported with joy, flie takes leave of her friends ind Retattuns, and jumps in-otlie fl.me, in whicli-the Corps of her /iufland was 111 ft put, wliich luon unites inalhi's-, during wliicli time, tliey have leveral foi ts of Mufiik ; and to nuke the Ceremony tl;e better , ti.eir Branchman cxhoits them not to quit their Huflunds, caft:ng Chappel dedicated to St, jhomds •, and it IS eieded into a r, aCuftom I think notgreatly to be denied by any-, and be- fides tiiisheathenilliGuftome, they have A Pagodeii valued worth 15 Fdntns, whicii is 8 (I). Sierling.fii Fanan is 9 Cajhees, oxCupans, winch is about 6 ]d. Sterlin(r, A Mahomtdy is 32 Pices ov Docres. 5, Mahomodiesox 9 FaHans, ( which :$ either of t hem 5 f\>. 'Stirling) is a Rial oi\ Spa- nij}). And 10 Rials of ? is here currant foi 6o\6 , Pagods. And 10 Rulls of are fevcial others as bid and Idolatrous. 5a- jO hci< cillcd a jf^rt m Circa, wi.icli is ^ofly, tan having here difplayed liis Banner of Sterling. impiety, being a People for the moft par: averfe to Lan, and Morality \ likewil'e the Cuftom winch they obfeive in their iV,«r- riages is as llrange ) for the Erancliman, witii a Ctiv, and the Man and Woman goc together to tiit.' water-fide, whtie the Priej} aker he hath muttered a (li>iit Pray- er, joyns tJieir Hands to the Cotvs tJile, and having poured upon them hallowed 40 oyle, hefoicrththe Cffw int > t.'ie Kivcr, whtiC (he continuet'i a good whiit, and being come out, they untie them -, and thistliey hold tor al'olemn maiiiage, and facrcd tor ever, the Cotv being a crea- ture which by them is highly tdccnied and reverenced. Among tlie places which are on the Coid oichoromandel, Megafatan ind Ma Their Common weight is the Candil, o'.'ed for grofs goods, and is held for 20 Maunds. Pi Maund m^O Scares, or 21 Maffes, or 26 //. \ jounces F>}glij}>, A Seart IS 1 7 Cafhees, and a Cafxe is ( ) Fn?- lip>. One f'ljco or Fifco is held to I c 8 Scares^ which IS to ; ounces Haterdupois in (.irea. MALA'BA% bi limilf- 11; /• ./ I,,.,. MA I. A B .4 R \s the laft of the four ^uus parts we have piopofed in the Pe ninf uUoi /»i»r belong to the Por/wijj/j, and formerly 50 rich 5 It hath little wV/rj/, but inftead of they alone of the Europeans had all the trajfiques now the Hollanders hold Gueldria, thtEnglift) the Fort St. George, called by the Jnaians Sadrapatan, and botli have their Faflors throughout the Coaft, Me- gafatan is great of trade, tliough leated inanun' caithful climate, utterina; many vAnMc Mtrthandizfs ; t',eygatlit.i Rice in quantity C-iifiticnt to ferve their neigh- it, if hath great plenty of Rice, Mayz, and otiier Graines, Fruits, quantity of Druggs, and Spices, Precious St ones. Silk, Ginger, Cafia, aijd abundance of all forts of Beajh ; yields Wood, and fuch faire trees tor the Mafls of great Ships, that Nirwgj boafts not better ; yet its greateft riches corififtin Hi Pepper txnd PrttutuStenej. Some but well known he place where ve that St, Tho- erred; and there calledit J/. //;<)- Kred the Indies ; ■body, and may rue ciiriflianity. he new was re- A'l ere there is .1 jhomas:, and it under the Arch- NcgtfMin, Sa- ,^, lie Coaft of chf ••■ e CoUon Linneri, "' Fruits, Druggs, &c. :)ngthis Cm/?, is ■ the Mahtmodj -, orth T5 Ftn*nsy ■anan\%9Cafhe(s, \xi6 ]J. Slnlin'T. ices or Docrts, 5. ( which :s either i a Rial Qi\ Spa- ? is here currant 10 Rullsoi' are rj, wl.icli is ^ojh. ■ht is the CAndil, n,.. )d is held for 20 "''' o S(,trfs, or 2» r Fnglijl. A Sean hee 1$ ( ) Ff>«- Id to 1 c 8 Starts^ dufots laC ircd. A% e laft of the four v.i.'.. )pofed in the ft- ".Hizi tlie Caugtsi, the *• not in goo.inefs. Ill, liuittul, and , but iiiAead of of Rue, Majz, Ills , quantity of wits Sttnes, Silk, idance of all forts )d fuchfairc trees fs, that HirwMj ts greateft riches 'rtcum Stents. Some 13^T>IA. bi limili- Some extend Mald.tr from the River of Aliga, oxkomxhtCafeoi Ramos unto that of Comorin, but all tiiat is between the River of AUga, and Cangtrecora, having already pafl'ed under the name of Ca>tar,t, where the Kings aie tributaries to him of Bifnagar ; wc will follow the others who limit Malabar between the River of Can- gereccra, and tlie Cape -< Iff na arc thofe of Mangait, of Paru, ot Pimi- tntj. of Changanara, of Tnvilar, ot Pa- naf(Si,Q\ Angamale (, where there wjs an Afchhifhtf Of Chrijliam of St. ihomM , I educed to .1 Bilhofrick , and transfci red to 4° Cranganor : ) two ot the Tnantutes, of Punhah, oiCnanarttto, and others. Tie people called Maltcdus, and thole of the Mountains Vandt livcm the form of a Ke- publick. Cttate, necr Capede Ctmori,is ot the Kingdom oiTravanco. and hath good trading, Crf/iVnf is cftecmed able to bring more then loooao nun into the field j C.'j»*«or few lefs, CochmM.\ Coulan each 50000. They ulelittlcCavaliy, becaufe5° tlie Country is low, moift, and divided by many ftreams, Caluut pi ct ends to iiavefome authority over all tlic Kings of Malabary for whicli thole of Cananor, Co- chin, and Ctulan, to whicli Travancor is lomctimepaft united, feem to care little at prefent, a good part ot the reft III! holdfoi him. Cananor, bcfides what it poflelles in the firm land , liolds likewife feme iflands a- mong the Maldives, for having alfifted one of their Kings againff his Rebells ; he pofleflTes for the fame reafon the Ifle ofMa- liciit, 35 or 40 Leagues to the Northward of the Maldives : and the five Ifles of z>/'- avandorou , likewife 30 Leagues North from Maltcut. All thel'e Iflcs are fmall, jV/rf//f«tofonly 4 Leagues circumterence, the others each 6 or 7 .• they are more healthful then the 3/ e upon tiie R ive , which defctnJ from the Lake ot Chumay anio Perni, undei the name ot Sun, all the Stones, Prtm hath Laitjue and Lead. I met tetc'rt many Merchandizes from Cf'ina, Fincent Blane cftremes tlic City of Canartna asrich and miiiii.fictnt us any \nlndia\ heplicesit between the Rivers ot 'fuma , and of Cajfoumt or Pegu : g V nj; if 4 Leagues Circuit •, and making It Mcti '(ohs of the Kingdome of Cuf- ponmo, whu his likewife called Cnnar4iu. Eftates and Kiiigdomes wtnch are ahoiir jq This ( cuiitiy h.ith Tttrtjuejfesy and Erne ;j/^A, 6p 1 C U vihin its t^« k.., powerful, that pT/u;,.. china. Vin- '"'"" contained two ts or Crowned the two am- irpoflibiyiMff, )r tributary to are Martavan, ^iHgoma, and arc Ptgu, Bre- „• .*.< Cajfuh, Avd, '*"• e, Prom, Dub- 4rr*ctH , L*r- >oura, Kara, and part oi thefc en. and power- to War, fome 3 men. They ■:, of Ctld and befides c7r4/»/, J.M/7i, which The Ktngdemts '. the moft pow- timefeized,and *c*H ruined tlic les of /.m«; ,,^.,^ ^,£<*r,aBdcer- «'/»<• licy take 5i/i-, jT!.." y*r«, pariicu- ^1/4 alK>unds th divers Mtt- CsneUn hath 'irts and other vr and ittd. :li.indr/.es from nifstlieCityof iiitictni «s any een the Rivers umt or Ptg» I I •, and making dome of C^f- tlled Cantttma. fts, and Emt- aft. Cdffuti is ligh hills, from Jreams, which •:e are excellent iimtgrttnttii the excellent ^41- •ft be gathered fe difpatches it. ■d with favage P.I <•• ,4-i Beafts,' where they get the Skins and f «w of Ermines and 54W« of divers forts, all vcryexquifit. The people of Tranfiana are fair, and white 5 the IVtmen exceeding beautiful, and the Men as proud : They have Mines of Gold, Silver, and Diamonds 5 their King keeps ordinarily 50000 Horfe, 1000 Elephants, and pays his f ■ jute to the King of Pegu in Hoifes , which are very excellent. Their Forefis havemanv Wilde Beafls ; among the reft, that which gives the Bezoar. The Inhabitants of Boldia or Siami are efteemed the moft honcft and civil of all thefe quarters: So that tliey cannot but be people of Trade •, and indeed all thefc Kingdoms have divers Commodities which make them rich. The Kingdom of Pi'^K.which hath com- manded, and had forSubjcdls or Tributa- ries almoft all thefc Eftates •, and iikewife others towards Sitn % and Sian it felf can- not but be extreamly ncli and powerful. And truly, CtfW, Silver, Pearls, zniert- (torn Stones, have been as common in the Courts of the Kings of Ptgu, as if all the Orient had brought all its riches thither. In Statues of Gold, and in Cambaltn^M , there hath been more then fixty Millions of GoU , without having regard to the Pearls and Prec:om Stones, which ferved for Crowns and Ornaments to thefc Sta- tues 5 and which were worth more then the Gold, though they were maflive. The Floors of Buildings , 'he Moveables, and the yejfels, with which they ferved them- felves for divertifement, were fo iniichcd within and without, withc«/■'" 5° yelvets, Woolen-Cloth, anii Chickens, from Mecca •, Pintado's, and Cotton-cloaths, from thrf Coaft of Choromandell ■, Ctmfhora , Porcelan of china, S.wd(rs, Pepper, (fc. from Mallacca : And fiom ftveral other places, they are furnilhed with their Com- mcdities, with whicli together with their own, they drive a great Trade to ftveral other Countreys, as well in Europe, as elf where, S Th« ya t^TilA. thir 'jI, The currant Ccym here, and throughout thisCcift, ismadeof Lead and Copper,and is called Cwft-, which is not the Ctjnoi the King, but is ftamped by any that will ; and is ot no more value , then juft the weight of tliatof which it is made of. And for this money Ganfa , one may buy any They aie generally all Pagans^ and be- j' lievethat Godmth under him feveralothcr ' Gods •, that he is the Anther of all good wliich arriverh to mankinde : But he leaveth all evils which belong toman, to the Dtvil •, by reafon of which, they fo much adore and fear him, kaft he fliould "< ( Cow»»o^^'<»rw/» they per- This C unfit goeth by a weight which is i o form on JWawJ^j/, their /"r/V/// going abour the Pcoiilc, and inv;tmc them to their ^ir- vetions, in wfiicli they clucfly exhoit them called a Bifo .• A Sifo is looGanfi's of with Tin-kifo»s, makinganoifetowaJtcn weight. This name of Bifo goeth for die account of tlie weight ; and therefore a Bifooi a i;.tnf<< is efteemed by ftrangers to be ; a Xj- al of ", or 2 jlullin^^s fixftnce Sterling. As for tlic;: Weights and Meafures , I havcno kiirAvIei.:ge thereof. '\o tins C;ty there is a good Poit for to Morality , as to avoid Theft, Adultery, MHrther,crc. and to love f rr/wf. They have a great eftccm for their Tnejls^ who live a very folitary ani exemplary life. They liave Tivc fi'ncipal Feafls which theyoblerve vcryftiidly, ceremoniouHv, lie l.idiiig jiid unlading of their Ctmmo- 20 and with great Ibtcand pomp. ditte! •, and i(.; tlie better encrcafc of Trade, \\\c King doth conftitutc Eight Breakers, whofeotiicts are 10 look niter, and tell the Goods which come tothis(-ity, as well thole of (hangers, as the Inhabitants •, fur winch tliey give tlie ownirs a very ju;! account , which otherwife ( efpecuilly flrangers^. would be cheated : For whth, i\\{:(t: Breakers a;e allowed two pence ^^r tent, the likcisobfeivtd in thcbuyiui^of 5" MiIImmi of I'oot'.iicn Thev that many buy tlieir Wives of ■""■■■(•I tlieu Parents ; and when Jie 1$ weary of '«"i ■ hei, he may fend her home, butmuft lofe the money he paid for her : Rut if llie le, vc liim, as ihe may do, then h- may re- ceive t 'le money paid for her, It b.iliout ""!iK'hundn, uyeniie-a^, tliat theK:ng 0} Pegu, m »k ' .g war ;.;;.u>ft him ot SiAw , had n I:S Aimy moicthen a Ctmmodittes. Ih^fe Breakers arc by their places, ob- liged to provide fuch Strangers or Mer- chants as come to this City with iHoufe, which being taken, the (Tov^rwor finds to him to know tlie time of his i )-jt.', and withal , orders certain Maids O' t'. .'Cirv to go to him, that oiirot fiien;nc;'v y make h!Scl'.oiLCv whic'' ''^ne,hirc'^.\t'.'Crs with hei Iritn.is topay ti-eivi a cert.i.i!t!iv . fortheufcof her, as they can agree, whidi is not gieat •, and this Maid fcrveth liiin as li:s Servant by d:iy , vioing what he com- mandeth •, and ;.s h's I Kz/c by night : And at theexpi..uicn ot the term agreed upon, hcltaveth he:, and ihc goeth to her friends without .iny uilgrace at ail. After which i:mc lie may tal.c another, but it is very dangeious to meddle with any other during the tunc ot contra^ with another, The I'eople arc of a mean ftature, nim- ■ ble, and ftiong, great Iovcts of H'enfen, which taktstliem from warlike affairs, in V hich they are not very expeit. Their /'.i^/fis but mean, contenting themfelves for the moll part, witi a piece of l.innen to covrr th(ir iKikedr.cfs •, they all black thei 7 eth, buzad: they fay J)egs teeth a;e white. .v:u;.ooo Horfe, jc . Janiels'-, and 5oooHiep(u)tts, and was at th \ ^xpencc, or.t! ^i two white hlcphants , whuh v ':rt u .in' hands of tliat King of jt.i;. EuiiliMc ;lepi.a!!ts we.'C as nil jitt'iiitt to the King ol /(?*, as they had befn tc him or Sun % the Kings of Aracan and Ttngu, making war •d ruining Ir.m of Pegu onely for ;hc fai^ic c.ufe. THe Kingdom oi S I A N , and thofc Eftates, which we will comprehend under the name of Sun, are to the North of Pegu. We may confider them in two principalpaits; of wluch, one (hall retain 50 the name of Ssan, and the other that of Malacca. This latter is a Prmw/w/*, which extends it felf from thefiilt degree otZj//- tude, unto !.' v' 1 1 or 1 1 i from whence the firft advances it felf into the Main Land, unto the 19 one degree on thisfidethe Etjuater. They icaclithencach jjo. and together 4 or 50 3 Leagues f:om South to No'fh. But 'he Penmjula of Malatca is very ftrcighr, not being above loorix Leagues .1 5,, fdrtt. "*»„ i«j,andbe- ^J-yers parates it from Stan •, in other places 20, so, 40, and fometimes Sa. Stan is almoft of an equal length and breadth. Under tlie name of Sian, feparated fiom KYiQPeninfuUoi Malacca, we comprehend the Kingdoms of Stan, of Martahan , ot ^■angoma^ of Lanian, and of Camhoj* ^ under the name of Malacca, thofc of 7* r.t- T< 1'' It/ ftrl^ alfo Spues, fume Drugs, Dia- monds , Gold, C.mp'joiii , Btzar-Stonts, Muik, Porcelaint; .ind laftly,* that excel- lent H'/w?, o\ Di(li!l'cd Liquor, w' iii. they call Nife, which tlicy make of Cocos or In- dian Nuts, he:ng o; g;cat citeemovcr all India,3.n\ clfwhere, T'-'J CofHs I'.erciiurrant.nre feveral, T'/'r. aT4;/i' which is valued at fou: 77(\(/^ •, or nacerin, Juncalaon , Singora, jQjteda ,io:\ho\x\.i^ jlnl. Sterling. A T/i.j/ is worth iom MalJcs, or ^jhil.^d, JncircaSterlir.g. A Mafi is worth four Cepans , w!-a:h'is about 1 5 d. Sterling. A Copan is wo: til 750 Cajheet, ox y,d. Sterlinf'. A T4;/i- is 16 ^14 ' mlh. RtJs o\ : Spamih Their Weights here ufcJ, is theCj;/ff, Bahar, and Pccull. Tlie Bahar is of two Pera, Patane, Pan, Malacca, Jhor, and others. Tlie Kingdom of Sian, cfpecially (o called, hath feveral (Cities ot note, viz. Firft, Odiaa or Jjothia, whicli fome call Sitn ; the Metropolis being a City of a large extent, a place of fo great ftreniitli, that in 1567. tliey ftoutly defended thtm- fclves againft an Army of 14000C0 fighc- in is, andlieldwottii 14 JJy.«/^of ; Sp.t- 20 Tatle is a Catee, and is worth 48 "Men, whicli thekingof f^i^Kbrouglit 20 forts, the great and die fma!!-, the great againft tliem , tor twenty moneths toge- thei : During which time, they gained no advantages from them, but m the end, by Tieacl'.ery, oneof thcdtei being fet open in the middle of tlie niglit, tliey cntredin with I'o great a violence, that they could not withh.;nd them : By reafon ot whicli, together with feveral other mutations that have fincc hapned amongd them , the Sahar is 200 Cattees, or; Pic. ; one Pne 0,66 ■ Cattees, xCittee is 26Tai!e>.:i T.tilt isi>«flf^ot i/>ii»r« Weight ; iindbythis weight alLvp/cfj-, Drug^, an.! foiiie other C««»»flc/;.';f y .ire weigliLd 1\KimA\Bah,ir isnifo ;.G0 Cjttea, a Cattee is 21 Jailes , iTaile is ahnotf an eunce; ] PortugU wxi^ht. And by this is weighed Qnick-Sdver, Silk, Mtttk, Ahcs, 1/* ^IV*» V.r-.n City hath been much eclipfed of us tor- 30 Copper, Lead, Tin, Iron, .Imber, Firmil' mer beauty, fpleador, and riches-, yet lwn,&i. by reafon of itscommo«.iious fcituationon the River .WM4W, isftiila place ot gvcat 7'r4df;and Ctmtntrct, isrich,and populous, here inhabiting bcfidcs the Natives, Stran- gers, itid Merchants, f:om leveralCoun- ireys, about jccoo Families ot Jrabians, The Houl'es ate built very high, by rciton of the annual oveifloAing of this River .ibout the Monet h of A/41'f/; • So that 1140 coverctli i\\<:Eirth for about no Miles in compaib , w hich rendcis llicle Countreys vt; y fi uitful, as the Nile d on the Indian Oii.iK, and towards tlie Gulf !, of Bengala , is conncuous to Pegu , to which It hath beenfubjid, at prcfent is to Siait. This K.ngdom hath nianv Ports frequented for Trade ^ for beddes its Crams, Fruits, oyh, and Medicinal Herii, it IS rich in Mines of Gold, Sir. r. Iron, Lead, Steel, andCo/'/',r, Ic lui'. Rubin, Lacqnes and Benjamin, &c. And they nuke 7* tni III ( I mmtii • l.ti. I itiiit' i< iitfk ta ^ ff< IJ^IA. make f r/(f// of £ir vai niih- cd with Black, and wherein they keep Water, Wine, Ojl, and all forts of Liquors -, and foi this rcalon theyarcelteemed in all the Hall. ^ A NG OM A on the confines of Pe- gu, Sittm, and Eram.t, hath been fubjeiff , to breeds, befides thofe which are particular to the Indies. Their Nipt hath almoft the fameftrength with om Jeiua Fit £, and is tranfpotted alfo over all InJia in tlie Marta- vanes. funcalaon, Zueda, Pera, and Malacca, have likewii'e thefe Nifes or burning Wines , but not fo excellf nt as thofe of Tanafferi. Jumalaen and Per a have Calaem or Ca- or tributary, fopietimes to one, and fome- laim, which is a kinde of Tinn. times to another. It hath GoM, Silver, HI O R is beyond Cafe de Siacapurjy Copper: Musk, Cotton, of wliich they make and on the utmoft point of the FeninfuU : ManufaHures, Pepper, (^c. Its people arc Itschicf City was taken and ruined by the lh.,..t tij > ... more addit^ed vice. to Horfe tiien Foot fet- Fortugals in 1603. who took from thence 1 500 Brafs Cannons, The King of Mor The Kingdom oi L AN I AN is but tor revenge, befieged Malacca in 1606. little known ; its Pofitionmuft be towards with ^rns excellent, but dearer then u Ban- lam: 'l\K\):Sarej-B0Mra, that is the matter ot Stfal/otrs Nefls, which we fiiall fpcak of m Cechinchina,\^m\xc\i fought after. The foyl IS good, producing Ftmtevs'.y Month 40 in the Year. Tlieir Hens, Ducks, and Geefe, often lay Eggs twice a day. Amongft an infinite nuinoerof Fowl, they have white Herons and Turtles of various colours like Parroqueiees, Patane, Singora. Sordelong, and Li^or, are on the fame Gulf, which may be called :i\iohy Patana, and makes part of that of Si.in: Patane and Ligor towaids the two ends % Ssngon and Bordelong m the midft, jc and at the bottom ot this Gulf s and thefe two laft aic head Cities ot Provinces (others call them Kingdoms ) unde' Stan -, the two firft arc Kingdoms tributary to Stan: They have nothing particular above Pa- ttme, to which they arc all united. The tbct City of Pjtane ta/'cs its name from its Ku^omlc ailed, feated on theSea-fide betwixt Malacca and Si' am. Its houlcs w til and handfomely built, cither Jk, , i^ts^h mumii, HSC'DIJ. 75 either of Timter or C4HIS I the PaUa /fm/isencompafTedwicha ?*Uifado, and its Mefques are made of Brick. This City, as alfo the whole Kingdom Is very populous , amJ enjoying a good Trade. Its people arc inclining to a Swar- thy Brown Complexion, well propoi tion- ed, ingenious, iiln\g,Jrts', cfpccially Na- vigation ■■, but above all, great lovers ol Worrnti. TheCountrey aflot'ieth moftofioor Navigable Rivers ^ moft like to ( but fairer and more odori- ferous then ) Orange Flowers, Some of tliefe Trees have been tr.infported and b: ought as far as 6V4, and Come other pla- ces of the Indies, but no care could ever prtferve them unto Eurofe. The Provinces of this KngJom of t_«' <'"f' S I AN, arc very populous, (iptcially .* rV./". tliofe which have tiie benefit ol tl.tSf.i, 'Jl^^'""' tiie Indian Commoiltties^by reafon ot which it hath a good Trade. Malacca, i City and Kingdom, is at pre- fent the mod famous of all rhofe which of the Peniafula we liave comprehended under the name ot Malacca.- It liar.ii been iubjeet to the King oi Stan. A particular King had made hirnfelf mufhr ot it, beiore that the Vortu^als enoe.i the.W/«. In but inh.;bittd by difTient people, but for the moft part well piopoit.oned , of a Swarthy Com- plexion, more addided to FenM then Mars s ingenious, but l:izy, uncoiiftant, and dueiveis. Tiieir habit is a painted Cloth, which tlity wear about their mid- dle, and hangeth tiown to their knees? befiiies which, tlieMen wearlhortSlurts, and tiie Women cover their B:elh with a 15 1 1 , Jlfonfa Aibuqitnque took the City 20 pcice of Linmn , which they tye about ihcir Naks, all oblerving onefalhionj tiieperfunsof qua ity being onely known by tfieir atttmiancc. Their Marriages , hitrials, and other Ceremonies, arc much tlie Ume as tl.olc aforeUid •, they brins? up xixv. children \i.:\y \si:\\, inftruct;ng them in Arts : By wl: icli, according to their abi- hties, they are advanced to pieferment. In their pun:lhmtnts tf ■ ' :: ; fevere and iiature of the 111 tliename'ot £/«Jrt.'/f/, Kmg of t'ortu- i^al, who kept it m dcfpight of all tlie 'Neighboring Kings, unt.! tuch time as the Hollanders took it from ihem in 1*41, theCountiey remaining ihll la the Kins!;? of Stan. Tint winch hath made this City gteat,iich,aniipo\ve;tu!, (though the -Ur be unhealtlilul, and the (bylalmolJ barren) is the advantage ot us fcituation , bt.'.ig feated on thcRivcr Cafa, wl idi is about 30 diffcient accoiding to three Leagues Uoad, and in tlie centitot ciiir.e the firm Land , and of all the IllanJs of tlie E*(l Indies , commandmg x Streight, which IS the Key which nukes it tiii" Sta- ple of all the India and China Commodi- ties ; by reafon of winch, it is a place of great Traffick , and very populous, con- taining about uoco t'amihcs, befides St-.angers. Its Houfes ate low, and not over cunoully built, and theStrcetsnar- 40 tow \ the City is about two Miles in length, and of half the breautli, being a and breaking Laws as, tliey pleafe-, impi>- ,';!• ',';, place of good ftrength, being defended by iing Taxes on tlieir Sul^jeds •, pumlli ng , ',"•; ;l'* H;s Army dotli confift of iiisownSub- T/'-r ^(fts, m t' t iiatu.c of our Trainid Hands, '""' whicli arc to ivj ready upon all occalions, and not of a (fan.! ni; Army: Tiieit Arms .'re Bov's and Arrows, Siro'ds, I ikes, and Bucklers; they have no Fire-arms \ tiieir Hontraiyto their mindcs •, make War and Peace as often as tliry pleafe. T liclc and the like .ulions he doth vH' i'imfelt, witl-.out conl'ent of any-, yet iiehatlia(:tf;<«f//, w'ncli are his divers Nations ot tlie Indies, liaiii lb taibi- 50 Nobles, of wiiom he wili liear tUvn opinions oncd tlie Malajots Language, t!iat it is the bvft and moil elegant ot alloiheis. Among the rarities of Malacca, or ra- tlier among the wonders oi the Wo: Id , maybe counted Arbor trtflis, or tlie Sad Tree, whicli bears /'/wfrj onely after Sun fct , and (hcJs them I'o foon as the Sun rifet ; and this it doth every nigiit through- out the whuU ^ nr. T hcie Flmtrs arc al- and advice , but aft as beff pkalefh lum. He liacli but one IVife, wlio bears the title of a .Queen, but \u\.\\ nuny Concubines, In his Apparel and Attendance he is very magnificent and (lately, not (hrrin^abioad without great pomp; by reafon of winch, as alfo through ins aiiftenty, he liath great veneration lliewed lum. His Revenue is very great, hcbeftowtth liis Honor or l^re- T tctmcni 74- 1:HS)1A, I.,,:. '■■1» . ferment onthofe w!io heft i-ileafchini, not retiariiini! nirth and Ldutation , it being not llcrc({itari, Yoxthe AdminiflrMiono^ ^11(1 ue, mofl Cities luve tlie.r Jiir/ji/d/ioi;s and '1 !iisg;eat Kn^doni is not in all places al.kf-, ior in tome pairs itiseovncd witli jyncii, in others Mountainoi/i •, and totlic mamieis, "mi bai barou fnefs of t!ic Tj>' tars,t\\ti', N> iglibois. Cdi/jifu '■■•.: Ilk t wife is divided inro chi,tr?il>.u ;..ii. Ccchituhtnti ■ Chijn/pjd lu ■ IWiHuCJinboja v.nd Cochincfj/nn, iegii;;i,'. ihi- 1 jlcso\ Sonde townrds tlic South-, tlu I'hilippints tov.aids tlic \iA\ •, and touciics owlurKjum to tlicNoith. Its princip.l City bears the Came n'tne, aauiduii.', t > Siaildc M.irlhi, llut, :,n.\ Fertile, all'oid- lOnioll Authors •, but according; to otheis, nig divi-is uiiJ rich Commodities as ali^C- nicntioncd; andbnii;,; pkmitnily tumllli- cd with A/irr.f, B,i)ei, and litrbors, tor theconvenitniy of Shippng. I'uUc.icetn. Ic hat!i nothing which is n* : common loCiKhincbmn, and theicfoie v.c lliallfay nonioic. Cochinchitia particulaily taken, is bitter known then all tiie niit^hbor;ng Coun- tieys, becaufc it iswiiully upontiieSi.i , r- n r T1 J ^r r IJ J ^r J ''^^"'? '^° I^^-'t^'if^' ^>' <-'o-'il , and nut f U L 11 1 v^X^t 1 1 1 J\^/J , above 40 or 50 in bicadth betwem t! e ^__» r\r /iO) 1 f\r ■ McuntatNsoi Kemoif, a baib.uous Pt\.p!e, lUj\{^UlJ\j(SC. lOjniitl.eSta. Iisi'rov:nccsaiedtfcti 1- t:oni North to South: SirmiJ, Cjaum, .'J'/.ifl^/Tj , Siii»(^i» 01 Vul.u.tmbts , ,;nd HAtiran- Tilt two fiilt touch upon7«w- .y«./i , th.e iait touch on the K.ngdom ol Chumfa.t. Till- King makes hisorn'iiijiy Kiiidtncc in the Province ot Sniuvj, ju at Ott /.!«», Cities of the lame name with the r I'lovinccs. All thf Countiey is fcrtil, aboundini,' 11- flcmi, under tlic nnnieof CoCIl I X- C // ; .V vf taken :n gin:ial , all that lies to tlic h.'.Uwaid of the Kingdoms of C*ml)0]4, Stan, Pe^a, and t_> '■''*"^> -^"^i Z^'''^^'' bi ceding many Mountains wiucli limit Lirtarj •, extending It felt l:om theni.ieth degree of Lxtttud: cm this iidc till- hit!>, which mal< e mo; c t h.cn 6000 Leap ues -, t he hreadtii not being above the eighth or tci.rhp.i.T of itslingtii. Tlienamcof CoehnuhiNA, according to four; , ii^niiiej JfV// China 5 fi) the Natives of the Countiey call it Onam or ^/»4»», 40 valuable Ctmniodaits. All foitsol A'4- j mis and Seafii , and the St.t excellent fijhes : It picxiucts Ctnnamoii, Pepper , Lf^num /tiHiJe^ t'd/.;Wu, and Beniamin, Its tciiipc;itu:c IS j>leafaiit, though uikier ihc'lotrid /.one % tliL ///r healtlitul, and til" So-fl lo abundant in all things, tlut the Iiihjbittnts have no knowledge citlut of Cont. 1? ton o\ famine. They have GoLl^ Silver, Silk, PcneUin, and dtvtrs other that is the- Occidental Quarter y and this extends M the view of China, ot which, it wason.'tp,^r, andwhofe L*n?uit^e^ Man- ners, C:>ft'»is, Government, Krlimn, and Other Cenrnenies they yet retain, (which /laving (M.ifion to treat ul in chtna, as moicconvcnicnt, lo: bievity fake I omic them heii, rctfning the Jieaderiomy l)i- Tcription 01 c'ma. 1 But thele tiuatteis be- ing retired tioin the fub)c«:lion ot theC/<;- noii abnvf 800 years ago.weie a little atlu aseafilydiv.dedintodivcis hllatts. The name of Cochinclnna being kept in the nivift Southern paits •, that of Tunifnin ha- ving t .ken tlie middle, and mo;e N'oitt.ein- ly parts, paffing uiuic: the name o* t!ic Jieoplc ( ailed Z4JIJ . the K ngioni ol Cto- canpue, thepeopl'-'C'ar^'f/, 'Jtmtcoves,&c, wholiave inpait tiktii, .aidicccvcd the tions htijucnt us Coafl, by rcafon of the goodnefb ot its Ports \ and bec.iulc its In- fialiLinis aie couitcoui, libeial, kinJe tj Strangers, and fauhtul in tl.tir dealaigs. They ;.re couragicius, and muiewaiiike tlxii tliofe ot Iiinqtiin or China \ handling all forts (t Aims, with no fiiuil adiviiy: They a: c Idolaters •, Chriftianiij \\\n intro- duced in 1 6:0. and began to ll ouruli •, but 50 their Kings have of late very much pcifc- cuted them. Aniongll the particularities and rarities •"■ ' of thcCountrcy, ucinuft place the /«//, j • an Inundation, whicli in y4*;«OT« covers With its Waters almofl all the Countrey. It renews from 15 to 15 days, remaining cnely three days at a tune, making the buthfohuittul, that it bungs toi thus in- he Cfcalc twice 01 thnce a yror. Thti; Saroj- Bcira, jfiiers of the Tjr- *c is liiviJcJ into na-' Chunifa* be- ; ■ binchind, rcgu.Uti'i is tlicSoutli-, the liaft-, ;iud touches th. Its princip.I rrif, ;iai);iiiiii.', t') coiJin-^; to others, th'.iig which is ih r. , and theidoicv.c Illy taken, is better itighbor.ng Coiiii- ully iipoiuhfSui , i Coalt , aii.i iioL Mtltli between t' e- I baibaious I'Cvple', iKcsaiC(itlaiK;in^ SinniJ, CiCiijm, II I'lil.u.imbii , ifiu It touch Ilium ■/«//- m the K.iij;eiom ul makes hisoniiiijry nice' ot Siituvj, in liciame name witli ; fcrtil, aboui^eiiti!,' hs, bieciiinj; many 1 tl>C St.t I'XCtllcUt VtnnamM, Frpper , t//j, anii llfttjarfit/i, anr, though uii^ie-r rlir hcaltlitul, :iiij n ill thiUL'S, ti'.at knowledge either 1 hey huve C*/7, and d:ve:s oiher All Ibusol Aw , by icalon ot the anJ bec.iuleits /«- , libeial, kiaJe tu in tlitir de.i!.n^N. and miJiew.iilikc ttChtnj; iianahni' no Imjll adivity : iflijiitij v.\.jint:o- in tolloLiiilli-, but t very much pcil'c- aritics andraiities ■'• uft place the Luit, J in Autumn ciivvn all the Countrey. 5 days, remaining ime, makini: the bungs toi thus Ill- car. Thei; :^arej- Boura, J!J\(J)1A. 75 Bottr.t'l or matter wheirwit?! ceitain Smllows make their Nc(!s , which after thole A/r^ and h\'tifitif>it.t)iis, Smie Aiit'-wrs vwllha/c it called Tiin^iutu, tliatis, thtCiiiirtot tlie VV'eif, and that tlie K!ni',dom touk itsnamc tioin it. The I.aiui hath beautilul I'Liihs, and watered withijiary !:reat Rivers-, winch with the K.iins, and meltini! of the S.ioiv , v\hicli dtl'cends fiom tlie Mmiitjim y tii.itfepa- the other takenout ot tlu.liaik, is Imooth 3° rates it from th^- Layei, the Kingdom of and t;lib •, lofohd and weighty, that it links to the bottom of the Wate: , and feivts alio tor .Inil'ors for Ships. They make Pilars , on which tluy e:ect their Puildings -, and beloi e the time of the Luit, iheydiiVe 7<"/?« and /'/.i«*i between thel'c Columns ■, and with C.i«i-' and Rcc:ls .kcmw- moi.'ate diveis Ap.trtmints , which they take away m the timeot thole. /«««,-/jr/. vns, that the Water may tun thelreer. THe Kincdoin of TUN^itllN is pait on the Sea, ami pait onthe Mam Lantl ; It bounds on tlie Sea at the bottom of the Gulf ot CoihiHihin.iy there wiiere it CiocA»^iie,C.hiH.t, and Coihittchtn^, make it tiuittiil by theil t.'itiiiJiiiom- reiidringit better and more abuuJaW tiun CcJun- ihri.t. Yet hath it litithci C«rn> \ {ncs , nor '• '"^ olive Trees ^ but they gather Ricei\\ku3i !»,.'' year, of winch tliey make /;/vj.V; they fitJi in \y:!i(, and 'lilead ot 0)l, make ufe of the mattei taken tioin Sn\i!ions A° Ncfisi ot which, they have no let's (juan- titvthenfW'/wr/'/w,/, They have neither /ll](s u^Y, sheep, many Horf:i, Hlepkinti, and Rhinecerotes , whole f/iV/j , Skim^ Znus, reeih, iY4;i'.>-,and Hoim, lervcior Antidotes ngainit Voyjon ; they liave fo much Viilljinf, Pijcons, Turtles^ and other fowl, that they give theinalmoll tor no- thing. Atmnigft tlieir Frmis , tluy have fair divides f.'/;;/;,i tiom Of /^/;;i /;;;!.« , aiui hath 5^ Portie^ranMes % which beyond tfieordinary tin. about 150 Leagues of ('oalt. On the Land it extends it felf from the feventeenth degree of Latitude . on this fide the frjuattir unto the twenty thud, which are likewil'e 150 Leagues from North to South: Its breadth liein^ onely about 100 Leagues from Had to Weft. This Kingdom contains Seven Provin- ces, ot" whiclijthcthrctmoftSouthciuly, excellency ot that />///f, hatlihere apar- ticul ir and delightful juice. For Fi(l> they make account that in the feafons, there daily goes tcooo B-vqucs out ot their i'pr/.f to/V/i. The Cifhclnk Religion was fo introduced ^ • ''^^ here fomeycarspall,that there waselleem- ','.„:,,.' ed to be more then 200000 chnjlncd SohIs , 3*0 great Churches , and a great quantity 7< 111,, t'r, I J •/ Aiin, Ipfi fill ,4 It:, it, '•i-i .f »:njl t. qu.mtity ofchapftls, and Onterits : tliere not any thing of that name s and that when this gnat I mpire talis from one family to another, he tliatbcijinsllie family, gives fuch a ntw name, as he pleafes to tht Kw^^Jeme : and thcfc names are very fpc- cious •, astotmcrlyit lath had the name ot" t/;.««, that is, bountil('fs5 r«, that is, rcpofe s HiH wIulIi figmfics, great v ScUm which IS, an Ornament-, Clxu^ that is, pcr- liatli fiiice happened divers changes. In thcfc Khi^domcs the Pcrlui^allj havclcve- ral Townes and Cities, liy which tlicy have a great Revenue. In tile- Coif ot Sun ire feated fcveral Ifles, I'onii. ot wliich are well known, as tJK'Klt' o\ Cotteinfcos about 17 Luigiics long-, andijbioad, fcatcd about j or 4 Lc'ai'U(.'s from Lim and Bordclonf^, m the 10 kit^ and Toothers : the family that mens Tcninfiiit of Malacca -, and bi tvvcen tins at prefVnt, gave it the name of Min^ that Ille and t!ic Land oi M.iLicc4\\a\\ fcvi'i.il Uttll ICVl'l fmalllll'.s, Thtncxt of note arc the Kks of Macar.1 and r.inian \ tlicn the Ifles of C./M, winch aielou. in number-, and the Hies of Ccfyn which aic thicc 111 number, withlVveral otheisot no account. In the Golf called the Colfoi B E N- G A F. A are Iikewill- leated f'everal Illcs, isjbrightnefs v andtheiaft Kings of the famefamily have added T.»,whichis,King- dome, fothat T<«-A//«ligniric$tlic King- dome of brightnefs. The PenfU neigh- bouring upon c /«;»4take little heed of the clianging of thel'e names • but on tliecon- trary, tome name it in one manner, and fome in another -, Thofc of CuchtHchim thcch'.et ofwhiclia'.ethellU's ot c;A«^r//«, 20 aik! ^/.iwcallit C/w, tiom whence we have Cudube and L(do,t, ot dos AlcvjHt4des_ Alij^jda and Diirfindiva, wliofe cheif place is SiriaoH-, tlie Klfs of AndtmaOH whicli are 10 in number, two ot wlr.cli are in- different large -, hkewilV the Kles dos Cocos, dos Cal'ojes, Tar;.ijJ(n, Tavaj, Allt and Cr.tro which f.iid Illes are not far d,ft.int fiom tht Sea lli\i:e of tlieLand of .V/j», two of which arc each about 20 Leagues in length -, and t!ie one 10, and ther about 7 in breadth. Alto in this Cc//arethe Illes ot drtmuhar, of /f^ij, des S$mbr(ros d( Palm ; Siano, Samhilano, Bdtun, Per.i, I'lnaon-, Canal dt it, 'J^or^y^o^ iV/fo^jr and otlieis. many of whichaiewcll known and tiequented by Merchants^ af- fording fcveral of the Indian Ctmmtdi- iies. 7kt King' Clii I. CHI ^.f. r^ II I N A is on tlie Eaft of Afu, and > otall our C!ont;nent, whercitcom- pofes one of its faitcft Kingdomes, for its grcatncfs, for its f; uittulncf"s, for its riches, Jo and Townes. tui med the name ot chma ; 1 hole of Ja- fhanThaii: The Tartaret Han, The 54- razfnsMd Mahometans q\ the Weft call it Cathay -, under wli.ch name is likewifc comprehenJed the Laftein part ot Tar- lary. Its grcatncfs extends from the it, or i/imw 19, unto the4jor 44tli degree of Ltti- imJc: aiui tiom 147 to \66 degrees of tlic 0- jo Len^itud(^ and in lomc places from 14J, to 17 J : that IS about 24 degrees of L4- tiiude, which amount to 600 Leagues, from North to South ; and 1 8 or 20, and ("ometimcs 25 degrees of Len^itude^which amount ro4,j,or5co LcaL;uc$tiom Weft to l:.(t : lomc Authois have clleemcd tins Kmqdomc greater, but the Fatheis {ir<'/*""liaveobrerved the height of Ft- qmn, andit'smoft Noi them parts. 40 It contains itfPr»r/«fr/, ail rich, plenti- «...» ful, and whici; might well merit the name, Ji'^t';', and title of Klngdomes^ they are fubdivi- ^.;;"'' dedint0 28/v^/j/»/, or lets Prtvintes^ of »'■••"•" which fome lave 1 1 , lomc i j faire Citi« : nmon^ftwhichaic 180 great Cities, 319 great Towns, andixi 2 Ufrer,inalli77i Cities, and fairc Townes. MenJeet ac- counts about c5oo Cities -, and itfoogreat Townes whifh will tlien be sjoo Cities JH /ftvfjt for the great number, and politenefs of its Inhabitants, for the beauty of its Cities, for its Manufadures, and for having had the inventions of Silk, Printing., Paper, ArtiUoy, 6''-'. before US, makes it wor- thy of note. Ptolomy knew this Country under the nameot .y/«4r«i»»je<'^/'(;-, but it hath been obfervablc by us that the chintis knew However it be a great number, there cii„,^ is thefamchkewifeofiefler places .- info- /•/" much that in Anno 1 5 j 7, there was found in china more then 40 Millions of men, which payed tribute or tax.- in Jtfitf there was neer 60 Millions. Among which the Wcmtn, Toung men under 10 years, Eunuches, Soldiers^ ofpctrs. Sick people, and thofe of the Kings kindred were not corn- mi . - ,:-..Jjl^H_ % lamltluttwlien one tamily to family, gives plcafcs to tilt ; are very fpc- liad the name 1) r», that is. jgreat v^fz-'w *, that is, pcr- iily that riigns i; ot Min, tnat t Kings of the which is.King- iritsthe Kiiig- ; rentie ncigh- ile hcedot the buton thecun- : manner, and ot CachnchinA khcnce wchavc , 1 hole ot Ja- Hilt, The Sa the Weft call it ne is likewife n part ot T*r' rom the it, or i"»«'.' | ie^tee of L*ti- [66 liigrces of | ' *^' aces fiom i4J, degrees of Ld' 6oo Lcngues, ! i8 or 2o, and fngituJeyVihich :uc$tioni Weft have cftecmed ut the Facheis height of ft- in parts. , ail rich, plenti- ",..» iK-nt the name, ^^'„Z cy are fubdivi- '•;)";; J s Prtvintes ^ of '•■•■•'■ ijfaireCitu.'s: •at Cities, 319 ■ ^>'Hk4t^ iller,inalli77i ■ jC'r . Mtndoce ac- andi5oogreat be 3300 Cities \ < i .0 ) nnmber, there ^,,„.„ places .• info- /•/••" there was found lillions of men, /mjtfitf there | .'-mj-'''- " 'i i^4 Among which I . ' 1 .^ ff . ' * inder 10 years, I '' i^*** \ i trs, Stck fetple, I A indrcd were not I J| *»* I f com- I * . * •■ :«Mp»»^ . ''• t .J^... IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 1.1 1^128 |Z5 ■^ 1^ |2.2 £ U£ 12.0 m, l'-25 11.'-^ ^ ^ 6" ► (?> 1 - xrUQSJUMl sj_jj,.«imSagr^ Vt^au ^ I N ConcdintJiii .5 lAJBt DIA rrA/« £^*- TbnJun IN rl,o X4MMr ^i r'lUl ^ /llw>i ,-%* ,-rt «,,^< :f "*•*< * i -"WW^ ' Liani J . . ? which IC.iii CHi:>CA. comprehended, which together would tiaiially keep at great expencesabotittfoco amoant to a very great number. horfe, and looo foot, which for the There are accounted likewifetribataries moft parr ate all ftrangers of different Na- ''^'lii*' to the King of Chin*, three Kings towards tions bordering upon this Empire, which t%'l the Eaft, 53 towards the Weft, jj to- are kept fordetence thereof whcnoccafi- If on fliall ferve^ in all tliis length of wali, there is jao Companies, each of them containing joofoulcJieis, which in all are 160000, befides Officers, &c. which will The bounds of this great Mtmrtlij are 10 make up the number tooooo, and are very advantageous, the Sea waffling it on all maintained at the Kings charge; but wards the South , and 3. towards the North, which are 114^ and many have allured his Revenue to i jo Millions of <;«/«/ the South, and Eaft, where there are di vers little J^Mds and Rttks along the Coaft : A Mountaine of above 500 Leagues long, being its Northern bounds, and great faody defarts and forrefts, mixt with Mountaines, limit it on the Weft, nntotheSouthfea: thefe were its natural deficnce, but upon the Tartsrs often ia moftof thefc arc Malcfadlors, which doth much Idfen the pay, they working for nothing. But for all this ftrong wall, and their great care in keeping it, the Tartars of late have almoft over-run all ehina. Befide its extent, the great num- ber of its people , and the forces of this Kingdome, the foil is generally exceed- vaiding them , and being at once Mafter 30 ing rich and fertile ^ and abounding in all of 33 important Townes , and tiearing leaft they ftiould be onite fubdued, con- cluded a Peace with tne Tiortars agreeing to pay them aooo Fit$$ of Silver for the denaytng the charges of their Army, and they to return home and render np the 33 Townes to the chimfti. This Peace con- tinued a good while, bat theyr fearing the incurfionof the Tturtars again, the King things , and fo divided by rivers and navi- gable CiM»«//, that fomehave affirmed that there are as many River-boats in Chindy as in all the world befides. They have all forts oi graints and fmits, except the olive, and the Almond^ in- fteaa of which they have many others not found eliwherei and moreover their graimts, fruitSy as-alfo their flams and 11$ TttliSlt and rmilf. uK,iuuwiui \iK smrmri «Kwi, uicA.ing rrsHKjy jtwhs^ u»>aiiu tncir f tarns ana at a general Councell with his Peetcs, ioc yiherits are far beyond ours in excellency their farther Peace and fafety did agree to and goodnefs ) and their )?Mrrrx more boild a wall about their Kingdome, or raither Empire, which might ferve for a Bulwark againft all invaders, inperfuance whereof there was raifed loooo Pias of Silver, which at 1500 Diuktis^tKh lUct amounts to ij Millions of Gold ^ and entertained 25000 men to carry on this work, wliereof 3000 were appointed as beautiful and various then ours. This Country produceth all forts of living creatures as Btsfts and fmU, both tame and wild ^ and fo excellent, that the flefti of their Cjmic9 Oveticen of the reft s "xi tnus in the 40 Crown, affw;; Twofhillingst all forts of rpaceof ay years, they quite finifhed the Fmlt, theytdlbythe pound, the com- circnmfereace of the wall, which is 70 mon rate after their feaihen are off, be- IW Ciuni ^^ ^4M. in length each ^a» beiiM 3 Leagnes "" which is 6)0 miles. This WaU is 30 loot h^b, and 10 foot broad*, being made with lime, faod, and plaiftered on the oat- fide, by v^asa whereof it is fo hard, that it is Canaon proof, Inftead of B»imirks ing not above Two pence ^ an i Fifh they have in fuch great plenty, asweH in their Rivers as in the Sea. tliat they are not worth the felling. The like may be faid of their Gr4Nt» and frvii/.which are found in as greet abundance ) tfiey have alfo as it hath IV4telhT0$Hrs two Stages high, great plenty in diven rich Commodities, ,,^^ ftancked with high Battereflesas thick as jo 3S in excellent SMgdr, Wax, Htwj, all *'»«. a hogs-head, and exceedii^ ftrongt the forts of £fiV«,feverali)r«^f/, Rict,WtM, expences for the performing of this work Wints \ great quantities o^ Silkand Ctttuiy was divided into three parts, of which t he C«Mi«M/ry paid one) theMf/f/, andlfle» of ify»Manother { and the KimaaA Pttra the other ^ and in this great inclofure there are but five entries, m which both the King of Chiiu, and tarttrf keep garri< fons: in each of which tw CAiMiircoii- of which they make a great number of dif- ferent HaimfaS»rts . T hey have a' 1 forts of lietais, but their Gold and Silver iso( alower Alloy then ours ) and therefore it is that they to much efteem Ei^lifh Gold, and Prifi$Ki and Rialls of Statiu : they have much /«^dr^ and Amier, quantity V ok '»&*; 7» CHt!HJ. Itfflilu, of Mttkr Chtity HfhidivvooUbe the bcft partictilvly, are their 2>fi«l/, which they in the worM, if they did not falfify it t m^ike with the leaves of cetiaia skmit^ their Ctmfkrt is not neer fo good as chat A Cnmmiy and an excdkat Vdrnifk^ which of t0rnc$^ and their Ptsrks are all tMrt- they get from the Barjkes of 7rw. Alfo fMf : They have much Ssbftter with their Poreeiam » which they make of which they make, befides Gimfmnln.y a Earth io the Province of j2w<^ which thon&nd devices and attiiicidi hres. They they make excellent C«^^ Di^if/, ^rc. have fo great plenty of Stdtt thac the far exceeding cU/s-MetiJ. Cuftomeonly in the Townof Cmict (as Thechimifes nrefor the mof^fMrtwell Mr. LemiiMtknts reports) doth bring in j^ihaped, of a good Stature) they have to iheKii^ 1 80 thoafaad Dwtedtsyear- commonly broad faces, flat noTes, little ly. eyes ) they never cut the haire ot their And thoi^h thisKingdomeorEnapire heads, but on the contrary they weare hadiAich great advantages forthefnppnrt little or no BetrJsy and as to their cva- of a ^d trade, yet by reafon of their plexion they diflfer according to the Cli- Ainels in dealii^ with! ftrangen, Cearce mate under which they abide, asthofeia admitting them in, and their i\ti£t orders the Province of Fetftui lying in the moft theyobletve to them, doth much leflen Nortliern part of chmsy are of a fiiire it. complexion like the EnglifhtVthftn as thofe They have abundance of very fine in- j^ towards the South, as in the Province of CsMttH, irt. are like the Mttts of tur- T*,; >'i>l "I^JIUU,, ^JtTim.' ventioM, of which fome are common with us, but which they had before us: as the diTpofition ot'their^*)?; , their f^^rr which they make of the baxkof BaHitm or C*ites, but tbthin, that it will bea Inke on both fide:, to their writing they make iileof Femiit, OMdvot PtHs, whicii by reaTonof tbefinooihing of the Paper, th^cut their CLf^trt e»:ceding neat, their mritmg kiry ) their women are handfome, yet make ufe of Paint ^ they feldome are Icen abroad. They weare their Carmntt very hnw, with long k)efe flcevcii thoTe of the Nortliern Provinces nuke ufe of Fwrs\ and thofe of the Sovthem weare SiUh, bac perfonsof quality are richly lnAiitd, and TifirW ooofiftctk onely of cktrsOtts , whkh jo ^fiM<^ with nnany tetrks and nake fomaoy SytdltSy and the SflUUes St$ms. Tkeyare greatkyvers of ITmmw, fo many ditfereat names, whofc fignifica- as alfo of their bellies, commonly eating MM arevartoMt of thefe Mm^yUtUts thricea day, their dyet betn| good aiiS tbojr hive neer 6a or 80000. they write cleanly dreft. and they as neatin eating it^ frMtt top to bottom, advaacii^ their lines makii^ ufe ofhuvu iadfirkts. froin the Idt hand to the right, aadaknoft Thqr are vetyingcmous, and much alltbeir knowledge confi& only in read- more indufttioos and •Polite then their ingwoll. in their /yiari«^, they are fo expelt»that they cantake away, aognnent, or change as much orashttlcas they pieafe Neighboun, having the nfe and under- ftanding of An$ and Stitmu, both li' beral and Mechanical, as tUdMn, Ttn m Their ^7fi//fl7 which they ^ fkjfttk , J/htmmy , concerning the ma moment. dififioant by peices, and their chMhtit wfaith they make ran with a Sade, &c. Their MMmfaffitret ^ Silky which they fay they have had 3 or 4C00 years. They itukeuleof T4^/Mand Stttti when thev euct and of Jje^when they repofc^ which their neighbours doe not. Their Hi^ vnji are ftraight, paved, and cot romc times out ol the Mountains. They have Huvtus andf Stan, the Etliffts of the Sim9niMt$iii&c. in the which they hiwe abundance di vain fancies. Alfo they aie expert in i^dt* and making of jit»lktl iMfinmmty Nmngttim^ jtnktteffm>t, Paimugy St»lft»r«y making oichtkt^ cafttag of Meitsltm ImigtSy Mtittts or thekke) thefe wth fevcral other inveati* ont too tedkNis to name, they bad the b«^• StU which they cxtrad from the Sea-^°aefitofbefereiH) yetaretheyoot intbac waccrand froita MtHu, They make and fubftradi their SwgMt , Hmnj and Wax^ from things, to witt, (romXfff) from the fi^uiteofceitain trtts , and from certain little mnmt they keq> in thofe Trees j and this fort is the beft, thewhiteft, and itsf Candt bames the deareft of aU. petfeftkMk ai they are with ns. And as ior Armtt , they have their coarag« fokAv, that both the Smltkm and the Qmmmitrt fubmit themfeives to the whip, when they have been >«-anting in their dutyt fothatitwasfaid, that when the 74»tmi aflfaultcd than,ic fufficed then Thofe things whch cfaey have moft only to have fticwcd them the whip, to hav have put them to flight.'at the Sejthi- onefalhioo, but are didinguiiJied bytiieir AHt their predeceflbrs once fervcd lh«ir colour » they all ftave their beards and flaves, who during their long abfence had heads, they make ufe of Btdds^ and fay married their Mifiejfes. ^ It is likewife re- their MtttetUy &c. as the Eurtfean Monks ported thar the ChinA btrfes could not fufier the weighing of the TarttrUit Ctwrftrs \ and the Chiiuu C*vtUers being of the fame humour, they were more Ukely to run then Hght. doe. MaHtUlfltes faith that th^ are much ad^i^ed to incantations audcharmei, not domg any thing of concernment, without they have firft confuited it by their charmes ) r d if they prove not according Moreover the <:Ai/r«> are veryceremo- lo to their deficc, they will raile and abufc nious, courteous, ai'd great complcmcn- their CtJt with fcurrilous language, fling tors, for which they have feveral printed them down, beat them, whip them, m Books which they teach their children, not paflln^ by any one that they know without kindlalHtations; and if they hap- pen to efpy any Iriend which comes out of the Country, befid~s their kind greeting, his firft qucftion will be to ask him whe- ther he hath dined or fupped} which if he tread upon them j but when their choler is a0wayed, they will cogg with them, give tlicm good words, and pretend for- row' and it the charme favour them, then they offer to them Geeft, Ducks, boild H/Vf, drc. Thefe charmes are commonly two fmall peices of wood, "one fide being hath not, he will carry him to a Tavern, ao flat, and the other being hollow, which and give him a treatment oiFlejh, fimle, saififlti and if he haihdin'd, a collation of /•/■w'r/and Coitfervts, They arealfoterycoftly in their Feafts and entertainments, as in variety of Afr4//. fruits, rmftrvtSf to which may be added other delights.- nMnfick, Singing, Dm- €iag, PUfUy and other paftimes. And for pcrfont of qoality they obGnve more they fling upon the ground « and if ic happen that the round fide of both, or of one is downwards, they take it for an ill omen^ if uppermoft, for good They believe that all things vifible and invifible were created by Heaven, wlio by a viftetrtHS governs the univerfe, z- nother who governs all fukluiuxf thingSf they al(b add three principal Minifters) one ftace, fisme Feafts lafting about is or ao S° looks to the produdion of FmitSy and the generation of Utn and Ammttsy another governcs the Airt^ and caufeth Rmuk^c. and the other governeth the vyttcrs and iu. MMmUIJU'sC^thaiCoy that 'at their jr«< Htrdls they have feveral ceremonies { as i»if*r* cUyes. They have feveral dayes which they mdte great account of in Feaftings and raerrymeBC , but above all others, their New years day, which is io ItMrek, where aUb their Pnefis are prefcm at tneir re- nr^-M %n^j ita*!. n^vctoi iciauuiun < as joyciogs, addine to tne rolenmityofthe foon as any perfon isdeceafed, th^waib day facrifices wnich they make to their his body, put on his bcft clothes, and fee Gmi. him in a chaire, where his Wife, Children, In tl'eir Msnii^a they are alfo very 4° and other Relations kneeling down about expenfive in their Feafts I for the jrii(r- • • • ■• •• j;[r«MW receives 00 other portion from her triends, then what they beftow in their en- tertainments « but on the cootmy} he siv0 her a pottion, which (he gives to her ftieads in thankfulnefs for their care in her oducation, rtwf M'ff Jl«. him, take their leave of him, ^hichdone, they put him into the Coffin, fet itupoo a table, covering him with a winaing ftieet, which reaches to the ground, on which they draw the PiAure of the de- ceafed, where they leave htm i j dayes, during which time, in fome other loom The C^iWtf may be held at '<|f4irf, and they fet on a Table Wittt^ Fruit, aai idtUttrs. not knowing the true ttligim, Litbts, for the Frtift who watchech, after but wormipping l4$is s they invoke the $o which time, they carry the Corps to the Dtvitt, they hcud the immortality of the Buriall place, his Relations commonly Stulf and after this life it soeth to eternal moumiM for a ycare. Uift, or tormiwtt they alio hold a kind of The Covemment of the Kingdome or rt> ki, furgtttrfy and that their friends and rela- Empire of Cifr/iM, is wholly at the power {;|^ tionsi^n their prayers and fupplications, of tne King, either tochange, takeaway, '^"'• Sy have fome eate, for whioi purpofe or aogmest laws, when and as oit as he ly hsve a day fet apait for the perform- pleafes « yet doth he not execute any rigo- ing of this ceremony. They have four or- rous bwes noon them, fcarce adding or im- deriof Rcligitus men, they obfetve all pofiog any thing upon hit fubje^is without th« 86 CHIK^- • -■1 'Mi n l*. Wall) amoogd the ten Sonthente one;., there are fix on the 5r4{ three to- wards ,tl>'.' Eaft as ytnfiin, ChtctputBt or Anthtt and Fntfnien, and three to- wards the South, as Canton, ^antj, and Tnnnnn ■• the other four Provinttt are up in the Land, and are called champ, Hnananj Sathnen, and ^ickn. And of »o thefe Provinces in order. The Provinte of LE AOToyli tl- mod quite fcparated from the reft of CiiwA* Its chief City bears the fame name; this City.asalfomofl of the Cities in China, is wcllboilt, and of one form, bein^fqnare. and with good Walls made of Bruk, and plaiftered over with I'fr^/^xxr, which ren- ders it exceeding hard and ftroi^ % they are commonly broad, and having the be- JO nefit of feveral Tomtrt, as Svell tor beauty as defence. Its foileamongft other things produces the roote C>«/m, which preferres the>vcllin health and ihengthf hrength- en$andreflo:es health to tne fick r, they fdl it commonly at double its weight of Silver. Its Inhahttants are lefs civilized then the reft of China, but more robuftu- ous, and proper for WarrJ Its other pla- ces of moft note are Hithto, and Chinthto, 40 and both feated on the Sta. The Provinte t^PE^JN though very fertile, yet by reafon of tne popn- loufnefs of it, its chief City Xnmkienfn by us called Peqnin, being the abode of the King of China, for the Northerne Pro- vinces, as Nami»in is for the Southcrne, makes it ithat it can fcarce furnifli Jiajz, Wheat J and Mice, neceflaiy for the Kings Honfty for the CMff, and for the Jtf//M«, JO which guards the Kings perfon, which are in an exceeding great quantity of perfons, befides above x aooco families, which in- habit in the Cities, Towns, &c. in thefaid Province, it containing about ijo Cities, befides Townes and places of leU note. A part of its f^ovifions are therefore broughc from other Provinces. Its chief City as I faid before, by us, bears the fame name with the Province,*of which, ( waring the d'ftt4*t ffttmnt Peuui'i, .b„ff:u iheothm) t ilwll defcribe unto you, fol- bits, andin each of tlicm about loo SuHt lowing the Defcription which Ffrdiii*nd or shtts , which are not onely tutnillird Mtnitz fintt hathobferved in his Book of with all kindc ot titjh eaten amongft us , Tr*vtlt into thefeparts, wherein he faith, but alfo that of Horfes, Vtgs, Timers, Rk- That itisfcituai" •rthe4i degrees of the ntcertts, MuUs, Camels, otters, Btd^trs, Ntrthtrit L*titiid( s the circumference of drc. which tliey hold good and vvhok loin its Walls bting 50 Leagues, viz. 10 long food : And besides tliefc shamUti, there is and J l>ro:id, environed with a double »r4if fcarce a 5fr«r without 5»/fifr/-//;(i^/, and wiAtoiFrte-fifney where there are a great inthefe places tlic cl.oicdf Meat is fold. quantity of Bulwarks and Ttwtrs for fur- 10 He faith, there is alio about no Canals o: ther defence. Jtfmdisits , whi.:h are about la fatliom This VTtB a fo broad, that i» Herfis broad, and three deep, crolTing tin lUgh may march a bred, without touching one - the whole length and breadth ot thcC/;;, another, having its height anfwerable to upon which thereareabout 1800 fair and its breadth, having j6o Gttts for entrance rich Brsd^es, fuftained on Arches. tothisCity^ toeichCaU theicisjoyned There arefomethat holdthis OV; tobe a fmall f flrr,comporcd of two high TtmrSy 50 Leagues in circuit, and tlien they make wiihiti Ditches iXidPraw-trsdges^ and at account of anotl.er, which is without this every Gdte thereisaitrf»/?rt' and iomPtr- Citj, which in length and breadth is an- Urs with Hdlheris, \iino are obliged toaofwerable to the former, which anciently give an account of all that pafs in and was all inliabited , but at prefent oiidy out s to which end, they enter their names in a Book. Thefe Gates (he faith) by the Ordinance of the TmUh or Lard Steward of the kittgs houfhold , are divided ac- cording to the jtfo days of theyear t, fo that every day in his turn, hath theFeaft of the InvHoiitit of the Idal^ whereof each Gatt bean the name celcbnucd with much foletnnity. fome Bir$t$ghs and VtUaget ; as alfo many fair Htufes and Cables , amongft whicii, there are irfoo whicli have great advant- ages over the reft, and a:e the W»*/m of vnttrtdtrs ofthct^oo moft remarkable Cities and 7iimns in this great Emfire, who at the Geaeral A^emhlj of the Eftates , jirhich is here held every three years for the ja pobtick good, 1 epair to this Csij. The priiKipal StrMt in this C$n (he ' Without this great IsicUfu/e , which is faith) are voy lone and broad,beingDean- notcomprehendedintheC/rjr, thereisina tificdwiihfiur ffM^;of twoorthree ftories dtftanceof feven Leagues long, and three high, and indofedatbochends with Bal- broad, Soooo Ttmis of the MandanHs, ^ers oi IrtH zvA LatiB \ the eottances which are fmall Cil'tf^/r/f) which are exceed- intothetiv ate through Lmhs which crofs ing rich edifices ^ being compafled about thefe great Streets s and at theeitdof e- with BaBifiers of Latin andlrtM, anden- wt:y Street, are ereat .dnhes with ftrong riched witii Gtldviithm, and their entries C^rw, which arc Sot up every night V and being through coftly Arthes. Nigh to onthetopof thefe Arthet,thttean fVatehs^ thefe Tambs or chaPfels, there arefeveral MtUs, £achof thefe Strtett hath its Cap- large Htnfes beautified with pleafant Gar- taitt, and otiicr ofteirt, who in their turns walkt&eJtMw/, beinp obliged everv ten days to make report into the temit-lmfe^ of all thoCt that pafs in their ^urters. Here are alfo (he faith) within this City 3 JOG Pi^ghttt or Temfles, wherein atecon- tiaaa'iy itcrificedag^eat number of friA^ Mttft'md Mirdt ( the ftrudures of thefe d:iis, and highWitds , in which are feve- ral Aquadiftts, ftuntaiits, Ptuds, &e. He faith alfo, that there are 500 very great Palaces which they call The Htnfesefthe Smttf the Sun s and m thefe Palaces all thofe that are no longer able to bear ./friiM for the Emperor of cAi'm, either by reafon of old age, ficknefs, or any other infir- /i^N^/ are (limptuoai^ efpecially thofeof jo mity •, as alfo thefe that receive any hurt the Qnrder of ihl Meii^fts , Cnufiuaijty in his Wars retire , where they receivecon- and T«%r(]|iir, whoaretM Priefis of the ftant monethly pay for their fubfiftance: §aatSt6aM X4cs,Aimd4,Gtami aadCd' ^' wm. Hera are alio about lao Piatcntt or PisUitk PUeeSf in each of which there is a Fair kept every Mooeth, m which is (old all fiuh thiogt as the Kingdmm tSkxd' eth. The ttfual number of thefe Seldien are looooo. Within this lodofure, he faith, there are ijooftatcly Htufcs v/h\chaxeiar iahiXtdbf Mtligitm Menn^Wtmen^ who make piofcffion of the four principal Laws of the Prtviiues of the Empire of Cifr/M; Here are in this Citj ifoMwtthtrs Shem- and thefe Htnfts are very populous^ moft X ot H CHIK.^. ot tiicm conuiniog about loeo Dcriom. There are fereral other Strtitt ot a large extent, as one abovt a league in length, in which do refide about 14000 Ttvfr- ntrs that follow the Cmrt \ alio another long Sirttt of low //«•/<>/ , inhabited by abcNit 14000 Otrmtn which belong to i\\tKiKgt rtnturtt^ asolfoatlurd, mnch like thctwoformer, in wliich there area of the Stttfltt , Enbellil' J with fiOmtt, In thu City the Emftr$r hath hk ft- Itct, not inferior to anv in the £4/, for richnefi, taimefi, and largenet'i , being about a Leasue in compafs, ftrongly for tified with three Bood WtBi^ and ai many Ditthtt : It hatn four Cste$ which open upon two fair Stretts ^ within the firft ITsJl, Itl4,. C' eat number of CDf//£Mi abide, whoareio I'crfomof aualityare permitted toentert J 1 1 umici t he Prot eAion of th( 7«/M of the C00ri. In this Intlofure, he faith, there are ; } gre.it Ctlitjfts , in which, fuch as addid tliemftlvcs to the ftudy.of the Lmn of the Empire ot chins do refide \ and nigh to thcfe c«JE^/eing alraut a League in circuit, where alt within the k-cond, the Lndj of his Cmv- n/) but within the third, none butHV- mtn and Eumtht who attend about the Kings Perfon, In this great ftruAure there are among other rich Apartments, about SoHsIlt, four of which arceAeemcd the iiclieftintheff^r/./. Neat to this Ciiy there is a rnfm by them called XimmgntLtUm , which ( he thofe live that have taken desreesas well 30 faith) is about tw» Leagues fquate^ it is m their Lms , as in their 7kt*ltgjy &c. encompaflfed with a very high HVif with Here are alfo, he faith,, a great number of fair and very large Hmftt^ with fpacious IncIoTures, wherein there are ple3fant<74r> Jent, and very thick Wmb which are full ot allkindesof Gtme^ nHtmking, Hum- t*f, or the like. TncTe Hmfit may be termed as /«»/ , whither ceotinually do rcfort a great number of people of all St» es, Agts^ and CmJuuiu, as to fee rUis, 50 great If '4/7 of Ctins. out Btitltmttnt , as alio on thi out-fide a great Dath full of Wtttr , over which arefeveral Drmf'iri4gtt, whichaicinthe night dnwn up for fecuritvof cheMf«i». In this fnfm are commonly 300000 nt- foners, which are for the moft Dirt con- detnnoiacdbaniibcdperfoast wnoforfix years aiv to work about the repairing che Cumkats . Bulkditingi y WtttUHgt^ C't Whete theiv is alfo magnificent Fuftt made by the Jmtmtt Ckttm, Ctndutjt^ jtfiMS, BrstditaSy CimtiAiu, Mmtmy f,trJj, CtniUmtn, Ctfttuu^ MnehsMtt, •ted other rich men, for the eotetuinment of their Frunds and Kimrid. Some of tliefe Fttft do laft about ten dayjk toge- ther, aboundii^ in all forts of excellenr And thus much for the City cf ttquim its other chcif plaon are, ttttLTitmkivfi 1 fccoadly, Hiwifim s and thudly, Ckki$, feated on a fair Jtmr about 70 Miles from thejfjt. The Province of SCidNTOKv n,^ X ANT ON is between that of Ft^tim i^^^f and AjufvMi ic is well watered withj»- •'•'1^\ vtrs, which makes it TCiyfmile,aboaad- *'* Mutiy Fnin, and all vuieties imagina- 4c iog in fo great pkocy iaallfortaof //Wl^ ble^ together ivith lf«)ir/t, and whateUe may fcem pleafing to the fancies of the Thcfe Inns are (lately fomidied with rich HMgimis-, Cuf-httrds of fLa*^ n tht out'fide , ofcrwhkh vhichitciothe of tht Prifm, y 300000 Pri- moftMncon- isv wnoibrfix ic repairing the ^icycf frfuwt (kjTiMtkivtf I hudlVi Ckii0i [70 Miles from ANTONOC n,r^ that of Ptftm i^^i^ tered withjtr- '"f"^ Btile, aboiad* *'' forts of /i!rA, nnakinsofC«iiir*r/.* All which are com- Aoteof fFkttt, ti0jx.y ud MtrUj, but lit tie Ri(t { it feeds i inch CmU , and tlie Jjferp are (beared thrwca year, in Sfri»i, Stmmtr, and Antmim ^ their RtH (hearing is the beft : It yields iimk, which is the Ntvtl of a itdfi of the bignefs of s Hiikk. They have cM, which they gather amongfttheS^m/of the Jtrt>rr«t lor the modioray feated on atins of the Sea , which make feveral Iflcs. And befides thefe 1 4 Cities, there arc about 100 fmall ones, and oi Uis note, which i (iuU for- bear tOMrae : Ilhaiianely fpeakfome* thing as to the defchpcion of the City ^Mf Mi*, the Jtfr(r«/W» of this Province, and conclude it. Umtkitsiftm or N«mim, as we call it, n.e.,,^f Miittsl though it hath fome, yet they ore 40 yet ceafcs not to be the ereateft, faioeiH I'^XH. not open. It produceth divers f/r/ii«ri and richeft City of the wnole Kingdom, ittdluMnrtt, which thw carry iatof«*> wenia rupiw. TbeFotmaadSyaBnictiy fdy rad other places : Aad it is through of ia tofMiarfi inits '«(irr,iaittrrp^/, inits (i4f w, in its Tlnver/, and in its irni[^/f, as likewife in its publick and particular MtnftSf aod their ooMmeots, arewoader- fol. This City is fdtube npon the River of ggumfiiu, that is, Tkjlimer tfFifits aad thtt ProviiKe , that the Ctrtvmu cosie from the Weft, This Province is very populous, and ii well Aorcd with great Towns and Citias, ha^ Eight neat Qties, as, si$ti^ m itttrtftHtt amerpokenofT} a. TMttfms 3. C4mkt»^ 4. Sathtn % J. 3^** s and jo upco an indiftitreac high Hill « fo tMt ic 6. ^igeikn ^ with a ptH many of Ms commamfa all the Plains there ad)iiaaK. note. The Province oi H N A K which '<^ twrHs0 caBs Ojnnw, b very fertile) and '^'' the cHnttte very temeerate $ the fr^eft frctm Mmttins, andchefiirtheft from the Su. It produceth the Ixft Fmttt in the World, Mwell thoTe known roosin A*- r0pr,»otheiSi and that iafogreatqttakt* The dccamfcremx of the City is eigfas Leagues, that b, three long and oncbtead^ aHcnconf^aflMwithaftra^g WMfinihew- tistim\ abont which, there ate i}« Gttu^ at each cf which thereia.kapt a /irttrwitbtwoM«/l(«Kir(ri, whofenfice bto tafcethenamestfeficiy one that pfiflb cveiy diy in anjl oiit^ aad baMi* «he flrong ...^aifeai^il^v,.. .%.. «♦ CHl9i,A. ftrong W*B, there arie for farther defence itFtrttot ciittdili. In thii City (here are accounted above gooooo ;/««///, bef!des8ocooM4ffW4r/* Umfts, 60 ffreat JV«rA;/ ^/4<-ri, ijo Saicktrt ShimUtt^ each containing about 80 5i^^/, tooo Streets, whereof 600 are fairer and larger then tne reft ^ all which are broad, ftraight, and wel-dilpofed. and ceiveth fo innch out of one Provincejudgo whatavaft Revenue he hath from all the Provinces , map- '« ' :h ate no ways in* fetior to this. The Province of c // £ ^« IAN or /», > CEK I AN. wliich PurikM call* M/ftrsm^ ['■■\ paflrs likewile tor one of the beft Provm< ces ot chiM. The pleafant Mivert whicli runthioughit, and the many good '#rr/. arecompnfredaboatwithftfff/frr/ li C#/- 10 with its //7» it hath on the 0•^ was ooce the Mttrtfrik of CintUy being '^'\ (iwe may give aedit to Aiitlmt ) ico 10000 l^ddtt for the working of 5i/li , 40 Miles ia circuit « and havine in the midft which from thence are fent all oVer the Kingdom ^ which kt every Ntw zmA Fmt Mmy amoogftdhrers other Ctkmmdina, aiT Wiided at Ftiirt m icverai places of the City. tm Trsffick and Cmmirtt bttug thither fo great a multitude of people, that its Strttisikte fcarceaUe tobeprfM fer the thereof, aljArof aboutjoMilesincom- pefs, in which are two fair //74ffniterlwt- jovraU private as publick, are fair and well tcr then others y and kll the Neighboring built, haviog abundance of f^tdts \ the Cbuntreys make a great nu«ribcrn$ i C090 Sail of grcKaod finall froai this Province iniezceKiiiig vaft, the iniJM'f which are iobabited by ^'MHi/IriWha inluUtms payidff far to his Bxehtpir th^ fi^qt'ate thfk lAirs, aqd remove Sixty Millions of.CnMMw yearly < b«bdcs from ope place apd City to aiwtbp, as grdit; gjDi^// qpoB- att Cimmtdititry if tht^QccaOoniiretyetheDB. Therevcfaid ATiMi^r^inayibebclievtd) andifhcre* tQfctjoihis City about ijooo/lnr/l/, and ^uu.i; betides t Province Judffo uth from all (he li arc no ways in* ES^IAN or u., UcalUj/fir**., iV: thebeft Provin- M. Mivtu wlitcli lany good f#«/, he Cw/f , doth It Mtr(ku$dit,ts \ ,wSilk, and prc- Uuffs , which It oviQcn oickinti, ^utldt thcothc-i t having enougli f chercis one fori nployed in divers , with great art areonelytorthe oot 70 Cities, ot" ■_ derable note, as l4mt»y oocf the . Xi«»/#. afair the Sea » 4. S(4* ). chtjiuMH alCo r, well built, aitd r«, feaud OR the les from (he City CHI 3^ J. '«» Iroag, well boitt, t, bntnoccom- vhich, 9 word or at I faid before^ 1^*- diChnUy being IV ;o Autlmt ) 100 iving in (he midft 30 Miles in com- alJldMdSt ladin adorned wi(h all fjt(lj or ttwtm- tounflwd with a- \ivtTt which run Itch arc faid to be the City havii^ /. hsUmftt as are fail and wdl of r^tdit I the and payed with y are faid tobe- tfsrcKaodfouU liri, afldicmoire to vnatbpy as . There are faid ;ooofn>j?/,aDd beildes r ltd 'I • bcfides the vaA number of inh^tiumt there, are al)Out doooo peifom, which are employed in tvotking of Silk ■ But thil City, Hnce Ftfih and N^prtjitin are be- come the Refidenceof the Kinr and Cturt, hath much loft in former fplrodor. This Province is obferved to liavr a reat number of Ttmflts magnificently makes the Piovince become very popu- Umh \ and a! he Conft are featcd Te- veral Iflcs, i%^*ntfMm,Btk»MiH,&c. The Piovince ot CANTON or n, t,. SJl A NTU N a, though one of the r'.'^,^ Icait Provinces of Cihif4 in extent, yet by /"""'•' reafonof thcgoodnrtsof Its .!f#^/, and the .™"""' , conven>ncy of its fcitnation , being the uilt, and the Lth Silm bordered witn firftthatprefentsitfelf to thofeof Eunpe, ftately PMUett, and enconipnffcJ with lit- ^^ Affriu^ and Afu, which come to Chm*. tie Mitt covered with Trtti ;ind rare fUtrtt A place fo pleafant and delightful , that the greateft and richeft of the Province pafs here their time , and expend their goo«(s. There are alfo in this Province whole Fm^t of Mulktnytrttt , by rcafon of which they have the greatcft prodod of Sitk, of any Province m chmt \ which umu It a bournes in H'Am/, Xk^ ,and other Grains^ Sugar, GfU,Prtei*m SliHtt, Ftarh, Steely Suiik-filvtr, Sitk,S pair this default by their Trsd* with StrtH' ^eri, and principally with ftftn . the PhiliffiHtSyFtrmtfj Of FttrlfliMd, which is diredUy oppoltte to their Coaf). The Etrth produceth C*ldy Im^ Sttfl, Sagsr, In this I^rovince are about 80 Cities both fmall and great, the cheif whereof ' are i. .2j|-«'»^fArt» or Cantn, under which I Dull include the Tr^ir of Chint as being the cheiftfl place of Tr»f^ck. It is well ^ _ , ^ „ . built, of great Tr4^fit,ricn, and very po- CglttAt, Sfitts, Dngt, Sgick-filvtr^ Pre- 40 pulous i to which the Ptrtugtls have a great ft. k„f Mid. (hm St$Hts,Fr»itt^GrtinsfinA CdSllt % alfo Silk and C0ttni, of which they make divers tttnufdlinrti \ a alfo they make all forrs of Ptftr. There are in this Province feveral Cities of note, but its cheif are i.F«r^, feat- ed onatolcvfr not above 17 Leagues from the Jr4t a. Cbinehto, alfo commo- dioufly feated on a ^ River or Arm of the 5m, from which it is diftant about, 10 jo Leagdes'i 3. TMeh0\ 4. Huquits and 5. chitntchim, which two laft ate feated far within Land. The Inhdkitu^i of ftrmf* arc almofl i\\Sdv4^s\ tht SPsMisris have built one rntrtpon the Eaft fide 1 and the tfit-md- trt another on the Weft fide, and towards the ^lontliilent, which they call ZtaUnd The Ah is temperate, and hejdthfnljwhich Tr^ir, being commodioufly feated on an .<4rmof the JiM. The C$mm$dtties here found, are Grtins, cmmHtt. Fruits, SPicrt, Drugs^ Wihcj, Silk, and Vma'V C$tint, of which they make abundance of *^"'""' hlAHufaiturti s all forts of Mttttls.Sngtr, Hmn, H'tx, Kice, Wtet, Rhaktrb, Atmktr, MtuK, Civety C*mfhire, PtrctUiHc, Psfer, &( Their fitw Silk is of three forts , in^ known by fo many names ; among w i vch the bcft is the LMki», the next is the FmI- can • and the worfl is the LaHkam j and thefe do alter in prices according to the goodnefs, the beft fort being deareft, and theworftcheapefl. Ctmimditiet. mofl vendible here , are <.->«./{. Xidls of '.SfMifh, Wim of Sftittuni In- 't\l^i dia, olive Ojl, FtneWttBenQlnhyiotnag '"'• Y which. w CHIHJ' which, Scsrltt i$ tReemed thebeft, by leafonthey have none : Vtlvttt,EUfh*nts, Teeth, Lotkinf; CUffts, Drinking GUffts^ Ivory ^ Cbrflial, &c. The Money here, and tliroughout aii China, is iTita/i oi G»l J, which is valued at la ; Ruh oi^^Sfantjbi but their more cotnoKHt Mtney, and oi' which they make payments tor their 6»ytng and feiing of n* ft ni 07 •' >. •II Tr/ir. pai ts of Europe. Sut though they are ad- mitted the liberty oiTrsJe, yet are they denied the freedom of lying in the City at nights V neither to enter the Wdllt with- out (etting down their names in Bttksy which are kept by perfonsat cichGtte for tlie fame purpole, which when they de- part at nisht, they crofs out. Its other cheif places are i. Xanefnin^ Ccmmoiliiiti , is Cold or Silver without 10 iUmtint Cityt a. Luithtu, alfo feated either fiamf or chdrtiltr^ and :s not tlie peculiar Cojn of any Frtnct •, but being brought to the alUy of the Countrey, pafles at a valuable rate amongft them : Which Mone^y be it either Gold 0: Silver (which cond'iering the difference, is all one as with us •, 21 Shtl. in Silver is as good as a ao Shil. piece in Gold) they cut in pieces : For which puipofe, every ii/M carrieth a- bouthimapairof 5A;;ri to cut and divide a ogreateft of all the IHands that belong to on the Sea>) very commodious (otlraf- fick , and oppoiite to the Ifle of Ajhm , irom which it isdiftant about j Leagues % 3. Limfdc* alfo feated on the Sea t and 4. Ndnhium feated far witliin Land, and among the Mountains which parts this Province from ckdmfi. The lUioi ATN AN \s alfo compre- hended under this Province, and is the 'l':^ the Monty •, as alfo Scales and Weights to weigh it, and fo proportion his Monty ac- cording to the value of the Commodities he buycth. The Comnun Weight here ufed is the Bahar^ and this WtigM (jothfinch differ i^ feveral places •, as.tbe common B4h^ur of Cbin* is ;oo Catites, which is the fame as 300 Cattees fmalt wiight in il/4#4(A(,which is hd'i tobe 386 /*. £>»f/»/i, to be 400/1. Englifli. A Cattee of China is 1 6 Tatls, which at iiall&ccA is but \^Taels, which is eftc<0 is feated oppofit e to the City of Canttn,on petament with Canton., yields the fame Commodities, and with the fame plenty) but is not fo mnch frequented by Mtr- ehants, nor hath fcarce any confluence of Strangers ) the reafon is,btcaufe its Ktvers loofe and difcharge themfclves all in the Province, and at the City of Cant$»y which T', the North fide of a Bay, which is at the forces them to pafs through the hands of ifiouth of the grat River of C4»rM, which thofe of Cmm»> to uttc their Mtrthan- ilTueth out of the Lake of ^ancy. This ^° dizeSy and receive thoTe of othen. place is inhabited by the Fortngals, inter- mixed with the Natural Chintit s their particular Trade is with the City of Can- ton, which may be counted the Staple of all the China Commodities, whether they are permitted to come twice a year^ at which times there are Fairs kept for the vending of their Commodities, wnich th^ carry to Mattacca, cta, and fo into feveral In this Province there are Ten large Cities, of which, SS'>tJ ^ chxaS^ all well built and very populous,befides about looiinallones. The Province of ZUjtNAN, which Fnrthm calls yanam, is the M oo the South Coaft, where it is waflied by the Gnlfot Cothinchina | and 00 the Weft, where it touchei onthcKii^dom of Ttnt- ( qnin s mm* li Zuiuw, ,,t [jcc, and is the ,*,!'' i that belong to *'" Amscdty on the •, it is almoft as Leagues from talmoftjoynsup- f Chiiu i and on thinchmd. It a- vis , Ligmum A- 1 Cr4»-fijh taken id grow hard like duced to ttmitr^ tft many difeafes. gM and Silvery s care little. In (People are like- le cheif CitT is tA-lhtrt, and re- I CdntiH. ANCTy which J';;_ >ys the fame tem- tt-'. yields the fame 'l!.,^ :nefame plenty ) oeoted by Mtr- ly confluence of tecaufe its Xivers ifclves all in the )f CMfMi, which ugh the hands of r their Mmluuf if others, e are Ten large My b cheif, ail os^befitles about iNAJit which ». the laft OD the waflied by the ^ d 00 the Weft, «• i^doiD of 7wr- quins and on divets People beyond thofe Mountains which indole the Weft of a good part of china : It is likewife rich in Ojls and Fifh. The 'famchuq»iaH, and Chin*. The Wmen have here the liberty many other Rivers and Lakes crofs it on all to go in pablick to buy and fell, which fides, and carry its Cmmtdit/es cowards thofe of other parts of C^/M do not. It KanqHin^ind to jSuincheu. hath Mines which yield a kinde of Amier It is very populous, containing i^ great redder, and lefs pure then ours t but which Cities, ana about too fmall ones-, the hath fome particular vertueagainft//Kx«, cheif of which are, i. Ambiau, a. ^ir Befidesthis,ittranfpottsfewJtf^fA4WM;/ techi0, j. Miamn, and ^.rafciu. into other parts. lo TheProvince of 5Mc;/M £ iv, which ^' This Province hath likewife good ftore Mtndoza calls Snfuan , PurchM, Soin , of fmall and great Cities , the cheif of which bears tne name of the Province, and Hilanfiated on a Lake fo called,which is in form of a Crefcent. The Ctmmtdities that are here found, .ire ftore of Co/unded with very ceps off the heat i renders it more : Wc may fay, hath its tempcra- I temperate. ttfctvittj, on the 1 1 : IndUms, or the ^"' , on the South ; It Su , of which i fome place to- creight of jIhimm, t from Jmtrts* \ ■ffe, which divides if ^((Joy which is r4, as we fhoU de- ne efteemiog the nanner, and fome rU is apparently '' lurltr, or Htrdoi l. Tefe people being I maae thcmfelves 4: Others take It '§tAr^ which m the ucFirftkcn\ be- he Rtmmtttt of the 'nits were tranf- tlmaMx.tr. They iTtnTrthts^vi which is not ob- However it be, 2ountrey Ttrttr, the cbt$uu, T*- e(sthisCounttey, ,', ! another, as well i$0 and Mtmurs \ yareofaninditfe- w»f», thick Xt//> t , broad Ftttd^ It, andjgoodlKw iht,andexcreding io all 4ffii9itiis ) ous,andrevcife- vmitt, who in re- venge, ¥''. 'Si- ■.\t. M -^ S^ t/v /n~ .1' I i -smi :,i ■—^9fiy- : 5 I II i ^l M Ol ^,1 ^rl ^«l ^1 ^1 ,>fl .a^,^»,| .y^l,^ ^»^ Omuo. ^^i.'. !>>%. VAWMAMma PKMC >/^^U' B/5; HE or the iSfAitf (SlLAN^ Tab AR1J5TAV ftr.. E y\r\v ii r^^lkI^ii(StjetA.% . G A\ lit, tmrnrr %i. Ml Persia E- kCK Ky *^*1 ^^t^ 'Vi.rf 1 l^£ ^1 j^^S^J r M ^^!RJ! n.1 '^ .» ) \\ at I "'■ the reac ver •and frit the flue chei ».|4.^i. U.JO 1r' /"ItiM Vi'% ■C M u • "fV '"■ MHW ' . 1 will, « iW"*-'» 1' Aa 1 > >JtM- TA'RJA'RV. t9 venge, they eate, firft letting out their to be verygl-eat) by thai! which mayap- 3linl, which they keep uling it as Ifiiu pear by TtmtrUntt Army, which con Hi- at their Ftti^s. ■ Their Haiit is very mean, which is for themoft pait made of courfe/?*/, which reaches but to thf ;r kntes j yet are they Med of a Million and two hundred thouf* and horfe and foot j befidcs if we confider whatadifturber he hath been , and how he hath enlarged his ; erritoties of his very proud, defpifing all other Nati$iUy Neighbours, as the ChiHtis, the Mefft- Wtninking their cAjMtobethegreateft vitts, &c. we may judgchim powerful j trinceoixht wtrld% Whom they great- but as his power is great on Ltnd, it is as ly Feare and Reverence, being no better to weake by 5^4, fcarce being Mafter of any then his flares. They are very nafty and ShifSy^ and as little dotli he regard them , ut/n. fluttifli, much given to i^MJi'f, of a trea- cherous and thevifh nature. In matters of Rtligi0n, they are gene- rally Pdgani, and liahtmtum , which about the year ia4($. crept in amongft them, which fince hath fpread itfelfover their Comiiij, and intermixing with Ptgd- nifme ; yet hath it not fo much prevailed though other Princes efteem them as a great fecurity to their Kingdoms. I Ihall divide all Tartarj into five prin- cipal parts \ which are, Ttrtari* the De- fart <, Ufbeck or R»g4thtj ; THrtfat^an, Ciihtj, and the true Tirttru r, the firft and laft are the mod Northern, barbarous, and unknown. The others more Sou- T«(ary as to extinguifhcAriTfiMi/^ which was firft lotherly, are better civilized, and known, planted amongft we Scfthunt (which having abundance of faire Cities, and dri- were the antient people of Tdrttrj ) by the preaching of^ two of the Apoftles, St. Philif, and St. Andrnr , which of latter years luth much loft it felf, and not onely by the prevaiUng of the Ntfi$ri4» fe^, but chiefly fur wane of inftruding the !>;#//« in the true Orihodoxal points of Chriftian Mthgitm, ving a good trade.; Tartaria Veferta. *'} TA RT A R I J the Dtftrt, anfwers to the antient SejtbU intr* Inuum Their Food is meane, and veryHnttifh- 30 Usketor z^gttksj to the antient Bsaru ftfmm lOiwra- lydreft, yet ufethey entertainments t they are much given to HMmking, and other Iports^ But not much to /frti or Littrt- turt % the lV0mtit aremuch of the nature with the MtH. The Govemmebtastf<7/!r»obrervetl], is Tyrannical, their great CltMt or Kii^ beii^ Lord of all, in whofe breft lyeth their Laws, taking the Eftates and Lives M. and StgdiiM s both the one , and , theother new name, retaining in my o- pinion fomething of the antient -, StgJia- nt of Z*gMtb*j, and BaifrUm of Usbeck. TurtfueflMn to the antient Scjthu exird ImMm i Csihr/ ii the Strit$ Regit. At for the true Ttrttrj, it is unknown unto theantients, oratleaftit holds the.moft , _ Northerne part of the one and the o- away of whom he pTeafeth,' whom they fo 4^ ther Scfthu. noch Reverence that they call him the r4rr4ri4Df/irrf4,'is bounded on the Weft with the Rivtrt Viigtty and ohj., which divides it from Mefetvj on the Eaft, by Mnntlmsmt which feparates it from the true TtrtMrid, and from Tarquefian « on the North by the Stnetttruml Ocetn, fiuuhm tfSfirits, tad Sm if the Immtrtal C$dy and efteem him the Monarch of the tvhole World. In their execnuon of Jofticc they are very feveri, ponifhing eveiy fmall offence with fuddaine death. His RereniK without doubt muft be very on the South by the CafftM or Tahreftdit great) for befides the folc trade of ffiw/r- Sea, by the River Ckijetl, and by cer- flhiiig, which upon oain of death, none tain Mountains which joyne themfelves ^'^ dares to Fifb for beudes thofe imployed Jo with /aMNv, and divide it from Usieck^ by him, alfoallthe C»U and Silver that or zsgatbty. ^Ithe ffMwr^ isinhabited is cither found in, or brought into the ' Kingdome, he doth aflume to himfdif, as alfo the teuth of all things that the Country doth produce, and ufowhat els Titiatli • Am- by PetfUs, or trittSy which are Trnfes or B*iub which they call Htrdes, having very few walled places , wheither they onely retire themfelves when forced) for he thinxeth fit, as being as I faid beibre, they have no fetled ftay or abode, but Lord over them all. wandring perpetually, carrying and driving As concerning the forces that the great with them tneir Tmi^, Chariots, Famt- CiMwisabletoraileitheynuybcfuppofed lies, and all they poflefs, ftopping only Z there iKfUfk, mit tt-t mtnttr tf iKir tiiM. po 7l-> Nifi •- .T.t- lut. PC Tl- i-i ThTf there where they find the btft feed for their CaitfL to which as alfo \n Hunting am! Tr.»rr tney moft addift thcmftlves : Thiy Till not the Eaith, though tt be gi>od and fertile \ and hence it is, that this is called Ttridrf the Defdrt. The chiefpl icis in this part of Tdrtaru, are, Cumkilich, Tented on a la ke^ z.cirfltHa, featcJ between the two other lakes, which VS'BECK^ or X AG AT II AY ex- it >.. I USBECK tends it Iclf from the C*ffi4it Sea, '"-* unto Tiir^ii$ft.iii, ^unihom Ptrlit nnd/i>- Jid, unto Tsrtdru D/fe'ia: pofltflingall are conjoyned together by a River: J.^e- lo that is upon the Kivetioi Cdtfel^climJ-dx rem on a brancli of the River obj » 4. Ri fj» fcnted on tlie River ^j/r^t 5. Fru- ImIk 6. CtntdH, 7. Cdfdcm, 8. OredMCi. M\d9.i)dva(i, The PetfU that irmabit in this part ot Tdrtdrj, have tlu-ir rife from three feveral O: ignals, which are difpo- fed ot into many icveral parts, as i. The Circafhins, \\h\c\\ lie tor the molf pan Chnj}i.iHS-, and boidiT upon the Enxine Sc\ 1, The Sdmtjfds who are altoge- ;o times enemies, and fometimes in good in' artts , and of Gthdn^ or Jibidmu, olim OXMS. Its PM^/f arc the moft civil and inge- i'j«; niousof all the VVtftcinc Tdrtdn^ fieice in War, being ftronq and active, patient tn labour, not much addi^ed to vices, Theft they puniib fcverely » they luve a great trade with the rtrfum^ to whom """ they hav? fometimes bein (ubjeift, fon thcr Ui)ldter$^ inliabiting towards the No:tlic:i>t.Occjni and 3. T<«r/*« which a; c Mjhomctdns^ and featcd bitwixt Ixjth the other. And thofc againearc fubdivi- dcd mtodivets Tnbts 01 Itaritt, the chief- cftot which are, 1. "Wm liigd\AnlArtdfs, which are held to be more fierce and ciutl and better watncrs then the other Tdr- ttrsy but void of all Ans\ deipifing telligence v and with the Imiidnt where they have likewifc fomething to doe, and v/ith Cdihdff where tiicy utter their much prized Mditiu, bringing back Sitk^ which they make into Mt»mfdii»r€t, and fell in This part of TdHdry which we call UJietk or Z be lineally I'tfcended, whoennclicdit with the fan eft fpoiles of Ajid, and adorned it with an Acddemj, yet in fome repute among the Mdbmit- j Tire Zdvelhcitfts are very40/«wn 10 cham. The Country is rnuch frequen C.Hhtf ill TV%QVESTAJ\C: Tit R. QUEST AN lies Eift from Usbe.k, or Xd^tfhdy, Weft from -J Cdif>rt, N'):th from /»W/,i , and South " from tiHc Ttintrj, It 1$ fubdivided into (I Utiiiii arcCrf/rrf', Coi4m,chi4la, Cnrti4m,T//i iet, cJunchintalii, ^c, A pirt of their cliitl Cititi hting of the fame name. Some name HitrchAm inftead of Cafctr, and 7«rwor TnrfDiit mftead of Chulu, for the chief Cities of the Kinsdom. That of O/f^iristhcnchcft, mofttatile, and beft cultivated of all •, Tliat of CwrfM^i is e- fteemedtlie leaft, and all Tandy s having ted, well tilled, and in moft places very fcitile, abounding in wheate, Xice,[ft'c«l, Hemft, Silky Nnsky Jt/futartty great Heard? of Cumdls , of whofe haire they mikc cfttmleti, and abundance of Htrfes with which they furnilh other Countrycs, and efprcially china, witli what other things can be dtlired. C, and they make ufeof C*frWinftead Wall 10 paces thick, to which for en- of Mtnrf. The Relations which have 40 trance into the City, there is at each b«engivenini6i4, and i62(S. havemadc Anglej Gates, to everyone of which this Eftatc fo great and rich, that they would confound it with Cdihgj. But thole of itf5 1 make the Region very cold, and always covered with Sntw •, efteeming its King wholy Barbarous ) and lefs power- fill then him of Srrfw^ir, who is onely a Jt«i^t4inthe Eftates of the great MtgeHt, thereis3f4/4(r, bcfides in every Angle a more fumptuous Pi/4f?, in which the Ar- mour of tnc Garrifon Souldiers are kept, which are accounted joooof each Gate. The buildings are (for the moft part; of Free ftone , and very proportionably built, BO- the chief ftieets large , and fo ftreight, fo little alTurance is therein tnemoft part thatonemayfeefromoiieGate to theo- of thefe Relations. The other places of JO other, which fiives it a gallant profpeft. note in Turtjittfidn are, Csmul, Twfaity lit the midft of this City is a ftately rugHu Emily SMrky Caftd, Atukgtn, Rdtfd , fdUct, where the great cA^iw refides, to- rd«r/i/, ufetwiggs of (•«/![/, which is diftii^uiflied 40 C^rirju, Off Ajfi//, Fifh-ftmb, Pdrkes, into feveral parcels by ^r//fc, but with- /«rrr/7/,CA4/», for all manner of pleafuret out Stdmft oxChirdOer, and this is held and game, asaJfofevetal other places foe incafe of great Importance: they aUb ufe all manner of CtHrtlj nnd Militdrj exer- in fome places /«r»£i/«jnftead of i/MM7t cifes. This fj/^^r is exceeding richly likewiretheymakeakindofjtf«N7ofJ4/r. built, having many fumptuons Mifices 1 which they boyle untill it be congealed his attendance great, laooo hotfe, be- fiard, and then make it up into round ing his dayfy guard, be/ides an exceeding lunps, onwhichisputthe/rfjKMftampj great numb« of other attendance, and and thefe are the feveral forts of MMtj, lervitores. which paiTet h ainoned them^ yet by rnfon j o The greateft and mofl Potent Parts or T '"'"ch IS Tiihlac. Ik It" f C4(ki]f. fevttal UtHtfitritt, where tliey keep, and worftiiptbeir/iv^t where they have alfo feveral religious perfons only dedicated to their fcrvtcet and th's Kingdom hath much Mimkmk. The Kingdom oiTBN- DUC wtthits City ot the fame name, fur- nishes Clnh $f GtUy and iilvtr, Silkt^ ch«mlet$, ^c. and it is thought that Prt^tr f$hH leiided in thefe quarters \ therebeing yet a particular King who is a chrifiiMy l)Utof the SeA oi Nt^triMs^ and fubjeA to the great Chtm. tH AINFUR is known for the f'reat number of its ftofU, for the excel- cncyof Its vines ^ tor the goodnefsof its Armts^ anJ of its dntun^ &c. for the rett , all great Travellers count mer- vailesof tliegreatnefs, power, and mag- nificence, and riches of this great CA4w, of the extent of his Eftates, of the Kings fobjed to him, of fo many Ambaflfadots alwaies in his Court, of the reverence and tefpeA bore him, of the power and mfinite number of his men of Armes s but it is fo far from EartPe, that we could fcarce believe them, till he made feen his power in 161 8, having poAWIed the Ports and Paflagei of that great MtmmtMm and W*Bt which feparates Tartaru from Chint s calling an infiaite number of men into thesreatKingdomev taking, and pillaging iu nireft Cities, and almoft all its Pro- vinces, forced the King of Chiiu to retire himfelf into Cunnt s leaving him in pof- leflion of not above 1 or a of its Provinces: but the relations of itfjo.sives the King KiSchimM re-entrance into the greatefl part of his Eftatest its other parts are EgrigsJMy whoTe cheif jplaces are Strrd, and Jinllm: alfo ErgimMls whofe cheif place is focal- led t tneo Strguth whofe chief jplace it ErtiMt, and laftly BtlgiM, whole chie( place is fo called. The rtifU in this part of Ttrttrid are generally ntong of body, (but, warlick, and conragious , though in the greateft dangm s alfo very aAive, and patient inaiRiAions, ingenious, and given to if^- nufaQmrtt, more civil and courteous to (hangers then the reft of the Tart art, loving towearegood Apparell, and feed dehcioofly, which the otners are neglieeot of} inftatnretheyarebut^ameanhze, but well proportioned, and of an indiffer- ent good complexion. In matter of RtUgt^ they are cither Cmiiltt, ChrijtitHS^ or uJmmtttus, which latter is moft ufed, it being jpoUiqaely and generally allowed anongit them, in which RtUguHs they obfervc feveral Ce- remonies, not much different from thofc of other Country es, efpecially inChrifti- anity and Mahometifme. The true TJ'RJA'RJA. ro "T Hi true »ni dntitnt TARTARIE ■ isthemofl Nortliern of all the parts of Tsrtmi taken together, and likewifc thecolded, the mod untilled, and mofl barbarous of all : neverthelefs it is from hence that the TdrtArt ifTued in the yeare 1 2oo,and having made themfelves mufters of fix7/wi«/,moft ad/acent to theirs,have fince made themfelves known, and have carried their Armety and their Ctvem- aoOTfjvf into the greatcfl and fairefl parts of Afu : This is the place where the Ten Tribes are fuppofed to have reffed, which were tranfported into MeJU •, and fomc fay that the name of Dm, NePtfr4hm,iRd ZihnUn are yet found amongft themt but it is eafy to forge what names men pleafe in parts wholly unknown. The KingJnmts^ FrtviMtu, or H$rJet of the great Mtg$ll» of BargKy Tartar^ Najmaity AnmH, &t. 30 are the mofl known : fomc Authors place here Ctg and Mt^K, which others will have tol>e in the Eflates of the MtgtUy and of Chiud \ and towards Hang^ above the lake<^ Chiamaf. The Principal Riches of the true Tar- rjr; confifls in their C^r/r/ and Fmrrs, a- mong which mofl efleem is had of their • Whitt-Bian , Blach'tixts , SabUs , (jrt. they live on Milke and Fltfh , of which 40 they have great plenty, neither carincfor Frnitt, nor Grants, and in a word have flill fomething of the antient ScfthiaH. Some afflongfl them have their Kii^i ^ o- thers live by Htrits, or Ctmnrnnahitss al- moft all are Shtfhtartb^ and thegreateft part fubjcd to the Grand Cham of Ca- thaj. The chief placet in this part of Tartar it do commonly take their names from their JO Kingdimts, FrtviiKtt, or HirJes, in which they lye. In the Frtvinct or part of AnmU^ is a Lakefo called, which is about 40 Leagues long, and 30 broad, nigh unto which are the Mountains of Anmh. Ttiitu d 1.1.^,4. Uittimi' a* 7ht 94- TheOritntMlIflifof JSU. The Oritntal IJlts of •1/ l/lti ij T number, and as great, rich, and populous, ai thofc ot all the reft 61 the World. They are fpread here ami t here, in the Cmt orunnl or /iuli40 ocub, aad for the moft part about the Im/its. I fluiitdM4^th«ftiiotofive f^'ti ot Bnlitty and call iht VtH of ^ A r A N, thoTe which arc on the £lft cfcHmt v the f // 1- LirriN Ifle», thoft which are likewife on the South-Eaftof Chuu s ttte Ulrsof xhc MOLUCCOESt thofe which are by ill Inhabitants, Hiffm v ttifhm ^ whlch'fignifici 7ln ifrittn »f lyii, «r if thtSim! Anamepropertorii, wicciiliet to the Eaft, and Sun-ri(ing of all AJI*, and of all our Cominent. Tk* fctond it called Xim$ . that is , a Lm Cmmrtf or SmtMk \ thai is, Sim Kiiifikmt .- The laA T0km(i or Xic$e0, that is, F»i$r King- He Iflesof AS lA ittn many in ' as great, rich, and populous, ai thofc ot all the reft lo We muQ likcwife make account that thefe three great Hies are cut atbnder by feveral Channeis, which diride them into feveral Idn \ but becaafe thefe Channels are very narrow , thefe parts are eHecmed pieces contiguous inregard of the others, where the Channels, or rather the Arms of the Sea which divide them, are ranch larger. Among thefe three Ifles, the firA>- v totheSoofh of the fM^fuui \ the Mes *o lone hath 150 Leagifrs in length, from of the 5 o tl iV 9, tho(c which are to the WcA of thiM0h$*tt€t % and I pot for the fifth, CLTLAN^ and the MAL- VIVES, which are Eaft, aod Soutb- Eaft from Cdf* Ctmtri, iht utnnoft point of MtdA^r. There are lOM-covcr many Iftrs which bclont to AfU , but not to compare with thew 1 of which we Oiall alfo fpea k a word at occaiioa olftrs. trrM*. Eaft to Weft, and 30, 40, 50, andfome- times about I no in breadth. The fccond hath 75 Leagues from North to South: The tnird 50 or^ Leagues from Eaft to Weft \ ami the breadth of thefe two laft IS not at moft above half their lenath. The Temperament of thefe IHes, muft n. » be without qucilion, rather hot then cold. f;"'j;; and hketothatof iMlthfi*, (7i«Mi«,and '"""" TbcUlesof^lfpiM, areoBihiifiicth«3<>JMwvAiinJ/MM( ot Sieiifrnmndfys and Tropick of CoMtir « the rki^fimt be twccD the Tropick and the EquinoAial LiM t the aMHtttt , the Mcs of the Smuuly and the MdUivtSy are aboiR this iJM, letaniiigfrois Eaft to Weft. .-I. It), of 0*it or Cm^m, ne» Crttti^ which it vrygood, and neverthelefi, they areob- (ervcd to have excecdinff great heats and coltkin cachlcafoo. The jiir is health- ful, the foyi indifferent fruithil, thoiigh' Mountainous ^ producing wUm, Mittt, Mkt, andexceUem B^ruy in great plenty, which they tranfport to all the Eaftern puns • they do their it«rr. They have all thofe Prmt$,Trit$,Hfrhtt and Bt4fi$, which we have in Burtft, Irith fevvral othcts not known amongft us t 3s alfo abundance of litvenl Fmnt, both tame and wikJe « dw fmfoceof (he Eanh i« well ckMched with Woods and FoitftS) in whicK are found very foftyCr- iWv t and the Bowels of the Earth ftored of oorContinent : They ftmch together with divers lim*kt as Grid, SUvtr, Ctf' iniengih above ^no Leagoes fcom Weft fer, Tim, Ltsdt fr0ii,&f. ihotigh not fo to Eaft, and tnxa South to Noith 40, jo good as in ike iikliet, except it be their ^ Thelfles9f tf,.4 fX7E call the Iflc or IdnoifAFAN, ^^ a certain multitude of Ifl«) and of diferentbignefc, which are on tkeEaA of Ck$»4it diftant fram it about 100 Leagues ) and fo are feated in themoft Oriental part —4 \o- Urfl. JO, 60, and fometimesiioo Leagoes in breudtK ^ AmoiKft thefe Ides, there are three mtryconnderable ^ firft, vciyjtrett } and fecondly , of a Icftr fort t aOtfie other are very mtle in comparifon of them, and are ranged with fomeof thefe three. The Sihxr, which is cncellent, and abundant. Thdr A«riS» are great, red, andof nolefs eftecm then the white ones. The(^ with (v/tniMmttfdihtHt which ate here nude, are thecheif CMWMwiliirinof thialftand. in this lOiind arc feveral Clticiof fome ciof,^ note t as firft Aftw», which is feated in the 'm»,„ . hritU. firft, and which is much greater then the midftof thegreat iHc offMfM, afairand ^ twoothers iscalledbyBS^«f4»or^«/M», kvgeCity, ibrmerly ii milesin compafsj but butnov duced which to hav( to hav< there. This thcT'r* rillrslti diefeU tu!»i,t rtr, wh thefecc who is ( affairs ZdJM 01 StcrtdS The and low ther, w and 8 of the Z ftately. mayadc the chei that of I almoftc for a For Thee dipcicnt which ia Mm 61, (0|4fi 9AUM Um. For I Mm,\l Mjstoi 7«)|/of Mm is Sitrlm Tho CMttt. iahnkii Oamts ^*" The oran / The is three lami is I09< S Iflands; the nig r..trnirf. 1 1" t w or V/>i(M, tf L>fh, «r if ric. iNicciilieB Th«A«oadis :m Cmmrtfox KgMnmt .• The IS, Fmr Ki$tg. c account that cut aConder by iridfc them into thrfc Channels ri« are eftccmed I of the others , xher the Arms \em, are much es, the firft*- v length itontC^ JO, and feme* h. Thefccond 3rth to Sooth: !s trom Eaft to ' thefe twolaft eirlenath. hefel/ln, muft n.. hot then cold, MKl$4lj\ and ?r#«#, which it ts, they are ob- [reat hears and Ah is health* littnl, thoagh' WhiM, MitH, in great plemy, il) the Eafttrn n,Trtt$,Utrht vt in Martft, nown amoMlt icveral F$irti, r fmfoceof Ihe 1 Woods and very lofty Cr- le Eanh Aored t, SUvtr, Cif- though not fo ept it be their and abundant, and of no Ms Theft with ire here made, fhiilfland. [pities of Tome c'''ft*\ isfeatedinihekw.. M*i afairaad '•"^'^■ lincompars) but The Orittttdi IJles of JSljf. boc now, by reafon of their Wart, it it re- two Men ac each end of every Strttt, who duccd to tnc third part of what it wai, in are to give account of the tr anla^ions that which ihefifititts did formerly cftecm it happen in the night. Its sirttu .irclarue to have 180000 Houfes, and judged it and well coinpuftd, its Htufti well liuift, to have near looooo when they were an I mod of Wood t all then Ptetdii are there. • made of Wood, thty are neithrrlaige nor This Cit]^ is the ordinary refidence pf high ^ and in thefc ifAgtdcs tl 17 have fe- the triumviri, or the three PrintifMi M4- veral ill-ihapen Fif^wit, to wiucii they ad' giflritti^ which rule or fway the affairs of drcis their frjyffi , and beftow ontliem (liefeUlandst of whom, the firft isenti- logieat gifts in way of Almsj wliicii their tu!»f,the/i4yfiorf'M, thatis, thc£w/<- rrrr/?/ makeufeof. MiiaiiMgJi ms the Hrft that IclTened this City, wMfli he did by burning a part of it in i5||^^nnd fince it hath received diven toAmfmUJIltof tune. a. ><«t and thirdly, the ZtMtox Xtti, who is clieif in Ktli^it0$ad Sicrnl Mititri. The City it divided into the higher and lower « the one and the other loge- if ther, were not above 20000 paces lonij, aofome revolt « it was builded again, and and 8 or lOooo paca large. The PdlAee again burnt, and afterwards rebuiu. Thefe of the Ddjn was in the higher City, grrar lately, and adorned with all things which mayadde toiisluAer % it^the Htufei or fJten of his CtHgts, with the Hnifet of the cheif itrjj of all fsfM, were about that of the Mmftrtr. The lower City was altnoftcontkuoHsto Wmjtmi, which (erves for a Fortrefs to Utui. hires happen often in fdfaii, the greatcft Eart of their building being of Wood % ut the Wood is very neut and curious , marbled, &(. NMgafJti was tlu: moil fainoqt of the Iflesot Stjc$(k, and there are a great nmnberof fair Cities through all^4f«». AoMMgA thefe Cities , that of Ssciij, " JheaunatCijiuoC^sftm: For their jo on the South of Jtfr4r#i which i^cribuMMutf CfU tbcy e0fm into two finall Bsri of two diffrrmuvtS) the one i> called tc»i>M. which is eftccmed worth from 60 to6i Mm of Silvtr^ which is worth, from jo CO 14 ^tU. Surliig. The othv k c«lled aif lthd$t being wotth aboot is or 16 Mm. MtmltJc fim» (ptovided thatbedochaoc lie) fays, he hath J^oown not to have de- pended upon any King, or Lord, but was (governed of it feif, ta form of a Repub- ick I cicated all itsMagiAra(c| tad Oti- cers I md he aflures us. That 1^ i. For their SUvtr they have a rj]f/> a felvo be called Kings and Qjiecot % and Mm, and a Ctmhrtii : A Tdr/l is worth a their Children Princes and Princcflcs. This Mj*l of S , a s *M. Surliilgt or h«tf a 40 liberty, and vanity, is obfervable, if ii hcs Tsflof Si4m. A Tsfi'ttio Mm, aadi tme. ^ Mm is 10 Cttdmk, which is Stxftatt Sttrlit^. Thnr ireisl>n are the fttitU, imtUhe CMtte. A ruHll k I o Catttti, and a C^Mt iahdkltobe ao;o«»(/i, butby others *i O0ttp Udvdtftit. Theit Mesfurt for length is t Tmtmnj or ao imkhtm , which is about a j Ttrtb Mtglifii. MMBJii/lt's in his Book of Tr*vtls, n.c^.t makes mention of a City called rtmi/0 , *"'°' whichhe makestobcafiir, large, and well built City { in which, he faith, theic is a Csfilt about twoLcBienes iacompars,being ftrongly fortified with tkw )r««;, and as many MtMti : The building is very irregu- bufbotfair, havii^ to thOTj/b abundance ' 50 of Gttu ■• Within ikeh&Gaf, he faith. Their PryJIr^*^/ are a Gmh, which chert 'aiM^Mutoi uirms for 3 9r40oo it three CttM, which is three sjile rimt Smlifii, An iH^tg* is looCMtM' An /«£n^^isioooAl^mrt iaitMti^tgd is lOOoo Itkmtpp^ which is C ) t rbil City, as moAof all thctfe in thefe Iflands, are aawallcd % but vaStmtt in the night are chained op, and a Watch of Men, on which all the Struts tha^arei and broad take their rife \ in which faj Smttt, on both fides, are many toago cent Pdiat for the NtUtt. In the mid^ of fiMCsfik, is feated the Mmftrtrt ft- Uct, having belonging toitmaayftately edifice andappartments, as hMtt^chtm- krjyOdttrkStGMdtiUf Or(btrds,Grtves, tifih 96 7 he Oriental IJles of JSljt. Upm. Til tttU 1 J"!''". ffcf r itjfi- jilttmi. Tiji>-fo>ids ) Ftuntains, Courts, &c. rs alfoievernl Selelt He»ffs forhisH'/Vw nnd Concnlints. Ami here is his ordinary Re- fulence, being in the Province of Siiijrttt, about I20000 paces fi-om Mtaco, between which are abunclance of ftately and magni- ficent I'alaces and H tufts , for the enter- tainment of the Bmftrtr in liis journey be- tween ^fdt and Meaco : But the moft beautiful P/iUce next to Tendt, is that of o^^fjonthe Sea, and South of maco\ the Buildings of Ttndo, are fo beautified withGeld, is well without as within-, that at a diftance it feems to bcrather a Moun- tain of Gold then a Building. Amongft the Mountains of ^4^i»»,thcrc ale two very well known, Figtriojama, four Leagues from Mttco, renowned for its height, which ftretciics it fclf aBove the Clguds •, and J-uj or ^ufetH in the King- dom of Hiitchtn , which vomits tire in great abundance, as fometime did «/£rff4 in Snitia, frfuviits at Ntflts, and the Irtes of Folcttt and Stmngili among thofe of Li f arid : And on the top of this Mountain, the Devil, in a white and Ihining Cloud, (hews himfelf in divers Forms, but onely to luch of his vnarits as live about this Mountain an abAemious life, like the an- cient Htrmiis , a$ in Falling, undergoing manyaafterities,andcompleating the Vow they made for this pocpoie. The Ct»Mtriy hath hot and medicinal Wtttrs in feveral places ; the common JVdters ate healthful ; the Inbthitdms of a good Hatnre, ftrong, aoda^ive « in Com- fUxitn they are inclining to an oUve cfltur, well-difpored, jadicioos, apt to learn, of found memories , fubtile in their dealings, more inclined to Arms then Letters j thcugli they become perfeft in both , ha- vmg many AcubfKtts and Univtrfitits - They are ambitious of ^Urj, patient in «/"- fiiliion, hii\n%tdltnt^, tdming, orall///- husbtadrj \ as alfo dandering, fwearing, lying, theft, and generally all Ficts, which they fererely punilh , and oftentimes to death. Their Arms areefteemed the moft«rx- cellent of all the indus^ they being more valiant and warlike then ihtChinoiSy and more patient of labor ? one of their Kihis conceived nolefs then that he conkl con- quer ckind , and to this purpofe levied there a or jocxjoo Men,which went againd it, and brought back good booty. They Jiave long uled the Art of Frtnting^ they are very civil, and much given to vifitt atn entertainments i they delight in rich and coftly furniture in their W**//, with ihea- dornment of ViCInrtStCdbintts, ArifiSit^rc, They are very puniJlual in performing tlieir promifes. In Matters of Religion they are for the I' fnoft pait Gentiles, adoring anciently the k Sun, Moon, and Stars, giving adoration to VFilde Beafls ; but th?y cheifly worfhip the Devil , and that partly for fear ot lo hurting them ; To which purpofe, they have iif all their F/f«, nor over devout. Someof t m believe the Immortality ot tlie Sour^ that the Body is reduced to its fii ft principle, ami becomes duft and aflies ; and that tnc Soul is either raifed to joy, or condemned to eceiiul forrow , believing the Xefurreffioiti, and that at its return in- jo to the World, it ftiall finde good or evil, according to its anions: Whereas others make no account of thediflblurion of the World , nor put any difference between tlie Souls of Mei$ and Bed/ls. They are very jealous of their fTives and CoiKuhnes , not admitting them the liberty of walking abroad, or lociety with men at home) they are very modeft , and not given t6 meddle with any kinde of 40 bufinefs that appertains to their HmiunJs. Adultery they fevertly punifli, but Fomi- eutivn is permitted amongft them : They are very indulgent to their Children, and give them good education : They ire very tender of their honor, being ftiieof doing any thing which may ectiipe it ; and as they will give no injuries to others, (bthey will take none. Their Emfertr dwells in great ftate and 50 pomp, having great attendance of Nobles f'i. i andotho*: He is highly efteemed and re- ' verf! teed «5f his Subjeib, even to adorati- on . In his Cover nmem he is in a manner tyraaiikai, havisg in his power, the Lives and EftatesofhisSubjeASjthoughhedoth iiot often ftiew it t, his Rtvenne is exceed- ing great, and his Power , as hath been fpoken ot before, very ftroog. All 'ifi- live exci venues: to die, or 30 themfeh their dec be a gn charge o them. Butt! their Go living, and thei make t and Jl;^( fubje^c cipal for alkoft « theyhav at home, them oft And i many Mi often ca Neiehbc honle, tl they pot whereas ' pot it o friend, th Sim*, at oncovehi giirethej notable, be: Reci maiafitat he who c Bw-tA coi TdU, V. felvfeton thejfcat) fRMnthe They e« we Ftir mount 01 from left their F* wcourpi mOf. 1 thry tak Mithiis moft: S theyhav hercmoi of/«3r,a Tsfeprii vtticok The Oriental Jfles of J SI A, tuf.s, uitlithea- bintts^ Arms,^c, performing tlieir they are for the y- ' ing anciently the k. iring adoration to chcifly worftiip srtly for fear ot chpurpofc, they which arenumc- ifxrfjt which they **ti/>/?/ , to whom and allow a good r habit are known 1 hvcavcryftria r/^ , even to the »ve ffvenili:f<'/;, ny different ways etitm , in which nor over devout. le Immortality of is reduced to its les du(t and adies ; 'r raifcd to joy, or rrow, believing at at its return in- nde good or evil. Whereas others jiflbiurion of the fference between of their Wiytt nittinK them the or lociety with erymodeft, and ith any kinide of 9their//w^4ii/r. inilh, but Ttni- ft them : They ir Children, and They ire very ineftiieof doing lifpe it ; and as [o others, fothey in great (late and r^ idance of Nobles f' efteemed and re- '' even to adorati- heis in a manner power, the Lives ,thoughhedoth trenne isexceed- , as hath been mg. AllhisKoUn (which are very many) xm<.i oi Goli wi Sihti. Their f;0/i« live exceedii^ (lately, and have great Re- Buildings have neither hinttr nor Plaifler, veooes: And when any of them happen here tiny build not without both. They to die, theyhaveacuilom, that about 20 defpife all Pr«»o/w 5/m«, and efteem more or 30 of their Slaves do voluntarily kill their y({jtls of Earth which fetve to keep themfrives to wait upon the Souls of their Dnnk, which Wj* make little e(ieem thciideceafed Lords , which they hold to of, but much value Fr'eciotu stones. They be a great honor to them , and a dif- drinl^ nothing but what ishor, thofeiroft charge of their fidelity and love they bear delicate with us is cool. Their Phyfnk is them. 10 fweet,and odoriferous, ours bitter and un- But there are many defaults obTerved in pleafant. They never let their Hck Bluod, their Government, and in their matmer of which with us is very common upon the 97 living. T he great number of their Kings and their Frmts, which ftill endeavor \o make themfelves great < the Riv$ltt and RtbeUiui: , tc which thefe people are fubjeA on the leaft occafion. The prin- cipal form of the Government, which is alkioft wholly tyrannical. The little care leaft occafion. Theie with leva al other Cuftoms, contrary toours,dotliey obferve amongft them, which are too long to kt down. Nor want they fine Rufnis tofuftain tlxtacufltms better then oars; they fay, wemuftconfetve our Bltod, as one of tne they have of Tiitt^;, and of keeping jciw/ao principal fuftainers of our Lift •, that we at home, or Fktks in the Field, makes muft not give a fick perfon that which is >•■■-> them often want needful Food. And it is obTerved , That they have many Manners and Cuftoms ditferent, and often contrary to ourt, or thofe of their Neighbors % As, when they go out of the hoole, they leave oflf their cU*k , which they put not on again, till they come in « whereas we leave it crfTin the honfe, and difpleafant, troublefome , and fometimes afirightshmitofee, much more to drink or eat % that hot water augments the natu- ral heat, opens the conduits, and quenches thitft^ that cold clofes the Pocs, begets the Cough, weakens the Stomach, and quen hes natural heat t ^•MX.thtaFtfftls^ of which tiiey make iucheKeeni, arene- pot it on abroad. When they meet ajoceflary for many things ina/'^wZ/jr, which friend, they falatchim by putting off their Sln$t, and diaking their ^«*rj we folate by uncovering the Head. In walking they ^vrethc tifi-kuU, efiecmint it moft ho- norable, wMleft we believe the A<]fi«(b to be: Receiving a Friend at home, thArte* Frtdtm Stuut are not \ that their Build- im may eafily be taken down . carried other where, and ercdled in another man- ner, when they n ill, which ours cannot. In fine, they e(leem oar FtfbitHs as ri- main i^ated on the Crmutds we ftand till dicuk)us, as we do theirs t and if at any he who coma to fee us, nSttiid. The time we difpute with them on this fub- £»rti!r covered wAitiMts, ferves for Bid, it&. they know how toanfwer, and give Tdlt, and Uit, (for th^ «^d them- 4° us thecharge. felvet on their Kiutt, on that Mat when Amongft their Mtmurs, there are fome they cat) our Bid, TsUe, and Seat, are raifcd very good ^ they hate Csmes of Ndxtrd ) fram the GrtuMdy iot our repofe or eating. They efteem BUtk H4ir,aad BUtk Tutky we Fair Hair, and fftov TttHt. They mount on ir«r/-Anrs) otus oiMrifl^sM^ aadoU- Aeemed conftant and veituous, then being fo truly % for they are fubjed to Futt, as well as their Neighbors. But let us leave their Mdnntrs, and fpeak awbrd of their GtvtrsnuM , winch of late hath encoiuuredadiverfity, and deferves to be known. The general Eftate of all thefe Ifl«, ivas not nog fince divided into 66 King- b b doms } All 9t The Oriental IJks of ASIA. domes % of which the Iflc of ^tP*B alone But becaufe thir divcrfity of namei of had 47, which with fome little neigh- D-iyri or bmperor, of Cnitot C^jmt, of bouring Ifles was made up 55. that of Tcntio: Kings, Princes, Dnkts,'iyt. may •ft' f/iit 1 ittji ;.'ii Xiine, or Sajcttk had 9 according to its name, and cAiVwi the other foure.- At prefent the Order is much changed ^ the whole Eftates are fallen into the hands of cne alone, as it hath been formerly ^ and is divided into 7 Pr»vii$tes, or princi breed fome conhfion ; to give a more pi r ticular knowledge, we will fay fuccin^Iy, chatbefore the yeare 1500, there was in all Japan onely oneSoveraign,which they called Fm, or Dajri, that is EmPtrtnr, Thefe Emftrnrs had Reigned a long pal parts-, and tliofe 7 parts fubdivided 10 time, without their Subje^s having the into many others > which ought topafs leaft thought of revolting: but about ijo letting themfelves b^ carried under the name of Lordfhips ^ fome of which yet retainethe name of Kinrdimts, others of But chits, Princifalitits O'c. Thofe which command in the lefler parts, are called generally 1$nts. Cartn ranges them in fix different degrees, and Dukes, Princes, Knight- CiWithem Kings, Barons, Barons ^iaiiLtrds, which accord , „ ing to our liegrecs of honour are diftin- ao himfeU in this charge, without remitting yearsagoe, .. away with idlenels, and delights , they left the management of affaires in the hands of u Prince, whom they call Cmht^ and this charge being fometimes given to thefecond and thiiiT Sonncs, to exercife it alternatively from three years to three yeats} one of thefe refolving to maintain guilhed by Kings, Princes, Dukes, Mar i]ui(f(s, Earlts, aad Barons, C^fMmakes 21 Kings-, fumeof which poflefs i or a, and fome 5, and in all 30 and odd of the 66 anticnt Kingdomes. After the Kings, he puts 4 Dukes, 6 Princes, 17 Knight-Barons, io Banns, sad /[i Lords: giving each a Revenue of at leaft 1 00000 Livers fer annum, and fo augmenting to it to his Companion, the Emfermr was conilrained to make ufe of Armts to re- duce the Rebell to obedience, which he could not performe without putting him to death, the other remaining alone in this charge, becaufe fo infolent that the Dajri was Itkewife forced to defeare him- felf of him { but by the meanesof a Printt who was not of his family, and who was the greaceft to whom he gives 10 Millions 5^ not wanting foon to trie his fortune, re- and more ^ and makes account that the CuieovCejaroifafsm fpendsat leaft 100 Millions of Crowns yearly, as well in the cxpence cf his houle, as in his JUitiiia , and what he disbutfes to the Tones. The names of the 7 principal parts, into , which the Efbte of japan is divided, are Sajcoik, XKoco,famafoit, fttfengo, fet- fegen, ^anto, and ochu. Sajcuk with tfiellles which belong to it, is the neareft 4^ Duties, and RcfpcAs to the Dajri, to folvingtomaintaine himfelf inhis charge of Cute, indcfpiteof the Dajri, which caufed a third civill Warr fo long and cru- el, that infinethcEflatewas uvided in- to almoft as many Soveraignities as it had pai cular Governments. All liefe little Soveraignes called themfclves Kings, and were abfoluteover their Subjeds i rendring onely certain to china \ Chicock is on the Eoft of Smj cock \ the other five parts are in the great Ifiand, and extend themfelves advancing from Eaft to Weft. Jamtjoit being the moft Weftcrn part of all, and anfwering to the 1 1 Kingdomes, which the King of Nangaio or Amanguci hath former- ly pofTeffed. ^eifenco and J^etftgen to whom they left ontly the namtcADa^i^ and the power to grant titles, and degrees of honour t yet givrng him piefents fo great, and in fo great number, that he might fubfift with all forts of Honour and Majefty, without medlins with afTaim. Such was the Eftaie of Japan about ijjo. but as it is difficult for many equal get ner make the middle of the greatlfland, Soveraignes to maintain themfelves long and apparently that which pafTed under 50 time in the fame equality, thefe little thenameof rr«£4, and contained ao o- Kings made Warr, and lubjeftedonea- thers. JSljianio and Of^« advance them- nocher, till the moft able and fbongeft felvesfioin tlieEaft. untotlie ftreight of had gained the principal Authority, both Sahgaar. which divides Japan from tite mPriicjmd Armes: and retook the place Land of Jeffo, of which more anon j or charge of C«^, without more depend- Suantt, comprehended 8 Kingdoms, and logon the Dffri. And fo in the end ha- oThio the reft, and in thefe parts there are ving extinguiftied the Race of the Dnjri, abundance of CinVi and Tomnts, which made themfelves abfolute Maftcrs of all i have obferved io my Gttgjrafhici TthUs, the Eftatcs of Japan, reduced the Kiog- iWOU tv of names of Mor CtfjV, of tkes, '(^. may jive a more (x.;- , there was in ign,whichthey c is EmPtrnir. leignea a long :&$ having the but about I JO ;lves b^ carried delights , they ■ affaires in the they call Cufcj etimcs given to ncs, to exercife e years to three ing to maintain thout remitting e Emftrmr was af Armis to re- ience, which he >ut putting him naimng alone in nfolent that the to dcfeare him* leanes of a Pri>wf y, and who was his fortune, re- «lf inhis charge ^e Dtjri, which fo long and cm- ' was divided ii>> ^eraignitics as it us. 'eraignes called ne abfoluteover g onely certain the D*jri, to name (x Ddfri^ cs, and degrees lim ptefents fo umber, that he tsof Honour and with aifaim. Jtftn about for many cqoal lemfelves long y, thefe little ubjedledonea- e and ftrongeft uthority, both etook the place tmore depend- in the cod ha- e of the Dinrit Maftcrs of all uced the King- Doms * The Oriental Ifles of ASIA. doms into Provinces,diftributed and parted ofgfi^ to the EaAwatd^o^tpretent above ;o of theni,VuDong which, of Iii4i0, North of fhe MtJUKctft, ^od ^M[m» Ttudtg^ an«i Ctht^ are themoft PHIippIjie ''1 Umvim. \y«ftwaid of the Iflaqds of 7 H £ £ ^£ 5 Bnttb^aicAor jooLcagaesdiftsot&on) much nearer the MtlhutMS , and the Ifla GJFthe SOUND. Their fcituation is between the Equa- tor, and the Tropick of C4»f>, unto the lyf^^ Miridi4i» otOfgrit dtjy is mote thcp 900 Leagoeii, po^g of LugituJe ; and fo r?nc4in i ; or i tf dc- crtxs the Ifle. Its iKeadth is very unequal, grees of L»Mgit»4e 4od ittituie, extend- and {binctimes ooely 30, 2;, ai)d fome* ing thetafelvcs in length and breadth 3 or times likewi£:so,tfQ,and 7$ I^aos. 400 Leagues. Ms»i^t is its chei^ City, fcaud in the LUSONy MINpAlfAOi and n>oftS(U^h«rlyp«rt«fthe Ifland: It is PAKAGOTAot CALAMIAXES, well built, after th« modern way^ ^ its are the greateft : Z«/ai towards the North, Utitfu ve of frttr^t9M, very ftrong. )m4 UuUutdt towards the South, ^ P4r4- fo great , that the Sf/nisrib have beeq gri4 towa,rd$ the \Veft ; fo that they form jo forced to divide fome part of it from the aimoft an EMil4ter4l Tri4MU. 74nd4^ reft, to ferve them for a Citttdtl, in cafe othemi(e PkHi/fm, UiiuUr4, PimM, of ppcr^tyt by which means, they arc Mttb^tt, Etk»i»n, St. fM4M, Ctfmo: toe not at (b great a charge in keeping of fo PiMt44»tt NegiAt.MdtMty bM, and £ew great a number of Solaiers,as would other- othcisaix ^ alcfler circuit, T4Kd4ja is wife be tcipfiie for the fccurity ^f the South- Eaft froin the moft Southerly point pUce. They havp 9 good Ptrt, the en- of Lnfttt s and tike Strc^ht between is uance into woi^. is yet (boiewhat dil^- called of JK4M//U , not becaufe of the colt, by reafon of the Ifles aod Rocl^ of City ji<4ffi4U, mofe then othe eleventh Degree of Latitude, ftretch fhiUwgs ^ pence Sterling. Bywhichac- ■— - r.u- 1^. — c_...l n./i .. ^,_ .. ^ « count, a lajl or 16 Maues, is 1 5 Rfals of ; Spanifh, which is 3//. 14 fliil. 8 pence Sterling. A Maf is 4 Cufans, and a Cu- ftn is wo'th about i/^ptnce Sterling. The Weights here ufcd, are, the Zicejan, the Maff, and the Gam$n. A Ztcojan is 30 Maf[es , a Maf is 40 GoHttns , and one Canton a 5 />. Haterdnfoii BngUfh t fo that a A/4jf is 100 //, and a Zuojan is 30 D Pnlo l^ilan, De ks Aruifu, DtUsMatf far from them, and not having people e- Utes, and Bidima, outh, tltoTeof re towards the frruM, and Pkh ari'stheNonh^ ^siftU towards i rather towards eloog to jtmi- NM*n, ChiTf having littk to ttdtts, oo Mtt' naxed, adtive, of /r#». the OES. » ! name of the t>,¥ ly the Mies"..; The Oriental I/les of ASIA. to5 ly called the MOLUccoES i but likewife thofe oi CILOLO, of the Land of P APOUS, which lye on their Eaft^ o( CELEBES which are on their Weft J of them oiCET RA U , of FLO RES, and TIMOR, which are towards their South, with fcvcral others thereabouts. They make a Body of many and divers Urtders, Portngali, and Sfdnufjt, have had footing here, the XfMtlh Rjals of J is cur rant amongft them in the buying oi C»m- mcditits ^ )et ceafc they not from their former way in trucking of one commodity for another. Their common Weights ufed amongft ^,;^;„ them, are, the B*har and ■ he Catttt, Tne great Bahtroi AmhojM for Cloves, is 200 Ifles, South of the Philippinft, Eaftward 10 Cattits, which is 625 //. Haberdufois Eng of thofe of the SiuhJ, Weft of New Gui nej, and North of Ttrrn, Aufiralis, and are under, or nearthe EquintliHal Line , ftretching themfelves onely to the third degree on this fide that Line, and 'o the tenth or twelfth beyond it, and extending themfelves from EafttoWeft, from the 160 degree of LongtuMe, unto the 180 ^ and thus they have together fifteen degrees lt(h. This grejt BahAr, is 50 Paroles, e- very Barete being i » ; //. Haberditftis ; yet in fomc places they have a greater £4- htr, which is tf 2 50 /», Haberjufois. A Cattte is about 6 It. Englifh •, 10 Ctt- teesoi MMt^ is called afmall Bi\h»r, too Cdtteesoi Mace ii a great Bahar, 100 Cat- tees of Nutmegs is called a fmali Bahar, and 1 000 of iV«/>»c^/ is held a great fahar. oi Latitnde , and twenty oi Longitude >.^° knAo\>{tr\t,t\Mrio Bahirs o{ Nutmegs whicharealmoft 400 Leagues of breadth, is held for one Bahar oi JV<« throughout and 500 of length. Tne Englifh were the firft of any Chri^ians that traded hither. C E LE BES,i\\f: Lands of P A- roUs and G I LoLO are the great- eft , then CE R AM, F LO R ES,^ni TIMOR, thofe which are particular- ly called the Mtlucctes, are the fmjlieft. CtUhrs is JOG Leagues long, and about J® Eltm, allthelflands. As for their Meafarts of length, they f^Z"-"- have none, but me^fore all by Fathtms and Cnkiii. A Fathtm is the length of both tlie /rj Meafure for Rice, Grains, or the like, is a Canton, which is about < ,' Pints Englifh \ anrf^ .S!L'j'">y which is 800 Cantons, which is 44bo Pintsm ; 50 Gal- Ints E^ifh, Thele Ifles Re to the Weftwani, along the Coaft of Giltlt , fo near tfie Eijnatcr, chat the moft Southerly part is not above 34 or 35 minutes beyond that Line, nor Th, cUvtt , wjth which they abound, and fur- 40 the moft Northerly above 48 or jo mt- nifli all Afia and Enrofe. They have nei- ther GrtiUy nor MmtsoU Gtld, few Btafis, much excellent Fruit, and feveral sfices, T&Gingtr, Cinamon, Mace, Nntmtfs, &c. and divers Drugs ^ amongft otne:s, a kinde of WhJ, that being put to the hre, bums, flames, and yet confumes not. The Ckves are their principal riches % Ternate. Titkrty and Mdchtan, nave the moft ^ and nutesonthisfideit^ fo that together they have not above one degree of Latitude, and about 10 on S n^inutes, which makes 3 o Leagues. Their Longstude is betwten the tenth and thirtieth mmutcs of the 1 68 Meridian or Degree of Lmgitnde. r£*/V/#r£ is the moft North, and '^ from it Southward, are , T I JO RE, TIMOR, M ACH t A N , and B A- nutc, lin-o , BachidK fewer. Ttrnate yields yearly 400 JO c W / ^ W , for little account is made of ';„' ^"^'■ Bahsrs of Cloves ^ Tidort and Machian, each 300: And in the great Harvefts, which are but once in fcven years, Maehiam yields i; or itfoo ^ 7idore is or 1500^ and 7(rMr« iooooriat>o, each Bahar \% 600 li. Fltmifh. In thcfe Ifles they have no Coyrn of their own, they ufing to barter one com- modity for another s but fince the|/#/* the reft. Bachian is 1 j or 1 6 Leagues cir- cuit, Ternate, Tidore, af\d Machian, 10 or 11; Timor sot 6, the reft lefs. TERNATE K efteemed the principal »< fy> Ifle, beihgabout eight Leagues in circuit, l, i-'h and its Kings the moft powerful, both of ','"\\Z the true Uolnccoes, and of all that I have '^•*'- pafled under the general name of Moluc- tetf; ytthciu&fijtiJeniateyNollraStn- ,0 J 7he Oriental JJJes of ASIA* ma M4»»farit» and CdmmiUmmt in TIDOXE (thofeoftlie Coanttyfay n,, the liandsoMhe Sftiturds . Td-cemma, TttbirA, which fignifics beauty ; is a little ''^ Ttlucco, and MdUjt in the hands of the greaterthenTrrw/r^nnd as fruitful. Here UiUandtrs, which are in good inteUigence with \\.m, as Enemies to the SfdnurJs. The chief place is called Ctrnma-LsmmA., isfeatcdonthe Se^fidr more long then broad, and of an indifferent bignels, its Htufts, I4$jti»ts, as alio its PtUu-Jttjdl, lUmr, the- PeeliU are very indudrious in prunine and watering the Cltvi-trets, by which mennes they arc exceeding fairc and ftrong. Here grows white Sandm-wtcd, which is held the befl in all the /W/rf. Here are alio found the BiriJs of tdraJife. It hath arebuiltot Cm/s, or Timbtr; its Uoad loits particulai A/i*? • The SfdnurJs hold and Haven is good, and frequented by Ihips. The Country is not bad, yet it ycilds but little provifion befides Ptultr^ and G»*tts, it yeilds alfo excellent Al- mtnds, and bigger then ordinary , and that in great plenty j they have alfo a- bundance of Cltvit and other Sficts ^ fome 7)r«(w, with fuch other Ctmmodittts as are found in the reft of the Iflands. Mtndtlflts, in his Trdvels, relates that in »o hold Tapfft, TdlUbtU, SnhMd or Ntfft. the midft of this Ifle, there is one of tlie higheft Mountains in thofe parts \ he faiih, It is covered almoft all over with fdlmts , and other Trtts , and at tiie top there is a hole fo deep, that fcems to reach to the Center of the Earth. Here- upon fome out of cunofity to find its'depth, could not reach it with 500 fathome uf rope, but came to a dear fpnng of water. Out of this hole he affirmah that there jo of which Mdrtgtrdmn in the midft of rhe iflues forth a fulphurousOnell, and fome- tunes a thick fmoke, at other times it cafts up flames, and red ftoaes, with fuch vio- lence, tlut they are carried a very great diftance horn this Mountain. The fmoke, he faith, doth much mfed the aire « and the excrements which it cafts forth, cor> rupt the Springs and Rivers thereabouts, that they are fit for no ufe. This Moun- tain by reafon of its height , and by reafon 40 M AC HI AN is indiflferent large and of the dearnefs of the aire, it being never troubled with mifts or clouds, dotn com- mand the fight of the Std, and all the MtUtcMs . Two third parts of its height the Mountain is green, but from thence upwards it is exceihve cold, and at the top of it there is a Spring of fair water, bntfo coldjthat it is hardly to be dranke. The fame Author faith . that in this fertile, and well inhabited; its chief pla- ces are i.Tdffdft. ». TdiilMd. 3, Mduneu. and 4. NdkdCd. TIMOR^Mtth, or HorjL is of a lefscompafs, and Triangular. Its chief place is Ndffdw. ClLOlO or BATOCH INB ex- tends itfelf tothe fecond Degree oa this fide, and onely to the firft beyond the »"/ Tdrmld, Cdfteltcf^KJe, and Mdneco, which the HclUndtrs liave fometimts taken. Ttnud or Mtthir was once fo ill treated by ihe SPdHidrdj, that its Inhabitants aban- doned it , and ret u ed to Ciltl*. The Hcl- /dndtnhuik the I'ortof Naffdit, and have invited neer 1000 of its Inliabitants to te- turnc. A/jH 7>.» The Oriental Ips of ASIA, loi fdf nu^thit there is but a Strtight between or 40 Leaguts one from tlie other \ as alfo them. Ctltkts feated on the Sts, Itisfobjea in part to the King oiTtt' The Land ot P APoUS, that is, of "^,^";f,, i$4lt, in part to the Kingt of (;i7«/« and s/4fjt/,is little known-, yet is no otiur then ' '*^ ' LM*. It hath Savtft Pttfli on the New Gmtui , and ot'iei tlicn the Iflc of North part, where is theCoaftof JVwr. Ctjr»m<, though fomewjuld confound it and in Tome Mountains in the middle of with them. Thislaft istotheWcftward the Countrcy s ^'^ the City of Htm4je of it, and the other to the EaAward \ both is in Form of a Rtf»Uuk : ■ The City of the one and the other moie towards the CMi is not above fix Leagues from Ttr- | q South. There are (ome whites among its M/r. towards the North. Thofeofo'/- /«j&4^fV4Jff/, but few^ all lean, deibrm- Ul$, Ssh^, and A^inUtm, are near toge- ed, andtraytors : They iuive C»IJ, Am- ~ • ■ - ■ ■ litr^rtece, znA Birds oi Ptr»dice.,Vi\i\\vi\\\ch. they pay tribute to their Kings, and to the King of Termite, CETRAM hath the fame qualities, JJjV"«f areinthef^MMT^hands. The HtUMtUri and its lnhtkittHts\\ke to f^ffM, and well h''-'.? hold54^andC«MM| 54^ a little above peopled. Fltres^itUr, Mdlva^ 5«(/i«,Ti- m.?;;, C»/W^,r4f#(W4orC«/iMononeottheThrec m«r, omh^ Terrslta,d'c. are divers Ifles ,\X.* Eoftern Points. ,© ^^^ the eighth, nmcth, and tenth dc- J'"]^,';' The Air of Gil^U is intemperate hot, grees ot South LdtitnAe^ and which ad- /mi<^' vance from the 160 unto the 17 j degrees of L0npt»de. Timir (an other then that 7im»roH\\'e Meluccees) isthemoftefteem- . cd. It produces fto:e of Cfjriigs and Sfites^ it bath Ginger, Cin4- m$it, and whole Fvrtfts of White and TtU ImrSsMiulert. hi IiihdtitdMtJ ate IdtUttrif ther, Eamvard of TiiUre , and on the WcACoaftof Cf/«/#. Oil the other fide, and towards the Eaft, are the fortrrffes of 7«/«, ifiM, andf*ffngt\ thefefix places whicii makes it unliealthful , the Soyl not very fertile , yet it hath great plenty of Rut, WiUt Htm . and other Ftmlt . On its Shores it hath sM fifh^ whofe Meat in tafte IS muck like Mattuty and about the Ifle plenty of Trtti , which they call by the name of S^^tm \ from which t ney have a Fr»tt which they aakc th«ir Mrttulcis of the54» or }nitty they make a pleafing 30 half StvAgts , and hadtheufeof fircbQC DriffA, which they ufe inftead of Wim s lately. .M4/V4 on the Weft of T/ifw, hatK 1.W and of a H*tr which grows on its Btrk, they make theu: Cl$4th$. It hath but few Chvtty neither have they many CtttU, ex- cept Tamt and Wilit Htgi. The PttfU are well prcportioned,but rude and favage \ fome ot them Otntiltt , the reft Mtktmt' ttm. CBLSiBS'ii compofed of many quantity of Peffer. Stidr is other the« SoUe or StUjt. This laft is ten Leagues liom Celtitt, and between the fixth and fevcnthdegreeof LMitudt\ that i j or itf Leagues from 7i«w , and between the eighth and nineth degreeof Lstiiiide. The City idtHMTta the RefiJence of the King of S$t»r, and there is a great Trade for Iflaods, (o near the one to the other, that 40 54iiffirr/ between this Ifle and C4A4«4£C4 they are commooly efteemed but one. They arc fhiitlul in all Proviiioas, efpeci- ally Mite ^ they yield GtU^lvm, SMiiltrs, and CtHtn \ teed much Cm«Is and their St* afiutds plenty of Ftfhmd FttrU. I'he Anr is healthful, thougnalmoftin the fame StUr hath likewiTe cM and m Tmur. Ftsri, '; t Almoft in the midft of thefe U1es,which we call in general, the MtUutett^ are thofe of >««^«7M and Bd»4U, which are but ^ fmall, yet are in great efteem. Thofe of fcituation With Ci/i^, except that they Awtkrfiu, axt AmltfHt, ytrtmU, Hittomt advance to the fixth degree of LstimJt, Nttfdii, and fomcothers. towards the South. They are wellpeo- The Ille of AMBOTNA hath its »« 'f^f pled, and its People aretall and comely: jo cheif City of the fame name, which is of ^.^fwr/"** They are iMners, and much addicted to fome confiderable note, bcfides feveral Zn^tu. other fmall Towns and Villages : This ["J'JJ^''* Ifland was firft difcovered by the Ptrtagdls^ li'<<«. who had here the command of a CsjUt and other Ftrts, which the HoUmtdiri took in 1605. and have poflefliKl likewife the Ftrtrif of CmieUd , LtvU, and the Rt- dua of HHt$ii, in the Ifle of Hitten. Tlie /i»'4*y. . Here is efteemed to be Six principal Ki»gd»mt \ of which , that of MdCdZdr, which gives fome times a name to all thefe Ifles, is themoft powerful « that of Cm« the Second ^ then thofe of Sdt^tn, CdnrifdM*, CttigdM, and 5af 4r. The grkat eft Cities an auMtr aadiMHuhiM, jo Sfsiii^irdt dirpofllfTed them a little after' d d l520. lO^ The Oriental JJlesof ASIA, itfso. and the H$B4Hdtrs have regained Bcfides thefe iHes already fpoken of, thfm fincc s wlietc they drive a great and there are thifc following whicli arc ranged EtcHtable Trade. The Land atfirft was and numbted with thole of the JV«/«cr«», arren, but by tlieir induftty, it is now be- and are found (as they lie, either on the come very fertde, producing Rice^ Sugtr , Coaft or Shorcof the Ifles, Ctltbts, Gil$Uy quantity of Fruiis , efpecialiy Ltmm$ns or Land of Ptf$M, to participate of their mAor*Hgts, CKt-NMts^ BtnaHMyievvTii ndiurt, ttmferdlurt. ftfl.otthehke^ and SPhes, but principally C/ru« , of which of thefe Ifles, thofe) about CeUits, to- alone they receive great profit. Here it wards the South, are Butfuirmts, CdttiiM, w^s, that i\\c HeUittdtrs did once, with no CdUncM, BttMfM, Siltjt, and fdter Ntfier, hi h/jti Ititt. never to be forgotten cruelty and barba- roufncfs, ninrthcr the £»f///fc that refided and traded thither , on purpofe to gain the whole Trade to themfelves. The IfihiiUhts were heretofore Bru- tijh, CMfiitdl, infomuch, as they would eat one another, though their neareft re- lations, when a"e or ucknefsfeifes thent { and all Fduas -, but fince, by reafonof the which are a Body of about twenty fmall Iflcs t towards the Weft, the Met of Mm- Itifurdy Sdkfim, Cmcsr^ Niifmvt, »ad Buiu- ct$\ towards the Noith, Pum* dti Celt- trts, Syem, and Sdrdnitl \ cowards the Eaft, and reguarding Ciy«/«, PMgdy,X»l- /-», BiUti, Taft, Oukf^ tVdWMMj, Bsl$i$y €thi»cts^ St. Mdlthems, Btmrt, Mdmft, JtuMi, KtUn^ BuMtt and f r/#. On the Commerce they had with the Per funs and lo Coafl of Pdftm Southwards , 5»hi4»* Artbitiis , Mahtmrtifm is fomewhat re ceived aonongft them, asalfo chrifHamtjy by reafon of the Pirtugtls and Dntch | which mtimemay come to Tome p more, The OrloitMlTjIes of JSIJ. 107 f fpoken of, ill arc ranged :he Mttutctts, either on the 'tides, GihUf, :ipate of their :heliket and ; Ctltkts, to- tnis, CaitHd, twenty fmali elHesof Ar«- i;r,lod BUiu- iHta dti Celt- towards the Pt»g4j,X0t- IWdllJ^ BMl0ltf mr0, Mdmft, \ii». On the is , S»ii40d , 'sir, KtigBtj , nd ot fdftut , elude, on the wards, are the Cdrndft, and tlumttam , in IS and faperfti- r MtffMts with- whcn they are tayers, which ircryoSftinate, rm toidlenefs, d leaving their ffif/lr are here es which hare MtUttm, are which are oa 1 by (hangers, rsmorebarba- they are either thcttAlJtU' ftrtugals on on the other, nds , making one, and then t making War the Iflanders % s Kings, fome others to the the tnoft whom belong ) hkcwife, a., Ftjfth of WdTi l,t- Tl.,t (f..(. Wtr\ Ttf$Hr4tX»B4^inr«s thofeol /1m- hjiid, among which, Cnram fcems to be comprifcd: Then part ot the Land of Pm' f$m, part of CtUlt,».ni the Celetis, wlmfc Kmgs are Tributary to him. Argen(*U faith, That io Serenty Iflands, which are inhisEftates, he can raife 300000 Men \ and that he keeps ordinarily a grot num- ber of CtrioUs, with many CmBttii, and all wrre VaflTals or Tributaries to the greateft. At prtfent thole mofl famous, are Athem, which holds liktwife PeMr , to wliich it h:ith been fubjedl , and Pacem on the Northern Coafts towards InJU^ Camper almoft underneath Palimb*m, -ftmkj. Gut- Hahjn, PrUmtH, Bardt, and Mananctit, beyond tlie E^uMttr ■• All which, arc the Seats ot fo many of tiieir A'ings, But a things neceffary J andthattlicCaptainsof 10 word or two oi Achem, which is of the hisjVi/i'M are aged men, winch have been greatcflefteem. btedand educated in /*rw/. TheCityoi vfrArwisfcatcdonthefide of a very broad River, and in a large Plain: n-L. ,/).,. r,L, It hath neither ff4»« nor Wj/// to defend 7ke Jfles of tbe j^ f^,^- ^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^(^j^,^ j^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ S %) !^ T), /f;4/, which is fortified with a good Wi// ^ and PdBifdJt^ and well aimed, and fo fcat- ed , that it commands the whole City : THe Ifles of the SoU nd, are thofe They enter into this Cafile or PaUct by of Smmtir* , Btrntt , ^4vt , the ao feven feveral Gties , i>»e alter another , f tater and lefl'er, and others ; They are which arc guarded by Women that arccx- A. I tm 4itr:l/<(l. underneath and about the £f«4/«r, aavan- cing on this fide, tothefeventh and eighth degree ot Lti$t»di, towards the Norths aad beyond it, unto the nineth or tenth degree of South Lttitndt \ beginning at 1 9 J degrees of Ltngitn^A, Wefhvard, and ending about the I Hunting t he Elefbdnt, or Bdthing Himfelf \a the River . In all which, he feldom is without a Company of Womtn, io whom he moftdelightah. He obferves of the Port of Bdntdm^ which is called o(^ great flate, feldom thewin" himfelf^ he is the Stnnd > being the beft Port , and of much reverenced by his Subjed$,whom he the greatcft coacourfe that is in all thefe ufes no better then Slaves In his Ldws Iflands. he is very fcvercj and in ha Punijhment, !•'! The Ifland of SUm ATM A a 10 01 auel. His Government being abfolute, and "'^'- iilxigaei immthe Peninfnid of Mdldc- meerly arbitrary. His Jtrvrmf, without (d, ana extends from the fixth degree of doubt, mud be great, by realonof the LdSttndt on this fide, near to the fixth on rich Ctmmtdities that are found here. He the other fide the £fi4/«r, which arc about isfopowerfiil, that in ii$itf heputtoSea eleven or twelve degrees of Ldtitade ^ but 60000 Men of War, in 200 Ships and 60 it lying from North- Weft toSouth-Eaft, 5° Galleys , with ftoreof Cannons and Am- ftretcnetfrom its Northerly jKiint towards munition, to make Waragainfl thePur- Athtm, unto that of £4AM/Mwr4 towards tug*ls in MaUccd ; and he alone drove the South, and on the Streighi of the them from the Firt which they had in Stnnd, near 400 Leagues, being not above Pdctm ^ and hindred them kova taking 50, 6o,orat moft 80 broad. footing in Sumttrd. "■■'> Some Authors divide it into four, others The Cojns here currant, are the Cdtteey f^"i, ',". into ten, and others into 30 X'ii>fW(MM. It the T«^/, the itf4/f, and the C4^4;>. A mI? is to be beleved, that it had Tometimes Cdttee\sS Tdjls, which is worth 25 ', jlj- '="• more, fometimes lefs', or that the leafl dlt of ', Sfamjh, or 6li.S/kil, Sterling. io8 7he Ofitntal IJJes of JSU. A 7*fl i( •cconntcd for itf m^/'* °' i • MjM^ot^SftiuJh, which ii tSpiit.Sltr- A Mdf it 4 C«^4iM .which is worth i a J. SurliHg \ by which account, a CiifM is j i/. Sttrliig. TV* T»« i.i'ui. til in Vi In r.4 Hficd, and of fo little value, in refpeA of that which comes pure horn Btnit$^ that One hundred pound of the one , is nut wotthonc pound ot the other. Ithathal- fo plenty of Prtvifi$H. Btnu0, BtniUrmsfm or BdwdtmuhtH, Godts, Shttp.rtmtj, Fifh^ doreoi ffuiiti 10 Idvt, and Iitrm4U, are the faireft Cities, alfo it is rich in C0U, though of a lower alloy, in Silver, O/Prr, /rw, Time, in FrecitmSt00es, in Silkt, infeveral Sfices, as long and common Peffer, Ginrer, Cint' wun, Cltvet, Nutmegs j i\io in Medicinal Dngs, mWdx, H$iuj, Cdsmflurt^ Csfm, Bet.4r, Ligiu$m,MittkyCivet, Amier,W4x, AO$ts , whole W*4is of White StneLlt , abundance of Ctiton , "T»"7i- tusHCti^ Lud, Ptwdfr^ Amitr^ lotting' gUflft, Siz.z.trs, An/rrr otallfoilSj^fV. And the Tale ot thcfe Ctmmtdititi^ lalti but till nine of the Clak. The A/«Nrpvhich IS here, and in thcfe j^ti, Coyned, ts only peiccs ot Ctfftr Minted, and in the midd ot which is a f» C.,rm,ii. rt.i. Leagues, aitd its breadth little lefs, We hole to hang them on a ftnng, having have fcarte knowledj{e ot any but the 10 ico, too, and fomcfimes 1000 or more Notth-CoaAof thisllland, nor.:at allot iti Southein. Along- the Notth-Coaft of Bantdm, where is one of the greateft Trades ot all the fAfi-lndits , and where the Mer- chants ot the Eift-lndiA-Ctrnftni of i'njf- Und have their refidcnce, and wnere once there wasalikeCompany for the HeMdn- dtrs ^ which they nave tranfporteti 10 or lefs, I na flung ^ and with thel'c they h\xy C$mm«dtiiti \ they call thcfe peeces Ptitm. A Sttit is soo Pttlia, and ^ Sstttt ii 1000 Pittiti, which isaU)ut ' / Si.trliitr. ]iut the Merchdnli that iclidc here, do keep their Atftmiiti by Mulh of '^ SpdmH, which they divide into 60 Dtmtri, or ftnte, and thei'c RiJIt are alio here cur- fdfsfr* or BMtvUy Btnttm is at the 30 rant, andmoftofall forts of CoMam/rnVf Foot of a Hill, from which del'cend three Kivcnt of wntch one pafTes throueh the middle, the ochets ak)ai; , and on the two fidesof theCity, communicating by di- vers Channels , convenient tor the MAhc- mttdHS, who believe themfelves pureed from theu fins, as often as they waih, but all too (hallow for llnps to fayl in^thc Walls of the City are of Brick ot no great aie bought with them \ the Ptitits being ul'ed in buying of trivial Ctmmodttits, and aie pi lied more ot lefs accordini^ to the plenty, orfcarcityof the^cn« ot " Xfi- Hifh,! 1000, und fometimes 1 200 going to one of t he foid feiets of *. TheffVifA/j here at Bdnttm, Jae^rt, Smndd^ and throughout thcfe //?«, is the rt7»i». C*ttt€ , the Pituk^ and the Bthdr. A ibength, as alfo are their Gates, which 40 c his Subordinates. It is very well peopled; the Hdufes of perfons of quality are better built then the reft, having fqnare Coortf at their entrance, and commonly there is a jll#^»*bek)nging toe\'ery one of them, as alio a Cifterne to wa(h themfelves in. The PtiUtt is indidercatly well built, (hcw- e t ing mt^ The Oriental IJIesof ASIA ing fomc kind of StatCj here the Chintjfes (who arc great traders to this City, bring \amQ&.oi\\\tC»mm0ditits except Peffer, CttttB, Well, and Rict, ) have a place of meeting for their worlhip. n, c <■>, Fifteen or twenty Leagues from Ban- '■ '''"■'■ tarn is fdcatra now Battvta. , fince tlie HoUandtrs have builded this on the tuines of the other, where they had a faiie Ma fide have freed themfelves from his mie, rendring him onely certain duties , yet fome places he holds on this Coaft. We have no certaine knowledge of «<;.,, ^AVAMlNOR^ if we do not efteem I;,". it to be thofe Ides to the Eaftof ^ava Major, and whofe No: theme Coaft ,ve onely know. Mark Paul of Fntrce who made the firft relation, faith that it con- J»pir». Jj HI rilU:if ri'iniu- an. t;,azine: ThcKingof 5p4f-»rr4 afliftcd by lo tained 2000 Leagues Circuit, which Vome Englilh, bctieged it about theyeare would be more then our great f,-:v4, as we X 6 1 8. the HoUanders defended themfelves till March 1619, that their General Xoen returning from the Moluccott raifed the fiege ; took and ruined ^acatra , and rebuilt Batavia,mth a very good Ctttadel: this place is at prefent the Seate or Court of the General and Councellors of the Eafl-IndJa Company, for the United Pre- iinces. Continuing along the Coaft, and ico or laoLeaguesfrom tatavtavi^APARA, a City and Kinfdome with a good Port,and a f aire River. TUB AN 10 or ay Leagues fiom ^afara, likewife aCity and King- dome, andGolte.- 50 Leagues fuither is the City, River, and Port of Jortan, which is of great concourfc, for thole that goc or return from Bantam to the know it at prefent ? he faith u had eicht Kingdomes, of which he had fecn fix ; gives to the foile the fame qualities with the great one ^ but that its Inhabitants were more favage, and fome Man-taters ; we ftiall prefently fpeak a word or two of both5P4r4/. On the Eaft of fava is B J LT Ifle, tj.iJ 20 which hath not above 40 LcaguesCircnit, 'Xl yet is peopled with 600 thoufand foules, hath its particular King, rich, and magBi- ficent. Madura Iflc on the North Eaft of Jort4nin the ^ava Majtr, is hkewife full of people 5 Its Cities arc veryfaire-, hitli its particular King j its People are wicked, and peifidious. The people of all ihefc Ifles are Mahi- mttans oaiheCoaA, up in the Country Nelncctes, and from the MoUccots to Ban- jo threat IdeUiers : and fome Maiftttns. . tarn s Pajfamam is 20 Leagues from fortan, and Panarncanyei 8 Leagues farther .■ this makes the moft Eafterly point of fava Majer: Balamhuan is 12 or 15 Leagues from Panarucan, inclining towards the South, All thefe Cities nave each their Kings. BiUmiuait jrcgards the Ide of Baljyind the ftreight that is between them, takes its name from Balamhtan as the They have many K ings, and have hither- to been able to hinder the Spaniards, Ptrtm- flails, and H$lUiidtrs, from building on their Coafts^ vet thefe laft have lately got Batavia, which they bravely maintain. \ The people are corpulent, of a middle ftature, broad-faced, little eyes» they wear long hair, of a Cheftnot complexion ; they areaddkftei naturally to theft, ftouc moft famous. Many Pniugals remained 40 and courageous, very malicious when an- at Panarucan to facilitate the Commerce fired, very proud, deceitftill, and great they had of the M»lucctts, oi Amiffna, fyarsj theircloathingisas theother Indi- Panda, Timvr, &c. with Malacca, or ans, thatisonly a peecc of doth tyed a- ihofe places they poflefs on this fide, bout their privy parts. Yet fome exceed, r^wraMff being in the way between. Neer whereasotnersgoe quite naked ^ theyyec this City a Sulphurous Mountain eaft retaine divers barbarous cuftomes and ce« forth fuch great quantity of Sttnti and remonies, as well in mattet^ of Rtligitnt Ctnitrsvx 1588, that looooperfons were as otherwife. Their weapons trc the ftifted. Bm and Arrims, the Dart, the Lamu InthemidftofthelfleofjC^;'.*, and jo the ShitU, and CrUts, a ftrange and towards the South Coaft is the City of cruel weapon. Madtran or Mattran, the refidence of the moft powciful King of ^ava •• this City is 100 Leagues from Bantam^ 100 or ixoixomBalamhan, and onely 55 or 40 from ^afara. This King once com- aunded the whole Ifle j he yet commands thofe Kings which are in the high Jand^ and on the South C9aft .* thofe on (bi» The Conntry or IdandsaK very fertile affording very many rich Commodities, as hath been (poken of already, which are all very excellent ) they have feveral forts both <» tame and wild Staftt^ atMindance of/«i»//and i^f/l», among the reft ojflm, wi ich if Mandelfittj may be credited , wcighethljoe pound weight ^ among their Strftnts llifm c 'l^if "in ill ctiimrn. M and the J Ctjlam, & and the ; and the Si CETi Antients, '* meafutabi found. Ii Cat^tt, a Ctmart* I €4tl, of aulonUu old Argar farthcrisi Jnrs Mtg^ particokr The/ii the Liod Divt, thi tends it fe tttM4k, an Deg^tts, \ South to] andahal which ami £aftto\^ TheOrienulIJJes of ASIA, III from his ralf , duties , yet Coaft. mowledge of nle are wicked, [fles are Mtht- '" ■' the Country le Mtiftitirs. id have hither- Mi*r4s, Ptrtm- n building on have lately got I maintain. [t, of a middle le eyes^ they complexion ; theft, ftouc ous when an- and great le other IhA- cloth ty^d a- bme exceed, ied» they yet omes and cc« rs of RtltgitM, tons are the , the LdMt. 1 ftrange ano StrPttts they have Cr9C0dilfs very large? 300 Leagues j its forme is almoft Ovall, '. J for their Fruits^ they may compare or rather Tike a /"Mr/f or feare, whofetai!e with moft places, as veil -for the fairncfs, is North, and its head South. pleafant taftci, as for the great variety of Some place in this Ifle, 7 Kingdomes, them. ' others?, and others more, that of 3^4/4- Thii Ifle is much troubled at fome part tufatsn is the moft Northerly •, thofe of of the yeare with dreadful Thundrings rrinquiUmtUt and Batialo are the moft andZ/f/kniw;/. Eafterly ; thofe of C*//4«, -.md Coltmh Let us now make a flwri obfervati n the moft Wtfterly j and that of fds on the one and the other ^av4 , and 10 the moft Southward 5 thofe ofcWM, of Uit"i'< the neighbouring Ifles and Countrys, ac cording as Mark Paaloi Fenice hath def- cribed them. It feems that his great ^4V4mnft be the Ifle of Beruet, his Ifles Sfiufor and C0iiJtr mnft be Pi$h Lenthr, his Province of Beach^ the PtninfuU of Malacca^ his Ifle P^an, that of Sumatra^ and his fava Min»r our prefent fava Majtr : And it is to be believed that iw Sttte Ctralles, and Ceitavaca hold the middle. Caiided, is at prefent the moft famous •, thofe of Ctltmtt, and Ceitavaca have fometimes been the refldence of Kings, which have commanded all the Ifland. At prefent the Pertugals hold Celmh, 1%^",',"' ChilaOy Manar Ifle and Fortrcfs, ^afana- fdtan^ and fome other places on the Coaft, hiihtt neo. SMmatra,ind ^avdXe likewife the JO which regard the ftreight of chilat, and three Sii$dt$oi Pttlmj. M 7helJlcsof ^ E r L A :^ AND THE A I'D I y E !ftt0f Matiar. ColrniLt aad Chilao ire not above Co Leagues or little mote from Cafe d- mtriy siaitar 35 or 30 Leagues from Cafe deCael, and fafanafatan ij or 20 from the Cafeoi Negapataii. The bett I oris of this Ifle are thofe of CaUt, CaUmity and Chilat : that of Galh is one of the beft known of all tiidia, be- S, caufe all that come, or goe, are con- joftrained to make the point of (;4^#, for ficareoftallingonthe bankes of the Ual- divtr. fome years paft the HtllanJers took this important place from the Portn^aUs. The Aire is (0 temperate, and the Land fO fruitful, that fome efteem it the Earth- ly Paradife. Its fr»ity fteries, and Plants have a marvellous pleafant odor j Its Ci- HMMxisthebeftin the world, and parti- cularly towards Ctltmht, and Ceitavaca y n very fertile !^onunbdities, /, which are e feveral fbrts abundance «e reft ojftert^ be credited, among their Strftnti infm Not far from the Cafe of Ctmtri are the Ifles of C £ r £ y# jyron one fide, aod the MALDIVES on theother. CejUm, 60 Leagues towards the Eaft \ and the JUsUtvei 150 betwecng**t and neer CaPe Cumtriy of old CtHun* Extrtma^ Uxewife neer Cafe dt Csety of old C0ri or Caitgieam framtaia. and on the ftreight of Mamar or .gai/rM, of old drgariemt S:Mty neer which or a little farthcns the land of Madura, of old Ma- ehr* Etgu rtMdtmty and divers other portinltrs making fumcicnt proof. >frli i.'f. Nntmtgs, Pepper^ and other Spices, and feveral Drnggs , alfo Lignum Aftila, Lignum Serpentis, Geld, Silver, Brafs, Irtn and other Met alls s though the Mines ae not wrought*, many pretious ftones , among others thofe which the P$rtugals call Cats ejs » they have no Dia- mtnds, but many Pearles, which they filh for in the ftreight between this lYx Ittdumttamtvi Ttnerafin, that sjolfland and the Continent. The foile the L^od of DtUghts \ the Arabs £eiU» produces Ctrne , Oyle , Wine, Cotttn, a- 2>ivr, that is the Ifle of Cejlan. It «• bundanceof Rite, feveral rootes for Dyers. tendkitfeUffomtf to 10 Degrees of Lor Among their Bea^s, their Elefhuits are t^ndt, and fo compprhuids four whole fo excellent, and ib Docile, that thofe Difftts, which makes 100 Leagues from South to North: it hath bur two Degrees and a half* or little more of Ltt^ttnde, which amoijnts totf o & odd Leaguesirom CafttoWeft; the whole Circuit is about ofother places bear honour to them as to their fuperiors. They have great plenty oiftwles. Cat el ^ and their Rivets yetld great ftore of /■//*, Af IIZ 9"ife Oriental JJIes ofJSlJ. In Uhtbr •nil. As concerning the Cfyw, Wtigkis^ and M<4JMrtSy oftheIflesofCi}i£Mr<^ and the MaldivtSy I have oo certain ac^ :unt there- of, wherefore Ionic them. The ifidiu/erszic generally greattblack, deformed, having their Eares long, and their Noftrills large, for the reft welldif- poTed and a^ive, |^eat Dancers, info 40, j;o. fomeofaioOfioo common pa- ces, which the Author ef nature ha*h given to every Attolltn % that i» four to each, to facilitate their paiTagc from one Attolltn to another ; for the Current!* which are between the Chaonells, being carried fix moneths to the EaA, and fix moneth to the Weft -, it wa impoifible to muchthattheym3yTurnilhall/«fi4 with pafs from one ^«*/i*» to another, if thee CtmeJuus and ftigUrs •, they are rich, 10 were but two openings, one oppofite to nTi - " ~ Til Ifri lit Mil Mndfuii ■ •' A I i.'. lom. another. Thefe Currents moreover are To rapid, thatwhenitiscalme. and when the wind goes with them , they carry a veflellfometimes toitfi!/4^4r, mdCtyUH, and fometimes to SumMrSy without pofii- bility of ftoppii^ it { and on the other fide, "v^nto ArthUy and^/r/u. The names and order of xhtSt AttplUin dcfcending from North to South, are Til- ^°UdM MdtiSy that is the high point, and by tlie SfMurds, c/ttxM dds lUuSy head of the Illnnds •, tlien MitlaJtae, Mtdtuiy Pd- djP»U,Mdlts : Ctnd»»y Aridlnlltitt^dle At- tthon, where is the Ifle of Mtle PiahfdtM , MclMqat, NilUnddKx, CtUtmadiax, Ad»u- mstiSy StKultm, AdJuty and Pmt Ittliqir., the two laft being eftecmed but one. The largeft Cnaonells, and there where the Currents are the ftrongeft, are thofc of and finother themfelves |in delights, •'•'1 things agreeing to it, yet are they inclined to War. In tnofe places pokTeflni by the PtrtugdUs are many Chrifiitnsy the reft IdtUttrs or Mdhmtdnt, The t!MJLViyES. •f THc MA LD / r £ ^ take their name from MdU the chief City of thefe r Iflands,and D/vr which fignifiet an //?<«afs in m adeyearl for BtHgi for other much efte arefmoot which the cUffes, d particular! dicinal , ; Amber-grt The King and Amht jedh to tra There exchange CUth, S,li Sfites, Pt come not make ufe Kin^ is nei in his Iflr Among Cdtidtm ai They mat dn, with all ibrt of fc(llcalme, and but little depths water. The entrances are certain open places of rA yet ae PiovUiom better cheap then ia the reft of the jmlut. They iJave Rkt from >t- ;omffioapa- naiure ha*h u. U four to gt from one le Curreotii ineUs> being jA, and fix impollibleto her, ifthcie oppofitc to moreover are le. and when tliey carry a , anidyuK, vithoutpofli- on the other iffric*. hefe Aitplhm )uth, areTi/- pointt and by ilhds^ head ot tlUit,MtIe At- Ult Pulifdut , udtKx, AdtM- Pmt Mtlnqxy >atone. id there where ft.aiethofeof ildmy and Sd- reat Traveller andremoiaed where at lea- rcitaatioa,and and hath fet every paitictt* icfidA m the thegreateft, and ahaUin Ifrmttui.ani Lnt^itmde of sqaent it, be> arroo Cities being fttflici- dtaatioA de< idayes being oiohu ral>> tcMfli the vithoutraine, Cf bm theii ooftaotWeft r among the aad dai^e- iften kills id ip then \m. ty nave ii*» from 7he Oriental tjles of ASIA 115 frtMii the Corttinent, a^il gather w iiome Millet in abundance , and the Grain ot 3»nii, like to Milltt, but black. Tliey have much Fruit, Citrons, Pomtgrtrntcs^ OrAtigts, BMtnts •, and above all, fo great abundance of that Nut of India, called Cocts, that no Countrey in tlie World hath fo much. All the Ltvant is furniflied hence, lading every year feveral Ships. J)cuncl. - TlicirTrelis as gre.it ais our Wat- <»«r^ Iw , /LtjaVed LUe ilie ^j^/» , ^ aiftd ,as . white, but very foft .'^It bcais rid FruH -, they make Fijher-boats of it , and with rubbing two pieces of this Wood togctlicr, kindle fire as we do with xrlmt mi^ Steel ; yet it neither burns nor wnfumes. AsforeheC«f»r ofW'rf/dnrof Indid,' It furniflies them with all things luceflary 7 hey have many vf*/>»»4//, little Beef or 10 for Mans life; they extrad from ir, Wine, r*"',' MutttH ^ no Dogs, for they abhor them Quantity of Fifh. They have many little Shells , which ftafs in many places for Money, and they ade yearly jo or 40 Ships with thcfe Shells for BengiUonAy^ bendes what they lade for other parts. Their Ttrioife Shells are much eft cemed at Cdmhajd, becaufe they are fmooth, black,and well-figured j with Honey, Sit^ar, Milk, Ojl, and Butter, Its Kernels rliey eat inftcad of Bread, witli- all forts oi Meati the /,«/ being green, fcrvesfor Paper to write-, being dry, tlicy fold it in little Bjnds, and make Panniers, Defers, UmbrtUo's, Hats, Cover -lids, inA Carfets -, the Sfrig which is in the middle of thcZM/, being dry, hardneth, and of it they mike Cabinets, chefis, and ether which they make Combi, Cajes of Looking- 20 moveables ; of the Shell, which indofes Claffes, &f. Their lavarcarreox Cotos, particularly of the Mdldives , is very Me- dicinal , and of greater value then their Amher-grette , and their Black Corral. The King alone is to have this Tavarearre and Amitr-greeft, not permitting his Sttb- jedlstotradeinit. There is brought to the Maldives in exchange of theu Commodities, Rict, the Fruit , they make Ladles , Spoons , Plates, Cups, drc. They may build a whole Houfe out of thefeTrrWi the Trunk may ferve for Beams and fojnis •, the Branches cut into two or three tor Pails, to Pail in Gardens oxHinfes, and for Laths to cover them 5 and the Leaves fowcd together, and difpofed inRai^ks upon thofe Laths^ cart off tlie VTsttr , as well as our Tilts. CUth,Silk,Coetem,Oil, Artca, /rw, 5iw/, 30 They build likewife many 5/«^ioncly out S f ices, Porcelaiitti Gold ind Silver, which of the Cecoi -Tree ^ the Keel, Sides, Planks^ come not theiKe again. Its Inkaiitaiots make ufe of all forts of Arms , yet their ir<*r is neither rich, nor powerful, except in his iHcs, and m regard of hisownSob- jefts. Amongft the tartties of tiiis Ifie, thei.- '^^ Candor and their Cocos , are obferyable. They make Planks of the Wood of C«- dt», with which they draw out ot the Sea 40 Afia. all fort of weights, though of a icooco Cocr I mi Pins, Hatches, Mafis and Tards , Cord.ift, Anchors, Satis, and even all the Lltcnlils of a Ship, are taken from this Tr«-, and fomctimcs their lading, whether for Pro- vilion or Moveables, or to furnilh Rigi^ing for other Ships, is likewtfe taken out of this Tree alone. And fo much for the Eaflern I lies and all •v • ;. h \ K •'4K A 1 J *3S <■. • «\ : -4 U An An Alphabetical Table| OF THE Kjngdoms^ Countrejs, IJleSy Provinces, Cities, T(r»ns, and Tms, MENTIONED IN. ASIA. Ljt.JwSO' b»il». N Ott, tbdt the rUets thM tre frinttd in Ittlickt are Citiis Mi Ttmu, &c. Tktfe m JImm», i trtvinces, Jflts, &c. And thtft i» CsfitJ Lttttrt, mi KiwgJtm, &c. m Afia. A. A Aihtm. Aft. AU*». Am. Aitnd. Aiidt. Aiture. A luamiiu> AdrtmtUim». ApclHclk. Afri. jMrintMU. Akpf*. AUmtnitU. AlihmM. Alig»aa- AlUmni G*mtr. AnucM* Ammtt Am*. jlmtuiidiL Amfi Am^tk. Awutbm. aOS!:'!*"- AiBbajM. Amctbafu. • AmtL AnMtlt. Amjuof An[/uitt, Atitgta. Andcnuoo. AnAtttt, Auittfit. Angimalr. A%ilti]t. A»iu. AntiHi. ANOTOLIA. Aniifh. Afi'mt*. Afhttiifium. iljuiltmi. \ 1 Folio. folio. N ~ FeUo.| ARABIA. }0 Bikar. f» Bil». , ■i. too 1 A *bl* (te 1 c/rrl. 1' B*Ui*u. «« Bip^. J 107 Arjbu idf H4ff/. }» ttUiiui*. <• Birit. y It. 19 A*hillfctfl*IV JO BAmhuM. lie Bifmui/m. 111 Attkffm, 1 i Aftim. 7 >frMi. 10 16 BtUk. »Aitk. 44 4" 9» mil. U. 17 Arunf*. 9 BAkr*. *)>TI BHUa. I0( AritvH, i* : Mr lie Brtit. 10 Atiitm. 41 Atruri. ff fuu. • ^ Ill Aunikn. Ill «Mi^^t. T" BtqertM. II AiiaM. 9, ARMENIA. ie< BM louKO. ' let ArawtitBllMt. 10 BxdriKlr. too to Bmfpft. ■orfif*. n. U\AtfM€. M BmuthU^ Mf ■1^. i . ■•.-.»> « ArMOHtapn. toi Mtmun. M« B^«. 9 !>«'«. IO< BinnB. tee ■oiite. m. M JffuUf. »4 *f*i. It Bamj? iFiti* 7>ia Ati»-M». hral. 41 tin*. «07 tail. ]4 Almtrt. AOtmhi. ASSTRU. i* amitmi§i. 1 •r^M.' • 7* 7 t4 BvMnv. 4* •rMbw. I0< 34 A»fik>t. 4> ■•rjB. ft *mm. J. 7* AlMtk0. }l am*Ai. f» Bm^m B. •( Aidboli. u* amm. If »mS>r-*i*m 1 At%¥,\. Av». 50 «• a*"- 44 ^^ '. * 9» AwtlW. •» kubr*. •otf SSL f Aatbl*- *4 B4UvUoif4U»n. >!• U- 6 ATOfjfii. »• Bukik tf4 t. •J Airioii. «7 lUkilo. ill , J4 Awtjr. I0< BtrincM. <7 c nuri. »7 Ayn«i. M Bmod. io« M. lOf Ajftick. 19 Bitnm. 7« f^Ahmumu ■*»• «« li ^v. r Brirr. tfl l^oSr tLDBAtr YER ^l'«t- 14 WM. TO Cabni. i 7 Btlgtin. 9! C^U. il«is. ' « »(|iM. io« CAU. *p/- yi 1. BtaiirMfa. •ol Cttcitm. pnioK. ff Bcifili. %1 CUhiir. A 7 6 TiAMtnatttiM 11 lertr. 71 11, ft ?:r U*. «7 £Eii]fonnCT. too Btmiu. }o CtUtb. Kchoi. 101 Akm }» Biftta. 3I CllMCttt. |«un. }• aMtwj. JO.»l Brts. lot OkaouUn. tpaa. lii 91 Bichiin. 104 Iktimit. *l Cdipn. ■n. 4 Buim, 101 AtMnMW* IbU. Si^. MMtr. II Btiui. «r «9«A }l CAlKt. 1 to M Ucfi. BAnr. 90 B«t \) Dtmtfim. 18 Oehiil '' 7 Chiaiih. »J Bimtgtn. >» GEORGIA. \,, 1. •*' Chifitht. Chlrtef. »9 Dtmtlt. }9 Ocriinntftlu. 10 t »» 4» Dancers. 101 Getigin. loj 7r '9 41 }» 104, lOT «4 41 •^ »« ChintfiUUM. «4 DtnlitUt. 50 Glwan. , AtidTmsy 10* Ck&tr. Clmlnrd. Choritjn. J* J9 41 VtpkHc. Dtrtieitrl \w Btritniim. ' . 'J 41 10 Gibiibfk Giluli. Gilan. If.. <^ ChoraiiKndeU <4 Vtvafi. • 90 auth. i J* Cbtf. )9 DECAN. ■ «o Oingi. u ** Chdiobi. 7« X>ft4«- if Oifii Stbur. 1 ritll. *' CHURDISTAN. 19 DtUj. ibid. Cionfa. 90 44 ■ ■ V rwi. gj ChufiilMi. 41 D Dtrhnl. i6 OifnA-Cttfth. • M '^ Cithit. «> Dc lot Mantelotn. loi Cm. o CtUhii. 11 Dos Alcvuiiidci. 7« Otutt. 5( te.- ii. ** CoUuaiKiaux. 111 DosCabofei. IbU. Gt^tMi. f IWrF* L '° CUtktt^ ., 7 Vn Ctiti. ibiJ. Gfcti. 44 ^/. i. *J CtUmU. III Dot Somb/croi ie ralm. hu. Cregui. lea ipaug/m- ter. »* C*lith$n. ,i 9 Drtftnum. «J GoaJahyii. 109 iln«M< ^ • CtUnn. «4 Duniifdtn. tfl Gutlxvui. «J sar Ctltf. Cm. 9 DuronJiva. 7< GuUtU GiuiMi. 44 5{ iAMl M Cms. lOJ E. Gioun. OuJicor. I0» i*M. it CwWbiKin. 109 »T»J« lUU. i S9 Cimtud. r CCri. }) OukOiMmtil. ]4 ^ttKKWBm 9« COMANIA. »9 11 Egrigld. 9% GMiUrit. itf wiflU, loi CMlt*r. I0« BU>. 9 Ouitntbi. If otnroh >• CtatUfM. «J fUtllf. 14 Gununipi. liS *rj(jf«. l» Ctniit* . . 10 Kmit. 9> aurthiitt. ., f< oiaM. » »» CtaarliA M Ew^itt ,f ly GKBAT GurgiAon. tt 61 CmMftu*. «l MOCOL 49 GututKc tr Cimbiya. »l Mr<. «4 Ctu. 11 Kmr^riam. «o ^bt. m. ( Com. 61 Smf^ 16 H. auo. , i««i»- '04 CmiiU. Cmtr. Cmtf. f 104 •1 Bulcft. lot 1 7.17 JO )9 M. >Of Cmi. »9 tti\ttfu. •1 HMtifiltr'^ f»,6t «*» IOO>IOI CKMlii. 59 Eiginul. 9} Htrimtrt. 1» UM& 0. Ill Cslcaniti. M Er;ibri. 9 Htmt^l. 41 M^ B. "I C*/7«. 7* tr\nwm. itf Hcn Htrmtnt^t. 4 2L Conn. iUil. F. Httr^tli. 9>ir a. M CmhtU. lof Him^in. S» a. ibid. Goucar. lot fTAroijcvfj. II HiHhMu •9 1. »o» CgucouriO. »7 M Hifihtm. 19 e CauUn. «J F«i. Fuuch. 4» j4 Hint. HritbtlTt. lOf 5f tLDBAirYERACll loo J 7 HonM. ,i' t» Oangffwc. «7 Fir«M. )> Htrmm. 10* irU. btd. <7 Ciwo. »« (wnoCi. »J Hr«». i^ M. ten. »* CmtitUth. 9^ FKbra. •1 fAbj. III ituc. |iun. I4 Curi«. }f '•^ ., , 18 lUd. kcnim. »(iaO' 14* Cudgi. 67 r«fNinoiCbA1«U. 10 ^_J ammt-lmiimt. • J«*i. ... *• H- Kfi. t7 C/t'M* 104 Wm«. «».7» 1 ' KMI. mpu. 74 1 \Otmmti»»f*. ibid. ][ip«n. 94 lUfo. 1 lis. , ill 1 0«rMfi. ic IJipati. 110 ftrttm A TABLE. MI ' FoKt. fttthM. 91 Jar J n>lor. 109 Jm Minor. ibid. Icarij. It Iitnium. IS Jcmipar. !« ■ffrit». >i jfraw. 90 ^trufjlem. 11 JHSSO. 99 JclTelmere. 56 Jetiegen. 98 Jeilcneo. Ibid. Ihot. 71 llhadcNaoi. 71 Ilha d< PcJra. IMd. Iloquri. INDIA. 100 49 Infoucn Mw. I0« fih. Jonia. 107 8 ftrun. no 9 Ilauria. 8 i/Ia«. •oj IJU, of C E Y I A N. ■ II tfltiof ] Al'AN. 94 loi Jyl«»/M A I.DIVES. Ill lA/»/bOuND. 107 i/r«. 8 i/»/<;j«. 91 ,fiiii«;'e;v. fi9 jimulao*. 71 fitrtn. 4" **s K. IX K.ikarei 41 Jo KinJiuni. •i>ij. Kapul/. loc K"a^aBM^,^ Jo Ktrgh. 39 HtUm. 7» Kffgutjr I0« Kenam. 7J Kethay. iijid. Kliftmin. ' 4! Km'oi. ^i Kilan. 106 L |._y Lat«VA 10« '04 Uihi. }4 lihm cr Pen|jb. 54 t.tmfiu. ttf Lampttliia. i> I.iWf/iuK. II Lanian. 7» Lrwuin. 8t LMlt/Ki. 9, i« I,«r. 4> l4raii.iJ. '•0 «l «7 71 61 io» 100 J4. M J4 }»j lot leo' 104 I loo I 7 '^ ♦41 5»; }o J» f r n>u. 10 Utriin. Mifchti. MCSOPO Mcirane. Meiapontut. Mctelint. Mevjt. Mexit-Ali- Mcxil Oici- Miimu. MlUlt. MiUlu, Milia Ooiir Mindanao. Mindoia. MiHdm. Minjtclia. Miri. Mittbtl. MKktjttn. MuMt. MOLuCC Moluqu*. Mantigut. More. Morok MtfiU. mtfmi. Mttir. Milian. M'lIuTura. Muria. Muiettt. Mfrin*. Myfia. Folia »4 4« TAMIA. 14 100 i 1 1 f« }' ibid. «7 8 ikiJ. lit losi 101 ibid. o inu. 8 18 « J4 44 • 1 loi II*. «7 106 ibid. >J i* 104 50 106 i1 *J *r 9 10 \J ethit. Oiitt. OlhU. Olttm. Olcpio. Ombo. Onor. Otihit. Otguci. Oimu.. Ottmtnim. OtUU*. Oubj. hrt<, If L U S O N hANILLBS. lOF.NIClA. Ljgii Majo.'. ({{ij Minor. Vicnii. Uii. |j) liir liil. irii. niKut. niam. }fiiU. ■tfti. sCipadoclui. N. V T Mtu. JL>I Nal!;a» Ntntiim. N$it*m. NMithiiim. N*tU»fi.' S*rfi»gif4Hiil NiARSING NAOAR. NtrvtU. Narvai. Nigtm.', Nau. Niugracut Nafiaan. Hte\itnxHm Nubtjut. Stgif*tt*. Ne|o(a. Ntjroponie. Nrra. NiVe. Niceria. Sl<.p*ti. Nicofia. Sifbdiiwr. , NiciiUi- 7 Nilandoutr^ Hiiuvt. m»ttti. Noba. NocCiii. N*fir» tttntti NubttM. NttfoivL Nflft. 104 41 J9 • 7 ibid. 91 8< »? 11 «J UE «f BIS- «4 J* »{ ■04 101 50 9i 7 49 100 la io« « la f, 10 i>,ij 41 7« tia »f 4 io< lOJ . Papwu. PangoyaffCalamianett Pancalla. rui»m. Pannaiu£i, Patu. { f*S*Tadm, \ ftitnt. Pmmm. ! ru*ft. wp. jPirtr-NofleT ■«»ki». . Parimoa. Paihlania. Psinj. TlOmn. Abbut. PKhcwi. . %*imAill PnUr. PBGu. riim. P»ninfula a/lNDIA ^**>* GANGES' Pn*-*""!* «/ I N D U f •^ GANGES. Ptouin. t>yiiK]M. |iiW "'iT* ■.'(itrjam. vim. Kii>n. MCclcbiti. liJi. J^" Peri. ftTtmm. PAtf. PERSIA Wcliery. P«r«ii. ftttl. FUbtnu. PtMlft. ru»t. Pisrtlit. rkUrt niMilfhii. PHILIPPINE u. na. iai. lia. nut. N. 1. M. Sibimc. A TABLE. k. If L U S O N IANILLBS. iOF.NICIA- jgii Major. kjgii Minot- iiicnii. bon. bill- EJii. ■it tiu. in. niKUl' niom. M- 'ift/iir. gCipidociul. [luiGjIaiicut. tMoHuqil. L Vtfk iCeUbitt. ifn* n. Aihttt. I- ni. b. nui. N. 1. fa. SaUow. Fulie. . ftthl. Stmt Gttfgt. ilfint Jthn. iiiint Jiiin. Stint Matthcwi. SiltmhtU. Silaminc. StUmk. UtmM. SilTctte. Samball. Sambilano. Stimrid. Sinmichi. i'drndTiinJi Samui. Stmoftli. SlKtl. Singiiiii. Sttiit. S-iranbil. Strli. Stt*lU. S*vtt^»ti. Saycock. StXetbUKi. Sittitthii S\tn*un». fan. Surpuiir. S(btTtht\fU. StklUir. Sdanfi «r Xinli. Sciinton »r Xanton. Scicnci 4 nrtMgir. 19 Strtftt. »i Sftguih. »r • Sttitigtr SrtTlll. SnttCoitlrti SlAN*r SIAM. SiMIO. tf Sibi. 74 sU»»atSMi. f« *<<«;». J« ' Sijlftan. 7« S *^f«. 100 i SinKon. • 7 i fi»< Simiv). 71 Slffmm. >i Sittmm. < tiriiuktt. ll Sifln. •o f MMtr. *4 f^rraa. StttUf. SoUr. ;i Soliyo. 106 Stlii^. 44 StUtUM. Tolio. 101 ibiJ. 91 90 10 6e ioeiio9 .100 7 ,.'? ibid. }» 6t JO 7« ai J8 •49. 90 1 1 17 54 I0( 9 106 J« 7 »9 J» 9S 9' M 84 11 »» ll «J 11 I to I 7« JO, 91 }4 lot ia« t4. Umbhnju or Nuquln. t'»(i*m. Vokaoit. Volii. Uibcck tr Zigaihif. w. YY-Awny X 1*^1*^' Jmhtf. Xmithi- I« «t loy J« >ei 100 Ce,tfi 8j.«4 9« les ibU. 90 tat ibid. 61 Xioifiiia. A TABLE. >f«fW.. folic Xuir. >• Xim$. M 3htu. iO Xulb. I0< X»»itinfil or Pejuin. I«,li Y Folio. 5» itrtkm- Ills. Fi4ia. llUd |l ^iifii. >9 Itrgitm. 41 7*<«' |J 7MU4. 4 Zui(» II Fi^* FINIS. N J. m- t \ ■N ,<*"■"**'■ -^.i «** — w^gL ' .."" r * ^ J:if/ O C E A N/ 2iC7 U)\ 0) ^ mBmL » 1 New Ma A r Ri c De^fud hy Mound' Sani io Vie Trench Kh^^. BeiuL Er^lifh and Jlu/lra>t^u ^£>y JticliArcl JBlome Jiy ecM Commit. ffjud. Tj^^sMS^^S^ foveas 7aze Ofi tn,{ iavcas 2§tt. 9S 7^'^- ^ c>i K) T ATj «M iSTU .^£1. .^ quator J deluirmmdff or Aquino dlial i Line _i_— S Saa/aa' Ssi s^uro 'J m .E j^ J dA^iHCUffL ^■¥=^— < />!*.* .}.i-i i»n«. I (\ 'tift1>i£F ^ Jos Picas -\- iTro )1C of ai •ne "~V \ W(((A« \ Sr^' To l3i.e Bi^ HimAt j: aU^ t; ttjjy IN'oUe Wsa: ^ JVfJu:qutiS| of J Dorclieileir. . *«rle o£ J . rott44p<9t Tfus ^^ 31 xmse iJttlR^i Cmuut' ,y^'l^w- J4i to\ - ^-wi ^^ . .nutir*! '^'*wraiffm^irf^--TiF-'V*r ■ v .irf- ^■.-"^ / tin CFfffftj/i 'go « fqyaine talezn. . ^^r^M^^ ^U-^A iX.-rV -otik^ \^4 r/tf! '^, o B-i cl^ w jiczs JdeUegfot. \ \ _ .■— ' • pp- i^ ' "" J^ " ' "Wr " ^ \ SpM t ■ 1 1 ^ fkfulE 7AZe ^22«' A ■p«n N ._^JfS3! N mtf 233tS»^ i rtfe, that between tl 5^4 divide >f4, thi Leagues , Mtdittrrti Befides onfall fide; xhcMediu MtridtMai Eaft, like tUtslot In makes a p: OctidtHUi the Iitdit( the Mtrit Ttns A0I 3^rV" AFFRICA. The Second Part. nil. t!^:,^T~ 'X* i^ *" jri •i S^^ ]FF RIC A is a Ptu- infuU fo great, that icmakcsthe third Part, and that Part the moft Meri- diOHAl of our Conti- nent. Ic approaches fo near to rtfe, thatoncly theStreichcof Gitrdltdr, between the 0»4«, and the UtJiierrMt$ea» Set divides them s it. touches fo little upon Aff4 , that onely an ifihmm of 30 or ao Leaeaes , between the Red St*, and tne MelittrrdiusM joyns them together. JBeHdes this Iflhmm, Affriu is bounded o»all fides by the Set : On the North, by the MeJittntHetH ^ on the South, by the MeriduMdl or EthitfiM Otean •, on the Eaft, likewifeby the fame, or by the Ori- tHttlot IndiMOceaa^ where the Red Su makes a part i and on the Weft, by the ottidtHtdl or AtUiaitk Ocean. Beyond the MtiiterrtHtM Sea, is Ewr0ft\ beyond the MtrUitntl or EtiitPisn Ocean ^ is Ttnd Aufhrdit or JH^eimt* % beyond the Orient*! or Indian Ocean , Is Arabi* and the E*ft Indies i and beyond thcof- cidentil or AtUntisk , is J?r4/7/ and ..4- "XheLitines called it moft commonly *""'»'• Affric*\ md the Greeh.tjhiif, yetbotn the one, and the other^ arc indifferently found in the Authors ot the one, and the other T*»f«^ The firft was given by orte * lOAfer, ddcending from >**r4* became agood part of theCoiimty vmtsWatg* -..i AFF%ICA. But of thefe Hi^trits^ Ftbles, and Eti- of Ajfrica , it is evciy where inhabited, pitlfgies, taken from divers Authtrs of tfi- though not fo well as Eurefc or Jpa ., vers Ton^uts \ and for different JfMJiff; , whetner by reafon of the infupportable there may be new ones found or made, to j&m/j which reign there, orbecaufe it hath content thofe which are covetous of maxiy CottHtrfjs dry, and without Water, them. or becaufe it hath others, where there is However it be, thofe names of Affric* much Sand, eafily removed by the Wind, and Ljhitt have been firft known on the which often burying men in it, or by rea- Coafts whicli reguards Europe : Tliat of fon of the great number of venimous , jiffrica, oppofite to Italy •, that of Lyiia, lo fiwce, and cruel Beafts, which arc found oppofite to Greece » . which made the through the whole, or becaufe there ytt Creeks, knowing the name of Lyiiu, and remains fome Men Eaten •, or elfe, becaufe the Latines that of jffrica, fooner then they fell and tranfport one another for the names of other more diftantparts,both y/^r^ 5 I leave to judge. ftr F.rw wuttern:, communicate tlie name known to what was to them unknown. Thus two people of different Languages, have called the fame thing by different names, but for the fame reafon. Tlie Form o^ Jffnca, is near Triangu It is moreover obfcrvable , that it is freflier and cooler under and about the £- qnttor, then under and about the Troficks. The reafon is, becaufe the 5i«fl makes two Summers, and two Winters , under and JO near the Equator •. and that the Nights arc in Si:mi» Ik'*. lar, yet it advancts four Promontortes to always equal to trie Drfjr/, which is a great the four principal places of the World. retrefhment ; and the 5««paffes lightly the Cape Bona, towards the North j theC// among the ' ' ' tween the two Tnr/iVl/, which It out pafies Slacks, and i?/4f// among the frhitet, II', Degrees, and 1 5 Degrees on one and wfcich makes a mixture 5 but all the whites the otiier fide, to wit, 1 1 '. Degrees beyo id of AjfricayCitne oat of European A^a, and the Trppick of Cafriftrn , and i j on lliis not from tlie firft Inhabitants of the Coun- fide that of Cancer. trey, and ai e to be ccnfidered but as ftran- Notwitliftanding this fide or pofleffioo gers j and from thcucc we give name to Bat^ary^ AFF%ICA, j S.irbar% that is, the Ctmtrej of Strangers^ of the Negroes^ and Guinnj, ftretch them- theCoaftof J fried, which reguards £«- felves from the ocean unto the High mi refc •, and the Ancients have called Bar- Low Ethiopia : And the raoft Weftern tarj , a part of jifrica , which reguards part of Saara anfwers to the Ancient peo- yifia, towards the Haft, becaufe there was pie Gatuli •, the Eafternly part oiCaramart- ' tew or more whitts on the one, and the us. The Country of the iVff row toNigri- other Coaft •, and thefe Whites came cither tarum Regio : c>< fina, and Zanguebar : In thi Ltprer or lit- /pjan, and the Coaft of Abex; which we ttritr Ethi$9ta, Ctmgty the MtneMotapa, eftecm under the general name of Zjw.e"'- andtheCa V(2. At'-H AFF%KA. principal furts, to which of the Ancients Branches; one advancing Into tlie farther they anlv.er , and the greatnefs of each, jifrirao: Lyhia, and the higher £/)t/fl;)/.j •, Before we defcend to particulars, let us the other, between the higher and lower fay a word of its moft famous Mcuntains, EthitpU: This feeking the M0unt4ins ot' Rivers, and Premcnteries 5 of its principal the Mecn, the other AtLts. E(lates , Tongues, Manners , and Religi- The largeft and moft famous Rivers of ens. Africa, are the Nile and tht Ni^^er •, the The lituntains of Africa are in great iV//f hath been known in all timt:. Ar.ci- number, and very remarkable, both for ent and Modern Authors have been trou- their height, extent , the Mettals where- 1° bled to tell where its Head-fpringis, and with they abound, and other particulars. The moft famous are Atldt^ tnofeof the Moon-, and Serrt Lione. ATLAS was the moft famous Moun- tain amon^ the Ancients, who believed it bounded the World on the South. Its name was taken from Atlas, King of Mau- ritania, whom Perfeus turned into a Moun- tain, by making him fee the head o( Me- more to give the reafon of tlie Incrcafe and Decreafe of its ITaiers •, we will fpeak fomething of it in Egypt. Its couife is 1200 Leagues in a ftraight linej and little lefs then 2000 in its turnings : It dcfcends from the Like Zaire, traverfes the higher Ethiopia, Nubia, and Efjpt, and falls with feveral mouths into the Mediterrane- an Seat, about the middle of itscourfe, it dufa •, and bccaufe he had been an Aftrono- *° embraces the Ifle of Merve, or Cuegnere : wfrjthe Poets feigned, that lie bore up the Heavens. It is true, that this Mountain is fohigh, that it feems to touch the skies ; it extends it felf from the great Sea, or oc- cidental Ocean, to which it hath given the name of Atlanttck, even near to Egypt, fo: the fpace of more then loco Leagues ; leaving ^^r^tgiontheonende, and Bi/Je- dukeridon thTOthert caftins forth branch- And this Ijle hath many f./faies and Sig- nories, and may boaft it felf tlie greatcft and faireft ot all River Jfles, tliac we have knowledge of. The Niger hath its Springs in the King- dom of Dj«*/»f, above tlic Lake Niger, and not far from the Nile, when it is out of the Lake of Zaire. This Niger doth in fomc part divide tlu: higher Emopia from es under divers names on bouj fides. There 3° the lower ; approaches Nubia , and the 7»» Mtf. tnmttj itt Mm,. is the great and little Atlas ; the Spaniards call the one and the other J»/*>»/« C/-ir« 5 the Arabs call the great one Ajduacal, and the little X4Mr. The Mountains of the Mien, now of Beth , are higlier then any of Europe or Africa it felf ; they are always covered with Snow and Ice. Ptolemj places among them the Head-fprings of Niltts ; but Councreyof the Negroes ; hitherto rout- ing its ftrcams from South to North, till looting it felf in the Harth , i; rifes again near the Lake Borno ; turns its cout fe, and continues it to tlie Weft , travcrfing the whole Countrey of the Negroes i 200 Leagues from the Sea, it divides it felf in- to many Branches, which have divers names , and falls into the ocean between thefe Mountains make divers branches to- 40 the 11 and 1 5 degrees of Latitude. Its wards the Cape of Good Hope s they are called Picos Fragofes, by tne Spaniards 5 towards the Ea/t of Congo, the Mountains ef Chrj/ial 5 above the Lakes of Zaire and Zafflan , the Mountains of the Sun, and of Salt. Peter •, and it may well be,that thchighcft between y*^//ti»4 , the Mono- Mot apj, and Cafreria , retain tlie name of the Mountains of the Moon, n< Maun. •• ire I !. cotu-fe is a little longer then that of the Nile i its ftreams more violent, and hath the fame property of overflowing and fat- ning the barth; ingenders tlve iamc Crea- tures , but not fo ftrong ( hath grams of Coldm Its Sand : But the Countrej which ic traverfes, is neither fo well inhabited, rich, nor known, as that of the Nile. Some be- lieve the Nile and the Kiger come f:om the The Mountains of Serre Lione, by the 50 fame Springs, and that they begin not to Spaniards, Sierre Liena ; by the Portugals, divide, but between the higher and lower Ethiopia •, one continuing its courfe to- wards the North, the othc. turning from EafttoWcft: So the Arab ot Nubia cil\s both,Ar/7f5 andtodiftinguifh them, adds NiU of Egypt, .ind Nile of the Negroes. The otner Rivers of Affrica are not to compare with thefe. Zaire in Congo may Sterre Lioa j are the Deorum Currus, or chariot of the Gtds of the Ancients : And thu name was given, becaufe from their top they litnd forth continual Light nincj aivl Thunders , as if the Cods could not minih with lefs noife. Their principal ridge is between the Countrey of the Ne iMr £>M and Guinnj , where th^ make two b^ coofidered for the quantity ot ff'aters " It ;her and lower MountAtns of JFF'RICA it ftr^ms dowh, and for the gteauiefe of its t^thiopia, LjiU^ and Affru4 % ^nd mix- mouth at the Sea, andfolbmcothersi but ing it ftlf wxhthtOccidtHtd, ox AtUn- ^ let us pafs to the Pr0mtiittriej, tique Ocean, So.that, according toth« We have already touched a word or two report oiPliHjmdStlinus, King y«^4 had on the principal ones, to wit, the Ctfcs or reafon to fay, that they might f£l from the BCM, Hermtt, Prmunttrmm, C4ft Vcrdy Indtm or *y£thi«piim Ocean to the AtUn- Arfiftrium Frtm, C»rA a Fuy, AromaU //^«,and from thence to c;. itmay clear- the MtdtttrrdnetH , and through all the Weft) and of the Cape of gttd Hope ^ of which the Greeks mii X</ j a great caufed to be made, the Circum-Mvrga- 20 part of Barbdrj , and almoA all the Coaji tio» of Affrict , which could not be done, which touches tlie Red Sea. The Neguf without knowing of this Cape, oft he Ahj^tnes ( called with very little rea- Pojsidtnitu , in his fecond Book of ilie fon Prefler John by the Europdans ) who Geography of Strabon. about to demon- polTefles thefaireft,andgreatcftpartofthc ftrate, that the great Sea incompalfed W/*- Higher t/£thiopia : the Xerip ofrefszad fried y (aith, thit HerodfftM believed that Morocco, which f-ave held thofe two King- fomedid make by Sea the circuiteof Affn- dum« in Sarbarj , and likewife Dara, and id, according to the command of D4ri(w, Segelmejfe lit tUlejMlgcriJ. The King of and &ith likewife , after HerdfUdes dt Pit- Ttmbntt, among the m^rtti .- The ^»- r«v , tbt certain Mdgi comming from the 30 mV, or ii/4M,that l^Kings of CongtyMtiw port of GeloM , boafted to have made this tdpd, and Emugis and the Stia oiAiigtld in Cirdum/idvigatton. He faith moreover , the lower tA.thiofia^ he of y|«r.' hold a great number faith. That tluslnirxiwfinifhed his ilV4- on all parts of the Ocean , which encom- vigdtitn from the Gnlf of Ardbid , vato pjffes .4ffricd : hut the Holldndershiyet^' Cddts by the great Sed ^ and the fame, in k en fome from them , and others are dcli- the iame Chapter, that under Angnfiiu veted to the Englip>. there was found many Wracks oiSPaniJh Amongft* a gfeat number of differeiv J^*^' i/fr/// in the >4r4^>4/i(;ii//, which could not Tongues that areiaJfried, thethreeor jf4^'Z' come there but by the great Sed : He faith four principal and moft general ones arrthe ''^'^ likewife, That HannonoiCt'ihare, ^whom Berilert or African, which comes fron the chefameP/M7, Lib. ;.Ch. i.laitn, had antient i>«ff/fM; the Arabicl: and y^f bio- command from that Rcpublick tomake iopian. The African and Arabic! extend the circuit of Africa) made die turn about themfelves through all Barbarj, ulledMlgt- A ffritd hom Gddes,mto the A r dun Ciilf^ rid, Egypt, and Saara, acco^ling asthe ofwhich he gave relation in Writing. People of thcfc Countreys, jcfcend from We may adde , that Ar-un , in liis de- the Africans or Arates. The t^tkmian fcriptionofthe Erjthrdan, or RedSea, ha- is intnegreiteftpartof c/<^''//<Uigeis hath long tarn Prom, Cape ot the ines at Currents, fince changed the io^e. But the Air- which ate above the naoit ta&tin Coaft of iro's t«i& to have a^amOilar ldMn«e, . . *- -_ tb TKefe Thefe ttnguts have div'ers Idioms, and AtlmickOttm^ andon the North, witli Rtti. Ill di^pcm ••'• ftriif m at iku ■■*-^ very diftrent the one from the other: a!l or at leaft the three firft dcfcend- ing from the tfrfrw, or w»^»« derived from it. The RtlifitHs , which have courfe in Africa may be reduced to four : Mahomi- the Mtdittrrantan, the Strtithu of GiM- tdfy and feme part of the jilantick. It is fcituate under the third, and fourth Climats\ fo that in the moft Southern parts the longeft Summers day isi 3 i hours , in- creafed to i+Jin the moft Northern parts. tilm^ P^anifm, ChrifiUnitiy and ^«- It is extended in /f«ff A from the ^//4»/,fi iUi{m. Mahomet ifm pofleUes Btrhnrj ^ Ogean, to t!:c greater 5y»*f 500 Leagues; Silkdithtridy E^pt, ZadraOTtheDtfart,ioln brttd'H fi t) the MeJiterraneM Su partoftnc^(fr«j, andagoodpartof the xo lAonxox. Atla* , where narroweft about Coaft oiZtng»ebAr. PAgaiiifm\\o\dimxt of the Ntgrtts and Nutia , Guinj, and al- moft ail the lower t/£tkhpi4 ( I compre- hend the Cdfres with the Fii^4»/i ) part of ZdH^Mthry and fome mixture otherwhere. Chrtjlianitj holds , in Africa , almoft the whole Empire of the Abifsines , part of £- gift, h\xtt\iemo(k mxi Schifmaticks; and 33 Leagues; but towards the Straights, where broadeft about 100 Leagues. The CtuHtrej being of a large extent, makes it to be of a different nature •, as ^ fuch pans as are near the MtMterrMtaH are ;w!j full of HiUs, which are very irM<^ where are found great plenty ii'//itf^- and under the ic Pigg-tree a ^■MMttiyinet and Hiris. C»mfUxi»0y pofitionofthe crfprcadthem} rentoyfrf^and [<^«f^>andthe i in their Z4ir. iconftant, un- rhcnangrcdj ,of ftftately '*/s They are , not giving abroad, or permitting fum.^ permitting them the fociety of mti at home. , .,..,,. Barlary , as I faid before , is divided in- to the Kingdoms of Mtrteeo, fez, AlgKr, Jthnfiney tunkitriftli^ and Brau. MO \0 ceo. f fpHe Kingdom of MOROCCO is the X moft Wcftern part of Barl>arj,hound- ed by the o««i», the River Sm, Mount jtlM, and the River 0)iw»«>4At.- Iheoce- 4m waflies it on the Wefti the River 5«« Teparates it from 7tf[tt on the South ; Mount AtlM divides it from Darrha^ and Stftlmtffe, on the Eaft^ and the ommi- rdf from the Kingdop of Fez , on the North. It is divided into feven Prtviiues : thofe of 5w, Hedy CifziildyandMtrtccfy are be- tween the Rivers of i«r, andTenfift^ the two fiift on the 5m, and the other within jMiJ. ThePiovim.csofr*W«iW-«/«ri», and DtutU , are between Teafi/t, and om- mirdij : the twofirftupintheXMi/, the other on the ocedM : and thefe three loft ftrctch towards the North and Eaft) the foor firft towards the South and Weft. „^ I. The i»f#vi»»fr of 5/w is about the River port the Roof of the Trw^/t , areoncly Sm, and is fomttimes extended asfarras whales nbts .• they fay likewife that out CdfedtNMi wewiU leave with T'iT'' that of this TemfleihM come a Hi%h-friefl ^ part which is moft advanced towards the who (hall retorm all Laws .- and tins they likewifc corapofed of threeTowns, each diftant .1 Mile from each other , having their Temple common in the midft of the three.. 4. fe^^ij, on this fide 74^4 w/?, be- yond the River 7'4f4Vfl/?,coataining .ibouC 8000 ilonfes , fomcthing larger tlian Ta- raJante, but not fo rich-, its cliief Orna- ment being a fair MabtmeUH Temple , much frequented by thofe of the fame Re- ^ ligion. 5 , Cafo d' Aguer, feated on a Pro- montory fo called, and is a place of great importance. Siis , is the grcateft River, andcommu- "■ -'■"f nicates its name to the Province^ which "" """ it makes fertile by its Inundation. The Mountain of Atlat under a number of diffe- rent names, fprcads it felf through all the Countrcy. The Fortrefs , and City of Cuargueffen in the midft of the Coal! , and ao on a branchjwhxh this Mountain under the name of iJevacaff , ft; etches into the Se.t, belongs totheCrownof /"^rrw^rf/. Between Meffa and Agoarubrd^ is a Temflt on the Coaft , where thofe of the Countrey believe J-onM to have been vo- mited up by the while \ and will needs have all the Whiles that pafs brfo'etliis Temple, prelcniiy rodye, and< ein- felves on the rtiore. itbuue, they are jo^fcen found, and the Rafters whiiUrup- ;„>. )„i Soath>and here make account of only that which pafles for aProvince in the kingdom 6[M0rHt0. TdrsJdMtfOOt farr from Afldt, 'a efteemed the chief City of this Province, its Ctvtrmrs and Kings having here made wait for, becaufe JUdhtmet promifed it them. The Province of rii«r»/4 is to the Eaft of ^ Sm; to theSouthof//M,and.Ww*fftf-, to iii'lV the WeA of the ProvinccorKingdomof *;I;,t hrt »f their tefidencet macK enriched oflate by 40 x)4rri!)4; and totheNorthofr where thstc stt Mark its plenty of Sitgtr , and feveral other good kept thrice a week , and a great Fan year- Commodities « by reafou of which, it is ly, which lafts two Months, to whicl) become the only Mm Town of all thefe many Fetfk from moft parts of Aff'nca do Crnrnr t*. SOrefort: during thefe Fairs there is all the The Cir^iHt IFflifAr/.and iiesfwtSy fevcrity ufed , which at other times of the have cone^poodeocy with thofe oiuirH tts otwhichaooo. %,ti*S*y feated at the flax Ot mouth of the Rivet Sns^ in a barres and onpleafant Soil) it is compofisd of three little Ciriff vvalled apart} and betwixt which the Ri- ver saflcs. 3. rq'MT, feated higher 5 and year is not. The chief place bears the name of four of whicn make an Onnu, divides itfromCiMti/^, and//r4) Ttnfifl and lo ouiuts mikti DiKtt (A BUnqinlls. •>. from Hdfctrd y aoi DiUdls. The City of ji/«-«r»isthechiefofthe\vholeKingdom, and hath been a long time in great efteeni. and once accounted the Meuopolis of all BMrhtry, and reckoned amongft the great- eft Cities in the World. At which time- lo it had 24> or as Gttej , being in circuit I a miles, andcontained about loothou- fand Fainilies. It is ftronglv girt about with Walls, and adorned within with ma- ny publick and private Bmldmgs s as, its fdUtt , which they name the jlUdf^re , which contains feveral others; and, belides the ftately Lodgings, hath veiy fair r^r- i/tns, Jht-heufes, PdrkSfdcc, mchunhts Thirdly, Ctfftr ,. called Flncts , loo of which make an Oitnce , and lo On/ica make a Dhuh of J- luces. And alltlnlc Coyos have their Tevcial values . taCtU, ,itt:r Silver rife and fall in their prizes. The weight of loo D«<-r4// Cold is i j < Ounces Trey, only it is ifercent.\ekthm our En^lifh mif^ht. Their grofs , or bigger weight IS the SuiHitl ^ of which ihej' ufe three forts, according to vht C$nmtditf weighed, of which thcleaft, and t!iat which is moft general, is jtft j i a /. Enghj\ which among them is but too /. fo that their Pound is i8 Ounces : The fecond ^iHtdl, by whichthe Fruits of the Coun- or Mvfqnts , arc very fair , efpccially one, ao trey are weighed , is i ; C. Enrlijh, reduced which is held tlic grcateft in the World, into too /. there. And the third J^iniat, feated in the midft of the Citjy adorned with many fumptuous Pillars , which w. s; brought out ot SfdiHVihea the Mttr's had thepodefnonoftheCountrey : beautified with a ftately Steeple ^ fonigh, that the Hills oiAzMti (oneof thebranchr««ftlie lefTw jIiIm) which arr-»5 Leagues ddbnc may be canb' JO'cerned. It hath a very by which onely LttJ, Ir$n, and)r4jr,are weighed , is i ; C. Englifh, reduced alfo in> to 100 great Pounds ot a40unces tothe Pound. Their Metfiurtoi \tn%i\\ioic iWCtmimii- ties is the Cii^//,caird by them Dr.nr,which is exa^'; io Inchti EMgli/h : Thetr mtMf»re for b>« is the Alrrtddy which contauis 8 largf «"d ftrong dfilt , efteemed as bigg Jo jn/lr/i fingle Wiiuhtfitr s and each Algrg as a reafonable Town-, in the middle where- of is a Temflt, which hath a Tower, on the top of which are three Balls of G«/iwtcc$y\i3xh been fo fair andpopulous,and its Hill and Valley about it fo adorned with pleafantcWMf^ fruit* weighing three penny weight , and worth fol Vitijdfds , and mtile FifUf, chat it was called MOROCCO. : . called the littU Mtrtetii at prefcni it is vtr, which are in the neighbounngMonn- almoftdefcrt 3.E/?/««»»Aid.:£t Icveral giwd Ctmimdiiiet, ' «. .. ii\ tbited by induftri- ous pcoplei) ihrfe be v a f Jtt of idle, and in a manner barb-ous />«]>/?, altogether igno- rant of y^ro,' xf^aeTeacnersoftlisir Lam, which c u rdlyread-, asalfofome and regards t!ie plain. A rich Cityjmn: having drivenaway two of their Burgelirs, the King of fez made them pay more then 100 thoufand Duckats, of wlucli the ffetvs SjHMgogut payed joooo. This Citi was builf by theold AffricM Moors*-, irk Chirurgunt who arc chiefly imployed in beautified with many Mahomtttn Mojques, the circumcifion of their ChildriH', they and its Walls were made of a kind ot Mar- are generally very courteous to 5/rut and the people unwilling to Intereft them- I iv'^oo HtHJts , the inoft part^pfw; , which are eftcemed the chiefcft. In the Moun- tains, Teftgdelt is moft confidcrable , con- taining above 1000 Families, being very well icituated ^ Its fVaHs being no other felves in any patty, retired to Elgiumulu 5 where there is none received into the Go- vernment but Artizans, as Tagod^ft ad- mits of none hut Nobles, 5. iJi<>islike- wifea City of fome trade. Between the than thick Rocks. So are //fi»/i»j«5f»,jo Mountains,Tr/r/ and Palft in abundance \ as alfo Frmts which are excellent, efpecially their Crsfes. They have likewifc /•//»*•, Htmf, Hmty^ »'«^, S»gMr, Goldy Silvtr, Ir$H^ Ctfftr, M*r- He, CtrJcvMHts, Ambtr, ChmtJelSy and of t he Kintjdom of MirKct \ and poflefles that which is between the Kiver teitfifty and 0mmir4tj \ from the Hills of DucaU, which feparates it from Hafctra unto the Ocean: The /l^W is fruitful, and of good yielding, particularly for Grains. Itsbeft CitKS are Azamtr^Sc Llmadint, i . Aztmtr lo many good MtrnfAHuta wlicrc the Ommirabj enlarges and forms a Gulf to disburthen it felf into the Su^ This City, before the PtrtiigtBs became came Mafters of it in i6i3,had above 5000 houfes. It fell again into the hands of the Meores\ was cftablirticd •, and entirely te- ftored , havins a ftrong Garrifon •, and The Kingdom of FEZ, TH E Kinfdtm oi F E Z lies between t- that of Mireccoy and the Mtdittna HtMH Set f snd between the 0ctM\ and the Kingdtm of ttUnfm or Ar- i""' The River MulvU feparates it >»4 MtJiierrdiudM Se* } and cham ^ all op in Fit have formerly bcfieged MAgtztn with the LahJ. •f M. TO . 100 thoufand men, but in vain. The KiHftdfm of M9ro-4^; and B»r*p4g, which feparate it from the Kingdoin of Mtreccty and the Province of Fez, It hath formerly been fo flounflimg, that it hath counted 40 great Cttiesy mor' then Azafi, Miz*r/n, and Aztmtr. Its Frt- 40 100 middle fized, and ^ 00 little ones } bc- mtntories thoTe o( GKer, Ocem, CaMWy fides an infinite number of villages. I**!!, In and Cams. Its Rivers^ the 5«r, which waters its Southern parts % Tenfift which divides t he Eftate in a. equal 1 parts ^ and Ommiraby which feparates it from the Kingdom of Fez. Thefe three givers Mtrahnt ^emin. Sen Mnuially that is, Sb""'" fo" oiHtHnall having feized it, andhis Succeftbts having reigned the fpaceof 130 years, ^tfefh Ben Ttixifem that is ^tfefh Son of Teixifent after are by much the greateft, and carry almoft having finimed the City of Mtrtccty made all the reft to the5f4. The Afifnal that foauelaWarujponthcm, that the Ctrnt- is the River ofJV#j/(rfallsfo high from its fj remained delart i8o ye.irs , till fuch fpiing, that it makes an Aiyfs or GMlfyi^ time as Uanftr peopled it with Arats like to thii of Tivtli in Italy. Tl\c Agmet taken from about ri(;»*r, whichthe Kings lofes it felf under ground, klow the of V«r/w drove out after 50 years ; ami City of the fame name > and rifing again fetled other Arats taken from the fami- neer A/*r««,dlsburthensitfelfinthe7V»- lies of the z**rr« and Hahtares, Thefe fift. Bit dts SaveiUy or Altfes that is of in little time became fo powerful , that shads took its name from the quantity of they fometimes armed tfoooo Ntrfe, sad thefe /*//%, which are taken at its mouth. 20000 Ftet ; and often have paid little The Aireohhc Plains, and Fields of or no uibute to the Kings of Fez and ^imcco is much hotter then in Eurife, that MtrtfCi, --.:■- , Befides 7he Kingdom of F E Z, n ; to thcit height u ■ncialtliisKing-;;';; ;hing$ ntctflaiy "--^ rtifis and Pulft ruits which ate Cr4fts. They , //«*;, W, and in the Roade (rom Mtruct to Ittf^^r, hath been rich, well built with a great meeting place for their Ctmrntnc^ and lodging tor their reftdence •, and alio Start htufts for their Ctmmedititf « this place may rather be called a c'wrr, than an ExchaHie^ it bein^ indofed within a ftrong iVtu, in whicn are 1 5 fair Strttti forfevcral Nations to meet and reHde tot the better negotiating of their affairs •, to Territory, and fruitful in Grdin. It was 40 this indofure there are la Gaits whicli ruined by the Kings of Mtrtcit\ and is not every mght are Ihut up, and kept guarded known at prefent, but for the Tomb attheCi//«chargeforthefccurityofthcir of one of their Ma'Auts whom they cwds and Perfcns. In this C/r;, there aie eftem a Sdittt^ and where the Country more then 200 great large and ftreight fe0fU lay in pledge their Ploughs^ and In- 5rrfrr/,accompanied with an infinite num- ftiuments oi Uknr ., which no perfons bcr of little ones, its //««/ir^ are well built, dare touch. They have another jtf«r4^»/ covered for the moft pan witli Mojaimue nenlhagidy whom they believe to work work without, and painted with Flmers, Miracles, and to preferve them when they Fruits, Prtfpt^s, irni Ldndskits within, are met by LftHSs a place much frequent- Jo It hath 700 Temflts^ among which jo arc edby thofe of frr, as being the Sepul- ftately built, adorneil with many Pillars cherot one of their Prophets to which they of Markle and Jajp.tr -, the moft pait arc goe in exceeding great numbers (both of Men, women, and Children ) in Pilgri- mdgt. y4i in this fttt'iHtt. brcai^ih, uncer which are the publikcio In this City of /«, ( as generally Stertbnja ol tlie Cittj : The Ttwtr is throughout thcfe parts ) they haveabuii fuAained by 3s Archts\n\cn%t\), and by twenty in breadth •* All the TtmfU hatn 900, and almoft alliliefe pieces enriched with Marklt, Its Revenue is aoo Duckats a day, others fay 400. which arc either 75 or 150 thoufandDucKats yearly. Within and without the Ctij, there are above 200 lltffiialsy of which »j arc for the (ick dance olCtHJKrer J, ftrtHHi-tef/ers, Jn^- Itrs, and Inihmttn ^ who arc in Ibmc efteem amongft them. Its tttfU are ot a duskilli or b'ickilh CtmfUxitH, of Sii- lurt tall, artd vscll ptoportioned'^ they are of an a^ivc Jifpofition for Wtr and Horft-mmjhif, othcrwife cxcefllve idle , they are very lubtle, clofe, lly, perfidi |>cop!e of the Country, among which '°ous, inconflant, proud, ambitious^much unc can daily pruvule tor aooo Perfons, addtdtedto luxury, andtlicreibreby con others are for Araiigeistbut their Revenues fequenccveryjealousofthti; ff ot which fome have more then ico chtm- ters, 400 MiU* which daily work iioo Mule. Amon^MS CtKtdgei, the build- ing ofthatofKing HthuHtiuH cod 500)0 thoufand Duckats, being a mod curious and delicate building, all enriched with Mofttciiutwoxkoi Gtld, Aturt, and A/i»r- tU: Its Caits are of irsfs. |n this CtlleJge are abundance of Aately Buildings, as CUifiers, Hdlls, Bdina, H$fpii4lls , c/*'. Ithathafhtely Likruj, inwnich bt-lides other Beaks are fooo volumes in Utnit- fcrift. They have ijopublioueneceflary and hard to be recoiKiled. In their dit they have much of the SftmUrd in them. In tncir App*>rel t\\cy gt)e very fumptuous and rich, but their /"Wis but very t^roTs. As to tbeu- Rtln^i0fi they air cither 1.. Mih0mtt*iis or fteji/»*0Ss and arc for the '" moft part rnclined to Ltitrtiurtimi Arts. In this Cof arc tour torts of Magi- ''^', (Iratetr one tor \\\t CM*ts-L*«, one for *" thcC/W-IrfiP, anothri tor A/4rr/ifi(f/ and DivariKmtnts s and another as an Aivt* cAtt to whom they make their appeal. In the Admtni^rAtint tf Juflitt j they arcinore or lifs fevcrc, according to the houles built fo commodioufly, that thc4oh3inournefsoftheotrrnce. Ill f.WWki- waters carry away the ordure. Here are 250 Bridges of w/uch fome arc covered with Buildings that they cannot be fcen. They have 86 publique Ftuntdsns, bc- lidesfor the convcniencyof the Citizens 600 particular ones, from whence almoft every houfe is fumiflicd with water. To its (i'tUs it hath 86 G4t(i which ferve for entrance into the City. The Ctmmt In their Mariaga they obfeive many Ceremonies: as, being agreed, thev are ac- companied to the Church by tneir i>4- reius , Belatims , and Friinds { which Ceremony bf! rig ended, they arc invited to two fianq, ts, the one at the Bridt" grttms coft, ar*fi the other at the Bridts Relations-, which being done, the Bride- ^rMMCaufcth the Bride to be conduced dititSy Ctjius , Weights , and Meafures, 50 to his houfe with Mm rick, and Ttrches, be- liave correfpondcncy witii thofe of M»r$cct aforenamea. South Eaft of the old Fez is the new C//r, ataMileor 1 200 paces diftance: this is almofl only for the Houfe, and for the Officers ofthe King. The PaUa where he ordinarily itfides, and the ftlaces ot ing accompanied with tlieir Friends^ and beuig entred tlie Houfe, Oie is immediate- ly lead to the Chamber door s and deli- vered by her /"-i/^t^r, Brtiher, or fome of her Kindred to his ^#rj(«r( if living) who there waites for her coinming, who imme- diately is redelivered to liim^who forthwith the principal Lords, the Mins^ a ftately condufts her to a private cA<,, */Wwh!w-h will proceed, which perceivim;, Ho(^it.iU,xnA Coff^tl^n s 3iKl,bi/iJc$ tliol'f, they dne up with a Napkin, and cany intheirhancfjtortiew the Company, with n ^Qoopiivjtc i.oiil, s. Irs Kevcnut' is olttn ilUcmed lyi tliciKldt Son, or Succcllbr of the Crown. Jffurh a /•^m«fv- betwren tlic Rivers r,«^,«^ of Sithy and /,«/«/ or L/x.i^ ,m tlie c'w// ^ All It extent's It UH l.ir up tlll-I,.liK|, tow.iids '■" '*"/ " I'S jMlt tovv.iids the '"'"* the City ot Fti. great joy » and then they make Fnfis, and are very merry: but if (he be found contrary, and that no Bleodis caufcd, then they juc^c her f/r^wVy loft ^ and tlicic- upon the J>/4r«4j/ is fruftrated, and witli ..,....., „, ...^ great difgrace ftic is turned home to hi-r loSca, hatli (luiiuiiy of IVns aiuiMaiiilRs, Parcnt$.Thiswithfcveralotherrr«w/»n wlitie tlicy ciiJinoic of r-h^ , where i!ic/lcaluie wliitli M.iufo> canted to be built betwcai \W Ftni , the Ft>rt(h, tlie .Vci, and the /intr, may nowluve 1500 Ilouftjj, wirliaMaiket kept on iWi»W.ijf. handsotthe Ptriu^tlls in 151?. w.1s pre- This place is adoriicil withaftitely H^ffi- fently retaken by the King ot /<■;, who i.tl, iC^IUJtt^ Mi imixyrempUs, The defeated 10 00 oC*r//fM«, and gained 60 Battel which l>i>»Stij(li.in^ King of Ptr- Ekcn o'i ArtilUry. The Kings of 5PJ/W r-jr-i/, loft m 1578. was fought near this kewifemadethcmfelvcs Matters of it in 50 place. In whicii it isobkivable.that tlie l6l±, and have fortified it becaufiof tl.c three Chiefs of tlie Annies, winch tliat goodnefs of the Port. a. SjU, SaU 01 day hia, all A\f:^\. viz. Den Sthflun of .<,,.,,.. SdUjy hath been the refidenct ot fome PotHgJ, in tlit field of the Battel •, MuIci *'{'/.*'' Kings of ^»«. It is compofcd of two Mahmet oj" fez., m favor ot wlioin z>»» Citiei, the Old and the New ; and hath Set>AJlun pafTtd into Africi^ wasdrowned a great Trade with the Tn$\i^, Frmh, palling tlie Kiva ot Muazm tolave liim- H0lldiidtrt^ md Cenneff. Its Fenrrf^ Iclfin yf/'c//<' ; iUil ALddmdcch oi Mt- i,.: is on a rifing ground^ with a high 7imr rocci, the Conqueror, died with lalwrand which difcoveis theSea. In the C*(IU tlic pains, or with the fickncfs with which he King VMfw, and other his fucce(rots,40\vas feifcd before the Battel 5 all three have their magnificent Tombs. The competitors for this A/A;^i^h Re- bel, SiuckUj. 3. Lktrjis or L.irr.icffe , once£/.v«-, whicli fome among the An- cients lay, was greater then theVrcj/ Cat' if'ti<^e, and hat h made the R oy al Reddence of Ant.tM, whom llncula dt:itMK*\ •, and for 5 or6coo paces, there is only C irdtns fiom whence I.c brought the Golden Af^ filled with fo great quantity of excelloji ^opUt^ gathered in tlie /teljxriJis Gardens Fmiis, SAPtrnt^antts, C-t.ints ( as in the whole Province ) l.beral, and civil, bat alwaies in jealonfic ugainft thofe cf Fu, Divers Ai{nedii{tt bring water ft is at piefent one of the Principal For- trc.'fes of the Kingdom, and hath often l)Ce'l attempted 111 vain by the Portuj;ali mJ Sftnurds 5 nor fell it into their hands, <,'i'. after that MhU) .v«^»< having faved himfelf, by retiring inioSpdiM^ wnere he received fomeaftiftance, and there deliver- ed it unto them in 16 10. Whichahctle after was the caufc his own people flew D him. H The Kingdom of FEZ* Iiim. The Sfanitrds have fortified this of the SfMtMrds j rMgitr and Caztr Ex.- place better then it was, there being be- zdghir returning to the Pertugsls. The lides the City , three fevcral and diftindl former of the two laft is now delivered in- ffirts^ to the hands of the EKgli^ upon the mar- Tl'ic Province of flaidt is part en the riageof DtnM Ctthmna, JnftnU of For- Ocean, pm on the Mediterranean Sea, zod t»ral , without Soveraign Lord King holds all the Streight of Gibraltar on the Charles the Second , of happy memory. Jjfncan fide -, from whence it ftretchcs. Where we have a good Fort aiKl M«U. for it felf almoft to Fez. It is one of the the convenience of fiiiffings by which moft confiderable ones that is in the King- lo means, it may be in time a place of a con- dom of Fez being near to Sfain, which is fiJcrable Trade. It is inadc a very ftrong on the other fide the Streight •, and it feems to ferve for a Fence or Barrier be- tween Sfain, and the Kingdom of Fez and Morocco, This conjefturc may be drawn from tlie Ancients, comprifing Mauritania Tingitam, where are the two Kingdoms of Fez and Morocc0,wkh Spain. And from this that Ea:l/«//4», Governor of Bartica, had place fince the Etiglijh have been mafters of it , and doth contain about ijoo Houfes well built t they have pleafant Gardens. Near to tnis place it is faid, that Hercules overcame Jnt^ut , a monftrous GMff/ of 6a Cubits high. 3. tettmanor Tettefuin tiath not above 800 Houfes , which are as well built as any in Bartarj ; no fooiier pat Gibraltar into the hands of 20 and a good part oi the Motrs driven from "" ■ •-■ • Granada, being retiied thither, it is main- tained in a good eftate % they ore continual- ly coarfing on the Sm, and ketpmaoy Chri/i(»ns their Oaves. In this Ctuntrj are aboundanccof other Cities, though of no fuch confiderable note as thofe aforementioned. Its^M«- tains which are counted about eight, are inhabited by the Tribes of Gumera^ who the Moors, but they pafTed over and feized almoft all Spain. But now that the ^i»4»/- ards hold many places on the Coalls of this Piovince, the Xenffs of Fez and Morocco , cannot well have any defign to fet toot again into Spain^ havmg enough to do to c'etenJ tlTciilelves. The principal Cities of this Frtvincf, are, ArziU, which the Pertugals took in 1471 , carrying away all its inhabitants, 30 drink W/*;, though contrary to the Law of and among tl.e reft Mulej Mahomet tl Oa- taz, then feven years old, after King of Morocco, who reniembring more his impri- fanmcnt, then the liberty lie had had from Spain, in the year 1508 raifcd ten thou- fand Moors, befiej^ed, and took the City of 4rzila, and the Ca^le, the Portuials hardly defending thcmfelves in a Tower, which was yet relieved, the City and Cafile Mahomet^ andpay rome},rome4, others 6000 Duckats yearly. 'I hat of Sahoiehath f^intjarJs, and its Inhabitants make quan- tity of 5o/; and yrax. BfMifenfecarCy be- fides its Wax , yields Hides and Linntn- Cloth ^ and on its Saturday Markets, the Chrifiians may Trade,- Benihmrm is al- mo(l dif inhabited , by reafon of the Neighborhood of Cazar Ezzaghir, under retaken, and tlie Moors well beaten. The 40 whoTe governmcnr it hath been. Chebit fjr/wju/j afterward, and under fome pre text, abandoned this place, which MuUj Mahomet called the Black, returned it to Don Sebajlian, King of Portugal mi ^-jS. but which the Xerip retook again, and do at preftnt poflefs. The Ciij is great and Arong, withaf^r/ontheOffrfw? thefoyl produces more fruits and pulfe, th-.n Grain and fVood. 2. Tangier, of old Tingis, on the contrary, is much augmented, after that the Portugals tookr4j»firr,the]acienc Inhabitants of this retiring thither. Beni' theffeit hath its inhaUtaKts addi^ed to Arms ; as likewife Sb/^" near the Streioht^ and BeiKgutrda^thneatTittnasr, to wno(e government they arc obedient » ferving againft the Garifon of Ct»ta. They have formerly fumifhed the Kings of {7r4- hath been the moft famous among the 50 wJ-* with a great power, and among them Ancients, builded, as they fay, bv Anta w ; and foienownedjtliat the neighboring Mauritania tookifom it the name of Mau- ritania Tin?iiana ; and the Streight,of Fre- tum Tingitanum s yet were its Bifhof and Go- vernment united not long fince to that of Ceuta , wheie they hid their refidence , til! thedif-union of the Eftatesof Portugal with one Helul^ whom tlicu- Poems iod Romanies efteem the terror of all Sfaiio. Anger a hath Flax, of which they make Lintun-Cltih; asalfo Timber fit to build ERRIF above the MedilerraneoM Sea, '"—'I and between the Rivers of Gtmer and No »«.'-' I chor, advaiicesitfelf in thcLand as far as Tjj'^l and Cafiile j ctuta remaining in the hands theNJouniain vyluqb feparaics it from the Provinces Tie Kingdom of F E Z, . ;.-.'-j if ProvmcR of Fet andcW, It is very but meanly inhabited, confideringiobig- MountaioousandWoodyj it is little fruit- nefs ; ind its feepU fierce and warlike, to fill in Grain, alxMindant in Barley,^ rines, which they are addided, not caring much '"""^ for Traffick ot Ti/Iin^ their Ground, which if well ordered , would produce fevcral good Commodities. Among its C///W, Ttzzi is the chief, and is efteemed the Third of the Kingdom of Fez, and makes no lefs tlicn jooo Houfes, The Nobility Figs, olivts, and Almtnds .• Hath quan tity of GtAts, A^ts, and Afes, few sheef or Oxen. The Houfes are onely of one Floor, and ill covered j the inhibit ants are valiant , but much addidled to drink. Its Cities are almoft all on the Coaft, as, Comer,'rerga,Bedis,Mezemma,2n!iiOxhcx%.^'^hdL\^ here many rich Palaces, butthepri- The moft part ill inhabited byreafon of the Neighborhood of tlie Spaniards. 1, Gomer is feated on a River of the fame name. a. Thofe of TVrw ufe much /f/^- ing, uttering their Salt fijh to the Inhabi- tants of the Mountains. The place is at prefent almoft quite deferted. 3. Sedit or Belif, with its Caflle, its Palace, itii its Part, is in fome efteem , and maintains vate lioufes are not fair. It is'adorned with three CoHedges, 2j Baniaes, many l/ojpi- tals, about 100 Moftjues 01 Temples, among whicli there ^s one greater , though not richer then tlwr f«; It hath a magni- ficent O/?/? , ■.iieKingsi»/<»r/'w,fome- times made heu Jieir refidence, and gave it to their fecondiw-, as well becaufe of the beauty of the Ciij, and the civility of fome Galleys : But it is much moleftcd by 20 its inhabitants j as for the goodnefs of the the Fort of Pennon de Velez, which the Spaniards hold inan Ip and not 3\)Ove 1000 or 1 100 paces from Stdit. 4. Mezemma feated on a Mountain, formerly great, and well peopledjhath now nothing but Walls. The Mountains have r/»»«. Barley, Horfes, Coats, Fruit s,&c. Some pay fome tribute, and otiiers none at all. T hat of Stnigna- zeval can arm 15000 men, iiath quantity iMr,3nd the abundance of all forts of fruits, which they gather there. 2. Twrirns be- yond theRiver Mnlvia, and on the River ^has s fo advanced on the frontieis, that the King of Fez and Telenfin have often carried it, the l^w from the other. The City is feated on a Hill in the midft of a Plain , but encompafTed about with ne- ferts , very advantagious inclofcd with _r"' of TotMs, and a Ctiy famous among them, 30 ftrong Walls -, well built within, and filled and a ffl/fJM which continually carts forth with 30C0 houfes. 9. Duhdu is on the fire, Sufaon is one of the moll fruitful, fideol alugliMounuin, from which many and moft pleafant places of Affrica It* Fountains licfccnd , and run through the people under thtir Xetfoc keeping them- Citf, 4. Carfts. Andy. Haddaggia are on felves in liberty. the Mulvia. 6. Cher felvin onely isheyoad GARRET poflHTcs the reft of the the Atlxi , and on the borders of Segel- Coaftupou the Mediterranean Sea, unto meffe, it is lianJfome within, but beautiful the River Mnlvia, which fcparates it from without, &c. Telenfin. Mellila hath been its chief City, Among the Inhabitants of the Monn- at prefent in the hands of the Cafiiltanut,^° tains, there are Ibmerich, who pay little ^#*» Gnfman, Duke of Medina Sidonia, or nothing \ others poor and over bur- having taken it in 1497. as Chafafawas thencd witn Tribute. Accordini; as thefe before by Ferdinand, King of CApile and Mountains are of diffitult or ealieactcfs ; Aragon, The one and the other have their o--, that they arc fruitful in f'inejards port I, that of MeUila much better, and may count looo Houfes,ferves as a paflage to the Traffick between thofe of Fez, and the Venetians. There are excellent Mines of /r#«intheNcighl)orhood. The middle of this frw/w« is Mountainous. Its ex- 50 grows ill the year ? thitof Curegra, Hmt- Rf' tremity towards the SoutU, joyning to the Provinccof Chau4 is nntilled,and with- out Water, ;| The Pre-r ince of CH aUs i» fo great, u that it contains a thud part of the King- dom : The Rivers of Cebu or Suba, of Mulvia, of Nocor, and fome others have here their Springs at the foot ot tlivers Bunches ot the Atl4t, This Cfuntrey is T.'y hU. btmit tf III Mmn* tani. Fruits, and Pa/lures. The Plains of Sai- helmtrga, that is, the Plain of J/^.«/ui«7, have almoft nothing but charcoal-men, by rcafonof the adjacent Wnds-, thattif aJ- gjri-CfHuren, Shepherds, becaufe the Gr/^s landmen, the Land being proper tor Grain. In this Prolince there is a remarkable Bridge over the River Sebii, which runs between Rock* fohigh, that this Bridge is I J 11 yaidsfrom the Water. It niBaskit or Pannier hong upon two Cords, which luin upon two Pullies faftned to the ends uf two great Pilcj of Wood, oneachfide of i6 The K^ngdotn of FEZ. of the Valley : And thofe who are in the BMket ( there may go about ten perlbns ) draw thcmfclves from one iide to the other by the Cords which are made of Sea-Bultufli, as well as the Basket. Of thi' Seven Provinces of Fez^ we may fay that Chaiu is the greateft .• Temefne TltCmii- .tn < Fez *nJ Mo- ; rotiio 7 J JU Mnort Refurredlion it (hould be difficult to urtnix I all their pieces. Bcfides thf He itfiw/ , in thcEftatesofJ Fez and Merecet, (but more in this then 1 the other) there are roiny^r4^f which go by Cabilles or Linidl xjejceiit ; and winch] make War and PCMt as they pleafe, be- tween themfelves, and with the Mms next to It, but the moft flourifliing : Ila- Wandering continually, and pillaging nov int the moft important, by reafon of its lo one Coaft, and then another. They eitler Neighborhood with Spain : HafgoK. the aflault or convoy iht Caravant according leaft. But thatof/"rs bears away the Bell to their intcreft 5 fometimes fc/ving the by reafon of its City, the chief of the Kings of Mornto, fometimes making w^, Kmgdom. The Kiti^doms of Fez and Moraco, ought to be ronfidered in four forts of Lands, Mountains, Fallejs, Plaint, md Coafls •, anJ the moft part of their Pre- vtnces h;'.ve thefc four forts. The Mtun- upon them. Thofe that are in the hightO Mountains of Atlas, are fo rude and barbv rous , that the Ancieuts have believt: rhem tohc Satyrs, Pans, lA'gi fans, that;:. Half Devils. In fome Cities there a;c quantity of fervs t, almoft nq chrifliam rj////a!e?lmoft all in the hands ofthe^ra^j 20 except they be 5/.r.'«, or (omc Merchaim znd £frctereSy who live partly free, partly tributary. Tlie fa/leys are almoft all the fame- , according as they are more or lefs engaged in the Mountains^ or near the Plains. The Plains areall obedient. The Ceajts in part belong to the Kings oi Fez. The Commodities of Fez , befides tiiol; particularly mentioned in thefeverali'ro- vinceSy arc the fame as thofe oi Moreccc,\ and t hu rc/l ot Barlnry. This Kwdom hath been for a longtime] (througli the ufurpati'^n of that damncJ 1 and Morocco, in part to the Portugals and iLSt'^niCajland) violated from their law- , ^faniardt •> 'hde holding Avhat is on the ful Soveraign, who to this day doth man- ; Mfahterranean Sea, the others on the Ocean. 3ge a Rebellion againft him, as did olive ■ So that confidcring the Continent of thefc 3© Cromwel againft our Soveraign Lord the ' two Kingdoms I even when they were uni- •^''*?> who for /wS/V/j and y^//*;; may be ted, there was always aquarter, or third fitly yoaked together : Of whom I fliall S art which obeyed not the Xerifs , or (for the Reat-cs better fatisfaftion) give a 'ings of Fez and Morocco. But if tliey had "ion accc unt, as i o his perfon and foliq in beenabfolute inthefe rwo Kingdom), they cariying on, and maiuging his Ktkttitiiir might calily have broucht into the field and then tojiis Revenne, Conrt, Mititu, One hundred thoufand Korfe, and more ^nd Forces-, of which in order. then fo many Foot. This Gay land is of an mdiffeient good TUc Moors <){ Fez and Morocco, are well ftature, fat, plump, and handfommcr m'. difpofcd, ftionsr, atStive, and yet melan- 40Dcrfon, then in condition: Of nature he cholly-, they may many four \^'ivcs, and ravaluuit and Uiifttrous, yet llic, andol repudiate thtm when they will, giving them the Dow ; y tiiey promifed w.H'en they efpoufed i!icm. And if they would be rid of them better clie.ip they treat them ill ; and thefc Women mny forfakc their Hi*s- ^^4i/f.- Andalthougii by nature he peimits themnot tolie, but with t*\cone 5© hath that fadncfs that fuiteth with his or ihe other ot the four Wives, Pcr- fons of tftate fpend fo mucli on rheir Wed- ings , that ihcy fay commonly, That the ciiriflians ffWi- the greateft part of the;: CKKxis m Law funs ^ thc^pw;, inthtir Pafihal Feafls ; and the Moors m their Priefihood, yet by ait liehati; gained that which becomcth a Prince. He common- ly goetli to his'devotions fix or eight times a day, and as oft he vifiteth his Concubines, whom he feldom embraceth after the age of Sixteen. In his fpcech he is dubious, Nnptials.rhey entcrre their dead in firgin not daring plainly toown his thoughts, nor forth, that IS, where no perfon hath been abfolutely to difown them ; 10 that his Iufbicuitentd, fearing left at the general greateft cax« is, not to be undcrftood be difficult to unmix ', in thcEftatesof •'^'l It more in this then I ^'"' my ^r4*, which go! i""' otJcfHt; andwhidi asthcypleaff, be a with the Mms ', and pillaging nci- )ther. Theyeitltr "aravans acconiaT' etimM fci'ving t!,? ttimcs making n> atareinthehijihtfi cfo rude and biirba Mts have believe- ,iA'gif4iis, that;^ e Citits there s,; noft nq chri/lum 01 fome Merdant! tz , befides tliol; in theftverali'ri! s thyfe of Merecce, een for a long time n of that damnt.) fd from their law- , his day doth man- im, as did oiivt: ■ 'erajgn Lotd the' md Ptitfy may be Of whom I null atisfadion) give a trfoH and ftl/cj in "■] his KtM,$n- CoKft, Mtlttu, order. iMdiflfcienrgood handfommcr in '.I • Of nature he y« Ihc, andot »lly and watch- ■ratej hcisper- when he fwear- favvneth moft moft mifchief; and a Prieft, it 'r every one to \i\ by nature he II tec h with h\s ith gained that He common- : I'l eight times his Co/tculn/trs, li after the age lit' .s dubious, thoughts, nor ; li) that his c undcrftood by 10, THe K^ngi^om of P E Z. ., 17 by his Enemies, nor miftaken by his have for thefemany years groaned under; Frieiuls. Moft of tlie old Nobiiitj (efpecially thofe The reafon of the Rebellion by GajUni that will not b? conformable unto him) he was upon this account: Firft, Perceiving either takech off, or keepeth under. He the ftofU to be much difconiented , by keeps his revels mdjports, thrjce every r«ibn of Oppreflions of the King on the year, whereby he gaineth tlie love of the one hand: As, that every man, when firft Countrej ftofle. He purchafeth as many married, ftiould bring his wife to the Cwrr, SUvts and Renegadoes as lie can, from there to offer up her f/rj/«M't' i 700 W«r/f,- and looo //jri/«f^«- k\u - Court, or his iight. And this is thegieatr n.why the City of/'^cfall- 30//», or g^ar-i/;*/, Taxs, Aigier, s»jid, "^ ' ■ Conflaiiiina, ini Btnt. Thele names of Mountains being taken from Cities, neigh- boring on ilieii! , tnd ahnoft all on the Cca/l. The tour Governmtnts remaining ate, Stfp, Neiak or Necam, MeztSa or MefiU, dnd Mu/fm, which are the nanaes ot their chief places. But Cnmmajit* not contenting himfdf wi'!» this Division within X4»//, makes yet their/«^j>f7; inav.)!,is7'r»nsfourrtiuarc, 40 0tlu*r ten •, of which, four he calls A'//»f cth u, in llvi; (. f her iinciau glory. In his re rt, he oDleiveth great ftate, hving Iii«.C*W^ mdoffieers of State, as a A'/,-^ haiii ; and when he gocth abroad, notit-'T .. _i:ivcn to all Ins ReUtioits and Ser- i.iKts, who attend on l.jiii, and match m orJer, ac :o Jiiig to their degree,and order. When liC iieth in t!:e fieid (as all thof^ Kings do, ni^ft partot the year, to keep \\kcaCaj}l(, and in Jiemidftof his ml>lf men, andtlientholecl hisSoldters, winch fcfvc kn\v.s guard; fo that all together, they refembie a City. And thus mucli for this Grand Tray tor Cajtand. dtms, and which are oocly Tributary. Hw erg&eld or Guirgtla, Cuco, Tricaru or Ttch- (orttundLdlits. Two J'miiuei., Stnird- fid, and Tetefje. Two lijHdjiiis or Si^Mt- ries. Me/ 'and, and AHgdt : And likcwife tv,o Ki/igd»fis fubjcd, Telealin tncTtnes. Of thefe ten pieces, Tel(»ftH, Aniidt, Stni' CTl l^ ■ J C AT f^ir-'n ron,Ter>:s,i\\dMeltdHA, ■i\ii\.i.^v\xd% lh& Ihc l\mgdom of ALljlt\ Wtft, Ce,, Ldkes.milehn],, towards and TELEJ^SI^AC. 5° the haft ^ Guerguild and icchiort, far to- ^- ^■' wards theSouth, Thefe two laft are fo engaged in BiUt' dulrerid, thatlcaiuiut welidcfciibethetn witn the Kingdumof Airier, though they be Tributary to it. \n^ t\\cGtvtrnmeHts or PrtvinceiviithnildHJ, arefontar, and fometimes fo engaged with thofe of tho Ceafi^ that I will not cliange the order I have tokcQ to CQU&des this Kiggdm in fire principal Hi '!,''■' THc Kingdom of ALG I E R is at hm"'.'" ^ prefent the moft famous, or rather tlie Ayj/^.w mo(t iirtamous on the whole Coaft ot Bar- kary: AsweiUor its A/f^f/ and /mv/, as for thofe Pyracies itixerciles tow aids the Chriflsdns ; and the barbaroufncfs it uftth toward* us Cufti'vcs, the principal its coaft on tb: a the Weft, it ;ciom of Ftz , .i Mulvtd \ to- i that ot Tunis, tlv: Northern ttrr,insatt Sea ; ; Mountatnsot om Sr^cltTKffe, f BiUidnlgertd. iftj isnear3co , ,<5o , or 75 1 five parts, ot make ti»^ mid- ;. Mluilbeonriie ;«doatheka(t faith) hath e- iicnts, whtieot notk'is withfii arcfive W«rft- aflward ot Al- 'ifutiiry UumJiM, rards the Weft. • en^jntind, and Ot thewiiGo» inl,jau/, Gram- intainsot Tf/r»- Ai^itr, BMgi*t rhrtr names ot' n Cities, ncigh- io(t all on the lents remaining !Mf, MezeUd or aietlie natses tenting himfclf \uiid, makes yet he calls A'/*f- Iributary. //»' 'uaru Ot Tich- iiutt-, Bttiira- miif or St^ntt' And likewife \nlin :nii Ttues. \, Jngdt, gent' le tov^ irds th* Uc//ir, tovvaids W/ticrt, tarto^ laged in BiJ/t' Idtrcubethcm tliooghthey ^GwernmcHts sfoneor, and I thofe ot thd se th, and Marfa-d-^ibir, tlie;r P«- Con(UtUi)i>i and fheieffe, within i4«, ''.tna, Bania's,drc. a.nd Ivad fjhi.timcs l^c!* the rtfids-nceof the Colhnk Kings ; Tlie rerietians, Ge- tiouef: , Catilonr^n^ .fy-c. having here fo {;;i.'4t J 7rj'^c, that <'\ riches anJ power iiitiiiiediti i.thahtaals tO deny tribute 10 r.IitK'ngs ot Tf Um (i 4 g and tO make tome i::cii:l:..'iis ou the Coaft of Spain, which icj , }5^iCo w. j.i w,'i tlicc.iifi! vf tlit'ii- lofs. At prefent ie ^em had len ^rcat is a Sutf>-tf['in i:if\w arc generally the fame wich ecivil, and itS4jO tliofeof ^.nbarj. latli reduced Uu.u •\i tlic:i thofe of JA bull: jfcer the tilers call llumam' hr and Uithana, u the ancicnc Arsifi^a. hi Pert is notk*! Sut good » its£,W hat h much /i^i, vaaatis, and Co. . .w 5a, Citrons, Pemi' of .vhuli, the In- habitants make diveis MianufaJurts, Li TheirJ,-«^A/isthe,5«/»r.^/, butof fc- ,, _, vcral Ibrf-j whi>h ;s divided MioRuves, "''"'■i- vn. The Oj^intalot five Btnres o( 20 !/, fer Rove, winch is too //.cryi*r()/«V5 and the .2,«.7;u/of four Beves of 25 //, jper /vflw, winch IS alio 100 iJ(?r<)/o's ; alio :!ie JJ^iHt.d oi i\x Retolo\<, nndlaftly, the ^t'M'Kt.t! ot 15 Rotvlo'fi, The too //, of London is found to make of tlie lirft 90 //. 15 ?3.ti',isplace was mined by thtCalliUt- joor :-iotolc\,oi thtlecond 15;, o'i thethirti i»s, andnjt reft'^rea nlUong after J. tiarefgal is t!(t anciuit Si^a, a Rt- man Colony , the ididence ot Sjpfux , Lrometimes King at thixCouotrc> ) betoic lie iVized tlie hftatc ^f Mafsmft ■■ Its Gtuation is on a llock , .vhofe foot is w .Uh - ed by thv icd, and hail" w communicati- on with tlu him Land, but on the South- lide. Tli;s £.'//; hath btcijiuiuch gieutar Thir Mi4jif.: 48, and of tht'Iaft 58 ; R toL's. Their Meafures are two, :■/:-. The Me rifio Pike wliich agieeth with that of ^Z- per ^ and tlie Fare if Spain. 5. Marjalqiubir hatlioneof thcfaireft, m, ,-.i greateft , and moft fecurc Ports that is in '•''''•'''' all '^pica. The Government or Marqui- fatt of Oran comprehends likewil'e Ibme Cajllts and Mtuntainstfihfxi thctC are good Gaufons »mfj[firif4fhctchesit of their fcj/Z^cn, eating tlitir Flifh and feU from Weft to Eafl, (carfc leaving the | cuny nj; tlicir i(t<« to cany tlicir baggage (imc faral/tl, which ii M dmecs of Zi- in. Tlity keep thcheait tomakeuleof, tiinJr, livthemidftof thisCoaft, ssCr- in ih.t>»is o\ witchcrafts, tlic fat to mix in [area oxj-tlia Ctfarta • It muft be confider- ihvxx-Mcdnamenis , ami the nails or ti.e ed what places it hath on ons andrheothc: Jiouuo iri.,ke PeitJants for the Ears, to jo'idc, on the famcCoaft^ andbythebeft known, )udge where it may fall, In the Human Itineriirits,inA in Ptfltmf, Ptrtmi Mai^Niu is on tlic Weft of f»iu Ctjarea^ S aUa on the Ez!\. The Explica- tion of the one, .ind the otiier phce being given,it Will be ea/ie t(* finde tie third. P»r- tm Maf^niti cannot j-ut hive bten where now is Atarfa/dfuibir : This uarne lirntfies, A great r»ri, and the quality and gieat- 30 nefs of the Pert or Haven, there being hereabouts no other of this ha , permit not thisExpiic.ition , to hv either revoke- able or doubtful. Salda hath more d ^' culty, and, to finde the truth, wemufiat the i.ime time know Salda, Siii^, and !^ii- gili^ which have been famous, and Colo- nies of the Jl«MMff/. , The Modern Authors do almoft all 3- gree, that ftrtlgili is the prefenr Gijeli anftity 40 not one that I know, but explains Sitifi to be the now Stefa. There are divers opini- ons of Salda. C aft aim takes it for A^itri Jierctttr^ for Tedelts \ others, for other places : But the moft plcafant Hxplication of all, is that of the Abbtt, who will have Tabracs to lie the Modem name of a place i and that that Tahrau ihonld an- Iwer to the Ancient Salda •, and obferves not that Said* and Tabraa .irr'-wo ancient I . Tenela, part on the fiJcof a Hill, and 50 places,diflant the one from thr Jther,three or four hundred rnouuBd paces, according to the Rnnam Itinerants ; and morrthcn five hundred thoufand , if we may credit Ptekim ■ Nor y«t takes actice, thai Tjr brae* hath not quitted its ancient rane, bat is yet called TMbrata or Tabtrca •, a place which the FresKh and Gentmefe knon' very well, as we (hall i^eak in its place Melan, Mamulitm, and Saemins^ explain Atn.J 1. c. ,, th*1 p:t. h-H- deck t lit mtdvcs with, will ntlicy utter the other pairs. B E N I - R A S I n ox B E N I A R A X I D, hatli fomc Plains towards the North, many Mountains tovv.itd the South, IS ftuittul almoft every where, .nnd h.ith tiiite or four places of Come confidc- laiion in thd'e Mountains. t. Bem-Arax ot old Bnntbera, is not walled , it contains more then 3000 In- habitants. J. Cilaa or Calat-Uaeara of old Urba- ra, bciwa-n two Mountaiiis, is ftrong. ? . Mejfiar of old yiHeria, I 3th a CajiU wIkic the Governor of the Countrey re- fides. 4. Batha of old f .i^j , on the River Mii:a^ havini; be< n runed by the Inhabi- tants of the Mountain of Cnanjeris. fome Meraint out of their opinion of his fa uftorcdit in yinne 15 jo. And 5. M(dii.>. The PiuviiKC oiTE NES is between that of Tdoiftn and Alunt ot -ts Amiquuy, jid the ftrei^tb o^ Wails. ALqiE% a iclent ^hU* oft Modern M Ctftftt , who wrote d himfellt a- thenaUthc jhy ot it. 1 ;i«c Wnta? Icmen, and :k what place 1//4 Ctjsrtd- aArtUnr and .^i* ,fiftr«chesit!:':i :ekavinEthe^.',«J eCfCCsorZ4- »■■ Coaft, Js Ct- ft he confider- ! andfheothci inJbvthebeft ,' fall.' and In Pu!mj, Wift of fniit The ExpUca- Im place being e tie third. f or ;30ooIloife,and 15 or 16000 Foot. The Quaitcr oi A LG I B & compre- «. «.». hcnds liktwifr that uf Ctuco, in the Moun- ('..Vii tains of Egunl-yandaluz. tliM Ctnco, and |,|,V^)''„ oi Gefitl ami Si(ff4, aiifwtiing to thofcol ^° Tubujuflu-s^ which is the ptiiicipal place, built on the top of a Rock, craggy on ail fulcs. It may contain about i(^oo Houfes, the Kings or Lords of the Countrey re- fide here, and iiave oltdifputed their li- Jgii^Uiwd Siti''f, it follows, that B«^m muftanfwcrtoi'j/*/./. Thewtwo places known. Partus A/.i^- fius for Marfalijuihir , S11IJ4 for Bugia. fulia Cefarea will be found toanfwtr to T(nnc) and Rufucunum with Al^w, ccii- fernng tlit) diftanccs the;c is betwcci Mar- filquitir M^Tennts:, between Tf/wrjanJ U-ity with the Kings of Algitr. Thcfe Mountains ate two or three days journey long, and their app;oac!i(.'s very difficult: Tliey yitkioZ/ffj, crapa, and cfpecially Al'fitrs anJ between yf("/fr and Hiigia , Figs^ of which, theKini' makes his pnn- with the dilhinces whiclitne /?(;«»<<« ;r/«r lOcipal Revenue. Cottle, Jron ^ Saltpeter^ rarits give between Pirtus Magntu iw^ and tlie Plains aftbrdcV/i, and every where Ci^/JWiv between CV/.«r/ ot anotlier, which renders a moft plrafant' profpedl to the Sea : The circuit of this City is not above 3400 Ge- ometrical paces, fortified with feme ill- difpofed Rations •, but the Ifland, which was before it, is joyned to the Ciij forae yeais pail-, wheie is built a Prwr j^o«, the better to lecure the Port and Ijland, and /(rf fo: 7«//(« Cffaria , or rather to: /«/ Cefarea, writes (;/_^//»//i fotihe AiKicut name, anJ /?'(?'// for the Modern name ot tlx fanie'place. The ancient being I^ilgtli, and t''encWf;»f;J or Cegcl; this IS to put the C.utbetjietheHoife -, ami loniinuing, he names Tebe(}.i, Souju, C41- inn, and Begge, c'l". without obfeiving the ancient name of one of tliefe places •, 4° keep it fiom being fired, as m 1 596, 1606, which are, Tbebtjlc, KhujfiHa, Tftyfdnu, crc. It is a City not fo large, asftrong^ and Zulu Regia , as we fliall fay pre fcntly. I, Brifckt.mi z.SerfeU, Eaftoff^w- fiffi, and between T^-nnes and Algier ^ have many Rom.trt Antifniies. The fiift is the ancient Icofma , tin- other is Rufu- hrtcari. Tins hath fuffeicJ divers ruines ; the Motrs driven fioni Gnnada, rebuilt it, and not fo ftrong, as famous : Tamous for beuig tlic receptadeof \ix7nrkijh Pirates^ who fomuch dominier over the Mediter- ranean Sea, which to often proves to the giea; damage of all Merchants, who fre- quent tliofe SeM, This C;/» hatii at pre- fent 1 2 or 1 5000 Houfes •, it tiad not when -jp. Leon oi A F F RI C A wn)te above nnd inriched it with their Pincies, with 504000. The Streets arebut narrow, but their Silks and Fruits. The Inhabitants both of the one, and the other, are for the moft part Weavirs. 3. Melune or MaUtana, is on a Mountain, where yet the tnoltpait of the Houfes liave theu Fouh- tjtui znd IVtinut'trtes 4. Met-ume isa- dornea with a Cxfllt, a Pal^r, and a fair Temflt. 5 Tfji«(^r<»Huth a large circuit, winch had been empty, had out UKQCt^t) the Houfes fair and well built , yet one which runs along the 5^4, is fair and large; they count 100 Mvfaues , wht^rcof fcvett are ver^' lumptuous •, five Houfes or Loc'g- ings of famlfaries, capal)le to hold each of iliem 600 men •, 61 Banias,oi which, two are very beautiful ; 100 oratories of 7nrk- ijh Hermttes, andalmoff as many publick ishttU, On of (he Citj are vtany Itms u jLqiEH. V.ir 7'. • oHnris, Moors, anJgf^w/, the burying pl;tce ot tUeCfnifitant^ it without orna- ment. Among thcfc Tomii, is remark- able, that of C4Vf, Daughter of yi»//4». Earl of S.tthka \ who having been ravifti- cd liy ^*/rffr/f,Kingof the Cttlts, was the f jufc of t he Mews ddcent intiJ Sfdin. It hath alinod no more Suburbs \ the Citj beinj; cncompafled with many Hillocks which as they heap it, is about five Gal- Ions Eni^ltfh. The Commodities tl.at are here found, are the produft of the Countrey, viz, Ojh, DdttSyFi^s, Xatfi0s, Almonds^ f^""h Jf'JX. Cipptr, Bra/)\ CdftiUSe*^, ^frijge ftdioers, excellent Btrkdrj Htrja^ fome few Drugs i and bftly , SUves and af tivts : Belidcs which, by rcafon of tlieit andiiling Grounds, whofc fides and val- lo /"/rirjfonihe J;4f, mod Commodiiits arc Icvs are^ovctcd with 12 or ijooo fair here found. GtrdtHS, alwundingwithftoreof pleafant frHiis, with their htuntAins and other pla- ces of delight. Heyond tliefe ////?/, is the Plain ot Mcttjs, 15 or 16 Ltaguts long, and 8 or 10 br().iJ, very fruitful in GrAmi. The CoiHi which pnfs iierc, .ire ^jfin znd nmbUs ; Titty /(/jfer/ making a Dw Ctmwudities mod vendable here, air fuch as are fit for 7 unit, and other parts ot This place is famous for the Shifmsik^ which Cffiw/w theTifth iierefufTcrtd, wlio bcficging this /ww, lofl in its H*vti$ at ; oneTempcrt (uHeylin notcth) bcfidts a very great number of Karvch dnd fmall tie. A lyoublf li e(K'tin«l to hold corref- 20 Beats, divers ftjong Caff its, 140 Sftips, .1 pondcncy (astov.ilu.it.on') with the/:»f h/h lh$Uinf^ , or with two /ingle Sfanijh Rials of J. Four Dmhlts is a Rjal of J, w hicii is called an oj'ian, I ive DonhUs and 35 Al^ir;., IS i r iff oitt of Sfain<, and fc- va\ Otnblis VaiSMliani or Chetfitm, which is the common GeU Cetn not onciy here, but in. ill Barhry, Antithcfcaicthcufuil, and molf curr.int C»T«/, great many pieces of Ordinance, alx)ut halt his Mt»\ and futh great nuaniity of gal- lant Horfes, that msp4i» tlicy had almoft like to have loft their race of good and ferviceableHoifes. The Cities, i.Tc*»ri«///«/7j, about70r 8 Leagues from /Y/^/rr, with a good Ptrt ; sad i.TttUelts, iSor jOj arctTicbeftj)Ia- ces of the Coaft .- The hrft anfwcrs to the rhiir ll'ei^t is the Rtlcfft , or li. of ^o^*^'™' ^emmnm MHnicifiMm, the other nuuret • nn.l ot this Rttt/U or //. 94 //. h.it !i been obt'e: ved to makt 1 1 3 // Envjifh. Hut tluy have two forts of Wtifhis, a grot's and .1 1'malU Ten of the fm.ill makini; (ixof tliegn)fs. Liktwil'e tlieir ifutntal is found to differ according to the Ciminodity which is weighed. As all Dru^s, Cipper, Braf, IVax, &c. by tlic .^inul of ICO RitoHts.o: it. c/av/c Almonds, Ctitens, &c. by the f^tntaloi iioRoitlles. All Wuls, Tarn, Irtn, Letd^&c. by the SiMintali.i\ I ^o Rot olios. And Of I, Dales, Htnej , Soap, Fii^^s, taifins, &c. by the S»iiHal ot 1 66 Rotil- les oris, , Gold, Silvery Precitm Stones, and Pearls, are weighed by i\\c Mutual, winch is 71 Grains En^lifh. Their sseafure is the P/f(»,of which, they liave two torts, viz.. the Tnrkijh and the Jl/«» //<•*,« Inch ;s tliemcafurcot theCoun- ip .. ..nJ ts 'ot tha 7 nrkifh, by which all Linnoi :s foltl, t^e Tnrkifh Pico is divided into i6p.iris, unJ, every i part is called a Rrh nd liy this all other Commodities are told. Tiic;r diy Meafure is called a Tsurj, to Rufipifir; \\ke\\i(c, MunidPmm. }. £l Col de Miidej.trtt of old Ti^ip, 's newly repcujilcd by thr Morifque Mndejares ot Ca(hle and Jndalufia -, and the Tagartins, winch were oi laleniu : It is 8 or 10 Leagues from Alf^ier , beyond the River Sel^, which they here call the River ot Saffran. 4. Gezaira, a City featedon theSea-fliore, j. Menftro. And 6, Gar- Ao btSum, both Sea Towns. The Air about Algier is pleafant and ■< temperate: The Land hath excellent , Fruits, as. Ilmonds, Dates, Ojls, Raifins,' Figs, (ome Drugs, (jrc. The Plain of A/o- teisa is fo fertile, tlut fometinies it yields 100 for one ; and bca.'s twice a year good Grams. In themoft defert Mountains are found Mines of Ctf/i/, Silver., yrw, quan- tity of fierce Beafls. Tlit Countrey affbrdi JO excellent Barbarj Horfts, a\fo £/lridge Feathers, Wax, Honej, Cafltle Sopa. (jrc. fiefides they have "ood quantities of^moft Commodities, which by reafonot their fi- taq^ they take from other Nations, to the great inriching of the place, raoftof the ^Inhabitants living by it, fetting out Vcf- fels in Partnerthip and (haiing the gains, fclhng the Commodities, and the A/r/» they take, as flaves in open Markets, The Na- tives is about Hve Gal- afonot their i**- ALgi'd% tlvts of Algicr are fairer, ind not fo brown HxhcMotrs ^, but the City IS filled w-itli all forts oF Nations. The fin/jraries make the greatcft part of the Mthtu • The Turks have the chief Trade, who are found mountainous and incoAwniem ; it was built by the Ramtns on tlie fide of a lofty Mountain, which regoards the St* % flow thcchict City of this P/-0t;iffrr. Its Streets and Houfcs are in good order, itisadoin- to trnnfport feviral CtmmoMttes to other ed with many fumptuous Mof^uts , fome Coiintrcis \ but there are manv of the Mtnafttrits and CoUea^ts for Students in Moors driven fiom5f4/», and others who the Law of A/jA#»(»rt, and many fair //#/^<- have retired thcmfclves from the Moun- /.«// for the relict of thepoor : Its Caftl« t jius s many Arabs , fiwifh, and chnfltan i o is good and ftrong , feated on the River Slaves. The number of the IrJsahiiants Guad al ^/i/r, that is, Grtst giver. Ic of this City cannot be eAcemed by the 1 1 on 5000 Houfes it contains 5 for there arc lome HouU-s, wlieic arc found 1 co, 1 00 or J 00 pcrfons i tiie Chriflian Slaves oncly amount toabrfJot Akitf, Second, put out to St.i with a Flett ot Ships, fcouicdtlioleSeas, forced them to deliver up all the Slaves, wlio were Sub- jects in any ot die Kini^s Dominions, as well as Englifhmert^ .ind brought them to vc! y lioiiorable terms : By which, they arc not tofcizf, or (top any En^lifh ^hif, but :.nd t!;C Turks , can fcarce force them to pay Tribute. The chict Fcrtnp of thefe Mountains , and the Refidencc of their King or Xetfut, is CaUa. The others are, 4. CotodeTeleia, their Sepulture. 5. Ttzli, at the tbor of the Mountain, to defend the approaches, Thefe Mountains have little Ctrit or give them tree libaty lot Trading where they pkafc-, and the like peace is made 30 f r»/> •, they can raife 5000 Horfe, yooo swtntunu, andothtrof the Turks Tern- Haiquebufiers, and loooo Men, armed tories : But how long theft pnfidious peo- plc >vill keep this Peace, isaquefhon. Acconipt IS made of the crcat riches in Algier, they take (lore of i//t'?r, which is brought them for tlie redeeming of chrt- atter their mode, all vnli.inr, and bct'er defenders ot their hbcrty , then iliofe of Couci). 6. Ntans. 7, A/^yJ/d, are beyond the Abet., but near the tame River. Neam flian slaves and Commodtties, they have is themeff pleafantof all 54r^4r;. It hath robbtdotherNationsof •, ajlikcwfe, for fomething of particular in its publick thofeof their Cw»/rfT, which they would Buildings 5 every Houfe hath its Garden fell us. AndtheretorcitwaSjthatCordi- 4ofoembclli(hed witlif/owr)-, riner,Fruits, nal Ximenes faid, that there xvnMenej and Fountains, that itfeems iltrreftriil enough in Algier to conquer all Africa j betides their ordinary Arms, they have at pretVnt Cannons, Muskets , and all forts I'f Munitions. Among their Cannons they lavo three of note, one with fevcn Mouths taken at Fez, another very great one taken on a Malta Galley •, and another yet greater taken on a Portugal Veflcl coming from the Indies. ►•r. ,t The Province of BUG I A \'i between ,' thcRiveis i»/4]or and^f/l-fjwjr. This on ' the Eaft, that on the Weft.' OntheCoaft ate to principal places, Bngia and Ghegel ; intheLandare.Sr^'lfrf, Labcs, Necaus, and itefiU, in fome confidei ation. 1. jjiifMisagreatCity, its circuit cap- able of locoo Houlcs,but hath not above Parddice. 8. Chollum. 9. Gergelam,^e, The Province oi C o NST A NTl- r,^.^. ,f N A hath fomctimc had its Kings. This V.^lT' is the new Numidia , of the Ancients the 'j" •'*_ moft occidental part of the true ./f4ri»ji and great number ptifoner, jV^yTiM/i^^ befieged , and took of Its Wdll-mt Trtei. In counter-change, Cirtd, where S0fk»nit4 was t who hniC'^ its lnh^titJHti are Jr«i//i^ > its H$iifa ill many attra^ions , and fo much cunning, built, and its ><<> unwholerome. that in the fame day Hie beheld her felt' a. Bond of old Hifft RtfHU, ill inha- captive and Wife to Mdfittijfd : But llie bited at prefent , part ot its Iithdkidnts killed her felf Coon after, that flic micdt being retired into the Mountains ^ hath not fall into the /!«wm/ hands, and be led been famous to Antiquity, for its great- in triumph througli a^m^. oefs, but much more for its BiOiop st. 6. Stcra, ifidy.Matra, bothMaminc AupilliiK, fo feigned among the Dodors lo Towns, of the Church, It hath lufTerrd great changes under the Romam-, ytiiiUls, Mtors, and afterwards under Barhartffa. 3. Tdbarcd, a City and Ifle is of this Gcvernment,likewifc the Hills and Moun- tains ot Stna , where nre gatheied much Truils of Jquhe % Gr*ins ^ an J ftore of Cattie: And chcCoaft hath Rid, White, ant! Black Corral % winch tlie Frtnch, near The Kingdom of TVS^S. THe Kingdom of Til n is . befuics its particular I'rovincc hath fomi- ' times extended it felf over Ctufiantina, and B»gH on one fide, and over Jnfoli an 1 • Ezzak, on theother. At prefent it hatli loBtriAs MAiheCiHtuefe, near to 74^4^- ao onely its own Province, and fomethinij in BiffetbilgertJ. This Kingdom of Thuis is bounded on the North, ami Nortli E;ifl with the M(- dittrrtntM Sta, and Trifalu on tlic South, with parts of Si/UJul^enJ ^ and on the Weft, with w/^/fr. ft is divided into four Maritine Governments, and three or four Inland ones. The Maritine are, Btfertd, CiUitt, StMJt, and Affricd s Beggf, Urit, e,t, go to liili tor. The family of the Lt melius m '•tncnd, having a I'ortrcfs in tlie lile ot Tdhrca 5 the French , a Bafiion between 7 dbrttt^ and the Point of Maf- eara^ the one and the other for the fecu- rity of their Filhing and Commeice. 4, Ctnfi^nitKd, which the ^««rj called CuJuHtirn, the Ancients Cnt* Jnlit^ is a great City, not having lefs then 8000 Houles. Its fcituation on a Mountain, 3° Cdjrumy aiid pznoi'siilejMlgeriJ are the which hath but two Advenues, tliereft being Precipice, makes it ftiong. The Ri- ver ^n/f^MMr wadies ihrtoot ofthc M.iun- tain •, its O/?/? ftanJs to the North, Ccila and Sacdittdd, on the Coaft, are under the Government of Ctnfldnurn > likemlc the Mountains which extend themfdves to the MtdtttrrditeditSta, and to the con- fines of BtHd. The Countrcy about Ctn- third or fourth within Land. 7M1 together extend theiule! vcs from the River Cudd il Bmbdr, unto that of Cdfes. This fepa- lating them from the King^lom of Trifili, the otlier from tlie Province of CtttfidH- tlHd, The River Cudd il Bdrbtr , or H»td il Bdrbdr , takes its fource near Urbs , which it waters with a Cliannel made fidntind, is fertile, its Mountains Tilled. 40 on purpofe, and didharges it felf into CoUe hath its Inhabitants more civil then thofe ot CoHfldnim* , thofc havuig no trade, butw ththofeof £/i?fi/«/;m, whofc Key It is. It is a Forlrtf built 111 the neck of the Gulf, between Tunit and tlie Sea, This Gulf is formed in two parts 5 that which is moft within Land, is larger common Urea J is kneaded with ov/, of which they have abundance, and utter quantity into t[^jpt. Their LiniteH and luntjt Manufactures \uve vent through all /f/r/- '^fJ,'Z; ca ■• It is a place of great Traflick, and ind much iic(\ucM(:dby Men fia/iis of Fo- reign parts, affording feveral other good Commodities, as GoU, Saffron, Wax, Ojl, Raw and faltcd fliJes, variety of Fruifs, e (lew hiinfelt: AiofVoolySfuHges, Hard Soap •, they have alfo Ufar, he ch noted in the C4*'/A-i5/»/4» a great tiade for Horje's an.l ojlrich fed' ihers, drc. tiid above all for Chrifftan slaves, Commodjiiet moft vendable here, are, En^lijh Clothi,P(rfituancesJrtn,Lead^ &c. The common Cojus of funis , and the Kintdom thereof, aie, Dollars, Affers, and Bnrlors. A Bnrbor is a fniall piece of Cop- per, and of the lowcft value \ of whicn. C.T"t 1 u. -It- then that which advances to the 5f4. Be- 30 1 J makes an Af^er, and j i y:- or ico/;. and is about i/i. Icflcr then the ""*''' mil. Uikerdufoii Englijh \ and this J^in- trenched Ba/Htn , guarded by 30 or40 4o/4/containeth 100 //. or Rttilvs, and each !fani(fartef \ the new is great, well fortifi- ed, and furnifliedxvithall things neceflary. A Fountain of running water croil'es the place, fo thatitfecms rather a City then a Ftrlreji. Charles the Fifth took this Fort in I J3 J. which the Turks took again _ ., ini;74. under this /"trnv as it, that Gene- j'^;*;* ral Blake witli the Eni;!i]h Fleet fired the PyrateShips of Tunis in 1654 vided into 16 Ounces, and each O-.. I ..ito 8 Drams ; and by thefc Weights are weighed all forts of Conmeditits. Their Meafure of iength,i& the Pike, and of three forts •, the Pike for Linntn cloth, is 18 Incites Englifl); the Pike iotlVooHeHy is 27 Inchfs, or ' of a ford Enflijh ; and the Pike for silk, is J of the Cloth Pike, Tlieir Meafure for Corn, is tlie Cafice, Tr„f ) •/ Tunis at the bottom of this Gulf, is at 50 which is about 9 Bufhels £nglijh -, and this prefcnt one of the faircft Cities of JJ4r^4rjf. C4/?« is divided into (or contains) 18 It counts eight Gates, eight chief Streets which are croffed by abundance of others i Ten Placet or Markets , more then 500 Temples and Synagofues of the fews, and many Or4rtfr/>/,fome hkewifefor the Chn- fiidus \ 150 Baina't or Htt-hmfes ; 8tf Sch0»ls s 9 Co/ledges where youth is nou- riihed and inftrudkd at the publick ex- tVihes, and each IVibe into i a Saws. Their Ojl Meafure if the Meter, and con- taineth 3 a li. Tu -is. They have no Water, either of frell or Fmntain, (except tliat which is referved for the Saffa) but make nfe of Cifieritt, and Ram water : They are fain to have their MiUs turned by their Slaves, or by Cg oxtn, # IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // 1.0 I.I 121 *^ Ui2 |2.2 2.0 us u 140 IE 1-25 II 1.4 ||.6 ^^^^ iili^^sa: 11111=:^^= 6" ► ''^ <% y] 7 ^J" ** Hiotographic Sdences Corporation 33 WeST MAIN STtllT WMSTM.N.Y. MSSO (716)ft72-4503 'j(yV '^ ■%- "^ ^ c\ \ i6 TV!HJS. tt'Vtd lt> n.:->, .r verrif.ttil ill t'ttm. Oxen] The jlrah of Nuiia, Sanutus, and fomc others, eftcem Tunis to anfwcr to the Ancient Tarfts. This place ( as Hijlin notcrh) is oblcrvable intheW/tfwyof the Hch liars, for the Sieges and Succcfles of two of our Englifh Phncis, viz. Ed- ward the Firft, in his Fathers life time ^ an.l Henry the Fourth, then but Eail of Burh ; by both, of which, the City was forced to a compofition. But tlielluincsof C4r//;<«(jf, from which Tunis had its increafe are remarkable ; becaufe of the Aniiijitiij^Scituation, Grtat- nefs , and Power of tliis C/rj, The "be- ginning of it « given to Dida^ ihi Ph.tni- r/4ff, wlioincloledwitha Wall the quar- ter, or C.t(ltc of By; [4, which is two miles and a half ui Circuit, which in the'Coun- t)y thtyft.ll call B:rf.ic, and Bjrfa fignt- fymga IJ/de to the Greeks, and a Fertrrfs to the rktnicians-, tie one agrees with the Fable that D:do liad bought, and bnilded the place on the great nefs and extent of an Oxes Hide : the other to tl^.c Satuatien and advantage of the place, where t!iis f#r/r?/jr was built. ThisSctiuaiion, ana the gooJntfs of the neiglibouiing Pert, crew (o m:ny Petple, that it became one ofthc fhircft Ciiies int!iewo:ld. Its cir- cumference in its fplcndor was jtfo Sudij, li!iM,r<<- parts of the Country, the Corps of their pes, Zoara, the two Tripolies old and new, chief »»?»arebrought to be interred; who Sarmana, Lepeda, &e. £l-Hamm4)S in beleive that by the Prayers of thofc the land. Capes and the reft on the Se*^ Rriefls, they (hall find a morter way to bitweeh El-Hamma, andCapes is i lake Heaven , then if interred at any otiier excellent againft Leprofy, two Capes of place. Its Inhabitants are now reduced old Tacapa, nnh good iVaUsy and a gopd to about 4 or 500 families. CafiUi out its Port dangerous, Snd Ini^ Not far from Cajrtan, a:e the.Moun- capable to receive either itiany or greac iZ 'BA^JCA. hi chitf Vefftlsy it is fcltuate at the fall of the River thing but one Caftlc worth notice , abd Trittn into the Icflcr Sjries. 3. Ze^"* of many Hamlets which gather little Ctrn^ Tripoli tmd il>i TrOt $ltmtf. Wt gttll «V« .rift- furli I old Piftds , between C4fes and Trifoli , hath its land fo dry, that the Inhahitants are farced to water it, and yet will fcarce produce any thing fave Btrlej, and fome Fruits ; among which, Lotn with which they make an excellent Mtthegliny but it lafts good not above 9 or i o days. Fle^ but much Fruits •, among the reft, Lttes fo fweet and pleafant, that the compani- ons of Uljffts^ having tafted them, fought no longer to go iiito their Countrey. This Ifle nath about 1 8oco paces cir- cuit} yields oncof the greatcft Revenues to the King or Bafla of 7>i/*//, by reafoa is here very fcarce, they not having where- 10 of the conflncnceof Merchants, who fetch with to feed Beafis. The Jrats frequent thence Cleth and divers Stuffs, and carry their Mtrkets , and bring them it with WmIs, wherewith they make cloths, and other Manufa^ures. 4. 7>//»c/i theold, of old Sabrata,3nd which the JrahoiNu- bid, calls the Tower of 5 now known underthenameofSvlJt- i CJ ) it is bounded on the Eaft, with E- ' gjpt ; Oh the South, with the Defert of Nubia', on the Weft, with Triftli ^ and on the North with the Mediterranean Sea, v/hicliis alfofome of its Weftcrn bounds. Ethiofian Slaves which they fold r, till of 30 The Ancients called it particularly Lybia^ late they have much enriched themfelves by Pjracj , it being the ufual retreat for Pirates, who intcft thefe Seas , and do much mifchicf to Chilian Merchants on if-eCoaftsof //d/ji, Sictlj, andelfwhete. The Commodities, Ctjns,fVeifhts, and Mea- fares of Trifeli, are, correipondent with thofe of the Kingdom of Tunis , before treated of. 6. ' eheda or Lepeda of old Lep- comprehending that which is fartherinthe Land, and which we call the Defert of Barca ^ and divided this Ljt/a into the Cjrenaick, the Marmanck, and Ljbta Ex- terior. This laft being the neartft to Esjft j the Cjrenaick to Tripoli % and the Marma- tick rcfting for the middle. Likewife, the moft Northern and Maritine part of theCjrenaick, hathpalTed under tlie name tis Magna (in difference of Lepta Minm, 40 of Pentapolit, becanfe it had five fair Ci on the Coaft of Tunis) is Lkewife in fome repute, as it was in the time of the Jrai of Nubia, and more under the Rtmans: Farther is t'ie %xenSjrtes, at the bottom of which, is the Ifle Sydra, which commu- nicates its name to the Gulf) and on the firm Land, are the Tombs of Philenes or ArM Pkilenarum, which fet the Limits be- tween Affnca ai\d Ljbia; and afterwards, ties J to wit, I. Berenice, othetv/i(e Hef- perides, now Bernichum. 2. Teuchirt, othevnih Arfino, noviTorochara, 5. Pt»- lemais, now Toltmeta ; and 4. ApoUoma, now Boni-AudTeM\ and thefe four are on the^M } the fifth, Cjrrwr, now Ctrtnt or Cajroan, is within Land. This by much, the moft famous, was a Colony of the Lacedemonians, and hath between the Eftates of the Carthaginians JO yielded Learned Men : Its fcituation is on and the Cjrenians ; and in fine, of th<; ' l— j;/- 1 - - . — i-^ Ea/lern Empire, againft that of the Weft. And 7. Sebeieum , a City near the Sea fhore , nigh to which , are three fmall Mies. Along t'^c Coaft, are fome Ifles, among which^ that of Gerbes is well !' no wn •, f or- nAtH-ly it was joyrted to the firm Land by a Bridge. It had two Cities ; now hath no- an eminence that difcovers the Sea i and its campaign, as of thofe other Cities , is moiftenedby divers rr^rm; and their foyl fo fruitful, that fome have efteemed the He/ferianGardens with their Golden Apples about Berenice. Its other chief Towns and Cities, are, 1. Barca,ia InlandCityof fomeaccounr. 2. Melela, 3. Careera, 4. Camera, 5. Zunara, th notice , ahd her little Cw», the reft, Lotes t the compani- ?cl them, fought lountrey. Soco pacfs cir- catcft RcvenueJ ipeli, byreafoa hants, yinokiA luffs, and carry pjpt,&c one of Revenue of the jt the Mountain le South of Tri' Pound the faireftj J, ft of Bsriarj, is »j; lenameof £/fJt- lieEaft, with^-*'" th the Defert of Alh Trif$li % and t edit err Mtdtt Set, Wcftern bounds. articularly Ljbit^ :h is farther in the jU the Defert of s Ljbia into the k, and Ljhtd Ex- neartft to£f7f/5 and the MtrmA- dle. Likewife, Maritine part of under the name Ihad five fair Ci- ■, otherwife Hef- 2. Tetuhirt, tchtTM. 3. ftt- A 4. AftUtmtt thefefourareon , now Ctrtnt or : famous, was a l;fMM/, and hath Isfcituationison the 5m} and iu kther Cities, is ^ and their loyl /e efteemed the \\tGtldeiiAffUs land Cities, are, If fome account. 4. Camera, 5. Zuntr*. "n A\C A, 19 5. Z»it4ra. 6. Avium All Maritine Towns an J and 7. Saline. Cities, and of fome account. BattM gave tlicfirft beginning to Cj- rene, and he and Iiis Succeflors reigned near aoo years : After which, the City W.1S ibmetimes in Liberty, and fometimcs under Tyranifm : Among which, N'co- frr#?«,having put to death Fhadimits Has- 'fliis Temple hath been vciy famous a- moiig tlic Par.ins. Bacchus returning fiom /ifia, wliich he Iiad overcome, caufed it to be built in honor of ii;s Father; wlio under the (li.ipc of a Ram, IkkI (bowed him as he pafll'd with liis Army,wlie:e to finde water in thofc Deferts-, aii.lh.v firft con- fulted the Oracle, and put it infuch re- pute, that diveis other Heroes afterw.ircis band of Aretafhtla, to efpoufe her : She 10 confulted it. Perfms when lie u-is lent to endured him fometimc her Husband, and fetch the head of MeJiifa, the Gorgon that until (he hadoccafion to gain tire Bro* ilier of Nicocrates , named Leandcr 5 to whom ftie gave her daughter m marriage, and by his means rid her fclf of Nicocrates, and foon after (by the means of her Daughter j of LeandenX^Oy and lb fat the City at liberty ; which cntiured till the time of Alexander the Great , when the Hercules going from Mauritania, wliere he /lad overcome Ant.tMs , towards Egypt , where he was to defeat Bufirx, Alexander tlie Grcatjto make it believed he was lik e- nife the fon of Jupiter •, and that the Empire of the World wisdeilined to him. But Camhjfes the fon of Cjnts, having a defign to pillage this Temple, beheld his Countrey fell to tht Ptolemies, Kingsof JO Army penlh in thefe Delerts, and was Egypt i afterwards, to the gomans, to the faved himfelf onely to fee his own mad- Soidans of Efjft^ and to the Turks s ha vingalmoft always followed the fortune of Egjft. But at prefent Sarca or Barct^ not far from Cajroan, is the moft famous of this quarter, and hath given its name to the Kingdom, The Ar4i of Nubia makes much account of it in his time, and lays out divers ways , and gives the diftanccs nefs, and to die unhappily by his own Weapon. About this Temple there are fome Springs oi running Water, and fome Trees, which makes tins quarter pleafant. A- mong thefe Waters, that which tliey call- ed the Fountain of the Sun, had this par- ticular quality , that it was very hot at from this place tootfiers, farther in the jo midnight, and very cold at Noon day; Defeit. Moreover, this quarter of five Cities, is called by fome Vf/r«r4, and its Inhabitants efteemed rich. Tli»y trade both with the Europeans, Negroes , and Abjpmes, fetch from them, Grid, Ivtrj, Civet , Miuk , and Slaves , which they the cold inrrpafing fiom Morning till Nooii, and diminifhing until Evening \ and from thence the heat increafing tiU Mid- night \ and diminiftiing until tfte Morn- ing. u»v« , jw««, -..« ^.-^w , .yj There was three feveral ways, which tranfport into Europe, he&dcs their Native they ufcd ordinarily to go to this Oracle .■ Conunotlities i and bringing from J^l»r#^^ The rtiorteftwasby P4r-«/tf«;«»i, now Al- Ctrn, Linnen, and WooUin Cloth, crc. berton', which as wehavefaid, was upon which they carry to the Negroes, y*^;i/ft- 40 the Coaft •, and from v/hence it was but net, andelfwheit. 1300 St adit , which are about 1620C0 Its other chief places in the Kingdom of paces. Another way was from Cy^wr, Btrca, are, 1. Doera. t.ForceHa. 3. Sa linM. 4. Luchnn. j. Solana. 6. Mm(oIo- marns. 7. Cartnm. 8. Albertonut, 9. Boxa. 10. Baibba; znA 11, Bipxalba. All Maritine Towns and Cities-, and moft of which, having good and commodious Roads. Ports, and Havens s and well fre- quented and inhabited. Between Cayroan or Barca, and Alex- andria, thercisontheCoaft, the Port of Albertot Pamtenium , which is confider- ablc both for its goodnefs and greatnefs : And fometimcs the Ancients have called it Ammonia , becaufe from hence was a BOW Cayroan; from whence itwas ?oco Stadii, or 37JC00 paces. Pliny (aith, 4OC000 ; the difference is ijcoo paces. Thelongcft way was from Memphis , from whence it was 3tfco5fii tu ,httl fit- fit it hri- lt4. bitations have little or nothing, (incethat of llMmmoH, the mod confiiierable, is not :ibove 8d Siadii , or 4 LtagHts circuit •, and yet it liad a Khi^ , a great Prieft , &c. 'BILLE'DVLqE'RIV. ')■■ they call Hejles or Cch-HejUs, that i?, Afftmblies^ and live by Advarcs , vvincli are like Bor$uohs 5 of 100, 150 or 100 TtHts, which they cany along with them, and difpofe 3$ they think fit •, they may In the Df/fr/ of B yf J? C ^ there are make together about 40000 Horfe, and fomc parts peopled & frequented,amongft 400000 Foot, \n 1100 J Jvares. The thofe vaft and floating 54j»i!r,as, !./!''»??/<»> Race of W//r/ is divided into 11 Lines-, where there are 5 Cities and many Vil- thefe Lines into many Branches, and may lages', and tlieir pec ,>le have a great power 10 make 30000 Horfe, and 150000 Foot. z^imii t\\t Strfents , and therefore may The J?4«of A/z^^jr/hath 25 Fiift, orSe- anfwer to the Ancient Bilh, (if the South wind have not buried tliefe in the Sand, for refolving to make upon him, becaufe he had dried up all their Waters.) 2. 5rr/4, which hath been once a great City, but at prefcht reduced to Ri'iaes, 3. Alqutchtt, which hath three Cities and fomc Villages, cond Lines , and may raife about 30000 Horfe, and 400000 Foot 5 which are for the three /f4«; 1 00000 Horfe, and near a Million of Foot. We cannot finde how many Advares or Cmimutialtus are in the two lad Races. "... ...v^ v^.v.v,». ,.... T ...-j,v,. And thefe Arabs are on all Coafts a- andpoffibiy EUlmhat otfltuath, is the mong the Berehtres ; yet fo, that they fame ; 01 It they be twojiheyaofwer to the *° have their Habitations diftinV LQ E%lT>, fince we are fain on thefe People, ai>a thir *- y — ^'y- *•, we have here the CKcafion, let us fay,That BartarjfBilledtilferidtind likewife znaxd, and part of Nubia, are for the moft part inhabited by thefe two forts of People. The Africans and Bereherts, are, the Na- tural inhabitants of the Countrey, or at left have been longfeated there. They BILLEDULGERID isvcrylm- properly called Namtda by the Mo- dern Authors : Namida having been upon '" the Medittrrantan Sea, which BiBedulgerid touches not at all. Its confines areonthe North ot Barbtrj, from whence it is fepa- are divided into five principal Races, to 40 rated by Mount Atlds . On thcSowh, •t' All. ■>!.« Dm». 1544. Ttatd is for the moft part efteemed under Taf filet, though near upon as great. The Sea; Ttffet, Cmadenum, ifrtnd ot Ufardn, 3° Land belonging to the one and the other, and Arcid , withui the Land. Each of thefe parts have many Cities, Caftles,and Villages \ and the moft part of its P«oplc tre Btrthtrts,Affrit4MS,0i Ardis, Tddnf' If tfutrit is the beft quarter, and the moft fruitful-, yields Frnitt, fweet and fower, iiOfdnges, Citrons, (jrc. Alfo iVhtdt , Barlty,&c. Feeds much Cattle, among others , multitudes of Horfes •, can rai^ are harih and mount;uiious, and fcituated betwee" ■d*''-* and Segelome([a 5 TaffiUt toward Morocco, from wlicnce it is fcpara* ted from Mount Atlat ^ rtdta towards the Saara or Defert , where is that of Zntg- ZIgd. S£G ELOMESS A or SUgUL- n, ki^. MESS £, IS one of the greateft and beft '1":^,^' Provinces or Kingdoms of all Btlledulgerid, -"fnifd. Sooo fjorfc, t4ENF.G iiath»fiicc Cities, ot whicli, Xthhcllinum tlie chief, is on a veiy his^hRock, and holds the pjllage of Segdemtffa to ftz, by Mount ,4tl.u. Callnrum another City, is on the fide Ota Nlountam. Ttm.tr4- cejlitm 1$ on a Plain. DcfidesthefeCitits, there arc about twelve Towni, and twice as many Villa^«. They havcfomttinits tal CtmmiditKi to can V t(fthe Ni^rcts Receiving rtiangeiswithdtlii;! t, amlkr- tins nothing be loft that they c;.ii ](.;ivc witli them , to enrich their Cuuntny. 7t[tiit or TtftviH hatli 4 Cities, a8 Vil- lages \ the mod part of the Men aie Black, the Women onely Brown, and conitly; A'l poor , as likcwile in the Defcit ot Beniffrtst, aidetl tfie Xtnffs of Fez and Mirtccc with 'O The Provinceof a F. B is more to tlit Eaft then T<'(jflr4r/i», it touches the Kint; , dom and Province oi Algtrr and Bu^n , ' near Mefila.on the North <, is divided from the Regions of Me:z4hy Ttfhttrt , and GMtrf^tU, towards the South , by divers Mountains. Its principal Cities arcHve, Pefcdfd, Bergtum, Dtujtm-, Neffa, TfcU- ibt, and MoMxi. One part of tnefe Cities were ruined, when the Artks cntred into 8000 Men. HtUl is the principal of its quarter, and the rtlidcnce of the Lord of Mslfara. Mdnunn* the chief of Xhetd, is peopled with Moors and -yem, all Mtr- thdnti and Ariifuns. Tlufe places are on theZ/£, liclVending lioin ihtAtlM, to- wards Sei^fliimflfj. SuhAtl, Humcltdcp, and Ummfllxftn, inake each their Eftate apart. Thclaft is ontheway ixomStgtlo- mefji to T>jrt. The Land is quite Defert, »o Ajfricd, a part by Bdriartjfd 5 the moft coveitd wirhSand, and black Stones. TE- BELBETTA hath three Cities, i» Vil- lages: Fdrcdld, jCities, J Villages: T£- ZURIN, 5 Cities, IS Villages: BENI- GOMJA, 8 Cities, ij Vllages •, the Cities, Mdzali^, Akufundnum, and Chd- fdird, inakeeach their Eftate : BE NIB ES- SE RI, CUACHDA, and FEGHIGA, have each three Cities, and fome Villages. part afterwards reftorcd : At prefent the 7nrks, the Kings of CMf«, and JL4^», and the Afdis, receive fometribute from them. The Inhabitants of Ptfcdrd live in the Fields in the Summer, being conftraintd to abandon the City by reafon of tlie mul- titude of Sc»fi$nt, whofe biting is mor- tal ; as is that of the Black Sctrfuns , which are towards CdUd in the Kingdom Thofeof ftghigd addi^ thtmfcives tojoofx-iiw; Yet herethc Inhabitants taking but two drams of a little Plant , cures them, though bitten, and preferves them • whole year , faith the Ardt of Nuktd^ from biting. .awpAm is well peopled, hath many Artttdm :ind L^tr$. The Water which paftes at />««i/r«, is hot \ as likewife. Trdffck and Lttttrs j gather quantity of Hdtts, asdothlike^viteovjcAi/. • An ex- cellent mine of /r#» imploysthofeof W- HIBESSEBlAn carrying it to Set^eUmeffd : A rich Mine of LtdJ, and another of An- timtnj, yields profit to thofe of Chdfdir, ^ , who carry them to Fez ■ The others Dear that which paflcs at Neftd. The Inhabi- onely Difri, and their Inhabitants are tsnts of r««l4f 1(4 are proud and haughty, oppreftcd by the Ardbt , who rule over The Quarter of ME Z Z A B is to them. Tndd, bcfides its Laborers of the 40 the South of that of Zek , and is a great Land, hath fome Tdnntrs of Ledthtr^ and poftage from divers parts of BdrSdrj, to < the SoyI yields Cr4JM and iFrm//. go towards the Land of the Negrtes ; ' I hive mide TeicfdhH atd Zei , the which intakes thofe of the Countrey Fourth and fifth Parts of BiMtdtlgtrtJ, Tradeon the one,and the other fide. They taken in general. Under the name of Tf- havefix Walled Towns, and a great num- gitdrtu, I ftiall comprehend Tejeiit and be of Villages ) are Tributary to fome Be»tfirdit\ underthatof ^r^, Icompre- Ardbs. hemMezzdiy TtchmoxTeilmtindy and The Eftates ofTeehtrt mdG»ergutld, ; CBtrgueld, have each their Friiue or King ^ they have i iwir. ,f TEGORA RI N hiih more then jo fometimes been free, fometune fubjedh, I i/*"«V' 50 Cities or Walled Towns, and 100 or or tributaries to Jtf7/, and to all that part which Stid* : Middle, which they called lUp- ttHimes, by reafon of the 7 Nomi Pro- veftjhifiy or Ctvirnmenit it contained, at prelent Bechrid^ or Demrfor, lower, and more particularly F.'^ypt, and fometimes Delu, the beft part ot the lower having the form of a Greek S, tlie 2. fides of which were inrlofed by the branches of the is above Bdrttn. Its principal Citiet are, 20 Nile, and the tliird by the Sea, and this Tw/4r, C4/*(5, and JV*/74#4, and a great part is now called Emff. The MemMS nomberof Villaga>Twhich appears when the Inundation of the Nik ' is the neereft , and onely contiguous to ASlAf and this neighbosirhooo hath perfwaded fome Authors bciit Antient and Modeme, to efleem Egjjfi either in whole, or in part, in Afu. At prefent we hold it all in Affricd , and give iof: its bounds the Red /«, and the if \m which is between the Bed fea, and the diinininied:fayingthaLthe(7M&,afterthem Mtditerrdgitii, ontheEaft, thedefartsof So the Heroes , and in fine, men have reign- 24rf4, oothe Weft) A^ii^i4,onthe South; ed for almoft an incredible number of and the jtf«ir/ ChdHttStr fixth, or a they give Prince, or times mor they give « PMrfts the Ardtpt, i &c. Thee the Crtnd „ i!om is i8( ZicchtiHt i'. i IS 8 million and this rev ports, of w nilhing anc I'llgrimagc forthepayr cers, withe managemen third and laf , * The Cdl r one of the b .rbovexooy received its likewifeitsl or under Go extent, the CffM.andfe Itfs o\}id»fi f$ejf, are no and worth lii On the other jtfiw«, ande an extent as 1 are iiKompr fcarce yieldi others iioet being at the Mountain, Thefe J inwnicharei Towns and V through all occamMi to FiwrnindGii r« to the mid :nd Gizd hai IS eafily wat flore |of Grd Fldx'y Mtlkt the CdfsilL < not a free Ave of life and de; havCjbeingo and too neer This City time been all Egr^pT, ^' Chtnttttor ) and other Officfrs, about the fixth, or at Icjft tlie fitch part of what they give to the B*(f*. And tor the Prince, or Crtitd Siguier, luine pay fix times more, others ten times more then they give to the Btffd .• and befidcs thefe PMrfej tliey turniili a ccttain number of jlrjtps , or ineatures ot drain , Pulft, i-e. The conftant Profit or Revenue that was the rcfidenceof the Sultans, is now otthe Bafia, fomemake it very great, o- thcrsmucfilefs : ihcfirft compofe it of 4 parts, to Witt old Cane,nt,^ Cairo, Btulat, and Charafats-thtxz being fomc void places between each : they fay that tliefe 4parts together with their Suburbs may be about I o or t a Leagues long, and 7 or 8 broad{ nor give they itlefs then aj or joLeagues the Crani Signitr draws from this King- 10 Circuit. They count i6or 18000 ftreets. ilom is liooooo ZtcchttHS yearly, each ZteihttHt is vallued at 9 /. ftarling, which IS 8 millions and ioooo pounds (larling. and this revenue is divided into three equal ports, of which one is allotted for the tur- nilhing and accomodating the Annual Pilgrimage to Meehd t the fecond goes for the payment of the Souldicrs and Offi- <5coo Mtfquts, and if the particular Ora- lorits be comprized above aooco, alfo they account about accooo houfes; a- mong which are divers 5-<«4r; or Markets, Cants or Magazines of certain Merchan* dizes, many Hoffitah , and magnificent Arudures. The CafHt is great, ftrong, and well fortified, fcituate on the top of ccrs, with other neceflfary charges for the a Rock, which overlooks the City, and management of the Kingdom ) and the 10 difcovers the plain oif all fides, even to third and laft goes clear into his Chtcquer. the lofsof tight, TheiusUirigs paintings. The Cafsili/ of Cirfi0,ot of S ait is ' one of thcbeft and richeft : it pafled not ibove 100 years fince for a Kingdom, and received its B^a frota the Ptrt. 'x hath likewifeitsDtr^M, difpofes its Cafsiliffsy or under Governments , which lye in itt extent, thefoyleis fruitful, bears much Corne, and feeds many Cattle. T he Cafsi and other Ornaments which vet remain, doetetlify themanificenceof tne Stidant, This Cartle ( as Htflin noteth ) for large- nefs, may rather be held tor a CitT, then aCaftle, enclofed with high and ftrong walls, and divided into many Courts, to whicn were ftately buildings, but now vr,.».....w.w..%....~..7«.i...... ...vw.w,- hath loft much of its gloryt being inpart lift of ManfelMt, and Btmtfuef, or£»f»- jodeftroycd by StUmm-, that wfirh now /»(/, arenotfo great but better peopled, remains. b»r««i'i. lerveth now for the and worth little Tefs then that of Ctrriti ^^-^^ or habitation of the taffa, who On the other fide of the Nile '•<* •'**« of whath the Government of this Kingdom. Uiiu*i and cbtrktffi, which have as large In and about chis City, he faith, are abun- an extent as the otner three together « but dance of delicate orchards, which are ve incompribly lefs as to the goodnefs, places of great delight in which are ex- fcarce yielding the 10 part of what the cellent fruits, walks, &t. and nigh to others uoet fo great dimreiKe is there tn this City, thereisapleafant Lake which being at the foot, and on the Had of a is much frequented by the Inhabitants, Mountain, 40 who for their recreation paTs fome time Thefe 5 Cajlilifs anfwer to the higher daily on this Lake in boates, for their fur- ther mutual fociety, and feeing tt>eir friends and acquaintance. Cdfar Lamlttrt of MarfiBia in his re- c.r.r • lations of the years 16*7, j8. 29, and tZ^'t- 3a, faith, that Cairi (feperated from the (^ ^ . other Cities and Towns) is not fo great as rarii V ( and if an eye witneTs of both may be believed he fpeaks truth ) and Egypt, or the rhetait of the Antients : inwnicharea great many Citties. walled Towns and Villages, as are generally found through all Sgyft, as anon I dull have occanon to treat of. Tliofe Caplifi of Fwm and Giza, with the Territory ofCai' r« to the middle. The Ca^ihfs of Fhtm !nd Hfllff iMth b«en much greater , and more mag- miles inlenptli, and to ill tliclc ftiec is, « niricent then it is at preCent. ami obferves each cm), there is a door whi.li every Itveralfootftepsot proud buildings, now nahtislockt up, and kept guarded, by ol noufc, and alter all, faith, that this is which means tumults, robberies, fiicot Qot (Irong. the like is prevented, and without tl c SdfiJjs in his book of Travells among o- City to hinder the Incutfions of the ^r4h ther remarkable ihings,makcs thisdckiip- from abroad, there doth alfo watch every tionofit,faying, that this great City called night four SMUths^ with each of them Cr4WC««, IS inhabited by //#w/, r«r*/, looo horfcmen, the number of men t hit Nt^rMs, ^tm, CtfiitSy Crtth, and ^r- lo doe every night guard thii City is »8ooo. mcmsHi, who ati obferved to be the This City is built, he £iith,aftcr the £;^^. pooreft, and yet the mod laborious, the tun manner, high , and of laree rougli civillefl and honefteft of all others t they ftones, with part of brkk, the ftreets ure are not fubjc^ to the Turk , neither doe but narrow, but as the houfcs decay, tlicy fhey pay him any Tribute of Children, are rebuilt after the Turlz/fc manner, mean, as other cAfi/?»4*i do » andif they happen low, and made of mud and nmber: yet to be taken in Warrs, thty arc freed from their i'4/4«/ are ftately, with fpaciow bondage •, and this priviledge they gained, C#«fri,wherein axe fair Trees to keep them by a ceitain Armtmut that foretold the from the heat of the Sun ^ aUo other 'reatnefs and glory of Mthtmtt. Here jo Cturts belonging to their PtUca adjoyning le faith they hatch eggs by artificial heat, to curious gardens, wherein ore variery of I excellent fruits, and watered .with touiK tains, nor want thry any flate in their £- difices, wliich are vaft, lofty . and very nugnihcent. This City notwithftanding its greatnefs, he Ciith, is f«cxceediug po- pulous, that the people pafs to and ^ and chat in exceeding great numbers,which they doc inthisnunner. In a naiiow entry, on each iide, are two rows of ovens, one over the other. On the floois of the lower they ItyFltx, over thofe mats and upon them eggs. The floors of the iipperoven, areasroofs to the under,beuig as it were, in throngs v necr to this City grated over like kilns, onely having too- are ^tftftt 7 CrMuriu now brought to ark in the middle, which have covers over 50 ruincs, yet four of them are fo repaired, at them. Thefe gratings «• covered with they are made ufe of to keep the publick mats, andon them they lay diie aiKl .ul. coin.OntheSouthendofthisCity,neiaith, verateddungofCiiw/z^C^f. three or four tficr* yet remaineth a round Tower, where- Inches thick, at the farther and higher iafhirt^siivi^ytm Uvedwhcnihefottjul V,'.'Li 1 ^^ ofthofeupper ovens are trenches of Mt/tiin the river which tuns hard bv it. f*''\'-'- lome, which are about a handful deep. The Cfjriu of C4ir« as gcnendlycnrQugii and two handfnls broad, and in thele thev all £gjft,ixcas well FoinioasDomeftick, burn the aforefaid dung, which yieldetn «/«. the SpaoiihRyal of}, which bf them agentleheate, without any fire, tinder the is called the PUJhrtf and D*ttr, which mouths of the upper ovens are conveyan- 40 >s commonly held worth 80 or 90 Jfftrt, cesforthe fmoak, having round roofes, which is their own Cfjuw, an AfftroeiD^ with vents at the top to open and Ihutt worth fomething above a hdfftmrfEiig- and thusr ly e the egges in the lower ovens lifh. A Mtidi» is the conunoo Silvtr ctjn for the fpace of eiglit daies, turning them herc,as alfo through all the tatks Domini- daily, andlooki^thattheheate begen- 00s, }.i(/^i makes a MMir», and aoji/4- tle and moderate, then they put out the tlins a DmI^. Their CtUCtjiu ate the shf fire, and put the one half into the upper rif^ the SWIrMT and Chiftin, all which are ovens, then they (hut all ck>fe, ana let of one and the lame value, and is accoonted them aloae ten dales longer, at which time to be t s.SurUiig. They keep their Ai- they become hatched. ;o tmrns by Affm, MtitUm and D0Bert, , , I, ^ I (hall conclude my defcriptionof this Their weights here, as throughout all Kb ..V,? City, with Tome obfcrvations which Sir En ft, are accounted to be of four fons, *^^''ii'c7, Htmrf Bkmhaxh obferved during his a- The Firft, iscaUedthe ^imtr of Ztrs, ' «">• bode there,»rt>etog uooa 5ilvtrCf)» le/Mfii Domini- i«irii,and90Jtf4- Cffiuaiemeslif w«, all which are , and ii accounted r keep their Ac saaiD*Bert. iS throughout all be of four Com. 2»i0Hr of Ztn, m^isEi^Ulh. The Fsrfirit which ,1. The Third, Iwhich it 134 ^• the Fourth, is il i«7 li. Hf Note Note, that the fii ft three *iitintdrs are •r \ by RoitUs \ but the i$in»t .. *, contains in -/mi/o«thcl)ack fiJcof them. This City of (.irtndCairt was formerly of a very great Trade, but that which hath now ruined it \ as likcwilc, that of Altx- 4ndru, is thcdifcovcry ol ti\e F.afllnJja by the C*fttf Ctod Htft \, by winch, the One hundred pound futtle of llAitr- 10 Eni^lifh, Ptrtugtils^ and HtllMdits, at pie- diifois Enf^lifh, doth make by the Xtr* f:i»iHl4r 48 RtltUs • Bv the For fori ,Qiiih- ur loS Rtltits ■■ By tne /.*idin _iiHint*r 7) RtttUs \ and by the Miitsi Six.'"*'" 14 MtUs. Their Mttfurooi length mCtiti, A- ItMHdru, and generally tlnoughout all F.g,'fft, arc noted to Iw of two forts •, the one, k\\c PittT»rcht(ct, which isii; In- fcntgotothefe/Wff/, and bring into the , Weft all thofc Druf^s, Sfiets^ Precious SttMis^ Pearls, and a thouland other Com- mtditiei which came before by Akffj, or by F-uft V but palFiiig by Caito , let u$ come to the other Ctfilifs. In the lower EGYPT, are tliofe of 7»« ctni- (Urbity MenufiJi, and CdUiPtiieeh, with- in the Deltd, and between the Branches I II ^ 1^ (fiet EH^Iijh, and feryes to meafure fine 10 of the Niles. That of A/4»/ii«r4, with Stuffs, Silks, Cltth of Cold, o: the like. The other, the Pict Bdrhrelet, or proper meafure of the Countrcy, being 35 J In- ches En^lifh, .ind ferves tor the meafuiing of LmnoHrndtrotUtHCUth, andtlie like Ctmmtdslits, South Weft of Grind Cdirt , on the otlicr fide of the i\ri/r,about four Leagues diftance, ftamls the three .oldeft, and out, and Haftward towards the //o/y Land, and Ardhu : Likewife without, and Weft- ward of the Nile, is the CsjiiUf of BtH- her* or BMr4y which ftretchesit Celf from the Nilt unto the Cape of B»nMdre«. This laft Cs/iilif IS alinoft quite out of Egjft , though within its Coveinment , and the leogtn of its St* Cta^, not le(s then that of all Egjft along the Nile ■ But 1 1 »n » greateft Pjr amides t the ^ews amrming 30 that which isdiftan't from'theiVi/r. is Tub- (hem to be built by Ph*r*^ , who was )K{k to the Ar*hs, and very Dcfert \ that drowned in the Red St* \ the faireft foe which is near ir ic bcttci tTv/uli. lo c* himfclt, the next for his Wife, and the «'*^» is obliged toMannel iCa/leeh or leoA for his ooely Daughter. The great- cA*wk/ of 1 00000 paces in length , to eft of the three, and cnief of the Workls carry water from the Nik to AUx*»dri* j Seven wonders, isinadeinform^4«^4j»- and when a new i?4||/4 arrives in fQf^r, this f^uUr, leftening by equal degrees } the Ctvtrntr hath likewife to furniih him Bafis of every Square , is 300 paces in with Horfcs and Camels for himfelf , hii length s 2nd fo leflening by degrees, a- train and baggage , and to defray his fcended by 150 fteps , each ftcp being a- 40 charges from AlextHdrt* unco C*irt. Bat bout three feet high I the Stones are all of fince the Wais with the ytntiidHS, the a bignefs, and hewed four fquare. And in this, as alfo in the others, there are Ce- venl Rooms. T here are alfo about 1 6 or 18 other Pjr*midts, but of lefs note, and not fo ancient as thefe three aforefaid are, which I Iball pafs by. Nigh to this City, in the Plain, is the . place where they did inter their dead s in iMj[*s have generally come round by Land) and not adventured by Sea to Altxutdri*. Among the Defertsof tliis Cafilif, thofe of St. MdCdirehivc had 360 and odd Mo- ntfttrtts: And here ishkewifetobefeen, a Lake of MiHtral Wattr, which converts into Nitrt, i\\cW»»d,Bonts^o: Stones ^ihJX are thrown into it. which, theyufedfuchart, that the bodies JO The Ctftlifi oiCaBiouhteh, Mesmia^ of iheir dead remain to this day perfeA and Garbia, being between the Biaocne» found; and thefe we call JVaMMwicj. The places where thefe bodies lie, ate about ten fathom under ground in Vaults ^ either in the Sand, 01 upon an open Stone: Tiie Earth is fo full of dry Sand, wherein nioi- fture never comes \ whicn together by of theA'//r, and out of tliccourfeof the Araks^ ought to be cfteemed the beft in Egjft t and particularly , the laft which yields more abundantly iitgar^ Mite, Milkt CraiHSy Ojl, fbx, Herisj Hinej-, FrnHf^ &c. And MaaU, one of its principslCi- their art of bmbalming tkem. doth thus ties, which they call the Little Medina^ is prefer ve the Bodies tor thefe fo many a place of great devotion with them.where K k they 38 . Eq'r9T. they hold yearly a famous Fair, whicli tlic was their cuftom alfo to cn(\ gicat Pill;n<, (jtvernir opens with great pomp, ob ferving many Ceremonies. The Ciiftltf ot Manfoura doth produce the fame Ow»- mtdities , but not in fo great a quantity, though of a greater extent then Gariin; but more over it yields Ctfia. Thefe four or five Cafilifs take up the whole Coaft of Egy^t^ and of its Ceverttmtnt •, and on of NarbU or Perphyry •, among otheis, that of Pomfey, which (lands upon a tour fquare Rocky Foundation without the Walls, on the South fide of the City : it is round, and of one intiie piece of Mnr hU , and of an incredible bignefs, bfing above One hundred foot high , not lar t om tlic place where lie was flain in aBo.t this Coaft are the Cities of AltxAndna^ « o at Sen, and where his afties were laid. In n> Air C.,,>f Jtofetif, D4W/4/4, andfomeotiicrs. AltxMdria, among the ^wr/lr;, ScanM- ru, was built by the command of Alcx- 4»4/fMhe Great, and by liim peopled with Greeks, immediately aftci the conqueft of j-:gypt ; and the Moddtl traced by the Jrchtteii Dinoiratis , wlu) for want of other matter, madcuk of Wheat- fienver to mark out the circuit-, which was takenfor this City aie alfo two fquare obelisks, full of Egyptian Hieroglyphicks of a vaft bu nefs,and each of one intirc piece of Stoin faid tobc tlirice as big at that at Rome, o; that at Con(KmtnofU, Near thefe ok lisks, as S;: Henry «/««f iclateth, ate tht ruines ot Clafatra s Palace, high upon the llioie, with the private Gate, where- at llic received Mdrk AHtenj after then n^ood Augury . It was afterwards beau- *°ovetthrow at >f/^('/)»w. And he faith. That ■' " ' ' " • - - about a bow Ihot further, upon another Rock on tlie Ihore, is ytt a louiid Texver, whicli was part of Alexanders Palace, ThisCity, after the «*»i4w, wereMafters of Ii^/T, was maintained forich, fowell peopled , and fo powerful , that it was efteemed the Second of their Empire .-i'^nd when the Arths feizcd it, there was count- ed 12 coo Sellers of Herbs, ^OQQ) Btthin^- tihed by many, but efpccially by Vompey, It is fcituattd Weftward of the T>elt* , overagainft the V\^oi Pharos, and built opon a Promontory, thrufting it felf into the Sei ; with which, on the one fide, and on the other, the Ltke Utrtotis, It is a place of good defence •, its circuit is about I joco paces , adorned with many ftately tdtpces, among which, the moft famous was the Serafium, o; tlic 7tmpU of their 3° h»»(es, 400 PUy-htufes, &c, god SepMris. Which for carious work- Thus was theformerftate of this City, manftiij>, aiiJ ilit aatcltnefc of the Build- but at prcfent almoft a heap of luines, c- ing, was inferior to none but the jikotm foecially, theEaft and South parts •, not Cspiial, then the Librtry txt^eA by Ptt- tne mujrcty of theCity being inhabited, lemj PhiUdtlphut ^ in which there was Andwereitnot forfomeconveniencies of 300000 Volums , which Demetrim pro- rr4. ot the Inhabitants, as to their Zrfw;, Re- li^i0»,Cuft0MS, Antiquities, Hierogljphicks, Stature,Habit,(fre. AKotbe Fertility md Rarities of the Countrey, amongft which I iliall end with the Defcription of the Nile. Their Laws^ as to ^uftice and Govern- ""■''"■— i^lVl. lll«.MI >/»>•>•• , ••••>• .v>..wil»>■«•••, fill tound them to die of Famine and of the lo ment, are pcrfedlly Turkijh •, and there- }" "■' Pefitlence, which grievoufly raged amongft fore I (hall refer the Reader to the Defcrip- ''■"'' them : Which lamentable fpedade, muft needs add terror to the beholder. This City was built, asfome Authorsfay out of thcruincsof Pelufmm, which was Suilt by Pcleus, the Father of Afhiili, j who for the muither of his Brother Phocm, was by the gods commanded to purge himfelf :n the adjoyning Lake. This place ( as tionof the Turksy asyemay findc it treat- ed of in the Defcription of Con(l4niinofle, their Metropolitan City. Yet for rigor in their puniflimcnts, they exceed other pa: t of Turkey, and that by reafonof the trea- cherous, malicious , and bafe difpofitions of them J their executions being different , , ^. . accordingto the quality of the crime, foi Heylin notcth ) was the Epifcopal See ofiofome offences they ufe, flaying alive ? St. ifiJirr , lirnamed Pelufiotes , whofc I'lous and Rhetorical Epiftles, are yet ex- tant. And at this place Ptolerrr^ the fa- mous Geographer , dre\v his firft breath. Andthefe three Cities, after C4/r#, are at prefent the faireft of Egypt. There are L abundance of other Cities which are yet \, in Tome repute ^ as Sties and Cefir, feated on the Red Sea % Sues noted for its Arfe^ for others impalin^s tuttingthem of with a red hot Iron at the IVaift ; for others eyntinf viiih Honey ia the Sun; alfp, fome they Tiang by the Foot, and the like cruelties. The ancient People of this Countrey were Heathens, worlhipping the Sun, Moon, and Starsy facrificing to APoUo, ^upiter^ HemltSy and tliereft APtl ot the gods ; alfo Hal; and Co^ir, for its reception of the 3° attributing «/m*f A*wrj to Serpents ^Cro- Merchandizes oi thK Eiik ; aadSaiet,ti coJiles, is a.Ko to Garlick, Onions^ a.nd lair Town not far from C4ir$. on the Leeks : But the god which tlieymofta- Nile, by fome faid to be the dwelling place dored. waa ^pu, a coal black Ox, with a of Mfph and Mary, where they flpH with white Star in his Forelicadjtwo Hau^s oncly Chri/t tor fear of Herod, where are yet the in his Tail, and the form of an Eagle on mines of a fair and beautiftilT(rMf/r> which his back $ bat now Mahtmttifm is much as they fay wasbuilt by Wf/«-«, tneMo* received amongft them. The chri/lian thcr of Ctnftantine , with fcvcral others Faith was here firft planted by St. Mark, too tedious to name : But to fpeak truth, who was the firft Biihop of Alexandria. F.gjpt is nothing in regard ot what it was 40 And thefe cimfiians are all of the ^acoh- under its fitft Kings , with feveral other, ites Seft , obterving tlie fanic Cuftoms as I have fet down in my Cetgraphital Tables, as they are found in faid Twelve Cafihfs ; and are all commodioufly and pleafantly feated on the Banks of the ifilty which traverfcs the whole Countrey % dividing it felf into feveral ftreams, efpe- cially in the Higher i^^f<, where with fe- veral Moneths it falls into ( or receives ) and Forms of Ceremonies in their Re- ligitH^ as thofe formerly treated of m Afta. Among the many Rarities or Antiqui- ties of this Countrey, are the Pyramida -, asalfotheo^W^hand Ctlumns (pokenof before ) next on the Banks of the River Nitt, ftood that famous Labyrinth built the MtditerraitiaH Sea • Alfo, I have no- jo by Pfamnicm 5 a place of an exceeding si'd feveral Cities katedoathe Red Sea , great bignefs, containing 1000 Houfes, to which 1 refer the Reader. In this Countrey are two Lakes, the one is called The Lake tf Bucheira, in the Territory of Alexanehia, and is about 11 Leagues in length, and 7 in breadth j the other is called The Ltkeof Mteris, in tlie Cafilifs of Giza and Finm ; and is about 37 Leagues in length, and 10,15, 10, j, and 3 in breadth. befides 12 Royal Palaces, within an intire Wall, which had but one entrance; but an exceeding many turnings and windings, which caufed the way to be exceeding liif- ficulttofinde, the building being as much under ground as above. The Buildings wereoi Harbte, and adorned with ftately Ctlumns : The Rooms were fair and large. +• EgrTT. »/Hirr,i. Tl- /...- ^,■1 7», large, efpecially a fiaH , which was the place of their general Coin'(;iuions,which was adorned witli the ftatues of their gods, and compofed of polilhed Marble. Not far from the Pjrtmidti dotli ftand the Co- loff/u, being in form of an *A.thiofun }V»- man, which heretofore wcs adorned as a Rurtl Dtiij. This CohffM is of a vaft big- nefs, and is made out of the NaturdtXcct, together with hu"e flat Stones. Alfo the Ifleand Tower c. 'harts, oppofite to J- Itxandria -, a place of a great bignefs, and of great rarity and magniHcence ; its Watch Tower, was of an exceeding great height, being afcended by fteps, and on the top of this Tetver there were placed every night abundance of Laritherfis with Lights, to: the dircdions of Sailers, by reafonot thedangeroufncfs of the Sea on tlutCoaft, btingfofullof Flats. The EgjftiaH> infteadof Letters, made ufc of liter f^ljfhtcks -, of which, an ex- ample or two fliallfuffice } VIZ. VoxGtd, they painted a FaUvn % for Eternity, they painted tlie Sun and Atttn ; for a Tear, they painted a Snake with Iiis Tail in his Mtnih; for any thing that was abomina- ble, they painted a Z';/^. Withaioooo more in tne Lkc nature too tedious to name. Tlie Effiftians are faid to be thcficft that invented Arithmetick, Ceemetrj, M»- fick, thUtfefh, thjpcti 4»ll>y reafonof the perpetual ferenity of the Air, touna out the courfe of the Sun,Mitnt and Stars t theitC0nfiellations,iiftnf^s,SittiK^s,JAe^/s and Influtntes 5 dividing by the fame, Y'cars into Moneths, grounding their di- vinations upon theu nidden properties. Alfo the fitft, Nttrtnuuuers anu Smt- vers. Thefe Petfk were much given to Luxu- h<. f1> p'one to innevati0Hs , cowardlj^ crnel^ faithUfj, era ft J, and covet out; much ad- di^cd to Fartune telling , wandring from one Countiey to another, by whichcheat- ing tricks they get their livelihood : But thefe People aienot the fame as the anci- ent Inhabitants were, being aMefceline of other Nations as atorefaid: Thefe Pet- fie not addiding themfelves to Arts or Letters, as the former did. They are of a mean figure , aitive, of a tawnj com- plexion , but indifferently well featured ; and their Jr#»i/» fruitful in Children,fome- times bringing two or three at a time. *'• Their hutit is much alter the THrkifh drefs , in which they arc not over curi- ous. Among the many Parities in this Conn- trey, I fliall content my felf with onclv two or three s and Hrft, About five mik's troiii Cairo , as one Stephen Duplies , a jjiavc and fober man reports , as being an eye witnefs, faitli, That thcie is a place, ui which,on every Good Friday, thcw nppeais the Heads, Arms landLepoi Men, rilini; out of the ground, and that to a vxiy 10 great number •, and if a man draws nigli them , or doth touch them , they u;ll flirink into the Earth again : A thin.; , which if true, is an exceeding great wo.t der , denoting the Refurredlion of tln' whole Body. But this is not imixjlfiblc, though very improbable. They have inthisCountrcy a Raceot Horfes , which for one property may be efteemed the beft in the World •, tliat is, 20 they will run vi'ithout eating or drtnkin^, one jot, four days and niglits together : And there are Tome Enftians, whic'i with the help of a Sway liound about their body, and carrying with them a little food to eat, are able to ride tliem. Tor ihape, thefe Horjes donot furpafs others ; and for this property they arc held fo raie, and cfteemeu at three years ot age,to be worth 1000 pieces of Eight, and fometimes 30 more: Andforthisbrealof //#r/"«, there aie officers appointed to look alter them, and to fee the f4les of them, and to regi- fter them in a Book with the coloui , ^c. which they receive from the reftimonv ot credible perfons, to avoid cheats. But thefe Htrfes aienot fit for any other then fuch aSandy Countrey, by r«ifonof their tender feet. But let us come to the Nile, which is 40 the principal piece in all E^pi- I hoW ic for one of the moft confidcrable Rivers ot the World. The length of its courfe , and the diveit Mouths by which it dif charges it felf into the Sea. Its inundation at a prefixed time, the quality of its Wa- ters, dnd the fertility and richnefs it leaves where it palTes , are my inducing Reafons. It begins towards tlie T: opick of C4- : JO prictrn, ends on this fide thatot Canter, ,; running fbrthefpace of above 45 degrees of I,4/f/ir Rtman Emperors, Saltans, and Kings of Portugal, wnich have made the fearc h . In fum , and according to PttUmjy who hath faidasmuch as any hitherto, it mud be that moft advanced towards the ^xtaiter At0-Chalil-Ben-Aalij that this iHundatioif comes from a dew which falls atacertaintime,known there by the Eartit weighing more after the dew begins to fall, and lefs before. This Inundation begins about the Hx- teenth or feventeenth of June, increafes for thefpace of forty days, and decreafes for other forty days ; fo that its greateft South, and which waflies at prefent the jo height is about the end of ifulj , and it Cityof Z4M^, cro(resthe_^4i(;of the ends about the beginning of ^rfr^m^fr. If fame name, or of Zair ; the City of Zair being likewife on the fame £f, very Lttle in the Higher, and not fufficient to moiftenthe Earth ^ but when the Nile in- creafes too much, or too little, it dotli hurt : At I a Cubits, it is yet Famine» at 1 5 or itf fuiHcient ^ at 1 8 or zo abundance. The little cannot moiften the higheft Lands, and neareft the Mountains : That where the Nilt hath its beginnings, or which lies too long, leaves not time to L 1 §0W8 EqrTT. Sowe the lower Grounds^ but the little, or none at all, is more dangerous then the too much < and often befidts the Famine, prefages fome other misfortune near. So before fhe death of PomPej, there was lit- tle J before that of Anthoni and Cltepdtra, none at all. Moreover, the Dew which caufes this InuiijUtm, is imperceptible, as the fame hundred years , and growing to tlie h[\ Alfo tills River breedeth Ittvtr-Hfrjej, ot old called Hiffo-fotami, they have great Heads^ vi\Atjam^ and armed with Tmks as white KJvtry j they arc proportiontd like a Srvine, but as big in body as a Cetp •, fmoothskinned, but exceeding hard. Alfo Rivtr-tutts about the bigneis of a Calf of a Twelve monethold, and in fliapelike Author fays : He afTures us however, that lo a tnB. Alfo here are found abundance of fo foon as it falls, the Air is purified, and all difetfts and Pt^iUmial Fetvers of the Countrey, (which are there very rief) ceafcj which makes it appear, that thefe Waters are excellent, and indeed allAu- ihoisngree, thst the Waters of the Nile, are fweet, healthful, nourifhing, and that they keep a long rime without corrupting ; fo tnat tney be difcharged from the Mud oreat and fmall /"//Jw. And laftly, the fruitfulnefs of thefe Waters arc mewed, in that the Women and Cattie which drink thereof, are very fruitful, ordinarily btint;-. ing forth their Children and^Young, by two and three, and Ibmetimcs by four and five at a time. There are yet many fine things might be faid of the jV//r, as, itsdivcisA'i'wf/, and Sand they bring along with them ao its Cat/traffs.crc. Bur wc have likewife from the Grounds, througn which they pafs. The firft Kings of Egjft made (o much account of them, that they drank notiiing elfe then the Waters of Nile { and when Fhtlidelfhm married his Daughter Berenice , to AntiKhm The ../ kl ' ^ V*"'", And laftly, tlie :ers arc mewed, \ftie which drink ardinarily bting-. andjYomig, by mcs by four and ,■ , ^ ?5%. ne things might ^ ■■* • •, '.-•^ Its divers Names, ve have likewife ich might be faid :n famous in Hoti lanc, and whicn . Let us end with fertility of the fit if s it produces rr Countreys. led with feveral jj ng the Nile pro- rn , Riee, Pmtce, It it nay well be the Turkijh, as it 4» Emfirci iod M . -V- .? .. """*•*'►* ' ' " a ;^ ■• 4 ' *^*»% -U prodnceth great e of /■«•//, yields w. Oranges, Ci- gs, cherries, (^c, H jj .| • Dmggs ntld Spi- ants Teetff, Silt, ■ ■ ,,r.. '* *i: •»^-» "» \ IL Equator or ^qutno^iall Line •SI »»/ Africa or Libia Ulteriour wlierc the Count RIZ of N F, G R p E S and Gui Kingdoms Defigned by Alo|ifieur Sanfon Gj into Enu:1«/H by Richard Bioane By the Kinss I S' Lg« O O "\ U-" 1/ S2>iWa i^k T /C fxnanoM J « Gv) ••^»w. Z« :2k««i 6' <:> iN ind GU ijifon G| Kings ./ With hcrt, atthcbegi bears, is I ivhicli in ta of tilde 7 BrdiHSs w And this i taftc inucli Branches i &c. Oit\ C$rJtge 5 ( the Leaves, ijr(. This the pertcft there Reafo IruAifie, bi 1 Bnin in i oncccorrup die : And 1 thereof, grc jppcoring li the D4ict a ?^*»H,^. ZAH. th ^v •->■■* 1 o A. .%,:: '*«l\ ^- # IN our ^^ . placed S the Coumn CUINT. and fignifie ukea trom So the Arm foru, c^jfc/, liath onely S 6rit». Z4 Umtst and I foniie Mtrfht TheCounti hath almoft WiBt, and i ItiHt, thCi fides the U fometimes ( ^|offtrs^ th; the Earth Countrcy t nofmalladv ThisCoi habited, th week togetl fc*ce any g drawn out c ZAHA'B^A or SAA'^H, M \fi\i)\ hers, which they Ao not fail to do at the beginning of March. Tlie Fruit it beats, is known by the name of Dates , which in tafte refcmblc Figgs, Tlic Pith of thcfc Treei is White, and called the trtiHs \ which are in the upper moft parts. And this is held an excellent Sallad, in ude much like an lUrtichtkt ; of the Branches they make Btdfiudt, Ltttites, vered with SanJ, and taftcs very btackiih j fo tliat many times men die for want of it : Which knowing the defct^, thofe Mer- , chants wliich travel in this Countrey, tarry their Water as well as other Proviiions on their Cdmels backs. The People arc Bertterts and ylffricans, '" ■"*'" like\vifc Abtxts and Arabs r, of winch, the fiift are feattd in the mod moift places j ^c. Of the outward Husk of the C$d, lo the otheis wander afteriheir Flecks ; Some CtrJjge 5 of the inner. Smflxs j and of the Leaves, Fans, Ftatmrs, Mats,BMkett, drc. This Tri s held among them to be the perfeft Image of a Man, and that for thefeRcafons: Firft, Becauie it doth not [ludific, but by C«/«rf ; next, as having iBrdin in the uppermoft part, which if once corrupted as mans, doth periOi and die : And laftly, in regard that on the top have their cheeques or Lerds , almoft all follow Uahemetifm, Though the Air be very hot, yet it is fo healthful-, that fioin Srfr^^*-;, the Countrey ot the Nfgroes, mi otiicr places , fick people come as to theij; laft remedy. This great Defert is divided into Seven "- oii-y:-. Piincipal parts 5 ot which , the three iJ/rfwJ Weftern are , Zanhaga, Zutnziga, and '"• thereof, grow cenain firings which refem- ao Tar^a or Hair : The four towards the bkHatri, the great end of the Bratuhes jppearing like Hattds extended forth 5 and trie Daits a& Fiiigtrs. And fo much for ZAHA%A or SAA%A, that is, Defert, IN our Ajfric* or LfhU Imtritr, we have ^hced SAARA oc Z 4H A S.A, the Countrey of the JV £ (7 it o £ 5 and cut NT. Zahara is an Arab name, aid fignifies Dtftrt $ and this name is ukcD from the quality of the Countrey : So the Araht divide the Land into three forts, Cthtl. Zaiutra, and Azgar. Cehtl Ea(^, are, Lemfta, SerJta, Gatga, and Berno, Almoft every part reaches the full breadth, and all togetiier make but the length of this ©<■/«-». Z^2V//^G/ andhis People part Black, part White, are civil, ^ mm, Ctfftiu.vA GMgtrd. Beyond, thofe and drive fome Trtii. But they have like- of MrJf. St»f$$, MtuJing*, C*g$, Guhtr, wife their Wivtt and Cb$ldrt» ui coouion, Z*g*^g> and ZMfttt, and fcarce any Riligi0H, as fotmerly the Between the Branches, and about Ae GtrMnumti. The King of Cugs dettend- Months of Nktr, are a.^at number of edfroma£/((i(5/4f 6j 8, 10 or '«/'J!^ he (even parts '*'" e account that i anfwer to the r fouilaft, to : Aureus, that « it yet to be >eliev(ed, fince This rcfiding beeoremetiinn S, re People aboat^J iich hath takn H tple^ and theft n r, being Black I ^n /ivrr, asfome Incicnts calling ittLuiii che£4- ; the fame thing, rare divided into r, of which fome yeod,andethen htNktr. We theKuigdomsof it, Agiuks, Ci- Beyond, thofe f«, GtfftGuhtr, and about (he eat nmnber oE p4/»|^ff, between XCtmlnAi the ,jMi)^« and it* . beyond, and a loftninoasKing- 1 thofeof SMii* tci^-MS^'.thofe among the 3^ keofCMM^'''' Jh are aboot the thatfooaethiw It It not worth the paint to fet down their names. We will fpeak ondy of what ^all feem mod remarkable. OUALAT An one of the leaft, ha- ving in it not above three TiwhsM which, (;M4isthechicf) befidcsronie few Vil- lages. Fruitful in D«ut ) they are coal black V live in a mean condition , and 1 1'T'" |w ■v. Ik c«, are, D^r///r, Majm.i, and A^Krd.feated on a Lake of the Ni^tr, C A NUM beliHei its Cattle, hath Grain, Kite,Cttlen^and fri$ils\ hathSprings of running IVattr , as alfo a good Mivtr which ilTucth forth many little RivuictSi it is well ftorcd witli (fW, very populous) and hath fcveral Towns » tliecliicf beats the name of C>f, who is alfo tributary to the them, but are civil to Grangers to their King oiTmhtt. This Town ts environed power. with a Wall of Chalk Stone ^ of wliich, GENEHOA is rich inCfdiw, C#rf#«, Ciitlt, and C»ld \ for which they have a good trade with iht Mtrthdms of Btrit' rtf and by reafon of the overflowmgof ine Nirtr, the Soyl is very fertile j yet have they not many Tnfns : That moR knuwnis, where their A'lWfrefideth, who molt of the Huufes are built, andwellfre- quented by Merchants. Its next chief place is Girmt, CAS SEN A is Craggy, Barren, and very Woody s yet it yields fbme ftore of Ewlvf and Miiti. The People live very meanly, wanting many things that ■■tJ,m IS a ValTal to rhe King oiTtmUt , bear- ao the other KtHgdmt have plenty of \ and •/vjt«(ir*' their Houfes and Towns are as poor s a- mong which, C4|^rM it the chief } next, Nthrina and Tirc4, GASGARA is rich in GilJ, hath not '^V?.. many Towns, the chief whereof bears the name of the Kingd»m, in which, the King refideth , being alfo the habitation of many mtrtkamt \ and its ATimr very abfo' lute, of a great Revenue: His Mititis is cth the name of the Kingdom : And here It IS, that their frf>/f/> DtOm, and jVfffAMTi inhabit. The rrk/lt tnd Dtlfm wev Whkt Afftrtl , and for dinftinftion, all the reft wear BUtk or bUw Cmimi. Its other placet , are , fntifMt -ft* di i^t and 5*mk*-L4mt€h, TOM BUT hath quantity of G#/V, is well watered with the River iV/ffr, which makes it very fruitful,cfpeciallv \nGrdins, jo in fomeefteem among the Ntrrm, being and it hath good Fsfiaret whicD feed many obferved to keep in continual pay , joo Cattle, they have fome Town*. The- Horfmen, and 7000 Men, which ufe chief whereof gives name lb the Kittgdnm^ Bmt and SthmtMrs. The next is Stmt- fcituate on a branch of the River Niftr, ^«M6,i€atedon aBranchof the Niger. itistheteitdenceoftheiririjte, who hath MELLT is a fpacious and fruitful a&r tMlttcc built of lime aiSf ftones, all Km^itmt feated all along on a Branch of ' the reft of the houfes except one fair the River iVi^, which makes it veryfer- Churchis made of Mod, and Thatched. tileinC«rj»,C4rr/r,2>4r», Fruits, Ciun- It is weU filled with Mr kttiis who drive W»^,&t. And by reafon of theconveni- a good trade betwixt this and Ftz. This 40 ency of the faid River, hath a good Trade JCiiir within this too and odd years, hath for their Commodities with other Coun- lubdued and made tributary a great part treys. They have fome Towns, its chief ofthe;Vf^r0(/, is magnificent in hitCotttt, taking, its name ftom the A'/»^/ Mtllj. matched againfl the Xtriffs of Mtrttct.^ with 300000 men, its other places are StU*, and Btrifft, alfo feated on the N^tr^ alfo Gue^uehf Car«friiy and Caf/Ji. Royal of their King , they have likewife here a famous CiMeJ^ty and many Temfitt which are well furnifhed with Prtefls and Deiftrs , who read the Mdhmetan L*»t AG ADES hatn great quantities of5o and under whomthevouth of this A'm^ " ' Cattle, aad are miKh given to grafing and looking to them, making it their lively- hood >, nfing the ancients cuftom of Tents, and removing up and down for the conve- niency •f frefh and good pafture of their Cattle-, and among their moveable Towns their chief bears the name of the Kiitg- dutt, in which the A'iiir refideth, who is tribotary to him of tomhnt^ its other pla- dtms as alfo thofeof r^OT^«^ and other parts of the jV(^#« arc educated. Thefc People are efteen^d the moft ingenious, thewittieft, and moft civil toftrangetsof all the Ntgrns. Their King is alfo tribu- tary to the King of ttinknt. SOUS OS hath divers petty King- ^J^*^^^ dms, and all fubjeft to their Canche or "'""'■ * Emftrtr j aiiTong which', that of Bena Mm liath i*» qviA:NiA or gvioHJ. K'nfitm Iki. hath fevrn otheis under it, Iitquattcr i« MuMMiMiHim, covrti'il with Trea, and well uacerrd with Rivtri. It hath fome Tmnt , its chief takes irs name from the King- dtm, and it yields Ctrn, CaiuI, Fruits, M ANDI NgU£ begins at the Ri- ver (;4m^r4,and reaches nearioo Leagues 'iy », ik Z EG 7. MO and Z A NT AHA irk barren, the People idle and ignorant, have "/I, fome 7$i»ns , whofe chief are fo t nllcd j •■' '•'■ the Land yieldsCw*, Cr*(t^&c. andJcrds " great quantities of Horfes. TheConmreyof theATr^fr/iseneem- " i- ed as fertile , as thoTe watered with the 7.V.r Nilt, It bears twice a year , and esch "'' .lime fufficient to furnifti them wiihc#M up io the Land : They have Quantity of . .„„ Ctld, good Shifs tftVtr, ancl oWry ^lofor five whole years < which makes them and there are divers A'/nf/ or L0rJi in not fuwe their Lands , but when ihcy CuiHf , which ate tributaries to hun of MsHilll^Mt, C AGO hath ftore of GtU, Ctrn, Mi(t\ Trail t , and C*ittl, but no ^4// , befides what is brouglx from other places ) and which is oidinorily as dear as Ctld. The Pcopleare idle and ignorant ( the People of G4^t bear fo great a refpcA to r',eir I hey judge they (hall have need. They keep their Cirm in Pits and Ditches under Ground, which thry call Mtttmntt. Amk n& the Cities which the Jrsk oi ATd^m describes in the jVir^M/ 1 h« makes great account of Ghuid , (that is, Om,) and faith, That this Ciiv is doable, and on the two Coafts of a frefh 5r4, that is, a Kinf, that how gr^eatfoever they be,they>o Lake » andheencemsitthejreateft, bell i'peaK toliim on their knees 1, and when peopled, and richeft among all the JVf they are faulty, the A'im^ fcifeson their gr$ti \ and that not onely tne MtrtidiUi GttJs, and fells their ffivr/ and CiiUrtit thereabouts, but thofe who come trom to ftrangets, who remain SUvti all thei*- the att^rmoft parts of the Weft, have lives. But beridefthcfe,thaeishere, as hereaLfeatfrAdir. He fpeak:. wonders of well as in other parts of the Ntgrtts^ gie^t its ^uptciy the Government oi its JTm^ , traifickfor5/4i/r/, either of certainneigh- of the (ut/lraatrey and ricbmoveables boring People, which thofe of the Coun- of his fdUte, his ThrtiHt &c. tiey can take, or of the tttUfsiltrt of the Countrey, or of the Chitdrtn whom the 30 Tsilmt MiM*tktr$W\, when tKey are io need, or when they pleafe them not : And thefe SUva arc bought by many People of A fries , but more by the EnnftMs, who tianfport them into the iHes of St. 7hmM, CdftFirds tht CdHtritts Bnpl and the EiteliP> to the S*rh«d»<$, and elf- where \ where they work like Sltvn , either in Miiui, in making of Smg^r, In- GVIAKA or GU r NT atht Coaft "' "v/vn* vt the Ntgrmt, to the River of theC4W4- C4/r/r, froin which they get their liveli- Jo rmtty which on theEaft, will feparate ic hood. This A'Mj^^#M is very popuk)us, from the lower (/£fAtfi^. Ttus Coaft and well ftored with Tmns^ its Mttr^ right from Eaft to Wei! , is 7 or 800 litan bearing the name of the Kingdtm, Leagues long, and not above 100 or i jo whichisweirinhabitedbyA/rr;i(4»f/, and inbrodth. The /"^nH being much more have many 7»wns and riitgtt , among others that of G»gt is the chieL and it the refidenceof their /Tm^^ as alU>, of many MtrtbdntSy and containing about 4 or ) 000 Houfes, but unwalletT CUBE R is well fenced with M»iu$- tsi/is, doth produce Kite and/«ii!r<( and above all. hive exceeding great flocks of (ontainine about tfooo Huufes ; being al- fo the refidence of their KiHg. The Peo- ple are ingenious and good Artifcm , makjdg leveral tich Mtmf«a»m, long then broad , we will mvide it into three principal parts \ which we wiH call MELEGUETE, GUI NT, and ^J, BENIM: This the moftEaftward, the firft the moft Weft, and the other in the middle} gvi^scy. 47 "it A HA arc •■<' >• I jnorant, have '!'J arc focnild) ,*;,', jfw/iicfteem- '*; ij^ tered with the I'.V.J ear, and each '""'^ hem with Cmn :h in:^kn them but when ihcy I. They keep Ditches unda WMurts. ch (he JrA oi rHt\ he makes (that IS, CdMtf) r is doable, and !t StM, tliat IS, a 'lestcatcft, bell oDg all (he Ni' y tne Mtrthdnii vvhu come trom leWeft, hive peak (.wonders of lent of its K$Hg, 1 richtnoreables :oaft of Afritd \ tween the River - - idl Lhu. Some "^ nealefs: There on this fide the nto the Kingdom comprehended in rati that which in the Lower i/*- rond the Gulf of jtiiij will remain ■rt Lttn , which eft, andagainft ver of theC4W4- will feparate ic M. Tn»» Coift ft, is 7 or 800 joveioo or 150 beine much more »iU <&ride it into ihich we wiH call -HI NT, and ; loftEaftward.the the other in the middle ) middle \ yet cnch of theTe three pjrtifc- Ce0rft Jt h Min4 being f.iln fomc yeai* pirated, make the breaJih, andthcthree paftintuihclumfxof this Cuinpany, they together, the length of t.h'« (;•//•;. After this Gmny , we fhall fpcak Ibmething of what IS on this fide towards the yigfr, and oi fomc ;//«/ whichare beyond, as Sr«7A»' nut, &t. Under the name of MBLECUE I B, we comprehend that which is between the It prcfent have the gicateft, ami kft pio fin whii hare drawn fioin all thefcCo.ifts. Its other places , and wlm.h are within Land, aie, Ltlmt, Uxtt, aadJUaiHim- Tliot oi MELEGU li r /•: t(x.k its "*M>' '' name fruin (he abundance of *ttlef_itiu , C 4f ts ot Strrt L**i$ind o( Ptlmes.- Un- loheregatheiedof diversfoits: ItisaJ//rr dertheparticiilar nameof Gtt/ jvr, we " " cfteem not onely that which is between (lie Cdfts ot rslntti, and of Tkrtt Nuns \ but likewife, that whidi advances to the Riva f«/>«> and beyond, where the King- dom of Bemm begins, and ends not till the River CsmtrtHti. Of thei'e three parts, (7«m;)i is the largeft, and beft known, conn- , ,, moniating its name to 1 he reft. Its Coaft. which is between the CtPts of Pdlma ana >o of Thru fttMt I IS called the Coaft of Ivtrj ! That which is beyond the CMft of Tlfnt P0i0St the Coaft of e*U. For the abundance ot giU and Jvmj, found in the one, and the other. \w< The Coaft oi iroRT is ve^ com- \. modious, and well inhabited. The Bit^ l$(h, Frtmk, H$i*iuUr$,miiH*nft-T$mu, trade likewife in divers Ptrts, on the fame Ir.m ilH in torm like frtiuh Wbut •, fwmeof a t'iftc ».'thi''' as ftrong and biting, uPtfftr: And tliit •l,'t,»^ Mfltf^utte IS called licie, Grdiit tf P4f.t(iift, Likcwilc utiieis inucii ftroiiger then tlx.- common oi indu, and of which, ariMwcf hath as modi efll:^, as lutf a pound of that of Cdlitut s which is the caiil'c it is not permitted to be brought into Ptrnt^gl, for tear leaft it flioulJ iiukc the other of no value 1 from which the Ptrtugalt re- ceive great gain, \i\n\.\\cRii^lilh,FrtHth, and H$tl*nJtri bring it. The Ptrtngth call this ''//'r, Pimttntt-dtl-Rttt. I'lie IUIUmj , Pift Ji/ld Ctdt : Tdjl Ptfftr, that is, L»»g Pffftr. Of their Palm Trtti they make Wine as ftrong as the beft uf ours: They have likewife, (7tfW,/*#7, CtitM, dk. The Coaft of UtUgnttt, be- tween the C4f«/ of .r#rrfXfM> and that of Coaft t fetching thence , GtU^ /i^, 3° /j/nmi is not full aoo Leagues. Its chief HUts^WMy Amtr-grt*n,&c. On the place is JitfAr , nn rhe Cift of Sunt CtUCbak,veimnKiiigdmuotMetlmti Xmmt. MoiSAMOU, POBTM, ACCABA^ The Ktwgdmoi MBNIM liathmorc t'^a-.. andothen. l^tKia^dm o&SABoUm then asoLcagues of the Coaft ^ CsftF^- "" " cftconed the moftpoimfalofall,aod that aw/* dividioa it into two parts : That ,, his BAatef extend fixty aododd Leagues which is 00 tne Weft, forms a Gulf ) into -"> on the Coaft, and near two hundred up in the middle of which, the River BtHim dif- the Land. burthens it felf t and more to the Weft, In i4Sa. the trnt^ah built on the thatof Zj^m- That which is on the Eaft, Coaft of / O £ m, the Fort of St. Gt$rgt 40 extends it felf on a right line, where the JiUM$iUy and long time after, the Hm- Ri$RultkC*l»b4ri, and t\\c RicJtl Rej, IdMjUrs that of N^Mi adjoyning to the disbarthenthemfelves near to that of Ct- Town of Mturt^ on tlw Coaft mSdinn marnu$\ which ends the Eftate towards the one, and the other, to maintain their the Eaft. Thislaft part is more healthful Trsfftk. It IS obferved by the Company then that of the particular £«/»«} the In- cAuiieS4JUikiusiottheUii$tidPr»viiuet, habitants living One hundred years and that the Chamber of AmfterJdm alooe more. The Land produces the fame /mir/, made great profit of the Merchandifes and feeds the fame 3rj//; with (;m/;)7-, and they brought from thefe Qjiartets 1 and it its People are more courteous to li: angers. isfpecified, thatbetween in (hings j fome more, fume 3® left J for which, ttey buy in their Marhts Vtenftls , of wliich , we make little ac count. We have bounded owx Gninj with Strre Leon towards the Weft , antf fa»d. That there are Autlio:s which begin it horn the Jiiger : We may here take occafion to fpeakoncwordof that part. The name of Serre Leon is taken from a Mountain, which we have already defcribed between the Conntrey of the Negrtts and Gninj And this Mountain advonow a o/f, and fuch things u they want. SttAt\w(t ShtBi pours down a River oi the fame nadiettito they buy of the Bngliffi, and oth?h, liv the 5m ^ from hence to the iVijrw. The yffr along thcCoaft^ ismorehealchitil, and the Sojt more fruitful then G»iirf. The Rivers which defccnds from thtMonntains, and which have their declenfion towards the Weft ) and the fVinds which continu- ally blow, afford fuch a freftuids, that it weight 5 tor which, one may command Slaves, or any Commodity they havf, foonerthen for trucking Commodities for them: Y«t their GWVpafles, hoihia in- gots, and in Smtds ^ and according to its eoodnefs, andHnenefs, it is valued, and By them , as by Merchants which Trade is mn excelfive hot, though under the 40 hither ^ very well diftinguiftied, from the Tm'id Zone. All this whole Countrey or Land of the AV^r««, is very fertile, abounding in Corn, Rice, Millet , and in many forts of MtUguete 5 in Frnits, as, Orangts, Citrons, Ltmrouns, PemtgranattSi Dates, drc. Alfo in Gdd, both in Sand, and in Ingots, in 1- loweft fort, to the fineft of 14 Garrets . Witli which, by weight they alfo make their payments. Tneir Weights are of divers forts , a- mong which, a Benda is the grenteft,which is but two Ounces ; a Benda offa is half 1 itnda t a Ptfos is \ of an Ounce ; an E- t'orj or Elephants Teeth in great abundance, gthha is two Pefts ; an Affeva is s ; Pofts ; iii Wax, Hides, Cotton, Amber-gretct ; tliey a Seron is i > Pefo ^ an Enfannt s juft .is cxtiadt Wine and oyl from tljcir F/j/wjomuch asaff/i? ij^uientaii J. ot a ?efo- Trees-, and of this ojl, and ihr Alhesof iPefo is iLoote\ an Agira/jne is I aPr/o,- theP4/fl» Tree, they make excellent ^m/". and a Mediataha is | ot a Pefo. And to: Tlicy have many Sugar Canes, which arc the weighing their Cold, they have little fcarce at all Husbanded : They have Brafil Wood, better then that which cometh from Srafil .- They have abundance of Wood, proper to build and Maft Ships ; and Pearls, which they findc in Ojfitrs, towards the River D«o/7r«, that is, of oy/lers j and hollow Scales like the half ot an orange Peel. Their Meafure of length fo- Cloth, or other Commodities, is a faftahi , which is about two Faihani , or twelve Foot long. Among •"^^ #• ieB;:ncksofth( gvis^t 4? Among tlieir Se^fls tliey Iiave eU- fhMtSy which are faid to beihebiggeftof all four footed Beafts: Of nature they are very gentle, docile, and tradable •, they live to a great age, feldom dying till the ace of 1 50 years. They are very fervice- able, both in War and Peace, and as pro- coming of the Tortugils , were mde and- barbarous, living without the knowledge oi a God, Law, Religion, or Government, verydif-ingcnious, not caring for^r« or Letters. They are mucli addi^ed to Theft , "I'^c*/- though efteemed among thtm for a crime, ^^' " fitablebyreafonof theirTusb: Itisiaid, and efpecially they take u for nnhonor, That when the A/4/f hath once feafoned if they can cheat or fteil anything, the Female, he never after toucheth lier. 10 ("though not confiderable ) from a White Next the Elefhtnt may be reckoned the MutkCdit, which with Springs they take iniheWceeb, when they are young, id keep them in Hutches , -and tike from tlieni the M^k, which they keep in CUffes or Pots, and fo vend it : And thefe Cats they vend to the Fnglilh and other Na- tions at good rates 1 from which tliey gain good richts: And of thefe Ctij, the Tift,' Man. They are very fcifdieui , Lyers, given to Luxury > m matter of ^iifiice, they are indifferent fcvere, punifliing oft- times with death; but paying a fine will free them ; and the place of 'judicature is in the o^tn Market flace. Their Food li '" grofs and beaftly, as is their Hatitations, ,'r'"l^i y^M/»i/y-, but (jare not much for any. Ne- but theymuft be very watchful, other- vcrthcIefs,fomcofihcm believe they dye wife they will do mifchief, and eat the not, and to that end, give their (i^i^ *«M»//, efpscially before the c«/?«w)a;uj accompanied wunjv«/?fit. Nn and .4 50 IjlesofSuTHOMAS, ^c' Htm ittf r>ih Wn- Tkih If I,. and Dsncin^ % and when a Toung-man makes choileof any of them, he bargains with her Ptrcnts , and fatisfies the old Man that educated her, for his pains and charges ( which is not much) and then takes her to Wife. The Portion being thus paid, they meet one another naked, and the Wem^n fwears to be faithful to the Mm, both at Bed and Beard, andfo other Nations buy of them 5 and whom theyfuUue, they take //«>/?4j« from. Their Kings are not over-rich , that 7 Revenue which they have comes from the ' Cuftcm and Tjthes upon Ctads ; as alfo in ' tlic two Ounces of Geld paid by every man ' that licth with anothers wife : Likcwife, in Fines levied for Theft for their ranfom; and laftly, in the Six fenny forfeitures tor the Marriage is concluded : But the Man i o bringing their Weapons within any of their fweareth not, being at liberty ^ (o that upon the leaft offence, he may put her a- way, or force her to pay a fine of fomany Fetees of Geld: And according to the a- bility of a Man. he may buy and keep as many Wives as hepleafeth j among which, the eldeft is fubfervient to the younged. The Man nevei licth with any of his Wives, neither eateth with them , but on Tnef- Cities : Neither do they live in great pomp and grandure j a poor cottage with us, being with them a Princes Palace . Yet they are had in fuch reverence, that none comcth to fpeak with them (though ot ^t\t NebiUtf ^nicemrj) but muft crawl upon the hands and knees, and fo deliver their bufinefs unto them. But the Whitr Men arc had in fo much refpeft Cthough dafs, which is their Saihth. And although JO never fo pooi ) that they fit gig by jowl by the W«»*4»<^ commands, yet the Wife is tht Pnrfe-hearer until flic be with chilJe, and ready to be ddivcrcd ; at which time, being ihi k naked, and in the Field, among the Peefle , the throweth the Bag to her Hmband, until taking a handful of ^.fn- niget and a fpoontul of 0;/ , ftie gocth a- broad the next day, as well as if (he had not been with rA//<^, or fufifercd any pain ; and thenfeafteth her Neighbors, circum- 30 Dittch have been great traders , li. their Kings. Upon the Ctrenatien day, as alfo on tht Siuarter dajs , when the Kings receive their Cufloms , they make a magnificent /•r4/?\vhichlafteth for two or three days j at which times they have all the varieties in their way astheCountrey will afford ; and many of them are held very powerful. And here, onthisCotftof Cw>t, the cifeth the chiUe^ and|after it hath lain rvrawling upon the ground two or three days, fhetakethit, and carriethurtnher Shtnlders, like thofe which we call Gif- fits i and when the chiUe is about four years of age , the Mether bringeth it to the Father, who teaches it to Surim, make (tverai Melds indFafferies, but of I Jin jlnne 166} zndf^ the Englijb hiVc lud many ftrugglmgs with the Dw^A, whom they havp pretty well fubducd-, and have now fctled their fevcral Falftries, and are incorporated into a Stcietj at Lenden. cal- led the ttjJ Cemfany, and do begin to If: Nets, Fijh and !#», giving it nothing but drive a considerable Trade ^ which in time what it can earn j and when it can be will be much augmented to the inricliing mafter of fo much Geld as will purchafe 40 of England, Li»ne» to make it a Wafie-tUth , it is rich. In Cninj there are feveral Petty Kiiig- dtms who make »'4roneagainft the other j during which War, they deflroy and burn theCountrey, to the end, that the ene- my may finde nofuccor , removing their Geeds to a Neighiering Kingdm , with whom they have peace 5 and the whole IJIesofSt.THOMJS, BEtween Guiny and the Le»er %/tthie- pid, is a Gulf wl HOMAl Pie, Jnnebtn, or Bon Anne { and farther vhcre are the- Ifles of Kin^dcn, furrounds the King, for hisde- jor^'^''' "**/" p n jJ" j feniai,dfafeguard,andtlisthevmarch.' 'i:^".^^:;':J:::ZJf:^i:I^^i Their Weapons are the B$w and Arrms »vith which they are fo expert, that they can flioot within the breadtli of a fhiHinr. Alfo they make ufe of the Peniard, the ^"ggtr, the shield iadTnridnt. In which Wars, thofe they kill, they eat 5 thofe they take, they make Slaves ; and fuch are thofe, that the Inglifh, Vntchy and lathe Great Sea, St. Matthew, the jfcen- tien, St. Helena, (^c. Thefe Ifies have their names from the day whereon they weie difcovcrcd : That of the Prince , becaufe its Revenue was defigned for the Prince of Portugal; thatot Fernsitd Ptt, from him that difcovciedic. But tliem ; and whom Hefiages {torn, n over-rich , that rJ ive comes from the ',',J n CteJs 5 as alfo in ''• 'paid by every man ' wife; Likewife,in for their ranfom ; e/inj forfeitures tor within anyoftheL' they live in great poor cottage with 'rinces P4Uce. Yet vcrence, that none 1 them (though of y) but muft crawl tees, and fo deliver n. But the TVhite h refpedl fthouffh / fit gig by jowl by he CtrcHMticit lUj , •lUjs, when the hms, they make a fi laftcth for two or limes they have all y as the Countrey of them are held Sflesof St, THOMAS, &c. QiAoi CutHl, the VrM/ert, h.r ng "' ties, but of I fia i £»glt/h have had ' \t Dutch, whom bdncd 5 and have ittries, and arc MLtmhii, cal- and do begin to which in time to the inr iching OMAS, Lever t^thio- are the///« of iflMtl, Ferndnd I'i and farther or, the jfceu- hefe Ifles have whereon they af the Priiut , iefignedforthc 1 Ftrnsnd Ft$, But Bat of all thefe iflands that of St. no ReligioH,h\i\.i\\t chriflian, t\r sToan THOMAS isbymuch thegreateft, and is well trequented by Portugal Merchtnts, ihebeft: Its form is almoft round, it is who trade in the Commo'' ties aforefaid. thirty, others fay forty •, others, and with The Inhabitants are Negroes, and very more apparent truth 60000 Paces Diame- Black. ter', wnicii arc iSocoo Paces, or 6$ The Hiitiaiiders feme .m part feized Leagues circuit, feated under thct/f-tjua- the Ijlaitd of St. Thetrtas , took on the tor s and by reafon of the exceffive heats Coafts thereabouts d;vers places trom tlie ivhich are there predominant; IhcAirls Pcrtugals ', and built fome /"«/•« towards found very prejudicial and unhealthful to 10 the Cafe of Good Hope: But the Portugals Arangets, efpecially to the Enrtfeans , have Imce retaken them, ami built anew who fcarce ever reach to the age of fifty fomeothei: •, of wiiich, time will give us years. and the Womert much Icfs : Yet the Natives of the Countrey live commonly 100 years , and without ficknefs. Their dajs 'itiA nights are throughout the whole year equal j they have no Rain but onely in March and Seftember , yet by reafon of the Deips, which at all otner times of the year fills. The Earth is well moiftned, 20 fo that it brings forth all forts of Frints, Rtvts, and Pct-fierht ^ but theirpnncipal riches is their f«f«r/, of which, they have fometimes exported ijocoo Arrthes, each Arrtht being 3? //. Weight , which is live Millions of pcMnds yearly : Alfo Gut- gtr,&c, there is carried them in exchange tQtthKaCemttudttieSyjrirKs. Ojls, Cheeje, Stiifs, Beads ^ Drinkim;-Gla{fts, Corn *V(m»- more knowlcJge. PRINC ES ISLAND hath a little City, and the Inhabitants live convenient- ly } the Ijle being fruitful, yielding Fruits, Sugar, (ome Ginger, (jrc. Once taken by the Hollanders, who for fome reafons, foon abandoned it. The Jfiand of A NN OSON yields j;'' '/'"■' Sugars, Cottons f Cattle, and excellent Lk ' ' Fruits. In this I(le there is a Town of 100 or 120 Houfes of Blacks, who are go- verned by fome few Pertugals. In 162J. the Hollanders took from thence above aooooo Oranges , in lefs then four days ; and thefe Oranges fo great,that each weigh- ed twelve Ounces. The Jfland of St. HELENA was ]''^!'"f IT, tndliti\e tvhiteSheSs which fervcs for 5 j fiift difcovered by the Portugals upon the n M0itej in t/€thiopia,3s'mGuiny,&c. They noi May ; on whicli day, is celebrated Trade iatheNeigihtriiigCtafis, where are thememoryi^ St. //cfc*4, thcMoilicrof the Rivers of Barca , Camft , St. Benito. ri^Amrutiu the Great •, from whom it J/.^«», andthe//?^ of r«r»/<* . Thofc tookitsnanw. This /j?f yields fown and planted, have not thriven, the the like plenty \ for with manuring and Earth being too fat. They make their cultivating the Earth, it produceth cxcel- Bread of divers Roots s have their Wood lent Fruits, which are here found all the from 'Palm-trees : They feed much Fowly year loi^ ; It hath great flore of Barhary have abundance of feveral forts of Fifi , /^o Hens, Feafants,Ptrtridges, Pigeons,^ails, both great and fmall , among others , Peacocks, with feveral forts of fmall Birds n'hales. They have alfo great ftore of in great plenty •, it hath alfo Gm//, Smne, Four-footed Beaffs , among others, their <^f. Yet this Ifle is not inhabited , but Woex bears t lie Bell ; which being fed (etvesior the EngliP), Portugals, Spaniards, mm Sugar Canes, after the Juyce is drawn and Hollanders, to rcfrelJi themfelves in out, theygiowfat, and become fo excel- g'ing, but for the moft part in returning lent, that their /•«//4/« IS accounted for ttom the Indies ; it being fulfident to fur- no value to them , even for (ick people. nifli Ships with Provifion for their Voy- The middle of the Ijle is filled with Moun- age 4 here being Salt to prefervc the Meat tains, which are loaden with a great num- 50 from (linking •, and befides, tiie Air is fo ber of Trees , which are always covered healthful, that tliey often leave tlieir fick with clouds, which fo moiften the Trees, that from them falls fo muchfrelh water, as makes many little dreams, which waters all parts of thelfland. The Portugals have built the City ."4- itijan, containing about 7 or 800 Houjes, people there, who in a (hort time are re- ftoredto perfctfl health-, and by thenext Ships that put in there, are taken in again. During which time, they finde wherewith- al to teed them: But fome years ago, the ► .»,»,., vv...ia...i..5 -uwuL / «. .v.- ..,m,v., Hollanders ruined all that was good, onely and fome /fwt;, to defend t*ie ?«•/.- Tney to fpightthe Ji'/>4«i4r even to Cair$; whither they carry Arms,Clotths, Civit, Sanders, and Iv$ry, Sea, which they have taken from the 3° They have a certain Pa^ftn worth loo Abjfins. UU B I A thus taken Duckats an Onnce, which they fell oncIy to ftrangers, which promife not to uie it in theCountrey. And alfo Bugia featcd ontlie jv»//. a City of fome account and Trade » as is falac, Gualva, and Cnfa, alfo featedon thciV, , v. ^ , v ^ . , • , Gualva, Dancala, falac, and Sula , ac- . ^ .# rrnv cording to the Arat of Nnhia : Moreover, 4° The Empire Of the >f(^, feated t hath about looco iiith, its Houfcs are covered with Laths habitants civil and Trade through all whither they carry Sanders, and Ivtrj, PtjfoH worth 100 lien they fell ondy omife not to ule it d alfo Bitgia featcd f fome account and alv4, and C«/J, alfo he . y^-^'^' w. ,., ..^VSk.* .'•*li' 'V;.,. ^ ^^,. *■ : "M«l|l%»lrt: »■^r^-^^a.-.•q > >»ViO 3 ; the Empire of the s commonly called t/ETHlori A; rcateft and better r other iA:thi0pU', noft confiderable [idei one name a- Ic extends it fdf d the Eemino^id ains of the Notn, Nile^ even neer le Kingdoms, and ihc Neff'tes, unto (he • ^. lA M AIT or THE IbOUBIi 4IID l,aWMM.l I^THIOPLA .CuMnUtHBNlT iT SkYMMA iKiNODuMX;^. 1^- lit tJicn. TO wrrr, iw ITME EMPUU.^or'nn: Ahusitft,s, Ithi. coAir ot Zai(c>uzbar,Abkx fl^ jor Nubia. AMD BiAAttx, *c Ik - HirLowiji ^MIOPIA THE KnrosoM /orCoNOo.v£Mpn£ or AfoiroMO'] UnjKMoNoMMvdm.Tt Coast awo I'M—, IjurCArBEj.ANO or tbmjS Sutx CatmI r'trmith BMm-tt '.r^K \ Kmhi^bou loir V .V_^a*mrAJiA jgM.am.xi 1' T iM' t ■ an< GvtNK, J iV R r A » £Xi«rAJlA f« OvurM or J'ji^ TiroMAi C£ A V . j;*' 't7^v X*Jt f-j-Ai fj»ir' oji 5xjt i-^l 0r Fud Con c o »A\k. ^Vm «' ..^5:^ ?i^ f jt 1 'A. -4 JV 1, '°^t ^ >i'«A r-^- Or ^«* f5i y»l i'^ nP» an( *^ The Higher jET HI OTU. n the Coafts of z-iwi»f^.«r, AJMy^nd lU- bix. Its greatcft length tiom South to North, IS 800 Leagues. Its breadtli tiom Weft to Eaft, 4, j anJ fomctimes 600 Leagues : Its Circuit about 3500 Leagues. Some divitle this great Eftatc into fo inaiiy KiHgdtmsymJi Prtvmcts^ that the nunibringof them would be tedious: we Grand Kt^iis arc guarded : This Mountain IS very high, ot n gitat circuit, and whole approaches arcvcy i!;fll -ult, being craggy on all fides, and cafic to dtFmd -, whicn made this ufc be made ot it, tokceptlierc tliofe which may caufe any commotion in the Eftatc. The top oi the Mountain is formed ii.ioa great Plain, where there ate fair ButlMiigs, many CiRtrns, a rii.ii Mo- (hall obfcrve the moft known. That of JO naflerj, 4OT/if4, which IS beyond the Nile, as well as DAmout. Some place the Springs of the Nile in Gojame, others in Cafatei . The one and the other Kingdom being about the hike of Zaire. Cojtmt where this Lake reduces it felf into a River, which is the Nile .• Ctfittt on one of the Principal long the Nile from the Eqmttr, till be- yond the Ide of Cneguere oiMurs : reach- ing 4 or joo Leagues. On the Weft of BMgdmttb'i, are thofe of Dtmied. and D4m4»ti on the South, and towards the fpringsof the Nile, thofe of Ctj4mt,and Csfates t ncer the mountains of the Mtony Ndred, ^c. |if BARN AG ASSo fignifics King of 30 Rivers of thofe that fall into the Lake % the 5m, bccauTe formerly all this King- dom or Governnnent held all the Coaft of the Bedfe*, from £$;*/« onto th^ King- dom of Dtnctd* s which is 150 leagues : atprefcnt the r«rf'i hold thisCoaft,where vtS»M»eny MMtnty i#r«iV» which we vnllde(cribe with ztinuehsr, under the name of theCoaftof H*b-^mmi',. larly Is efteemed fo , by reafon of the !/"? *a. Northern Winds which rcfrcJh it. All the '^'""'■ after which fome put CdnfiU, DdffiU, and 4° Countrey is in Plains, except fome Moun- Emdceit: othtKedctmCdiefildzndDdffiU tains, which are efpecially towards its Provinces or Govenunents, and Emuteit bounds. The Soyl is generally good , a City uf the Government of DdffiU, fruitful iaGrdins and Pulje, of which, it 10 Leagues from £4r«4, ^okom Sud^^n. hath excellent, not known to us; tliey cA' much defire to attain to any. They ctjm neither Cold IM Ktifit 1*1. fclf, and his Tiain. There ate fcarce any Ftrtrejfts in the Couatrey , except where the Mountains of ihemlclvcs make them. The iVr/f *• tors to this Eftate, are the Tiiris , who hold all the Coaft of lUhr on the Rtd St4% the King of Adtl^ and fome otiieis, on|the CoaAsiof A}*h and Ztn^Hthtr -, nor ^i/vfri but receive it by weight. Some ^^ the Mtnomttapa, or the MtHoemmgi, tu wards the Mountains of the Mpo/h the CcHgt, or fome Eftates neighboring on Cwffl, and the Nrgrtts towards the Weft ; fomeKin"s''of NnbiA, towards the North. Except the Turks, i\\z Al>jfiHS having no Civil tV4r, can eafily reduce thegrcatcrt pariof themtoreafon, or,atleaft, hinder them from molefling him. Authors make this Priiict (o rich, that there is fcarce any in the World fiath fo much prefent Ctlj m Ins Ccffers. SanMut faith, that he once offfred to the Kings of P^rrMi^ii/ a Million ot Diamsof C0/ and as many men to eMciminate the Jnidth. Petro CevitljH, ,1 Ptrtugat, and here Am- taffader on the bdult ot the Kings of Por- tugdl, faid, that this £«»^ ff'Jt'f*l*iShefs,T4veriUj &c, which are Menfia, which, he faith, are four Iflands, two great, and twoCnall. Pendd and Zdngnthdr are the greateft r« of all, and according to the form J4ff«r«tf gives them, are each of 100 Leagues cir- cuit ) Menfidy JO ) and the otbets much left. The Higher jETHtOTtA fi ncceffaiyfothim- Fortrtffes in the te the Mountains ;m. The iVr/jA- : the Tttrks , who Hatfr on the Red r, andfomeotheis, I and Ztngutbtt -, e Mtnitmwgi^ to- jf the Mtcns tlie es neighboring on towards the Weft •, towards the North. AhjfiHS having no reduce the greatert or,atlcaft, hinder itn. al name oi Z AN'- comprehend all the ) r ^thiofU • And ,; k t^lhmfiM OctiH , iGulf ot AnA$4 : 1 three parts % the thcCoaftof >*/«, tx. The Coaft ot feif from the C-i/r« , foi thefpace of 5 It of >*;4/»i$ between Strttght of tdttl- o Leagues. The es from that Strtight above aoo Leagues. led by the Ancients, :onJ At-AHi* Xeg'f, :4 Megio. ft of Z ANCUEu jft, regards fome put of Zd^uekAr, jcated its name to Ithofe of PeiiJa and iwn. Mdfy makes Iflc , and City of \»,oiAnift: The fibly anfwcr to fome t calls St, neea, and ;h, are font idands, \4r are the greateft r., :o the form *-•*«"« »f 100 Leagues cir- the otbeis much Icfs, left. All and particularly Zan^uihir, where many /-/^i rij>en one after aitothcr. ptoduccth (luantity of CfM/w, ss Rict, f<> that thtyaie tound to continue almoft MiBtt^ drc. quantityof/rw//, ai Citrons, Ortnges, &c, and many SugMr Ctnes, whicli tliey know not how to refine > nor want they FountaiHs of frefli water. A- nUdy and ^erimia hath Mtunt , but not (o much eftecmed as that of other pla- ces. all the yea: : tlic leaves arc fo great that twowilhoverapeilbnof a moderate Sta- ture; dying it leaves a root, which lhoot«; fortli anotlicr Ftgtrtt the year alter. Their SwiMi-pjh is fo hciltlitul, that rhjCicians order it tor fick people. Their PullatH are good .ind delicate, tliougli On the Ccafi arc the Eftates or lotheir f/j/A^r/, Flejhy BlooH, in and juft between the Cafes oiCndhofe, and Cmrddfui, neer 1000 leagues from the one and the other, fome account is made 1 00000 Crowns, and all are prohibited Traffck on that Coaft, without his per- miflion. Befides ilic Gold, they have Am- ter-greece, Ebonj, and Ivorj ^ and fince itfi7. Silver of fevcral Mints have been newlv difcovered. Tnc CtjnSy Wtighis, and Utafurts, of thefc Parts or Countreys. I ftiall include of this Ciij, and its Fort, for the good- under thisC/ty, as being the chief place nefs, and depth of its Pert, though (null ; 30 of rr4if •, and which, are the fame with but of a very important retreat for the velTels of Portugal^ after they have pafted the Cafe of Ctpd heft, wher^ <>♦« iimes the heate. or the working or motion of the ship diftempers many MtH, who re- frcfti themfelves here, there being a very good Hoffital, and a.Magaz,i» always fur- niftied with what ever is ncedfull, to finish their voyage to the Eafi Indus , this thofe of Lishtm* in Ptnn^ul , as hsving (ince they became Mafters of it , fetled their Ctjnts, Wtights^dMtajnrts there, which far your further fatisfiuftion, fee in your difcription of Litbone in Ftrtn- $U ILOA is I JO Leagues, or Htile K„.um^ more from Motambiqut, in a ftreight Ime andncer 150 by Sea, It hath two Cities, Port ferving them, going to the Indus, as ^ the old and the new: the old on the main the Ides ot Sanit* Htltn^, doth in their Laud, thcnewmao///4»o\ 7«rt///» manner ^ iichtft wearing Cloatlis ot Co/J ,\nd Sil- vtr, Silkt, J-ineCali{tts. and Siarlet, in- rithing the (iuards of tficir Stvtrdi and Dithers with iair rtArls and I'rtcitits Stints s as the Women do their E*r Ptn- ddnti and BraccUts : They areveiy coiiie- ly, ot a civil khavior,neat intlieir Houfcs, able by the pood intdligencc it luth al- ways iiitfti vcd with the PcrlHP.ih. Since fajco dt o'.»»Mpnfled there tlic firll tunc m 1489. until this preftnt, which hath ftood It in good ftead< tlie Neighboring States liaving been taken, piUa^'cd, and burned divers times. This kept entire maintaining its Tr4i/f with i\\e Vtrtuf*!, and with the Eaft : Its c! let City bears the name ot and h)Vcto po \nnch Afftrtl. Here the 10 the Kingdtm, feated in a ftuittui and dc- i'M/>/f areobtcived toulcaftrangc cuftom lighttul Svfl , Yielding great plenty ul to tliofe of tlie Female Sex, winch is not Rtct, MiHtt, F/r/^, good ftorc of frxi// • ufcd by any otiitr NMitn or PtofU, lave thcmrelves-, wliich is, that they fow up the Piivy paits ot the Female Children, onely leaviii|; a tnuU vent for theifl'uing forth ot their llnne. And tlius fowed , as LtmmtHJ, Ciirent, Or^n^ti, ly-c. But not well furniftied withc>», the tjreatell part whereof is brought out of c^rnhja, a Province in Indu. This City is fair, well Walled, and the Houl'es l>uilt aftci they keep them carefully at home , until the Mttrifh manner, with many Wuulows, they be married 5 and tnofe that are by and TerrafTes. Tlie Inhtbutnis (iiHn- iht:n J I uiltdndi found not tohavc tIiisfignio//»noteth) on tlie Sea Coafls, areof the ot tUtit I'trfetml Fir^iniiy , aic fent to /fr4^/tfM Breed, and of the fame Jtr/if /«/• / their PMrenis with all kindc of ignominy , Thofc of the InUnds which are the origi- and by their Parents areasdifgracefully re- nal Natives , (he faith) are for the moft ceived. ThoCountrey, though unhealth- [>art litaihrm , and oi za olive etltur, but fultothe£*ro»?4/»j, lughttobeefteemcd inclining to WA/Zf » and their }r0men of a goodv fincc tlie inhabinntt aieiicU, the veiy n'h$ieCcmfUxittt^ as m other places. S0jl fruitful in Cr^iw and /ri»i//, feeding They arc faid'to be more civil ui their many Betfisind Ftwl. Its ftrellt full ot Mit, courfcof Itfe. and entertainment in Came, and its Nei^hktrinf^Se* full of ex- theu- hnfts, then the reft of this Coun- ctWtatFifh. 30 trey » and great Friends to the i'#rfi)f4//, liOMB^2 Jixt ifo Leagues from who return the like kinde ufage to them, ^i/#4, feated on > little Hill» and in an This Kingdom of Melind* is not diftanc Ifldnd^ at the boti n> of.a Gulf, wtrcrc fiom Umidzd above 30 Leagues by great Ship/ may ride .4icat Anclior. This Land, and 60 by Jm i whofe re»flt are City was formerly great, being about a of the fame nature aud difpofition with League in circuit, encompalled with a thofeof JVr/ijK^. ftrong Wall , and fortified with a good The Eftates ci LAMON, fATE^ Cdfile^ yii^P»fltdoiz\goodTr4de, its itid CH E L/CIA, and hkewife fome Streets in good order, and its Htufes high others are under the Government of jne- and well built with Stone and Chalk, ap< 40 li/idd. PanebaxirM, King of ismtn, and pearing almoft all towards the Sett. U Brother to the King of Cktlicid furprized was found ouc whtn y4fc0deCamd was in the InSes •, and afterwards taken and re. taken divers times by the Prntngals in 150$ and 1507. by francift Almeida in ijaS. by Nnnnt a Cunna, in 15S9. by at the fame time that the Imbits, a Tetfle that were Matt- eaters , ailaulted the City towards the in ij8p. Roth Brit$, Governor of Jtfr/»«- rf<, and fome other i'«r/«(f 4//, whom they fold to the Turks. The Admiral 7hmM Stufa Cttinho aiTaulted them, took, and cut oir the head of the King of Lamtn, quartered theothers, and hang them up in divers places, to ferve for example. Thefe Kings are almoft all Mahmetans ; Land: But thefe eat all that fell into their 50 yet here are found fome few chrifiians hands, the Ftrtn^als contented themfelves which inhabit among them. 4m if Mf - /.fi*»4, to pillage the City, and carry away Slaves, ^adCaftivet of ttiofe Citizens they could take. At prefent the Ptrtugals keep there a Fm, by reafon of the goodnefs of the Haven, and to maintain their Trade .• The IHeof Mombax-t is but fmall. MELIND A is another Kingdom , but of a fmall extent, yet made confider- We have obfetved on the Coaft of Zan^uebar bai five or fix different £/f4m or KiM^dems', there are fome others, but of lefler note, and all tributary, or in good intelligence , and trading with the Ftr' tubals. The Coaft o[ AfAH contains the H Republicjf oitRAyA, which SM»tm U^ calls The Higher jETHIOTU. P UN. calls Bimit-t \ then tlic Kingdoms of M AG A nnXOy A li t A ^ aivl A- n t: L L \ lomc of tlicii PtofU on tlie Coaft are Wlntr. i R A t>^ A \% well limit', an indifferont Mait, licli, and pays tribute to the ftfr/«^oi t Town, well ticijuait- it ruled ovrr all this Coaft ■, it is fcituatc in e«l with Mmkiutt, by reafon of the vai ic- a deliglitful and fruitful SoyI, and neijjh- ty of yooii CommtMtits that it yii!d«.Once 'of gitat beauty and eftctm , till in the year 15 16. it was fackcd and bu:ncd by the Portuiiahy, betorcwhich.it w.isclfcem- cdthcmoft lemntkable l-mpircof allt-*;- thtofuio: the InJuuTrdJf, j. B-irttra, and ;. M(t.i, arc two of the moff noted Sea-Port Towns in nil AJtt, Iwth under A PE A extends it felt but little to- ao the Twr/ti jurifdiftion. The firllisfeat-'oti boftd by a fate and large lluvtn, which is much frequented by the Portngah, and is very rich, afTordinq 6'«/i, Honey. M'4.v, and abovi.' all, Abiji'tH Slaves, which by the r«rf«(j.i/i are held in great value < for which, tiuybruigthrtn in exchange, the Silks, Spnci^Dritgt.a'c. <-t IhJu waiiKthc^r4 ■ 1 in. Countrcy is fertile in Cr4inSy as, H'fjut, tarltj, RiCf, &<: It is well ihadcd with tVMJj.md laiije Ftrt/I>, which arc plentifully tuimlhed both with FrMiiJ ioi Cdiilf, bcfides agieat increafe of H*rfes, The iHhdtittms axe of the t4*homti*» RtlificM , and follow r he Ard- hum in many of their C»/?«Mi,from whom thefamc Sea Coaft, as^f^/jis, wtll frc- ijuented by Mtvch^ms 5 nidi to a lofty Fiomontory, which they call Mount rtt- l(z .- And the laff is feated near the Cjps oi Gutrddfui . The ¥ttfU inhabiting i'» the Sea Coafts , are dclcendcd from the Artbs , and of the MahomtLm Rtltnon % but thofe towards the Inland Countieys, ihcy were delcendcd , keeping mucli of of the old tAlihiofick Race , and wholly x.\\ea La»^>i4t,t, and in their »jA/r, naked, loctntttts Cave onely from the middle downwards. Of C$mfltxioH, for the moft part, of an oUvt ftUitr, and well proportioned; not very expert in Arms , excqit m poyfoned Arrows. Its other chief places ncBtrrt' to* and ,Qittlm4nc4 , foited on the Sea , winch IS called the Coaft of Ajaii, as is M^^^aJoxo. A DE LL within thefefew years is be- come the moft powhful of all thcfe k'lm the doms : Its Mftatcs extending both on Arabian Gulf or Rtd Sea , and on the Creu oceans ftretching aoo Leagues on each fide \ Cafe Gtiardafiiy ending both the one and the other towards tlie taft, regards in the Sea the Ifle of Xecotora , famous for the quantity and goodnefs of the AUhs here gathered, which they call zectttrins about which are fcveral other Ulcs, but not fo confiderable, being fmall, j© and many not inhabited. The Arab of JV«^»4 would make us believe, that Alex- ander the Great was in this iftand, drove thence the Inhabitants, and planted Greeks the better to manage the Ahes , which AriftotU had fo mucn prized to hiin. Its chief City takes its name from theA'w- dims its other pbces of moft note, are, i.XtiU, of old Avalit, and its GuU" A- The Coaft oi ABEX hath for iu prin- Cip"! places, Aifnnooi old Magnum Littus, M*(zu» /fle, Macarta Infnla, linA Saaqitt Ftolomait Ferarum. The T»rk hath « Bajfa at Suaijae, and fome fay another ac MfCtud or Aijiiico, Suaqnt is m the naidft of the Coaft of Africa, which lies on the Red Se* . or Arabian Cnlf , diftant from Sues in Ety ft, wliich ends this Gulf, 250 40 and odd Leagues ^ and from Babel Man VfCtijItf 11-1 crii* del, which begins it, i make it not fo ides hisneceffaty iftit of State Af- his Arm) } inc lehys np yearly Ihons of Crowns. cvtnite and Ftru That hehimfelf Million of M$ntj, icy would iwploy : Iitfidtls. lefe EmftTirs, is the/Mf/c being S^^f^i; treat- as well to their to whom he light occafion he le is held in fucli \MSmi}tii$, as it hit name they luch the ground I; and reverence yit. though he this reverence he feldom and then his head, a£i/- and beftdes. his frj/f*^,which :o grace the per- lifteth up and w his face, t and Mighty h |om//^/«»,who Am sf his Ktng- lod t tbt hU4r Jttektf ]\idih-y \h cf Solomon t joa ^ theSwiif htftheH*itd»f \»fttr thtfltjhs Paul, tfttr the Sfirit. spirit, tm^trirtf the Higher and Loner Ttthiopia, and if the mtji Mightj King- dtmSy DcmmicHS, and Ctuntreys of Xoa, Goa, Caffare' , Faiigar, Angotx, Balig- nazo, Adea,\angnc, Goyame, where the reuntainj tf Hi\e , Amara , Banguame- dron, Ambea, Vagucum, Tigremean, Sabaim •, the Birth-plate ef the ^etn ef Shft)a, Bernagaflum •, and Lord Y *l^ 'f" Regions, mnto the confines of Egypt. They profefs the Chnflian Religion, \^'hich was f\:R made known unto them by the Eunuch of Queen Candace, who was baptized by Philip the Evangelifl, and more generally received by the I'reaching of St. Matthew the Apoftle. Since which, thty have much fwcrved from the purity This Lower lALTHIOPI A extends l it felt from the River of the Camarcnfs , !! wht-re the bottom of the (7»//"ot St. fhe- ■" mas is , .ind fo turning about the Capes of Negro, Bona Ej}eranza, and I)cs Ca^ieii- tes , into tlic River of Cu.ma ■■, which bounds it from Zangutbar , part of the Higher tA.thiopia •, as the ot her doth from the Kingdom of Bemm , pait of Cuwj lowhichisinyu Interior, We have likcwife fubdivided this Lower tA'tlnopia into three parts , viz. Into Congo, Mononwijpa, and Cafreria, or the Countrey of the Cafres. We may yet fubdividc tliefe three parts, each into two others, which will make fix. Tiie firfl lliall be, what is between Guinj and /t; CHtnt I ifiltti4t M„',^m h ttifutt. oi [heiwse Religion, by cheir many corrupt Congo, and the Kingdom of Owftf •, the opinions which arc crept in amongft them J fecond, Monemotapa znd Mono-Emugi ^ as they ufe CncuMcifion both to their ao .ind thf iaft, the Lmd oi Cafres on this Males and Females, when they are Chil liren -, and they Baptize their Males, forty c'ays, and their Females, eighty diys after Circnmeifion. That Infants dying unbap- tized, arefanftified by thefVtmk, by vcr- tue of the Eueharifi which the Mother re- ceives after her Ctnteptiin : They admmi- fter the Eneharifi to Infants , prefently after they are Baptized. They Baptize fide, and Weftward •, and the Land of Cafres beyond, and Eaftward of the Cape of Good Hope. Between Guinj and tlie Kingdom of Congo, therearedivers Kingdoms, and di- vers People : The Ami^:fins and Cama- rones, are on the Sea •, then the King. lomS of the Capones, tlie Countrey of Angra-, the three Kingdoms of Cactmho, Cabom, thcmfelves in Pwni and I,4*«, every Efi-i^^ai Ponto 5 of which, this laft is moft flunjdaj, as fuppofing that lobe the day powerful. Among thefc Eftates arc the that John Baptized chrifi in ftrdan.They Capesoi Lopo Gonjahts , up inthc Land, hold', that cnerearcnable Soul of Man is derived from their FirftPtrtnts by Smi- fiil Propagdtitn. They acknowledge but one Nature, and one Will in chrift. Aftcf the receiving of the Sacrament they hold IC unfitting to fpit until Sun-fet. Thofc Seaps which in the olj Law are held un- are the Kingdoms of Biafra, Medr a, Dan- ma, &c. TheLandof AMBOSi ssmic A- MAKONES, are near the RivCr of Camarones; a Countrey very fertile. The Lands of Capones and A}igra arepleafarx, bccaufe of the many fierfi ftreams which clean, are fo efteemed with them, they 40 water them. Thefirft are poor, the Ca nM eating of them : They keep their Sab- kiihdaj on Saturdays : They allow their "rie^s no yearly means 01 (lipends, nei- t!itr do they fufter them to beg s but tiiey are torced to get their livelihoods by the fweat of their brows, and labor of their hands. They accept onely of the three firft General Councils. T hey ha"e more- over a Book, which is writ in eight Volums pones are malicious, thofe of Angra ad- dii^edtoArms. The Eftates or Kingdoms which are (,rr-f/c, about the Cape of Gonfalves , liave their People of the fame Tongue , the fame Religion (who txe Idolaters) and the fame Manners 1, and their if /'/>ff and ifr^i/, are in peace, and in good intelligence with one another: Thofe neaieft the AV.», are the T'>^ (and as they fay) by tlie Apofiles artembled 50 moft courteous andcivil, by reafonof t!ic at Jerufalem for that purpofe. the con- tents thereof they moft ftridly keep. We have divided t^thtopia into the Hi[;her and Lower 5 efteemed tlic Higher, that which is towards the North, and the Haft J the Lower, that which is towards the South and Weft. We havefuccin^- ly difcourfed of the parts of the Higher, proceed we now to the Lower< confluence of ftrangcrs s 'ind when they Trade with thofe of Europe , they white their faces with Chalk •, their beautifuV Garments are made of Mats, TiflTuedwith the Rind of certain Trees , and properly accommodated. Thofe of Biafra more advanced in Land, are very barbarous, addiiffing them- (elvcj to lYitchcrafts y and lom:ftimes facrificjiig 6o The Lort>er jETHIOTI A, tT'll! ill A-,., ft I • P.- ' «V4 ' t / r. r facrificing their Children to Devils. Thofe of M(dra, Bauma, and Tome others fur- tlier off, arc almoft quite unknown, and poffibly not worth regard. The Portugtls traded here alone along time, and polfcfled feveral parts on tins Coaiil: within few years, the Hollanders have taken divers places from them, feme of which they have lince retaken. 7heKjitgdomofCO^ 90- BEyond the Etjuine^ijlLinf, and unto Cape Nefnre, lies the Kingdovtoi CON' GO, under tne name of which, we com- prehend mnny others which have been Subjects , Tributaries , or Allies to the King ol Con^o, as art the Kingdoms of Loangt,ind the Antiquames to the Noi th ; of Cacengc , and the people G*I1m, or Giaqms, to the Eaft •, of Angola^ Ma- lembd , Matamati , and otheis, to tlie South. The Kingdom of LOANCO hath its pi incipal Citj of the f.ime name, others fay, Bant a Ltango^ or fimply Bsnx^a-, it is Icatcd on the Sta,^% is ^ilengt, ^anvi^ and Mafumbt. It comprehends iix Prtvtn- ces, and is throughout indifferent fertile in^r.i/w, affords excellent /"riMfx ; IVine of /"j/wiv breeds many Crff/«/,and all hings hccefTary, for life is found here; it' well ftoredwith Elephants, having more then any othetC*««/ry in thefe parts -, they have quantity of fvorj, but iiaveneither Geld, nor Silver. The CtHntrj is very hot, by reafonof its lying under the line, but it is indifferent healthful, and well fetpled. Their King once fubjeft, writes himklf now but ^//« lo the King of C$iig»^ and is called Mant-Loangt^Mvd thcGorernours of the fix Provincis, likewifeMw/, that is, Lord ot fucli or fiich a Province. Their fubje«5ls are all Bram,ts, wiio by Relmon are Heathens, The Kingdom of C o NGO may be faid to be the taircft of the lower tA.thiopia, though thofe of the Monetnotapa^ ami Moi.'O-F.nmgi Iiave mo; e extent, yet hath healwaKsbemcftecmed the niofl Polite, hatli had all hb neighbours IuIijil'^s, and tilt moft pal t yet lus Allies . It may have in length 2C0 leagues, and about 120 on the Coaft. It is I'ubdividcd into (ix great rrevincts, to w;r, B/imij,S»ii^o^ Sunday PoKgo, Batta, and Pemia : whicli toge- ther hath ^oor 40000 little Towns. Songo , Sunda , and Pango lies upon, and mounting from the fca up the River Haire. Bamha, Pemha, and Batta are to- wards the Riverof c^anza, and the Lake of Aquilonda, thefe three laft making the moft Soutliern parts ? the thiee other themoft Northern of the Kingdom.- and ,0 all take their names from the pnncipal pla- c^ where the Governoisol the Provinces refide. Tlic Conntry oi B A M B A , is Wf-11 ftored with Bea(ls^ and Birds, both tame and wild ; well watered with Rivers, hath Mines oi Silver, and its people exceeding flrong. Its chief places are, Ramha, on the River Z,oir-,.M«/<»/^ on the River litr.iti; Bengo,i\(o Pavo, Lengt, and Mufjnlo, on lothe^M. 5 o iVCO lies on both fides the Rivet- /Hatre^ V liich fends torth many turbulent ftreams, and liath lb many Ifl^nds that one part of it hath veiy little to do with iheother-, itscliief places are Sonho, nigh to Captde Pedro, and on a branch of the Zaire, alfo, Btmmo, Malinga, Cabindfy Malemba, and Cafcai/y wluch three laft are on t he ^M. JO SUnda ii indifferent fertile, hath feveral rich Mines oi Meitals, amon" tic reft the Inhabitants fetthc ,re3teftcftetm upon irtn^ by reafon that of u they make tneirMaterialls for War , it is parted by the Zaire. This Ceuntrj fumillits tor- raign Merchants with feveral ricli Kurrs, as Sables, Martrtns,&c. Its feveral cliiei places, ate Stnda, Stteqna, iri, and J^/«- cafo. 40 PANGO is but barren, its Inhahi- , tants barbarous, but fttongm Arms? m chicfplaces are Pan^e, Cundi-Funqiient', and Angote ; and this Country is watcrcV, with the River y.mt. B ATI A is alfo of a barren foile, and , its peo^e alio barbarous , but iodifferciic wellskiU'dmyfrwi-, and that being loi- rcd to it, rather to defend thwiifelvcs, then to offend others. Its chief places an, ^0 Batta, Agifymba, MdCotigtn. P E M B A M held to be the richeft, o\\.{ r pleafanteft Province of all Ctngo^ bciiii; very fertile in Grains, Fruits, t^c.*hai!' {;oodwater5 thcair is healthful; the hi labitants fince the Ptrtugals fat tuning there, are become very civil, imitarinc them both in behavior and apparel. In this Province of Bemba, its chiu City is called BMza, that is, the Court, ' and via .' which toge- ittle Towns. Pange Hes upon, I fea up the River and Batta are to- iza, and the Lake reclaft making the the thice other ;hc Kingdono •• and tithcpnncipal pla- ts oUlie Provinces 4MB A, is well i Birds, both tame d\vitli/J/arrjJuu!i s peopk exccedniL'; sare,/f4»»i-«.onthc ithe River i)«»,it/-, igtf, and Mudulo, on loth fides the Rivei. xth many turbulent ) many UlAnds that sry httle to do with laces are Sonh, nigli id on a branch ot the MAtin«t, Ctbindty i«, which three laft liferent fertile, hatli [ Mettdh, among t! c ctthe,,re3tefteftetin uhaiotiitheymaU Vdr ; it is parted by •.ountrj tumilhcs tor- 1 feveral ticli J-'urrs, (jrc. Its feveral cliiet \uqiia^ iri, and ^/«- barren, its Inhabi- Ifttongin Arms-, us Cundt-rinnHCnrey, for Hawking s yet make they and fof>rong that at one blow cf a fword they can ftrike of an Oxcs head, or cut a Slave in two. T heir Elephants are fo great,' that fome of their teeth are found to weigh aoo /. and they make fuch eft cem of their tailcswhenthey areold, that Ibmetimcs they exchange three Slaves k'! otK taile. They make of them diveis Ornaments, curious cloths, Velvets. Damasks, JJr»- 50 and Cords for their Inftniments of J*/*/?*-;^. (ats,&c. Tficy have nonarmony in their The Kingdom falls onely to the Males, Inftruments of Mufick, but a confufed mixture of many cords or firings, and many voices cotitent them •, their monej \ioi grey p>ells, taken on the Coaft of the Province of Bamba, and thefe fhclls ef- pecially the females are much effeemcd, even in other Kingdoms, and almolt ■7 through all ^ithupia. Their Gramti , and in default of Legitimates, to R'lftards : to fliun all procefs, all riches belongs to the King, who difpolts of them to whom he pleaUs, keeping to himfelf a fufficient revenue, chnjlianity hath been introdu- ced about 1 50 years agoe, bat not with- out much difficulty in its beginning. . Cl.1 Eaft 6i TheLcnverMTHIOTlA Ciconf*. Antuli. »i 7ri Eaft of CoHge \ nnd South of Jlnx.i*^ qutiiKS, is the Eftate olCACONGO^' - andSouthof C4M»^*, arc.theCM^»«or ^}jg Empire Of the MO ftrgM , which the AbffiHS call Gallai, r\r H A/ln A Jijtthets imhagolM. Thefe People are J\JJ-M U i A 1 A. Vagabonds, Cruel, Men-eaters, like to the Anzitfuaims and Moctvtits^ living onely on what they fteal from their Neigh- ^|~'He MONO-MOT AP A, thac is, uJ bors. The great ^4gge difpofes abfo- ±. the Emfcm, King, or Stverugn of ' '*'' iutdy, both of their JdtUtrj, and theirio j»/or4/»4, is, according to rince/it BUnc, lytr^ called by his People Tahijui^ and poffeflfes The Kingdom of ^ ATC X ^ » once 3nEmpirefogreat,thatit ismadeof looo i(.!(l AhintU, is between 0«iftf on the North s Leagues circuit : (In the manner that f ;»- Jtf4r(i«i4»ontheSouthi ii/4/o Men ; an'1 that in Anno 1 584. he raifed i zooooo. lb Anno ij8;. 600000. Yet thefe laft ables. Befides this fdt4ce,\it hath others which , they call 5^^4«r, that is, Courts, fcitua- ted in divers parts of the Eftate. Among thefe Buildings the/ make great account were put to flight by aoo Portngdls at the 40 of that which is towids Bntna, both for head of loooo t/£thi^idns. Tnefirftby the wonderful greatnefs of the Stones, I JO Portugals at the nead of I on 0000 wherewith it is walled, as for the antient, Ctngtltns , which may make us judge of and unknown Infcriptions, which are above thcgoodnefsof their ji///«/4. The Kingdom is divided into frM///>;» or Mirindes, whicii iiave each their Sokdt, which a hundred years ago, or little more, were opely Governors for the Kings of Cot^o, now fubje^ all to the Great S$bd of the Gdte. This lume of Sjmtdot feems to retain fomething of the Jgifjmia of the Antients. This Prince is always clothed after tlic manner of his Predeceflbrs, nor may he change anything, except the Ornaments Angold ; who makes onely fome prefoot JO of his Neck and Buskins ; He wears no to the King of Congo. Its People ufe the Forein Stnp for fear of Pnfon and Witch- fame Tongue^ Money, and Arms, with thofe of Congo, erdft\ his Drink iiWtneoiPdlm, diftilleJ with Mdnnd , Amber , and Mmi .• He fpends much in oJors ;nd Ptrfnmes j ma- king them be mixed in thofe Lights which are carried before him, and which ferves where he is. His Court hath a great many officers which ferve with order and filence, bcudcs which, they are thronged with People. f the MO^ TATA. OT AP A, that is, ri,ri mgy or Stverugn of 'i':\ ig to Vinctnt sUnc^ [;';, 'thqui^ and poffelTes •;' It it is made of looo ii.-,] :hc manner that Fin- it , and gives it ivc lefs then aooo.) It this Prince deports and that there is no but with very great he is always adorned CM Stones, like to a [e aSfoufe: Is plea- us, but gives little: icoiWcmen , which ich f and one part of jtufome, islikewife I, who are adtiveat agious. Hec.ilJshis ■0g4n, (which is the eis) where his Royal lagniHcentandgrcar, without , with four liin hung with TaPe- i with CelJ, and a- ch and (lately move- ^e hath others which latis, Cei$ris, fcitua- Ihe Eftate. Among Imake great account ids ButMa, both tor |efs of the Stones , as for the antient, )ns, which are above >f5jMi^4«;recmsto J^ifjmb* of the lors clothed after the "• nor may he ^' pt the Ornaments lis : He wears no Pmf«H zadfViuh- ofPdtm, diftaied and Mmk : He d Ptrfuma 5 ma- ofe Lights which nd which ferves ath a great many jorder and filence, thronged with People, TheLor^erjETHtOTlA. people. His Ofi/icers are eafily known , are well furniflied with Cattet, hath Grains. becaufe they carry theTalmaffara ontl.nr Fruits, Fowl, is well watered with many Shoulder , more or lefs enriched accord- Rivtrs, in which are abundance of Fip), ing totheir condition or degree of place ; The Air is temperate, except that their but all in the fame fafliion with the Winter is colder then may be expedled in Kings. that Climate, by reafonof the Mountains The Inhttbitmts arc all black, of a mean which indofe it on all fides, and crofs the ftature, aftive, and fuch good Ftotmen, Countrey : And their Winter is in the that they are faid to out-run Hir(ts : They fame time, when we have our Summer, to are couragious, addided to Arms, asalfoiowit, when the 5»» is about the Trofick of to Trade. The commonalty cover them- Cancer. <^i felves but below the Wafte 5 for which, their apparel is made of Skins of Beafls , Cttton cloth, or the like $ but the better fort have Clotbs and Stnfs which are brought them from the Indies : The Maids cover nothing of their body till thfy are married. Their Honfes are of WmJ, or Earth whited, fafliioned like a The Meno-Motafa is faid to be one of Vi natr the moft powerfnl Princes oi /ift'rica; if '/'■'<"«■ wcconfiderthegreatnefsof \\\% Eftate^ his Riches, and the great number of Princes uluch hold of him, or are under his Do- minion. Of thcfe Princes, fomc are on the main l4»«/, as thai vi BHtna ; others on the Coafl, and between the Cafres, as deck, or rather hkea Be/?. Thofeof the*o thofe of ^^■/i/,!, J2i*iteva, SeJanda, and greateft Lords , are the higheft. They may have as many Wives as|theypleafe, but (he who is the firft efpoofed , is al- ways the chief, and her Children alone inherit the Fathers goods and eflate. The Wimtii are here uicd.very refpeftfully Chicanga. Thty yearly receive the fire which the Mono-Motafa lends them , or upon refufal , are accounted Rebels. But all thefe People , though hardy, and ad- dicted to Arms, are unexpert in them •, fo that their number would do them little none offering fo much as to take the Wall good, if afTaulted by the Europeans. They of them. The Maids arc here not thought believe onely in one God, and puniih with lit to be married till their Menflrua or death, IdeUterj 2nd Sorcerers. natural Purgations (hem their ability for 30 But a word or two of the chief places of ri', nor Faith r, and therefore were called Cafrts^ that is, without Larv. But it hathlince been known , that they have divers Kings and Lords > as tliofe of Mataman, where there are divers Mtttals , dlrfflal, ^c. And of UtltmhA^ among \\\e Occident di\ ihofe of chictngAy Stdandd^ ^ittva, jnJ Zefitla^ among the Oriehtals j and othits often War with the Mone-Mottfd, of lo we know not towards the South, and Cj/; which, he feems once to have been a part, of Good Hofe. is in peace with the King oVzangncbar that he may have commerce to tne Sea, for he hath much Gold, Stiver, Ivory, and the fame Commodities as Mono-Motaft\ but its people are more barbarous and brutiHi. The chief places in the Meno-Emugi , arc, ^gag, y^fia, Ltuma, Cttmiir, BeiL Bagtmctro , and Zembre , fcated on the bottom of tht Lake Zaire. Betvwen the Mont-Mottfj. , the Mono- Emti^i, and theCoj/? ; fome doth place theKi>"^s;domsof Innamhane zad Inhtmitr^ and eftcein them likewife fubject to the one or the other. C A F % E \l cr the Land of C A F % E S. On the Coaftofo/rw, arethefepjj. cesandlfles, viz. St.NittUi, Pifcartin, the Port of Carsfcalis, the Cafe of Good Hope, St. Martins Sal , and tne Ctp( of St, Lucia. Alfo thefe Ifles four bearin ' the name of St. Lucia, two of St. Chrifio- fhirs, five of Cruets, andthreeof Aridc. Many of which, as likewife the Capes arc 20 well known by Set-men , efpecially the Cape of Good Hope. AllthefeCoaftsof Cafreria are bounc- ed within Land, by a Chain of Mountains, formed by the Mountains of the Moon , and which inclofe Mtno-Motapa. That part of thefe Mountains which advance towards the Cape of Good Hope, are called by the Poriugals , Picos fragos, that is, Watry Points or Rocks. JO Thi$Core Southerly then the other by 12 or Hope. I tfteem under the name of Cafres, 1 5 Leagues : But the name Cape of Good all the Coafts which environ the Mono- Hope is given to all that Head of Land , Motapa V both towards the Weft, South, which is the moft Southern of Affnca. and Eaft: So that we may call thefe C4- 50 ThtAtr of this Countrej is fonictimcs /r«, Occidental, Meridional, and Oriental. temperate, and fometimcs cold, by .ca- This diftindion being taken in regard ot fon of the Mountains which are coverrd the natural fcituation, in which theVe pec- with Snow and Ice j from whence defcencs pleaie iromthe Mono- Motapa, or we may qnantity of cold Waters. The Vailrfs chufc rather toconfider them m Occident- and Loner Ctuntreis pleafant and fertile-, al or Oriental, as wc have already done i hath ftore of Woods and Forefls, in which the Cape of Good Hope then keeping the are abundance of Beafis and Fmls -, as one from the other. Deer, And/opes, Baboons, Foxes, Hares, It hath forme; ly been believed , that &f. Alfo oflriebes , Herons, Pelicans, Phefants, „«£^vei. ci S'7"^^°n''"=*Co.ft K,r cold feafon thTy wrjo^lrT'^ "1 '''^ X^^ly b ou- rf, ''""' ^'"'""^ bcmfj ' •vith skins of IZ? r^ T 'f*^"' ^"^^ things of a . "'V ^""^^ ''''^^^<^f toy", none, or very few'^or ZZ"'^ ''^'^. ''^^^ ^^«^ cSdthem T'^ '^^"'" ^'''"'' ' "'"ch Bu(l,. "^ •^"''/'^. like brute ^ ' ^'"^'omepartsof ^y/w^. But the Ctfrts on th*. P,ft . '° A^vemadeaw» L*"' -"oftof them »god.vuledh,fEftrce„^'^''?5°years g'ving to his eldeftT« L ^°"' P^»' LandTandbvmuch K?*^ « " *'''^'^'" to his three yCgtfc"^ P'" ' ^"'^ fortheirpStfons 7^!;''^SeaCoaft fenm to make Its piece //;' ?i ?'f'^*l^ pays tnbute botf the"A^^;-i''°'''^"'e the /'*r/ijf 4Zf 5 and ^^^C^^f'f* ^<^ /<« onihe CoS ll^":*!^''!"'-''- OR if not the ("«'*/'' T-'HelfleofA/^z,^^^^. o"t4oo » \-,. r-..-*. ttitjl. fomeNot s aXvVr'r ' ''''^'^''^^^ '^ thitheXn^t m' ''°^'^'/**'<'«fent .e-Trani£U.^^^^^^^^^ tncname of ^/:»/ ■, . ' '""" ot o/i/w. and tcrentfrom^i ^^"«^«ver-muchci,f "•■CC. .iVi ^jtftdSe^by'r;;^","''^"-^ ^^-«.^i:;4o7o7:.:r^ Rr Our 66 rheljlesof AFF%1CA. V< Ctm. fJ 1*1 t Ou» laft Relations fay, That it hath Mines of GeU,Silvf ,Cepptr,Ir»n, Kecks of Cryfial, nnd exci.lcnt irhtie Marble ^ ihat there arc found Emrtlds , Stfhirts^ ^c. Many forts of Ghhu and Rtzim, e- They have a great number of Oxtn, ".;;,„ Shtef, Kids^ Hens of (Jivcrs forts , and J!,'™, f quantity of Rices they make wim with jftfiey nnd certain Xtits. which is fo flrong, that they are frequently drunk with it j fpecially great ftore of that Gmih which they have for the ttjoft part, thofe Beafls the Druggies call Dragon- Blmi , whicli that are found among us j but yet all with they extraft out of thcFlmers of accr- fomc difference: Their OxM have between tain rr« which grows there. They have their Neck and Shoulders, a great lump s\(o Tal(qne,Cett»n,Indico, Sugar CaiieSyiooi Fat, which they efteem excellent: Saunders, Ebtm , Iverj , Honey, Wax, Their fA«^ have their Tails twenty Inches Hides. Their Ground yields Salt, Salt- Peter, and in moft places Grains \ and up- on their Sta Coafls is found abundance of Amher-grtect. And for thefe and feveral other good Commodities that are here found , are brought them in exchange , Corrtls , Pater -nejfers. Chains, Beads, Bracelets, Clj[i Pendants, anddivers Tojs about, and as much in length :' Their Goats are very high, and tJieir Hogs little: They hvic Salamanders, Camelions of di- vers colours 5 jifes of many kindes, and believe that thefe jifes would fpeak, but for fear they fhould be compelled to labor : They have Crotodsles and Tor- toifes , of which, fome have their Shelb sheaths, l/ats, Bonnets , Shooes, Little Beis, 10 fo great, that they will cover ten or twelve Cjrneis of iiive;s colours , falfe Pearl of perfons ; and they finde fometimes j or Venice , Ribbtinds, and Girdles of diver? 6oo of their Eggs as big as Hens Etgs .* colouis. Agnates, CorneliMSs ili'o Stuffs, Their //^/l is delicate and tat, in tafteiv- Indian Hdhts, Looking-Glaffes,(^c, fembling f *<«/ .• They have other r«rfM/r/ Its Inhabitants are for the moft pare ivhich are onely three or foui Foot diame- Black or ve:y Tawny, and fome White, which in all appearance came iiomAfia: They are of a good ftature , and well ftiapcd, are very tradable, and courteous to ftrangers , and more eipecially to the jo "Wtl in Europe ter^ and their Shells being poliftied, are figured with divert colours \ of which, they makeC4^M//, little 4«x»,and other pretty moveables efteemed in the Indies French , then any other Eurtfeasu •, are " addicted to idlenefs , and not caring to cultivate the Earth ; their doathing is ondy a piece of Cotton Cloth of feveral colours which ihcy faftcn about their mid- dles, and hangs down to their knees ; and They have CasKers or Cram-fijh in great "" quantity oot he Sea Coaftt along the Jli< -vers, and within ihc Lassd, even as high mihcMomntains, if there be any 7>rr/ to fliadethem: They lodge themfelves like Rabbets, and come out of their holes when on their Heads, a Capmadeof the Bafsof they hear it Rain $ going to feek frogs, a TreC} bcfidcs which, they adorn them- and other Jnfeffs , on wnich they feed, fclves about their Neck, Arms, Legs, drc. There are fome years part, fince tne Hol- witli thofe 7ojs aforefaid : Their Feeding 40 landers landing near the Banks of St. Pr- is exceeding grofs •, their ^m/cj are no /rr, on the North Eaft of the //7jW, thefe better then Hog- (lies otlinleHnts madeof Crabs difpofed by Bands, aflaulted them. Branches of Trees, except thofe of their Princes which are made of Wood, but of no large fize, nor over handfome; they lie upon A^4/;; and their c/wA which they wear nbout thcr in the day, fervesfora Coverlid in then ;ht. T hey arc Hea' Knifh, and given to A fo that they were forced to barricado and defend themfelves with much difficulty and danger, and with the lofs of fome of t heir men : And this encounter they hold for one of the moft dangerous ones they have had in all their Voyages. Their Phtaftmts are fbonger and fairer d0r,ition Cfomc fay they adore the 7)m/j jo then ours, their ^<«r/riif« bigger, and of ufing Sacrifices , whicn they do in the divers colours : They hxve Parroiinets as lyoods, not haviiig Churches •, they have no Civil Form of Government amongft tlicm, but he that can make the greatcft pa;ty, and I. h thegreateft family, is in itofi efteem and command, to which end, bigasCr«ii>/, and black; another middle fort, and fome as little as our Larks s the one and the other of divers colours : They have Singing Birds not yielding tothoK of the Canaries. Their Bees are little. tiiey havens many Wives as they can keep their Honey excellent -, their Ants flie, and to increafe ilieir Progeny. leave on the Bufhes where they light, a white Gum which they ufeinfteadcv (>/«'. Their tumber of OxiHy'^'^"!'^ livers forts , and /'/./c|: make WiM with '" vvinchisfoftrong, y drunk with it ; >art, thofe Btdjls H bat yet all with >xfi» have between lers, a great lump eneem excellent: rails twetjty Inches n length : Their d their /fi;;/ little: /, Cdmtli$ns of di* inanykindes, and >rx would fpeak. Id be compelled to :rH0diUs and 7$f e have their Sheik cover ten or twelve ide fotnetimes j or big as Hau Etg* •' and tat, intaitere- have other T#rrw/f/ or fout Foot diame- being polithed. are olouis \ of wnich, t tie B«x», and other xmtd in the iBtbts lor Cr4i»-/f/i in great "" oafti along the J(^ Lsml, even as high »CTe be any rr«/ to igethemfelves like of their holes when oing to feek Frags, [) which they feed. laft, CmccthtHel- le Banks of St. Pe- ofthe//74«i,there Is, aHaulted them, :d to barricado and h much difficulty he lofs of fome of [ncounter they hold igerous ones they l4fM. ftronger and fairer ru '« bigger, and of " lave PdrrMjuets as } another middle as our Ltrksi the rs colours: They yielding to thole tir Stes are little, ;heiri<»«flie,and lere they light, a fcinfteadc^C/'^ Their TheI/lesofJfF%ICA. <57 Their C*Wr/ or f/ji-iliW.fcarcewciglung near dfe St.Rmaine. All thcfe places two Btts, fo little is it, feeding one Jy on or Ports, arc buildedwitlilfW, covered ifie Dew it fucks from Fleners. They with Z,fjT«,and inclofed with P4/;//, they have Ham- ms twice as big as ours % Mirabelans of uuny kindes, Ananas , Citr»ms\ Oranges, }tmegranates.^ Crapes, Dates, Cece Nuts, tlicm a certain Iron fixed to the end of a Cord •, which when they have tired them- fclves, they make to tne (hore •, and of thefe whales they makeoy^ with which, as alfo with their Provijlons and Potters Earth, they drive a Trade. The Ifles oiCOMERES, are Five ^t' 'A. r Semicircle, 01 itregaids theCo.n- Points, the Ocun the Point towarJs hat ot St. Aniomi, KfHt. St. NnhU, w , advancing bc- thcntliofcitf J4//, dlcnd horn North : moft Eafterly ot JO, of fmege, and tlicrn J retiirninj; 1 advancing a little othatSt. y<»/;^M; >vo Ends or Points < rifta makes tlic rcle towards the lA , St, N I- fACO, are the greate/t, ThelJlesofjIFfTijCA:'^ ^ jrcjtcft, having each xooor i joo 20 pacei ot lengthy 15, 10 or jOo;o of bredth \ and 100 or ijcooo pacesof circuit. St. iinthtnio and St. f'incent are left !•, more then half, and notot above looooo paces m circuit t the reft, which arc the leaft, hrv'enot anove 30, 40 or joooo paces. I m.ike no account of feven or eight otiier?, whofe "names have not been given us, and whicli arc r.ither Rockt tlicn ijles. Sr. -f AGO i$ the greateft and the chief of all, having sBijhopt feat in the City of the fame name ^ befides which, are Riterj Grande, with a good Part to- ff.ird$ the Weft, PR AT A towards tlic F.ift, SANCTA MART tow.ire^s the North, :ill with their fwf J. Someplace hkcwifeSt.rAffw*^, whofc i»»rf isdanger- ous, others Si, pomini^t, others St. Mi (hid ■' Poffibly thefc fnll nnJer fome of :o them. many Flocks arc feen of too- ftead. The Skms .ircfent to nr.tfil, PertucaliUnl other p'aces, and make excellent Cordtvr-'t. Tlu- /"/f/J is falted intlieCounney, . ' fold to Sliips going and returning from lir.ifil to the Indiet. Ikfidts the Sail and (7*4// which arc tlic principal ntlu-s f the Countiey, they I, .-.vc many iVilde llirfet, Oxen, Aptit&c. alfo (.'«»/»», wliT' '-■Nhcy 10 make feveral Manuf-ilhres, Alia Rue, and m.;ny forts of f?**-*//*/. Among their /Vit7, tlu'V have one kinde particiilai to them, which they call flamemot \ tlie reatiiersof tiicir Bodies arc all White,ind tliofeof their Wings Red as Blood. Their T$ri»if(s are not abo\'e two or three foot long', tiicycomcoutof tlieSca, and lay their Hpgs in the night, covering them with Sand,and the heat of thcSunhaiches the otliers. R$liera Grande hath 500 Houfes-, iheAirisonhealthfuI, thcLnnl hilly, but the Valleys fruitful in drains , I'ines, Frmtt, Suf;ar(;*nft, Milttns,&c. Feeding much I'owl and Cattle, and parti- culirly Ooati in abundance: Thefc Btafis bingingt\r.th youn^ every four MonetM, and three or fou: at a'time •, and the Kids II im. arc v^rylatanddelicnre. S AIy*rA/>^/«>ff are 40 La.jd mortfthen 60 Leagues •, and in a" ftroilgi . W of good ftattW \ but ttjs to be bcHe^ed'V that evctrwHere artfome l'«r'*ff/^ w ttecT the reftirraw. ^ fh^ffffs of S AIT,\' of B O If A ' rtstAf^ w ^ro, '.fid of St. y'i»u CO, y^eMlb^rcat qoAfttl fttf Salt which is rnicW **rfturilly of r\\i Water, whch the Sea from time to time leaves,' (hat b«b)ch is tranfportcdintooiliet Coumritys^ . aftdyei> »h*rc lemair^^'fik time? iis n«r(ii^4/aswcll asthote of Cdfi To continue: The I 'ofit ion wherein yir4t. Butbciorelpafs totheA/4irr4i, the I fits of Ctfe FtrA are now found , a word or two concerning its liAtkttMti, ]^l\ anfwers much better to the Pofilion of the who UsMdil^$ roaketh to be black , cor- f Ftttttntu Ifits of Pi0Uimj, then that of the Cmumtui. PnUmj places his f' tmuit Ifiti between the tenth and Sixteenth de- gree of LttilHdt s the l^tid C*ft nrjt .vt betweeathe thirteenth and nineteenth > polent, but well proportioned i he faith, They are envious, raifcltievoui, and dan- gerous people V for the mod part P^su, wotlhipping the Mtut , ana adoriiig the /}»/E%A Ifland, P Commodities witli A/iirri , but is not cbovc 8 or loLcaguo in circuits hath no ftrtrtf, which was the reafon that io iio6. the rjrdits took away 6 or 700 perfons. MdJ/rd anfwers to the Ancieat Ctriu AiImhus, and fome iiavecAccmed rtrtt J4«ff# toanfwer to the Ancient o/i*tri» or lH4t(tfi$lnlis \ but wc (hall (how the Coun- THe Iflioi MADBRA, ox H A- DSIM A is the rtrtt^tU fay , is unJcr (he j a degree of Lmtud* \ about 1) Leagues long, t or 10 L.c^J, and 60 ol circuit. It was difcovered in i^ao by i o trey m the CdMoria, fth0 CtHfsht and Tn/lM Fitz , under «* uod«r the (ame ^«»« zuc, and q;he £ A ^^A^R 7 Iflofids. hkewifc Trifl40 rttt , difcovered ftrt0 -•■■■, idMdt 10 1418. The one and the other m ' woe Deferi, and particularly Msders was ibcorendwithfrMi, that they were fam tjfitt it on fire to make room for what tliey would Till. The JVf/fir)! (aith, that this firelafted (ix orfeveo years, before it r.in *° a6 and aS ilcgrecs oV Latitude \ and be lluough all the ifltmJinii confumed the THc C AN ART Iflamb are Vi eft- ih c™.. ward of Affrut, almoft oppoHte to '1i!'!m, x\\c Gifts of S»i»d»r or Nm\ they are to * '• the iiuml^er of Seven, fcatcd bnwecn the Wmdi \ aad amoog the firft lakdiitMU , feme were cooftraiaed tofaverherafelvcs m the Water, to avoid the heat of the Etflh I but yet their dciign fo well fuc- ceedcd, thacth i^arth, for along time tween the dtd and Hxth, or little moreof LfmfitHdt. If w^ comprthend fotne lit- tle /Jits above LsHttUtu , and likewife the Stlvij^ts , they would reach to the twenty ninth or nearthe thirtieth) if like* wife, the Mtdtr4, and em$ S4tiO$, they ifter, yielded Uxty for one % which by would pal* beyond the twoandthirtietn litk aid little, diminiibed to jo , 40, degree of Ltinisdi. But there arc few ]3, and poftbly oow to twenty five for Aatbofseftecmthe54AK|fir/, almoft none OK. 3*^ the MtittA, among the c*ts*rits, becaufe The Air i* alffloft always temperate, this laft is tooiarJiftant and belonging to May J^«MMMi> and fevea or eight Kmtfs fo rmclh ihii Coantrey , that it is very plea^iMaadctcoediMlcnilfl. I^^Vitiu beat nere Bvacbes wQrtiftt thca Leaves, lad tkcir M7«r isOrang and racvv their wkdf QJKeUnc, thoiigh the Coantrey beMoOMaiiKiQi: Their S^4n ddicioua, buhngtbe lell faom all others t they ha ve the Crown oS I'trtagsli the Cdiurm to the Crown of C*lliit s and the Stlvtgis beuig Defert, almoft rrf> account is made o( them. And now we (hall make it ap- pear, that the Body of the Stvest /fits of the C*suriu , aafwers m all things to the Body of the£n/rji/«r(M4/< Ifles of the ^ AHfitMS. Mch'V«wl» «, Mm, Ptigtm, ^4ils,^ We have before fct down thofe/rj/iiw f™^,^ l4K»iJlgrt\ thflyhaveqaantityof JFr»«r/. wltich might make us believe, that the '»"'>"•"• 3$, Qhugn, eitrmtf tm^MMts, //7» of c'4f/ f'^ir might aoTwet to the u'',l!. M«M7> ir«r, nr«w# RUU, Cttitvms, ftrtnmiit Ijl^Mib , but now (boU pro^ce "*'^' C«ir-wW* with which they mak«aU others, and thofe ftrooget for the C*n»- (bfttoC^Rn^i work fo artificially, that rset. it is iniJp0rted kito Enrtft, and eUTwherek - In the occidfutst ot JtUmi^ist Ottdst, Tkofii Mkimimm dwl Wmdt which are re> and to the Weft oi Afri(4,ri^my makes iockcdthavclff/irJimtC^c. account of anely one Body of I Hands y hs ninoipal Towat , are Tistighd or which he defcribes to the number ot Six. AuMt iha chitf o£ the i^4sii , and a Jo We findc now in that octan, and not far tiflmftuk, Mtmhtrie* ot Mmh$f0B md fmm Affnes^ three different Bodies of itM&dCmsti AU the //I«i contains 36 //2- and hn prexrmity to the Coaft of Africa, the names ami pariteularities of every one of thtxFortunate I firs , abfolutely concluded ifienTtheO»^'-/fj. The Fortunate Ifles received this name fiomthe Ancients ot«\y, becaufeof the healthfulnefs of the Air, and fruitfulnefs of the Soyi. The Crf»4r/« are excellent healthful, the v^c#rpT little, 3ndthe//?« r cf Cape Verde not at all healthful s like- 50 rently anfwcts to the Pluiialu of Pttlemj, Centurta or Pinturia , to their tievaria. Some names being corrupted by others. At prefent it will be hard to jud^e which ofthcC<«*ir/>/ anfwertoeach of the An- ciems Fortunate I fits; yet ietnTceif we can effedt it, and do it better then others hare done s chert is no diflicuk^for the Great Canary, fince it retaint its' ancient name : The Ijle of Ferr aifofnoft appa- wife tlie Canaries iiave the \>t(k Grains , Wines, Fruits, d'c. that are in the World, which they tranfport cveiywhere. The C*r»of the Azores will not keep, and their Vities .;rnccefrify I exjwiting nothing but or rather to make all particulars better ac- cord with the Pluvialia of Plmy ,■ where he faith, NoneiJe a/j»am nifi tx imhribm, as at this day according to the common opinion, it hath no Water, but what diftUs from a certain Tree, always covered with Clouds. The I(le of leneriffe like- wife, whofe l>jkc is always covoed with Snow and Clouds , may aniwer to their litvarit, Tbelfesof AFFXICA. ii JfivtrU ifMimunseetfitkftrfetHd nive. NeMdf/mi faith Pliiiy i dh dirt NthuUfi, (axth Sttiimi aadCdfeid. There remain four or five /y/Mir whereia will liethe dif- ficulty, Afhr$fitUt fumnid, fuiuHidili' mr, Thetdt, uit Mother then funnud Miim,mdC^frdrid. the Cdijdrits, is an r(lt they call San Mt- rtMlui ; Authors fay, that thofe which think nor of it , finde it fometitnes \fy chance t but that it is never fouiid by tho^ whoexpreflyfeekit: However it be, it isheldtoruuth. and r/Wr«f s/m; affures us, that from the top of Ttntriffe, whence fUnj feems to joyn this CdfrdrU with may be feen all the CdHdrits , this is like tlnviulid^ and faith aka Sehftt/y ft$n»- wife fomctimes feen, yet that thofe which mdm dttge k GdMkm 250000 fd. dh td (o attempt to ge^it,cannot finde it, though tdHtuiukm dJtcedfam verfm Flmvijdidm^ Ctfrd ri dmf t t. Seeing tnc great diftance hegivesbetwetnthefej[^f, and trom Baft to Weft, it may be (aid, that PUvidlid and CdfTdrid are the moft Weftern of the Ttrtniut* Jflet % ^uHtnid the Jioft Eail- CTO) and that of the iflttoi Femnd/dt- tu^ being die moft Weftern of the Cd- turits^ that of Fen be.ng ilreidy allowed with great ,-"iins \ whether it be that the Fogs hide it, or that fomc Currant carries • them from it ; and for this reafon they haye given it the name of FMuiuda, in- odntddd, and Nimrtvtia, <^c. After all theiie particularities, lean doubt no longer, but this J(le is tlie Afhrt^cs, lKdcct[sible, and the OnUnic, that is, tlie (hadow of the Ancisnts. AndfothewholeBodyofthe for the fldvidlid \ fdlmd will reft for the jo CdMorits^ will anfwer to the whole Body of CdfTdrid oi Pliny. On the other fide, ^«- the F0rt0ndte jflts , without adding the mmd being the moft Eaftem, and 7 joooo paces from GdJes , it mnft eitiier anfwer CO the FtrUvtntuTd or LdMceltttdy which are the moft Eaftem of the Cdndries^ and 6 or 700000 paces iiomCdda or Cddiz. But Pliwf and i$Unm "make mention of twrt^MMMMT, of which, one beins left Mditd J and from hence we have reafon to place the firft Mtridian in the CdHdrits, as PltUmj hath placed it in the Fmunate Jfttf, fince thefe firft anfwer to the laft « which will give a great facility to the re- concilement of Aiuicnt and Medtr» Ctt- grdfhjy otherwife not to be done. Let us then the other, we will give LdMttUtu , proceini towhat rach of ihtCdMdries may which is the leaft, for their funtmid Mi- jonave at prefent confiderable, beguuiuig wr s and FmtvtKtmrd the Greater, for the with thole neareft the Main Land. other 3^mMiH4.- Anditfeemsinthispafs- age , PH»i would obfisrc thofe he met with firft, £rom the neaieft to the Coaft, to the fitftneft oC Of the Sevm Cd»drj ijUikii we have given Six, which anfwer to the other Six among the Frnmute I fits. Ftrttventurd^ onct Erhania, is not far n^ipff diftant iiom Caft BejaJar^ above 10 or \'^','"^ I a Leagues ^ trom the Great Cdiidrj i6 >"*'•' or i8^ tiom Lanctltttd 6. Its greateft length is a 5 Leagues, lyoritf itsgrcattft breadth. In the middle, itftreightensfo There remains the //iv of Gmkt, among much, that there remains owbly a League the CdMsritt \ and Omhi» or Afbr*f$r»Sy or two from one Std to another : And among the Firtwutt ifUs : This might 40 this part was crofted with a Wall, which make it be judged, that one muft anfwer feparated the jfldnd mo two Eftates,when tothe other t but there are many reafons it was difcuveied. The Land is partly to the contrary. The name of Afkr$fM$s. Mountainous, and partly in Plains s fruit- that is, iHdtetfsiUe y or of o»*rf« and fd inir/^4/ and £4r/f; ■■ Along the Coift {tmirim* y as O^r/K* writes it , ftxjws, glidemanyftreamsot /rrAfr4/fr) anda- th^t'this Jflt hath been in a nunner un< long theie ftreams are tne Tdrhdis Trtts known, in regard of its Neighbors t nay, aooked and foft, which bear Ctm y of k fcems impoffible to be landed upoh. which is made pure white Sdlt. In the Ctmir « between the J fits of Ftrry Pdlmd^ Countrey, befi > 74- rb9lfluofAFF%lCA pound,) their Fltfh is ttcdlent The T«rts great abundance 5 and breeds fijch plenty of this/^Wareiiotproper,bu«:forfiii«ller "'' ' -'■" *'- '"*'" ■* " ' VrfTels. Its chief places towards the SUf are, Ftrtrvtmnrs, HicqutrHqutfChthrM, BM' ttrhdjs, LsntgdlM, f»z$ntgr», and tMr*- fait. Moft ot which are well frequented by Mtrchtttts^ efpecially by the Etif^lifhy who of late are incorporated into u joynt of Ctttth that tlie Ltathtr is not one of the leaft Commodities they vend toochct Nations , as, Sfmn, M$^»n4, M*Maml» t^e. Thqr have sUo ftoreof Fnvly it ia well covered with F»rr TrtehDrigttTrtu, Pdlm Trees y d'c. And its JRwiri well fill- ed witli Fiff) V but above al^ tfcey have PUnttHs which delights ia Water t it is Fellowfhip and Stock ; and not onely ;o 10 cut and Hioots forth yearly iatoi (hroe oi Tttlfllef Lancduiu Tf-' f.tll Ijl). four Branches ^ each. Branch' heart 30 or 40 apples, refeiAblifig aCucumiitri they incline to Uack V being, ripe, they eat more delicioufly then aoyGofluit in the World. The CtjMSfWtigkt, and Htdfteu here, and throughout idl thefe iftu , are che fame with thofe of Si^l in ipsiiiy beiag. fo fctled upon the Sfaniatis taking it ) u» Thtfe laft arc near one to the »o which I refer the Reader. TENMKIFFE, which fomc cali Enfir, is diftant from the GrJud CMmin itf or 18 Leagues, towaids the Nortn Weft : Itt utmoft kngih is abtMt 34 or 1; Leagues, aadis or 1; its greatcft breadth. T he Land is raifed in liate Hil!^ and towards the middle, is the Pike of Teit^d or Tirreirt, a ftteighc aod romd Mountaui, which reaches io height 4S«oo this Ifie , but to all the 5ne» Cd/mry IJIes. . L Jl NC E L OTT A is 16 Ot l9 Leagues long, and ro or la lai^e: Tjie nccefs to it, is difficult on the North and Weft Coaft » the Countrey isplain to- wards the Eaft, and the Continent where its T»wns and Ferls are, as Cdj^u or Ldih eelettt, Ptrtt it Nayes, and Ptrtt di Cd- 'VilttS other J the ifit hath the fame properties with that of Ftrttveninrd. The GREAT CANARY is al- moft equal in length and breadth, which is about 1 8 or 30 Leagues. It is the ^^rin- cipal of thefe ifidiids, bothbecaofe of its grcatnefs, fertility, and the goodnefs of its Air •, and becaufe the Ccittmn and atfhef of thefe ifldnJSy whofe yearly Re venue rs laooo Ducats, have their Re- 3 ^ -HW^/^ paces, which is 45 Miles, (fomc fidencc in the City Cdtisru, or City of Pdimd. T. is City is fair, its Inhabitants well 7"";.',!^ clad, and civil s and hew hard foever it '"-f?,"". nins, its ftrects are diy, being onely Sand. After the City of Cd»*rid, are the Cities oiTcdde, Gilder, Argtres, Cnfd, and Del Douz,e Ingtfims, or Twelve Sagtr £•• gines. This IjUiid is exccfHing truitful, III !.>ji,. nnmkaaifi>high^oih«nia]r it is higher 1 Mdndelfit makes it fo high , tint a mao caanot reach the.HvioMt tkni three or foar days.; Aad aU agret, chat it is the higheft Moaataia ia thu: Weald } «vfo Co high, that it nay be teen ia a clear day A3 Leagues diftaaice at Scat aadfroaaiba top of It, a maoBMyeafilydifcoTer, and count all theothff Cdiurf ijUmb, thoogh and the 50)i/ro fertile, that thev havetwo4ofomeof thetnbeabove5oLe9gactdiftaiK« Horveftsinoneyear, reaping tlmr H'Acj/, from thb It often caAs forth 0ri aod Sdrley, and ether Crdins in FekrHdrj and fielfhwt •* irs Smmtt is in fomi of a Siigtr Mdj. Their whedt is excellent , and its Bread very white •, but from the excellency of its /■/»!«, as, OrdH^es.CttrMS, Ptmt- grdUdtes, Figs, olives, Afflei , Pe*r$ , Pidthet, Melons, Pttdto's, and above all, from its fVine , which is for beyond that of Sfdin. A fort of fVme, if not abufed and L$dfot fharp Point, called ih« Pikaof Ttnerifftf For two or thrct Miles abONll it, are onely Cindm aod Pumiet ituini two or three Miles lower, all isctyvered with Snow throughout thcyeaT) thoi^h there never M any in thofe ifluidi < aod yet lower arc found the great Trees riikf fophidicated is exceeding good for a cold Jo//V#, whofV Wood it very wdghiy , aad weak Aomack t it is alfo more plealing to never rots in Water. Under the(a Trees the Palate then other fotts of Wint, and lefs fumes into the Head. And this Wine, among allotliers, bears the Bell with us io EngUnd, asalfowith thofe of the jVrf *»•- Urdt. From thefe we may judge of the goodnefsof thel/ldnd. They have alfo fe- , .. — ^.,... „..»...,, »,- »«- vet al other good commoditie*, as, Heieej, tends it (elf into a good part of the iJltBd, Wdx, Sngir-Cims, chufe, and tVfdd, in which abouods more in C«r», then toy of • the iLMfr// cover almoft 10 on a Miles of the Countrey, where the Siiigiiig Birds 61 the Gmkitiei , known amoitg us by the name of Cdiury Birdi , warble their pleofant itotes. The foot of the Moan- tain cafts fottit divers Branches, and ex- ntlJfefQ/JFfRICA V ' U net one of vend tooch« of Fw»l\ it is ),J)ragjrtt7Ttu, RrPir^wcUfill- dV, tfcty lave \ Water v it is ' chrM oc ch bettt 30 oc '.ucMiAtr% thty ripe, theycM rGomfiv in the i iitAfwnt here, , /^« , are the in if tin y beiii^ >it taking it} ta which fome cali "^^^ le GrM e*»sri j% iwaids the North u<7 thit3b<«ta4or'"" r 15 its greatffft iCed in Uale Hills, ,, is the Pike of beighc and round Bin height 4$«oo ; 4j Miles, (fon>e irtfiqr teishigkeri ;h , dnt a man s then three or J, that it is the W«ldt tfmto fceninadearday ;cat tndfronthe filydircoTer, and « //l4Mrtgtm BUtd y well known to jtf»tk«- csrits. iHands, for fome Merchants of XWm>, and who makes afTurance of faying no- thing but from his proper knowledge and experience, makes this Illeof f«rr but of fix Leagues circuit. Thtvet and others do the fame. This cannot be above two Leagues crofs, and onely a League from Its principal City Laput* fb called, be- the middle to the extremity, which will be Uttfe of the Lake near to it , is 4 or ) fonndlalfe. Leagues from the &*t , comains two Pa- lo NitUs continuing his Defcriptioa of tifho^ and is the refidcnce of the Gmtrmr of t\vtlfdHj. TheotherCiiies,ate5««^4 Oii»t B»um»y AMJtitff, Cwathie0, and jtdir*, W ben it was difcovered, its Kings to the number of fevettdwelt in CtvernSy aad the bodies of their dead were fet up ahaiuC4vr/ , where they became as dn as Parchment \ among which, the moft honorable had a ftick put in their hand, «ad a vefiel of Milk before them. COMSM. is S or 9 Leagues fromTr- tHfifi iiio ori a Leagues long. Its chief Oiyoi the fame naoK, often receiva the Imlim FUtt, and furniflies them with Cim, frMs,Stiisr,tD^wimsy as well u ihofieof TMfr^r, and Csiuris. The Conntrey is hign, plain, bears many Dr^f M»- trtts , fNdsUBad Csuti. Its RtsJs ate deep and large : The fttfU of this Ific the Ifle of #rrr, faith, that its Codts and trire are its principal Revenue. In the Conqueft of thefi; Hlands, Csf. 4a . there is found in the Ifle of Ffrr plenty of Mig Codts, and ShtiP ) and in Ctf. 65. where is a particolar Defcriptujn of this Ifle , memion is made of Besjls, Fn4, Frititt, and Ctrn. And jD^viry wix) takes his H e» lations from divers Voyages, faith. That 30 this Ifland is fair and fertile $ that it produces quantity of Grains and Sugar Cants, Fnits of divers fons , and Herks in great quantity : That it hath much Cattlt which yield abundance of Milk aad Chiife. NicMs farther faith, That in thb Ifle thete is no frefh Water found ; onely in themiddieof the Ifle there grows a Tree, ^ Tm whofe Leaves are mach like thofc of the Ttl»> di. wetcfbrmeily more bar&arous then tbofe 40 oiSivf, which being ahvays covered with ^l^'^""' of the other CMwrie Ifitt , nfii^ many Ck)nds, drops from its Leaves into a i"";^'^ Ci/7fr»which is underneath it, very good !!,»( ..' Water « and in fnch great abundance, that iL'",; it fufiices oil the Inhabitants { as alfoall the CattUuid living Criatmrti in the Ifland. f4MrMf adds, that there is nofrefliwater, neither of Bivns, Fumtahs, LtktSy nor fVtts ) and that without this Tree,it would be uninhabitable. fimcHt Bltnt in his firange C nitons not known dfwhere*, a nong which theyheMit fbragreatfignof HtffittlHj , to Kt their Friends lie with tbcir frswff > and receive theirs in teftimon]r oitctuflofkiadnefs. i,^ Thclflrof J£iiJtisthenoftWcft of all the Ctiuhts , diftant ban Pabms iSori^LeaKMit from G«wrr ooely s or Ktvrri. 6. This Ifle in reafbn flwold be wdl jo Relations, and Btrgtrtn inhisTreatifeof known, many perfooi haying been there, Navigttiuu, ^c. fay the fame thing. and many Authors treated very amply of it s yet I will a little (how theiiiverfity foand touching thegteatnefs, and quality of the foyi \ as alfo the Water with which the Ifle is ferved. Its chief place is called Him0, feated on the Sea fliore. In theTreatife of the Gonqueftof the Canariis, begun in 1403. by the Sieur One fatkffB an Engli/hmait , who re* potts to have feen, confiJered, andmea* Hired this Tree in itfiS. faith, That the water falls into a f^xi containing soooo Tuns, which in one night is filled ^ and that from this ^mW thewater isbydiv«r> Ghannels conveyed into other FcitJs or Cifitrm, through the whole Ifle, which is 7*] nejjkttfuPF'Kiejt u very well peopled : fome lay it hath in it about 8000 people, and above lOococr head of Csttil, wnichfor an Ulndbutof fix Leagues Circuit is very well » for if the Tteebein the middle of the Ifle, itcait' not be above a League diftant from any extremity ^ and moreover mote then acoooTunsbfwat^r, foriooooo months will be a Tun a day,for eveiy fivemonths> (aith, that the dondbegiii'tbijtetbott noon, and iatfae ev«iii«, qtjtecoverhli the Tree, ivhl^'b ifthe raiifti(tee diflilb mtci- , drop Jby drc^ akmrthe tftmlei ' brandies and lea^ )' aad-iQII it cooti- mies fo till day. Others figri nat this water ftlls fitte Noon alid|li»» U||ill 1 little after the Sao he lifieB. Bit moft will have the duod MtbetiiaHy aboat the which is too much drinke, if theydrinke](6Ttte, and that it diftiBs coatininlly. nothingJbut water. ^aKS in his HjJmtfhj touching the Iflcof Icrr, faith> that it raines fcarce at all, or very rarely; Lm/cj^/ contents him* felftofay, that there are found no veins SuiertK tiftkcs the rWor Cifktm of no{ above at> toBl. TherelatiooB of s ixmnftrvirsy •each ao foot (qoarei b«t neither itktftz tot others makes any mention of other refirvert in the IQe ; of frefli water, except about the Tea Coaft^ butwjUhavc this water in oaeplace alone, and thofe in fuch inconvenient places, that whether all goe to fetch it. the Inhabitants have no profit by it, for From allthefcAathorsit naybrjodg' default of which, Cod out of his provi- that it hath all neod&ry RMcl Tree. In the Hiftoty of the Conqueft of for Mmj or Jm/F, that it hath water 00 thefe//7», Ch»>. 42. it is faid that the Country is \»a towards the Sea. and a League within Land) bnc that the mid- dle of it is high, good and delightful « thgtithiUhptttfkiitfifwgtm^ trndrdiiu ^t». In the 65 thdf. tlut tbt nuttrs trt gttd, and at the end of that Chapter % And in ththightr Cmmrj trt Trees witich and TrmttUtril to write and fpcak fHUJr$fw/ter^f»riMBdtUtry mhith fdBs ,.ders, tbongh fixUfetentiy, tUtitilfaMri imtJitehmerthtft Trees, the te0 $0 tbt »° to know die tmh* md IblMtiBMS iky the Coaft, and within Land % tfaac bc- fides thefe waters, there arc Trees im the middle or higher in the Coontry, 4rfiidi diftill water in an extraordinny nuMt andof a Mrtkalar vcrtuc, which aiakas the bhaDitams'nfe it rather then ^jte. A. dthis hath given occafion to 4#mJim^ iMrUt$ Jrinke. And moreover that this water hath a fingidar vertue for digefti- 00, which itetkOs in an N"v, whatever, or in whatfoever quantity , hath been eaten. Moreover ^4(i/wairarcsiu, that this Tree hath neither fltifers , nor /hut % that it is on the fide of a Moontain, that feem toftrivewfcolhoaUtovbaiL Bk letnspaft from the o»MH^ moibtJAyK- ttntmuuSe*., wAtomtto JiAh wUck isoneof thebcft, hoc oooe of dw kdl confiderable pieces of ^fr«, N^OMO thefe feven ifisikU, called the C^mrf Ifiesy are the Iflcsof Jml S4m9t Ct^m, Crsiitfs, [Altgri*i aid toc two Stmtgt itdriesupintheday, thatatnightackxid .Q//7ri. hangs over the Tree, and that m the fame ^ /if liTil isdi fta a t frai l Owwr, Hot time it diftills its water drop by drop, and fiilsareferverofsoocoTnns, &t, Thefe particulars are contradifted by pthets. The Ctmiiiefi if mU thefe tfies bin msnj Trees, not one alone, oth«.r- wife it would be immortal. ttrduuMd Siures, oi Figuerea ilf^ of thefe Iflaods faith, that this Tree beares a fnM like an Acvrne, of a pleafant tafte, and Aroma- 15 Leagocs to the North Weft, k « rouid or oval , and its citcoic abOK %% Leagues: AboandsinC«r»,fMiiirf#M»y, and all (brts of trtiti, IcimdlftMl with Cjrril, and t lmafcrr Mi Wi lw » Mtii - alliag place of the J^jjOlWi ifcatjdt toJ»r4, wind and feveral J4anufa£lura, ?.i e excellent •, yetitwantsmiichCorwc, ;:iid IVin^'or the nt'cefliiry food of its Inluibitants, which arcnea-75or8occo foulcs • ;iiKi .imong which there arc about 15 or 16^00 Soul- ditrs, btfidts tl e Knights, fo that they areconffiainedtotttclipiovifion from Si- alj, wliich they have at a certain rate, and with privilcdge to pay no cuffome. The Ccjncs, of this Ifle as lollowcth, viz.'io, taries is a Ri() of wliich Silver Crowns ;i.«.- of tqii.il value w'cli thieeCrownsof Copper. 17. lanes is a Sullany Md ij\ \i>iiCfjictju,n, Their H'f/(f///^ arc pounds ol 1 2 ounces, and 2 ; Ii, o\ ^o ounces \s J Xotoh.ico Ro- Tk ■■:U Mil arc the Coafls of Ttrnis, and Trifolj, teles is a Kintall, which is 116//, tng ( thefe boooding the MeJilerraneaH jea lijli, on the South, that on the North ) is 80^ 20 Their Meafurci arc the fame with ihoi*. of Sic ill a. The natuial inhaliitants ot this Ifland aielai.itobe miferable, churli/li, and uii- ' civil peefle, ot complexion, not lefs taw- ny then the i/;^/iof Malta, who Mil! have alwaies more refembled thofc of Africa, then Enrfpc. This J[Ie at prcfent is very famous, not for its greatntfs, nor for its fertility, nei- ther lor Anticnt renown ^ but by reafon it is the relidence of the great Maflrr, and Knights oi St. John of ^emfalem, wluun atprcftnt we call of Malta, where they have fa led, finccthcy loff /^/W^< ; and 40 Ciicuit, the Ports, Roa/ts, ami H-trbours l>ccaufc It ferves as q powerful Rainpue toi all Chriflendom, and paiticularly tor S icily mdliaPles. TheUngtnofihelfleis not alwve 20, orjjooo paces, its breadtluo, or 12C00. and its Circuit about 60000 paces, which are lo^ot 2^ Italian miles in length, 10, or I a, in breadth, and 60 111 Circuit. The feile except the Antitnt City of Malta, IS olmoA all ffones, craggy, andju diy: yetitprixlucts»'(&^4/, Barlcj, Cum- mm., and all forts oi Fruits s, among otheis Figgs, AprictckSyCitrtus, Melons, Crapes, drc. It feeds Herfes, ^ftt. Mules, I legs, Cojtrs, sheep. Hares, Connies, Hens, Par- tridges, Quatles, /■'■iii/M/r;,andothct finds of prey. And its /Jm///, /W^, Craines, Fruits, as likewife tharC.ipers, Honej, and Cttion, of which they nialte 0//o«C/w/', which pref'ent themfclvts, a.i. At.i>z.t, or Marz.a (caU: then Marz.t firocco, wliere tl'.e Turks landed the ijj i.-\\ .Ujv, 156), wl'.en tliLy hadadcfign to hdicijc .^t.uu. Tlie g!ca: Maffer I'igua.cur hat!i (iiicc caufcd to Ik bu;lt two/or//, u Inch de- fend the entrance -, and a third upon that Ijiiguetoi tongue ot land, whicli aovaiiccs into tlie middle of tlie Port, enough to hinder anv for the fiuuic lioin calling Anchor there in iiuict ; continuiiig to- wards theCoafl which H'gaids the South, an i far towards the VV'cfl , ;s nothing but Rocks, except it be a little Bajo\ Colfe ofk Pi'.tra Negre'; otheis call it Pieir.i A'4/n7.i,wherethe 5 oi^uly arrived the ti;ff fuccour in lavou: of X;//,r. Tlvs relief was but of 60-1 nun, who pallid tioiu Pietni SahH.i tn the old ( ity, ;iiiirom LI 11 thenca H TheUmd of MALTA, thence to the Bourg ll-Borgt, which the Turks bcficged, after having taken the Fort of St. Elmo, and this afliftance fer- ved njuch to the defence of that place. Pittra SanStt regards towards the South, the Rock of Forfole or Fur fur a. Towards t\Kyft(izxt ihtColfesox BajtsoiAtrtto- 'itVuZt. ftga, the J (landers call it Hajntoftca, then Mugriaro where tiie Turks fill ft caft nil ifi tsittit will-liic* ihjury Iff The great Mafiir and the Knights re- fide at prefent in the City of FaSetta, which is now by much thcmoftconfidera- ble of thcfc Cities, both for its force, the advantage of its fcituation, and the beauty ofitspublique and private buildings, his built upon MontitSctbtrros, which formes az;4»^»f/ofLandallof aRock, and be- tween the Ports of Mtrza Muffttte, and Anchor the i8 of Maj, 1565. Between ic Marza grande commanding on all fides, the Wt ft and North is the Baj or Port of and into all parts of the one and the other Port, and its ditches to the landward, which are cut out of the Rock, which are exceeding broad, of a very great depth, ftrongly flanckt, and well fortified. The Walls are ftrong, joyne to the Rock, and areabouttfofoot liiiih, and are well pro- vided with (?(»»x, drc, againft any occafi- on. It contains above icx)o houfes, which Mtltcct , where tiie great relict arrived the 7 of Dceemher following. MeUcca re- gards the Ifland 01 Jpza, and in the ftreightor channel between both are ths Ifles of Cumin, and Cuminat. This part of the iflc about Melecca is alinoft divided from tlif reft, by the Colfe or Port of the Saltan f'Cichie, ox oU fall fits towards the Eaft ; and that of Muggiarro towards the 10 arc for the moft part uiuforme, builded of Weft-, and it the Turks had fcized tiie pafs wliich is between them, tliis affiftancc had proved vaine. Next to the Gelfe of the old Saline, is the Creek andCliappel of 5/. Paul, where according to common tradition he was fliipwTackt: next is the Creek of new i<«///»«, and the Creek of St. George, \t'here the Turks dil-imbar qued their Ammunitions to fei ve to aftault freeftbne; they are commonly two ftories high, flat at top, and with T4rr4/i'«. The Marketplace is fpacious, from when e fe- veral tairc ftrcets doe take their rife^ to every houie there is a Cifltrne to prclerve water for their occafions-, bcfides thef- houfes there arc fcvcral ftatcly ftruftures, as the Great Mafters Paliaie, which is a gallant Edifice, having a Tmer which tlie Fort St. Elmo. And in fine the pons 30 overlooketh the whole Ifland j the Hall oi Marza Majfetto^ and Marza grande are or Chamber of A^emblits where they fit thofe where at three fevtral tunes Jiave been budded, and fortified three Cities, and divers Forts continguons to eacli 0- ther. Adam the great Ma(l(r of the Ifte began firft, and foitificd it Ber^o the Eourg , which they fometimes call the victorious City, for having been fo well defended in Council, us curioufly adorned and pain- ted, where in their fights both by Sea and Land, as well at home as abroad, are lively reprefented, and this as aifo the Armory, which may on a fuddain arnie 20 or ajooo men, are in the Great Ma- flers Palacesihen the Churches of 5r. Paul, and St. foliH Patron of the order, the one againft the Turks. The great Mafler D? 40 the feate of a Bifhof, and the other of s W witli X* -J^w^/? fortified the \([c oi St. Michael, which is likcwife called Dr La Single, and De Valletta the great Ma/fer in i jdtf. be- gan to lay the foundation of the new City, after that the Turks were conftrained to abandon the feige, and Ifland of Malta ^ and this new City is likewife called Fal- Ittta. Prior, arc magnificent ; likewife the feaven Alierges of the Knights like (o many Pa- laces, where the Commanders of the fe ven tongues treat the Cavaliers at the cxpence of the Order. The Arfenal neer I'erto Reale it as well furnifhcd with ail forts of Munition as any in Chriftendom. Alfo the HoffitaloiSt.Johns towards the C4/?/f The Bourg is 2000 paces in Circuit, of St, Elmo doth merit fame, not only the Ifle of Seug\e 1 5 co, each of 1 000, or jo for its buildings which are curious, but for i2Cohoures, the one and the other fo theentCTtainmenttheregiventothorethac well forrifyed, that-they received 70000 fall fick, where x.\\t Knights thcmfelves Cannon fnot, and fuftained an incredible lodge when /?rit or tvouitdedto receivecure, number of aflaultsoftfo, or 70000 Turks, where they are exceeding well attended, The Arfenal for thcGaffjes is ypt in the have excellent good dyet, fervcd by tiie Bourg, but there refides there oncly Mai- funitr Knights in filvtr, and evey friday tefes , and Mariners , and in the Ifle of vifited by the Grand Mafler^ accompani- Sengle Mariners and Stuldiers of for- ed with the great CrofTcj : a fervice which rune. ^ was from the firft inftitution commaoded; and TheJpndofMALTA. I'i and thereupon called Knights HoffitalUrs. tliat they drew divers worthy perfons into Here are as Sandp faith, tliree Nunneries tliisfociety ; which by Pope GelafiHs the onefor r/rj/w, another for iJjy?4r^j, and fecoiid was much approved of. He faith, thcthird forpenitent whores. that one Raymond was tlie firft Mafterof TheCafiU of St, Elmo is at the end of this Order, who did amplifie their Canons, the City of r4//f//4 towards the fea, and and cntitulcd hiinfelf The Poor [trvtnt if at the opening of rwo Ports. During the Chri^, ahJ Guardian e( the Hojfital in fiegeof Maltt'xtViis taken, and fickt by ■ferufalem-^ and at the allowance of one the Turks^ after having wafted i8oco Honorius the fecond, were apparelled in Caji»t»lh0t^ given divers aflaults, and loft lo black garments, figned with a W'/;des. I A/4r/.(rf.' was taken from ther iniiSj. ol the Illc hath here his tefidcnce •, and Aicrc.n i2yi.l.£tle lefs then 200 years ncer the City is yet the o>«« and Mc. Codjxjoi BttUoin\MdcoxK{wrtithe chafpeloiSt, Paul Wiicre they believe he Holy Land, and this order began beforcj preached, and where he lay when he fuftVr- niter tl.c lofs of Aicre thty hved m Cjpriu, vdlhiptrracky and this place iscf great ac- from 1291. to ijcp. in which year they count among them. took, and fctledinitWw, and maintain- All thcfc Cities and forii have 150 cd it more then 100 years, fuftianing four U or jco pt;ccsofc4»w(»/ioii their R;:inpart-, feiges, till in i^iz.Sitttan Setymanbecjtne and their Magfzins are (o well piovided Mafterot Rhodes-^ they then retired into with Itwder, Shot, tl'otd, Biskct, Salt- ^o Europe, now into one place, and then in- about them, the antient City of Malta, Medina, that is the City as theft- of the Country fay, or according to others the nobleCity, is in the middle of the Illand, on an cafie afcending hill, and in an advan- Thc Turks ..flaulted 11 in I s ^ I . but foon reiu-ed. The Bilhop jo ijgious Icituation, meatSy and all Provifions, and Ammuniti- tn, that they call it Malta Eier del Mendt, Malta the flower of the World : being pro- vided alwaics with Ammnmtions and Pro- vifions for a three years fiege*, yet this is to be undctftood, not only btcaufe ot its Fortilicalnns,inA Ammunitions, but like- wife becaufc of its force, and theicfoluti- on of Its Knights. to another, and in fine to Matta^ wliich Charles the fifth gave them in 1 5 30. with fume little neighbouring Illes, as likewife the City of Trifotj in fi^r^^rjr .which they could keep no longer then 155 1. that place being too fit engaged in the enemies country. Thefe Knights arc of divers Nat ions, ind are divided into eight Tongues, to wit of This order ot Knighthood :i(.CQi6^in% la ^o Province, of Auvergne, of France, of Sanajs, received then denomination from John the charitable Patriarch of Alexan- drtai tliough vowed to St. ^$hn Eapti(t as their latron. Their fiift feat was the the Hofpital of St. ^thn of ^erujalem, built by one Ccrrard, at the fame time when the Europeans had fomething to doe in the Holy-Land, wliere tiiey received fuch good fuccefs, and became fo famous Italj, of Arragon, of England, of Ger- many, and ot Callite % io tiut the three firft are in France, and the laft in Cafitlei; each Tongue contains many Priories, and each Priory many Commanderies; thefc 5 Tongues wliich are in France,hive ncer 300 Commanderies. The other 5 Tongues f/aich are in Italy, Arragon^EngUndfiermairf, and Caflile, made neer 4c o. but there aie oo nkore 16 TheljlandofMALTJl. in^'jilJ' more in Enf^Uiid the Kings of En^lartti wli*n they confifcateJ the goods ot tlic Church, havitighkewifcfeizcd the^irW^ ;ind Commsndtrits ot the Knights of Malta-., and in Germany a ^a; t of thele Ctmmande ries being fallen into thchandsof XK/Af- rnwf ,and CalviHifls, fcrvc no longer ; fo that at prcfent France alone turnifhrs little lei's then half rhe Cemmanderies of Malt/t_ doefuicn nfniitof gilt //«>/, wliichcVifi flgnifie ilit l,e (l.tiilil dee no ignoble rdtion ioi j:ain, .ird tovaluecW^^nonu ;f thtn lint-, ;.iid thus with a 7ti fer in hish; nd Jie goes to Majs, where he is excited to Hoffttatiij, to works of /';>/;, redtn.pt:- on of Chripian Cuptives, ci^^. Alio lit ; asked wlienhtr he is refolved to livt 3- trong thtm, to quit the Authority ot If- And it hath been obfeivcd that from the 10 cularMaaiftiacy, toitvtngethcii )njui:ts, fiiftellablilhment of this Order, untothis whether lie be ctf' any pioltflion, wlitthir very pitfcnt, of 57 great Jtf.l m Senria, ij in Rhodes, and truLy obedient Itallmyftferinrs^ atfoitittd 9 in .V.f/M unto Father Paul ot Lafcaris • jo ^ Cod and this Order, to live tfit/xnt any ofevirv one there IS a Grand Prior, who thing of mine ewn,andwiihall to lire chafll) lives in i;icMt riputation in his Country, whoonii.stfio artaiisof their Order^ and for F.ngland, St, ^ohns by Clarken-^vell in times pall vas a niatilion of the Crand- Pritr. Tlieie are fcver.il Councels atnong tlic'fc Km^his, as that for deciding of dif- ferences which may liap}>cn among thtm -, which done htisitceived as a mcmbd ot them •, befidts other prayers, tity aie commandtd to fay dayly 1 50 Pater-i.ofttrs, for fuch as have been Ihvts in their IVdrrs. None aie admitted to this Order, but thofeascan prove their gentility for (ixi^e- fcents, which is examined and approved by the Knightsof their Nation apivoved the Councel of War, the General chapter, 3^ maina year upooapprobation, before they which may augment, 01 moderate the Aii- are admitted into the Society, where thejr thority of the great A/^/frr, renew the com«veryyoung,th3t they may the loon- ercometo a C°M»mr» they weare Mandilions qI Crimlbn with tliefaid White CrofTes fet behind and be fote, and about their necks they weare ;i «"7'' where he knecleth down, anddefircs the40 RibandwitJiabranchof theCrols. If one Ordinances and Goveinmem of the Jiehgi »», or theii Order, and which is held every fiveyears. The Ceremonies uffd in Knighting xu thcfewhichfollow-,fii ft being doathtd in a long loofe garmcntjienneth tothc/lltar ^P"- with a Tater in his hand of w/z/r? jf.ix. 7'/ ^ frf. fMmfd m ll< Order of the Ordinary •, then in the name of the Father, ihe Son, and the Holy chofl, herccciveth 3fwo;d, therewith to defend the Catholick C h'jrc h, to I cpulfe anil van- quifli the enemy, to expofc himfelt t o death for the Faith, to relieve the oppief- fed, and all by the power of theCiofs, whichisdefipuredby tliecrofs hilt, then is he girt with a belt, and thrice (frook on of t hefe Knights be convidled of a Capita I offence, he 1$ in the firlf place publmcly degraded in the Church ohVr. rfohf, wlierc lie received his A7»/f A/ AW; alfo ftran£;led, or thrown into the fea. There are of thefc Knights 1000, whereof 500 alwaies re- fide in this Ifland •, the other 500 difperfed tiiiougiiout Chriflendtm, at their leveral Seminaries, which Upon any fummons arc his fliouldere with his fword.whicli fignifies 50 to make their perfoiul appearrnce % evciy that he is cheerfully to fuffer rll affliftions for the honour of cAr/tf ; who taking it of him, flourifheth it a loft three times, as a provoktmcnt to the a^Verfary, and then fheaths it again. Then he that gives hiin Knighthood, doth exhort him to get true honour by laudable and couragious alli- ens, to be vigilant m the Faith, &c, tJitn two other Kntghts of the laid order. Nation doe feed by thcmftlves in then fevcral jflierges, and fit at table like Friers, Of thefe there be 16 of great ailtfiority ( Cnnfellors of State, ) called the Great Croffes. out of whom the Officers ot their Order, as the Marfhall, the Admi- ral, the chancellor, the Mafter of the HoJpitaH, (ire. are chofcn, and who toge- ther which theMafier punilliebthetrani"- grtflbrs ^'^^awwi(ww"i»i»).<» wi« J inn . ' ■ Ji ' .<«n^„ fi/r/, wl.ii licet li I'lic no ignolik- iluef7«Wiion^(.it.' Trtffrin hislund lie is excited to rittj, ifddrft;- , cJ^f. Alio lit :s folvcd to livt a- c Auilioiitydtlr- tngctliciiiniuiic, ottflion, wlittlur iriMtny, or vciwni h having anlwn- lie receipt ot tlic tins order : Ivtw leihe Virgin Mat) tnd it St. ^pl'ii hthtlftfCea, 19 te ftrinn^ aPfoinld Q live mthfut 4hj iifi4lllelnc(fi.tjlh id ;is a mrmbii ot prayers, tity me f i^oFattr-r-cfltrs, jvfs in their IVitrrs . > this Order, but • gentility ♦di lixi't- ined nmi apinoved r Nation-, tliy u- >bation,beJortthfy lociety, where thty Ithey may the iuon- »w at home. Tlu;r ,art black clo.iks, rsot fine iinmn In lut in time ot IJ'jr iji Cnml'on wiili Ut bchinii and be necks tliey wearc a thtCroJs. It one ^ideilota Capital ft place pubhkely ot.Vr.Jo''^, w'lcre W; alto ftrangled, There arc ottliel'f ot 500 alwaies re- tther joodiOpetfeil at their leveral nanyfummons are appearriKCj tveiy hcmCclves in tlie- fit at table like _jrc be 16 of great /■5»4»r,) called the 10m the Officers ot arfhall, \\\c Admi- le Maftcr ot the n, and who togc; punilhei the trani- grcflbrs - Thelfleiof AFF%IQA, tf greflorsas aforefaid, Now when iVtGrut to tfie King of Frmt^ are for the moftpart Hi{ttr hapneth to dyr, they fuffer no taken here. vdfel to goe out of the Land, umill ano iherbechofen, Icaft the ?ott rtiould in- tiude on their eleftion, which is thus per- lormcd j Thefeveral 5r.wi/Mr/« nominate two Knights t and two alio are nominated for the EngU}) s and 'hcfc i fl from among themfelves chofc 8, and thcfc 8 chofc a This Ille of c7 z /< was taken, and pillaged by the 7«/i(r;in ijji, who car- ried neer4coofoules Captives, there re- maining a! moff as many. At piefcnt it is reftored, and theCaftle well fortified, and all the approaches of the Ifle defended with fome Forts. Its Covtmor is one of Kmghi, n Priefl tindi Frttr jtrvtnt^ and i o the A'wijAr/ whom the ^r4«i i»/.//?rr fends they three out ot the 16 gntt Cr«ff{s,t\i(i tronuhrcc years to three years 5 the Inha- the/rM» Ma^tTy who being thus choftn, bitants fpeak Ar»h,ox Merefce, as at Mdlta^ s ftiled Tht w#tf illuftrttui dnd mo(t re- vtr'ndPrinct, tne Lord Frier AAY. great Mafter tftht Hofpital oiSt. ^ahn ot /fr»' \tUrn, Prince of HaUa wAGtzt. The ifint Mafitr, being thus chofen, and re- ceived with thefe a.id many other noble ceremonies, hath a great power over all the Commanders and Officers of the or- ier; heaffembles ihe Coitnulls, callithc officers of ^ftfiice, wiio excrcife in his name, and execute under his/f j/i he Cojms Mintjy dilpofes of 7ri.ifurt^ irftprijans, and lentenccs the/wA;, pardons ttic ctn- I itmHfd,cte3tei Knights of Cr4ff, confers c- ven to theeighth dignity of the great Cr$ji ^c. In the CcnnctU and at TMe he (us under a Canopy ot State, and is brately have the lame manners, and arc all Ca- tholtques, Likewife LA^PeDOSA, and £ /- No S /lor Limofd diftant liom Malt4, a- bout loooco pacts, belong to tlicle Knights, but both are efteemed defart. Weft of thtm, and towards the Cdfe Ben-iiithe Ifli- of PantiUria, which be- Ioi.gs not to the Knights, but to the C*- tholiik King •, but becaule we have noi re- membred It before, we will here fpeak a word of it.ItsCi:cuit is about 30000 paces. Its City, and Port regard Stcily towards the North; and A/j/r4 towards theEaft. Above the City is a CafiU or Rocle, which nature hath made craggy, and inacceffible on all fides. T he Land bears little Ctrne, ittcndcd, and ferved by Knights accord- jo quantity of ?•//?, MiiKitchin-htrh; pro Bg to their order, and without Fee, and doth all the afts of Soveraignty , and hath 1 1 great revenue to fupport his dignity. BeHdes Mtltd, the Crett Mdfitr, 2nd UticKntghts of JUdltd poffefs the Ifles of I Cuming and Cumttt which are very little; ftrfeldo: Fnrfmrdy which is but a Rock, i ( and when they would jeR with any among them, or play on fome young Knight^ they duceth abundance of Cotton, AHnijeeJi, Ftggs ,MeUns Xdfers And excellent Grafes^ &c. The mdnners, hahu and tongue ot the Ifldndtrs retain much of the Metres, yet they are all dtholinues like to Mdln, and under the yice-Rty of Sicily. In themidft ofthelUand, andinaCivf isafy/f.which exhales continually an obfcure vapour, which fpreading it on all fides on the u\\himPrtn(eoiftrftU,)TM\tteotCtz,4^oXDck, diifolves into water, and diftiUs .1: L.L.^-..< w./>.. .^L^ .k.r.ri.»( ^^,|,j, jmi, abundance, that it turnftieth all the Inhabitants have need of not only for their drink,and other ufe5,but for their Bedfts •, nor is there any other frelh water in the Ifle, the Land being dry, red - dilh, and fo hot that a naked foot can fcarce fuffer it. For the reft the Knights of Malt* are al- ways in Armes againft tlie Moves, Maheme- tnountainous is peopled not by VtUdgest^otdns^ wA^\t\\*iPjrdtes oi\.\\c htedittrrd- but by Hamlett, and /tm/m fcattered here nidn fea, and by their expeditions with and therc,the dire being very eood,andtIj|| thofc few GdUies , they have delivered out ;h many ftremtis. Itnnay 1 01 which the Grtdt Mdfier takes the title of frinte; this is the Gdnlos or Gdudos of the Amients •, and to this day called Gdnf ditch by us inhabitants, and Gdnfdefch by the Mitres, k is about 6 ot 8000 paces from jKi/rj, and about joooo paces in Circuit, its forme approaching an Oval. Its Ftr- irtfsiioaia uncommanded hill, and the Town beneath it \ all the Ille though 5 iy« It If IT I. hnd watered with many I alTift MdUd with '\iiCtrne,-Trints,Mntttn> , Hires, Ftmit, Hinej,&c. they take here excellent FduUtns •, and that which is pre- ftntcd to the Vice- Roy of Sialy in the ^aimeohhegrtatMdJleroiMdltd, and for Miltd, likewife tholtwhich are ptefcnted tnnay of their hands a great number of chrifiian Captives, reduced many Mthtmetdns to the Chrifiidn Faith, maintain iheit Armes in good reputation, and on all occaiions which prefent themlelves, whether of their own , or with other Princes of chrifiendtm, they freely employ and X X venture Si vcnf ui c botli their lives and ^ooJt in favor ot Cfj t^iiins in general and particular. *#/?- wliat.'uviit the Hiftoi/ot"thisOr4w,fecond Ton to ATmA, which diverfityot its Pirroci»ets, and the wan- may make us judge it the fecood in great- toncfs of its little Monkeys, ^c. recom- tiefs and goodnefs. Its firft Monarchies penccrhemifctuefKhich other ^m// may have been knowa before thofe of Enrtfty doe. ^ fome wdl fay befor* • aofe of Afia. Arts, Acd though thereare as yet fom'e people Sciences, Letters,* £4»j, have been in fierce, and Man-eaten.^ the moft part of great repuutioo her^ before they palfed theothers are very ingeiuons, and tra^a- uuo Greece or th ..of Enrife. blc. The £^//i4« have long fincefuffici- Thefe rcafons - therefore induced entiymade known their cunning tn Set- us to give among th three parts otour ernes, Arts, atidArmt, (o have the Car- io CentitHnt, thefKoadphce to Africa, thaginians, ^c, and the Antients eftcecvod An fi mod innocent and rid , belitving the ct with them, my particulars wot- AffriC4 s what City le magnificent then gher Egjft ". Then ■ middle f Or A- n the lower •: Out vas ever richer, more Moud then C Af- tome i and at prc- :''d, that there is no parewith it) though ;o compare to c 4U ig the Seven Won- (ome place three m r«r of MEM SON R AMIDES ncer HAMUSoi Altx- urs, Siffrtn^ CorrdI, ty Ctffcfy C*ffr$y o n Alphabetical Table OF THE \^ngims, Comtreys, IJlts, Trtvinces, Ctties, Ttmns, and Torts, MENTIONED IN Affrica. ir(, thst the PUets th»t trt Printed in Jtalick Letters, 4re Cities, T»»ns, Ports, &c. Thfe in Xumtn LetUrt,0H Prtvimestljlesti^t, And thofe in Csfitdl Letters, tre Xin^dtms, Ctnntrejs, lAfiftca. ' • A. I tMunm. Attui. • ftftnUm. Kivt. VoU»'^f«W. Folio. 1 Folio. Ctftt .«J;- m. |i Atftln. f{ B»«(frM. 1< Cpc St. Luda, «; 47 AniU. ■ 4 BtMM. 44 C-t^fcfa. )i 57 AM. 10 ttftniu. a* C'i^.ryl(i(«r. 7 7( ABrniion, ft BrttyM. t/(«f. |o BijiVi. 1- t°jri(kii,'*< § Al£«r. Ahl Avium. >7 BILLBDULOIRID Arjfulit. 4t «4 BlCcm. M Cjrmt. 17 •4 If ni«>uri{r. ir.fi carnj. «e AnfulimM. )i B««m(. >i9i>4 Ciriana. tf l« AuMd. 4i lt7>i| ll. .1 r>^/4. «i ' a*r.. «*' t.'r^fiii4. (1 J« 13 lijgUMilti. tl Biivj. J7i«».«» i.#/ir«<. *o »« mu4miit». <4 Bu|4ai. J* klM»ra<. 74 II BAadcCibni. J7 Bytii. «•. ■ 7i >>>( C'*ftirt. }t JO BttiMticItUu. 57 mex*. 47 Crtfift. •f fl BilUcci*. }' C 11 ,1.1. ibil. 44i1* BiiMrki*. 71 Bwa. ii CI-UMiW. IMt »• Bonha. Oiicanga. <« »» ■Iir»*r<. f7 »l«. 9 khi/dil. S« }0 BARBARY. < JiaUMM. i| «7 BARCA. »l, jo C. Ciru. 14 "=••' II Bannciliu, n OmO .if A B E X. J7 ' ll B C»aft t A 1 A N. << I0 Birrdu. «o Coaftof IVORY. 47 M BMrvj. t). f7 C4(mt«M. »7 CMftof 2ANCUCBAR. f» Bam. 5> Cxoo^o. tfOio Cauici. ;}>(! Ck* Jc Tcltlt. :{ ««>«» Bma. «o CAFRERIA. <4 C')i cnu. 4} u 531 fl Cairo. }5 C>m«ra. 67 u H Ctiu. 10 Ct>m»r«. 1* )i>4 »l BmM. 1% CmiU. «7 Ct' htrit. 57 «7 Bnt^U. iti C'MUr. <4 ta-r )9 ibid. «o CANARY ISLES 7' Co tt*. )o «> at CtnJiU. »5i" CrutK. <4 »T ln^-.4rM. ID canine. 74 Ci4mt. <^ V . »7 Bcnibdlcii. !> Ca»«. 4i oca. i< «4 Btni^anit. ibid. Canum. iUJ Cai<;>ir. 9 o Captd NttUlei. ibi... [i.^miH. ibid. I 1 ■ Caiifi- A TABLE. F«U* K'elio. * ,. ^H Cunii tnnjuiiut. to atJitHm. f> L w^A/i. SI atti. ."^ »» W«jj4. '^♦' J^p Cxnthoi. ' 4f Fulio. M(U. ^B ^ Gttbti tl T AM. il, 19, ») 1 y Littrr. 47 MiMlla. H Utritlum. »} Af(t(iiim4. HA"j«v/'. T\A fu. u Otrmt. 4» l4iu«4. 7» M»t««i(. H^i llt.D.I. \_J Dimlxi. Ibid. Otfirs. >i Lamnn. |fi fl Mallib. VtmUU. »8 G/>f|f/. «I I.»inf><>lnr.t. i 1 Muilu. ^BiiimmA. Dm^di. |> akirlit.i». U I.jiufloii. 74 Mirt. . ^bwi. Djmuiit. . - >) Uhir. 44 LAND of NEGROES. ^■■i»*lt' Dandll. (ii H Gijqud «f Jtfgll. fi 44 ^Hii«9 Otmvt. It £.t.(buil. ■ 19 MOROCCO. '^Ki' OcH^^l$. «0 ii"-- M*[4lt. ^Kti O.iiidr. » GiyaiM G*ij. u M*f4t$m4nn. M»ult. C ■*'^'' '" Ci atiolt. 7i \ 1 A4lt. 1, Mntt. ^^t r*.. r/i-»'j«i4i«x »i GiiaihJt. i^\i\lMttri. ii MtX4mbnk4 ^K« EGYPT 11 Gtudcnum. Ji, MiUru. J7 M«umbltlif-Novj. ^^B|r'< Biidtjo. •) CluUn. 4f 1 tiiUHt. , i| 1 M»i4mlii.|uc. ^Kl. Kl.chnhu- lo CuiUij. ikkl. 1 M*,i4U II MkfhiiU. ^Bi ll> Oiuimi. f« M««U». }7 MutiUttu ^■^ KHium^t. M Gujijttit. 11 MiJagakar «r f 1. LMTtqM. 6] ^H E(|i>nith4. y Oil4riiill}lll. 7 MlJtri. 71 Mull, ^B/>i<^ SfllKMNlM >biJ. Gubtr. 4* .H4ir»|«». ti MulUn ^Hkbwji Cl-Honli. >7 Omtuth. 4 1 Miglduir. 1 ; ^Hi El«>bJii. >< Gjtigufla. }i Mdttxtn. 10 N. ^Hi Cl-«iii». $■ to CiKrtucrc. [ J Mtirnt»t Stmit. ibid. C U I N Y. MiTmtr4. 1 1 ^■jii'ri*. Emtitn. IJ. »7 GUIANA #r V 7 Af„. ^■yi(rli. EMPIRE •/ ib< A B Y S- 4« MllUttf. «| 7 MikmU. tfo,<4 IN N.„a. ^|i>:')4;. SINESo'ft'rHIGHER Caul4. Nai^i. ^Hiaxia. >FTHIOPlA. (1 1 |M»ln. 77 Nttriu. ^m^'IHit. EMPIRE •/ ik< ABYS- ■ H. Mt*il4r». <7 Ntcab. ^fc 1). pl»rl. SINES «r■^( LOWER muf4tt. ibu. Si(4m. ^K^^hriflifbtrv. if-THJOPIA. }l TJ Ab., 14 Mindin^ut. 4< Nfffiu. ^Hli CUia. Cria/t«. ibiJ. 54 MitiK out. ] f it ^■lUux. Erwi. )0 NM'Jxi.. t ', M44I. Uuft. , «7 ^■m. tjtt, ,1 rrrif. 14 HiX<'J. «( Mani'jura. ' ?7 Nubit, ^h"* H'<''4<<* 1 f Jfjuani. J t NUEIA. ^Hl^ff. Hilt. 44 Mirtimu. ll Nm. ^HRm^^i. F. Hmt. JT M4Tm4ii*. «7 N«li]uibu. il, i},>o Nuoni Panita. ^^pru. rAUdt. fg Htn[kU. ly M4rx<. , 77 ^Buhu. r fitctli. ji Haiti ^ul. it, \ 4 M4t%j4ar4*it. 1% ^B"^ fitisirt. J J Hafcuii. 9 Mtrt4 Mtplit. ibiJ a ^Bairi. r^.'higi. ]i Uta ikui. ««f^i Sirmi. ■)■, •MH tr-njnjPoo. ji Htltl. i> Mafca^cnhc. Mataman. £oi <4 f.Mu, Feixcn. j} Humin. ill 19 Mtt4t4M. 6j f. ''^Uiii Kj>.u Fium. J J Huctgucla. II Muhtn. fa Fo«y ., . 47 M4tiH* to ryAintMm. tttitUt. If I MiuiKc af XI. ApnUlnt. <7 Foilul.-. Il Maya. . i| F*vt. * 11 Btrgo. 7« Ptvufit. lUulugtitn. 9 M(d». Co Ptinht. 1 -■- — — _ VJ «'/«• IK iUf*. 17 Imtiugen ibid Miitt4l. 70 Pfoda. , Johannii dt Luboa. CI M(d«4. 10 Pifur4. 7tii ite tttt. 45 Mtfcr. J 7 «f7«M. • . 71 Puit4S4*Ht. ftini. ^j Piicuiua. CiliiJ. ,; ' «o hi. 60 Mclrgucw. ' 47 Ptnult Cdvitti. OtUimr. e? KUiof CAPE VB RDE. Mtltmb4. . «4 F'rl>itN4}n. iUUut 6} «« Mtl€t4. >l ^arr* Jtra/f. Mcliana. il| if, 10, ai fntt f4nHf. ri 'nrbellun. at K. Mclindi. )«, (1 fUtigrt. (iirbia. 37 MiUiU. 1 f Piaya. tiJrrcr. | ^ jr Anih4. 44 ««»;. 4f Princci lOind. <''*rSi. . iblJ. OifiJla. . , sJ>lure. M.>inbau. MliuhifUt. Monii. Mnmlf. MONO EMU 01. , MONUMOTAl'A.| MOROCCO. M$f*limtm. M»t*lt- Mtiirr. Meiimbulic-Novi. I MLiuml>i>)uc. j MnthtiU. Mullia*. B IlltVI. in.b.i. N. i\ Hut: h4- HtViu. N«c „y.r. Fulio. *o J» »7. I* JJ>J« «0 *> <■ «4 W >1 »» »9 74 »y 7» »? <• 71 »» o Libi. ..(•li. Iji ii; L.(.,lMf. ": il. fhtti. iLl.K. Kill lu hHirti, u 4' l» <7 7» «l »7 (4, i<. Stl,t\rimtfit Si.ii1. Tcitiin. Ttxii. T'H' 1 utft. Ti|ii(nuh.in. Timtltmt ri*it. ri»t«i'4 Tim. Itbtlht r«<(i. Fo'u. 11 M '4 1 74 Jl 44 J» ll.li >7 »» W 9 T 9 41 9 1 1 i- y II 9 7 It.i.1. it, l« 74 m, 19,10 10 9 a }» 3) M ?» 9 !• U)i.l. «4 ?> »{ M 61 *l M ;' 6l 5 1 4! »7 J» Timbui. rir$»bdr4. Tiiii'u. TRU'OL\. rill'. riili>|u^(iM. ri>ii, «r 4f ll I» >f 71 •4. M If 47 M. «• Y Pi»f/Mril 7. ZAH ARA 2iit.iri- /ilNJ. Zinfirl. 7. A N .' U B B .\ R /.b. /.tfali. /.filiej. iTf/'/*. /« ^ imbut, ^imht. Z»at. Zu.'mori. Zui|^i, lnUi. ZkniTt. (»,l «7 4t>44 u Pi4irJMini. Pilmi Pantutlei. P»if. ftv*. Ftvif**- Pcmb*. PciuIj. Pi&uiiM. FtrititCtvtBu. Ptrit UH*)n. r,rn Ritlt. Ftrf Still*- ttXttltt. Puyi. Piincft Wtai. Truui. PlItlfM m FINIS. *i^- \ •«-*s- i«^v >, ^ w il iii I «i w§'>'iimm-jmmw^^\ L.,'>k .■ iT-' SfiaimaLr ^^m^i^L/^s^imt. .^it-mnss^ ??^irv^s" . . /Wk^Slf)^^«^rvy?^^.X «>* \wiA ■>- ^ -h -rrTTT-fPfi^t^ A *F?,, "^aosB^^iiimmtitsas. WMfmmiSauaKk>JA VA ST. -.V ../r'U ^rt \ . A/?i sssmsi^^^ittiwwiwmfm^sam ^-•^i/Sj^ ■•'r -^^ AI^FC^^ 7^ T ^y ».-»,« «-K .»i n i,^ ml, h ii r ■' '5r^.y AT C H -*" ■'f'-h.'-'x \ K / "*.- O c i:/a ^^ \'Part ^imct- JIN -AH J J> • .;^A^>. i>;^./.K\ ol ¥^^mr^^. !«■«. r^l sa/of ./iA''v^«'/i*5 iv«;* \*Si ////m' \^, r7/i?Vl ^>< vrot J5/^ U^^ Jjy -Vj V «•■ ^OUfftt. »«a!^ !*«», <>. •??«. i»OiVi!'' <$/«?' rffe -^Mirta »] '':rr ov 'f0U.^ »«<•* -^ A., i, '(.tnorcii J ncora. iftt^, H, Lo'tna fS^n Ju, '«*i»l ^ OJ'j ^a^f/7 • ^^- %^ ■.i^ > )r F R ;>/. .v7>- /T f ^5- 4a • / ui -ut F«. i;r w I ^a*^"^ 'm^'1%: EUROPE. The Third Part. "W^Wir -ti,«»Simjj__, -"^l£: **r- -— . ""*- >»fg-^ yii"*' [2 the moft SittthtfH s add £ U- X OPE in regard ol than, is between Nmhtniwtl^i to wit, HTV^ of -,« i / y< , and Nmh of *> /> FtitCA. I{ tt for she moft ^^art bounJcd by the U M o P E 5m of MMrmtrt , of old Pr$fimu % the is one of BUek-Sts or Mtrt-Mijtr, oi o\d P0ntm the Three £ •xi*** ; and the Jm of Z«^-»f •<, ot old Parts ( MdOtuPslm. CtHttm,. , bcwttnthc /ItchifeUgt, and the Jm of of which J- .^UrmarM, is the Siriifht of G*Oifoli^ othcr- .t / A makes v. ife the Dtrddntliti C*/iUs, or yf riw of St. the moft pttrgt,oi (AdHtUtjktntm. Between the gH(!ir» % Std of MtTDurt and tht Bldtk-StM, is the AFl'mCA ^<^Strnghl ot Ctn(tt»Untflt ^ or ChtnntlQl the BUck-StM, of oIJ Bi>]fh«nu Thratim. Between the sUdSra, am^ the 5^4 of Zdl>*^i»ty mhtSirtightoi Ctfftot Ftj}f- *$, ot likrwife the >4fM of Sc, ^«&ff> of ok! ftffhtrM Cimmfrim. Then the Rivers of i)M, of old Td- Htu \ of If>/f4, of old Kkd ; and of obj, of old CiTumijte , complcat she Divi- iion of Surtfe from if/fj , by drawing a •i, D,'.S f tmtd. mtiKty and the Mtdtttrniutn'Stt • That »o Linefrora theone tothe other. wiuch we trail the StptmntnMl, frti.fti, or The fcituation of F.Mr0ft is between the StffkisM OftM on the Strih v artd the o^ ttdmtai Of AiUmuk (Ktut, ur Crr4 into tiir Mtdsierruum , feveral '^irarkts bctwwn warn hiverni 3 J and 7» Degrees of untudcs and be- tween the to and too of l.$ngttutit. Though It fill not all this fpace, its Lttt-^ tudt Ihews it tobealmoftall in the Ttmft- rttt Xo*e\ atKl that it hath nopartwitnin or approaching thcr#rr*i, but fome pari under or near t ne Frtz-tn Z0Ht. ButtlteOffM. together with the divers th?iir Stm, aad a great yoStat which encompals and divide the pans *.wiaajtl^\ to wit, of Etrtft, have given fo great an advant- that they are longfincc Alt be- Fif»ft pc«n» mr^ 't^ -inkffii^y^ M Mtre t^timm > the age to it* ft fit. jimtl So. r.M« WW tmi. .y become the noft expert in the World in moft Weftero ibd Nottheta Pamof Arts and Seitnett } as alfo in >frj«/ and Jfcritr. Militivj Difciftint, Tne Rtligms, or rather diiTcrent 5r/7/ j^;;;;;' i Wc vtrill coniider £«r«fr in Nine (or of Mtlintu, (ChnAtMstj being profcfled ••t"^*! Three tines three) principal Parts : And through almoft tilEBrtfi) are likewife of thefe Nine^the Fuft three (hall htSfstH, Three moft general ^ to wit,The frmtftm Itdfy, and the Eftates of TBrkj in £«r«f < i Rtligint hath fpred it (elf alone, and every- and thefe poflcTs the Smhtrn part ot E»- where, where the Tuttnick T$iigiu is fpo- rtft. The Second three Parts (hall be ken^ befides in divers other places. The ffAHtt, Ctrmdtff, taiPritHd, and thefe 10 Jl«a»M(r4//^//fj( is almoft alone, and rvery- po(re(s or take up the middle part o( En- where with the LMiHt Ttnpt, and is like- rift. And the Third, or laftof thefoid wife conferved in fome places of theother three Pans, (hall be Sctadnuvity where T$»ptti, as in part of Gtrnnmj , ttUnd, are the Eftates of DtHmtrk and Smdtm s and in divers places of lurkj in Eurtft, E»ft* aHm or Mifttvu, and the Iflcs ol {Sthifm alone, ami evoy -where among the CTt*t Bnmn ; and thefe three Parts arc /><«//<> fpeaktng 5f/4'i/M/Mand(7m/(.)Tlie the nwft advanced towards tlie North. Mdhmmttsm Mrltgim is among iheKsttrgl As to the leveral finall Ides of E-irtfe, I 7»rks of Eunte y but anongft them m (hall conpiehend them under one or the ret^lt (though fi^cA uwothem) frhich other ot thefe Three Parts, and that ac- ao are both Erntft^mt , MmuH CdtkilKki, cording to their Icituation or vicinity uiito them. And of thefe Parts in order. Obferving the method, the three South- ern Parts ot Emti^ are ftmmfutdet , and divided the onefrom the other: The throe Parts in the middle, and more intheC«Mij< Hint, are coiUinguous one to the other: and the Northern Parts diftant (rom one another } oncistorthegreateft pare in di- vers fttutfmLut, the other in MMm-lsmi, p andtheladisallinines. Befides thefe Nuie Parts, there will re- main fome Eftates betwern Ffdmt , Gtr- mtMj, and /r4/ji \ likewifc fome Eftates between Cerrtnitj, ftUud, Turkj, and .w*/"- c»vtd •, as alfo fomr Lands and Eftatrs in Tarky, which we (lull dcfcnbe as occadoo prefents. But before wc proceed to the Parts, let as yet fpeak one word in general, That and Schifmstnkt, But let us proceed to Its I'atts according to our intended Ord(t or Mttkfd, and i hcO the Firft is Sfdim. ST AI 0^ AMong the Southern Parts of ft r#f#, SftiH extends it felf fartheft to the Weft, and is almoft quite mcompa(fed with theo^r^j*, and the Hi i.rrMatdm- Ses, to wit, with tlie OctM to- wards the North- Weft , and part of the South i and with the UtdittrrtittMSu towards the Fad, aodin paitto'.rardstlie u> jvi ip.-i» ^..^ ««.u ... 6VHV1-4, 1 in jjo South. Between the North and the Eaft, there are three principal T#«5f««, and as «is continguous to tht c$miiunt]t where many principal RtUgmn in E»r$ft, For T»ng»ts,t\\eL»tiHi^ i\\eT»inu(k, and the StltvtmtH , are at prefrnt the moft com- mon an-i general in £»rtff. The LdttMt extends it felf into litty, Frinct, and Sftt»t though in divers / ^^'^ Cmttitau, and fervcth as i SmdeUml The iiUxtmtn Ttngut is in Defence and Bound for this Kingdom and PiUnJ, I40fitvi, in a good part of Turkj Er*Mt. in iHTift^ and iikewile in Btkemm, d-c. though ftill in leveral iditm and DisUUt. Thcottie; Tm^xtoI £«r«/f are much le(s general-, as ihr or/fit, the AikdiuM, the MuHgtriM , and the Ttrttrifaiu in the Eafterii parts otBirr*pf. Andlaftly, the Thefe Mountains are inhabited bjr a fort of rude and barbarous People \ and theft Hills on the (ide which regprds Ft4m< , are naked and baren^ but thffidct towards Sf4m, arc fertile and ««eU ckittbod with Wt$d\ and on this fide is fated Mmutvsl- Bafifut, wtlfh, injk, and lafUitdifk, la the U$, htuom for the batni hert lowght b> the ta Paruo{ ffetm Still ^^Z"\ og profcflied *>i<"of>.\ arc Ukewife he frtuflMt ;, and every- ntgpt isfpo- ;>lac«. The r,andpvery- , and tf like- iof theother MJf, /#/W, \j in £»r«pr. TC among the 1 OrM*.)The ; the Ntftrtt igft them ut them) which m C4»h*li'^t% us proceed to (tended Ordtr \ IS 5f 4M. I J V G Parts of !• iifelf faitheft ' s aUnofi quite , and the Ht I tl»e OciM tth ad part d the UtttrMm*»-St* a;t towards the hand the Eaft, }tintnt\ where pjute it ftoni rtchesttfeii to whkh is the tjLB-lit to the cs j^«i( from fMU are that , that omreth ^^ id fervith as a s Kingdom and aiNcedbyafort ple^ andthcfr i^fidatowards 1 cloKhed mth atcd MtHttvtl- heretovghtb]) the € \ *- 'Ol. u . • ir^**— J '^Am.^.4 j~jf* G'! ttic^'M \ ..J- IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) ^ 1.0 I.I lAilM |2.5 |50 ■^~ ■■■ 1^ 12.0 Hi I |l.25|jl.4,,.6 < 6" » Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREiT WEBSTER, N.Y. 14SM (716) •73-4503 ^ ,<.%.. "^^4^ h w i\ \ v^ i\ tS '^ iflwi" ^' J *ViMin^- about lOQO flie. The hi orcoatiouci CMUfy 00 t day, one ma Ui TKefeM called rrom( ' of one Biir ravifljedbyj k Sfdi» tal ' (which thot been alwayr; CuneCoDtii 3j Degree i4''",'wijich hom Sooth Degree of fourth, whi And this is and LtHit It isfcuv of the Not moft in ih( Climats t day is I J h< *rhi$C( ' facile in C< afmallfize andasthei the Inhabit their cheif which the 1 are To exp TUjh^ they Vmsy vc tafte byt us they at their Olim I difh: But C«r» and J fmdititt\ Matdls, . wuck, Sm] Cmttkler, Umk-tkk which the; filthtrds , Ltdd, Tn skiiu , an ftom ?rm C»n^Li» 1,44 Cm* Ctrut Ci Fin-'turt Andfion Mwufafti Sfsmi $^Ati>^ ttie Prmif againft the j/mt/ } ia whicb, tts , whence came the iune of CtUikri^ abooc soooo of the Frtntb were nude to Ss*l^ <^tlf* *i ihttm \ then the rhsmei- flic The hiftheft part ot thefeMount«ins» *nt and C»rthtpiA»m 'ooUbSki the nioA or continued Ridge of Hilb , is Mount Soothern parts , and tnofe nearcft to Af' Cuuut 00 the fwnniet of which, in a clear fric*^ and endeavored to make thenifetvd day, one nuy fee both the Seas. Maftereof ailtheCodrtit^. Thejr«w4Mi Thefe Mountains are feigned to be fo drove them out, and totMt it whdly } called irom one Pjrt»t^ a Ujmfky Dmighter and in the dedenfion of their Empire, the of one BtSrixy who was here faidto be Cttts, Fdtidaisy Steves y 4hms, and5»i taviihedby/?«rM^/. lo //>f» fetled here, and parted ic among i SfdiM taken conjoyntly with PartiigMl !^" (which though a particplar Kingdom, hath been always taken as a Member of the liune Continent) extends it fclf from the 3; Degree of Ldtimdey unto ahnoft the i4''>,'vniich are about aoo Freiub Lec^ues, ftom Sooth to Norrh ( and from the nineth Degree of Lnigitii(U unto the twenty fourth, whicii are t jo and odd Leagues, them : The Gttht in theend remained fole Matters, till fuch time as the Umi van^ qui/hed them, and forced them to retire to the Motmtains of Letiiy the AfinftMj and GdBidM. Chdrles Mtrtii having defeated thefe Mtirs in Frsntty and afterwards Charlt- Mdin having made War upon them in Sfdin s the Getht began to take breath. 7ht Voori xMifl-td If lit Outh>, And this is its utmoft extent of X4r/r«if ao and to Tally frcn the Mountains, and by ;moftSonthern!yparc fifcrate Zutt, and al- and LtHit»Jt. It is(atuate in the of the Northern Temferau ooft in the midft of the Fourth and Hxth Climttti 1 fo that the longed Sumucis day is I { hours. This Coumrey is found to be not over ' fiertile in Cir» nor CtttUy which are but of 1 fmall (ize, but the FUpi exceeding fweet « little and httlerepulfed, and in fine, drove thefe Motrs out of SptiH, which yet they efieded not, but in the fpaceof 7 or 8c o years j during which time, feveral King- doms were formed in.Tf4i» to the number of Fourteen, which were afterwards redu- ced inro Three Eftates, and then fdl under one Government atone y but it was foon divided into two or three, asweK-nefeen andastheCountrey brecdethbut few. fo 3° within a Aiort time, and as they wee 150 the Inhabitants order their dyct thereafter { and odd years ago. their che^ food being S*utts and FrtitSy wluch the Earth produceth \ in which they are fo expert, that with a (mail peece of TkRif they will make two or three feveral Lijhtty very excellent andpleafing to the twe. byreafonof ihc Jetfimtirs 3od S ft- as tney are compofed of « and above all, their oUams are efteemed as an excellent ThePeaplt now inhabiting in SfM»an of a Swarthy Complexion, Black haired, and of a good proportion : They are very ftarely in all their actions, of amajeftical gate, not altering their pacv', though dan- ger purfues them at their heels: Thry are very grave and ferious in their carriages; in onces of Piety, very devout : They M- 7*- fir, . mn. Ark. fim.&c >t ilu in- niirdl. ' dilh : But is recompcnce of the defe^l of 4° know how to deport themfelves when their C«r«and f/ir/l, they have feveral rich Cm- betters areinplace^ and tothe A'm^ very mNlititss OS Wints^ojlsy S^gdrsy Ctvaai obedient, true, and loving : They are pa- Mtttdls y Kitty Ctrky StJd BdtrtBid, Shu- tient in adverllties, not given to alter their mscky Suf, Anchtvts, HtBtjy Wdx, Wsdiy refolutions •, in Wdr they are to^ deliberate, Cmandtr, Sdfm, AnmfteJsy RdifimSy Al- and their Fit* is efteemed better then their mndst Ordsigts, Ltmmmu, litttrii, Wnly Htrft : They are much addidled to fVmtit ; Ldmi siJMy Bdm Silk, Ttkutt, &t. For they are great vauniers and braggers, and which they receive from Eiigld»dyHtrr$i^Sy are exceeding proud, though fcarco maftets tikhdrdsy NtmUuid Fifh , Iri[k Sdlmt»y of a Siiigle Ridty which is but Six pence Ltdd, TsMHy Strgts, BtVyStjSy Cdhts- ^ofitrli^gs feeding themfelves with a foolifh ikim , and other Eiuulb ManufaSures. fanfie, That their Chiluren may come to From .'rMn they are furnifhed with Pi/cr, be great perfons. The Wmen oie very CtrmyLinntHSyCrt. VtomttUiulj and the fober, difcreet, and loving to their HtU' Md^ Cmntrtj , th» are provided with tdiub , they are indifferent handfome and C«r«i Ctrddge, MdftSy Tdfr, Bdp»t Pitch, ' clear complexmned. Firr'hdrdi, Udftsy and other 7V«^r, &c. In Matters of RtUgitn they are Rmd» And ^n Itdtj, with Mdtf-Sitk and feveral CttMtksy in which, tney are very devout, Manufadures. and ftrift, not admitting the publick ex* Sfdin received its firft People from Ctl- ercife of any other Mtligint throughout the whole 4 STAiy^ , wbde Kingdom flf Sfm : So indajgeot the Birth-place of King tMif thi Second to the rifty li^t i](e save the ir«y the tirho ereOed a CtBtt^ (otthtMjlkF^, oamfQhnemi&e^MiekXiiig. fipiett-Fa^itivu: Thirdly '^ " »ph, w ThP ^*Vi!f*»«» aqf*i>'/f««ri»' of the f^^ sfrnttrrAoiVi ^Wtjhiiulus, and the fmtmk ii{iothel, for the Primacy of all 5/i/« % next head of the River XntdTy nith to which is toitinreputf,isrif/«Mri/i a neatandfair tfre-ffately palace of the sjantl, or St. Qvt^.^aa UMvtrfttis it i< honored with Jjmrtmt,\ixii\i by King fkilif this Second : m order. x^:*«./ The Kingdom of C ^ 5 r/Z f . is di- •li'i'; ''ithi Second I Uy. the Cit7 IS iKRiMingin the iMMM for I left StifU my. for his tnumph: itj, rather then MMM, theyga- 00dstArmtr,iBi lea fire of them t they yolantarily Cirf wasfeatcd m new ftandeth rr«v^«,aplaceof ade. )ath of the Old, rits cheif place; Uage, yet is the World, and may tiuiEnrtft', and >e neither pleafant nadebotbjbythe >f SPfin, inthisCitveveiy J,*; ir of f^itdlttms it lB; and l4fiRb >f ji/ii^,aodismade t begins the firft of lays: TheFairof \ttinu tk MiMttct, AtMuft, aDdLdh iirtbandlaft,isthe nade mMtMiuM ifft of NtvaiAtr^ :his Kingdom , is retritocyfo called, omofit fdf, bnc iU. AthcRiTerr^; f aUffMut >t"> nth fcrerii ftately roag,miocoaare IMT, tvhtrh adds )f this City. It is iby,famoaifatthe C*mm Lmt t as Cmatils here hdd Ci«fcj^Kiqgi,who he Sett of an i#b-/^ be accounted i(^ litiura,tSgmta left^fof^hwi- »tcd at the Spring- >, oightowbidtis w sfairiJi - A tU^ reputed of Tuch Magnificence, then her ifeiuiatiiii ; yet hath it often it that nether paft times came near it, nor fuiTered under thefeveralincurfionsof the 'prefcht can equal it. In this large and C«ths,Mms,N»vmtu,Fr{nch,aiiAC4fHl' ftately ftrufture, are eleven feveral^4r- lUns. Next to it is rUnM, once the Title itmgta, every one indoiftred, all cxpref- of the Prihce of mvtr 5 near which C^ftr fmtkPerMvtM Trw/#« to have been ipent BtrgUr/zi flainbyan Ambufh. 3. EfltUii. inthc building them. 4. TudtU. j. olitt j and 6, Stngu^d, This £^f/frf is four fquare, having ate- all good Cities, very comer a high and majcftical rnrret $ This Countrey was one of the firft, that the Front towards the North, r^ards therewith fuccels^ oppofedtheJ»/«r/ ir/itff tdtct s that towards the Eaft, many /»'«, themidft of which leadeth reoiained alone unconquered by the Metrs, into a macnificcnt TemfU , a Mrndfitrf , by rcafon of its Mountainous and Woody inhabited by 1 50 M$»ks of the Order of fcituation » by reafon whereof, it is ex- St.^ertme, and a CtSfJge. The Gate on ceedingly well t'umiflied with /fiww which the right hand leadeth to feveral o//ff« 10 here have their rife $ and among the 7V«j belonging to the Mmdftnj •, and that on they are fumi/hed with thofe that are the left hand, to the Scktots and OHt-htufis belonging 'o the CoUedge. This place is of (uch beauty and magni- ficence, that a Voyage to 5/>4/'>« were not loft, if onely to go to fee it. The Kingdom oi LE oN, called by fome the Kingdom of Letn and Ovitdt > ' hath on the Eaft and South , Bi[cdj and found excellciu furihe Building of ^A//j ; And this Countrey for its many iron Mines^ is called iha Armtrj of Sfdin. The chief places in this Kingdom, are i Bilbtd, a Townof great Trade, Riches, and much frequented by Menhdiits, feated two miles diftant from the Ot» that this place afford- ''■<^" eth , is Iron here wrought , Cheflnuts , V,'.!"' Wool brought from CdfiiTc, and hence tranf- poried, drc. Ctmmidities moft vendible here, are, Pilchtrs, Herrings, New Found- UndFipiy Dried Hdke, Salt-Sdlmon, Lead, Tinn, Beet Wdx, Bdjs, Serges, CdUtctes, Fn/li- Ovied»*iTCi.Le0nyby(omcca\\edLegie,¥>ans, Perfetudntes, Norwich Stuffs ^ Tdn'd vA^ohy Mtrcdtor \ becaufe itisfuppofed the Eleventh Legion quartered here, which was called LegioCermdnicd. a. Ovieddy the chief place of ^/f«ry., and from this City it is to be fuppofed it had the laft name. 9. Avilez, feated on the Sea fide, and laAfimj. 4. A^trrd. y. Pldcentid 5 and 6. Sd 1 Hides, Cdlves Skins, Pewter, Butter &c. Ctjns here currant, are the fame with o^,. thofe of 5»4/» aforementioned. As to tneir Weights, they make ufe of itc'i^' tvroKintdls j the one being too//. SntU» which produceth in Lendtn 11 1 or mli. and is tnat conunon Kintdl \ and the other is onely proper fotirtn here made, which "t Umdncdy of note for having the moft fa- 5° makethatl#»<&*ij8//, mous Academy of all Sfdin. The Kingdom of N AFAR, for Anti- quity may claim thefecond place of all the FourteenKingdoms.lt hath for itsEaftern bounds, the Pjrenedn JUtnntdint \ for its Southern, Arragon \ for its Weftern, Cifiile,, andforitsNorthemjIi/fjy. The Their Medfnreis the Fdre, of which tOf «.t\ /I. r. The Kingdom ol C A L I I C I A hath on the Eaft the Afiurj ^ on the South, the Rivei idtnius ; on the Weft and North , tlie Sea. Its fomi/er In- fjjbttdnts weic the CjUtia , whence it had its name. T^ ^ Countrtj is MtimtMi- niM, like to the jiflun. Its chief places I (hall fpeak of in places more convc> nient. The rt$fle are cfteemed more honeft, plain, and of a Ampler behavior, then the reft of Sfain^ and more devout in matters of RtligitH. The chief Cities of Ptrtugdl , aie, In n zxcSt.^agode Ctmfo^elU, ox moxt com' i.LittoMy feated upon the 74fiM .• The'""' monly St. ftgt, in honor of St. ^tmts, Latine 'writers call it otifim or UUftffo . who heie licth£nterred : It is honored lo and as fome have fabuloudy imagined, to with the 5«of an Archhijhtf andan W«/- bebuilr.byW/ji^« in his Ten years Travels. vtrfiij •, and in a church in this City the It is ccnveniently feated for Ntvigttitu, Inhabitants keep the Jteli^utJ oi St. fdmes, and of a great reftrt and TfdJe ^ it is in which are worlnippedby ihcmwitn great compafs (even miles, and contains thirty devotion-, by realouof which, it is much itidoddPariPt churtkes, in which maybe f.cqueutc'ilby (lianucis, who liither come numbred at leaft aoooo H$ufti, all well nlfo to pay tiicir ocvutions. 2. BdJMd, built, and comely lo behold) and on its feated .'.t the mouth of the River Miniut. VKaBs (which are ftrong) are about Sixty J. c.o:or,tuu not far fiom the Promontory T*rrrtj aru T«p{///i^. • 7 vout in matters lece of " is 90 ji(;, gtSy which is worth STAISS(, I the gteater Suintdl, whettby all Sfi- Ime » the fourteenth \ LthU. All fait us. Su^tri, &c. arc weighed , is alfo di- Cities. vided into four RwtSt each g,wt being South of Tortugtl is ALG ARyE\ js //. which is 118 U. the ^intd at 16 anciently called JT*-^**!* A\garbiorum : It Ountttperfmtd, Aini this weight is found was united by the marriage of ^/fW^ the to be bigger then the Englifhiiz li. or Third of Ptrtugtl^ who had it in Dowry C. by I tf //. with his Wife Beatrix , Daughter to Al- CjiumM is fold by the ^intal of /w»/«theFourthofC4/f//<, and Tenth of uili.Entlifh, Lttn, ftfftr by the S*intAl of 1 1 j /*. which is 10 Its chief places are, Ttro , a PM-TetPH juft our C. towards thcSlreights of Gibraltar and 5/7- Xmi/ is fold by the ^intal i»8 //. "vif, anciently the Seat of its jr/>f/ within Wrfx is fold by the P««/»rf/», who efteems 'i.T*. that the Fare is '42 1 Iiukes, which is al- it to be the chiefeft Pearl oi his Cabinet, >;•- f, and as the choifeft Flower inhisCarlaitJi and which to regain , he luth oft-times waged tVar againft them : But thofe who bring an unjuftwv upon a Nation, as the Kingof 5^4/M hath feveral times on this, if they rightly confider it . cannot ex- pedi the accompliflimcnt of their defires, which he hath of late been fenfible of , mofim F II Engli(h. By the fecond, called the Ctvada, is mcamred all Comrmoditits of bieadtli doubled together f and this maketh a juft SBFlemifh', or J of a Tard Ertglifh. And to this they give no advantage, but mea- fure as the tnrks do with the Ptke. Their Mfafare forC»r», is called an y*/- — — — ».. ■^. .«» ^<.>.ii iwiuuic ui : ifiuerr, and three of thde A lijnierrt makes 30 where, by the valor of the Eiiglifh aflift a iafhel of Brifhl or iVmcht^n Mtafurc •, ance to the King of Portugal C/ince oui and fvc ot the Alauims makes the Ma- ""-"— — -•- — ^ •• -'■- ' • • tuque, ciWcdiheSalt Meafure. Sixty Al- quierei makes a May 1, Fifteen Alquieres makes a Tun of Bnflol iVater-meafure , which 1$ 10 Gallons ot tVtnche/lery which makes a Bufbel, and 40 Bufhels a Tun. The fecond City may be reckoned Braga , once the Metroplts of the King- e. . our alliance to them by the late and happy Marriage of our Soveraien Lord , King cArfWw the Second, to the Iliuftriousand VertuousLady Dona Ka'therina, En/anta Ptrtuguija ) they received an exceeding great overt lirow. The Principal Order of Knighttuod in cMorJn the Kingdom of Portugal ^i oijefiu Cbri(l^ /J'"**' eraga , wikc iiicivici.iuuuiaui incivin^' msn-mj^uuuiui ranm^Mi,itvij-cjMttiOrilt. dom , now dignified with the Ste of an 40 inftituted by King Dennit of Portugal, in Arthbifhof. The third i6>4«mi-, from whence comes oirSi^rrir. Iiad the whole commerce of the tVeli- 20 SmIh and laflly C4///r feated in an Iflcbe- JiiJia, and the other of the Eaft. It is low 5^/7, a Colony of the Cjr/^jf/m'. dignified with a floiinniingW««trr/f/j', and uns, the See of an Archhifhof, who is luld fo The Country of ESTREMEDUXA rich, that his Revenue amoumcth to h.ith on the Eaft and North, C4/?//, ^ on IJ'J 100000 Crowns yearly , and hath under the Weft, Perii$£tl\ and on rhe South '1 his jurisditfkion 2000 fniall Filhges, and Andjltufis. Through this Country run- confequcntly as many henefices , hcCxin neth the River ^##* ftt0» or Brtfs m00tjjby Diitkits,Rj4lSiia>l fnu , famous for giving entertainment to Mtrvidei. the K. oiSf*i» every third yeafi at wlticb Their Weight is the S»iiittl or C , time the PetfU of Arrt^on , ytUiftit , which they divide into four JlrvM or Parts and CtttUnU^ make the King a preftnc of a 5. ''^' t*'^ Rtve^M. 1 6 »»ntts per /i.each 10 of tfooooo Crmms, to wit , 30CC 00 for KiMirr containing 16 irMi/, and each ir4OT CdtdUmst aooooo for Arrsgnty and P }8 grtiiu. and this C. makeih in ^m/m 106. It. Hiherdnfti}. Thetr JtfMfirrf for Silk, c Itih &c. is the yirt of 3s r Z"'^" E»gli/h by Rule. Their ffiM Metfnre is a JI«vr, which is divided into 8 fmall Medfurts called S0m- kresy and is in Engird four <7o FrM**< hyFniuisdoiCtftilt.i^^i. -.< 'mgACMmodkimr»gdfoT/htPfiHg,'9yiL't'i^iu, The Xingdm of ARRA60lti\M fon of whi*h it is a place TVdl frequtn^Od, ^'^ , bonndcdonthe Eaft, with CtttUmty oA'°en)oying a good Trtdt. and affording for the South with r4/*i»«#4, on the Weft ^«/*A4jiir«#, great qoahtitfcs of excelling TWrcr- Alt withC4/7i7«r//i& Kings, a. Ltridt, Pyiiiif^. kfiown by the MHie ot Alttidt- wine. Aniftedty Litmjh, R^iftnfyhird S«4f^ I«/4 ot which hard Sut is made, Bi{t r0fes. Stdtkirill* t Almn'dSy FHHmij and lometimes ^iek/itver, c$mm$dities moft vendible front ^«^- r»M*imtr n worth a fmhii^ fttrUm, They have here miiSt, which they call ewntmM9H^S AfiiigUlyMibtingminh 4 J. (tirlitg, mth which they bay and fell all their C mm m u Hi kt, except Of itt, which an commonly booght with pieces of ,*. The Cmnam muMj u ufiially of lefs worth then PUtt, from 7 to t6 fer am, according to the plenty or fcucity of pieces of t indieCraKry. Their Wtigkt is ^fmmdci i^tmtets, and 14. £f. nuka rMtve, and4 X»vts the ^iittJof96ii.N*veird»f»iiiad tij^in- tslt mtkts the Cargt. Tbek ntfdfm k the #>#» which na^ •*'*^- fccth js i fitiet Etglilk. J ' • Their Drit MufiHreis the Hmnfu^ wheKOf J makes 8 jTs/M Et^l^. . . TJmi Wim-itufmt is the C4M4^,whicb makethabont a ffiinw £«^A;/Kif Theoihcr placesin ibitKiogdom of r^* kmi»t*nti.Mm>'^d^t,7,C»Utr4h9\XMiv4, wadA^S^tkt. TwCoimnp was taken from the jVMre m i»3t.b]r^«Mfd>efirft (li uttMt, TInr Th* JW4»4 of the^BJLEA^S. ' . ■■>",■.. .lit.'.,. ..;■■ .i...;ii '' ..'i .'. jfi., i:iir. : Vllfaf J, JTAi^Aw of MA^foKCdi eompre- *"'*"" hia that o(M4trc4. and JViMrv4» which are fieated ia the MtdiunMtdit Sts, MA" fOMCA b aboot 60 miles fi«m ^^a^aod 300 mi!es in circnif t j[ts chief places are 1/4;>M an M/wwflfoyHB'ving or taking the name of the Coqntty t a^ ?4/Mirr4 lyfaeie ' JL^mmdnt L»Umt ¥iu bom. MiNORCA difttbt from ytjmt* nine V'-m. mUes, and is ijo miles ia ciicniti its diief ' "^ placeii qHUttU, aod its chief fwf ii jv«. MMtIk, whereof 100 makes a CMttroi M»rhmft$, which ia 1 1 7./^.which mahn in LtndntuoM. The other is the common CMtr or Sgifit^l of theie Ulcs^ is 104. U. which makes in ImmA* it 7. /i. Their Mtdfitw of Icnath b the Ci« r of ^7. or tf 8. iMhtf BngJiflt, which is i i ' r^Ti^ EtigUPk io Their Ojf/lr Mtsfart is a SS"*"** >* whereof makes a /Aiji or Mkr of ojr/r ) and a 1 4 $0srtM0i is a 7«» of ojU, Nigh mto tbefe Ifles are ti4l •^^f o -^■f) •\4l»r-» i?V .♦f.- ;-4-r. >*'•-- ^ ^^;-*'i yi^^^^» ji1l^ ^j^ffir ^Kra 5^ t^^^iffl S^WJ*^ l^r «ti^ !^^ A .V jp .Y W E J" t 4 W J'. .1 <* >.v- ■ i \ iTJLf. Bifliops^ for the moft part, jo, 60. and pafles by Ctrdovt and Sevi/t,'md falls into. H fomeiooooo Duckats. The Trtdf which Sf tilt hith had for thefe ijoyfars, and more, to Jmerietjtmght (in a manneO have covered the Country with C0U, were it not that the Inhditdatr, negligent of all fort of labor, ate conftrained to fetch C«r«and othctMtmififfK'ts for their Silver »adhcR»4irt. the Cuif of Cadiz , below St. Luctr of Sarramede, The J8ERUS or £'iJ Jl from ksw, lu- which feme will have Spain take the name "" of lieria begins in t he Mountains between the K\ngdomi oi Caflile, Leon, A/lurias,^ and Bifcaj \ takes its courfe towards the Eaftjttii ning in the end towards the South, laSfdinite five great Rivers,vix.. The 10 and falls intothe MeMtmanean Sea: The ■ other four Rivers of Spain turn towards the Weft, and fall into the Ocean. The Ebre waters Lerrenne and Calohorre in old Cafiile, Ttdeuem N/ivant, Stragoza in Atragtn, sadTtrtefa in Catalonia % and lo- fesitlielf inthe Sea by thcy''/df^^««,dire6l- ly rppofitetothe \{le%o(BJeares. Monfieur Sanftn fpeakir.^Tof the Rivers of J/4i>, faith. That tne F.hr isefteetned DnrootDtverii Uic Ta/^ut otTajt % the G»idiM*s ihtGuadddquiver ^htid the Iht- m or Bbr*. . ThsDOFERM or DOUro hath its Spings in old CdfiiU, above the mines of theantient J\r«m<(»f/4. paiTes to Seria, and near ofmt and vallideUd-, where it re- ceives the PifergHa % enters into the King- dom of £m«, which it divides into two waters, r«r» and Samaras feparatcs /,«» 20 for its name, the D«vf« for its force, and fro r0rtM£al , where it llidcs by MnaHdd quantity of Waters j tire cuadalqumer for ieDtvere^^iSn near Lamtge^znd tails into the ocuM near f «r/«, one of the chief p»tt of Firtngdt. The TACUS or TA^o hath its [""^ Springs in ihx Sitrr* Mdin* or 5«rr4 dt AliartztK, which are Mountains between Caflile and j4rragtm^ where are the Cities of Mtlins and AUnrazh^ and in thefe its riches; the T "tending it felf from the Prtrti to- ges it feif from the reft, taking its coutfe wards Ptrtngals and i-Stna Nevada,y^h\ch towards the Weil, fills into the great ote- t»\ whereas the ethers disburthen them- felvcs into the mditmanta Su. The T»- im waters T«/fi» and Alcantara before it tatai.tmn£aly where it likewife wantes4<' Smtrtm and Lkttmna, and opens a Gulf to vcnnic fotth its Waters toco the The GU AD J ANA is neitb^ fofe mons for its length or courfe, as becaufe it conceals it felf under ground for thf^ijpfcc offonif leagues, not far from Mettlin, which feldom happens to great Riven ■ Ic waters iierida and JiUal^tx in CaliiU,faffti from Eaftto Weftcrofs (;r4W4,andare very high Hills, ./»».■ mm. I T A L r. rj I' In firt{oxt^ and by the ^tninn at from i4«ii•■ n T'y 9rtmt nun £ M- I T A,Lr. Tkt . <„,. • irHi. n am. rl'Jt luly »«r^ It was faid to be fitft inhabited by ^4;;itf andhisPofterity. Thecxtentof the RomM Empire before Cen/tdutinetwledyJJid the divifionof it,was accounted to be about 30CO miles in length, to wit from the River E»fy»ttt Eallwatd, to the Irifl>-Ocean Weftward % and in breadth about 2c 3oJniiles,a'i£.From Mount Atl4i South^vard, to the Datrnkims Northward. 10 The Ancient Rmtnt were a gallant people,of a {oundjudgment,and ready wit, well skilled in Arts and Sciences, very co- vetous of glory,of great valor, as may ap- pear by their uibdumg the grcateft part of the World j who contrary to the cuftom of Invaders, tofack and mine Countrys, they taught the people manners,literature, inftrodied them in Arts, Stiences,d't,The X$mtns were thefitA that wo: e the For- ao fie Rohi, and the beginners of Triumphsi they had excellent and (lately 7heai(rs^i.n6. it was held no dif-reputation to be an Aittr. And as the largenefsand great extent of the CrecidH Emf ire Wis its overthrow, fo was it of tliis^ for daring the reign ot the Eleven Wefiern EmPemrs, and lome fnc- ceeding years » UmIj was feven times al- moft reduced to ruine, partly by Barbgrtm 50 jittiens, and partly by Fire and the Swtrd\ fo that they were fore d to quit their intereft in their fubdued Tenitories, and ufewhat means and wayes they coold to preferve themfelves. But as to its prefenc conditi- on, it fttlli« a fpacioos, ritn and populous Coonrry. The Country is exceedingly well fur- nilhedwith whatfoever may be found u'i:- lul tor Mtm^ and the SijKo rich and fer- 4^ tile in Grdins , Rice,Frints,(irc that in fomt places they have three Hdrvefts in one year. The chief Ccmnudities for Mertkdsulizt which this large Country yieldeth.is Si/k$ both raw and wrought in fevaal Fsirkh, U Ttfdties, SMiiHS , flufhet, rei^tt , Clrtb of G*lJ and Silver , and Dsmmki alfo Gmrtsis , gdfhes, and Fafiiins. It aifotdeut aKo^all forts of corious c/ifjft'/, 50 All0me^ Armtr, excellent fVsiuj, Oyles, Ssfreit, AiuifeeJs, trtmjltsif, Ar^d, feve- U\MetUh, ohvesy Almtnis, C»lls, Kid- skins. Lute- firings, jSfiek-i Iver, At$eSy and fcvcral Dru^StCtldlLreAdy Jntb*- The Jislidns aie very ingenious, refpe- Aive . ar.d grave y bnt withall jvcry de- ceitful and peifidioosio their dealings, ex- ceeding malicious, If affionted} much nd- d\&td to/^mery, and 19 that end, iy,me„ are allowed that liberty to make the bcft ufe of their own) bur oft-times contrary to nature, the Men aft their Venerj .• They are generally exceeding jealous of tlieir Vrives ^ H that they are denyed the liber- ty of the (IreetSy the common view and fo- ciety with Men. The iremt» are for the moft part very beaotiful, endowed with a good wit. and are of a modeft behaviour (as to outward appearance^ it being obfer- vedo» them, that iheyare Sdints in the Chut Angels intie jfrtttSy JUsffies tt the dm. Syrens in the WindtPfs, *ndC»dts intheGdrden. Their Ldngudge is very coartly and elo- quent, ftillretaming moft of the L*ts»es but to avoid Hifiiry, This itdly may be confideied in three principal parts s to wit, Imhgrdj , Itdty, and Ndfles, to which, for the fourth part, may be added the Ntighhturing\fltt,Lm- bdrdi what is npon and about N ^ the par- ticular name of hdhtmy remain fortfie middle puts : and the name of Ndftet, fot what belongs to the Kingdom of Ndfltt. The particular parts of Udfy, and which I intend to treat oU in theTe three Parr$,(to wit, £M«44fi^,Ir4/r. particularly fo called, and Ndfles) ftull be , i. The Eftates of Fiem$itt, a. The Dukedom or Dntchy of Sdvty. 3 . The Dukdom of Mildn. 4. Tie EHates of Genes or Gen$d. ; . The Coun> try olHtnferrdt. 6. The Eftates of the Duke of Ftniee 7.1 heDukedom ofMdn- t$nd. 8. The Dukedom of A/«irM.9.The Dukedom of Ftniu. 10. The Dukniom of Pldtentd. II .The Biflx)p-rick of Trent, and thefe are in L0nihdrdf. Then the E- ftates, Dukedoms, Countries, (^«. of l7.B9lig9tfe. ij.Ferfdre/e. m.Mmi^gnt o:R$mdHduU. li.Uriin. l6.MdrcdAn- and. 17. Pernfin. it. Om'irid ot SftUtt. If. Sdhine. 29. Orvittin, ti.St.Feters fd- trimtmy. a.Ctmfdgnddiktm*. i^. Fit- rente. iA. Sdnefe. ty Fifdit. if . Incline. >7. AlMd. i'i.Fiimint, a^.Ifleofftff, which the feven arc in r«/4rMy. And thefe arc in Ifdlj particularly fo called. Then jo the Kingdom of Ndfh, with iu feveral Provinces t and then 11 and taAly, the I/4/M* ifletyXO wit thofc of I . Sicily. t.Str- dd^neot Sdfdinid. i.Ctrficd, 4.ThcIfle$ of JV^rr-, and j. the Ligmidn Ifies . All which I have obferved in my Gtegrdfhicdl TdUtt, and of thcfc in order. LO M- belonging third Dale conti Dukt 4/». Itisboun- Nortfi, with SmitzerUnd. This Ctuntrj dcd on the Eift with Mantoua, and Par- v. '1.1 7) I Cmntry bdivided between the Dukes of Savij and M*Htm4^ the River Tener feparattno their poisons. It is exceeding fertile, tnough much infierior to other parts of Ltmkdrlf i It is very populous, containing about '160 walled Cities and Tfmiu , of which the chief is Turime, of old called A»^»^» Ttnri' mtsm, as being the Metropolis and Mo- t irrt 17, md; ontheSout!ivvith(7««-,on the Weft, with PiedimnJ; and on the North, witli the Grif«HS. It is fcated m the beft part ot Ltmidrdf 5 is rich in natures gifts, and for Its wonderful fertility is elfecmed the garden of Italy , ( as /taly is of the whole world t ) affording plenty of Graines , Wines, Ojles, Silks, both raw and wrought <:.m^,ii. therCifyoftheTfWrw/, the antient Inhi- ^o 'O fevcral Fabricks, befides fundry othe biuntsofthis Country. In this Crf;i$at Commodities^ but aboveall, it hath a- prefent the PdUct and Ctnrt of the Dukes bundance of the moft excellent Rue in the of !nv9j % it is alfo dignified with the Stt world: It is watered with many good Rivers^ of an Archbijhtf^ and an Univerfitj, where as thatof Adda, Ticiniu, L*gt dt cemo, Px- the fomous Er*fmns proceeded Dr. of Di- di*s, &c. in which are found excellent Fijh. vinityj its other chief places are yf*/??, or Uhath for its chief places, i. MtlUn, Av»fifO(old fli»git(i4 Prditridy featedon which notwithftanding its having been'"" the Northern bounds of the Country | fo often ruined, and its foundations fown then rercelli a Town of great ftrength, with Stlt , by the Emperor Bjrhreffa , bordering on >/i/m, to which it was once 50 yet doth exalt it felf as the grcateft belonginK > untill given unto Amttdem City , not only of this Dukedome, but third Duke of 54t;»)r, by PA////>.W4rM,Vil- of all Umlnrdj \ it is feated ma wide conti Duke of JViZ-iin next 54/«£.ao,a.^,ir- plain, wFwrein are no lefs plcafant then iftijdHt and Bifhifs jet \ alfo NiceoxNizat profitable Mesdttvs and A'; icrs; it is ftroni;- ly fortified with a wo//, and a fpacious and and almoft impiegii..lne dfflex befides its fortifications it is beautified with many fplendid Ornaments , the chief of Ik a Sea-Port Town, 'andfervethforTiir/iff. And fince we have before omitted it, let OS ere we pafs further, repafsthe Atpes •'andfpeakof tne Territories of this Duke ^ oa tnis fidC) which is the Coantry of vflacUvcitiUnivtrfby, then its Hejpitu Ddd featec / eated If m »¥ ITALY. ! iili'i fenred in nn Ifle, almoft two miles in com- Pioiicl: rr.«r, and after the a'cftat of rite!- p.ils, being a fail- ftiudiure, endowed with Im forces under the walls of this City, ic uhrgc Revenue, and capable to give en- vvasfack't, and burnt almoft to the ground tertainincnt t0 40oofick perfons, and laA- by the Soldiers of Veffaftan, who after- ly its Schools, NHiuurits , and churehts^ wards was the caufe of us re-edifying » It is which amount in all to 2381 of which there now a place of good account, hath a are 36 Monafl cries of N»nSy 30 CtHvtnts good Trade \ its //«»/« are moft of them of Fijers^ 71 ParochUlU, and 11 Crilf ftately, and beautified with curious C^r- <^ut Cfmrchcsy moft of which are Aatcly Jcits^ & its Streets large jit isof moft Faroe i(hu(flurcs,and beautified with cuiious/'-i/»/- 10 for its high TMir and Cdtiedrdl Chaich, a.'^^i. Imam of the Sdints , SefuUhers , where are to be fecn many reliqucs of and fcvtial religious Antiquities^ as the 5.i/»/i, and curious PiOnres ^ and laftly i: ue Hlfigics of the Br,t(cH Serfent jnade by Ccmo feated on liUke fo called, about jo jVifcsy ill the Church of Santa Atmbro^iOy miles incompafs, on which the Citizens alio in S.wtA Tecla, where ihcre is ( as they ufe to recreate thefflfelves in boates j it is fay ) oneof the nailcs whicli faAncd chriifi a City of good antiqaity, and here it was to the Crols, &c. The whole City is a- that boththe Pliniu were bom. bout 7 miles in compafs , is exceeding This Dntchj is about 300 miles in cir- populous, very rich, and of great Com' cuit; and found to bring in ajgood Revenue mcrce^ being inhabited by abundanccof lototheKingof 5fofy m^e.Bijhffs, The State o( GENES ot which ^■'<^ was once very large, pofTeiRth at prefent \'m\ onlyjL/^MTMinthe Continent^ and the Ifle '"'^ of Corficsin the Tirrheiie^ ot Ugnriaio fta^ of this laft we flull fpeak in due place. Ligitri4,ox Riviera eh Gesitna a bounded onthe Eaft by the River f^artu, rifinga- bout the edge off r«t';«r^ on the South, 30 by the Liguriaitf or Tyrrhemian ft* % 00 the Weft, by the River MapA^ by which Tki, fl^h Mtt. t"- A Ducat jmpertai is valued at 4 Livers, it is parted from Tufcait/ ) and on the A CrotvH of Gold Italian is 5 Livers ^ and North* by the AffeiuHe : it is about 8co 6 Sol. Imperial. miles in length,3ad not To much in breadth. Note ilat the Imperial Coynes are the The i>fi^/e are much addicted to Traffque cuiianc Money of the Country % Other and Ujurj j aud here the Wttntm arc al- Cojnes, as Spanifh, French, mA Italian^ lowed the liberty of the/frw/, as alTo to Y)di{%\Kx KTeih at prcfent »» ,«,, andiheine'"H ,€K Lig'rtM ft4% n due place. ',e)m* IS bounded f frtrit, rifing a- •^ on the South, rhei$i4» ft* t on It^dy by which gj ) ana 00 the : it is about 800 I much in breadth. i£kedio Trdffqtc e irmt» arc al* ktt's, as alfo to ; with whom they 'e as in publick; [er parts of It«lj, Pillars of Marble , not to be paralleld in the World i among which may be reckoned the Jefuitcs Colledg, then wliich nothing can be more polite, and tlieir Chuicn which though it excell in mngniftcencc, yet tnuft yeud to that newly built , over one of whofe Altars (to omit other orna- ments of an excefllve value ) are placed four Pillars of wreathed >t.^.>, ht»$nldhe Kingof Tufcany. The whole Ltfuria, or Rtvieraofcenis tyis in circuit about eight Mdes, defend- or (7mm^fiedm»Ml: the river Tenirus makesa^fU.- j^.Soldnebavdlety ^.C*' parts the pofleflions of what the Duke of vt^i ox iO.Stldsi Liver, vi[iKK&\s.6d. jtf4jirM4 nath in this Countrey, fromthat fierliiigt and 90. SiUs makes a Crnrn of part which belongs to the Duxes of Savvj: ftld. lu chief Oties are i. Alba, once Alba A Diuat currant is 4 Liver t. 40 Ftrnft]* , where Feniinax the Reman Em- They Jieep their AtttnM hi Livtrtt pcrour was born: a. Saint r^i built by iiUs, and Dtmtrs. Their VTeight is the .^mt^/ of 100 R«t- ttUeSy whichmakesi5oliDallerf«»iiif,& IS 106 li. Engttjh , making the Calculate thu a pound of i > ounces withthem holds II , ounces £ii;;/fy&, which is thefubtle pintail oS 100 RttteUet. thefirftDukeofi/Mf#ir4. 3. Cafally 4. 2>/»j both fair Cities , with ifome others. Tnt;rr//Ji'iofthis Counuy are accoun- ted very excellent. It hath I Aich-Bidiop, andSBifliops. In the lower LOiWBviifDrwehave pla- ced the Eftates of Feniee, Manteva, Mode- The CrW> £niiilat of i Jo li. is of 18 na, Farma.Flactnza or Flactntia, Trent, of Ounces totne Pound, and by this Weight $0 which in order. is fold leady T«m», Brafsy WooU, Cotttn, The Eftates of the Duke of F E- li(^ifMii/ir<4b)OrtnelikeCrofs Ctttmt- NICE, may be divided into fere- ditiis. ral Parts , or trtvinces , as they lye on Their iTfj/iw is the C4*f of which they finnc Land, and on the Sea, which lttvetwoforts,onefbr5itfi and the other I have obferved in my Ceografhical Ta* forXiiMMf and ir##i?«iv that lor SiUts is iUt miulj, the chiefofwhichlfhall here of 9 tidmity whereof 1 00 doth make atf only name , as I have occafion to treat of Ttrds Engli^ that for H'Mlfw and Limuit the Cities^ and firft with Trevigiy feated in is of 10 Falimtt, aod Qukes i\ itrds Eiig- thcProvince of Msrebe Trevifant^ commo- tifhftrCm. *l'0"tV Itf ITJLY. I. I'.t 14 .1 (lioufly fciieJ rurnnin-Land-Trade,3ndit ;i Ciey ot fome account, 2. Breftdku- cd in tlic Province ot Brefan^ and is e- ftecincdtliefecoiidCity lor laigfncfs and Itauty in all Lombtrdj : it is more famous in }h'i Arch-Bi(hef, who is Earl, Maiquefs, and Duke, then in any matter of Trade.* 3. Brcl'celle, BreJ'cie, or BrixeBum , alfo in Gentry 1 whocontrniyto the cuftome of the Itali.ins dclight'to travcll. It is under the f^wf/Ziw; Government, and is a City which tnjoyetli great privilcdgcs •, exer- cifing then own Laws ; here is a famous jhcAtre caj)alile to receive 5000 people, wliofc Stage is fo rcpiefented by prolpe- (fiive , that it feemes a Stately City, being I he Province of Brrffan, famous for the modelled by the famous Arcniteft y*»ut 80 miles in compafs ) is the mountain Bdldm whence Phyfitians uje 10 %uhtx M, upon which itboideis, where the States of Feitice, (under whofe government it is) have a Cujiiime-Htiife , for the coUedfion of their Cudoines upon fuch Goods as go from thofc partsto ^///iWf or elfewhcre 5 and iicrc towards the latter end of Stpttmitr , ^helon^-j Catts , feveral Jr/iirr/offtone, they have annually a Fair , which is well and 5 fpacious P/iixc^r/ -, it is every where deep Ditches , befides its Bulwarks and Fortifications: It was built by Jntcntr^ brother to PrUm King of Triy, whofe Tombe is here ftiU to be feen. It hath feveral times been a felkm- fuiferer with the other Cities of Itdly, having been formerly far more eminent and powerful] then now it is , yet doth exalt its head above many Crtiesinthis Kingdom;; to this Gty do frequented, and where fe\'erall forts of Ctmmeditics, as alfo Itoi c ofCdtiU are ven- ded : 6. yictnzo in Ftctntin , feated at thcbottome of a Mill which commands the City , being well watered with Bt- ftrs , which uniting theinfelves not far diffant from the City, form a Naviga- ble River capable to receive Ships of a beautihed with many fplendid Edifices, as well private as publick, moft of which are adorned with carious Paintings , Statues, &c. Here are many ftately Palaces inhabi- ted by the Nobles, Dodors, and Gentry; alfo its Churches arenolefs beautihilland rich by their PiAures , Tombs of Saints, and feveral things of antiquity , of which confiderable burthen, which by pafling by 50 the Dm*«, or Cathedral is thechief t thefl i'4tift ; and 11 Crsml CmhmU, or great CktHittU of th« Ft^'igo in the Ptltfmt of K»vigt, far enga- Citf , and for the convenieiacy of pafling ged towards the E/ldtes »fthe churth. And too and fro here are faid to be about xo thffc Provinces may be properly compre-soor laooo Ctndths^ all its buildings are hended under one part, to wit jV«Yfo TVe- fair and beautifully it hath aoo particu TliecheifcJl/vrri inthisConntrey are jJt^itj, Athefis^BrtnU &0litk. And then thefccondpartin thiscAate of ktitict (lull be FRIOALIi, formerly jtrtm ^alii , and is cncompafTeid with Hi- pu , the AlftSy Trtvigidtu, and the A- iriithk St A s containing in length 50 lar Placet , built of Mtrtlt, adortled with C^$mks^ Sutttfs, and Piltitres of great va- lue , eredied by the Senators at their greac expence , which for their Grandute are fit to la*dpe and give entertainment to any Prince in Chriftendom, nadft of which are feated onthe Crtutd CdnaU ^ among which is the Palaceof (;r/>»4»f la ftately and mag- miles , and as much in breadth: whofejoniiicent ftruAure, wanting nothing thai chief places are, i. AijtilepM once is. may add to its beauty , as of Paintings^ miles in conipafs. feated onthe Ntuifcty Statues, Coloffuffes and other antiquities but now not (0 large, nor very well inha- of BrdptnA Ar4r^/r, wtiich were hitherto bited: a. ftf&M /jwvi, built bv the f;- broughtfrom Crf^r; ,alldtheruiDe$of^• llfh4MAnno 158J. and the beft fortified q»$tejd\ alfo the royal and proud Palace place of any in Aj^, 3. CmJsJJe jNflriM of the Didf defetves a particular defcrip- builtby^v/fiwCi/ir, and called 3F«A!ra», tion, which ff^f its largneTs, beaoty and whence the Province had the denominati- ri<:hiiefs And {the third and bft part of this fftate, (hall be Hiflria or /jfrw, b*- ingcncompafTedwith the Sea, Cdrmtldf md Fri»dli\ its circuit is about aoomiles) the Aire of this Countrey was fo un- healthfuU , that the Kfn^tJMi were con- which is I JO foot long, and 70 toot broad, all richly adorned wit h Paintings . Its Ar- ftMdUor MdgdciiKofVftt^ heme about » j,,^,^^. niles in circuit , being encompaned about nii.^ wth high Walls, and theSea, having but "^''"** one place or Gate foremraiic^ , and one onyChannellfor Ships topafs in and obi at^andinthispkice they keep ahvayH'itI ftrained to hire people to inhabit it, whofejoreadinefsaooGallies, with all thi/igs fit- chief places are Cdfe i iftrit , or ittftix pli, a. /•/!«, 3. Citd N$fvay 4. Sr« fudmltDaiMy and 5. Fsrnz0 : but to proceed to retriet the principal Citj of this )i Repablique, which is FtBtee. The City of y EN ICE or VtMtid^ is tii«fbraVoy*geor Fight-, and lierethey buUd their Veflells , being well provided with Timber , Mafh &c. nuke all their Materials, and Engines of Warr, as Cor- dage, Sailes, Anchors, Cables, Gunns, Bollets, Nailes , and other things ol Iron feated at the bottom of the Adrittiqnt Std, and Brafs , having here in a fpatious Hall, or Oulft of ytnice « built on 7a Iflands, b«- a Magazine of all forts of Engines and iig diftaDtfrom the main Land j miltt ^ ArmeibOth for Sea & Land, a»alfo Am- Eee muni- i8 IT A L r. ifltjnitionfit for an Army of looihoufand whtli is wottli 6 LivnSy 4 SetJf of rk- SuuKliers , anqongjwhich are 1000 Coates ttii. o f Pl^te garaidKd with Gold, coTei;ied 'The Uuektt of aoidiswonht/^ Dtmrrs, Wit li Velvet , and fit for any Prince to the Liver of Grtfftt t one being ■30 fn cent, wear ) but above all its Church of St. better then the other^ that dt Banco \i\\ii\- Mark^ which foritt exteriour and inter)- ly valuedat4i.4/./ifrr//;>f, Kie other at our beauty, b«ing built vi'xih Mustek wirk^ 3 /, 44/. which varieth according to tk- With pillars and (olumnes of Marble, ice. rife and fall of JJinejs in Exchttite. uod tlie richneis of its ornaments, as Thofe A/Mfji/ which are here called />;V- Ttm^s t Figures y Sidtuet ^ and curious 10 ff/i, are the currant Coyn of this City -, ftimingSy besides its /tf/r^r/, adorned witli and the u$atj$ whicli are here cjl!ed47r«/- fes, IS \\ort\\ I Ltver, 61 StldsoiPt((tii, QXloDuekets. They keep their ^f««/i/i fevcralwayes, ' :($ fome by Livers , Silds , and Crt^a^ which are efteemed at 10 Duckets ihcii- tli^hi : In this C;»yare 17 rich Hfffiulsy ver^ reckoning lo Stlds to t^ Liver, ami i6iTrihuais,67 rMriJhChurfhtJyi6M0U4' ii DeuiersCr^e to the StlJ. Others by Jleries of NuituSy 5 4 CtitvlnSs of Fryers y Dt^keis and Griiffes at 6 Livers, and 4 SolJs J 8 cJhuffelsy and 6 Free-S(b0»h ior the to ftrDutkety ttckoaiogz^ Criff to iDutket. cncreafe of Learning. Its Piazzm y or And others by Xivm, Sttjs,2aij}e»itri til iftu esy and eflatts^fincf the EnglitiyFfrlilgMs^ Dtitthy &(. havefoMlKl out die way IP /ihe Eafk. Jndus hf the Coaft! of Affitus thofc Sfictt, DruggSjf tirt. which formerly they afed «o fetcn from Alexuiyiris » ■ aM Altfft^ and di- iinbute to the Weftem World , being now brought home to us fooner , jiad better cheapt however thooghit hath re-r 4^ Weights^ and their Wettht's which they ufe ceived many lodes ,, it doth ftill maincain in weighing Gc*Js by the BdBtiue , arc a//, it.felf the hulwatkeofcAr«ritliat this C«ty afford' tfdcesy the one is for SilkryCXothnictU etJK are the pioduA of feyeral places, a$ aod Silvtr, D4mAsks, Al«s , Silki otfo the enm- WtUeie-tUthsy (fr. and this i» larger then imditi*' ^^ turkey Y and thoTe the the former by 6 ;/rr»«f.whffeor5 makes ptednaof /iK, fcr^y ArshidAod Epffi J9 a. t SUt ^i^^ alfo here are made abundance ^f curious )f/>Kisloldbyajtf.'4/«r«calledtheifa^ CUfju of fundr/ forts, as alfo many Fa* |yW#> containing 4 Bigtrzsn ^^^ Migmtd •tUir tfm. hxkkitASilk. Ctmnudsties moft vendible from Bug- /W, are, Bms, FerfetutmiesySdiis^Sedr- ges, Leudy tin, HtniugSy FiUktrs, Ss^ ted-SdlsMBy^c. alfo Sfiust firuggs, an4 Cemm oi Indtd, The c«jiKi kene crnmJt: the Dntk^, 4S4;^4rr/t iix^drt 4 Sdthius the Sd chi^ 4 Lirds. ^ut in(>r#// ihey accoiioc one Amfhtri 14 ^dns, one B^twu , iO;/iifoldaswcUbyfr<(^/^a^itfM/«r/; The ide^t Is caUed. the Mirt , and is 40,4. and.|)y; i^ ^njt^ Wiiikf is lao// and t It A Li. ij hd t jV/Vu makes by Mufure 25//. and the like kind of Lottery or form , do they ,y Weidt 30 li. 3 ounccsi it is weighed by chulc Gtntltmtit into the itnttt houfe s fit are here caUtd Ptc- Corn is fold by the SujOf and weighcth ll^li.Grtfs. Bfimjloit, Iron^ Sted , Wotl, Chei[e^ anjetli^r grofs cummtxlitirs are fold by the 1000 //. fyeifhigrgfs , atul Xiee by the KX^o //. IVti^kt fubliU, alfo in the making ot other publick offi- cers. The cheif Orders of A'<./jA/-6M#/} be- tween fcverall fiarrs s their hahit is a white Rtbt over a rufjet chak. Here arc in this Eftate a Patriarchs , and J4 Bilhofs. The Vtke Junes of MANTOUA, M.n„„, and Ji/o2)£iVyf havcon the Eaft, R*- mandioU •, in the South and Weil , Parma , Ttjcane, Placenza , and MtHaii ^ III ^IihI.tI^' fen, an^out of them the Ditke who is 10 and onihe North theEftates of Venice. ma manner only titular, his power being ill all publick things under the Sei$att \ nnd three oficers called the Cafi , witli- uuc whoA; confenr^he muft not take a )Ournevt and by thde he is ordered what tfp.u-eH to Wear, and as he is kept un- dter in his authority , fo is he allowed a ye.irly litfeml of about 40000 Dmetatt , I unite Mtdenawwh Mantma^ becaufe not long fince divided from it^ the ^eif c<- ties of thefe two Territories are iuft MaH' ttuaio colled from the Countrey-, it is a very ftrong City , encompa&d on thrc^ fides with water about a quarter of a mile broad , and on the fourth »•< of ferra- ;he so euili are drawn , for which 30 the cntld draw- 4° Cent, longer' then the Brace eth again the fecond time eat of ano^ ra. ther Pit , whic!) hath 9 gn>lt MsMiy and they (b drawn fet down 40 out of which (^r the faid k^nd oi Ut) i» are chofen^ then thefe la nominate aj^ out of which 9 again by lit are chofen \ then thefe 9 MtietuJiCity once belonging to FerrA- r* , and by clem»$ the eighth , with its fpatious Territories it wa» given to //«>«- lesD'Efie, laft Duke of /"W/irrf rafter by marhage united to Mantfna^ and ftnce be- fet domi 4;^ who are ajgain by Ut redu- come a Dukeiime of it felf, undet the pro ced tlo 1 1( who nominate 41 of the chief* te&ion of France. It was called formerly eft of the Senattrs^ then thefe 41 Seiu- MntiMa , then famous for the battle be- ttrs after an oath feverally taken uxhofe ^° tween Anthiny and Akgnflm , where Hir- whotn they judge the moft worthy : tiatt and Pattjat the two Cnufult were each ^^Tites the names in a fcrole of chofe flain, and Amhtny loft che.day s this place whom he maketh cho^c^ s and thefe fcrOtes are mingled tc^cther, and then driwn t the (itnefs of the perfuro thos drawn is waved % for he that hath moft voices above ij.istheperfonwhomthey make choice of forDMiIrt, perfovmiiig fe- venl folemiiUiesat hts crcatiM , and by is the refidence ot its Ditkes^ as MantUM is of hen. Their Ctyiut are Deiutrt, SiUs , and Livers r, I a Deniers making zSfU, and ioStUta Liver; alfo 5 Livtrs makes a Dueket of C«A/ large, and 1 2 StlJs a Ducket- tM, And by thefe they keep their Ac- counts. Their TKirfifm 10 ITAL'^. their Wt{%kt\i the SbL>»*'^ ©* *«o ''. tvhich mak« in £Mri»« 71 />. And the Ftfi of J 5 ft. Their Mtsfurt is the iMcr agreeing wit fi that of ytnitt, Mtg^t, and MirsmUs, Cities of good account. ffi'T' The Duktdtmes of fAKMA^ and .A,M.! "i, fltttntt or PLACE NT I A , hath »" ,' ' on the Eaft, the Countrey of titJtmn 1 1 A fr Tarticuiarly fo called, THerecoadpartof/f4/;,acordingtoour t, tnechod . will contain t\\f SSTJTBa «•' Trmi. method, will contain the Wr.lT£j on the South', s^fft»ims on the Weftjioof the chUkCH, and ToSCahe, MUmhs and on the North. jI/mtm^ « the which may again be fabdivided into o- cheif City of Farmd beareth alfo the fame thers . to wit , The ESTATESoith nanie » being feated oh a fnull River cai- C MURCH.as they lye between the a- led PiritU^ ma fhlitfuli plain, five miles femiu, md tht Gulif^tf remct y are thofc diftance from iheAPfntiites » about foor of itlttiitfe, FtrrdrtQt, XimdgiUy otRt- miles in compafs, adornedwith many rich mn^li^d, the Dutchie of Uriig, and tnd fhttly Btraflnrti, vtvf populous, and MMrihty or Mgrc» ^«r«M. And the £- well inhabited by Gtntrfy who arc much fiMtes[€t the cfmrch a they lye between addlAed to Ltvmn^, Arti^ and Arm$\ it the TjnhenuB Su , and the Aft- h«th s fair and fpaiiousC», o^rfrii, or the feet's a|)undance of Shttf}, aifel here the Duchicof5^ff/««,i4A/)»f,ow«>»iii, Saint Dnkt hfthhisfd/rfff, a place of great de- Ptttrt Patnmtitf ^ and CdmfsfHs di JLh light and Stntct its cA«rrAr/ are beautiful, mm and embelifhed with riitartt aodJItuges: T^e ESTATES oiTOSC ANE. this Countrey befides the common C$m- betjnging to the great Great Duke oi7(f- diiitt of Ittli , boaftt of its cunous r4«r, are the D»hd$mtt of Ftirtmm ot ideemed mtAiiitt or itdlj I tKMitt ot r»m4f*m Chttfty fo much throughout ^\ EUROPE. The cheif place of PUccMZd is alfo fo called, its feated on the P«, comnwdi>50 Republique of Lttque ^ the Principality ous for Trtffttk, aAording the ordinary of JVtf/4, the Signieury of f/«ri4Mr, the bel.. CMty FltrtMtt, Stntfcty MtdHftH, which iwo lafl may be comprehended under thai of fltrtnct. And to divers PrtMtt arc the ctmiHHlitits of IttUj ) but it is chiefly fa inous for its Ftsra io Exthtiigts here quarterly kept , to which all li4lj, Ger- mdiiy, and fome other Countrey s do tre* rnt and make their Exchanges: It is ut five nules in corapafs , a place of Ifl? of kUe &c. and of ihefe in or- der. The Province or part of B$hgiitft , is fj Eaihvards ot MtJtKs, auJ hath tor its cheif ^ place MtU^Md, once thehiadofi»C/r(Vi, when pofTcilixi by the Tifcsiu \ it is feat- '^ good ftrength and beauty, having many edod the KivmAftft, and in alargeand faire and rich Sintlturtt , and Cimr- fertile Terhtoiy for Cirit, JVme, FrMitj, thes. 40 and olH^tn it is about live milci in com< The Bifi^-PritkifrMSlfTyhith its cheif pafs , being begirt with a Wall, to which Cffyfo oiled, feated in aplaine, and fur- oetoog is Gates for entrance* this Ciij roiinded with monntaines of an exceffive is adorned with many fair and pioud imld- hnght, beine alwayes covered with Snow , ingh as well publick as private , in which by reafoownereof^itis more fit for fpiM/ they obfcrve a unifbim, among which tnenC«r»v theCify isoot large bat indif* is the /4^/ PdUtt, whichfDr giandiueand ierent ftrong { Its Htitfis are fair and (late- ftaielincis is fit to ^ve enttftaioroeot to a- ly, its 5/rmilaige, iu chmrthes beanti- ny Pritut in Chnftcndomet likwife its full and richly adorned , its Royal PdUtt, Clmrtkt$ which for ftate and beauty are is afumptuous and ftately Estfits thisSonotiafterionr to thofc of other Cities in/* Cttj is particularly famous for the general tslj ^ having fevcnl rcliques inthein,and Cooncel there hod for the eflaUwiment adotned and eeaatified with rich Pi&wtSy r»mks,ir(. It is dignified with the chief UHiverfity of itslj , famous for its fludy of theCm/ X«», and thoTecxceUetic Ci- vilidM it hath produced , to wit Am, ButdmtftlidmHS^Ambrmy vtdSHmm. . . It is ptoaoly built* having fpatioui Ctmtti. ,^\ This Cfl^it alfo faaout tor beiitg there- .£3y;u» • '•: tiring of the Mtm4» CMh$ltck RtligiMiy which was kept in the Church ofSt. Jtf«y. To this Dukedom doth belong one ArtUifl^, aadtht^Mifitfs, J -mi J I .ncoI)fti-vti tit tlicti tl Ctra is Ii wheicof m, Tlie Ta » about 16 breadth V it ttow befon;;; it the ycir itschcit'c p f!'e /rtn mi. ihcft, wlu pirc to defc well fortific* the other :iii!es in coi aJorned wiil :ccountcd o 'uify haviii oiiS GrecH , to Streets , m length, ; that troin t maybeeafilj ted,ricli, au Their Cti iime, iodth do« ir yi LT. a Their m-/^*/ is tlic ,f>ui/it,il of loo//. ""»*•• which makes in Londtn^ 7J //. Hnktrdii' foil. Tlieir Me,if$re is the Srjct , whicli ^'^""^ makn in t0nJiny 7 TdrJs. Their Jfw iVM/«r? is the MafleHo , 1 1 whereof makes an Ahtpbord of ytnict , which is 4 Bigciifis, and a J/f*»/rt i$4 ot their ^arts. Its other |)l3Cc8are Cmjchh, and JVr- virinij pljceof the /•*/»«, which adds no fii.i!I;u;v;iiit;tge unto it, being rich, po- mi'.ous , an i well inhabited by Nthiliij, ;iiKi Cicnit) ; and the more by reafon ot it, many c#^rif« , Convent t ^ Mihjieus /,'o«/c/.and Man.i^iri(s or ffBuneries. CmnmdiUts which this Ciij affbrdeth , .1 V Wintf , o'jltf, Corn, Silk, both raw iiiJ wrought into fcvera) F*hricks , Al- Mndi.&t. to oywi !me currant are rtich as ack now- joU. Idfje til? ri>/>^jftanip, which wclhall treat XOMJGNE or KOMANdio ot ."it Komf. L A. h Eaflwards of Btt^ntft •, its cheif "/;,* Thtir Wtiohii is the 9njiital of Ko//. place is Rtvetina featedonthe Adnatiqnt "^ Sitl'tk, at n. Ounas to the //. which Sta , and once a place of great account, m.ikcs in ttndm So//, at i6 Oances per having one of the faircft HdvtHi in the //. alter whiih rate an ordinary bayl of world ^ and here it was where Aupfim StliK'n-i , or Hthnu Silk weigetfi th«e Cefjr alwjyes kept a i^nvy for the deu j-'o//. winch doth make it! £wi/(Wi» 14 ft. fence of thefe paits of his Empire, bnc ne.1i U'di^M , the t^n being deduifted. : 20 tioiv it is choaked up ; this CityWK the There H'<'^^*// areobferycd to be j ; in 6. feat of theEmperour Honmm^ and his facccfTots , then of the t7«/A//R ir/w/, and after them of the Bxtnht , and laftly of its P*iri*rth^ but now as its Htvtn is thoakcd up, fo is the Xj««/covcred with water, which renders it now of no account j next to it may be reckoned ximmi fea- led on the mouth of the River Rubktn^ then Cervi4 alfo feated on the Adridttque fereeiii. gnattr tl>en at lefffthK. Thtir MetfureKthfBrdcey which ii a- I'oin » J rmfMt ED^lijh, after which calcu- ..it:oii rou fMfr/lTiou!dpioducein£iW4/^» ahout J J eBs in ctrcj^ but according to I'rictice 100 BrHts if meafurcd by the i»chie or DukeJtme of U RBI Ht, i^n^t not long fince fallen to the Holy fcMt , and 'J,;i;;;' which indeed lies in themidft of the Ptpes t'lj" IK)rt OClUIlp* III lilt r»^t, niiuuiana tiutu ttiuwh iiiuviu ii\.j i ittheycariv benefit of ajcooo Dufj//, 4* Territories , having on the Eaft Maru itscheifc place is ttrrtrt, fo called from Anconts on the Soath the Apenine^ on &t irtn mints about it \ it is feated on tlie f » , wliicli on ohe fldc ferves as a Ram- pirc to defend it , as doth a ftrong Vir*U well fortified witli a fpatious Mtsie on fhe other fides. It is about five :iiilcs in coinpafs , beautifully built , and adorned with many Superb Edifices , and is ccounted oneofthe pleafantcft Cities in havin the Weft Tefcanes and on the North R»- marne. fticheif places are iWf^/«, fea- ted at the bottom fthe Aptnine, formed Wke :l Miter f ana therefore fo called «^/4, cure Mfirt and keep out Hr»t$s it wasioof about 30 miles in compafs* nearwfiole boilt by Trajaitm the Emperour, in honor banks lUuiU flew Flumtmm 15000 of otwhoHi thciewjscred^ed a ftately Arch his Rm*iu\ here alio is Ucm ydMtmt- ct ftanding. The Ciij is of gooil ftrcngth, „,^ ^ w |ieie DtUhBt vanquiOied luch of jeing encompafTcd with WdBs and «•/- the04(»/r/ ishad eftapedthefwordot O- WArkts : Its Honfct are fair , and its Iith*- mtllm. iiUMit rich , elpcciaily by reafon of its jhc Diuhn of SPOLETo. ancient- : Cmment with other Nations, a. Ltrtiii, |y r4frr, &c. Us chief places arc i Ap% famous foF httle , but being the birth place ot St. Frtkntu , 2 FuUgnt , 5 7«i<, 4 Amtltt, J Rttti , 6 Ntrtu , mJ 7 Noart, The XmW of sarin F, is South- rr ^ as alfo VelTcls o*" '^•W and i/7wr, and otlier Monuments. In tlie Chmdi , is lontinujlly kept burning abundance of ri'rf.v f.ifjiiiy and Ldmfs , and whofe Or- f4«/aiuV other mufick makes an harmooi- oirs found; and he that believcthnotthe Miradts that are here wrought , as alfo that it was iiot brought , as I have faid The Prtvtnctoi o R I ET I N iitotlic V/*f^oiSftlti0\ andhadof FtrufiH. Its chief place is onttt$ fcated on Co high j Rock , that it amazes thofe that look down into the adjacent valleys^ then Aqut- fti$dtiitt. And la/l of all the Part of /r4/)f called , Sl.FETERS PATRIMONT, con- heforc.tiomP^/r/fw, is deemed by the 40 ««»««*> aJ'o »" ^'•"•'" or CtmMiui,'.., i*th$lmuts for an Infidel. This plxe is ''•^ » ^^^ P>" "' 'P'"'** » Y '* ^^^^^ ' ' moA frequented twice a year, to wit, 00 the C$MtPti»n0f cur Lord., and the kirth ('f»ur Uaj , at which times it is throng'd with people. 3. A/4fn'4rjthefeatoftnc Ctvtrntrs of this Prtvmct , and here is a Ctlled^eoi Ldwjtrs , ior the hearing and determining of caufes , both which hath added much to tlie beauty and wealth of this City. 4. /<^rout a third part wift giound^ yet iiic toe rccicacon: 6 Ctvit»yt(h$i^ a Man- aplaceof great t'plmdor, beautined with Ilk Tuwn, hitt:i\.ont\\K7'jrrh(utMSt4% many princely F«/«a/ , and fa Aciently fa- ilK)iiiKliiig in great plenty with AUm, mouilor b?ingthefeatoftlici>«^«, which |(iK)\vn by (he nsineof it«r^« ^^«w, trotn makef it exceeding populous, being wliuh gieac prdTit atifctli to the P$ft ■• 7 10 thought to contain about aooooo con' lit frit, S I'trit, 9 CmMtit, 10 Sum, II Aant iM/ttiitMii , befiJes an exceeding great confluence of ftiangers which hi- ther come from all parts of Chnftcn- dome^ fume for devotion i othrrt to plvafe their fancies with its Miii$ay jocoo Dutkits yrarlv ■ ■■ ■' ■ " ' ■ ' ' - ■ • -J^ jplacc'.'ufliciuuly memoti/edby tiicnnti (lit an I iiiiowiied Hiptrians. Thb Ciij wlicii III I,a piiOimr fpluidur , was faidto V\ 50111. liMii ciuuic, wliufc ivjllt were [iciutitiid Willi about 750 Tttvtrs , and ImI tacvMUam about 4^30^0 fighting men t'uit IS iice Ciiiiiiu^ andfucli oswcrein- nlUii into Ctfif:, belides StrvMit , W»- ttibuce to the P^t , for which two Ctl Ijtt ar« maintained and furniHied (or fer- vice in Civttd t'tchu , known by the names ofthe5«^«rr4/i/,beingrocaird from ihc place of their alxxle in Rtmt^ and this tribute the Pift would make one be- lieve he doth not take tor their tolerati- on, but for their punilhmrnt. This Ci* ».»3nJ children \ but this Ciiy hith fc- jof; is featedon the banks of the Tr^rrup vi;a!i:nK^ lilttlip loftlingsot ill fortune, l^\ ng twkc Uciibu:nt \ onci- in iheCl- v!t Wais ot SjU* and Mtrim , aiul the o- ihcr tiint in the Wars ot yif^tfiM and Ft- idltiu. Itwasallbtlie third time built liy r(jl'4(i.w, wlio (tor encouragement of il!tpo^n!c to lutUn us buildings) carrycd il r h Itbiikct of caitii, in imitation of winch ilic Stiiliij did the like, which on CdmfMS Mdrtiut , where it was builc after the inundation uf the Ccifii and Fmm- idli. TotlusCiV)! thercis 15 G4r» which ierve for entrance \ it is now built upon 10 HtBs , on which are fair 5rr«^«rrr, as on the top of the yttUtn Hill isfeated the pioud Palace of the Ptfts^ largexoough to give entertainment to three Pnnut at onetime, being beautified , and enriched much excited the people to labour < heic 40 with excellent f^iMr/oi/; , and tutitfitits^ wii the Ttmfle of 7-4iiiu , wlioCe tloores ucic kept ihut in the time of peace, and open in tiic time of War^ which in all their Men.if(hi happened but thrice ^ to w;t, in the Keign of Augu^w., after the ruMick War, aiui 111 tlic time of Nuhu: lieiewasalCo ihc Cdpitil faved from the Ctults by the cackling viaeeft \ and hoe was the £r/4/«Mf, Kid-skms , L»teftringSy &c. for which they receive from EngUnd^ Ltdd , T/w , Herrings , Pilthen , Sdit-Sdlmtm, Neitr-Lditd filh, Stuffes, BdfeSfSajeSy TdStiVy Wax, Cukes- Skins , <$•<•. which are Landed at Ctvt- te Efy»il/ii9% & St, Fd$U NtBd vid O- to td- ndidythe Port for Some, to winch (Heitfty all which are Superbe buildings, place they are tranfported by Btdtes and and richly adorned with Fitturei , and yfjfflft up the Titer on which it is ica^ where are feveral reliques 5 and bcHdes ted- thclc churches there are in R»me about 3 CO, if the A/c>u(leries for N»m y Relii f>i»us Ntmjes , Cwventt , and the like are iiKhided. Here arc many Htfiitdls for the relief of the diftrefled 5 likcwife leveral gallant Libraries ^ as the fiit/Mn, Tlieir Coyns liere currant are thole of "| all Itdljy thechief of which arc Diickcu^v: as they term thcm,Cr«ip/»/of Ctld, wluch is worth a 1 1 ^iilifs or Paults. The CrtiPH of Silver is worth 1 Julm. The ^ulie is worth 10 Bajeelres , or 40 alio that of the Jefuitts Cclledge, &c. JO S»dtrins, The BaiKbt is worth i Stld^ 4 DM/Vr5 fmallmoney of jfowrf, Their Weight is the JSumtdl of 100 //, which makes in LonJtn^ 80 //. But Mx. Rtherti obfcrvcsthat ofthcfc ^intals of 100 /i. is made two diffe- rent Weights , with allowance given iherc- Thc l'al.i(es of the Cardinals are verv R»te\y rtru(ilurcs, and richly adorned with Pjintt»^s , to which .ire joyncd plcafant Ctrdtns , whcrciii are divers Statues ; and thefe v abets are difjKrrfed up and down the City f, hae are feveral Fiaizesy the chief of which tirtla Pidzzd Vdtitdndy U Guidfi , 1.1 Novana , and la Fiort. In Reme arc abundance of JntiquitieSy upon, as in faile of Sficet or the like. The S^inidt thereof lie faith is ac- counted to be of the abovefaid Weigk fome of which I will glance upon, as firft 50 160 /«. And the fecond which is the Wf/^ifrr for all grofs^W/ is held to be 2 50 //. to the ^intdl. Their Meafiires in length are two, the one for WteMen , and the otiier for Iw- nen; the one is the Cane, and 8 Pilmts makes a Cane , and ?o Canes is a i co Venetian Braces, which isj5 ; Ells £«- glifh. The other is the *r4ff, which is 3 '. Palmes of the faid Cane. Corn IS fold by a Meafure which thty tlic ,4pptian oitluks with their feve- ral llur$flifhitks , as that of Angnflns Cefars that oi Tihrius Cejar -^ alfo one dedicated to the Sun by Jngnflns y with fevtral others 5 here are alfo three famous Celiimnet_ , divers Pjramides , abundance of Stjtnes , throughout all the City, as one of JftH* y another of a Satyn Wt- maity one ot the J mazM UiffoiitOy one of EacchnSy alfo thofeof ^•/i4daa<:hter40 to Anguflus Cefar , of ^grtffd daughter ot Marcus Agriffa •, alfo of Ceres y Ctfia, PaSdi, Diana, ytfftria, of t/tfcnlaftuSy of a Satyr blowing a feven-rceded I'ipej one of Diana with a Btw, and ^iver of jirrows \ alfo of Cenflantinty of Maximi- li.in ; likewifc feveral ftatues of Gyants , with divers others too tedious to name, as alio abundance of Heads of eminent peo- ple in antient times , and other antiqni- 1° ties , which for brevity fake I omit. The Cftrtle of St, Mngelo which for its ftrength is efteemed impregnable, unlefs fiarved, and here the Ptf^^liveth in more (fate and pompe then any Prince in chri- ftendtmt , and what his office is , as alfo the Religitn and Cenmtmes ufed m the Church of Rtmey&c. I willingly omit, fuppofing few are ignorant therein, though contrary in opinion to us. call the Rngie, which 1$ 411 li. in Wen^it there , which makes at London about ( ) Gallons. T s c A :?{^r. 'H E DnkedtmeofF LORE NCE, X or FLORE NTl N, contain-, eth the greateft part oi T o S- C A N r y to which doth belong '■^ thofe of Sdnefe, and Pifdn-y and which I Hiali include under the Dukedome of Flerente. ft is feparated from Gtntd by the River Mdgray and the ftrong Town oiSarazand, belonging to the Ceitoii; on the ^cft f:om Antmiana, and Ro- m*gna n A LY. 2J H:i*na s by the Affinint on the Norili \ by' the I'lfftty on the Eaftj and by the rjrhentan Sta, on the South. This Dnkt- ticme is in length about i6o miles, and otthc fame breadth in many places. Its dome , ar« Wintt; Ojlcs^ Siilh^ both raw an! wi ought, in feveral FatricU^ as Taffe- ties, Sattins , Fehtis^ Plujhis^ md Grt- J rains in great quantities', alfo, U/w, :4tr- /f, &c. for which they receive from c/»f- teoptest^ generally ( even the Duke him- ImJ, Cltths, Serges, Bayes, Perfetuait^fj, lelO MiQed to Merdant/tze , byreafon Sdjes, LeaJ,Tirm,Calve-siins, Fitchert, of which it is a place of great wealth. Herrings, ITerp- laini-fi/h, Pickltd Stlmon, Among the chief citits of this Tcrri- in Pifai$, toiy, (ot which it boafts of many as lo The Ctjnts here currant, zxe , Duckets J^^^ ^ |jir.Vs are in any Conn trey in Italy) firft of 7 LivertferDucketj which is accounted 'Z7,i^' f/tfrrwfr (which gives its name to the JD«/tf- iox ^ s.id.fieTling. ^'' TheX/vfr isfio .S>0/which is valued to be9d.fierling. ^hcSfud0 or CrmH is 7 i Livers, which is J t.Ti. \Sterlitig, The £/rfr is alfo divided into 12 Cin-a: ehes^ whereof 8 is a Julio, w^^ch is 6d. fter/mf. 5. Motrins is a Cr^jch, and 69 ^ ^.- ni y,7«0 bares the bell. It is feated in a no Ids fruitfull then pleafant plain, near ihc confluence of the Rivers /Ir/a and Clium ; it is about 6 miles in compafs, x\y\ by rcnfon of its being the refidencc .H tlic Dut. , is very populous and rich j vv'k'u lie huh a ft.itdy and magnificent FdUcf , tichiv adorned with abundance of »o Cratckes is a Liver ^ SI iiut.', ns i!R-/78/f. Ihttt Meafurt'MxhtBrati, and 4^ Bra- ihirM,,. ces is a C41U { and 100 Braces are round ^'"' tomakc 48 i BMs,,ot6o ', Tards, to each IS tidrdois ipatiou* and delightful, where- jof/f there is the ufuall allowance of the Sil- ver Tbumi. Graiit is fold by the Mtggii, which is 14 StaitSy and the Staits is jo U. And Salt is fold by the 5tj/« , which is 7a //. the i» ire exicllinc Ftu/Uamts , Grtves, L* hjrtuths 2nd 1%'alks, befides a place where ill torts of wild Beafit are kept < and be- lides this Palace ^ the Crti hath feveral Mir an.l tuperbe Edifices \ being a place ID extraordinary beautihilW that Ckartes tlie Arch-duke Died to fay it was fit only u) be fecnon Holy-daies. Its flreets are large, ftrait , and well ordered « its Chur- St*j0. FfVMisfoldbyth^C^fM, which is ia» Bdrrtlt^i Cich Barretts ^ Metadeliot 20 BittUi, and the Barrel is to weigh 120 //'. 07/* is fold by the Orcit, or Barrel, and (hs fair (Iruihiresv and richly adorned with 40 containes 32 Metadelli, vtiuch fhould weigh Ftmttngs, Sculptures, &c. among which the new Chanpel of Saint Laurence for ::s beauty and fplendor may defervedly takeplace. In this City are forty four Pariftj Churches , about fifty Nunneries , twenty four/'r>fr/>/,twelve Prierates, and a!)OUt thirty flel^iials , it is inhabited by an ingenious Pfople, much addifting them- klve^ to Arts 3i\d Manufaciurei ^ and here _ -j_ ... xr iound excellent Painters axui SculPttrs. 50 Pi fan \ built by Pitd a peop!: of Ebs ia Tiiis Citj was built by Syta that bloody Greece •■ recovnedto tne Fltrentmes by »■■■"/ 8j li. This place hath a great Trade, and is much frequented by Uerchants and .frrM- ^„„,„^ ters, by reafonof the great Privilcd|ges,and '♦'''4""' kind entertainment which thev find, all trUZr.f forts of ilfl-fAW/c* being here landed fr«e *""" from all Imftfis, Unties, and Cu/ltms, an advantage not found in many places. The (econd City I (hall name is Pifa in Diiftator , and ivas made a Colony by the triumviri\ it was rafedby \.\m Lim^ birds , recdified by Charles the Great , bought Its liberty of Rtdtlfhm , and 3- gain became ( and continues) fubjefl to the Mtdices who are now Dukes of Flo- rence. The Commtdities that thii City pro;iuceth being theprodaftofihei>«^f- the valour of Sir fohn HoKkwud an Eng- Ujhman, feated at the entrance-of the Ri- ver Arntiato the Sta\ it was once a very Idrge City , and had great Territories , Corfiea, Sardinia^ and the Baleares, ^e. having been under its fubjoflion t being very rich and powerful, both by Land ani StJ : but the many (bocks of fot" Gg^ tun« Iff ttALt L-.4 tit, time have ic«^ced it within one half of its ancient limts,and mnch Ecdipfed its riches ami be>"'y ^ V^^ 'he many feveral good Build''^^ which it ftil! fliewes, teftific its aiiti-nt f^lendor-, among which maybere- cioned its beautiful A^futdnity its fair Ca- (hciintl wiih its braken folding dorcsj its SKtple built with fuch Artifice, that on all fides it fecms crooked at the top, and ready to fall on the head of the beholder 5 and its Campo Stntt, which Was raifcd with the earth which they brought hoiii^ from thtHtlj-UuJ in thetr GtSiti, when the chrifUdHS fought to gain it fix)m the Infidels. Their Cf-ww, Weights yVind Mufmra, as alfo their y^r«*ffrj Kept, are the fame with thofc of Flerente. Here is a Cn^omt-hntfe to receive the Cuffomts for all Gotds that are landed at I.cghorne^ and enters into his Country, or laden in Flort)ke , and going this w.iy out of his Cotmtry^j for which it is jtr ittir- rtttiiWf af obfetved , that a Bagg of Pep- per is about 3 Crotvn of Ctld ftr B*Ue the CMpomt ; And EKglifh Htrriitgs fiom the arrival at Lfghmie, nntill dif- patchcd in the Cn^tm^hmfe of P»/a, have charges 15 Sold) tilt J»*rrr/of400o Hh- rinj^s, by which we may judge of the Cujlomcs upon other Cotds, StrrniM in Strufe , may claim the third place, bnih by Brfnftue the Gi»iie, vA\o put' Iris did fickly mein liert to fojourD*, and called it 5«4. It isan In-landCity,feaied in a larg*, plcafant and fertile Territory, whercirr are the Tm^ms or Orkittlh, Piettt,4, SMtn, with 2 Mothers, all walled ^ alto the Haven cATcltm, the Ltrdfkif of Pltmhi- nPr and the Pftnnfnls of iVmfc Ar^tiit0- rMo, enriched with Mines of SHvtr, and ftorr of Murhie. It is adorned with beau- tiful Aa//ir»^i, bothpublick and private, as theprou^ Pdlatt built of fnaaie /loMs by Pope Pius the fecond, and the Arrh'Bi- Ihp; thenits lofty Tower of A/4»»fw, over- topping all other brntdingsin theCity,and luththeenjovmcnt of a plcafant profpeA over the confines of 7ir/(r4«5i-, iti Churches are beantiful?, among which the D»mt a the chief^ bsitt of black and white Mtr- hie, and richly ariomed within, and in its C*«/frifthey(ay is ncp' the arracof St. ^tht Bjftifi ■, and laOly its Se/ute-huife^ where there is a C«/«mi hearing Remm and #M»N/iMr fucking a irW/tf in Brafs. Next tijltid nray claim place, a City though finalK) yet rich and well boilt^ it is famous f9^ it»begiimin^ that bloody £a^ionof the Nen and BiMchi , as of the Cnnlffs ana Chrbillines : then Ligorne or Livorne alfu in Pifsn, featcd at the mouth of the River Arnt, a fairc and beautiful City, being accounted the ftrongeft, and one of the principal Towns of Trade in the Medittr- r/me anfeas^ being properly accounted the fcale ot the FlnreHtine Dominions j but in matters of Commerce, it is governed by 10 FlereiKe and Pift the chief Cities of this Dktchj. This City not many years part, was purchafed by the fUrentiHes of the GeHtjes for 1 locoo Duckets, before whic h it was a place of no great account, nor beautv, being a reception lor Theeves, Mmbtrersy Pintei, and all forts of Re- lighns , or rather irreligious peo])Ie % but now it is well inhabited, being thercfidcnce of abundance of Mtrthams and Strangers, 10 which hither come for the negotiation of their aflfaits. CommtMties here found are many, by reafonof the great rr4$U4r\oR^muKj\ and 5 \ Livers a D»B4ur Aort m*»ej. 7 Livers is a Ducket. and 7 ', Livets is a Scudt, or Crown of ffWIrfjWhich is y ;. 7 1 i. flnling. . Tney keep theif Auntits in DtlUrs, Li C "I i ■veru if tiie Ctidffs and te or Hvornt aUo outh ottheKivcr titul City, being :, and one ot the \ le in the Mtdittr- ' nly accounted the tomitiionS} but in it is governed by liicf Cities of this t many years paft, tUrentints of the :kett, before which reat account , not )tion for Thetva, nd all forts of Rc- ieious pco'J)le % but .being the rcfidcnce htms and Stran<^(rs, t the negotiation ot ound are many, by , (*f4r« 6 Lpvtri \(ji and 5 5 Livers a 7 Livers is a Ducket. Sciulty or Crown of UetuHtsmDtlUrs, Li- ven, iTALlt. if (j/w, nrtJ I>:q Arcb-^i- Ikps, and tw any CiK 8 ijl^-ifs ,, The Comnunivealihot LUC^S, the fmall S'tgnieurj of N E. ? I O M B I- Kjngdome of 0^(JTLES, i. THE Thiid and laft part of Italj in gencrall we have comprehended as yet are igno- jo under the Kingdomeof NAPLES which by fome hath been divided into fix parts , to wit Terra di Lavoro , Catatria fuferitr., znd inferior ^ Atruzcr, PUgia^ or CafitMiata, (jr Terra di OtraMo. It h te- parated from the Land tf the church, by a line drawn from the mouth of the River Trente, to the htidofAxofeniu; and on all other parts it is endofed by the Sea. _ This Kingdom is of a large extent, being tie Signieurj of P I o M B I N Ey the 40 almoft 1 500 miles in circuite. it is eve- IIU oi ELUEy and the frinciPatttj of ry whcrtf very feitile , and by fome ac- " ■ '■ counted the ric heft of all //4/;, abound- ing in nrccllent Wines, iilks , both raw and wrought into many Patricks , in Ojlsj Safrony Almonds , Annifeedi , Ar- i^all, Brtf'omey Mints of feveral Mettals , &c. It IS watered with ftoirc of RiverSy as Garigltan , VomanMSy SibariSy Saltnm. Pefcara , TrontM , Bafentus, &c. whicfi. Kija upai MASS Ay nukes op the re^ oiTufiaujuthh hfl is but rtiull in circuit , but yeilds a- bundauce of white Marhle, and is beaUtiB- tJwith the Cities of. Vrfjfj, and C4rMr4, the lart oftner theicfidencc of the /»«;»<•?, tlie foimci (Iritngthncd with aftattly Ca- (lUy botli beautified with excellent Mar- ilt Statues. 4id Kttrrl. The Common-wealth o( L U C .> .■.. v-l \ii^i -j.i.. t- 1^- i.i .'T ITER* i8 tTJL% i»"i*.'j ticiitfy Ctmpani/i, hath on the South, •t"jt"n the Seal, on the Weft , Saint ftitn Pd- trimenyi and on the North aix] Eaft, the ^fftninf. rltrm for its occellent fertility called this Conntry Ctrnti & iacchi eertamen; and here is featcd^^i- fltt the Metropolitan City of this Kihg- donie,and one ot'tht faireft ofEtijtoPE, y r* dt. caPed* by the ItttUns^ NtpcliUCenUU,ioEnsltih, produceth 71 in 71 //. Epglifh, which iri Silke is generally i'ound to hold 6\it as a- foiefaid. The RottolU is 33 ; okikh. 100 XitiUtes is the Cantar of 277 //. which produceth 196 //. at t6 tumts ftr /i, in Ltnd0n. Their Mtaj^rt of length is the Ptlmt, ' and the Csnt \ and 8 ftlmti makes the ' Cant which is accounted to be 2 j yards becaufe inhabited by fo itiany N»Uts and CtntltmtH. It is feated on the Utdittr- UHtdttJImt^ amongft pleafant Hiffsyand fruitful! FitUt •, a Citj of great antiqui- ty , being by feme laid to be built by Htrcntts. It is about feven miles in com- Of other Mtajnres j ; Salmn oiOila held for uTim/iy which /; 1^6 rallm Bnglifh. Miiny Commodities are fold by the Sabiu , 2nd 1 6 Tmrits is a Salmt which is ( ) gtUtns Ettglijh. TheFalfm that are here Matriculated pafs, fortified with four Rrong Ca files, nelM'ttJifeta 0iltUi$4 {which they obt3aa',',.\ to wit , Caflefft Ove , CtfielU CaftJbaa, lor a fmall matter) fave thereby the pay- CafielU Nivo , and Cafiellt Ermt, befides ment of Cnfimt of all djeJ Stuffs j but aftroiig Wall, Ditches, Tmers,&c. So 20 there is an inconvcniency in it fby ren- thatic is in a manner invincible ^ it is en- dring them lyable to bear offices in the richcd and beautified with many Superbe Citi ) befides they muft have lefided here eight years before matrtculatitn , which makes fmrvgners decline this privi- 'edge. The next place of note is C4;>i4,com- modioufly feated on the Sea , and of good ftrmgth -, then fttitl a fair and beauii- foll Citj feated on the Sfti-fliore , enjoy. Jfru{furesy and magnificent Churches, t/t tia/fertes, Celled^es , C0urts and Palaces of Prinets and NpUes, adjoyning toplea- fnnt and deliglufull Gardens. Its Ftrt and Haven is commodious and good , where are kept ftore of Galljts « and fi'oin whence inafereneSkie may befeco the two promontories o( li/nerva and joiiig 3 commodious fwr^ alfo 0^«m feated Mifent, Tliis place of late hath been on the banks of the River Fulternus, a „^, ^.^ &RK>i]S for its ftrange rebellion under itaf- place of great antiquity , and once very /ii0r^«a poor//Ar>'m4M}aftoryrufficicnt- beautifoll; then A>/ii where ^4Mi^4/ re- fy known to all Here is an Utffitaten- ceived an overthrow bv MarccUus s and cowed with 6CC00 Crowns yearly , for laftly the £«mi4 once a fair andbcautiiuil tlie relief and maintenance of the fick:, Citj , but now nothing but a heap of maimed, and impotent people^ this Citj ruines-, nigh to which is the Lake ^ivrm; [, nffbrdeth the cemmtdities aforefaid , for fuificiently famous among the fM/i,whofe whkh it receivetli from England Ltad^ unwholfome fulpherous ftink fo infeAeth Tinn, fome Chihs, Bases , Serges, Salts , ^ the aire , that Birds which fly over it FufHans, Herrings, Pilchards, NtwUnd- \oh their lifej and hereaboatf was the 0, alfo Ttbaeco, fefftr, and other Spi- ces, Fufta Hides, Calvesiins , ^t. Near to this Ciij ftondsthe Hill ff/iiviMr. now Minte Grtgt , no lefs famous now for its excellent Grtge Wines , then formerly for its carting foitli [mtak and flames ot fire f}om its I'ulphuious cntials. . Their Cojnes lierc currant are as fol w»,r. FHts defcent into Htll , and where the gate of W*// was, through which the /«- fernal j^irits whej* any humane aeature was facrifized unto them they caafed to rife, and where ty£*/* went down to///// to talke wkh his father. J. CALABRIA SUPERIOR called likenife Marna Cracia , becaufe » loweth. 6 C avals makes iTurntft. a 50 the Cr«/4*. jlantcd here many Colonyes. '; U'ttftti. Turnefes a Grain. 10 Craines a Carlint, a Cariines a larrj. and 5 Tanjes a Due- ktt, which is of equal value with ; (h. fter- ling. They keep their Accounts in Duckets, Tatrjet, and Grains, Their H>/^^r is the/M^ri/of ii$uncts, which makes 1 1 ; eunces Englifli , and af- ter the faid rate every 100 //. of Naflts It is bounded on the South, with C4/4- 1^ hria inftritr j on the North, with Puglia -, and on all other parts by the 5^4. On the South Eaft part of this Coiinttyis Col{$ di Chtlacs, of old finns Scjtlattcus, and on the North Eaft part Ctlftdi r4rM/*,of old finus Tarentinus. The chief places in this part are i Tarentnm built by the Laced*' mtniasu , and is the birth place of Archi- tdi )M till.' Pi inh.thit.tnti m tlu- Ot) nnJptopIt (hiiCtmnol pld by tl :i f:iir Ci( [UltS. K CA luitli oti t! on .ill othi CCS i\rc I irow t!iri( x/n'f/»»» fo cauli that \\.h by tlie S.ikrnMm i [hk ; and 4 4 AttKl A^Pemne ; C0nit/in.t\ i, d'i.inik, 1 '•!iil.t lent ouno, t'lC ^.holc-divii w»rf, the PI An F'Oft. y.i\ltitHm tikein to be 5. PUGf. t»\ ontheS .ikruizo; i iick\ it affi lives , Atmt cliict Cities with the fe; f/f, famous S'.' Hanmiat e*HlHs %A^, tftuatts ofw ; Sitrlttta ; thel>irt!i pi: the biitli p ytn^eh, a lai frttitHia. 6. TERH Its Weflern Not hern , Its chict pl.i of which T tnn*i^%t. tiMt RllHt and not full pulfion ot' 2 Hrundufim is efteemed ilendome, Traffick, a» w till." Phdofofher, i Cotronc , whofe inlhihiLtnis Were noted for their aftivity ill tlif Olfmfick ftmts % j Sfbaris built nnilptnplcdby tne Grecians after thedc- (liiiciiorj of Troy < 4 /^»»rf/?fbimeiIypeo- pleii l>y tlie ryif"i^<»'i:ins •, and 5 Cojfnz.4 ■\ im City , being the chief of thcfe pnits. ?. CALABRIA INFERIOR ITALU^ ISU:h(T)S. 19 Cattle, 4 Leceie^ %. T4fdrtti\ and 6 Brin- difi, all places of good account. Here are in this Kingdome jo Archhi- Jhops, lay Bijhfs., ij Princes, 24 i>«/{-/ grow tliricL- a year-, 1 /f/jw AA«.tf or lik^iitmCo called from f-iynini tumft,hz- cault that here it is thought that 5/W/jr u.t!. by the .Vci brok'Jn from Italy •, 3. S:thrnMm famous for the ftudy of Phj- ftt; and4 iV/foffriil'cated ontheSr.!. 4 AB!i IbJI). , ...p..rr in this palFage were the Scill* and chanhdis of thcaotients, the firll a gieat Rock, at the foot of which many little ones ihoot outs the other zHhirpeeUt, which places were madefo extrcamly terrible and dan- gerous by the Ptets, and of which many tabulous things by them were reported , though now found neither dangerous, not affirighrfuU , efpecully to the exoert M*- jo rttier. This ifle was once called Trina' crid from its being triangular , and abut- ting three Prtmonttnes at each comer m- • to the 5t4 , to wit Cafe de Faro , of old Peltrns regarding Italy ; Cafe Paffart , of old Ptftms, regarding the More*-, and Ctft Bdtj t or Caft Ctto of old Ltlihie- itm, facing the Promontory Mtrcunt of .„£,,„. Affrita. It is fcit-.'ate under the fourth climate, thelongeftday being 15. i lioures. I-'l tint I faMlHs tA'Hnlius Tm^chUMus Vart , ahd the 40 About this IJU are fevcral fmall ones, the > _. y^t'.ul...^ ..._n»:_ »l ... i-Uimf nf uil ./-U T .-,11 ,.~_1.. „..«. ..;_ Femarts ofwlii^m were (lain about 41 700-, ; Snrlitia a ftiong fortrefs5 4 f'tmt/id, (he birth place of //w^^ i 5 Arfiimn*, ilic biith pl.iceof Tw/Zy^ and 6 MtntSt. Anfth, a tai: City, and not fw from Jt/4«- fredtma. 6. TERRA Dl orRANrO,\mhfot Its Weftcrn Ixjunds Pit^lia; and for its Nothern, Faftcm aftd Southern, the Jm. chief of wl ich I will onely name, viz. yU LCAN I A , B A S I LUzo , rU LC AN ELLO, LIPJRA, TH ERMIS I A , LlSC A-Bl A N- CA, ERICU S A , DIDIMA, r RONCILE ^ FENICUSA and STJtOMBOLI. This y/?rf)»i ti ct tjiu n. »<*-. Old Silk in great Dlcniy , of which they iri.ike many Fairkks , and fuch abun- dance of all forts oiCr*ints, that it was o( old called the Cnneri of the R»mM EmPirt 1 and is now tound to turnifh Miltd , t'le adjacent ijlis , Sftin^ and m.;ny pirtsot 7/4/7 with hcrfuperfluitiKj irs fruits aununy, txcelltnt , and ingieat pUnty-, tlity iuive moft forts of PUnts, Roots, and Mtdiantl Herbcs s it breedeth all forts of Btafls , Birds , and Forvle in great p'.nuy, as well thofc for delight and chafe, as for profit : Its Rivers afford ftore of excelUnt Ffh, as doth its Stt, where alfo thty tAv t^p Ctrr4ls,-^affer- fitne, &€. in good quantities \ and here are many «4» A/ of different natures, which are found good to cure feveral infirmities in tlu- holy of Man. The chief WiiSfi in rh:s iflt , are I4o»nt HjbU , fatnous for its Bt(s and Mmejt, and Mount ^tnt, now Mount Giiellt, for its former conti- nual ftmling forth flames of f/W, though now ceafed , and tor being the highefl in this //?4»V , whofe top is exalted ten mtles above its Bafis , being a good land marke to t'le Sstlers dtfcovcring it fclf a- hour 150 milfs. T'lis ;//4i»J was firfl inhabited by a race of huge GjMnts , much fpokenof by Ho- mtr , who called them tne LtftrigOMs ^ and the Cyclopes, of which laft was Poti- fhnms fo famoufed for the entertaimneiu of Uifffts and his feilows. The reople that now inhabit it , are well proportioned , of an accrte and ready wit , ingenions and of a good in- vention , of a volable tongue , prone to revenge . envious, fubtlc, and fLuterersf they are valiant and greedy of honor, and though they are featedin fuch afruittuU Counrrey, yet they addid not themfelves to Traffiik; as to their Lditgiugt, Rtli- giM, haku, (^c. it is the fame with Ittr Ij , tow ich it once was faidto joyn. This ifli ( as I (aid ) is 700 toiirs in circuit , which is divu'ed int ■ three f 4/- iejs , or Provinces , to wit VtUt de Ntto , VdUt de M»s.*ra , and Vtlls de Dirnt- MS. I. r ALU DE NOTOy \s the ^outh-eaft pait, whofe chief plices ate, Sirtcufd, once the Metropolis of the whole J(le and containing within its VVtMt (which were 20 milts ia compals ) 4Crt»«, but it 1$ now I educed toatar Icfscucuit^ The Citj as to Its prefeiit (late is (frongly fen- ceti about with a WrfZf. and other Fortsf- (MttMSf being a G*rri(o» of Sftmutrds . In buildings are fair, and ilinv fomctliinf ot Its antiquity s it hath two//4vf/H,oiK' towards the South, and thcothertouaids the North fide of theC/ryi a Ltoniwm feated Northwards of Siracuja , wuh which it had divers times (Iruglings for pri- ority, and liberty 5 and 3 Ennn a Midland Town or City. 2 V JLLl DE MAZORA, cen- to taineth all the Weftern part , or Corner of this I (land; its chief places are fir't Morreal, OX Mtnlreal ^ixmoxaioi iuArch- Bifhofs See , and Church ^ a Cir^tntt of old Agri^entum , the feat of the Ty- raoc PhaUris , who afilided Perillus in the brazen Bull) and i Palermo ioxxntxXy Pt- tmmmoxKc a Colony of the Phrmciaus, and now the chief City of this //?*, being the feat of the Sfanifh VittRvj^ it is 20 fcituate on the Weff Cn/rof tlicljlauji, being beautified with magnificent i'4/4<^« and Temfiest curious buildings , and fair fireets , famousforbcing the birth place, and abode of fomany brave men, as was Sjracufa, 3. FALLI DE DEMONA is the laft Province, pofTcfTin^ the North- caft part of the j/lsnd, and boafieth vt its chief Town Mefina , feated oppofite 30 to Rhefiumox Regto\n Nafles ^ a place of great urength as well by nature as art , Baying before it the Sea where they have a iK>Ufs famous, bautifull, and commo- dious, theuaftioag Haven , and behind it are high HiUsy the Cit-i is ftronglyH^i/- Ud, tort'fied about witn Bulmarks, and bath a Ciiiadet of great ftrength , being a GarriTon of Spaniards ^ it is the J^rrof aa Jrchtflhtpy beautified with fair aiui (tare- 40 1/ baiidings as well pubhck as private, aod hcethe Vice'Rrf hath a magnificent FaUue , adjoyning to tiie Arfenal , wlieie iheu: Calljes &c. are kept; here Feuus, Ntftune, Caflvr iai Pollux had their Tem- pos , from whofe ruines are now ere^ej Chriftian Churches. The GentrejiXid Ci- /u .'(where live in great delight and plea- fure, where is thete f/j^t-AMr/ri and other places of Recreation t befides every e- 50 vening they take the au-e along the Mdrtm ( which is a vacant place between the ff4//andthe Haven) a%o\XTGentrej do at Hidf- Parke , where all the pride, and beauties of the Ciij may be feen, themea on Horfe-back, and the women in Co(- clies. This Citj is the chiefeft place of Traffick in the whole Jfljud^ being very well frequented by Menhann and Stran- lers. Its other places of note are Malt- (0 fo or Mih. iVi then cd , next leJ^:;e fox t chiefly for no/i L4Ks^ Town. The Cffj in Pitermo this /fir, ar Thtir Co lis IS a t,r>un fliM, or Sici Turre « 4o II S olds, 6 6 Florins is Ctirliir. alf Ducket of which is tft( lin^. They ke Tdrtes and ftoiiie to all UP( n the rjnge, Tlieir (IV \o~> F oleics t ivlr.chdcth &■ tliisistlic They havra W is weigl Eitjtijh. Their Mr, which is abc Ctne is dividt Their Cor which there.! iht general , by about r ihffe Saltnes Us. ojl is here iffighethtSo S J T^ S J 1^ THE ifl feated in !ir ftx)m Siatj torn which it Ji length 180 « circuit beii wt fo fertile (lie\v fomet'iing two //4vwi,one thcotl.criowaids ityi, a Lttnlium Siracujd , with ftruglingstbrpri- I Eniid a Midland A ZOR A , ccn- part , or Corner et places are fir'l \ mousfor \viAuh-' \rch \ a Cirgtnti e feat of the Ty- idledFrnZ/Miinthc fn»»# formerly Pt- ii the fhtmdtm, of this //?*, being /^ yittXtj\ it is :4/f of the iyJi«»(/;, magnificent Paltca tuildings , and tair ig the birtlj place , brave mm , as was ; DEMON A is feflinR the Noril- f, and boafteth ot M, fcaied oppofite S*fUsi a place ot i by nature as art , U» where they have -full, andcommo- ^vtB , and behind it ,»jfisftronglyH'4/- ch Buhdrks, and ftrength , being a it is the JwoUu with fair and Rate- ublick as private, latli a magnificent icArftndly whcie ept ; here Ftnuj , Imx had their Jtm- es are now credej rhe GemrejiadCi- delight and plca- ldj-h0*ftt and other befiiies every e- aire along the cant place between tn) z%o\aG<»trrf « all the pride, and ftov Mil.fzze on the North Promonto- C«»r» and Qw/f, but is diffident in ot/> and ' -L ,-„• ...I ,,.^ -./!.:_ _.l J I... ■ • ,' ■ . ^ lO iVj then F.rix where ff««/ was worfliip- td . next Catania, where there is a a.. '- leJ;( for the (ludying the Scittica , but chiefly for the ftuiiy of i\\t Civil andcV ,i$n Laws 5 and laftly Nhofia a Mid-land TlHVI). The CiTfnes, Weight, and Meafurts ufed in ratcrme, ^f/'/«4, as generally through this /fie, arc as followeth,T'/s. Tbtir Coynes are feveral, viz. 6 Picht- lis isa?r.j/» .whicli is 7 I Deniers of Sici- " lit , or SiciU. 8 Pichotis is a Ponlit, i rme JS 40 grains which is accounted for MStlJs, 6 Deniers, 1 Taneisz Carlitu. 6 Pterins is a Tarie^ and 12 Fltrins is a Ctrlin. alfo 15 Taries is valued worth a Ducktt of GtlJ. 50 Taries is an tunce whichistfteemed wo:th ii fh. 6 d. fter- rliey keep their Acctunts by tuncts , Taries an<\ grains. They have a Co- ftviiiie to allow I ; per cent, for bad »i»#»fj», uP( n the Payment of Bi//s of Ejc- rjiiee, Tneir liV/jA;i$ the Jttioltof ^o ounces^ \o-> Fetcles making the Cantar of 150 It, I \v!;;chdcth make at London \f6 or 177//. &• this is the common Weight of the //?W. rhcy have a greater Cantar, by which all 30 49 ^ffi Wis weighed, which makeih 184 i/». inglijh. Tlicir Meaftre of length is the Ow, I ffhich is about 3 \ jarii Englifh, and this 1 Ctnt is divided into 8 Palmts. Their Corn Meafure is the Salme , of I which tiiere are two-, the gr^s Sdlmt, and jtht general Salme which is the fmalleft by about xili. Per cent. And both lif.efe Salme s are divided into 16 Tttmt- \\!tS. Ojl is here fold by tlie Cantdrt, which lueigheth 180 li. Englifh, other good commodities , it is now lubje^ to the Spaniards; is divided i'uo two parts, 175. Cafe Lttgodoriy and Cdfe Cagliari. Its chief places are i Cagliari^ feated op- pofite to Affrick , having a commodious '" Haven, andTwell frequented by ;i/frfA4»f/i the City is adorned with goodly build- ings , fair Temples , and magnificent 10 Turrets , being the feat of the Spanifff Fice-Hoy, as alfo the 5« of mArch-Bi- jhof. 1 i#f*rfiJ- Bijhop. 3 Ori/fagni. and 4 Saffary both places of good account. CojHt here Currant , and their Ac- JJ/^f^T ttnnts kept are the fame with thofe of ' """'*' ydlentid in Spain 5 befides which they have Copper-monJ, to which the other money is reduced. Their W«ijA» b the ptnnd of u tmnces, JJ;;; 100 wherecf maketli their ^intdl, which produceth about 88or8y//, £/f' g/,jh. Their Uedfnres ate the Fdri ufed for Limren and WooBen , which makes J parts of a ydrd Enrlifhr, by which Account 100 Fares maketh about 8j or 84 yards En- glifh. And the Brdct ufed for Silks &c. of which loodoth make at £0»i/0fl about ir,it„. fhiir 4a Its ptifit are of a mesne fdtnrt , are ve- ry great hnnters ^ great paines-takers.no great Lovers of the Spdnidrds , are or an ignorant and rude hhavitnr , not much addifted to learning , and in matters of Jtr//f»#» not over ftnft, M-J i. .X.- ■, C %^S I C A. I <■ fnf.'i TH E //?j»i/ of CORSICA feated /,„;c<,r in the Ligundu fed , oppofite io{7r Hts or Criw* , is about jj j miles in com 3 yi -'v *^ * •''v. * ■'^ breadth, iMfoile by reafon of the A/<;«/»- tdinesii not very fertile in^r4/», but a- O R . bodndeth in excellent ffW/ ^ ityeildcth \i^(yn(tOylJ, Figs, Raifons, Honey, fVax, U A 'R *D A G 3^ £',jo^^«», Btxvrnod, and Iron Mines-, its I ^ ^ , ^' . , I>) Ctrdovi , .ind dtefl'cd , makes the true Ccrdovants. Tt[(4iij^ who holds the Eftates of FitrtMCt , SdHtftf Wii Pifdiis to the Re- publick Gfnrs or GtH»4 who hold the Mi- mtrsoiCentJi, zad the Itte of CtrfiC4 to the Duke of UiHtMs, to whom belong the Dutchyes of Mtuitn* and UtnftrrAt , I>-;, ;, if;.*'"' The Viffk iniiabitiiig in this I/ljnJyiie to the Duke of Pdrma whopoflTertcs the for the mod p^tt poor , heaJ-Arong , Dutchies of Pdrmd and PUctntd \ to tlic chmlidi, and not audited to litteraturet V)}i\ncoiM»deH4 who pofTcnes the Duke- they fpcrak akmdof/tW'M, butmucha- lodomes ofiV«yf. the tctiremeot of Tii/trim and ,A:N A RIA. The chief of the LlCUi. I A N Iflei is E L s A, famous for its two Ports, Ptr- to FtrrMO , an i Ptrt» Lottgtne. Its chief places being Cefm fvlu, built by Cifmt di jo form fcarce fills the third part of what is MtdKH\ wxtGdUtBdriA ,iheaCigU»,3jad. contained in thcfe degrees. T,;, ,f I. i«Iy f Ipl MtiHe Chnpa which ts but a rock. Thtfc are the principal parts, and I- flanJs of /ulj, theC4/ib«/wr4 of CMMibeing net long Hncelbld to the great DukeotT*/- cdHj \ he holds likewife the Eftates deBi Prdfidisoa the Cojft of TufcdHjs Pi*mlnn» on the fame coaft, and Ptrtt Ltngtnt in the Ifle of Elhd areundet hisprotc^on. In Itdh I make little account of ot he; Rtvers, tnen that of the Arne, Tiber, ml Pi^ the two fir ft defcer i from the Apfe- nine , the lift from the Alfes. The Ar- nt waters fltrence and Pifd in T»ftj/n, The Tf^^r haih its Spring in Tufcsny, ind almoft all its courfc in the Eftates of the church, where it waters Rtme\ but the i*« receives the tribute of fuch abund-incc Wliat the Cdthtlique King poflefties ofJOof Rivers iallmg from the Alfes itvi the Itdlyy makes no lefs then the one half of AfpeniiUy that though its coorfe he but j the wholes but whatever eftate it be, ftxMt, yet it becomes one of the faireft it holds either of the Pdtacy ot the Em- and largeft Jlii/;r/ of £«r0^; ) ittraverfrs| fire i the reft of Jidlj belongs to the 1/0- all the length of the higher apd lowetXM- lyfedt , or chuich,of which the Ptfe is ^4r4^,waines a great many beautiful Cities, chief' .- To the Vtnetidns who have the ai Turine ^ Gdfdl, Pideenzid, Creme»i,\ greateftpartof the lower Lemhdrdy\ then and above and below Femrd divides it to the Prince of f/fivwii; who is like- felfeintomanybranchis, that itmaywitfil Wife Duke of Sdvijs to the Duke more eafe carry its great burthcnot waters I imol Ilie Eftutes of Mi to the Rc- lio hold the Xi- ie of Ctrrud to • whom belong I nnd Mtnftrr*t , Ihoporteflcs tlic hdctHtth to the Hcnes the Dukc- |r//#, and to t lie 1 Prince and Loid Xtndj many little J' J, G»4fitlt4, St- \ltU4 ,0i f'UtVt- |mongtheE(l.i(es lot M4naco P of "Dejiqned by Mon'^ Sanfon "V vX rjY-r ytn-t^ IP. '^«A Ji« .rr, 9 /I^MM T./ " '■ /.^. A J M E D I T f, R R A N I A N ^JEirxMi i A' F R'l C A THE Estates of tKe Ti sh em (jco^raphcr to the French Ki k/ J^enJe Hicham .£lome /3>/ /^/<7 Kin^s ^/pec nmanJ, -.. :k . .j^AylLi^f ■-- ^ -sr ■-■ i*^-- o£ tKe T French Ki SH EMPIRE in Asia, and EuROPEx k/ jftenJerec/ into Hn^Jijh. ana J/u/iratc'c/ toit/i Fi^itrs -By nnianJ, J^rttUecd /or Richard Blome. tJfnno t6'o^ ^^;. ^4£- aiti^lf, i& iiiu!ic PioviiicM or p.iit< of /frf- *»4*/4 or Thr,t(t, Muccdonia , AlhA>u.iy ifiejjdlity Epiril or Rpirut , Aikija, li- t«lt4, and I'thfOHMffits, oVtlicVwc*. Ai'i ol thdc in order. TMc KiH^Jtmt of TiUNaAKIA taken entirely, isliouiu.donthcllifl with Irdnfjlvani*, and H'aLcfii,! \ on the South ^\\i\\Scljivtni4\ on the Weft with Auflrit\ and on tl'c North w\i\\PoUnd, Itisinpaitpofnircdliy the T«r*f/, and in pait by tlic ChrijlijttJi it was anticntly called PannoHiainftritir, PiinrtoniAi\omi\\s PdHHtnts its inhalmaiits, and infener to Afu, and the Icaft in fnr$ft ^ and yet lOiiiduiyuilhit tioin AuPrit, wlncliwis cnl- ^ this is not thcleaftconlidcralile. fince the Cr.ind Si^niiur makes here his rciidencv, and hath from hence his beft^«rf.'/. That which lie holds in Eurtft extend.--, it I'cit fr«im the ?5th Dtj^rft ot LtuiuJt to the 4 5 1 li , and Ibmetimes neer the ^th, whicJi led PiOHtnii (uferior : and nuvv Hnn^*- ri4 from the Hutiiu and Avatct who htje dwelt. The Sttlt of this Kingdomo isevey- wh«e woiidcrlully fruitful, ^eildtng Come thiiccayear, and feeding luJi abun,!.;iKC m*J*lnt ■ ^ •!■) ax 1^0, or ^fcoFrtHck Ltag»ts\ and Itom oiCdtile, that this Country tuime:lykiit the4othof iL«»?/fi»/- 30 ly. They have /)««, PulUint , Phe- an^lr, whofe body nils not the Moyety /w//, P,irtriJ^es, and all forts of /'i/ii'/c- in of that furtacc, whichwould betaken up luch plenty, that they mc free tor nny between the Dfgrttsoi Lttt^iiade tind La- that will take them, a priviUdgc wliicli nmje above menttoMcT. '' in other places is prohibited, being allowed This part of the Ejlstt of the Turkfty as game tor the Gentiy v and theu- Rn.rs whiclnve call TUkKETia eUKOPE^ are found to afford good Filln It alfoa- may be divided into two principal Regi- boundethin feveral good Ctmmoditits, ''s ons i vit. SCL AFO NI A, or E S- Hidts^ Butter, Cheefe, Copper , Honey , C L AroNI A, tad GREECE. eJ- lVdx\Fi(h, drc. W^-vMM which Ihall be along the Dsmpi, 40 Tlic PttPle are of a rude behaviour, not from Germ4i$jvntot\\cBUck St4 j an4i(w(r) and on the other with the Mountain Mtrtmu, of old Sc4tdM. And under the name oi EftUvtm* may be undcrftood HuiUMrid, eipecially fo mucli as the 7itrk is Maftcr of \ the particular Efilrvgm* , witli the Province of Croatid and Ddlma- tij, ot whicii parts the Ttirke or Or^Hd- chanical TrAde \ thty ufc the Scjtihan un- gMj^e, tlicy arc well piopoitionate, ft;on^ ot body, and very vahant, hating tlic name of a Cetvard : the Females arc dc- nyed the Eftates of iheir parents, neither have tliey any thin" irt marriage, favc a new C$ate, 01 the like tr.fle •, and untill Menor Women are married, liuy art not fi^nituryti holds but one part \ then the 5© allowed theule of Beds tolye on, kingdom of DACIA^ which may be divided into the 1'tovinces or parts of Tr*ti(jlv*»M, Btfiui , StrvU , BulgarU, JUMavu, Be^4rskii,mA yaUqnids wliich are wholy pollcfled by the T»rks. The Other Retiion which laWCrttie, fliall read) from the Mountain MMrinai, a great Way into tlie Uc-iiterranedit ftt, and. ad- vancing towards the South ^ Aitd this part This Ktn^dfm now ftjnds divided be- tween the Grii«; which lliey pofTefs are Bads featcd on the Danube, once the Metropolis of the Kingdom, and Royal Seate of the Kings of HurigarU; it was taken by Stljm.m\aAnn« ijjtf.Next lii CjuU C. ..f I.M'mri r* 54* TV \hiB r m E V %0 T E GjuU a ftiong Town on the confines of rnnfihanu, which was betrayed by the Govcinor toSoljman, in hopes of a great icward, wlio was as ill rewarded for his paines •, for 5f//»»i« Succtflbr to Soljmtin, tor his Treachery caufed him to be put in a Barrel ftuck full of nailes, in whicli he w,is rouled until hemiferably ended his life. Tlicn ^Ita Recalls which by tiie Germans CI ,r ItIV -t II M -p. >j. til';' I m i- '•"■; I ingfaidtofalabove^ccG of Iiis hth^tt- nijarics & Sfahis, witli rriany of ins principal officers -.■i^ lj*nit(l Bafjd, Cuirils Mahomet t'. £''auftl,whofot i\on" time bravely de- fended thcmfelTcs^ butliis power wasfc great, that they were forced to yeild, ftili l^auiing more arid more, winch the Chri/fi- 4»rr//»<'«bf:ngfencibleot, ( and fearing them, Hungaria that if he were not ftopt ui his Carreer, he 40 EfcUvtnia is ab might in time bea troublefome gueft unto them ) refolved to joyn witli, and helpe theEmperour infonectflaryaWarr ; and tothatendthefrffff^afltfted him with a- bont 1 4 on 5000 Men, the r^M/Mjur with Ammunition and Mtnej^ and fome frintts with the one, aad fome with tlie other, V hich being united together, pat the Mm- ferour not only in a pomire of defence, but able to affault the Enemj, fo that in 1664. esclavo:nja. SC LAVoNtA hath for its Eaft- em bounds the River Drinus, and a line drawn thence to the Sea ^ for its Soa> them bounds the Adnatiifut Sea ^ for its Weftern, pan of It a.h 1, and foritsNor- Tne whole length of about 480 miles, and its breadth about tao, and is fcitoate under theHxth and fcventh Climatts. fo that the longeft day is ij | houres. Tnis Country is divided into the Provinces of Crttcn, Dalmatit , and the particular Efclavoniay and are partly poflfefTed by the ytnttiuHSy and Pirtly by tne Turks. Tne Country is obfervcd to be more *"/' fit fcR- grazing and feeding of CuttU, then for TiUagt^ for the Sheef and other «14 w ft.. in the monethof Augu^ they gave (hem C, and Shetfy e of »/<^«, iM/of which fomei/Mr/ i)ihc7«rjb T^? %K.Er in EVROTE. tn £/t7rfi'tfM/'4 the chief place which the Turk poffiffvih, \%Po[ega, a place of good ftrength-, then Barra. And the chief of ihtFcnetians part is O/Trf^j/rjafairjftrong and good City. The frevince oiCKOACiA is in a [] manner wholy poffeflTed by the ff«/M«, _ , , ^ the Turks only poflefling the ftrong Town Jurkej^amA the State of remce their Neigh- of Wfhitz. The chief places pofldTed by hturs and C0mmaiiders, and their own being the Venttians, arc, i. Gardtskia featcd lo correfpondent therewith, and accounted The Ctmmiditics found in Ra^tifa, are» Wwfy, Wijf, J>//»« of *erei24of poHcfledby the fVwf/4«, are, i. Sf^ CUth, sad n6 Braces oi Silie^ Thrlr Tlnr ' Mtifmi, l.ito a Maritiae Town on the Adrtatick, lirated in a moft pleafant Kalley, 00 the Soutli fide of great Mtuntaines s Soath* ward of the Town is the 5(4 which makes an open Pert capable to receive tea ot twelve Callies s without which, is a large Their Meafure for Ctrtte and Salt is a Star$i of which 19 i and little more is 60 KtlUes of C$nfiantinfle, and 6 ChaftSs makes a Star0. J N90a, 6 Traw, 7 Cl^a, and 8 AlmiO'ay all feaied on the Sea-ftore. And befides -.■i but unfecurc Bay for great Shifs ^ and in jo thefe places (he Venetians have the pof- the H'4// towards the Sea, 1$ to be feen a feifionof feveral fraall Ifles on this Cta^, great remainder ota Gaterj, mDiicletiam his ^4/4^; .- This Twrn is kept by the Venetians as their only Emftrium, plyed fuccdfivcly with two Gallies, which cairy between this place ind Venice, foch Mer- etiandize as are tranfported into Turkey, or from thence brought m: The Second place I (lull note is the City of Z4r4,3 ftron^ Ftt' and from which they are not far diftant $ as, I. LESINA, a. LISSA, 3. CUR- ZoLOj and 4. AtiSTAy whofe chief pla- ces take theit names from its Ifle. Ai*>f, likeviife belonging to the Twrks^ VACIA. ous fcitnation, is moft apt to command the whole Adriatifke s by reafoo of which the Venetians ( though in the timeof Peace, yet, ) keep it ftrongly fortified and well manned. In this City is the cbwcb or Tern fie of St. ^ehn ds A#4/«4rM, which was built by a company of Seamen, who heiag in a great and dangerous Tempeft, made ,^ X " EKingdom dibACiAK bonn^- a vow that if they efcaoed they woold>° 1 edonthe Eaft, with the Euxine feat Confeaate a Timfle to the laid St. ^$lm ^ and being faved, they ktnded here, whoe they performed their Vowes. Third, it- tenict feaied on the Sea-fhtare, having large Territories, Fourth Mkagufa , formerly called Efidanrm, fcituate on the Adria- tick fedf a Cry of great Traffque and Richu , being a Ctnmtit-ntauh of it fclf. ^J .1 * VsyvTfc. : ' S*h.^'J'.}\. «. •J* ontheSoath, yni\iHemm, which lepa rates it from Greetes on the Weft; with Hnngaria ^ and on the North^ with the Carpathian iiMntaines, &c. The Country throughout is very fertile^ aftbtding for Merchandize, Oxen, Bnttir, Cheefe, talltm. Hides, Hanej, Wax, and excellent Warlikt-htrfes, whofe mtnts are iiu4 to hang down 10 theif feet. Their ucia III rtnihei m,dkuu {« TVRJi^Er r,i EVROTE. »iT., frittis r.tc i^:,oo.'., .ind in great plenty^ and the i: Thrace^ on the Wtft, Servian and on the North, tlie D«n»bm^- which pans it from Falaqiti.t. Its chief places or Cities "uj^e tlicvare chiiflianf. aUd follow the 10 are Sofia or Stfhu, tlic ftjte of tlie pc. r -.-i • f tf 1- ,1, '.1;! ,^rJ tit fk^i r * ■ ' If - /nitcJ, Cr(.k( church. Tin's A-/V;r^tf«3fytvefent is divided into t!-e frttvwff/ of 1. 7'ranfjlvjnia, 1. ««/- »;.«, ;. Serfu^ 4'. ItnlfdrU, J. ^/fl/f^rf- r/.«, 6. B^ArJ'ij; and' 7. i^'ilachiA, all which are fubfwt to the Grr/if 7«ri-, ot wj icK a word or tivo in order. T'e Province d[ rRANSrLVANU,, 15 boundtu on the Eift, with MttJ^'i*; on /^r^fjot Greece^ under whom arc 2i S.i« p.tcs ; It is felted ( as Sir Hemy Blunt notethin hit rtyagetoihe Levant ) almolt in the midftof a Usng and fiuitful ralln -, on the Southfidt about tlircc niiltsJftint from tlie City, is a high MouHtain, on whicli there licth Sniw all the ycjr lon>: -, this City ( he faith ) is beautified widi many tair //4;»« and ^4'/J-, and ot fome'account the cAr//!?/4*t and /(wj arc not above t hi ce iinci^liengtli. ^. Weijenbnff feattd more foM liigh, fo made on puipofc to keep Southwards •, and of lefs actritint feoth tor out tl e Turkifh herffs, who would clfe in itrencth and grjoiHire •, i. H&r^nftat thair Travel make them ferve inftead of mo^cio\\.v.^.l$^Motlivi*, 'a, Bnr^^ J. ftables 1 by whtch the faid Autha- obfer- H.tk't.rd,2nA'S..tMfitl.' ' " ' jo'^th the flavery they aie undn- to the JUP,ivhkmBQSN'f.^'^'^o\iT>A- - ' ' - C(J,,dh the tillK with SettH'd t^.on t!ie SoUt!'^ Niith'.Tijf^jra.yTW.lHe -Weft, \*;'x\\Cteicj4\ 'dwA on tHeNbrrfi wRh t!>c , Rivti ijx'/*/,' \Vh;c!rpa:tV if fH)Ai f.fdti- •■ veiiu. Itschi^fplacesate, t; 'Sar/iih, the ,,. y, Metibpo'is (^f b-hjnUy fejtW iha frtvrful ' TaUci, wl.idibn the North 'and South- liJesafcimmurredwfth ridbrtiAf pleafant '^ilis, of anr-ifie aflbf, tftkCtty l> fsid^ h c ontaitl about 80 AT^/l ehtteesy and aboot joo-o Houfes^ which for the moft part aie but meanly bu It •, a. Barnuluch tormer- lyC.izacf'iiim, once the'refiJcnce of the itfnijn A/wj^J-, and.:?, i^jfrtnt tlic ufuall StfHlchtr ot thofe Kings. This Ceuntrj v>as made a lurkiPi Province by Mthomct the great. Anno 1464. The Province o\ s Ek fJ A kbound- ^^^■/^'td on the Eart, with Bulgarus on the ^ doth lielong. tbeOmll Country of J£ S- ,f,f//*f. 1. Belgrade onco X.\\(f Bul- na*ke (^ ibrifiendom , valiantly refifting - the power of Amurtih the 6ili^ and Ma- '- A«»f/ the great, but yeilding to Soijman, ' Attno 1510, when tnig wlnle Country SAR4^BJA, wl»ch lyeth between Podolu 00 the North, and A»/^.«ri4 0othe South, and IS comnjodtou/lyicatedi.r ♦'"' jlack- /m.. Itsclicif plaoesare Blurmn, or Mon- csfht^ thcfctteof afiwAf/j .S4r^Mfi>5feated on tiie River Tirat^ not tar tr6ni tts influx intothcAfj t, and^a, Kshii alfo (eatcd on the Euxtnt fea. This Cotmtiy became tributary to the Titrkes in Anno 148$. The The laft L/i£>UlA , 'a by the K isvcryfertiU ly for the life Cattle., Fruit vcr, and In being efteem Dacia. Itsc the yaJMoJs and thirdly 5 conquered , by Mahomet 1 the reft of D •T-HK r.fi • A may bi name of, Crr vided into MANIA TH RAC ivhofe divers names, as tl and towards 1 towards the S Migdonia , O! in the midft nia towards tique Sea , oi 7HESSAU EPIRUSai. A , and £ DIA% and the MORE. let us fay fonr before we de GMEEC of Arts andS bounds, the Piofontii , an tor its South Wefteinc thi and for its N mus. It Vs fi ftrate Zone , mates, the loi The Soil wit t:uitfulU and the Hnshandn tilling it ^ bu maftir of all 1 on their Efta pleafeth, m, vatiog it, c with what is found fevcral TV%K^Er in EV%pTE cr g'REECE. ^j :(•■, tliis City i; ng ofthcRivtrs t, and Dravw. GARIA hath 4 ^ on the South, ' Urvia 5 and on ,■ which pans it places or Cities feat* of the Ee^' uMTi arc 21 s.tH- Sir H(W} Blunt Ltvant ) almoll ! liuitful rMUj -, ircc niilts ifftuiit h MituMlain, (mi ill theycjr lonij; beautiHcd witii V/, the chit. 1 ot in. Its Colkkige Mtffhetxta a:c rcially that :n the h ii alio the lar- ot I lie Houfa of e not above till ce puipofc 10 keep ho nouU elle in [1 ferve infteid of lid Autha- obfer- ire under to the ovi, 4, Durpfltro, ate IcJtcd oil the atcdat the mouth f the lUhiik-, at ffj, 7. cJdirj, eii on the £•.«//>« mtry was made a ff ihehift, An/It .'■ DAr.l A \% ,outh of Tnn- and extendeth lu thief places (»ctHUi once the fctzt»4, and ?. This Country r>/»c? by^WiiiOi- lOLDAFI A auntry of J?£ 5- bttwcen P0d»!i* rM 00 the South, edur »•«• aUck- lurmtHf or itf««- trfrbm its influx tf alfo (eatcd on Doimtty became The The laft Provinu in Ptcta , is F A- Y I- ^ ^ ^ '^•> being divided from Bitlgd- , ■» by the River Danube Tlie Country is very fertile, affording all things necefla- ly for the life and ufeot Mm, as Craints, Ctttltf Fruit ts, Wine , Mines oi' gold , Sil- f fr, and Irtn, Salt- Pits, trimftine, (^e, being efteeroed the richeft Province in all Pdcid. Its chief pliccs are fitft Targevtfko, the Fsiutds feat^ fecondly, Domieviza-, lo and thirdly Brailonum. This Countrey was conquered , and made a "Xurkifh Pnvince by Mthtmet the great, about the time wlien the relt of Difta was fubdued. q \E E C E. THV. t^a of Turkey la F.U ROPE, may be comprehended under the 20 very way noble? m matters of Govern- trnnfported to other places , as Wines ., Oyls, Silks, raw and wrougiit into feveral Hanufafiures, m Velvets ., Damasks, drc alfo Crt^raines,. Srimfione, Copper, Vitri- ol, Cottons, Sopes, Carpets, Cute, Cur- rants, Ceminfeed, Ann/feeds^ &c. The Countrey generally is well watered with ri- veis, many of which are Navigable & well furnillicd with fifl?, of which more anon. The Grecians though now a fcattcrtd people , lincc tlie Turks became Maftcrs of their Conntrey , yet ftill inhabit there, where they retain their name, Religion, and Language , as indeed they do in all other places where tliey live? they were once a Nation fo excellent that their pre- cepts ;mi( examples do yet remain , as approved Canons to dircA the mind to veitue 5 ;! ?y wae lovt rs of freedome, e- tf: «■? ifm O tCMt name oi. Greece in general, which is di- vided into feveral parts , to wit , R 0- MANIA which anfweis to theantient THRACEr, MACEDONIA whofc divers puts have received divas names, as th.it ot famtoh, ncir Thrace and towards the No; th; ot Camenoliiaru towards the South , and near Theffalj^ then Migdtnia , or particular Macedonia, lying ment famous , in Arms glorious , m Arts admirable, and to whom the reft of the world were lield Barbarians : but now fince they are under the r«r/t^ yoke, their //lirti- ed by Timothy ^ to whom Sr. Pj«/writ two Efiltless the Fathers wliich this church moft adhereth unto, are chnfofiome, hafiL, "//'/.'» and the two Gregories ; •'"o x.\\tChurth\% •••'f"*"^ governed by four Patnarks, one of Con- ftantinople , mother of Alexandria;, the third oi ftrufalem,ii\d the fourth of Ww- tinh s he of Conflantinoplt hath under his jurUidiAlon all Ptloponnefm , Dacia, Gre- Kkk tl4 ^^* 58 TV\K^Ert?i EV%OTE or g%EECE. fr ci: M.ic(di)nia, Thr.tcia , Dalmatid , E- pirus , M-tfu , Albania , a great p.ii t ot" j'vltnhi, Rufi'ia , tlie iftands of the .■!dn- ,i'/fl«fSe.i, and of the JrchiftLi^^o , with CanJi, Coos. Rhodes^ almoft all the kf- IcT fi.i , c/f. Hoof Alexandria Iinth ti'.nfc or - -f;^r/'f •, ami Arabia^ He of ye- fiili-m ^ tlotcot Palc^me, and the other ('ountuys tiieie adjacent •, and He of //w- Miltiades, :ind Ari(iides iimons Captainsj Plato, Ari(lotlf, Socratis , and iheofhra- *"< /?w/, divine I'hilofopfxrs ; Demeflbcnei , t^rfchtncs and jfocraUs eloquent Orators , with fcveral others too tedious to name; but to proceed to tlie Provinces. The Province of ROMANIA particularly Co called , which as I have laid, anfw'.'rs to the antient Thrace t, but ttoch hath unJ.er his jurifdidion thote of loby the 7urk(s,Romelt; is bounded on the lleppo.Trtf'tll., ththlVei Armenia, C:!.(/a, Eaft , by the Euxine., or Black fea, the,., .R?r/ri«,nnd other places in the greater ///u And in all tliefc places they have the fiec txdciltof their Rcli^jtn, where tliey Iiave p'lblike TcmfLs , and abundance of it ong Monafiirir.", and if a Patriarch die, anotiier is ekttcd by a Sjnod of Eilhops , w ho :'cco:dlng to an antient Canon, Ihould be men ot iingulir IcarriiK^ ,3nd gravity. Propontis and the Hellefpont » on the South | witli the fyf.gtnanfca, ot Archipelago -, on the Weft, with that part ot Macedon ciWtd ^amholif, and on the North , witli the /////, Htmtu , whicli parts it from Bulgaria. The Countrey of it felf , is neither of a ricli joil , nor pleafant aire , mo e endining to cold then heat, by tea being not capa le tobecholentillthcage2ofonof which their fiuitsarc not eftccmed of6ov but ot Lite fine" '.c Great TurL-e hath had I:crc todo, fwho hath tl;eap- p;ob.it;onofthem ) they are chofcniroe for ttmpoial nlpe^s then tor Religion. In niattcisof Religion tliey differ r.iucli from t!iec/^«^fA ot Romeros I have alrea- dy note.',t!:ein(»(l material points iutheir Rfli'^ioii , are tlie adminiftrationot tlie /r«- <,5'4J/// m both kinds-, audit the ^r«i^be excellent , nor plentifull % their trees bearing rather leaves then fiuit •, yet by reafon ot the famous Cities of Conjlanti- nople, Hadrianople, andotliers heie fcitu- ted , renders it the chief and bcft inhabi- ated of all Greece, Its ch.iet places are firft Andrinopoli or Hadrianople fo called by tlic Empcrour Hadrian , who repaired it, but ot old oreftd from Ore^ei the Son of wnlcavemd, they think it not available-, 3° yf^4«»f»»»o/; as the (JrwiJj lay 5 it was ad- ded to the Kingdome of tnc Turies by Sajaret Anno ijtfz. and continued the feat of their Kings till Mahomet thcgreat took Con fl ant mop! e from Confiantine Pa- leologut the laft of the Eafterne Empc- rours about 90 years after. Sir Henry Blunt in his Voyage to the jLrt'*/»f, gives a fine dcfcription of this City j where he faith, that it is fcated on three low Hills, ,'nd tliey freely drink of the Cw^-, thev' obfeive four Lents tveiy year, in w'lich thty hold It a damnable///* to eat fiejh o fjh i\ut hath ^W in it-, they faftallo or TV H'ednffdajes , fridayes , and on Holy Eves \ but on S.iterdajes they feaft, in;e- gard it was the antient SaLath : In their Creed, they hold that the Holy Chofi pio- ceedeth only from the f4//;rr; thty hold t!ie Papifls no better then 5f/7///wrfr/f/('.> ^ 40 '^t vvhich thar in the niidft is thclargett their churches are lor the moft part beau tfied rn! painted within , repreftnt ing many of the Saints , but they aom t (>' no imbolled, nor carved Images; Lampes they keep continually burning-, their ordinary Ltturgj\% baint Chryfo/loms, i tliai but on Fefln-al dates they read that of St. Sifils, and then they are attired in their Pe.itificuls. As concerning tiieir Marriages , Bap- jo°^ '''' upper ftory is j large round Pira tifme, ani funeral rites , which are many, mide>, they fupport a ftately round and faireft, on the top of which is a ftate- ly Mefchef to, or Mojque -, the bottom ot the body is quadrangular after the man- ner of thofc of Conflantinefle ( but in more curious ) having four flories in height •, the two uppermoft fo contra^ed, as that divifion wnich quarters the two loweft into four angles a piece , caftseach of their, into eight, and at cither angle and btina not well informed thereof,! have ihougl.t good toomit, rather then to give the reader an impeilc(it or falfe account. This Countrey iiath breed kveial la- motft men , as Alexander the fubverter of the frr//,!/! Monarchy, Xencphon, Plu- tarch, HereditM, and Thucjd.'des t.aiious Viftriografhers -, FpamitiendiH , Pjrrhus , roote, wliich is covcreld with Lead, on the top ot which is placed a globe of Cold, on which is a Golden PiOar and an Half Moon-, he faith that at each corner of this Mej- theeto is a ftately Spirt built from the ground , as the manner of ""nrkej is, and not hke the fteeples amor . and each of them hath three rounds on the outlide tor iox the Pricji rlie top a grea CM He fai a;e between 5 iy Fountain, Pivini' Service ihis building Oi ,/«;/; With Coi South fide fo. F..iftfide ure t ;iid Garden 5 a -c Bathes , C I'lC rr/e[ls , w .oveied widi nugiiifictnt Ed Saltan Stlyman C;tj is another •i.iour totllis, u.ve adcfciipt. itlt(}ints, or i.'irce or four a ;hat of Londd ivitli rich good ry t.ur Hanei, there are four ( free-flone, wliu Tl'.is Cifi is fair .1. Tfie feco Qillipoli, fcated ivithintheiV,* o ii.ft City that e |f*/o^^, iibemg o Orchanes in /^ 'hegh of the [tie bilow Gat i:ge of the H: umous for Xer.\ ;ally for the t\ EnroPcdn fide , m tne Apaa (Jm ot Hero and Le luw called t'le i'lc palfige t, an ivarkc oXCtnfla ijofc 00 the Th other , and tow '•«. 5 Candt Ckcrfancfe, opj «M, as alfo to ilicreforc now 4 Abdera, the b vlio fpent his a town of the '.oH^anttiuple j lie gieat in / ormerly CernnL :o tiic GenowiKS yandSigniOHts :a ConflantinepU r.itii lECE. lous Captainsj i,^ and 7h(ofhr,x- '"*' Demeflltenes , luent Orattrs , dious to name • iHces, MANIA ,vhich as I have nt Thnct; but bounded on the Black f(4, the ^ on the South ArchifiUgc •, on tt ot Uaccdon f North, wit!i Ii pirts It from I ot" it feU , is pleafant 4*;»», gives -ity } where he three low Hills, ft is thclargeli which is a ftate- the bottom ot after the man- tinefle ( but fai tuur (lories in oft fo contradied, uarters the two )iece, caftscach at cither angle "e round Pita- :Ty round roofe, utl, on the top le of CtU, on d an HdlfMotH; nerofthis Mtj- built from the f "^Hrkij is, and , and each ; ontlie outfide tor TV'KKJEyinE'OtOTEor q%EECB, 3^ e (or the Pricfls to walke , iMViiig at. [he top a great chhc ^ and Half Moon of cM. He I'iith that in tlie Chm(;hj.vd i'X between 3001-40 Of/tf under a ft.lte- iy Fountain^ for ^icople to wall) 'b«?f6;!; mrini' Services '-•'^ alio Tit tliebottbh; of i!iisbu;lJiiig on the N'Jifh I'de lo C'tn- iuiti witli Ctcks , and as nuny ort thd^ jijutli fiJcfo. t!ic fjme ufe-, an^ on tlic i-jflfide me the chief ;?/;>/?; LoJg!ngs,io aiiv! Garden •, and tourid the church- y.ird .;c BJthcs , Clejjlir;, and a Collcj^e for t!ie rntlls , with other lifclull o'ple on this fide , as ;l;ofc 00 tlie Thncun PtfphtrM are on the rttlier , and towards the Euxtae or Bl.tck ::i. 5 Cjndi* fcated on the Thr4eu/t Chcrfinefe 1 oppofitc tailie Ifleof iL{»»- w , as alfo to Troas in Afia fide , and iherefore now called Siini Georges Arme. 50 4 Abdera, the birtli place of Democntm, vho fpent his time in laughing. 5 Peri a town of ilic GentWMts , oppofiie to CiiHJlAntiMOfle i it was taken by M*hotn(t tlic gieat in Anno 14J3. 6. CiImia idrmcrly C«rHubi[MtsHm^ once belonging lothc GettOWiics , but now fubjel>le , tioni wliich it is only •5S* parted by a River wherein is found good Harbour for Shifting \ ?.nd l.eie alf the WtdCinchr/ffUns, :'s F.ngli;b^ French, Dulchot'JTffieiii'n Merchants have their common' tefidcnce, intermixed witli ^etvs, GriciXtis , /Irmeniiim , and fome few Turkes'; and h.erc is a Cnflome-houfe which is'' (,Bii. is fcated, om Haven fo deep, aiw capa- '^'"••* cious, tliat the Tmks for its cxcelleiky call it the Pettoi thcWtrldr, for by Land it hatli inunediate commerce with r/^Mf^, Greece, and from Scutai witli Afsu; by Sea, the Black Sea , and the Marmtra ot Hellef^ottt not only furnifh it with abun- dance of Fiflj,Scc. but carry their «>»«»*- dities abroad and bring others home ? and above all, the mouths of both thofe^r^/ are fo narrow, that as I faid before, the Ca- files command the patTagc , fo that tor firength, plenty, and cemmoditj no place can compare to it. This City is in forme/r/- angular; on the Eaft fide it is walhed with the BtjpherM ; and on the North fide with the Haven, adjoyning to the continent on tlicWtft; its M'.i//j are compofed of brick and ftone equally iiitermixed,to which it hath twenty four Gat.'s for entrance , whereof five regard the Land, and ninet vrn the IVater f being about fixteen miles in compafs , and two parts of the three be- ing waftied with the Sea ; and fuppofed ■ W.t.'i 4.0 TVnK^Er in EV%OTE or q%EECE. wwhPetM, and C4/4/4 which ; re oppofitc before it was defaced by Mahemtt tlie andnighsoradioyninguntoit.and in£«- Great, at the taking of the City-, that repe, and StHtj'ionu\e A flan Riietocoii- which now remains being little mo: e tain above fevtnliundred thou&nd live- then the Chancel. It is built of an Oval ing fonlesi the moft part of which are form, furrounded with P/Z/rfrj of admirable ChrifliAni ;md /fivj, though it be : he feat VVorkmanrtiip , adoined with fpacious of the Tnrkilh £wf/r? •, yet without doubt and beautiful! galleries , roofcil all over it would be tar more populous, were it not with Mofaiqne painting -, the fides and for the rU^ue, which like zTertian Ague floore arc all flagged with excellent M^r. iieie reigncth eveiy third year. This Ci- 10 kU; vaulted underneath , and containing ty is adoined with many magnificent biiild- large Ciflerns , which arereplenifhed witll ings as well puhlike as pnvate , as alfo water from an AquxiuS ; before the en- T'rctt -it lti*itt.i 4. pi.. with curious /?.»<««, and the like tfr/>4»»f»/j \vhich werebiought out of /fcwir and o- therruits; as the Culurmie of wreathed Brafs^ w.di three inlblded 5fr/>fwr/ at the top, extended in a triMile^ lool^ing fc- veral wayts: alfo a ftately UjierogUphcil ok'liik of Th:l>an Marble , with an tpi trance ihc.e IS a (lately P$rticc, where all thatvifit this place upon curiofity, as well chriftians asTurkes, leave their fhttes before they enter. Tiie^/oww are neatly wrought, and plated ; one of which by tne fuperfti- x\o\i'> people is faid to be made oCthe planks of Nfahs Arke , which is much frequen- gram engraven on one fide of the Pedelfal :o ted by the devouier fort of people j but in Gretk, and another in Latin on the o- this Mofaite huh nothing of beauty, as to therfi.^e^ alio another Iiigho^f/w* of fun- what it had befoie it wasiuinated , the dry (lanes, which by fomcis calledaCo- T/»/'*« being nodelightersincuiious**//*/- l(^[u* , now much decayed-, then ano- mgs. To every one of the principal V#/- tner columnc of ConflAntine j alfo t he Hi- ques doth belong pubLck Bagnios , H»fti- y?<»r/iM/ <-«.'«*>»?, &c.There is no Ckt in the m/;, with lodgings hx S anions and Mc- n'i>rU makes fo (lately a (hew, if beheld t7f/r4///<-4/frr/wi, which arecndowed with from tlie .v^4 , or adjoyning A/«»/4/wr, competent reveoufs. TheinferiourA/*/- as this doth, whofc lofty and beautiful! q^es for the moft part arc built fquare, Cyprejt trees (as Jd*df)i/ nottth) are To in- ^o many of them being no better thtuPeiit' terniixed w.ih thebMiLlinys that u (cemeth hiijes with open CaBcries , where onex- m prtUnt a CUf in a wW, wliofc fevena fpiring heads, (for on juft fo many HiOs It IS feated ) are moft of them crowned \vith magnificent Mofques or Churches, al! of white Marble , in form round, and coupled above •, licing fimfhed at the top with guilded 5//r«,fomc hiving two,fome four, and fome fix adjoynins Turrets of a „r , 17 n.«v/frf/f4i»//,and5o ty Catehoufer, which leadeth into a fpaci- abundaticc of */#/f«^;i among which thai ous 0«rf about jcoj(4r The ;h and ftatdy.with ;ithin anothers atjd iyntheCMX/Zi/j- >cns to it by alof- adeth into a fpaci- r^ in length, and far end of which \5hitlis and Cimt- another Cwrf ot V abundance of O rrx about It, which ars of Mtrblt, ha- \ pa^d with Frtc rV%K^Er inEVXOTEorg'REECB. 41 flortehelow, andonth?left hand the Di- v«»*iskept, where the Baffas of the Ptrt do adminifter fujlicr, out of the fecond Ceurt is a pafiage into a third, furiounded with (lately buildings, into vvliich Chrijli- tns are denyed the entrance, but upon great favour, without the Palace. On the North (ide (fands the Grand Signmrs Ca- binet^ in form of a ftately Summer-hufe, fame Author faith ) therfeis an higliZ-^i;;- /^tfr» large enough to hold 60 Ptrfons, in which in the night are fet lights to Avxti Mariners into Boffhorm , which ftttctli with a ftrong current into Profontis, nnd is in length about 10 miles-, but veiy nar- row, the liioadtft place not exceeding a mile. The Commoditits this City of Conftan- having a private paflage from his ^^m^/;*, lo/;;,^,^/, affordetli to England', are Carpets, where he often folaces himfelf with the various objcfls which the haven affoideth, and from this place he takes Sarge to de- light himfelf on the water. The South-Eaft Angle of the City is taken up by feven Tewers, which antiently were called 5p4wV«/4, andthefe Tewen 3:e imployed by the Grand Signiimr for Store- hufes for his MnniHtn, and Treafare, as Moi7aire, Crograins^ Chamblets , Cottons, Annifeeds, Rarv-filk, Woolls, Hides, IVax, jlllom, Caviaire, (jrc. Commodities moft vendible here from England, are, Fnrrs of Sables, Martins, Fitches, Concjs, &c. Lead, Tinn, i^Uihi of Coventry , Suffolk, and Clocefter, botli dyed and dreft in great quantities. The Ceines here currant is the -Aj^er, - alfofeiving as Pnfons for Capital Ofren-2oby whichall other C«7*« arc valued, viz ders. A Sulianj of Gold, which is of the fame value with the Hangar of Venice, the Checqnin, and Sheriff of Barbary, palTiing for 300 Jfpers. The Dollar of Germany fox 1 50 Affers. The Rial of J Spanifhfor 150. The Lion Dollar tor 135. The Germaine Se/leine forpo Afpers, and in fine moft Coynes currant in the Not far from the Palace is a fpacious place encompaflcd with //»«/«, called the Hippodrtm by the Aotients, and by the Juries ^Imidan, where cvciy Friday the Spachies of the Court pla)' at Giocho di Can- niy that is, they are mounted on horfes, and ride after one another, and throw darts ateachother. which by their hafty turn- .>..v. v ...v,.. »..,..., w-..u..i ,.. nv ing to avoid t lie purfuer, they oft tmcs re- 70 World, provided they are good Silver or T/r Cifim •/Cii.niii- t'U 1 ur- ceive hurt, and arc throwndown. The BUtkfet is diftant from Conflanii- n»pU ibout 15 miles •, on the Haft (ide it is bordered with C»/fA«i on tlie South, from the Eofpheria , it is tx)rdered with F«»rNtf, Cappddocia, and Bithini* •, on the Weft, It IS confined by part of Daeia, and the higher Maifia, feparatcd by tlie Danube, and the remainder with Thratui, and on the Gold, pals here for a coiiliderable value in ^iymentiof Merchandize; but the Coynes aforefaid are fo uncertain as to their valu- ation, that no credit is to be given , fo that thofe Coy' as the Sultany of Gotd, which is now ^i 300 Ajpers, in a ihort timemaytifeto 550, and perhaps more. They here as generally through all Tur' key, keep their Accounts in Dollars and North, between it indCaucafus, lyes a ^0 Ajpers part of Samaria Afidiica, then the fens of Their Weights are feveral, among whicli Maotis, and therefore called Temenuda : fed by the great River of Tanais, which parteth Europe from Afia. This Sea is much troubled with fkC in the Winter, neither is it fo much fait as other Seas .A^^d here the Turke as my Author noteth, fbrbiddctli Fonainers to Traffitfue, there a Gram is the Icaft, whereof 4 makes a filial « a Dram is 1 6 Grainesot 4 Quil- lats, ot which all the Weights are compo- fed. A Tuf drome \i too Drams, or 72. Mi- txfals, and is a pound fubtile Feme. A Mitigale IS I ', Dram, or 14 KilUts. ir.,(h, ,( being no pafl-me inra it but by Rivers s Twenty Mitigalls of Gold, is 5 ounces neither this paflageof the Bo(phorus hath 50 Englijh. been alwaics, but forced by violence of ftreames that fell into the over-chaiged Euxine\ where it ruftieth into the Boffho. rusy there are two Rocks formerly called Cjanen^ and Sympltgades, fo hcer tliat at a diftance they feem but one. Here upon the top of a Rock encompafled with the Sea, ftands a pillar of white Marble, called Fomftjs PsUar^ upon the fliorc ( the Three and a half Rotoles, and 10 Drams in Alepwis a Batman here. Four hundred Drams is an Oake, ccn- fiftingof47«/4^(*m/ o: pounds-, at 10 oun- tes to the Tufdreme, ■and 10 Drams to the ounce. A Ltdero is 176 Drams, which is va- lued at about I ', I. Haberdupois Englijh.. LI I A 41 TV\K^Erm EV%PTE or g%EECE. v.- /■„,. I hJJI. A I un'red Ltdtros are held to l)c 44 oats, wli.cli isc.illtda Hinii:ave Mrifure, as ///!>, /-/./ft, yrniii, Fcwell tobu.n, &c. And fo much toi Conjlan- tiitopU; but betorc I pal's to the other P/ovincis in Crt(C(, a word or two as to t^e Manners, Difftlilrons, R(li<(ions, &c. ot tho Turks, tor winch I was forced to be lupplytd trom the Travells ot Sir Gcfri^e Saudis, Sir H(nry Blunt, and o- i'k-:s, wIioIjv, that tliey are tortile moft ]vi:t ot a good CompUxion, tull htditd, pr,tf9riionMt, and ot good (latum , the hairt ot tiieir heads they kctp iWed, on)y a lock on their crown rcmaming •, but tliciv beards they wear at tull length .which witli thtin is a fign ot Gravity andtree- doin,tiicy not allowing \.\v:\x flaics to wear beards; they arc fubtlc, and ot a quick wit. They a:e generally very couiteous to ft: angers, but \xi\ aninvcteatcliatrcd ihu,fi, ag.imft Ch.ilh^nsi ot their li'nes they arc exceeding: jealous, mtomuch tliatthey aic dtnyed tiic trciiiient libcity ot the Streets, or going to church, and are alfo torcedtogoe muffled about t lie face, no pjit to befccnbuttiicir eyes. The tVe- »..'fln;e fortliemoft pa;t very handlbme, and the blacker tiicy a:c, the more l>eau- t tal are they ef^eemed •, as to tlieit Ap- parrel d d\fft:% veiv little tiom that long and lo'Jll' i»,i>»jfKr, laid to !;ave been ever ufedin tlie Fall, wiiich tl;ey liold more I'.onorable tor its antn^uity, under which ihcv wearcnrwrr wiiliihiiit (leva, whicli with a fway tliey gut about tiieni: their necks they" wtaie bare'-, on then re. ah they \veaic7«r^.'f;, and li(,re(ha/he.<, tl;c lat- ter being tor tiicmcantr fort, and tlit for- mer foi tliebettci; nnd thcfe Turbets doe cxcfcd ill lie! nUi TACording to tlicir dc- 7 • « i( tiny cuucli trmtnts llx)uld ir excrcmtnts, 1, and liinder- t their fr^^tr, °n to bt moli d alwnys \va(h prayer, and it :a\vfck, they } aie gfiicrally ted to excrcil'e, thccheitcrfu.t latli one 7 nit Turk, at which nc. ncall daintits lich they ftcth mo/t general bmctimes put ind \s\\\\¥c*^t, : fiAtA7t\ lie- ;veral other in- \ tlity eate « n from blood, nijled, neither which are here ;hat they will •n. ri.ey have It fit upon the i, It being co- ike, according , and the ////J.'; f s tlitir /jp#a(»j idles may fitly mmon drink a other drinks^ veall C'jKflu, Cjufhc-hnlts, where tiicy relurt TV^K^EYmEV-ROTEor q%EECe, 45 refort, rpmdiir: tlic greatcfl pa' t of their tiiiiein^ they will not allow ot, hut tor wliat reatbn I know 20 not, whetlKTit k- to keep tlic Pcafle in ig- norance, or to mainrain the great number of Pc'plt who live by Writint^, the itiofl part blnig of the Priefl-hood. Their Trdda ire generally fuch as ferve for their own occjiions more then tor 'Negotut/tn, in nhxhtheyare not over diligent, efteein- ag their eafe more tlien their profit. By their £411' they are in general ex hort- r.Uowwrry, for the propagation uf their 30 Rtli^itMy every man being allowed four mvfs, which muftbcalfo of the Tntkifh Kc//rf/<»;<,befiJes as many Cmubines fw hich i:e li.tves and of any Religion ) as lie is able t ■> kcepi they boy their Wmts of their f j- rints, rrcordmg the contraft. In their Nuput rites they obfcrvc many Ciremt- mtu fome of which I will inlert •, ns t!ie day before the Mmttge they both fpend in Ftjflimr^ as the Bridegrotm many Mcn^ 40 and the Bnde fcveral Wtmen, who at night after they h ive bathed itui anointed her, they leave her to take herreft, and depart-, and in the morning return again to her ch.iml>er, to dtels her in hei bcft apparel, then thofe of the Bridc^nms frien-Js be- ing alfo in their richeft apparrel, and well mounted, come trom his houfe, ridin" two by two to the Brides houfe., to conduct her to the Bnde^rtoms, who is alfo richly 50 moonteil ant{ attended according to iiet quality, as alfo with A/#//f it, and over her fiead IS carried a Canopy •, and thus is llic brought 10 her never ieen Hujbuud, with her fice fo vailed, that no part can be teen, attcr whom tollow \vn (laves ifllieirave any, as alfo People that bring her afftrtl indprefents: the being come, the Bnde- irttm ftandctli at the doi e to receive lier, who is pieftiuly conduced to the Bride ckmlxTy wl.cie »'»»»?/» are waiting toun- diets her, niui fit her for his enjoyment-, thf reft of thcilay they fpcnd in feaffin^ and merrimem^ which ended, hcisol)liged by the law to ihow relpcct alike to ail ha JVives.Rstoylfparel., Diet, Love and due benevoUuce \ and it he doth not, they may juftly coftiplaiji to the Cidi, who will grant them a divOiftment; the WV«»r» are little better reated then (Ijves, giving their HHshandi tlic rel'peft an! reverence due to n Mafiei> who upon any mifdemeanor, will give thtm Cfja/tilement^ they fit not at Table with their lluibands, neither do tlieymeddlcwitliA(w//W^/,(;fought them,they may lye with them, anddowhat theypleafe,as to hard Icrvitude, challilVment or the like. Their iJf//f/tf« is contained in their jII- coran maeie- by Mahomet their Prophet -, ic is written in Aralnck rime 5 and forbidden by lum to l>e miiten or rtaJ in any other Language •, and this book is greatly rcve- lenced by tluin.not lb much at touching it with unwalht hi^Js, kifling it, fwearrng by It s they call it tiic Stek ofcltrj , and ^uul'r to Paradifes they belxve inotf/, and hold ^efiis Chnft for a greater Prtphet thenA/p/lj, but that Mahometis ae,ttitti-^ they deny the Divinity oichrifl, yet c n- fefs iiim t J be the Son of the k'lrj^tn >Jarf-^ who as they fay, conceived by the linell of a J?#/c, which the An^el Gabriel brought her, and that llie bore him at her Brcfjlt^ who as tliey acknowlcdg was free from the f^mptatioiis of the Devil and Original fin. Chrifi is calied in the Alcoren tiR: V/ord:tn^ Breath ot Gods faid to raile up the dead., to give fight to the blind., to curt t.\M lame., to ^ivc J} etch to the dumb, 10 know the tecrets ot hearts, and that by his vrrtsief, his Difaflts wrought Mita- th 1 iuy I'l K,:i. 1 h.f ar. tti-v.ri'ff * ^ rVRK^EY in EVKOTE or q%EECE. dfs. They feverely puniflj all fucli as dij, where in their Crtvts ( which ihey Blaipheme cAW/?, believing that hcfliall hold is the place of Purg^ttrj ) they are ictu lie to !fnd^cmtnt about forty years inflitfld with pain by a bad Angtl^ whofe before the end of the world ; and Judg, fury is Idrcned by a good one, according S.tve , and condemn tiic Chri(lians , as to the good life the party led when he was rhi,>m Mahmet Hull do them. Tliey areobli- living s and at the Daj of deom, Mo[ts •in;-.:..,, ggj jjy ,|,g|f j^^„^ (0 pfjy fpvgn tunes a Chrijiimi Mahomet fliall bring their feveral day •, their SMtih is on Friddj, wiiicli followers to judgement, and intercede for they obferre very ftrift, and aic veiy dc- tlicmi and that Cam the fiift Murdtnr vout at their Divine Worfliip ^ at tlie lodull be the leader of the damned j and doreof the jl/e/^w they put off their //«»«, all fliall receive the rewards due unto them, as a place too holy to defile with rheir dirty the juft into Ftradtct \ and the damned f\)atts\ and being entred they fit down in into Wr//, where they flull be tormented rowes one behind another upon mati crofs- for ever s yet tlicy hold a diftinftion among legged, poor and rich together, without re- thedorancd, fortheyfay, that thofcthat fpcftof perfons^ d\e Prieff is placed in a have committed no great Sim, ihall go P«/^/r before them, who fometuncs reads •"*" " • -• ■ ■ - - untotliempiitof the y4/ftf/-<«», and fome- tirnesfonuof tl.tu Lt^ends, with hxpc- into Pnrgateri, from whence they fliall fliortly be delivered. Paradice according .to Mahomctj difcription, is a place of all futons md /»/7ri»f7/w/,"towh'icli they give 20 delight , where they fliall have ftatcly great attention , their Strvice^ s mixed PaUces, richly furni/hed, Ckry/laline Ri ■vers. Fields and Trees, alwaics in their "1 verdure, and cloathcd in their Summer Liveries, wliofc Frmis fliall be delightful to the tafte.and their fliape pleafing to the eie •, under whofe fragrant fludes they (hall (pend their time with amorous and hadfom yirginty withgicat black tjes » not foch Tk)h With Son?s and Refp0t$fes<, at their Prsjer tiicy ftaiid upiight without any motion of Btdj, holding their hands up, with their faces towards MefeM\ fomctimes bowing their Bodies, and pioftratiiig theinftlvc!. to the eOith, kifling it, and will not look back, but at the falutation of Mahomet, r „t,k,, >Yiiiign;ui uuliv ija , noi men which then they doe, turning \.\\t\t faces as have lived in the world, butonpurpofe firftover their light fliouldcr , then over jo created Jor them, whofe loft Firgimiies their left, fuppofiog that Mahomet will '^"" ^- J-' -" -• ■ come bciuml tlicm, when they are at their devotionv the Womeit are not permuted to come into their Mofaius, but have a place made purpofcly for tnem, where they look thorough grates. They arc excited to Almes Deeds, by fliall be daily tcftoied to them j and that they ftiall ever continue young, the Me» as it were at 30 years of age, and the Ho- men at i j j and that Bofjes of divine fea- tures fliall Minifter unto them, and fet be- fore tliem all varieties of curioas Mtaies. . , Their /•/!/« they fay js grounded upon N their >f/f^4j», leleiving tlie^wr, whereof their Alcoran, in wnich they obferve this' it liappen»that there is fo few Beggtrs in Rule, to doe as they would ie done mhio, Turkey <, and when they dye, they leave 4° Their jput^es are alwaics for tlie moft pan' legacies for the freeing of Priftners , if not all, Ectltfiafiical ferfms , among* 7*.» FJjIi Bind- (laves, as alfo for repairing and build ing of Fanes , Hoffiials , Bridges , and JoHHtaines for the relief of Travellers and Strangers, fo that few Nations have the likeconveniencics. They obferve two folemn times in the year, which are both Lents s one is called gamdan, which continue! h a Month, and which there are many orders, of which the cheif is the Mnfiy , who decides great cafes, and to him lie affea'es, and his de- ciets tlie Grand Turk himfelf will not queftion: then the Cad^ who hath over him the Monlatadi, who is as it were Lord chief fn/lice j all the fudges excepting the Mnfij, are limited to fet Prccindls, and the other i!)r/-4«i, which lafteth but three ^® if they are found corrupt, they are fevere daiesi andinthefe /<«/// they follow tlie lypunifliedj the execution of their 7«/?/« cuftomt f the {fews \ for all the day long ismoreorlcfs cruel according to the liai- they neither eat nor drinke, neither are noufnefs of their crime, but the leaft h they allowed any foit ot reeery, but at terrible^ their fu/lice is Arhitrarj, and the niglit they make tliemfelves amends in uU execution very jfjpeedy ^ and if the bufineis be matter ot faii, upon the leaft com- Jh,rif- three. They admit no Hell (or any but thofe who doc not believe Mahomet <, but allow (^ a Fnrgatory, which holds but till Dtmts- plaint, the farties and tntnrjfes are taken, and immediately brought before the -^ndge who hears the cauie, and according to tvidtnce, ICE. s (wliichthey orj ) they are Angtl^ whofe )ne, according :ci when he was f dootHy Mofts^ ng tlieir fcverai iJ intercede for fiift Murderer damned ^ and due unto them, id the damned 1 be tormented ilindtion among that thofetliat [ Sins, Ihall go mce they (hall 'dJice according s a place of all ill liave ftately ChrjftaliM Ri- f-l alwaies in thcit"^ I their Summer uU be delightful c pleafing to the dudes they (hall lousand hadfom i ejti s not fuch , but on purpofe : loft Firgimties nhem\ and that young* the MeM ige, and the H't- !s of divine fea- lenti aodfetbe- arioQS Mtstes. js grounded upon ley obfervc this ' lU k< dint nmt, forthemoftpon, ierfms , among rts, of which the decides great and his de- limfelf will not who hath over is as it were Ltrd Udgts excepting retPrecindls,aad they arefevere- )n oft heir 7i(/?/« rding to the liai- but the lead ii trhitrtrjy and the ndif thebuHncfs m the leaft com- utnt^es arc taken, before the Judge ind according to tvidtnfc, TV'RK^Ey in EV%OT B or g%8eCE. 4.^ lO u'ts. tvidctitCi ind-yuftite, gives hisfentence, which ill few hours is executed, unlefs it be (it in'(>urtance, nnd is allowed an appeal , >vl)irk. it rellctli .k)l long unJeiidcdjand in mittui of Title or Kt^lu tlicy go according tu i vidence^ ihiee Women being taken but for one : and 3 fdl/twUnffi A conviilejt fijf- feis Ut« fauie punidin^ent as the accufed lliould Uivc c!oHe,liad he been tbund guilty. Concerning tlieir Funerals , fo foon as 'JfJl'l life is departed, feveral of their Priefls arc ""'i'., ' fent for, who after they have peiformcd ','".' '*"' certain Ctrtmonits, and defired Gtd to have mercy on their ftul, they wifli the Ctrfs, fliave it, wrap it in linnen, but not tic It, neither 3.\.headaox feet, tlien they lay it on a Beir, fetting a 'lurbsnt at the upper end, and fo arry \\, to the gnve , The Cra/id Turk is very poweitui in his i o which for the poorer fort are made com tiuis : his InfiHirj ore of twofoits \ the one railed out of lowtis and Cities , more (ir Ill's .uTouiini; to his occu.'jn, and the lari;inrfs of tlie place i aiKi the other is the :J am zariesy which aietlicfonsot Cbniii- tin taken tium thvw ftrintt ycinig, audio trjincd up, which aie nimiLruus •, and in tlafe he puts the gieatdt LOiiHdcncet and uiJcid It IS not Without taufe^ lor they are more fa thiui, couiagious, and inveterate loChnftians then thereit: they arc kept alwayes in pay , and according to their me- rits arc rewardctl, and advanced to prefer- ment. 'I litir Cavdlrj is ulfo ol two forts , VIZ I'll ft, Spdbjjrldus, from whom aic ilioiVn the cru(fps which guaid tht Grand Sigtitnrs Pcrfvni and Seconiily, Sfthf-Ti- muritts wiiich arc alfo in a manner nume- rous i thefc are fuch as hold Land tree horn all duties, in Ijcuo' whicli they arc obliged totuiiulh lum vs.ch a, 3,4, 5,10. w more or lefs Men in*. Uwje upon thtir own cluigCi when his occaflun rcquit -lii , accoidiug to the quantity of Land they hold ■, *nd bciidcs thefe there arc otlm foits of Htrfemen who are f'#/«iW<'a-;,fomc ferv.og reecrly for devotion to s^ain Psra- iift by dying for the Mtiiimtun caufe^ and tlicHe ate verydcl'perate, andtuninto the month oi danger V otheis feiving fur the games oi the AM/if,aod fpoihsot Ceiun- irits, andotherstomerit a TjM^r. Brfides tbefe tliey have the Auxilisirj Ttrtdri to adifttliem upon occilioo. with whom he hath alwayesaffinityi and thus is their Ar- mj compalitd, who for the moft part ( but principally the Jantzjirus) are tr :ined up , and very expert in MtUnrj affures. As lor their Firces by 5rj, they are but monly by Higf/rvdj-fides, and in Fields ad- joyning to a Town or Cttj, having two Stones of white marble about three foot high, one at the head, and another at the tecc, with an infcription concerning the deceafed^ but the better fort hnveSefiul' lures '■'' :!"■■ r ■, ..v.,, _ , ,|.,. :.^^ , carrici. .u ti.e r rnves lumeot the Dtrv.ccs goc b'.orc wiii» li^Ii.cd/rf/^^jthtnfol- so low th'- Prill}' fiijg:ii/ ,JJiii .fter thiin tiitit friends iidrehti»ii'i,UiV» 'fjt.' aicb^ard- cd on tie (i .'• :« an" livt u!n,inftfa) oisCtf- |f«iani being lawi ji, ari'^thei boaif is U:J overth-.n tohiadci clicciithfrom 'JJing, bnt hig' M>jui;h tl .itufK- iv^v kneel; ^r they h( l', ;i,attwu t>rn ....ind blrck /f/*- ^els, wt ..ii they c.'l o'ude^un md >»/jwj;t, ;,„, do immedutely come v.) the ^r^ve, anj ;•-■• unite the ,':«/ to ththJf, dr. 11 theyie- :»/' 3 J inandhow he luthlvto .ind ;finhi?in- fwcr he cioih (.ui-.fic tlieni, then th-y de- part, and i\^o luoit w!iit? Arifeis ^')Uie, who protca hm\ untill flic ^.ly of judg- ment, 01? firtingat his ln.l, and tic thcr at h; ,'' <■•' , but it he a;i ,vivc 00 good account ^if li:s lite, thti tn<;fc ttniblf Ats/i^els ;; ;ovoul!y toimrnt iiiin umill the day of dvi>m./\ i'^rraterf is To olm.jxious unto thet'v tli.if t.'ij Ull.^I. Cod ,.» lii^n 40 Mi'tins to tree them from the examinati- ons of thofe terrible and biuck Angels, 3£gean Sea, Matf t.imous tor its Minn ot Ci/Uifid Silver , which are exceeding rich. The fecond part is called CamiHtUtsri ^ bring its ^outhcrn pans, and on the (xdt oilfuplif s Its chief places are, 1. 5W///4, and i. Scj- tn(\-t> f'V/« If.iK 'on the lair.e tlio. :C, tl ';.\ath-pl Jtc w! ( laid Alexat.- d'r. Tl*- third \«.. I n c.lll. i Mif^dtnu^ on thepatf.culir MmiJuii.,, lying in the wwW «)t this rrti.'inif. ft; -liiet placts Ae, I. SjliHul'i , inii;m'y > Ucd Thejf^- lai$tC4A0the Ptfip fii\wl.\ihi ny St Paul writ tROffhi' Ipifilcf ; it is lated on the £*tj ' (4ly ^ 00 the South, t^nUt^ on the Weft.the y^niia»ie4 \ a.id on the North , Alli40i4. The whole Country is Moun- 40 tainous: Its chief places poflWHtd by tie Tiirkes,3se called rrevee.4 and i4r/<,lH)th Sea- Towns ; and the chief places in the I'tmetitns poflfeffion, arc,rw« de Butrintc, and Per^4 alfo,lx>ih Sea Towns and places of gooc^ account, oppofite and oigh unto which is the file of Ctrftts. lathis Pro- vince is Mtuiu Psiidui facred to Af«ll> and the Miifes\ and hereaie i\io thi Acme- r4M/ie4it htUs , fo called for their being lu JO lubjeia to ikniidtr'tUfs. Tlie Province of ACHA^A, nowiy . tlic tmrkes ctWti LtV4dj4 , hath on the ,., t-aft , the t^gednfea \ on the South Pe- Ufonefut, and us Seat ^ on the Weft , tlie ■fmiMH fea \ and on tJie North , Theff^tte. Ins divided into thel'epart5»fowitt<£70- LIA, ATTICA, B-^loriA^ LOCRIS, MEGAMIU Doris, i\vi rUOCISs and in thefe parts ^'e feveral good Cities and Towns J ir.t ECE. i choile J(wtl, ley wore it about invincible. Its t«», 3 Tow not i-i, under whofe id, that damned Jlife»3.5«f4W, cfiflanceitniadc )wMafter$of in atedontheSia, Kingdom of Arf- Alh$0fili, ami rJ^£/£, bytlit ' JANNA, ai :licn pleafant, it 4adtnn, Tins he HiHoljmpits, lie skies, tvoiby av"n5 Secondly, rmpe, abuDt five in length, wfiicli Inefs the C4rJen UniUe rlurfali- reot the wriolc two great Bat- tfar and Ptmpey » ruins md Ctfii- iKthonj and Ah- :liief places are, of a lurkifhiAH- on a fair Kiver , into the Cult ot 'IRE, now the Haft y/W ' '£itlu\ on (lie ion the Nor til, tuntry is Moun- poflelfcd bytlif I and L»tU,\x>i\\ ict places in the trrt dt BmriHlt, owns and placn e and nieh unto ». latnis I'ro- ed to Apfll, .2nJ alfo the Atrtct- K their being (o lA^A, nowiy > 14 , hath on the , . n the South ft' ■, I the Weft , the orth, Thrffalie. ts» ro wit «xfc To- ry^ LOCRIS, 1 eUOCIS s and good Cities and Townf J rVT^K^EYinEVROTEor g%EECE, 47 10 10 Towni •, I (hall only fpeak of the chief, as to the Prtxinct in gineial.and fir ft with A- ihtni now Saints, moxt famous for its anti qiiity I then any thing eife . being now feme any other thtna Fijhtrs-f^emH, but foiinrily a luge, rich, and rtately City, the tiuti'tiy oi LtjrniHi^ , and the place from whence all Artes and Scitntts ( as from a finrH*iH ) fprcad themfclves all over Biir0pt. t.TMes, now Suvts , feated 'o on tnc Kiter Ctfhifut , f.imous lor the IVdrrs here made between Pelimiti and Tttoclts, Sun to I'lince orv ;oi SpirUHSy anilrlieir King Lttnidm . ua nff Xtrxes, to rhf I '('"iof about 30000 lit Ins v,i(l Arnr,y,wlto 111 their coming out of /Vr/;.i, were faid ro dnnk Rivers diy. ,\ Ltpsntt, c\nf\ o^ -4 tclu, feated in the bottom of a G-ilf to called , and where Aiif^Mflui ami AHiher.1 fought for the Em- pire of tlic World, and where more lately was that fignal ijfrj// between theconfc- iJerate chriflitm and the T«r*«, the for- mer with a f/«Mifooly i^^asUtts, de- tcafing 570 of tl.cotlieis, kil!mg»90tx) Titrks, and taking Pnlbners 40000 , with 140 o» their iJ-»^»«, anJ redeeming ijoo Capf:ve Chnlluns; with the lofs of Itfs then 8iX)o Men ot the Chnfluns , Dtn !f»Mi$ D" AujtriA being then their Gene- ra). This City enpyeth a good Trade, ami afTotdeth feveral goo J Commodiiits , as Kdw-filkt, CHt0ns, Ojlts, Galli, Anm- fttjsy Htntj, IVmx, Cnmns, tVmts, CrMiHy 40 Sec. ^.MiT*thrtnoi note fortheViAoiy Miliudes gained againft the powerful Ar- my of Ddrius, which confifted of looooo Foot, and 10000 Horfe. j. Mtgua, where Euclidt taught Ce»mtfrj. 6. PU rr4, nigh to which was fought an exceed- ing great kAtml l)etween the Crtcum and the Ptrfidns , in which iatuity the General of the Frr /?<)»/ together with about 160000 Men dieil , and of the Grtcism J" but an inconfiderable number. 7. Dtlphts^ famous for the TtmfU of ApeSt , which wasdeftroyed by the f i^*fM»i, who took from it ^oTuns oiG»ld. 8. Sptrtt, for- merly of great acconnt « and 9. Mifenty famom for the TemfU of fmn, as alio for the habitation of AgtmtmuM s nigh to this City was the Lake of Ltritt, where HtrcuUi flew the Ltrmt» StvtH-httdtd Hjdrt, fy Amnftih the fecond j who ruined and laid waft moft of this Country. It was afterwards by ihe VtHtlians (who had the gicattft part of this Country) rebuilt in i) daycs , upon a lumoar of a new Warr, and thisHVi? extended from one Set unto the other, which had it been as well manned at fortified, it might have refirted the fury of the Turks , who foon overturned it. The whole PtmnfuU is /■- ,..», 600 mile, in compals \ and contained once many flourilliing Rtpubliqiits or Prtt'iittes, as ARCADIA , ARGOLIS, ACHAfA PROPRIA, ELlS,LACONIA,indMliS- SENiA but at prefent it is one folc Turkilh Prtvinee. The Peeple were ac- counted the chief of all the 6'rrf/4W, and directed the i eft as fubordinate unto them. The chief plates in this Country are , I . Ctrjnie, feated at the fuot ot the Atrc- CtrinthUn kills, hard by the Fountain fjr- rent •, it is a fmall Ttn't, and of little note now to what it was, being built out of the luines of the ant.rnt and famous Corinth, which was a place of great ftrength and power. 2. '/hsUnt, nigh unto which is the Mount TtmrHs, tiom whence lltrcults drew Ctrbtrns\ as alio the L*ke Ltrrid, whcic the faid HtrtnUs (lew theMonftei Hfdrt. 5. Mif>Pr»,o\o\dSptrt», l.tctcle- moHy onceot good account, 4 S'Lfu , wheie AntigoHus vawiuilbed Cltomtm . ^.Nem.tj, where Htrcules flnv tlie Ijonj; and in honour of this exploit were tlie Ne- m4ttn games inftitutcd , which for many ages were f( famous in Crtict. 6. olym- fUy very fa nous for the ftatucot Jupiter oljmpKMs, \.'hich was 60 Cubits high>and of thicknefs proportionate to ii» height, being madeofc^Wand/xorjr, bythedi- re^ion of that exqufite Aitift Phidnu •, and in honour of this Jupiter, were the O- Ijmfifk games inOicutea by flercules y ^ad performed on the Plaines of this City > thf I'l it„f II' M.'.fr •/ lui iln, lll»ri.f.i. 48 TVKK^Erin E%)%gT E or q%EECE. the ^udgts choicD for tiie decidingof con- trovtifus which hapned, were the Citi- zcKs of this City; and there^4ff!ftf/ were fcveial Cons of msnlike exerciles, as £»«• «;«^, XVrelllinZy or the Hke. 7. Megalt- felis^ the nirtn-place ot that eminent Hi- (loiian Peljbius. i.Mi»uinta^ti\%h unto whicli the Thibtn Armj which coiiiifted of jocoHorfe, and 30c 00 Foot routed the Auwy of the Athctmms and SfvtanSf .vhich cimljfted of aooo Horfe.and 25000 Footi wlicre ihaigallaiit leader Fpamt- »0H Ld- ctJiMuna, 10. Argos. :i. Thikes, now ruinated-, but the chief places, cfpecially for Tnffiqtie now irmaining.aie, i 3. A/a- Jow. i^.Coren, and 14. PetrM, all three Cities featcd on one fliorc, fubjetfi to the lain^ Culhmes, md found to aftord much alike of the dmc CgmmeJities j as Sertu, rt*lls^ Coffer, rilrioJly Silk, botli raw and wrovsilit, Croa^rAinstCntt ^ U'mI, Ceitittts, CAfi^fti^ CummiH jeid, Cur- ranti, An>ufetds, f'i(. and to thefe places the EngUjh drive a good tr.id(y cfpecially to Peim, where they iiave a Ctnful, who is calkd xhnCeitfuUf Men* i and for tliefe and the \\kcC(mm9ditits they any LeuJ, Tinn, Hcrjrfs, En^lijh-ilothSySiC. CojHfs litre currant, M throughout the M«>t4; are, thofe otf'cnice, and Turiej, by leafon of us vicrnity to them, as alio as be- ing Mallets of the Mtrtd. ThcirC«Tf»ri are offers and DtUerSy 80 Ajptrs nuking a DoStr, or Ruloi ;, 1 00 jljfers makes a PifhUt, or FrtHch Crtwi. One hundred and twenty Afftn is a Chct^tHy a Hiin^ar^ or a Sulunj, And thelVCflT^cj arc otten- times found to rife and fall by the Ajftn, 10, 30, or 50 fer tent. Their Weights is the /'. of 1 3 9un(*s , I I \ drtmt making i *»nce. 3 // makes an Onke, wh«h is 4 //. 3 tunas Englifh^ which is 400 d »ms. One hundred liiirty and two //. is a ^irul, which makes 117,' //. Englifh, III It.frifsyenice, One hundred and fouity //. is a Sack,iai^ is IS) //. \/^etincts Englifli. T\itten cuiuts isa//.ot i//*, being it or 18 oimcts Englifh. Jheit Mtdfnris for length are two, one for SM, and the other for chih, and hot h ficii. The Silk Put is ij ; Imhts Eh- glijh: the Citth Pic» is 27 UkIxs Est- gl.fi,. Their Of It mcafure is the Livtr^ which makes 7 1 ti, ij or 16 whereof fills a rn- vers hrrel of 1 5 galhns EHglifb^ being 112 \li. aeat : and a 3 or 27 Livers a Cand} Sdrrel. Ccrne is fold by the Etchtl^ whereof 9] makes a Bufhtl Wincbefitr Metfure Eh- Their Wine meafure is called a LUir, 10 and almod two Ltders tnakes a Truvtrs barrel. 20 The I/les Seated in the q^RE- fOHJA:^C?andAV'R}^ JTIQVE Seas, If-thCvii .f ,/, ■ IN thefe iri/ there are feverai iflts , many of which are of good note, and well frequented by Mtrcktnts •, moft of which are in part, if not altogether io ' e p iTefTion of the (7refdtSy which are of Stmeli, of Denizs , ot S»dd , of C*»s'-i., of Agrid^ of ihtmifwdr, of £*/- KM, and of C4ffd He of JUmw/i is the chief of all the Eftate « and he of l>enut the fecond. He of R0meli holds Bul^t- TM, where he hath his residence in Sdptiidt, 40 he holds Rtmdnsd^ and that whtcfi we have efteemed under the mme {if Greta. He of Letuzi, or ot the Std, hath his principal rcfldtnce at GdUiftU in RtmdHu, 31 J extends his power over the Coafts d Earefe^ A fid., and Africd , and over the Jjlts between ihofe three parts: The Cities of Negr»p«»$e, of Ndfeh ds Menu- m4,oi St. A/We, of LePd^tt, &c. ar«ufl- der his juiisdi^ioni as (ikewite Niudmit 50 in Afi4, Rbtdts in its ifle, and Alexdisdru in Egjfi^ wiih others. The Begltrtj ot j}«/m reitdes at BdgBdlnc or En/dMjdrd ; He ot C«/frf , at C*i^4 the chief pUce ot t he Pent Tartdrs : Thofe of Bndi, Caisijdy Ax-'i, and Ttmifnur are in Usmgdri, and are fo many lor (he .better iecuriitg the He are, £«^ r it is in Circ , Achdia , ii <^ Edrthqudie «' I'age betwc flowethfevi , Arifirtlecbi ' to ha;-* dr Tewues in th ed in the Ci i.Di0/i,3Si 2. ST A I ' abcut ioo\ being inhab three T0nHi ftongly fortil cliieflc Torva no great not ral againft \i the Edrifj th Ids, which Stamp, and cidnts for an 5- ThcJ; are a great I about this .?^, thick, that 1 geroustoA/^ The chietc called for iti . about 60 Mil andaflTordeth no H'ine: U BrimltpneyMi Mdrble { Its a. TIRA. no. J. PC 7. STAMP A cuitjWhofc ch Co, and 9. Miles in com cesbearet th yiTA. It. '5. C///£ij(: CX/^. 15. PHlNo. ao. S/DRlLi •W. aj. ^i af fills a Trt' Hghfity being ,ivtrs a Cani) 7, whereof 9] liffvrt En- The. MqEAHj. or g^^CIA^Ni ¥ es. 41> ne&gjEA:^org%JE^ CU3^ Ijles. T He chief of ihp ^Gt/EAN Iflct are, i. NECROFONTE , of old i6. ZEA. Abouc 5b Miles irjcompafs. 17. ANDRI, about 80 Miles in circuit , and not far from NEGROPONTE , and is found to afford much of the fame Com' nudities : Its chiefe place, as alfo thofe of tlie two laft ifles , beares the fame name with its Jjle. Then 28, COOS , more towards Afia Mintr ; whofe chiefe Tcrtn is fo called, and is Inhabited by Turkes^ but £«^«4,inthepowerofthc7'«r*«} 10 thcrefl hyCrtciaus, ia this //7f was born le fcveral J(lopuloas, and hatli many good Towns , the chiefe of which are, i . Candia , the now Bnlwarke and Key of Chriflendcme^ in the polTeflion of the f'enetians •, being tlie only place they are Makers of in the whole l(le! wiiich they have fowell foitified , andfo defended, tliatall theftrtngth and bout do Miles u» compafs \ is very fertile, <)o power whicli the Tnrkes can bring againft and aflfordeth (lore of Graiiu, and o;/(',but no Wine: Here is found great plenty of ErimlttneyMtJ^onts y»nd excellent fpotted Marble , Its chiefe place is fo called. a. TIRA. 3. TIRESIO. 4. NAM- no. J. POLTCANDRO. 6. NlO. 7. STAMtAUA,i}xm.'iQm\iK in cir- cuit ,whofe chief place is fo called. %,MOR- CO, and 9. NICSIA , each .ibout 75 Miles in compafs \ and whofe chiefe pla- ces beares thenimeof its Ifle, 10. LE- rlTA. II. Z IN AR A. IX. PI R A. 13. CHIERO. 14. PER^OLO. 15. R/- CUA. 16. SIPHANO. 17. SER- PHI NO. t8. PARIO. 19. SIRNA. iO. SIDRILLE. il.MlCONE. 22. TE^ NO. a?. HELENA 14. BNGIA, in a Colfc lo called i all fmall ijlts. 15. FER- UENIA , about 60 Miles in circuit. it, is not fufficient to repel! them thence, as hath of lite been fufficicntly Icen. Their Ccfnis are the lame witli thofe of | ^ '^ renicey and thty keep their Accounts as they do. Thty have two »Kf(^/;/x, ox ^inla.'U , l,''^i. s$ in Venittyviz. the .?«^//f,andthtCr<»/jr, wliereof IOC k, f»hteoi Candia, is 114//. /»i//« otfwtff ? and makes 7<^| / Unglifh'. 50 And the lOO H^gnifs of Candia is a 1 1 c7/. tn'tfs of Fenice , and m:ikcs n8 //. E»- , frlljh. Tlicy have .nlfo two Rfe.ijures,3nd both Picas', one for Silk, and tlie other for Clttb: too. Braces oi Silke in reniceht:- ing 100. ric0shett, which is about 49 1 Ells Engtiflf. And 100. Braces of Cloth in Fenice, is hrie xo5 Piccs oi Cloth, which is about J J i ESs Englifh. Nnn 3> ShidAt .ynti 56 ne fO!Hj^K.^fl"' If' "■ I" -. A/;i.i3, a M.iriiine Town, enjoying i Coaauod.oui Haven, which by the Turkts is well foiciHed, and defended by 3 Caftlts . 3 .Sir//4, and 4 Cmm. Heire in this liland lived SirAo, (liat famous Ctjm<)grtfhtr. 5. SAMOTHRACIAy a fmall //?r, of not; foi being theBi.ih-plaecof S*mt,anft of the Syhilis^ and Fjthd^oriu, that Di- vine Fhilnjofhtr, And 6 In the ty£y.4ii 5m, or ArchiftU- ^«i , are alio thefc Iflss following, viz. J. SCIRo, Northwards of Ntgrtf$nte^ from which it is not fjrdiftant. 2, SC HI- ATI^ and ;. P EL AC MIS I ^ more Nortliwaitis, and towards the Golfc of SiloHuhi. 4. TASSO, a fniall U!c, fca'.- «i in the mtraocc ui the GoUe of Co«- uf* in MaccJonu. 5. LEMBRO alfo a liiiall /j'lf J not farr from StAim(nt , itmts. with thofc of rwiV*, as belM under their Jurrsdidlion, and they keep their Accountt as they do. As to their WtightSy the ig6 li. of zant v. makes 1 1 a /<. Eiitlijb, 1 1 8 //. Zm^ makes ^"'^ 140 //. PttTdt: And III //• 3 0»w» of Zm; maketh i)m jSninttU ztPttrtt. be- ing 13a //. fttriu fVei^kt y whereof 140 makes their Sack of C«rr4ffr/, and too/;. 10 ZsHt makes lof //. ioe»M(ti Ettglilb. Mc4(»res for Cloth is as u Venice ^ by v,„ the long Brdft is fold all Lwnen Cleth , ''^[i which is ; of a Ttrd £ti£lijh : And by the fliort Brdce all Silks. The c!nk Pict is a 7 iMckt EngUfh ; And the Silk Pic$ is a 5 Inches Eii£l>lh. The Mttfure for Oj/« is a liwr, weigh- ing about 1 1 li. whereof 7! or 8 fills a Tra- . iw ^4/«/; loi a Ctndjinrrtly and 16, or »o Cmdj harrels makes a Tw^ff .- halfea •j^4rr is le(s then a Snhii by one Ba((htli0, 7; 7<»rr/ making but 6Stchis. 1 he Mtifurt for Hi»? is a 5fdn', 2 J ' wlieriof fills a Travin harrtl, and 3; a Candy band. Their Came Meafure is a B^a hello, 3 whereof makes a 5r4r» weighing 144//. and 5 KiHocs mikci 6 Suhelloes, 2. ZEPHALONIA, about i|o milts from Pel-fenncjus almoft 7 leagues > it was 90 incompafs j an//7f alfo fertile in the fame The pXJ^K V''' T H:' Piincipal of ilicfc JONIAN ISI..1XVS are, i.ZANTM, a- bout 50 miles in ci.cuit , diftant If' rf In 4m 7rfdr \ed z.icj»ifii", from Zacjuihus Son to Dardafiut : Tlic IjU IS wonderful fiuitlul in Ojles and M'/wfi^but efpccially m Currants, of whicil ti.eic is fucii abunJcnce, that feme years the Emlifh f who have lierc the clicfe Tiade } lisvc hidin about 3000 Tuns, wliich biinps nol'mall profit to tie JahaLitaKls, 2S alio to the Si^ncrie rr.3 of F(ni(e !or Cujhme, under wliofc com- ■" mr-nJ it is: and loi thde, and other Com- 4 Kfditiis-, ility icccive from F./i<^ljiid,\omi: rticLnds, Harris , and tiew-feund-Und Fifh alio Lctd linn. Series, FerfeiuaHCs , zwi (omc Cleihss but tlicpancipal C#«t- moJiif litre brouglit, is Sp^Hifh Ritlls. TlicCliitfe City in this ///^isallb cnlltd Z.inte,a place not very higc, nor beauti- ful-, it is frtitifiedon the I afl-lidew;th a flrong Cafllc, which comraandcih not on- ly the Tonne and Harttir thereunt) rd- joyning, but alfo a good part ot the Sea^ and opon the W.ill is alwaycs pliced a WM(l>rru»,v>hQ is to defcry wIlt: dhips .ip- fiior.ch, and according to tlie number he langeth out fo many fl-tfigs : the I (It is mnch troubled with Earthquakes, m regard of wliicli they build their Ihujes voy low. Their Cajnts here currint arc tlic fnme If. clif 111 C,y>'i f/ Itmt. Cmmtdities as Zant is, but the Currants ere fmaller, and not of fuch efteem s it ^- fo afTordeth Hontj^ Wax, Pmder ftrdjing -j' Scarlets, tVt*l, &c. Its chief Ttwnts and ';■ Hixtnt are Angn/lali, Cuifcardt , and '" Nolle. ^.VAL DF. CAMP ARE, formerly-; ITU AC A, about JO Miles in compafs , .' feated North-Eaftwards of Ctfhalonia -, o fjir.ous for the birth-place of t,7jij(fa. This I lie nffbrdeth moftof '':eC«»«r«i(f;V/tIiat a:c found in Z4Mr,and Cephahnii, and the Currants arc the bed and laireft, but in Icfs «iuantities. 4. CORFV, about J4 Miles in lenctli, ' ; and 24 in breadth, (i;atcd la Miles nom EpirM, and very ccnvcnient for the rene- tians ( who arc Maflers of it , as alio of tliofe aforefaid ) being in the Center or heart of their Territories by Sea. This ifle is found fruitfuU in Hontj^ Wax^ Ojle, and fome other Ctmmoditiei: Its Chiefe Ciij beares the name of the ipand, and is ^ now reputed to be one of the Bulwtrkes of '! Chriftendme, and the K'rf of the Ftnetun State , being held impregnable , having oft-times refifted the fury of thtTurkes: It is feated at the foot of a Utuntainy 00 the fuminet of which are built two ftrong C4/?/w, Cartes, feat< by the yen The other | St, Angela, a J. CERli tJ about ; N the More* : in themfelvi which the It Marbles it ^ brge nor coi chiefe T*jr« vvlierewjs fo fenus, out c tlenalaiu wa 'IS, 6. STROl //?«, now call pofite to Mej count , bein Crecke Caloni out of the 1 1 Women amon they have a n their Labour, ^riculture, am Diet is on //i :nd the like i fometimes th« 7. SAIN7 CADI A, wh( to AtoUt, w brain d Love riesjbycaflin the Sea \ a cc the brain of Whimfies. the name of the^fjiv/wli! :nd this^ot al Command of I'eneiiaits, fio The A\ Ijles. 50 T He lengt breac Aetria, once a ed on the M Venetians ate the Dnkt is 1 by the caftin performed w b^inningfro who, b«ag The Ai)%lATiQyE Ifles: 51 of Its y featedonhighRocks', which are by the VeHttiint as ftrongly Fortified. The other places of note 3 are Capctlt St. Angelo, and Pagitftti. J. C£/J/<70, in compafstfo Miles feat- eJ about ; Miles didant from Ctpe Maloin the Morea : It is defended by jl«-*/ .which in themfelves are inaccelfiblc , out of ' which the inhabitants take abundance of ktriQa, fled to Ftniet io the dffguire of a Cukes whofe Injuries fhe frtnttiMs re- fented, and in a 5u tight encountred otht the Emperors Son,v^om they Tanqniflied, and afterwards reftpred the Ptft to his Seat ) who, for a Reward, wae by him ho noured with this Efpoufal. The IfidHtb fe.^ted in this Sta are not many, and thofe that tx\ neither great nor hurbltr, it hathmany //^vfffi, but none 10 famous; thechiefof which, are. large nor commodious for Shifting. Its chiefe Tetvne beareth the nameof the IfU, where wjs formerly a Ty/ff«r, having many good Htrbtifrs ^r,. for Shipping, fruitful in Winafirtintt, Cat- tehmaComeojles, a FEGEA, fertile in W/»f and Pulp, "'*'*• about 10 Leagues in circuit. 3. LESiNAy JO Leagues in compafi, idM. being the largeft of all the Adrittit{»t ips j t ii Very fertile throughout , its chiefe 'ip. chie count , being lnhth$itd by fome few jo Tewnt being fo called s a place , though Crttke Celeniti, or Friers, who never go out of the //?«, neitner do they permit fVmeit amongft them, but as they die, rhcy have a new fupply ^ they all live by their Labour, fome in fifbixg, fome in A- I ^ricnlture, and others in Vintjtrds 1 their Diet is on Herbes , RMtes, Olle, Olives , .-nd tlie like i chey are denied Ftejh, and fometimes they may eat Fijh, 7. SAINT MAtiR^,iotmei\y LEU- CADIA, where ftood a Trw//* dedicated to APillt , where unfortunate and mad- brain d Lovers were cured of their Ficn- zics, by carting themfelves headlong into the Sej \ a courfe which was furc to eafe tf c bruin of thofe and all other the like Whimfies. The chiefe Place is called by the name ol tlie ijle, and 1$ inhabited by the ^ems wliich were driven out of Spain unwalled, yet of good firength, byreafon of its ftrong Ftrtrefs. 4. CHERSo, well ftored with Cat- ch«rro. tell. 5. CURXOLA. i f aire y fruitfully md cu-jou. p»pulius ifland, wnofe chtete place is fo called. 6. GRISSA, about 100 miles in com* cir.. pafs, an J(le rich ia Salt-pits. 3° 7. ABSIRTIDES. :. Abfln.i«. 8. LISSA. . . ,'.. liir.. y. ARBfy and aii». lO.BRAZZlAy with fome others of »'««•• no ereat note } and fo much for the //?», in the -yfC^ AN, ^ONIAN, and ADRI' ATl^t Set, The chrifiians have little Trade with the Eurepian parts of Turkey ^ their own Soile producing the fame Cemmedtttes , nd this, ot all the gf#MM offefa'a, wniih divide Albania from Macedtnia •, traverfing Alba- nia, and ending in the Cilfe of Venice. a. Alfea in the Mtrea, more famous for the Fable of Arathufus, and becaufe it paf- feth by the Ruines of Mtgalepilk in ArcM' did^tod of Olimpia Pi fa in £hde% then for its Ctnrftj and lor the Rivers which it re- ceivcth : Its courfe being 00c alMve jo ot *^d :itif tMfjr, Uitn. tft. 51 ^vers in TVRK^EY in EV%pT E. BCl. JliTtrMl 10 lliitr EiH. Aj«rr Mil- or 40 Leaget, aOd the 14Q Jii«#n, \vbicb,\ the AmicnirhaTe given 10 be but lUile Rivers. The PENEA ia Tbtff^lU may have tfoor 6 5 Leagues in leogth, and ends in the Golft of SalmiqiKy aitcr it hath waflied the famous Valley reMnpe^beiween the Mount /lines of oljmpty and <^. The jirARDAR in MtfedtMtA falltfig; in the <7*//00ft which it reccivctli ;/<'r, wliich pafTeth to Ktrnptttty and near to A/emmtngmeti, paflingi to Do- mmrt. 'DANUBE^ together in B»vttr*, where ir. leaveth Nenbtarg on, the right 30 hand, and ;/;_gfl//l4/ on the left j dividejth B4vi(r4 the DHtfkj of the i'4/4#i.iM^r,from whence it rectiveth Nat* ■• pa/Teth under the Britlges of Ritifinu and Strduiingy which, are oo the right liand , receiv- ing fiom tlie fame lid- the ^Wj which waAieth Mnntak attd LaiUthMi , Ca- ■italls . botii of the higher and lower Dutchies of Bxciera.' reccivtth at #41^4* the Inn, which commeth from the 4° EwtdiHi in the OnftMSy and which uaver- fctn the County ot Tir0l wlierc it vvaflieth J0ffnik, that is. the Bntfge, OQthc/M; thmhoMe in TireL, aiui K»f^4tiiy Ste^mi gtveth to one part oi tlie C//>of i>i^4» the name of /«^4r, thac is, th^ City of /«M. Ahttle below P<^m theZ>4Hw^ falleth into Ait^fidttt and there tvaflieth Lintz, the Capital of ^ii/7m/;f, a little a- bove the Mat , lioceiveth the Rivtr SO of £iw , where is the City fo called } wailieth Crems, and yiantt m 4ii^i(ht\ the one on the left, and the other on tlie right hand fi the 3*mAe. The /Avr4i«> which dcTccndeth ffom Utrtvidy faijeih into the Dsmtity hnxveea ' AKfiritht , or ^mftridfittd HmigMri* ) where the Dsn^bt coftnnaing hiscoQrfr,ivafheth i>nr/)»ar;^, thcCapiul Citj of tlie higher U»»S4rU. Towards the left hand embraceth the jflt of ihnt, about which, are, ow»r, or vM- kentmrg.indGtvtrj ox^*v*rin\ at the point of the Ifle . Kimtrt \ all 5 flrong places , and which have for many years made refiftance againft the Turkts: At Cmsrt, the DMube having gathered to- gether all his Waters, pafTeth to (/mm, or strigtgnty and between B»ddy the antienc Seat of thr HungtrUn Kings, before the rwj(; feifed it : zadPejihs embraceth the Ifle of RttKimmdrcky wa(heth CtUcz to ;, the left, receiveth the Dnve to the right, y^ and oppofttetotheine£r■ to the left, and over againd sjonktmcn , the Save to the right: and below the meeting of the Save, and the DauMbe is Belgrade % wlicrefote the fcituation ought to be in efteeme, by reafon of the neainefs of thefe 4 Knersy viz. the Banuiey the Jiffe, the Save, and liie Drave, the leaftof which Iiaih niou: then ijo Leagues in length. The Dravc. and thc54f* have their beginnings inC4ri0t^i4,and CamtU^ &C. xnGermahf: and leaving Germany, they embrace that which we call the parti- cular EfcUviHi* , which makcth part of Vnngana. The Tifs or Jibifs hath his Cou fe intiiely in //njr^f 4^/4, beginning in liieMountainesof Cr4^4(i(, between Ak 1- gari4, Tranftlvania y and Fidand. The Damb*, after itscourfe to Btlgradt iaSer- lUy is little known unto usf and it was from hence that the Antients began to call the Jfttr : it received to the rigfit all the Rivers which defcead from Scrvia , and Bnigaria j ana to the left ihofc of r<- tatlHidy and Mt'Mvu i it difchatgeth it feif by ^ or 7 Mouthes inm the Euxintfit Bktk-Sta: A(ki its coorfe may be about 600 EngUjIi miles,or aoo GermaiUyOt H»»- ^4r/4» miles from Sr/fr4^ to it(- filling m< to the Emxine Sea. JHdfumckftrtMiAKy in Europe. f%a:HSe. FE4NCE i( the moA fruitful , and beautiful Ji/x^/i, as alfo the mod ^paiotnt ancTpovvetful Kingdome of all hUBaPEsix\i tliebefl that can Tub- ftd without tin d/HfUnce of others: It is feinatt about t!b.t\%dtgreeso{ Lttunde-, which. «<■ the midfi of therM)/wr4/f Ztf/^r, ! (the loi^cft Daybeiag \6 Houtes. ) All ' other paiti vAevrope, as weUabovcas below this i'muilt beiog cither hotter , or ,J»^ Ixaceththe;/?; , Owtir, or rtl- \v*rin% at the r } all 3 fttong "or many years e Turkcs: At |g gathered to- bth to (7r4», or i&, the intient i^j, before tlic embraceth the lech Cokcz to ^ \je to the right, ^"j ■twdj; the Tl(ft "J ill SJonktmen , ind below the the Danube is ituatioa ougiic oftheneainefs heDaiwte, the i :.j^ ^1 •*=-^i^ L ._^ England •n ^ ki^-> LmJ. Sm. M^ BKIT JiTH S^-^ m '^>"* C«nJ< The Great r'v f-.*^. ^-T'^'Trw-^ iS-¥^^ J^ ^&- ^^* & '.il>^ ^^<^ 1 5i!l <^ is:: rW5C !i« I ioi^ t: A GeNERALL MaPP of tlie KIN(JD0M of FrAN(-E. Drill by Ric: BlomcByhisMajellijes ElpeciflU Command LowLn I'rn,u,//..'A Afoul It u I 1 6 6 if ' KT N D. i.j>-^:, a". A ^^, 'rrhlA^ "M^ ^*?-t ^ ipHtp.i **!?*£; ^iHpw ^^^^fi*^$^ ^I^t t^JIRPTj^ TiTiJ^^ vV*i^ S^yjff' ->^ X,^Jfii ^/»y yi^^^fv r^ fTA. «V*^^ ^ ^^* "^^ja^ ftJ^J^*^ ^ ^UI^ m^rcrrZ' i:sV ^5^r^=?>,e '''^v^y^ij^ V "dn! *3l'*0"^ ^ csr&-^^' "jy-lK Sots K;^ ^>*r-- r'"^. ''r:^. //™^ fcijirf. T M.m "••-?, Vv/v ■plJt :^^. ^ '^ F T^A 3\C^C E. n 01 colder tic is waflied oatheEaftwich the river jij!riMf,together with an imaginary line dratvn from Strddu^gh to CaSait, ou the South by the MediiemindiiStMJymiopetis a piflage to the N»ttht^»-Qcttn t oo the Weft by the Aquttint Sea | and on the North, by the Erittifh osum ■ It extends it felt from the 42 Digrtet ot' LtiituJeyUn- to the 51 i and from the 1 5th ot LMgi taJe^tothe 39th, which mikes its lengthy and breadth ioo,oriJ|frfi»rj6i LtagMts. It is conciguoos to the L0m-Cimiitrtys om iheYioithi^ to a ERMjiNY and JtALT on diet aft ( and to iPi vers little Eftatcs divide it from G£R- it ANT, the Alfts from Itdlj, and the Py T and in exchange of which faid CtwUmdh tits they receive from Miigltni Ltsthtrt MttteryChtefiyrikhtrs, Herrings , and other Fijh both fdt and dryedi' LesJt ^m, Cl$tkts , KtrjitSy Friftty Cdtftm, Stnkiiigt •fall forts, l/fff/, CiiuHSy and other /»- du» and Tiwfcyt Ct mm t Jit itt. This Kiitgdmt is exceeding populous , aad filled with rtitttts and Citkt, once ovnbrii^ 100 thottfand fdrijbtty which ve naw icdnced to a lefi Munber s The Fetflt are wcH proportioned^ and indiffe- rent handfome, efpecially the Me» % they are obfetved to be of aready tv/r, iggiHi- tmsy and apt for inventm s they are of a " . / courteous kehwinr as well among them- _ \ fetves, as to ftrangets \ yet they ate Utigi- nuy great ictfferijOi a hot kraiHy and foon f'/'^'f;;, moved to limttn they are obferved to be tV*- iikn/Luitj hMurinu, verholifts, iffemntttj 10 and much addiaed to the fmnk. In weighty AfftirUy both Cifi/and Mnt'ul they arc not over-fubtile» Their firft at- tempt being like thimiir, and their end like/)iw/(f.- In their ^4r/ hot and fierce Chargers for the ficft, and as quick ritrtA- ters .• they are very aOivty and given to Exercifes, as Tennity Vnltingy Ridit^ the great Horfe, Dantimgy Sec. TheH^awM are of a readv wtr, wMiitiWy and not over 10 mtdifty nor cidfi. In matters of Rtkghn they follow the Ch»r(b oi MtmCf in which they are not over-ftriA i yet there arr abundance of FrtttfidMs among them, who have Tole- *» ration for the exercife of their Meligim: there is every where a great many Jtr/i- gitiu HutftSy which are filled with devout Perfoos. It would be too tedious to obfeire all 3° the different Orders and Ctvermmtiitt in this ^jflrifiMfet we will therefore content our felves to fay at prefent , that in the Affemblies of the General Efidtety where the Clergf, Ntkilitjy and Third Efiste have their Seau, it isalwayes divided, or ac leaft hath tor a long time been fo, into i a Geaeral G0vtrHmtMtt ) of which 4 are on thb fide^ or,if you pleafe^Northwatd of the Lrfres 4 upon, and about thsLtjrej and 40 4 beyond^ South of the Ltjre. Tne4onthi$ fxit ixtyPlC ARDY, NORMANDTy the J(le of FRANCE , and CHAMPAICNE: the 4 about the Itjre are, BRltTANT , ORLEANS » BdURGOGNE, and LTQNOIS: and the four beyond the iQTRSyittyOUrBNNS and GASCorNG , LANGUMDOCy the DOlFHTNSt and PROFENCB. In each Ctvtnment are (everol fdrts , or S^ CoMtiesy and in each a great many C\f' tiesy whkh 1 have largely obferved in nnr Oetgrdflutd TtUej, theteibre it SaUt iaf' fice to fay fbmechkig of the Chiefei <£ which in order. nCARDT h environed vnth Nmrnui* dfy FLutderSy ehtrnfAipu, and the S m ^ it is (or may be) dinoed into the highland tower t in both of which are many TtPmi. itt ike tower are, t« Odm , oiled by Ooo C*Idr^ H' F %J K C E. f'l It dt- C*,(,tr , ^w/iw /ffiw. accounted part of Suk.^tiois, held by the Enflijh aen n ' yeatS) ic was taken by '^dsvvd tUrhnti aftr. II MotKtiis Hege, in Ahm I547,an(' uutortunately loft by ^ottkJt-'j in 14 dayes fifge: liieponcirioiiot t'lis plucr was ot fuch greai impoitancc, that it w.^s ac- cojnted tiie Keyot tlic Kiagdomc-, it is rtleemcd one of the brft Port* aiPictriif, fe^rfiK/> from wliicliit isdif. tBC aboDt 10 Leagues, once of ijrelt Trtdi.^ aihcn^ the St^le tor Eh- jlrjli WeoUs, oowohly ot note, tor its being the recffipi oi PAffHlfjrs iican this King- dome to Rngluui^ia and fro. ?.. Bui' Ittpie^i. flfong Frontier Town to wauls the 5M,ukcn by HtHTf \ht Eighth oi 6Hgitttd . in Anne 1 544. at which tiiHe the Hitipe.or Hdximtbun bote Armes under the f;.- glilhCn4)»>VA ,- the more jo Creed, together with a Homily out of Thnf, ./Hi, nr.ki they are beaten, the better they love. Divtrcements are frequent among 11 them , for when they have a deliie to part, they accufe her of adultery, or want of 'Devotitn, by fuborning of falfe wit- nefleSjby which they are condemned,with- out anfwtring for themfelves. Their Religion it of the fame witli the Creek Churchjoivih\ch they are a member, but it is full of abundance of fupetftiti- on, as confidcring the Virgin Marj, the Evanrelifli, the Aftflles, with abundance of other Satnts, not ontly as fimple inter- ctfTors, but alio co-operators, :iiid caufcs ot ther Sahaiiom giving to their V^;*// and Images the fame honour as is due on- ly unto C»(rf. They differ from the Rtmijh and Reformed Churches in feveral points, as, I. Forbidding extream UiUlun, Con- S' Chrj[o(lome. Tl'y artfuch great ado- rers of the Cff/«',f':i .1 t'ny will undertake nobufinrf^. iiv-ithtr ejt iiDi drink, before they havf niftiuadi t'lClii/iiot theCw/t"; alfo they 3ic .is g.eat Wixlliippers of paintci! /wjiyj, ihfc br ng fcarce a fa- mily tli.(' f iti. thcni not in their houfes, and wh - ;.. tf,e.r greater Devotion, they plaif .ibout the Walls of their 30 Churches, .meeting their Prayers to them, as if there were fomcthing of Divinity in them. And thefe images are adorned with Pearls and precious /?#»«, according to the quality ot the Pcrfon that owetn it } and if it happen hat any Perfon is excommunicited, bot.. he and h\% images are not allowed the \\W\ ty of t heChurches, which they account as holy, not admitting ftrangers to enter into them, for fear of frmatiti$,3ad foatth Marri^es. a. Deny- 40 prophaning them >, their Chuichcs are mg the hilj cho,i to proceed from the ^ ' •-'"-- " ' *■ - Fatker and the Son. 3. Denying Purga- tory, but allowing of Praying for the Dead. 4. They hold it unlawful to faft on Satur- days, y. They rcjed graven or carved Images, but allow of the painted. d.They obferve four Lents every year. 7. Com- municatii^ in both kinds, but mixing warm water with the Wine, and ufing leavened round and vaulted like a Oovehtufe,m\- tating Heaven, in which tliey have mitha featoor bench, their Devotion being per- formed cither ftanding o; kneeling, anJ over the Door of their Churches are alfu placed Images. In their Commuiuuns they hold TranfnbftAntiation. t hey are very rtritl obfervcis of Faffs, ] ot which they have a great many, btfiJcs Sr^4^, which they dtAributc both togc- jo tvery fVeJnefJay an^i Friday th:oue,hom the ther with a Spoon. 8. They admit of children of feven years of age to come to the Saeramtnt. 9. They admit of none to Orders, but fuch as are married, and forbidding the fame to (hofe that are in a^ual Orders, and 10 believins that yearjon winch days iheywiil not eat any kind offiept^tior that which comfsfrom it. The fame Author faith, that in their Funerals they obfeive kveral Ceiemonies, aj, fo foon as ih** Hck perfon is deceafed, they fend tor all his Relations and Friends, who come and ftand by hiqn, and lament holy men before the Refurreftion, eii/oy < not the prcfence of God. And for ihefe, hislofs^ina howling tone, deimnding why and the like tenents, there is a great feud he would die :* whediet he wanted any thinar thing <: haitdfo r„ ■„,. like ri ::;: tothe I ■'•'• dromel, Ibul of being c deceafe him, as kins on Ct/fia, I int/iein tlie />r/>j then foil the nean make a lows the all his F come to is uncov( certain Pi the Corps Friends k him in which th< piece of / S Peter. 1 Metropolis. dared whj ence to th hisMouthi red, and t\ alwayes to ing their L return to t they Dine fort to th much of I afflidlioos and for th therofthei tourty day three Feafi ceafed. Their f fifh of a .of the Chi hath uod( Archhjhtps popts aad p They h ' tance,inro ChiUrt» (c manceof V Ceremonie the Churc] mothers wj Church dj and (igns MOSCOFU, or %V SSI A AVE A. 95 Thni„ ePsfifis. fititits to fs , giving »»/, except y will not of Fe(liv4l ance ; there i but is the and fome- ich are not /ho arc ob- it day. But [idly obfer- h days they heir Service hafttri and ig, or rather Ath*H*ftit*'f mily out of :h great ado- ill undertake drtnky before I ot ilic Crof y 'Diiliippers of J fcarce a fa- 1 their houfcs, er Devotion, alls of their ayers to them, of Divinity in [ are adorned »«/, according »n that oweth any Perfon is and his Im*s,tt !',.' thcChurches, , not admitting m , for fear ot Churches arc iovehtiijt,\m\- cy have ntiiha tion being pcr- kneeling, an^i ii'chrs are alio Commuiuons ■rvt'ts of T*^s< ,,' many, befuics throughout the A':il not cat any icomtsfrom it. , that in their alCctcnwnies, "on is deccafed, ns and Friends, iqd, and lament cminding why he wanted any thing ^ tiling i whether his wife was young and handfom,or unconftant unto him^ or the like ridiculous quedions. Alfo they lend to the Priefl a prefent of AquA-vti/t, Hi- JromeljMd Beer, that he may pray for the foul of the deceafcd-, their Lamentations being ended, they wafli the body of the deccafed, put a clean fliift and fliroud about him, as alio a pair of new Shctes or Buf kins on his feet, and then lay him in the lo Coffin, wh.ch is covered with a cloth, ihen in their carrying him to Church, fii ft goes the priefi who bears the /w^jf of his Sdint, then follow four rirgins ( as Mourners) of the neareft kin, which with their howling make a horiid noifc; next to thefe fol- lows the Corfs carried by Six men,and ihc.i all liis Friinis and Acquatntancct, being come to the grave (he laich) i\\cCiflin is uncovered, and whil'ft the Piie^ uith 20 certain Prayers, the faid Imtge is held over the Of/, then his Wife, Relaiiens, and Tritnds kifltng him, ukc ihcir farewel of liirn in grievous Lamentations ; after which the Prit^ puts between his fingers a piece of Tx^^r, wliich isa Pafs,dircfted to S Ptttr, figned by tire Pdirmrch, or the Meircftliun of the place, wherein is de- darea what he is, how he lived in obedi- ence to thccWfA, &c. as alfo a P(»j in 30 liis Mouth, after which theC#//J«is cove- red, and the Corfs interred, with his lace alwaycs to thcEaid: then the People do- ing their Devotions to \.\.i Jm4ies, they return to thchoufeof thedeceafed,wluic they Dine,and in giving advxe and com- fort to the widow, ott-timcs take too much of the Creature, drowamg their affli^ions in Aq»d vii.<, anl Hjdrimel: and for the lo(s of a Hmlund, or any o- 40 ther of their Relations, tliey ufually mourn tourty dayes, in which time they make three Fttfii for the Friends of the de- ccafed. Their Ecctcfiaftical Government con- fifts of a Pitrurch , which it the Head of the Church, and as it were P»fe, who hath under him (ieveral MetrtfuUttns, Archhtfhtfs , Bijh0fi, AtchdactHS, Pttte- ftftt iod Prie fii. io They hold tdfiifmt of great impor- tance , infomuch that ihey baptize tneir ckiUbrtit fo foon as botn, in the perfor- mance of which they make ufe of many Ceremonies f firft, tnecMW is carried to the Church by the C»df*thers and God- muhert who aofwer for it , and ac the Church doot the Pritli meets them, and figns it with the (iga of the Ciofs in the forehead, and gives it the Bene- diiifion , faying , The Lord freferve thy coming in, and going out. And being en- trcd tlie Church, the Godfathers give the Prieft nine wax Candles, which he lights and places about the Font crofs-wifcj then he confecrates the water , and ufes many Ceremonies, going round about the Font three times with the Godfathers, who .iry wax Lights in their hands, be- fore whom goes the cUrk bearing the Image of Saint ^ohn, during which time he reads certain things fit for the occafi- on out of a Book \ then lie demands the Childs Name of the Godfathers, who de- livers it to him in Writing, and after he hath asked them feveral qneftions , as Whether they promifc to bring him up in the true Cr«/t/{w«, whether the Md forfakcs tlic devU and his works, or the like qucftions) he takes the child, being naked, in hi» aims, and dips him three times into the water, faying, / haptife thee in the Name of the father, and of the Son, and of the holy Chofl. Then he puts a corn of Salt in its mouth, and makes the fign of the Crofs in the forehead, as alfo upoQ the breafi, hands and back, with con- fecrated Ojrle, onely for that ufe , and after he liatli put a dean Shift on the (hild, faying, T/^OK art as clean and as clear from tliy Original fin (which they believe ail children to be born with) as this Shirt : he tics about its Neck a little Crofi of Silver, Cold, or Lead, according to the Pa- rents ability : the wearing of which is fo i\nCt\y chaiged that thofe who arc found without it, when they are dead,aiedcnycd Chnflian burial. Andlaftly,the Pnefi af- Ggns the child a particular Saint, the Image of which he deliveis to the Godfathers, with charge >that they inftru'l ihcthildto have a devotion to his Saint : and if it happen that through weaknefs the child cannot be brought to the Church , then they chriften it at the Parents houfe, but not in the fame room it was born in. The Grand Duke of Mofcc-jia is abfo- lutc Lord both of the Lives and Elates of -dI,"," his Subjects, whom he treats no better JX; then Slat es, his chiefeft aim being for what fi'^^i 'Z; he can get, more than the good and wel- fare of his people-, lie is not (ab')z€t to £4)r/,butonely makes them, wliich are fo well obeyedjCthough never fo tyrannical) that none oiffers to oppofe him , he a- lone hath the power to make (Var or Peaee with other Nations , yet he will fcem to take advice from his Knez and Bojares, :^. V; Crud THE Ib'RlTTlSIl ISLES. s > I' #1 I r. Bejiires, who are as lils PrlV'f CoHncH: he appoints Gevtrncttrs .Ma^iffutes ,ind LUM- tcmiUs for tlic I'rovincts, for the admini- (Iration of ^n pice, Sec. whom he depofes, or puniflijs at his pleafurt •, he tonferrs hnoHr to fuch as plcafe him, or merits it by fboie riob'.e, tminent or good fetvice ; His Revcnuts and Richts cannot but be t weeding much, as well becsufe ot" the and approacheth fo near to Frtnct, that from DtVtr to CtUii its paflage is not above feven or eight Leagues ) and all the Southern Coaft of England not di- ftant from Fittrdj , Ntrmtndj , and Brt- ttignt above i J, lo, or i$. Leagues. IRELAND is Weft of Great Britain, and makes one Kingdom. . The little neighbouring ifits are comprehended un- golJ, filver , frecious flcnts, &c. cairied lo dcr one or the other of the three King. tliitlier ( all which are brought into this Ctrntrcj ) wliich he pofTtfTes, and prel'trves in -his Jrtafurj , as becaufe r.e difpofcs abfolutcly of tl.e Goods and Eflitcs of his SuhjcCls, by illegal Taxes, bcfiJes his juft Revenue in Lunds, befides that which arifeth by Culloms.Scc. He is y)ppjrcl/(J like a ICinf and a Bi- piop, weanng with the RoyJl Botes, a doms, according to the contiguity with them. All thcfe Ifles have received great „, ^ changes in their Governments fince they y^'^t were firft known. They were poflefTed V!''i„ by divers ^«^/rindependant the one upon ^/„'^ the other, before the Remans fet toot '*"»" here, who pofTefled themfelves of the mofl Southern part of Great Britain, n»w Miter, ind iCro(!(rs S:.ifi and obferveth 20 called EkgUnJ, and fometimes of a part a great deal of State in his attendance, h.iv;n^ jbundance of frveral offtcets as other Princes have. \.« And thus mach for Moftovij, ll(,.«r 1^ of Scotland, but never had any thing ta do in Ireland. After -the tomans, ih« tntjilh Saxons j,,^,^ fcized that better part which had been ;;*" M !)ofreflred by the Romans, and eftabliflied ' '"' even Kingdoms , to wit, 1. Tlw Kingtiom of A'f^r.wlierc is onely the County of Kent. 2. The Kingdom of the SoUth 30 5,*ipfre BkiTTlsn ISLES under I one and the fame name, form a ,-*" body of many and 4iveis Jfles, fituate in the ocean, between the Northern and Weftern paits of Eurofe. Of . fv Ipes, there is one very large, another of a lefs extent, and a great ma- ny fmall ones 5 the grcatefl was firft cal- led ALBION, ah alfit rnftbus, f om its JO fhtre, Bntkinghamfhire, Bedftrd-fkire, Rat nrhite Cltfts, ihe:v/i:ds for its excellency land-Prirt , Northdmfftn'fhire , Ltkefler BR IT AN I A MAJOR, and now GREAT BRlTAJMi and the next or kfler was firft called HlFERNIA , and now IRELAND, The Greatell comprehends two King- doms, VIZ. ENGLAND and SCOT- LAND, this making the moft Northerh pait of the J jit. that the moft Southern, fhirt, Lhinln-lhire, Naltinglum-lhire, Dar- ij-Jhire.Oxford'lhire, Glonee/ler- fhirt, tnr- cenerfkire, Warwick fhtte, Staffird-fhire, Cheshire, Sbroffhirt, and Herrftrd'thtre. EGBERT the \V Kimt of thefe ;;, 1 WEST-SAXONS htving ftbdued the ;;;',: ; principal Kingdoms of chc SaxmtHtf-*A tartlfj, ftyled 'himrdf the iiiit Moiarch, and "■"'•w^^Kir •.% m' up- r' .. _. '''#<, .-''^■'. TB I , /■' »mt, that ige is not i and all g . - ^ -««fc-^ id not di- , and Brt- gues. *4t BriUin, The little hended nn- ihrce King- iguity with sived great n, , ,. fmce they \'"r" , :e pofletled m-'tMl leonc upon Ji^r^ ■ J i^ ,«fetfoot*'-- ■ ' = *-^ ives of the ^-- fv-ri 1 Meet Ins r ^iap'ms I i ■0mr Zrtl itm, 'Thelflej f*r«5^ 'AraMb-<^ MamUnd . J ' c '^iinitufi. C ..ttr Cut o ..SUV, 'V*^ LOA lift or Ipn»I ■••• •■:■■■■ ^'yM^\ki ^'Tvyr ' ■'A^£i.^j 3tiWi»»»**J ^^nnoMi 7oi fy Jimt ^ m^i :^ **-^'*^;J^i, • *^. am ^^Cc \ ►o/: K**- rs .. J'^KHA^A.HA.tfU/ irr^^v «wr«jr "^. JSJLJt, NvT»i/j ^ 4 L' ' ^ -iViU, Gu-Vivt ■ d %■ Ol Cox DrotaatT JS Tiot ''*' , ••- J ,' ,-<**' /&rf^ 2V_ ■» T E N r R I N A I. J^ Jit ^d^ fir T 1 1 b V i. is ••^•^-»^ \ M : c.f ii ■ ^ Nfc*^ 'Hh- trmf ' , < I. , a A SI ■if ,>--_>/ «t4 ^ 7.S'/.f\5 y SCHETLANJ) I I Unfti xeltar or PheoJcr iSlrerrifS T H F. re 1 Ct f— / K •i.' 17 r ft '^^ .1 \Jl V **. t ■% . A ;-^i; X- '.S^'^T*''"^' ^ ,1,.^ '..i ■ . •• * - v^^ fj^'^'' ••^ C *' _^ ' "* '0 \ ■ j^rtik^* ,1 'lire ^^:it ^oA _ '-AJRT o ^•^•7l^>.Ai.-^ ■-■'^ I Ris ir ^- V4. ■•■■ .jv '»«»' '••JTnw.^-, >f Ska Mlf"*""" jSuiH^l 'its^ XmmLffk Gloc. (Irr ^ *. 7i ■w# m4f^{ nffM^ VHUifi i iB-""-''X_^ o^«x%f^ Teherma rna ' - - Tartj' SJthax *^ I'-mlt <£hJ\ tft* GmImK CtLmft cy-^ B ■\^0K'^' X ^ Xazfrilp '^ OarcyMmttk. HE M BR I JJKTfiSi." ■ParrtT ti P lH toll .^•..'- :Ci .^ I or -^^K^OA^A^ tWindaltr* Dtm.i ■J.; ■■;,lp,.,.. "■tiy/a,.y •'fiityf fl THE .Coutri \THc!k ritt^H ^.. or Zuftrq aCJU one "^Z-I, W04V- ** t&.? I.TH rbVK^ JCV, IfoJ if—*i -AKVAR ^AJV> ...■••■ .t;.^^ ^ -^^^^HTrifji •J(fuf^A ^ft:^j^ TimJv i -^ -i.i» XMi'S ■It"' rr B>i»^ •r ■Ti^ i^ouJa «^-^4.-^r-&^'^^^^^^^ ^«^#W A«r44 V-''' !-«« I'STJioi Jm'U^' '•^. ■m^. / rs.:i- ' ■■ -V. ./ .»S'f/*« >C«.S' <}^ liaifi jfa-Vt /r^A r J?IT*-A^ 1!, ;4'^ K Cue/ M, \ _ U A TTltll # »■ . .^. I \ - '■'■ 'J- jh£i \v4 BrJTorJXo. Ay2-.~,'~wV#.N» • inj^ ifc^-'''^ fi^GUAM:^ ^siAibo < r .ei^:;. J 7 % ^'~ J' *^ ^ ' / * ^■^** Ji-. . aOnii]^ liMt, ilUye \ T^"^^ - % **S^^k S E A 33.\ !31,. «^...*— »»#»l 'l: .i!lf?-" wWiMirti I Jb»«iHMi I indcol I- S^ npontli " were of ihj of held by 'Mi] conlinui »!•' Tliei .>■«•!' ■iln^ patoofi i-KfW^ ihe Pr .;,f hadithe eftjSoR hath evi ;*deftSoi , E^4C <; X'«4ff», and fometinaes by the ^° thefe Jodgr* was to fit oaCrimiiidl o/- /«4f4r/, and the other for the deciding «£ CoHhrvtrftts betwixt party and party, which Cu/limi is ftill obferved and kept. Aguin, cvtiy-SHtr or OM/r is fub- diyidcd into Hatulriii^ in which are > bundani^e of fmiis^Birvtgta^ yillnits,()it Tithiiigi, King Alfridvm the firft who ordained the divifion of £i/r"> H»H4rtd$ or Ti- rAtfjfKtill at laft Wtf/«w Duke^f Af«r ' fHiifimb^'M from //4r4/i, and cftjibl'lfa- • "e'd^theWoftltfchy, which hath e'verfincc continued, «*!> ' Tlie ip^ient f ri/f were itaired tnt« the mod Hilly f.in^ pato of the CcfHtrej, which is now called *ta(k jhc' FrvkifiUy of ;'^<«/^„i|b^c ijiey *"** hadltheii leveral frin»s, and not only I but Q^irters, m% very I^i||\|b4pone tocbc «f»f/# rters, till^ckagth Zituri tbtFirft "* defended themTclvesafainft all Invadtts, ^^ thiiigt ^ that every E^hfh-mm^ livi under /^, as a Le|geSuD);ra mignt be 01 i cmtwttlVmittltatjOt TlihiHi^ out of which he w;s not to ipyve without Security : and if anian were acciifed of any Crime, he was f.'rthwith co bring forth his Sure- ty, one of the bat Bmidred Of Tifbii to anfwer the t,im\ and if one acctifi K.klfiti nnTtid it fully »tlit/«^C'*'*^«'"- !jjiikiiVl''!f <^<'"'W Its mere Southern ttiUMf above 3a<>. Its whole Circuit be- ^M ijeartoo Miles. He alio appointed in every Shirt a f'/«- Cimiit, that is a Shtriffy wnofe office was, (as to this day is ) to look after the i^.mh4 Peace and welfare ot the Shirt for which ti^XI^ he was chofen, and to do and ad feveral '^'^' things for the Kii^, And thefe Shtr^ffs are now gencffilly chofen out of the chief- eft CtsiHj of ( he CtMMty. Moreover , King Bdiurd the Third or ^C may be divided into a, though une- 40 Gained in every 5Mr; certain ^"fiiees of / WA pans the FiMty whofe duties are to look alter thedMbrders that arife in the Shirt ot Mw drfd in which they refide, and to puaii> o^fMlrri, which are ftill made vTe of. . Jf«lM|», Arth-Bi^ bf CMttrhtry , in ,/finM C/^i/fi tfjtf, wa^tfiefirft chat be- £n ledtvide Es^UnJiaiaFiiri/ho. And w as to theiEteitSdtifdl Juiisdii^ionof u !>«>?» to wit , ENGt,r.ND. and ALES 1 feparated each Hin the ocher "e Stvtmtyind a Lisst drawn to the W^tj But the more certain aiii per- divifion was by a huge Ditch, h^pnnipg at the innnt of the »! « SmrrM, reached to chefitr , tht^Drr &bfK(kfim its fcif into the jmVSo mSesloiKt made by 0/4 King ^^ «£tne JMrcAiM^ataby theifTfcl, gutted ^ Bi^Uml, it is divioed into a Frtvituts or iMfMMffr Oicf UMbk^'s Dikt. |a the Arth-hfhifrith^^viay Cdiittrh»rj (which miet>flu9 |l^»Mp9.mi^AMM«^,to is the chief) ^nd Y«r^- and under thefe paft KiiU Mmmth a Weapon, on pain of are 14 Swjfrt^Msi iiflufs, of which he of gMMhiftigh^jiatt . , Cmtrhrf Wth 3r, and heof Ttrk ;. ^fGLANDmay iigainbe fub^divided Now what tbeife Bilhtfriiks are, this fol* Hioio Sititrt, or into # Fmt^ according lowing TaUe will make appear. "^^fM* :s 9i THE "BRITISH ISXES. CJ Id. J cATAL5GueV ii&* ^K^^tyJerd*^; and mSHOTS of ENGLAND and WALESj. together Tfpub ythat WVT^IES are mder'Hkir furisdmn, and rfhat PARISHES are in each DiQCEIB^o •',w -.». '.v.Vj .. J .lIoJ^jiAV ..JJ»;.'U\ u!^. iiril»:,!unt.i bliC,V'- '\^■^hrf>lli' U A Mf S of the prcfrnt <.*Vmititx ifn«ler ihcir III* P»WN» A|^iropriid.| I. TyithtRfHirtildF^htriildU^ > " J rv I>f. «7^^^r' ^htldt», LdTiihnMCMltrkmji and part of Km.- l Arch- Bi(ho|>'bfCj»/*f faff, —V C "ju; -j if a. (Y.) Jt. Ktvtrtnd Vit.lU(htrd\ K ' ' * <%- ' -!j %4rMf, Lord Aich-Biihovbf >hathir«fi/)iff, and M/r/i«li^^ > 5*1 ^ r«r*, --• ^ i— * « ••''.■ I" iv:,J./ ui i. it. JtivertnJ Dr. H$mfitty^ r' ' '^' '' ■' ■ i - !'.. ,'t/;il.;i'. 'i > '«hA< . HinchmM , Lord Bi/hop j6f HajMli/rf*,A/iWrf/r/#jf,a(ptrtofff#*/(l^ij*.J hattJ ttttftiu ^ UifirdfiiM^ WtAktj^X isff tiln, » \ kmfurtt and Umtfrnifk, io pan,* i3l 13. X. Rtvtmd Dr. Hemj gU»'-\ _ 2 A4M, Lord Bifliop of Sd ^-ibaihf Part ofJ/Mir/l. and part of 2>f9^/btf.| /-/*. * t ■* j^ X. Mevtrt»dDt,WiiiMm £»•'% . ^ ((7. Lord Bifliop of St. Dtf-/hatb| i'niir«nl/&ff#, and Cmm»rtht»llmt. % jot f7 »)« 177 lao I J. J'.lM' i5. A Ml D*vkf \ if.— ■ 17TV.") J »M'dXMl ll M, Mtx I '/<"», i If *. JI*t/( Lord Btfli >o. g, Aevti fiJ*^ Lnr^ ii. it. Mil itjmlds^ J 9i(hf — «. *. it«vr *^»/», i.( /ri^ - Sj. K. MtVi Crtfu, La f0d,-—^ 14. M.lttMTtM Lordfiiibo|| lltlidea Ptcnli 1,,^ Accoi and Wat 9* 15. - 7HE SB^ITISH ISLeS. 99 Cloiintics under tlicu Ju- Vtnthe* Appropriitl. .. V.fi' ^ tnwth om III each NAMKS of the prcfcnt BISHOPS, /tf/i. itf^b. ,j. Jt. it\>4rtikl Dr. ^t{*fh Hilt- y - 10. jt, liVtriM Dr. FrmcMl 1 n^i.) M^Mdvtrmd T>t. Mil-y r , »W Jt4i«iM» , Lord Bifliop of Hut^i CmitrljnJ,iDd pat t of WtflmtfUinl. i 9 j 18. Jt. Mtvtrtitd Dr. AntUnii g ' ■-' ' /.Jhathf i/iTM* , Lord Bidiop of SjU' Dtv0Hjhirt,Extftr Cicyitnd Cwimti If H.Mtvtrtnd Dr. JTrfiw/ »U^i, i C-fci^/rf , RhhrnntJlhire . fsinlhtr^.^ ^^ Lord Bidiop <^Ch*^*r^ - J ""* ( HiMilh.in pari, & CymhtrhitJ p 11 j. y It. A. tUvtriiMl Dr. Mdm^J r |f;»»/^, Lord Biflwp of iWr- JfMMhj4lf«r/»/*, and ii./*/*ft 111. I. XMA/i>rM/Dr.mi/iM»A;^- ^ ^ (/«^*ff, Lord Bifhopof c;iWr-^hathJ(;/|r//7rryl/Vr. | 3^7 nil ■-* \QiLitthptUt /"*"{. /U* and ffcf*/yli>r in part / > i Lord Bdbop I llciidet Peculiar in the Dioccb of Ctiutrhtrj — J? 57 91 98 iS 1(11 ih 10* a 50 »4 Accordine to this DM(u»ciB^t4uti and WtUt there ore in the aforefaid D$»» tiffti paS^ f jr//lf/ , of which there are j84S tmfrmitiumi. JLwgU»i% a King^louiof aperfeAand 40 happy componcion,wlicreiathr jr/«f hath his fall Prerogative « the Ntitlnj and GtBtrj civil, and dae rcfpcA, and the Pt^ fUf in general, happy, in that tlicy art M*(ttrt of the ^/fdfri they can by their Labours and Endeavours get ) a bleAirig that few CtMHrtjt can boift of. Nei- thei is it fubjeA to tlie Imftrisl or R$- m4M LmSf as other Ca»ntrtj§ are , hoc keepeth her antient Uns^ which is a Municipal or Common- Zair, and proper 50 for this Nitm. \^i As concerning the Cmittt of ^uMtsture^ they nuy be comprehended under 3 httdi^ to wit, Bitltfufticdl, TtmPtrJ, and one mixtofbothi and under tnefe 3 ore com- prehended all the CtMrts of fmiitstMrt. I J** ^^ ^^^ principal C*»rts for Eetltfis- "' 0kiil Afiirt, are, i.The Sjindt, orCM« V0tttt0» of the c/!rrfT, and this is in the times of f«r/MniM/) and a. The /rm«- (uiif00jt,iad is kept in both trtvimea or ^nh- iiflnftieh, to wit fCiittriwj and Ttrk. Next to thefe a are the Ctnrts be* longtng to the Ar(h'iijh0f of CdiutriMry , viz. the C#wr of the Archts. the C«»rr ot' AtUitHtc, the C«rr of Ftuauia^ the /rr- * rt^dtive Cturtt and the CMrr oi PmtU- The C«w// for ImfHtl A^tns are of two kinds, vie for£4*>and luthare the tvIT'J^' Cffr/i of Kings- tenth , C»mtiun fUtt , [l|7]Ut Exchcn»tr , A^iftt, Ctwt of Aiimirnl- I'ti^. tj, &c. to all which belong pmiliar Judges, with divers fut-offietn to each Cfwt. a. For Efi4tyy3aa fuch ire she Ctarttof ChMKtrj, Exthtqner, Rtq^tfh , &c. to which do alfo appertain pi culiv f»4^tt^ and likewife have il\6t fti 0/(1' ters. , • . The next and lad of the 2 forts, and mixt of both , is the greatcj^. and mod emioeot and powerful, and is the High. Cmt "h. ICO U'lihCiMt •t tj,l„. The "BRITISH ISLES. *KU 7.i lD,J»r.d. ■♦^ drw. CtilH. t i f.».». r#- «u-. Ceurt of PdrlUment^ confifting of t\\t King, the Lords Sfiritutl and Temporal ^ sad of the Cemmens which ate ele£k Knights and Burgeffts j which 5f4f« repre- fcnc the Body ot all England. And this jy/f /y C0Mrf hath Soveraign and Sacred Au- thority in Repealing, Expounding, Ma> king and Confirming Lam j and in briefe, m all Caufes which may conceme either fit is drawn. Great advantage is made by Bntter and Chee[e, The whole IJle is wejl furniflied with orchgrds and Gardens , in which are excellent Frnits., ds Africtcks , teaches jNeSnrtnSyPlms, CherriesfiraVes, '^""^l Afflei and PearesjSic. frorh which two laft excellent 5/AVr and fnrfi^ mtde^both' Drinks of a pateful Tafte to the Pallate. Ai(o MeUtniy Slr)mbtrries \ S4sherriet , ,f.. thefafety and welfare of tht Natitn, or ^o Ceeftterritf^ Sic} ltSl**»/ftnd Plants axe \^ many; and very good, amoDgft which ate '" SPara^M, CarrttSy tnrnifs,ParfmfSy Harti- ehtait, CtUifitwers, Cabbages^ &c. The Commodities that this //74ff^ pro- duccth, itt^Hcfsl Hm% P^Vitx^ Linntn ».< C/WA, rallnp.Hidts, Ltithet^ Cahts skins, *'" Ctny skins. Iron, Lead, Tin and Ptnter, both wrought and onwrought ^ Stttkins , Saffrtn, rvotd, Graines, Bntter ^ Cheefe, »o Herrings, Pitehtrs, and other F/fb ; but its chief Cemmediij is FFtet, priied not only for its finenefstbut for its plenty, whicli nflfords Cletiiltg^ot fcveral Nati0ns. The Perf/tnanotSySerges, Bajts, s^u,CtrtMty Fnfiians, VVtrfteds, Iferfitf, and the like Mann/affures made thereof are efteemed very good , as, well abroad , as by us st home. The /»*4*/>4iir/ of this //7f are for uie r i Tares tic, alfo in rich Pafiure's^ with in- 3° mofl part of a comely feature, beautiful, ^' numeiible quantities of Cattle, as Beef and and of an excellent conftitution ; in their ' Mnttin, in To much that the Fnglifh are ob- demeanour coaiteous, pleafant and boun any private f^r/w, of what degree or qua lity foe\'er. And this Ceurt of Parlia- ment is not held at fct and certain times , but it is fumnioned by the King by mit at Ii s pleafure , and as oft as occanon doth require for the good rnd peace of the 2^ at ion. 1-NGLAND .'5 Weft with a fweetand rempcritr w4;rf , ihe Summers (byrtalon of coiUinu"!] ;ini.,' g;'ntlc windj) 10 abating the *f.i.v, and tl,t tliid^nefs of t!ic ytne, witii fiequtn: rhonra iiuhc W/^t.-r, fo .■;f- fw^ping th'^fc/i/) tl;at neither theo"" nor tlie other arcobncftiotis XQ\t%If)h4in,ants\ xhe Summit not fcorch:ng, nor the W'/wfrr brnumming them. The wl;ole Conntm is extr;amly ic tile, cbcunJin^ witli feveial fuas oi G:aifies,as Wheatl, Jtje, B*rljy Gates, Peafe, Stanes , feived to eate mate Fltfh than any Nati $H in the Wotid. Here it great mcreafc and plenty of divers forts of /"w/e, both tame and wilde , as Pnllaine, Ceeft, Tur- keys, Pigetns, Pecks, Te Codd\ and iaftly Herrings and Pikhers, which bring 3 great and confiderable profit to the Kingdtme, it being a Staple Commodity, at!d finds good vent in Spain, Italy, and Other Ctnntriysy for which we receive in exchange fundry good and Staple Comm^ ditiet. In the bowel: of the E4rih are fioreof rich Mines, of lead, Tirni, hen, Ci)ff*r.Sea-cele,iad fomeof Silver i and from thefe Mines, efpecially from thofeof ttadj Tinn and Ctale, exceeding great pro- knowledge of Arts and Sciences, the Se- rrr// of JVi/*r^ or what elfe bdongeth to the compleatingof a(7firt/rw«.- And as for the ryemen , they are of a ready wit and apptihenfion, of a good difpo/Iiion, and naturally lovngand conftant to their ff«f/'- bamds , good ifoafenives , and generally more handfome than in other Connireys , which makes them fo much efteemed jfo 50 that England is termed a Paradice for mrnen. The Decrees of Honour here obferved, ,'^;'.'' according to which they take place , niay be comprehended under thefe two heads, viz. /Mobiles Minores, and fucli are Gentle- men, Ff quires and Knighu t and Hobiles Maj*res atid fuch are B-uonets, Harons^fff- countt, Eartts M.irquffjo nnd D/nffx and as Supreme , His Sacrco Mjjefty,who is the fountain of Honour. j^ng- tk imriSH ISLES, 10 itf^ and the like ENGLAND may boaft of many things above other Natint, viz. That it hid the firft Chri^iM King in the Wvld \ That here hacn been more €$»- ftftrs and Martyrs of Kings and Priaces than iq any Kibgdpme in Eurtft^ That the firft King which renounced the f«ftt Sopreamacy, was King Hturj the Eighth j and the firft that Wrote to prove the Ptfc jHti'Ckriftt wai King ^smes. That !• there are more Fdrkes, I'trrffls, and cha- fes , than in tny Kin^donae in Eartfe, in which are excellent Deere, and other Came. Bur, above all, its Wooden Wall, the shift > which are not onely a fafety to the Natiiity but a terror unto Stan- gcrs. The Britirff of EntUnd are faid to be 850 and bdd, the chiefe of which are thofe of L^ di», RKhtfier and Btiflol. 20 But before we pafs further, let us talce a view of the feveral C$»iitiet, or Shires of Etnland, as afore laid dovni) and thut ac- cording to the Sax»H tt'tfifrchy ^ and then the firft will be the antteat. Kingdome of Xeia. The KIK9'^^^^ ^/ o KENT, Inhere is onb^" the cov:Hjrrof KENT. KENT, a CMHtj of a large extent , and generally of a rich and fertile Stilt t ideotifoUy provided of Ctrm and other Grsin**^ Cattel, FmU, and Fipt, 40 not onely in its Mtvtrsy bat alfo io the 5u, which waftieth its ^oAttn and Nor- tjhern parts. 1 Thb CMMfjf mav boaft, in bdae ^h« ^ft Kii^dtime ot the Hefttrcbi^ and ha- vifig a peculiar King to its fel^, a thing that no other CtuHtj m Eiigl4$tdha.i\ neither was it ever fubdoed by ConqiKft, but yielded upon Articles , and to keep thtfr Antient Cafitmes , one of which a ;o i!hat of the G*'/el-kind. This Cmm is enriched with 3 Cities and Efifctfai Seas f it is fh«ngthned with 37 CaiUts graced with 4 of that«/ Jdi fifes % well repleniflied with (kit M»ads, and fure H^m for Shifiy ttid every where garnilhed with faire Jmats. It is a place of good Trading , well frequented and inhabited) aiid the more^ by reafon of its vicinity to Ertnce. As to its chief flases , I fliall firft treate of thofe that are feated on i or high the River Thames, then with tfiofe on the Sea, and To conclude with thofe '^ f^ within Laitd. And then the firft ihall be '"''"' Detiftrd, which is a Town populous, and well frequented by Stamen and Mer- thants, and of moft account for its Deck where the Ki»gt Ship are built, and old ones repaired ) as alfo for its (lere-heifes for AiinntititH for the Navf. a. Cren- wich, a place of great delight, a fair and large T*w», well frequented by Gentrej j and adorned with a ( once noble and ftately) Palace of the Kings, which is now a repairing) adjoyningtowhichisaplea- fant Parke, where once ftood a fmall Caftle, but more for delieht then fhength i and here it was that Qpeen ElixahethrcceiV' ed her firft Breath. $. DartferJ, feat- ed on the River DMrent,oot far from the r^Mvfj, a large and well frequented Mar- ket-Tttrn. ^. Craves'end, a well-known Ttwn^ being the common landing-place for Seamen and Strat^gers, before they come to Lendtn, as UkewiTe the ufual !>lace of taking Shippings and here is nted the BIocK-toBles , the oneon this fide, and the other in Effex, which cem- maiMS and frcnres the Paffage into the River, y. Sandmich, one of the Cimnte ^"^^'ta PtH-Ttmesy is a place of good ftrengtn , but not mpch freaiented by reafon of the ill-commodioufiielsot its Harbour. f.D0- uu.cn. v«r, a place of gctat ftrength, as well by ^n Natmrivt Art, being feated betwixt high Cltfs, and defended by a ftrong Cafile , and other ftrtifcatiens, loftily feated, Commandii^ both Sr4 and Ctnntrey there ad jov ning : It is moft famous for the com- modioufneis of its Httven, ftrength of the Tmni for its being one of the Cimiite' Perts, and for its tcady and fhort pafTage into Franti , then for its Cleganej and TViir, being well frequented and inhabi- ted. 7. Kiti, in times paft a noted place, being one of the Cin^te-firtsi buc now not much ttd^uented, its Haven hi- ing cboaked op. 8. Rnmntj, an aotient 7«H>», and another of the Cinqnt-fmti ^^^ feated in a Uer^ fo called, ot aboot 14 Miles in length , and 8 in breadth, now more famous tor the fertili^ o£ the Jtf4r/l^,then for the goodnefs of thejplace^ by reafon of the late unkJodnefs thfSca fhewed it, asalfofior its nnhealthfakiers} and thdfe ate the chief places which Cccc may !•» THE "BRITISH ISLES. maybe termed Su, or PtrhTmnu. Now follofves thofe withiinLaiid ) and firft with c>it«bu- Cdtittrhrjf an antieut, and once famous ''* Cityy it is beautifyed with a ftately Ctshi- drilj (although it hath left much of its priftine beauty > by reafon of the late unhappy War) fenced in the midft of the Citj^ tni within us bounds are feveral faire Edifices, belonging to the Dttntvai trthtnii. Theo>)riseh.-omMfled with to a ii»tt an4 WtU^ on which is tereral Cit- ttitlt, or Wack-timirt y built of Free- ftone y, its Sthwthi are iDdifiTerentiy large , in which, and within the W*U are 15 or Itf Psrifh-Clmrchii. It is Dignified with an Archi'Pif($f4l Set J and Governed by a Msjtr and Ct»rt •f JUtrmtit, who are clothed in Scarltt % and for the convenience oi the ithdti' divided into 5 X4fi&/, which ate again fub- diviiled into 68 UMMdrtJs^ in which are 398 Ftrifits, of which 17 are Mfrkti- Trniu. The K^ngdombf the South^ SAXONS , •»hich con^ tained^ the Coimtyes of SUR.REYW SUS- SEX. SURREY, a Ctuntj of a different Smk, and not over-fvtile , neither of a large extent , yet well loh^ited with /"All **Ms, befides what is daily fold by 5b»f- >o Gei$trijy and is repteniflied with Tnentt , kttfi/if there are weekly two Msrktts. a. HP)*. 3. ^^«ri, both good A/4r*^/- Tm^jw , and feated on tlic Riyct st0»r. 4. Crdiih$0ke. 1 StttiHghtme. 6. Mil' antient (but not large) City, feated 00 the River MeJmsj, over which it hath a ftately Stone«Bndge. It is dignityed with an EfiftiftlStt.,'ixA Goreraed by the chief of which, are, i.Si»thm4rke,ot the Bit'r$»ghoi S»Mtk»4rke, fcitoate op- posite to the City of £#«/«•, from which it is fevered by «h« Riw*t ridtites, but joyned together by a ftately St0Kf~ Bridge { and is a Member of the faid City, being fo annexed by Kii$g Edwtrithe Sixth^ but ftill it enioyeth feveral Privtledfei peculi- ar to it lelft it is apbce,which fur great null ■•■ *2^>f»r^w UK7 duu wuvsiBvu UJ "• »" •» ••" » » •« ~ i^m^v, niiifcii lui ^c«C a JUdftft and other officers. And 00c far 3° ndi, may be ranked with thofe that are tUpr diftant irom this City is chttttm^ feaoKl on the faid ttrutr^w chief note for be> inff the Sutioo for the Ntvj-Mtftl^ and whett there is a fbtdy Dtck tor tlie build- ing and repairing of His U^tfktts Shift. And flot nr difltanc from this place is the ifUcf Sktftfy (6 miade by the (aid River Mtdtfift which, with the 5m eacompaf* feth it It is an /jCr of about at Miles called Cititif is very populous, and of a great Trsdi. a. G»il/ird^ a fair and well- bailt Mdrket-fmn, well frequemed, and full of Imu \ it is feated on the River 1Vty,zai defended by a CtlNt. 3. Fdrm. bdm. a good Mvktt TtwM, and aifo de- fended by a CdfUt. 4. Cnjdm^ a laife Mdrktt Ttmi, feated io a bottome^ and aSc ovcr-pleafaot^ nor mxh inhabited bf letfi «. itis an/jK ot about at Miles ovcr-pieaiaot. nor mKn lonabued bjf Circttit, is exceeding fertile, and fecdeth 4o Gimrn^ yet toe Anh-MiffttfcX Ctrntrh- ^tFtoksof 5^#f,tom whence it cook n hatn a £iir Hoofi^ and here is an jr#- — :. :. — :«„j -_-.L r , j^.,,fj f^ ^ itlief of thc Pt0r, u alfb k Free-School for the EdKadboof yotttb. f . jcisig^, an andent, fiut, large, and well-frcqaented MMrktt-Tt»» , fctted oq the ThdMMt, over which it hauii IrM({t| and here, npon a Stifgtf in the open Mtr- ka-flttt, u£$kifit», MtheM, and Edkfim were Crowiied JCiagt. 6. MitlmumI, a its name ) it is gamifted with feveral T#i*jMf, and here is S»iitk»rtHgk CMJlIt biulc by Kii$g Eimrd tht Tkirt^ and fo called in Hoooor to his ^jftM. 8. Mgid' Cwr, alfo feated oatheRiva Mtdmatyt rge, fkir, fWett, popaloos, and well bt- q«CMcd U0ktt Tm»t enjoying feveral Privikdges y aod the mote freqacated, as being a Skir^tmmy and where they keep )o £urTowa^lcafantly feated 00 the tAmiv/, the SiMu and SefjUm for the Cmaij. Aod on an nfie alTent, and dignifyed with a 9. TumM^, 10 called from its many JrA^/, of chief note for its Jiealthfol wa- ters, u this Cmut/ h reckoned the ifr of THAHMT, ibeot 8 itik$ long, and 4 brood, is of a fintile SiOt^ and its Inha- bitants very indaftrkw aod expert, u well io Mxritint AffMn^ as in awfUadrj. This Cmttf iiof a krge cxtnt, aod it foocc) ftaulyand magnificent Pallaceof the KiKit^ but new reduced to ruioes by the late Uiorpen, u is Ntiifiieb and t>«r- Lmdty two other noble StruAurcsof the Kiff^t, Aod along the River of 7lnmtt as it taka io coorfe to LMduit are feat> cd feveral well freanented Towns fix Gtmtjf ^ MmttUtk, iMmUi pMf^fjf W*nd[*»rtkf THE "BRITISH ISLSS^ lei '. again fttb- 1 which are re Ji/#r*rt- netther of a Mi] i4>it«i with ith TfmuSy tuthw4rke,(X ^■'*"\ fcitaateop- "^ Jrom which 7h*mt$^ bnc Sl$r>f-Briagn ICiij, being the Sixth^hat leJ^ei pcculi- lichfbrgreat- hofe that are yas, and of a fair and well- quented, and Ml the River U. 3. F4r»- and alfodc- J$», aUrfe offle^andaiic Ahatoed bf of CMitrU' lete is an ir#* Mr, as «l(b A oQC^yoatb. re, Urge, and I, rcttcdoq latbalrMJftfi «opcn Jtfir- 4,ViiiEMm tUkmutdt a theT^MMi, -jifycd with t ntPallaceof totuincsby ttb and Oti' ftnresof the et of Thmt$ iw, are feat- Towns lot ■««/, fut^cf* WMidfmrthy (but fome diftance from the River) i»4/ and for its fairneis, populoufnefs, and greatoefs, con- taining 6 p»ri\h-Q.\mc\\t.s , is efteemed one.of the beft Townes in this County, it is fcated on the R ivcr Arim. 3 . Ster.infy a well frequented Nr^rket-Town , the noble Houfe of Pitvrwth , belonging to the Earl of NtrthHrnherUnd , the Castles ofBetiidit and Ambtrltj, and, the Fort(ls S«7f, the middle being the moft/iwi/f .the '^ oi AjhJtW'ie and JVaierdowHe are in this ao Northern fide 1V0*Jj •' Here are in feve- ral places fttuxof IrtaMiatt, for the fi- ning and making of which into G»m , Sars^ &c. they nave great Fiirmfejj and this maketh greu wafte oitVxd. Its hath but few HdriiMrt, byreafon of the din- geroufne(s of shtlvtt, and therefore rongh, and the sh$re alfo fdl of Rtckt. It chief Jt«KM&> HdVtMs and Ports., are, i. The Dmnes, a large, fafie, and commodiom Road for Skiff ing, and much jreqaented: And, for the more commodiournefs there at!? feveral Tmtii' feated on the fiM'fi*>v, which foroidi (he Stdmtm with fuch ne- ceiiraries us they require, as Wjkt^ and Mmfctmi, both Mdrktt TMm.with fevfr* ral other TtmMei and HMtUtis \ and for the fecnrity of the ShiPfiagy there are pla- ced feveral Csftlts along thtthre. The £vcli built City, fcated in a Champaine Plaine , and eocpmpafled almoft with the River then any other in all Ei^Und, and Inha- bited bv Gtwtrej. Its chief places, are, i. Ntrwich, a good Citji fcitaate on the River Tare , which falls into Tdrmnttky it is in length li Mile, and about halfisfomuch in breadth, being encorobafied Widi a Wall ( except on the fide which is fcated on the giver ) on wh'xh ore many rum//. This City III a;,f UvMy which not fardiftance difeharg* 50 hath for. entrance is c*tts^ \i hath 33 eth it fe!f into the it*. It is walled a> boat, to which are 4 gau for entrance « and tt vcmti. itntts which leade to tlie jtfjrAff-^/lirr, which is feated in the mid'ft, and is a fair bwUing : b is dignifyed with an Efiff^dl See, and feat of a iifitf. Nigh to this City is SELSEY , an Ifle, or ra- ther a /rw»/«/4, of chief note for its good Cttkkt and Ltifitrs, 3. LtmSf feated Pmjh CkmthtSy befides chaff els, it is a dace of neat Wealth , and very popu- lous. caniM by feveral MtnesfJinres of Sttsj^s that are nere made, which find vent not oftely ilk all parts of EngUtid,\fBxi!Sa in divers pbces beyond the Stgs. It: chief M»Uiints aie, the Cathtdrdy a fair Strndure , then the Sifhtf* PalUcty the rsUttfi theDnkeof Ntrftlkt^ thenar- ktt. 104. The "BRITISH ISLES. tUui. 1. vr ch ket'htufe and Cr#/>} alfo here is an Ho- fpital tor the relief of 100 Poor Men and Women, i. Tarwwith^ very conve- nient haven Tcwn, by reafon of which it is very ]jopulous^ and oi (ometrtdf, efpecially tor fifh : it is a fair town, and oi great ftrength as well by nature as art. 3. Lytin a Ir^^e town, well inhabited,hath tair heitfes, is a place of good (rid*, and well frequented by MtrchMU. It is en- compafled with a W4II and Ditch, and through the town runs two rmall rivers, over which there is about fifteen Sritlgts. nigh to this town , on the other (ide of the Out/; is a little MtrifhCtuHtrn called Mtrtfhland, which is of a fertile foil, and fcedeth abufdance of fhetf. 4. Wvfitd of note for its W'ori/r*/ which was here firft made. j. Hickling. 6. 7httford, &c. This County is divided into one and thirty Hundreds, in which are about 660 Pjri/h chitrchts, amongft which are ay Market tttrns. SUFFOLK a large and fertile Ceunt) , bearing good C0rH, and having rich faflnrts, which feed fiore of Cdttle, .ind htre is made abundance of S»tter and Ch(e[t. It is well watered with Rivn r is very populous, and lull of ttmgs, the chief of which are, i.S' Edrnttdthirj, or Bttrf a fair and large te«», cootainiog two Pdri/h Churehtt, IS oi ereat antiquity, pleafantly featedin a wholiome 4ir»which makes it to be n-*- :h frequented by Ct»- try, its Heufes are neat , and well built. 2. Jffnieh a large and fair ttwii, and of great antiquity, rcCnnbling a City, con- taining twelve Firijh Churebes, nai is the chief of the duntj, it is adorned with fair Mdin^s, is well inhabited, and by reafon of its htvttt (which is conmodioos enough) is well frequented, aodoft good trtdi, being fufficicntly provided both with wtrn vaA ftiftiit^, and is a place of good ftrength, aiu here was homCtrdi' ntl W,lftj. 3 . w$iAridgt bea jtificd with fair houfes. 4. AUbktitrg well freqaented by Stiltrs and Pifkttmtn. 5. Dunfieh Teated on the StM, 6. Sudhry of note for its clothing here (as in many other places of this County) made: and ^.ttttH mtrktt of no long coodnoance, feaMd in 3 large Heath fo called, welllmown, and frequented by Gentry, as being a place for Races, and herein this besth is ndiitk, called by the inhshtdMts, the devils Dike, moft of which afbre cellent Bdrlej, of which thcv make great Aoreof M^/r, which ths iniMttms fup- ply other Counties with { and hereisga* theied good quantity of SifjfrM. And the upper or Southern part is Fennifii,vi[\\ch is caufed throagh the over- Sowings of the feveral Rivers, which forms, as it were, feveral //2», and is called the ifieoi ELT, ao and here are good Pdftnres always in their yerdure. This County is fanuMis for flh ztiAfeml, Unt chiefly for its Univet£ty oT Semuuiv of true Learning in Ctmbridgt,MEtc\tnaf kaown : the timt is pleafantly feated oa the river Ctut, which feparates it in two parts, but joyned together by a Bridge^ It is a fair well built timtt and adorned with feveral good ftmOtues, amongt 30 which its C0Sedges, which are in number fixteen, may be efteemed the chief, by reafoo of which the temit is very popu- lous, rich, and well frequented, nigh to which and near onto Stwrt a fmall TtmI, is yearly kept the treated Fair of all MiigUiid (called Sttsrlridge-Ftir) which begins 00 the eighth of offtler, and coQtinnes about a fbrtoight : a Fsir of (b great refort. and fo well foroilhed with 40 Cmumtditits, that nothing caa be defired bat what it hath. a. Sly feated in the Ifie fo called, and in a feim place, which renders it onbealthful to the inMittmtt neverthclefs it is a pretty Town or City, and dignified with the St4 of a Bifluf, 3. LitlltPm. 4 WisUthe. 5. S> Id$$, one of the funonfeft tsutrhets ol SnglMd, firrviog to feveral Cwwtits. In this Skitr is Winltfmere, which is a Lake or place of 50 water of a large enent:nigh to which is another, bat of a left extent Is R*mfij- mert, ia both which are ftore of ifi. This Cooaty is divided into ieveateen Hniidrtds, io which are i6j PmpKS, ci which eight aie li^rket-tnm. The Ilil##». I Fair of all ftir) which oMtr* and t : a Fair ot onuAied with :an be defiicd (eated in the ^^^ I place, which If inluhUtittU 'ewoorCity, 4 of a Bif^, r»iof J«!{»**A . In this Skitr JieaplKcoC gb to which is eot is Umftj* re of Jf/fc. into feventeeii 6j /jri/k/, oi 7^ hthn. i«.v' T/'f Kingdom of the EAST- SAXO:>(S» which contaU tied the Counties of E S^ SEX, MIDDLESEX, and HE%rFO%D^ SHl%E, E^SSFX a County of a large extent, ^ of a fertile foil, abonnding ingrsitt , hath rich ft(tiirtt, is well fumiftica with Wttds and Ptrks, bleft with a temperate and healthful air, except towards the wt- Urt, which are fomewhat aguifli ) it af« fbrds good cimmtditks , amoagft which great plenty of Stffrtn: the Su which ic Ks Eafiern bounds rj*/of note for its Xii/rM here growing. 8. »r4/r*4w,adjoyning to which is a large Fmfi (b called, well fiored with Dttr. This County fs divided into twenty Hutulreds , in which are 41 y ftrifhts, of which at are Mr4rj(r/-f0WM. MIDDLESEX a County of a fmall ^'ffl'^ extent, being not above twenty miles in length , and in fome places twelve in brvadth % yet for its populoufnefs ex- ceedeth ail others, and that by reafon of the famous City of London, Metreftlit of EngUnd,i&oi the Brittifh /y7», which is feated in it, (of which more anon.) It is bleft with a fweet vA temperate tir, and for its fertility of foil may compare with 20 any Shire in EneUnd. h is evi..y miere garniHied nith de- lightful biuits, which are inhabited by Ntiilit^ and Gentry, and with fair fgwns, the chief of which, according to my Me- thod t flioll name, concluding with Lin- d»n : and I. with Uxhitlge a well fre- quented m*rket-t$mn, feateid in the road to Oxfird, and is well furoifhed A-ith inns. a. Stanes another M*rket-tt»n, feated on the Thtmts, over which (by reafon of its being a thorow-Eair ) it hath a Bridge. 9. HtrnPten feated on the Thames , digni- fied with a royal and magnificent PaUce of the Kings called HamfttU'Conrt, fiift Himpcoa built by C4r which by a (afeaod d^t^cLutiul beyond the Britkt gi?es eotercainmeot to Ships of confi«r9ble Barthens. which daily bring in their rich ladii^ from all known parts of the World. And if we conGder its tithtt, its ^nrif- Jiifmaoi Bmi0df,hoBg aboat twelve or fifteen miles in compau,its populoofoefs featceoontaioing Iefs than four or joooco f$MU,7aii in Term time manv more, yec DotwirMaading it is fo w«U governed that thofe diforden that are ftaqaent ia tgrk and 6iher great Cities b^'ood 5m, are here feldom found. Again, t'^ie BtU- iun, Civilitj, and iHgtaaiij of its fats- itdnts in Letters, Arts,Scitiiees,aad Ji^mi' ftCI»rtt , together with their skill in M^rtidt Mffdirs, Then for its ftrci^th aodDowetj being able to brim into the Field about sooco float fightiitt men, and (bprovidcid with all forts of Ammn- nition both for Se* and LmJ, that it is able to bid defiance to the (toateft foe. Then for its antiquity beiM (aid to be built by Bnam. And for theie. and divers other tcafotas it quy defetvedly be oum- bted with ihofr Cities of the nrft rsnk in any Kii^dm whatfoever. The City it felf is becirt with a wa, firft built, ai 'tis rep«tea> by Ctnlhnttiu the Great, at the requeft of his motheir Helens, to which for entrance are fevea Gata. and from thefe Gates arefpacious Suhrh expanded forth, efpecially Eaft- i;;,"'' wards and Weftwards: that Eaftwards hath the meaneft huUings, and is inha- bited for the muft part by fuch as have relation to the Ses % that Weftwards in- cluding within it the City f^ We fimiaffer, I o Is the Dobleft, and is taken up by rhe King, the N»Hlitj,Ceiitn, and fuch as depend thereon , and is beautified with many ftately SinBurtt , as well publique as privaieras, i. The Fdtttis or the Kin*, Wkite-h»i and S' Jmtt\ to which is joyned a fmall but pleafantpark fo cal- led, nigh to which is HiM Park, a place well niown unto the Gentry, the firft being the refidence of His faaed Mmtfiu 20 and the fcconi of his Royal Highoeu the J)»kt oiTtri, 3. The Conrtsof ^nir- cttnrt, and tfaa/rr of tMismtm, J.The Oftf /««« cUrddtt^efmiifier, renowned for tne cksffei ac^yning to it, bailtby King HeMTf the kventh , being a moft macnificent and curious Edifice, beanti- fied with th« ftate^ Tmit of the Kiiifs and ^«r«r, with many of the Ntiilttj of tn^U^d, and renowned for the ioaugu- 30 ration of our Kings. 4. The Palace of the j2»rM limhert called Semertet-lmp, a ftatoy building, j. The Houm of the Netilitf. 6. The/«Mof Court, which "'' are twelve, of which (our are large, and '"" belong to the Cmut of^Miestre. Aod befides thefe places, intneKorthpait of the S»tmts are (everal good Stnihun, amoogft which is Satttm^ Htf^ksh a in and large building, being one of the ne> 40 hleft HtffittU in tagl*»ei, being thein- tire gift of one J«c«m* whofe aama it beateth, in which are wril kept eighty t>. ^ aoiieot mH, and fonrtyAqu. who are well '^<'t: educated, and according to their capaci- ^'' ties are dtfpofed of, either to ihtUfivn" fithi, or to Trtdfit and tkii nombet is noi to be cKceeded, nor dimiaiftwd. The City withia the imIt biih alfo fair htUkagt, as well publique as private, JO as,i.Thcir«j4/£apri4««// 5. Its Free-Stitt/ft. 0. Its HdBt for the feveial Ctmfssiits^ which I have had oc- ca^on to fpeakof in the Treatifof Traf- fique. 7. Its private Bnildings tor the Gemtj and MtnhMts. 8. lu Csthedrst of St. FMUyODUZ ftately building, but /»r, from the firft ot King Riehard the Fir(}, until the ifth of King fdin, which was 34veares. And now t!te Citi within the W4ll$ and Freedtmt is divided into 36 W4rdt , and the Ctverament thaeof committed to the care of as many Grave Citizens of good repute and Elites , which are Al- dtrmtHy each of whom have the overfee- through the pe'^niuoufnefs of the late p ine of bis feveral ITW; and belidet thefe pint , Times, and late Tire, is almoft reduced to Ruincs: but at prefcnt it is Howly a repair- ing at the Charge of thecii«»-(Mw»,with intention to be reftorcd to its Ptiftine lu- flre. The letigth of tliis Noble Struift- ureis a^o/jrir, iu breadth about 4^, its height 144 and the Stone- worke of the SuifU^ from the BaOs to the Sooiec u 1 74 WTtl'/lftt »f lllCuj. 4tfU, rii%, firii%,*ai laAly the Ttmtr, a place of a large ouem, and A>f great ftiength, beiilje encompsded with thick Wtts Ton which ate ftately Turrets) fenced with a broad Jiitih, wniclueceiva the Tides 1 and iax- niflied with an Armtri and Mtgszint of WarUke kmnitiem both for Sea and Land. And according to the obfeivations of fome, the Tower contatneth a Kitigs /«- Uct, a PrijcMf a V/«/, an Arimrj , a Wtr^ dr^fty and an Ar$iitrf s and for buildings icfsn^letbaTown. Thi» antienc,and famous City^ when H^ undei th& Government of the Britaiiu , Mmtuu, and f «mm, was defiroyed by the DsMUf and left as a dcfblate Widow } bat jy^ti. King ef the WEST-SAX- ONS* having reduced this whole ieslme P^ ii»o one Mtturtkf^ honourably repaired it, ' and jgain le-pcopled it, and coomiiitea the caftody thereof to his $«o-itt-Lavv Aldtrwun there ?fe a ^eriffs which are annually chofen ) as alfo a L$rd ii*j»ry which, according to his decree and anti- quity ot being Alderm4»atlV Shertff, is alfo yearly clewed, and thefe are clothed in Sedrlti Gntnesy and wear CtUchtines .* And bcfidcs thete, as Cfi-*ijnttrSy every Aldtrmtn hath his Defntj of the Wtrd, as alfo Cumm«n-Ce»ncslmea, and thefe ace 40 the Ctvernturs of the City, who by the Ciiy-cliriir have Power to malte Affs vaa Ordimatesy fo as they are not repug- nant to the Law of the ,\4Sitny and de- triment of the Kint% and having loy all (ucceeding JKitigt nad large FnviU^ges and [mmumtiti granted unto them, • This City, for the benefit of their di- vine'l'erviti aad I a5 tm^Chtmbes, ou- ny of which «e(iipcrbStruAures. < )o This Honourable City beareth for its Cut-Atrnfur^ in a F/eld Ar^enf, St. G/0r' ges Crtff i in the Vexter cmona, Dt^er ^4'^ Gules. This Coat was bornewicboit z '"^' '■''^■ J>'^S£*fy w the Mi/lrefs or chief City of Etmand, until Richtrd ttit fecoisd, for the gaUanc and eminent Service performed by Sir Wiiim wJwtrtt, in kiUin^ chat nsch-Etktl vraTyUr, and vaaqnifiiing his whole >r)ii|;,coaterr'd tlie A«gmenta' tionofthefaidDffffr. Thus 7^ '.lit* Iht Cliff io8 THE "BRITISH ISLES. ^ Thus was the Priftine Beauty of this ^ famous City, but now it is much EcHp- TnA. led by the late dreadful Fire, which hap- pened the Second Day ot SEPTEMBER i666y which, in the Space oi Three Daves Confumcd Two Thirds of the faid City within the Walls and Free- dome $ but is now a re-building , with taire bopes of a better luftre then be- fore.^' I he chief Trjje of E«;/4ff gdllons a Turf; , (^3 giUont a Hogjhtad, 2 hogf/tdds a «»//, or ^i/f, and Jkui II. ,., I 20 ItiCtjtut Zd'in, Steel, Fidx, Hemfe, tVdx, Tdllow , FurrSyHidtSy Cditidre-CUJltGUffes, Pdftr, Aliome, Htcey Am feeds, with abundance of other Commodities, too tedious to name, which our Merchduts again tranfport to other places , fervin^ one Countrey with the Commodities of another. The Coynes here, and throughout all EngUndy as well Gold as Silver , are fe Long Mtdfures are thofe by which all CUthy Tinoker, Steney Ldnd, &c. is Mea- fured, of which an Inchy which is held to be the length of 3 Bdrlj ComtSy may b; accounted the leaft : 1 1 Inthes make a Fifty 9 fott a Tdtdy which may be divi- ded into 16 fsrts, or Mj/r/.* j/mt 9 Incbts make an Et% 6 Foot a FdSh«m^ f ^ ^irds, or i< '. Foot makes a Rod, Perch, veral, and of a different value, but all re- 40 or Polts /^oKod, Pertt, or Pole, eiake a duced to Pounds, Shitinrsy Pence and Fdr ibings i ^Ftrthings making tPeionj, is . FeiKe ijhilliiigy and a* (hitings a Pound \ here is alfc Imdgiudrj cojntSy as lUdrkes TodNobUi, 13/. 4. i. making a MdrkCy and tf/. 8 auntes a Pound. From this peuad Troj \^'et Medfures are derived, wnaenots that a iVWf is a Pound, By the Htvtrdupois weigkt, are weighed, £r«i^ TtHylroHyFldXy Flelb, Buttery cAfc/r, r#W, J»f 4r, SfictSj and generally all gar- Furloag, and 8 f «f il»<»f / a Mile Englifh , which IS 320 Poles , or 1760 ;4r4llr, or lojtf f^rf/, at 5 /««( to eAh f^rr, or ? a 80 f *rt, or 63 jtf o /«;/&;/. . Of Weights and Mcafurcs ufed in particular Commo^ dities, viz. * A Fodder of Lcdd is 1 9 ; Hundred , a £04^ is 3< FormelS) or 175 jKw , and a /fmr is ) { /i. A Fdgot of fttel is lao //. A Barrel of Cndlltela 180//. A /?#»f of ^/4/i is 5 //. H /f#«3 or i jo li.issfrdme. A "■(•I •'"if /■ril I 7 HE "BRITISH ISL8S. 10^ Tei^h is tions, as akes a li, \s a Itun- fkcdd, and wit , Drj, tifum are ;.'„•*' r Getds are ",• ' , ■ a _f ■''"'•■'J r/r,&c. of ] etmed the 1 ijNtfrf; a ; Ptik s a LtndMn- rsttr Mu- . tjMdrtirs a ind 10 f wr- it! which all ,,,. rd, aslKiwf, • 1 J of a Wwf eaft-, »f«" ff, a ^««/« 1 'r, and 9 w/- (w a if/Wo"- ich is 3< (T<«/- jOtf'^'.and by which all i i&c. is Mca- • ch is held to r»«, may be hts make a may be divi- ["• 3/f 9 tt a Jf-rf***; iiR0dyPer{k, de , make t Mifc Big/*/* , 6o ^^r^*, or *h ftci^ or Mcafurcs r Commo^ Hnni'ti, a ,r,,| or 175 /w"> .:;': i. A Barrel of „!' I 4|?#w,omo K A X4// of HtrfiMs is i a l4/r*//, eve- ry I J ia Huh JrtJ,am eveiy U»ndr(d lao A i4iyf of ptmdtr is 24 J/rl/w, every Firki» weighing 100 li, and the empty Firkin 1 1 //. A Load di timitr is 50 fttt of fquarc timkr^ that is a /w/, or is Incha in kngili, and as much in breadth and thick* nels. A Stack of Weed i$ 3 1 /##» in height, and la in length. A Fsgtt is to be 3 fett in length, and x^lHchtt dbout. A BiHtt ought to be 3 ftot and 4 /fffiftrf m length , the fingle Bilkt mult be 7; /;>(ifr» about I the CsK BilUt 10 /»(»» about, and the a Cdfi BiSets 14 iMckt about. j>///<'/ of a C4jt mud be nicked within 4 iiithes of the end i and tlie Billen of two eajls within 6 inthts of the n)iddlc. A full S*(k of ChdrenU fliould be 4 hfhth. OiF»rriy as M(r/«iM, if-»*/«, ^f#rti , Fiititt, tec. 40 ;4i>f make a Timitr : Of Ai»»*/,C4^/, C#«;/, Kids, &c. Five fcoie make tlie hundred. 10 Hidct are a Dirilfr , and ao Ditktr a A it**/' of ftrchmtnt is j y HditrdiMtt (kc. ue 124 to the HundtN. A Ldth ihonld be a iwiri broad, [ ao i)»rA thick,and 5 feor loi^. Af/iia rf/iK-i( io thicknefs. Mtft tjUt muft be 13 iiuhtt in length, with a good and eoual pro- 4° portion oi breadth and thicknets. A Britk inoft be 9 UKht$ k»g, 4 broad, and a i»fi6fi thick. A Fm, or Ptviag lilt^ mod be 1 o imkt fqnare, and aoont I'^iMifr thick. HERTFORDSHIRE, a fertile Coan- • ty, yielding plenty of Grdiii , hath rich liesdimi and ftfturts^ is well clothed with HW, watered with freih flrttmtSy fcita- ate in a healthful Aire^ and for amieni 50 Ttmus there is fcarce its fellow in Etu- Itnd that can ibew fomany, and into little roome. \i.j, Its chief //4rr/ are, i. Htrtftrd, Gated on the River £#4, 1 Town of great Anti- qaity, is the chief Shire Town, and givet name to the Cmiuj. i. ^«rr,feated on the faid River, of note, for its great Btdt mi for a River frotq thence cut to X«»- d0»t where it ferveth divert Families, as being ccnveighed to them through the Streets by Fifes. 3. St. jlHtm^ a fairt Town,aiidof great Antiquity, (b called from one aUmh, a Citizen, who fuffered Martyrdom in the time wken Diuliftdit went about to Extirpe the Chr>f im Rcli- gtM out of this l4ifds It is digntfyed with an Edrldtme. 4. Rtjfitii, featedon the ^^ confines of Ctwtbridmirt ^ and is a large and well frequentecT Mtrlitt Tmm ) and more efpeciafly by reafon of the Mall here made. j. Haifitldy once dignifyed with a Houfe ot the JCinti, which now belongs to the Earl of SMtsburj, being a place of great delight} as feated amongft Ftrkts, 6. Wttf$rd, a large and well- frequented Matket-Towo. 7. Btrtuty pleafantly feated in a fweet Aire., is a >(> fair and well frequented Market- Town , and is of note tor its good IVtttrs. 8. tlQdtJJiH, a fair MarV"t-Town, not far from whence is the St. icly Houfe of Tht' •^4//i,moft pleafantly feated amongft dc- Ightful Walks J Gardins, Orchards, and Crtvts. 9. Bilhtfs-Stratftrd , another Markkt-Town, on the confines of Effex. 10. BaUaCy and mi. Hitthiitg, both Mar- ket- Towns, and feated in a feitile Soile, 3° and well Inhabited bv Farmers. This Ctu»tj is divided into S Hmuktdsy in which are lao ParifitSf of which x8 are Market-Towocs. The Kingdom of the W«st- SAXONS, tfhich con^ tained the Counties of CORNWALL, DEVOMSHIKE. SOMERSETSHIRE, WILTSHIRE, HANTSHIRE, DORSETSHIRE, And BARKSHIRE. .11 CORNWALL of old C O R N O. BIA, and To called from it>w«i« ing (inkier and fiaaUer, io maaiMr of t HtriUj and tuning forth into the Set yt'ah Utle Prtmmmu 00 every fide kks Eeee httlt Lomwit no The 'BKtriSH ISLES. Tit III I'M. rtmif if l>rvun. ttd. |.Vr/. little h-nt. Tills County i$ Moonninous and bni. en, y« by the induftty t "" the Huf- hnJmtH is found to afford plenty oUgrsiii, 'lid the Valleys teed (lore of C<(//r/j In \\k bcnets of tht earth are rich Mints of 7/», and fomeof 5;7T'fr< and from thofe of 'Tin t' I- In^AhitMts draw j very confide- rabk profit, .ilfo their SttCttfh arc very profit, ,L'e unto them, out of which they tal ;■ aban.' nee of Htrring) and fitthns , wi Id) being faited, ^e, they tranfport to >p/iin^ Fratue, Italy, and other p rts. If .5 County IS encompafTed with the Sea, txiept towards the Eaft by Devtnfhirt\ aikl IS well ackommodated with commo- d.ius Bafts^ Havens., and Sea-ptrts^ tlie chief of which, are, i. Fej, a Sea-port- TervM, of good antiquir;'. : . Trewaraieth, feataf on a lirge Bay. 3 Ptrt Lnny, in Cuindrailh Bay, 4. Falem*uth Haven, a place fo commodious and large, that 100 SaJlof Sliips may fafcly riJi at onf time, and free from the fury of the^Mn it isalfoaplace of great ftreni-th, as well by Natmrt, as made fo by Jrt^ more tVefltvarJi is the Lizard^ 3 place well no- ted hy Seimen. ^.Mtuntsbay^iiyiand commodious B/ty fo" Siiipping.on which are feared fever.'.l 7k»w ai ar.' Falmtuth, and tlie reft ; and nigh to this Bay isr;«- dolfhm Hii, of note, for its plentiful Mines ot Tin^ andfaithet Wcftw-ards is the Premtnltrj, named the LanAt-tnd, fo called, as being the utmod extent oi Eng- land- 6. St. Ithes'hay^ which is very large, and gooid for /hiffsng. 7. Fadft0m, a fine Town . featec conveniently for Tnfiiqae with Ireland, from whicn it is not above 14 hturs fail; its haven is good, and befides thefe afbre-named, there iare abundance of Set^ftrt-Ttmnts, very com- modious for Shipping. And within Land :dfo great plenty, as i . Trnrt, a Town of good account , being a M*j$r-tim0, md endowed with divers priviledges, as C0y- M4gt of tinn ) 2. Btdmast. 3. Ctmelftrd. 4. Latinfttn,8cc, Thi^ e^my is divided into 9 HmndieJs^ in which are 161 Panjhesy of which 33 are Market timm. DEVONSHIRE, rich in Veines of un»t bat in many places of a Barren lu- tuie,and very ungrateful to the Hnsiand- moMy without great paines and charges in Manuring it, which they do, by putting thereon a certain Sand, which tlicy have from tht Sea-Jhire: It is well watered with Miversy and by reafon uf the commodiouf- ocis ot the St4 a well inhabited ^ gar- niibed with Towncsboth Maritint and In- land, the chief of which, are, i. Exce- fkr, a fair City, pleafantly feated upon a ittle Hill,ofan eafie Afcent, andon the Banks of the River Ex^ of a confidera blc trade , and well frequented by Mer- chants and others •, It is cnvirone-f with deep Ditthet , and a flrong tVall, which is in circuit about i', Mile, befides it: '0 Suburbs, the whole City containing ij Partfh churches , befides the Minfier , a fair and beautiful StruAure. Near the taft-Gate is a C a file called Rugemont , which commands the whole City, alid Ter- ritory round about it , and hath a plea- fant ProfpeA into the Sea. It is digni- fyed with the See of a Bifhop^ and is Go- verned by a Lord Majtr, and 14 ^tder men, as \s Lendtn. 2. rl.mtntb, feated *° on the River Plime, which from a poor Fifher- Village, is now become ( by rea- fon of its commodious Haven, and ex- cellent rmi) a fair Town, well frequent- ed, and is a place of grmc importance to England, not only for His Majefty, but for Merchants Ihifs to Anchtr in, ana free from the dimmer of the Sea and Eneneies', and therefore made a place of great Strength , being defended by 3 power- 30 ful Caflle, befides ftrong Ftrtiflcatians a- bout its Haven, which for further fecuri- ty hath a Chain to Lock over as need lequitnh. The Town is divided into 4 fans, ot Wards, and Governed by a Uaytr ordained by King Hettry the Ssxib. 3. Dartmtu.b, aPart-lamny hath a commo- dious baven, fu'niihed with good Sbif- ping, and well frequented by iterthaius , IS a place of good (treng h, being de- 40 fended by tvioC'lUtt, and Governed by a Ma]tr , by grant by King Edmard the third. 4- Tiverttn, featedby the River Ex, a Town in former times of greater Account then now,yet it is of fomecfleem for its c/WAi»f> there made. And ^.Bf- diftrdy a writ frequented Town, having a fine St0ne-i ge, made of Arched- work, over the Tw. e. This C' .ty is divided into 3 a Hnn- *lo dreds, u xh are 514 f^r/yl^/iOf which 40 are M»t. '•t0w»s. SOMERSiiTSHIRE , a large and wealthy County , of a fertile Soile both for Fafurt and C$rne, yet nut without fto- < ny Hills j it is bleft with a fweet and ' healthful Aire, is exceeding populous.and well frequented , and more efpecially by reafon of its commodious Havens and ' Sta'ftrt-tntnt : it hath rich Lead-mines s 'tis '• Thi 'B'RITISH ISLES. Ill \,i,.t 'tis a Coantrey of moch pUafure in the Summtr , out in thr ivititir as bad bv reafon of its being wet and niori(h, which caufeth great trouble to 7"' *• Hers, Its chief Citi«s and Tovvns are, 1. Sri^el fituatP or rhe Siviru , over which it hath a fair hriJge. It is encom- paflcd with a wj//, and Oifficiently d: tended with Rivers and Ftrtifatio' s it is beautified with many fair EJipc.i, lo and its ^rttti fo neatly ordered by teafsn of the common ^Air» under the ground, that no filth is to be feen to annoy che in- Idiitants. This City is fo p...ted by the rivet as L*nd«» is from Stuihwtrk, and in two different Cianties, neither is ir ac- counted to belo!)g to the one or the other, having hld^iflrtus of its own, be- ing of its felf a Countj inctrforttt. Its Ptrt is exceeding good, which makes it well ao frequented by Mirchtms and TrAJe^mm. i. AtffAaCityof great antiquity, is leated lowjinafmali Plato, which is begirt with Hills, out of which i/Iue forth fcvera! f|>rings of wste, which pay tlieir tribute to it. Ft is a place of fome TrdJe for its chths0£, but of chief note for its MeJi- eiKdJ BMtki, v/hich by long experience are found to be of great vertue in the cu- ring many diftcmpers, or corrupt humors 30 initiinsboJy. j. fVells, though but a fmall City , yet of good account, being dignified witn an Epiif(tf*l Set. Its Heiifes are fair and Aately, and beautified witli many publike kmldints. 4. iri^^twdter a large and well frequented Town. 5. TMKttit a fine, neat town, and plea« fahtly feated: and 6.CheJeroi fome note for its Cheefes. S' Vuutias ruk, in which art fbood nuny Ditmntdt , by ns called 40 irifitl'llnses, is in this County, and not far from iiifi$t. And h«ft is alfo the Abby of GU(ttHh»rj, where, as 'tis faid, (he body oi^tftfh of ArmttluM lieth in* terrd. This County is divided imo foarty two Htmireds, in which are numbted 385 Ftrifhts, of which twenty nine are Mtrktt-ttmiu. WlLT'SUItE altogether an in-land $0 Countv, no lefs fertile than delightful « its northern parts having delectable Hills, well clothed with Wt*d, and its Southern rich vsBejs, which feed great flocks of fliett. In the middle of this Shsre there is a Dit(, which nuiaeth from Eafl to Wed for many miitt called WMJitke, a place of fome wonder, and is faid to be caft op by the divil upoa a Wtdiufdnij, but as C*mbdeH well obfetveth, was 1 ither made by thr Ssxtis, for the diviiling the two Kingdoms of the MtrcUnt and fVe/l- Saxens, this being the place where they lought fur the enlargement of their D«- minuHS. It js watered with feveral good Pivers and pleafant flicams, the chief of which ere the //?/ and tiie /ivtH. The chief pUcfs in this County are, ,„ ,^;,. I. Satistiirj, iC'iiy of good account,plea- ^•'"•' fantly feated , well inhabited : its chief c, 4 tuiUin^s are its Minjhr, which is a ftate- **'"'""'' ly and beautiful Strubme, having as many G*tts as Mtueths in the je*r, as many Windtm as J)4)s , and as many PiBtrt great and fmall, as hiurs in the jeir. Its Stetflt luth a lofty Sfire, which proudly (heweth it felf for a great diftance ^ its ' Clti^er is large, and curioufly wrought, to which adjoyneth the Bifhtfs Pdldce. Ic hath a fine Mdrket Place, where their Common H*ll is \ this City is encom- pafled with Open Fields and .1 /'/^/W, which takes its name from the City^ nigh to which is CUrendoH ?»,'k : about 6 miles from this City in the faid Pltim are to be feen the great and wonderful fitiies, where* of fome are sS foot high , and 7 foot broad, a ftrange piece of work. The nexc town of nbte is ttjlmshurf, a neat ttwn, and of great trtdt (ot clothing here made. .?. Udrlettrnv. ^. Chiffenhdm both good Mdrket lewm. This County is divided into 29 A«»- dredi, in which are 304 Pdrifhti, of which 3 1 are Mdrket ttmns. HANT-SHIRE, or HAMPSHIRE H-nnj,.,, fmall iii circuit , but of a fertile foil for *^'"*"^ tirn, hath rich Piiflurei,md in many places is well clothed with tveoJs^ it afibrdech IrtH, Cltths , Ifttti, and /i0Hej , and for all Ctmmtdities of Sed well accommoda- ted. Its chief places are, i.StinhdmPttn.'i'u',!','' feated on an Arm of the Sed, capable to receive shifs of a confiderable burthen to the very Kej \ it is well built, containing five PdriP) cA«(rfA« .fortified with a flrong Cdfile, befides its WdBs and ditch, a. Wiss- cheier iCiiy oi great antiquicy,pteafant- ly ^atedon a River, of 'bout i '. mile in circuit within its wdllt hcCides its Suburbs, it is adorned with the Seat of a Mijhtf, a fair Ctthedrdl Church , a CeSedge which gives relief to diflreffed TrdveSers , bc- udes feveral other fair hildt/irs as well publike as private. 3 Ptrtfm$»tk the now DcftG^ri/Mdnd Sed-ftrt town in ErifldHd, by reafon of its commodious fituacion, ic is (boogly fortified, and as well guards, Eeee a and Win.hc- ftec. lU THE 'B'RITISH ISLES. Alt*. !>• rUtf lU..,. >' Wxi c in ill f fistit. and ntuch fre4ttCRced by fkiffitig. j^t*- Pi>$(t**h 4 well frequciUM Market town, f. SiUifitr an ancient City once of good account , bot now tedoced to tuinn. Thii County ii divided into 37 h»n- and b.-eed(th great ftore of Iheefi tne north part is hilly, and indiilerently clothed with »0tJ, but intermixed wiih deledlable vtHtjts It is throughout teplenidied with abundance of g(X)d t»»iu, and on its St* Cttflt arc commodious htvtns, ftrtt, and iiftiy the chief of which are, i.fViymnth, though but a fmall town, yet by reafon of its good h4vt», is a place well trequenced. a. ftrtUnditcaiXlflt of about fcven milts compafs, not ovn* fertile, nor well inliabited, on tl>c Notth Hde it is defended by a CtftU, built bv K. Htmj the eighth. |. Lim a fmall t$mi, ficuate on a fteep HilKfreqaeoKd by fijher-mm. 4. Birtfrn (eated bctweco two fmall rivers,iti foil yeddeth excellent Ittmf , of which its I$k^il4m/ make jt«/» and CdHtj. J. ITmAmi ftronglv feated on every fide, except Wcflwarif, with the river Trent, Frtmi and the Sid. f. shirburB a Town or C*(IU pleafamly feated, nigh a Foreft, well frequented, and of good antiquity. 7. Sidifiihrji town of great antiquity, and pleafantly feated on ao Hill, but very deifcdiive uf iVMtr. 9, F0fl beautified with fiir hmfet , and its liih^iitnit wealthy \ and ladly Dr- ctfitr a fair town confiding of three f j- ript chmrcbtt, aod is a place of good ac< count. . This County is divided into five Oi- •t///7#«r, which are fubdivided into|4 huiH dttdt, in which are 348 Ptri/hti, et which iS ate Mdrket t»miu. BBKKSHIER indifferent fatile^iswell watered with Mivert, the chief of which is the//?/, which after takes the name of Thdmes. Its chief places are, i. wiiuftr fituate near the banb of the Thsmtt, dignified with a Royal C*MU, and Hoofe o( the KiMfs, (o pleaCmcIy feated upon an Uill , that it hath a moft deleft^e profpeA round about, and it a place of fuch delij^ht, that our Kiagt have Ok- times reuded here , and many of which have been here inten^i, and hoe it is that the Ceremony of the M»iik$ of the No* blc Order of the Gsrttr is folcronized on S* Gttrxt'i tUj io great pomp and Ma- )cfty. Nigh to this tnut is another of ! greater antiquity, though not of fo much plendor, called old Windftr , nigh unto which is a f*rk and Fmft fo called, being places of great delight, wherein ate found variety of Game both for Htmk and HtHitd. Northwards of new Wimlftr is to B^ttt feated on the jhimts but on the other fide , over which there is a Brid^t for convenience of Paflengers : This place is of great note for its fair Ctutdgt, and famous StM of good Literature , founded by King H$nq the fixth , wheri.in are beudes tne Frntft, 8 Ftitws , and the finging Ckirifien , 60 StMdrs, which in due time ate fent to the UnivtTf$tj of C«mhUgt. %.Rt4dn«, xo a f3ir,largeT«in»i containing thteeFdriJIh dmnhtt , fejted on the Banks of the r/ftjMM, which with fcveral other fmaller Rivers uke their courfes through it.ovec which (or theconvenicDceof tne Inhabi- tants are placed Bridgtt Mt b • rmm of great refort and trading, and the more for Its feveral MMuftHwu ciclttk, &c. here made. 3. Ntrnktrj an antient town, rad oi goad trsdt iox clttking. 4. Jihfttm a Tair /<»«, and of good antiquity. 5. otkitJum, &c. 6. W4ii»iftnt, and 7. M*idtiJK*d feated on the 7lumt» aU three good Msrktt'tmm. This County is divided into aoAw- dreM, in which are 1 40 rsrifbut^ which 1 1 are Mtrkti timm. The t^V^qVOM of the ^ NORTHUMBERS, fH'hicb contained the Comties of YORKSHIRE, LANCASHIRE, DURHAM, CUM- BERLAND, WEST- MORLAND, W NORTHUMBER. LAND. 30 50 YORKSHIRE of a Urge ^ ,^,, , being accouued tl^ grcateft Cmmf *m< _aitn<,j-.w n THE "BRITISH ISLSS. "1 mnized on I and Ma- anochet of ai fo mncli nigh unio lUcd, being n ate foand Hiwk and tVim/ftr IS ts but on there is a PaiTcngets : )tc for ics «#^ of good I HiHrj the ekirifttrt , \e ate fent to , %.Ke4Jti«> tluee rdrijlh nks of the Dtherfmallet )ugh it .over F thelnhabi- ii • ttmm of the more for f«tA,&c. here »t town, and 4. Ahhifttm d aatiqiucy. U»iftrd, and the 7hmts, • into to huh («i,of which i of the BERS. r Cmmtits IRE, CUM- yVEST- flBER.* [cateftCiM9*>^*'> n in inglMid, cxtcndiog it fdf in circum- ference about 380 mutt, and for the ge- nerality of a fertile /«4r»t»t, which after a long and crooked cooriefalleth into the ir««Krr. The chief rUett in this part ate, 1. ITaf, or Knifttm upon ti»i^ commodioufly feated on the Thi Ntrth- Riding Tliis part of Ttrklhirt called tiiP NORTHRIDlUC is of a large extent, comprehending within it the Countv of d'lai^n. RICHMOND, which is its wcitcrn part. The chief fltttt in this part in the (articular of Ttrkjhirt aie,i. lidlttHA well nown, and frequented Mirktt-itWH, tor ttrn, fiji , h*r(ti, and tor feveral Ut$MJtlt for Hmhiidrj. a. Ficktring a fair ttm» belonging to.the D»t(ltfoi L4iK*^n, and to this ttm» do belong fcveial (mail viitgtt, which as it were lo encompafs it, that the adiacent Countrey is called Ptt' ktriiig-L$ih, the Forcft of tisktriHg., and ao Liberty of Fuktung t it ';. Teated on a kiK, and fortified with an old C*^lt. 3. Ktrkj-Mttftdt a noted and well tre- quented mMktt town. 4. Ttre a good Mtrktt tmn. 5 . SktHgrsx t a fmall ttwn feated on the fa-fktrt, but well frequen* ted by FiOtirmtm in the leafon for taking of Htrringi. Near unto Htnt-tlijf, and not far from the fhore, there appeareth at a low wditr Rocks about wnich the HiTer/^Mwrr.by leaTon of which it is a 30 ftdl-fifk (a /f/K To callci:^) come in great Suijifi. place of good Trafi^mtt well inhabited and frequco>ted by Mtrtkdjut., and af- fording ftore of good MtrdumUv, being well fumiihed with (luffii^- The ttmm is a place of great fticogth;, being able to bid defiance both to a N^vj by Sts, or an jlrmf by LmiuI, by reafon of its MUek- IttmftttedfltJ, Ftrtt, tVsi, and Trimhu. Its kmfit ate fair and well built, its ftr^ fhtUt, and lie funuiog thcmfelves and (leeoing, who, as 'tis reported, have one of tnem to watch as a StntiiHi tor a time, to look that they be not taken fleeping, fothat if any d nger apprcachcth them, they ufe to awaK^" :!w reft by flinging thcmfelves into iht W4ttr, und making a noiCe , by wliicb means the reft miy make their cfcape. On this (lurt there is pavedyooeof which tcfembling Thsmt- 40 a b*j, which they call Rttnt-hptds-baj, flrttt m Lmthit towards the BriJtt, it be ing aplace where are voided all tni^gt ne- ceflary for Shift, as Cmit^t, Stilt, Fitsh, Ttr, «c. This tmtt is a County incor- porate by it felf, having a Mtijtr and a jitrijf. Id the adjoynios /<« are yearly takeo great quantities oTlTirrM;;!. from which they gain good profit, a. Btvtr- Ujjk large, populous, aad well frequented and on this fhtrt is found kUck Amber, or ^tt, and here is Stdrktrtugk CtfiU, nigh unto which is the town ot iv*lgr*vt i^nei. on the/rj. And 6. Citburgh a town of a delightful fituation. In this part is the viU of RkiddU, a fertile and plcalanc place, wherein arc twenty and three tATijb Ckitrfhtt. The other part of this Sbin which ttmM. 3. Huult» a good nMrlet tm», $0 makctb up t\K Ntrtk-Ridtng is RICH- ■^^•< which gives name to a fmall teiritoty adjoyoiog called Htmitttfintr. 4. trii- Uigtttt a well known tmn, 5> rUmkt- rt&th, nigh onto which is a Promontoty caUed FlmAtnitgh k*4d, and 6. fdtriagttit aplace of good antiquity, being commo- dioafly feated between the Hnrnker, and the ittim. ft*, into both which it hath a pkaGuit profpeft : and hue is SiMftrti MQNDSHIRM, (a called from a Caftle. TpHil' It Ueth. very high, being mountainous and rock ie, in which are good Mines of Ltdiy C*ff«rywid fittttl, being intetlaced wiCb fertile vj/Tfj/. Its chtsfpldctt are, i. Richmend a fair, larae r«w«, being walled and fortified with a Caftle, well inhabited, and frequented. / t.Mtddt, i.^fnt. And 4. itfjA^n*. And V ■f fff m 114. The SKITISH ISLES, W. Wtft- Ridinp d'faibii. Citj,f I oik. Hthi in this part of rtrkflM there are feverai C4ftles. The Well- Riding. Tliis part of Terkfhire called ilie WETS-RIDING is of a large extent, well watered with Rivers , and fif»hm. Irs chief places ore, i, tirk, a fair, large, and beautiful City^ adorned with many fplendid buildings both publike and pri- qoity. 6. Dontufttr an antieot tnm, where there is a fair chnrth dedicated to S' Gttrgt, 7. TickhiB an antieot ttwn, defended by an old C4//^ t. JMherdm of note for giving Birth to that wife man Tht. Ruheram Archbiftiop of Ttrk, 9- Leeds a town of good rithest by rea- Ibnof its r/«r^>^ here made. 10. Shir' hnrn a fmall , but well inhabited , tmn. vate. It is pleafantly feated on the j;ft;rr 10 xt.MifPtH beautified tvith a fzacknreky Otifcoi Ure, which feparates it into two which nath three lofty Sfire-SteefUs pairs, but joyned together by a fair Sttne ttridge, fudained by feveral Arehts^ and of thefcpaits that towards the Eaft is moft populous, ihcheufes Handing thicker, and the fireeti narrowtr. It is a City of great antiquity, being efteemcd the fecond of all EngUnd, is very populous, vyell fre- quented, and of agood trMde. It Is digni- fied with an EpifcoPal See, and the CtHrts ao of ^ndicMtHre, held for the neighbouring Mar/hes , according to that of Ludlen. l\ is a place of ^rcat flrength, well forti- f ed, and encloled with a fair Wall and I he River, its C4ri&«i&-4/ which is dedica- ted to S' fettr is a very fhtelyand magni- ficent flrttflnre, near unto which is the Princes hufe, commonly tailed the Mtn- ncr : THis Cuy is famous forgiving IJirth to Cenpantine the Great, as alio for being 3° the Burial place of the Emperor Se- vtruf, where he had his Palace, -a. Ht- hftx featcd i, a barren foil , jTt by reafon of the Indnftry of its fnkatitdnts in their making of C/»/A, by which \hey gain good riches, it is a pla^c of gooditcconnt, i'arge, numbering it chsfftb , whereof two are Psrifh chiirthes , very populous, and well frequented. It is a tnnt of good and i3.5r%a fmall tmn but well inha- bited and frequented ; and here it was that K. Hen. the nrft was bom. In this part of r»rkfhire\s Hdtfield efufe^ a place of great game and delight, where there is ftore of Red Deer. Likewife in this pnrt there are fcvcral Ca/Hes, fomc of which I have named. This large Cotnty is divided into 35 Hnndreds , in whic'i are 459 r4ri/i churthes, under which are many cht^fels of ••fr, which for quantity of Inhahtttntt are equal to many rartfbtt, and amongft thefe Fartfbes ate 4j msrket ttmns. De- fides in that part which pafTeth nndtr tfie name of Ruhmtndfhire there are 104 Pd- rifh chnrches , bdides Chaff eh of eafe, which maketh in all 567. LANCASHIRM, or the Cmmty ftU- tine of L AKCA5TBB. is large, popabu, moantainoos, and well clothed with mtd, andwhetethegroond ispiaia,Md cham- pain,it is very grateful to the ttmhtmbrnm, exciqpt feme taoVi and unwholfbfDc |fti- ctf, wliich they call Mrffes, and in tccom- frrax of that defcft, the InlnAkmm ate ibm^yed with a fort of fewd ctffecd /nf , Himiehba verytood firing, and in thefe antiquity , and of note for its cuftom m 40 Mifts art dug up good Timber trttt htheadm$of MalefMlhrs. 3. WMkefeldy a well frequented mtrketttnm, of good antiquity , well known for its clotnii^ there made. It is a large town, and bau- tificd with neat fo>/portioned. Amdngthe Hits or t/Mnuiwt in this Skirt, that df Ptnden hiM mav be ef t ee m ed the chief, which for heignt fcemeth to overtop the thuds. It h «vcfl watered with trwri, in v^hich as alfo in the /f4, the ttkdHtams are "ttrnifhcd with fiore of /^,frofti which, asi^fixnri its FdreiHf.whidt aierpadoai, and defended by a fhong Cafttt feared on a Rock, and fortified with^ Ditches vai tnltnrks\ and here gtoweth Lifurke and Skirwms in great plemy. j. Sbexftld a tmn of good note for the great qtian- tity uf Smiths there iflfiabhing, who make divers forts of titls, and other things of ffftf, as alfo Knives called Shedfie/d hUdes. It ti defcoded by a Ca oi temn, < Toikjlii Market River J Harket- River j Manehe^ beauty, Ltnnem . IS beauti and a fi 'o^ne in ^"fgtffet 10. lin h, foe; eth it fel rcafoH of fonvcniei much fiec who oafs Thisc in which a great mac iS Market- DUKh Dxrhatfi, i ftwn pare 1 Wttdftn al fome fertil ihtMfnta the conrra fert4e Sail >«<«*>»» pie and hath , <%g out u, its chief] 00 an ea/ie| fed with ftaodeth. fome Acco ed with fj is the Catk the Market\ to which ethers I Ic| hcinc fort whidi „ between*, wa it ha Cigreies. lyed wuh ;»»^iCom^ hath a got which nMi ally by /-/^ htt-Tmn,} The 'BRITISH ISLES, us rot tun, licated to cot tttOHt Mtthtum that wire p of Ttrk. tt, by rea- 10. Shir- ted, tcmn. air Chwrchy t- Sue fits : well inha- it wu that tfiiUchdfet ght, where Ltkewife in f«,fomeof ividcd into ny chtfftU Jnhahiuntt \nA amongft t«mns. DO h nndcr the are 104 fd- ftU of eaff , CMuity rM- f;':.,-; je,popiiloos, "'"'■ cd wit n iPM^> ijinid cham* bolfomefh- mdinttcom' thtUtMt ate 1 cattEd /MF* and in thele Timber trttt. )red, are fair, . AnMgthe \hin, thatdf [cd the chief, overtop the htt$h4itimt kjirom-Which, red with /%»/ lis thkt are, u >. no grflR ac- 1^.^,^ ijrcd,aiidfrc- ftheCowny. . or Ln^ifJVtt e, artd *» *« the tfW(/6 lichistrfgood firength. fliengt?!. 0. Pr; account, 4. c«/««, a good /«in), oc (he edge of this fhirt , towards Ttikjhirt, s. Blackbtrne , a well-known Mtrkct-town. 6. RtchdiUj feated on the River A^cA, and isalfoa well- frequented Mtrkct'town. 7. J«/r«0, feated on the River Irvecly another litrktt-timn. 8. M4Hehe({er, a Town of great Antiquity, 10 beauty, refort and trade, by reaTonof the LiHniB and W*»litH cUth here made ^ It IS beantifyed with a fair Church, zCtlltJgty and a fair Market-pUct. 9, Wi^i»f^yZ tovne incorporated , having a Maj» and Burgeffts, and where is kept a Fdirt. And I o. tithtrfotU, feated on the River ittr- fcfy fo called of the Wtter, wliich fpread- eth it felf like 3 PeoU. This place, by reafoii of its cotsmodipus rcitnation, and 20 convenient poflage over to IreUnd, is much frequented by MtnhaHts nod others> who pafs thefe Stds. TJiis CMji(>icdiridcd Inio SHuiidreJSy in which a e 36 FanPhChnrtbtSy befides a great many chdfptlsy amongft whicli are IS Mdrket-Tmiu. DURHAM, called the Bijbcfiruk of DurliMfi, is of a ditferent SoUe, tne We- ftern pare being hilly, barren, and thin of 30 m«J,3s alfooT 7«M^/,butnot without fome fertile FsUtyt $ and in the Btmis of the Mtimtmus are Mines of /r«», &c. On the contrary , the Eaftero part is of a ferule S»ile, and gratefal to the Hukuid- mMj'a plentifully garni/hed with TtmntSy aod hath Acre of fit-cttUy which they digg out of the EMtk. Its chief places are, i.Dnrlum, feated on aa eaiic afccat , and almoft cncompar- 40 fed with the River Wtrt, on which it ftaodeth. It is a faire large Town , of fome Account, well inhabited, beantify- ed with fair Suiidit^s , amoagft which is the Ctthtirtl cb»r(lt, a lofty ftto^rci the Msrktt'fUtiy which is fpacicus,nigh to which is St. Nicbtlm Churdiy aod fome ethers 1 It is a place of good fttength , beins fortified with a WtUy and nCtftUy which ftaadeth in the midfl, and as it were Jo between a Sttiu-irittget j and without the iVsM it hath fobutbs , where are other Churckts. This Town or City is digni- fyed with an Efifttfdl Stt. a. H trttt- fM/<,commodioufly feated on the 5m, hath a good and fafie Harbour ioxjhifs , which makes it well frequented, efpeci- ally by FijhtrmH. 3. Sl0indr$fy a Mir- ktt-Ttmt, where there is a Ctitiiat Chmh, 4. DMlingtitt y ;? well frequented Mar- ket Town, beautify ed with ^{i]x Church. 5. A»kUnd , fo called of Oakes therea- bouts, it is beaucifyed with a fair SrJJge , and the Pafface of the Bijhep. 6. Gdies- heaJy a Town of good note, feated nigh mtQ Nm-Cdfile: And J. farrow, iht Native Soileof the venerable Bede,whc:Q in antient time flouriflied a little Mona- In this Bifbcfrifk are 1 1 S PariJhchurchtSy among which are 6 Market Towiies. CUMBERLAND, whicli, by reafon of its Northern Scituation, is inclined to much cold } it is MtMntawcus and UiHy , wherein ate Mines of Lead , Copper and BrajSyOnd fome of Silvery which caufeth much fterility « neverthelefs it is not without 'fertile faHejs, which bear good Come and feed Aoreof Sheep, and other Cattel. It is well watered with feveral Rivers, which empty themfclvcs , either iilone, or conjoyned with others into the Sety which waftieth one part of it : Here are aifo feveral brge Meeres, which not only furniih the Inhahitants with Aore of Ftfhy but alfo with great plenty of fun- dry fortsof Wilde- /•«!»/#. And this Shire, of others in Engldnd, Oieweth the rooA KemM Antiquities, Its chiefe places are, i. Carli/lty an antient Ciij, nolefspleafantly,thancom- modioufly feated at the influx, or meet- ing of feveral Rivers, which do encom- pafs it, except towards the South } for, on the Eaft it hath the Uiver Peter il^ on the Weft the River Caudi and on the North the Channel Edeie, which receiv- eth the others \ and after it hath run a fmallcourfe, it difchargeth it felf into the EieHy or rather an Arnu of the Se* , fo called. And befides this Scituation, for its further ftrength and fecurity, (as lying nigh toSftiUaJjii is fortified with a Arong CsfiUy which is feated en the WeA-fide ot the Ciij, together with 3 no lefs Aroog Cittsdely and divers Bulwarks oniUe EaA- fidc} aiid to add to its further Arength,ic is begirt with a ftroog fVtll: The City is faire, and beautified with a CathtdriU church, feated in the midA, which exal- ting it felf to a good height, adds no fm^l Sjplendor to the citf, being a (hu- dfure of curious Workmaudiip : It is dig- nified with an £/(/(ro^<4/-5««. a. Br^np- tut, a iHrktt-Ttwuy nigh unto the USt Wit. 3. ftrkfy a well freqnenwd Mv- ktt Ttum. 4. Ctkdrmmtk, fckiutc on the HivCt CMibr, foonewhat Ipw, and between a Hills, C.imty tf Cu„.lc - laril it- i.Tibit. li.r;l Cm- "till m •' llir. In ctitf, fli It. Clrlitlc. ISI^ THE "B^iriSti ISLES. Ctliii tf IT ir.lli'l til rlift •fl* Cmtf • I Nor- llmniltcr. 1 1 >d Mini. i Hills, upon one of which is feated the Church, and upon the other a ftrong Ca- fiie ; the 'lorvn is fair, well built, antlhath a Market^ which is well frequented. 5. lYinkingtoD^ feated on tlic Sta^ a place no- ted for the taking of 54/wo»j. 6. Egre- mottt, f?3ted on a fair River, and r j: far from the Sea. 7. RxvtngUfs^ fcituai:e on rile Su^ and between 2 Rivers, and is a RoadjOr Harbomfor/J/^i.- And 8. Pw tith,i well frequented MtrketTcwne, hem- tityed with a tair Church, and large Market fUce. and is defended by a Ca/lle. This Shirc is not divided into Hundreds as others are,but hath 58 Panfhcs, amongft which are 9 Market Towns. WrSTMOHHLAND, a Moorifh, Hilly, and barren Countrey •, yet the Sou- thern part, which licth between the Ri- ver Lone , and IV/n.mdir Mere, is indiffe- rent fertile in the Falleys, but hath many fe//es, with rough and ftony Racks, which are aiwayes bare, and without Crafs •, and this part is called the BM-anj of Kendilt and Candilei, that is, the Dale by C4»,fo called from the Bivcr Can, which runnetti tiirough it. It is well watered with Si- vers. Tlie chief places in this Shire, are, i. Kendale, feated on the River C4»,built in forme of a Crofs, having 2 long Streets overthwartiog one another ? is a TenH of great Keftrt, Trade and Siebti. by reafon of WttUeH-Cltths that ure hete made, which find vent through all parts of Eng- land. 2. Kirkj'Ltnfdale on the River Ltne, to which all the feifle there adja- cent repaire, both to Church, and to Mar- ket. J. yf^/(^> of more Antiquity than .beauty, being (lenderly inhabiteid, and its Builiingi meane ^ its chief beauty lying in one bioad Siren , in the upper part whereof ftandeth a C4/?/f , whicK iswliol- Iv encompafled with the Eden, andintVe lower part are feated thecAi«rf/6and Schttle^, The Cafile at ptefent fei veth as the com- mon Goale for offenders, where the 5*//J- M/ and Afsifes are kept » And 4. Ktrlj- Siefhens, a well frequented Market-Town. And in this Cnmy , for its defence , are fcveral Cables. This fhtrt is not divided into Hundreds as others arC} it hath atf Panfhes, among which are 4 Msrktt-Tmits. NORTHUMBERLAND, plentiful- ly fumiflicd with Pits of Ceale, from which the ItMitants draw great profit. The Land is more inclined to Sterility than Fenilityt yet towards the Srs, through the induftry of good Hnstsiidrjy it is in- different fertile. The chief places in this CMnijt are» '"'h,,. 1 . Kew-CafHe, commodioufly feated on ^'.u,^' the Tine, where it hath a deep and good Haven , by reafon of which it is a place of great rr4//ff »f ,efpecially for Sta-tute, from whence many hundred of Shift do annually receive their Lading, which they '0 unlade at Lendm, and clfewhere, (this "^ace being their Store-Houft for C*ales) wliich hath added no fmall Wealth to the Tmn. They have alfo a confidera* ble Trade with the Gtrnuins, and other Nit ions f, The Ttvm is large, numbring4 churches, is very populous, and well fre- quented ; its Hanfes are fair, is a place of great Arength, being begirt with a ftrong Wall, on which are many Turrets , and 30 for entrance hath 7 Gates s and befides the Wall it is further ftrengthned and de- fended by a ftrong C4*/f. "i. Btrwiil, fcatwl OB rhe ntmoft confines of England, is a t$mn of great Rrei^ih , •« well by Natnrt as Art, being almoft encompaf- fed by the Sea, and the River Tirrr^oa which it is begirt with a Wall, and is ftrongly Forrifyed, being a place of great Importance. 3, Alnwick^ or Anrnck, a 30 stwn of fome note for the Vidoty here obtained by the Etulifh againft the Setts, and is tortifyed witn a ftroog Cafile. 4. Mtrpetb, feated on the River Wejtsheekt and is a place of fome account and ftrength, being alfo defended by a Caft/e: And ;. otterhtrne, of note for the Bloody Bdttel here FoHght between the Mnglifi and the Sttts i the Mnglifi onder tne Condud of Sir Henry Pierej^ and the 40 Setts onder the Command of Witiam Ptuglat. upon the Weft-part of this Shire did n, t^ run the Pi£lt Wat, fome of which byet ""^ (landing, and of a good height. This WjM was built by Sevtnu the Emperour, to fecurethe Northern vartrof EngUnd, or the Ktmsnt Emfirt from the Incnrfi- onsof the Pi3s, which were a Barbarous and tronblefome Petfle % and this wa of JO great ftrength, being m:deof Stone, and of a great height and thicknefs, and ha- ving at every Miles end a Watch-ttwer where the Sentinels ftood, which, upon any occafion were to give notice therc- nf. This Shire is not divided as yet into Hundreds s it hath 47 Parijh-ChureitsM whicii 5 are Mirket-ttmnt. The THE "BRITISH ISLeS. »'r jy itism- Wfftji, are , I'l ,u featedon';:,;;^ >and good t is a place r Sea-«uU, of shift do which they here, (this hx Cults) Wealth to a conlidera- , and other numbrin| 4 nd well tre- is a place of vith a ftroDg Tnrrtts y and and befides hned andde- 7. Btrwhl, , M well by ft encompaf- rerTmrijOo jr^Uy and IS place of great or Jnwieky a ViAory here linft the Sati, Bg Cm/IU. 4. ■er mltsht(ky tandftrength, Ct^U : And r the Bloody m the BwgUn ifh under tne trc^^ and the nd of fVtiitm this shirt did "< rJ jf which is yet ""^ height. This the Emperour, rt:of Bt^Uniy wn the Incurfi- ftea Barbarous and this was of Jeof Stent, and icknefs, and ha- a W*uh-t0»cr \, which, upon c notice there- ided as yet into trifk-ChnnhtsM •,v.-il 1 |l.n{iflf:. ( -.,.,> ri 10 ao Mercia, tphich contain^ ed the C(yOH7lES of HUNTINGTON, BUCKINGHAM, BEDFORD, RUT- LAND, NOR^ THAMPT ON, LEICESTER, L I N C O L N E, NOTTINGHAM, DARBY, OXFORD, GLOCESTER, WORCESTER, WARWICK, STAF- FORD, CHESHIRE, J^ SHROPSHIRE, and HEREFORD. HUNTINGTONS.URE, a fmall, but fiertile and rich Ctitwtjy both for Till^e and Paftoragct >> *s well clo- thcflwith Wt$d, and hath ftore of Ftrkty and is well watered wuh MivtrSy the ^ chief of which it the Oa/ir, which divides it fclf into feveral ftreanwa , md waters the Southern part of the Ct»mj. Its chief places are, 1. Humingtut. plcabntly feated on the River o»/(r,over which it hath a fair Stone-Brin^r i the itmm is largCyCOOtainins 4 FtrifihClmnhis, is well frequented and inhabued, as be- ing the chief Shirt-ttmn. 2. G*tJm4»- (fec^fr, a large Coontrey- Town, feated in 50 a nch and fertile Soile, yielding great ftore of C$mt s and on the other fide the Oi^ty oppofiie to Huiitiitgt$ny from which it IS not far diftantt it is well frequented , aniMg which there are more able rtomm and Ftrmtrt then in any Town in all SagtdJki. 3. Aiusinry , a good tetrn. 4. St.Ntits,ot%i.Ntnlt, To called from ooie Ktttm, a man 00 led Ai/|r then Ittmd. J. St./v« , a fair Towfi, feated oii khe Onfty fo called, from one Ivo , a Ptrfitn Bijhep^ who, as 'tis reported , about the Xear 600, Travelled through EngUnd , Preaching the Cefftly and here ended his dayes. And 6. Kimbckm ■■ And here is the Wealthy Abby of Ramftj oi anti^ ent note. This CcKHij is divided into 4 Hu/i- dredsy in which arc 78 FarifitSy of which f are Mwht-ttmns . BUCKINGHAMSHIRE for themoft part of a ricsb SiiUy fruitful in C0rM,well inhabited, and the PtefU are much adi^- ed ro Graffng of Cttttly by which they get good Eflates. Its chief places are, i. BMekinghtmy feated on the River o«/f. a. Ailtthurf, a faire M»rktt-t»«Hy encompafled with many rich Metdms and Pdflurts, lying in the FdU , called the VtU of Atltsbnrj, 5. SttHj-Str*$fard, fo named from itsiSco- ninefs, and its Foord. 4. Marlm, feated on the ThtmtSy a pretty town, and here is great quantity of mttrUy or chtlke , wit!i which the Husbandmen ufe to Manure their Ground, which addeth great Ferti- lity: And ;.//i^i&-^fVi'i/i», which for largenefs and fairoefs of Htiffes , is not inferiour to any in the County , being likewife a M4j«r-t«mn, This CtKiitj is divided into 8 Htn- drtdiyia which are 185 /4f»yJ«, of which 1 1 are t4trket-ttt>HS. BEDFOROSHIKE, of a diflferenc Soile, but well watered with frelh ftreams^ the Eaft-part is dry ground, and bare of Wt$d^ arid the bouth part is more fer- tile. Its chief places arc, i. Bedford, a fair ttmuy conuining ] Pdrijb-Clmrches, plea- fantly feated, the River Oufe taking its courfe through the midft thereot % Icisof great antiquity, well frequented, and is the chief to»M ot the fliiu. 2. Pottm, ^ (inall Mtrktt-tomn, 3. HtckUj tn tht Hole, fo named from the Mire-wayes in the Winter Seafoii, which are found ex- ceeding troublclomc to /r^W/rr/.- And 4. DuH^Mt^ feated in a Ch;!ll4vtmrtJ^^ thorough-fair Town, and well accommodated with /mu. In this Cauttj is FMheringhgj-CtfiU, vthaeM^ry C^eenof StMt was Beheaded. This Shirt is divided into so HmulreJs, in wliich arr $26 i'trifket, among which are 10 Msrktt-tmnej. LEICESTERSHIRE, a Champaine Cinmreiy of a Fet cile Soile, abounding in Ctriu, efpecially in Nsft and Betntt^ nafh good Paftui^[re, ?nd feeds abundance of Sherf,, whole JfW/is very fine. The chief places in this Cmmj vt, I. Lettefter, rated on the ffr7. Earl olRtehmuJ, Prodxmoi Kfiigia the FieU amongft the dead. 4. CiU-ovtrtM, or Ort0i$, of note for its C$tt-miius. % . Ln- unvtrtk, beautifyed with a fair Cimch .- And 6. Sartt»-L4*trSf fo called from a famous HoTpital which was founded for 10 Cure of Ltfrim fetfk. • This Ciimtj is divided into 6 Hitiukedsy in which arc aoo Ptrifhts^ miaa^ which are ii Mdrket-tmiu. LiNCQLNESHIRi, » large C1M/7, [-^Xl generally of a fertile Soile both for Ctmt H'''^'- and GrMi, feeding totnyeMe/i it is well watered with Mivert, bcfides the Sed , which waflieth one part of it} byreafon of which it affcrdeth gmt plenty of ao F0»U and Fifh. The whole ShJrt is divi- ded into 3 parts. Liudfej, if«Iat4and Kt&tvtm, in which arc many well inhabi- ted tmmm. The chief pbces in the p«t ^itju^ty '"x<"t. ate, i.£fM«fa«,D!earantly feated on the 7i;r., fide of a HiU, and M the River m4dm , '■'"^ which divideth. it ficif into j^fhuUftieams and wateoeth its. \omtiifta% Tiiytfaire and Luge C«r|^«Mcetning t^clmrckttt is 30 of grm anctqnity 2nd fame in ft^rmer times, is beamfyid wichimany {«r miild- intsy the chief of whicfi. is, the MiHJItr , which is tkc bcft of alt BHgUmk: The 9itj isdignifyed with an EfiftifdlSee, is a placeof acottfiderable Trade,and well fi-e- qocntcdand inhabited.s.(!r«iMAir»ir,feated on the Riw TrtMA good Mdrkef-Ttrnm]. WtimfUtt. ^ Alftrd. 5. Grimijy 00 (he Am, at the entnuce (mF the H»mitr^ 40 all 3 ttMktTmiM. The next pirt is Httmdy which tatf ^>^ be dhrided into the higher and lower. In ^-^ " the higher are the Townes of, i. «»/«•, w!^" feated on both fides of the River PTi- //'4OT, over which it hath a im Brk^,\m of WttdtWoA is not far fiom the 5V«, anj by mfon of its Amv* is iveU fiequenterfV its MdthiHfUtt is fnr and large, as affft its Cimnk. whofi^7'flwr exalteth ir U^ )o to a great iwight, «nd ferveth as a Laad- marke to Saileri. a. Kirtuiy fo caUetf from its dmreb^ which is a fair StmflQre: And J, DtiiiMigt$0i IntheZfivff-arcthe Ttm»ts of, I. er0»ldi$d, or Crtfldud, a Tffwofgood note among thtPemtfUe*- flt% it is feated very low and waten^h, &» that there is no accefs to it but- by lur- xom CMfwdjti >, it haihj Srffttf, whicif are fevered by watrt reniflg betwenr, and .en Th ^^ITISH ISLES. up rx*. H M)i on the Ixinlcs (which ate raifed Dp,and f*eJ(ervcd by lilts ) are fct mitm *rees, he chiefeft riches of this town i$ gained by the ffh and fmt here taken, whicii the $»h»hitMtt fell to their great profit, which it the chief caufe of its being in- habited : aad a. Sf4i(iigi(ui towneo- eompifled about with JRivtrii , Theneiiiand laft.part of this Shire is srFSTEFSNwc&v/uds, and withinlaod, whofe chief placet are^ i.StMftrJdaxed oa the jivcr WiU*'>d a four and large town beautihed with feveh Charchti, ^^id fevr- ral fair ^«i/rdf deep,, jo long, and about xj btoed. ThilComvy is divided into tf hnndreas, in which ate 106 Pmjh Chmrdiu, among whidh artf 8 Market- turns. 30 OXFORDSHIRE fertile in r#r» and /rMri,>.hatlh rich paftures, pleafant fhBs wdl dothed with iv«ir,wherein are found vtariety of Game i>oth for Htwk and AmW, and it t«ell watered with Hi- Its xhief placc^ arc, i.Oxfard^i fair, ''^jj^r pkafaiK, and large' City containing four- 'oZU. tcKaPsiifhchiitektA, it is commoidioiifly feated on theRiver//?;, which divides ic 4<> intorwo parts, but joyned together by a ijuStmn bridge: it is adorned with flate- ly and magnificent edifices, the chief of which are the Cathedral, the Kitigs Palacrt now the Mamur Imft, with feveral fair Sinilmrts belonging to die UmvtrSt^, as 2 -'. \6 CoUedits, 8 Hais, &c. a place luffici- entiy famous tor the nurfcry of true learn- ing, a. »a»kitry a fair, large tcnrn, fea- trd on the river o«i/r,of chief note for its JO C*l»i and Cifrr*/*. 3. H'W/lfef* a toWn- of no great account, fave onely for the J»»iw there adjoyniog, wlierelting- tfriiry the fecond kept M^auond Clj^dx\niz fair Lidt, on wlwm he fo much doted. 4. Dwelt fier a town of more antiqtfiiy" than beauty: and s. Hexff upon Tka0tt^ a large town , fhe itdrnktaMs of which arc for the niod ^^tt WattrtiifW'CKSar^**^ run, and gain their livilihood by iranl- porting c. dr.ftt^. fe«=i^ IZO THE "BRITISH ISLES. 1 1 'li,l fit f>, \V..r,H»tt ftr-. porting of goods to and fro to Lsndon, upon which account it is a town of a good This County is divided into 14 lni0- JrtJs, in which are a 80 Parilb Churchth of which 10 are Market totvm. GLOUCESTER a pleafant and fertile Countrey yielding ctrit and fruits, even in the hed^t-prajj ■, it hath rich f*^»ris which feed abundance of Cthe Severn, and another, over each of which there is a Inidge. It is alfoa place of good account for making of Cloths , and for the beft lUtfUrd. 5 Cuefmld, of note for its Sheep which yield the fine »»*U. 6. Cmmfdtm a well. tTMueoted town. 7. Merklej honoured with a Cdllle fo called. 8. WineheUimt a large, and well pecfiled town 4 and 9. Cireefier a gtezt Marhet town {otCtrm on Mndtjs, and for trt$M and r^r* on Frilift. This Coonty is divided into jo A««- dreds, in which are a 80 Pdnlh Cimrehtt, and is accommodated with aj Mtrket- tnnu. WORCESTERSHIRE a healthful, fer- tile Coumy, and cverv ...ere watered with fre(h meami among which the Se- vern and tbe Av$n are the chief ^ and here are found maayfsit fits. The chief placts in this County are, I. VFtretfier a fair and antient City, feated on an eaue afcent, and on the banks of the StventfOva which tc hath a fair l^id^e, with a Tmer. Its Cttkedrtt is a (lately Stniftare, wherein are feveral M»»Bments or Timk$% it is dignified with %h.tSee of a B^/hf. a. Kiddtrminfter a ^ir and well frequented Mgrket umn affording feveral goodCMMM^iw I it is feparated by the river Sttmt , which runneth through it. and is beautified vrith a fair chure\, 3. £w/]^4M(iratedona /f/i?,arifingfh)tn a River, well known for the W^ondcr ir, called ttie vtle of Evejhtm, a place of an exceeding fertile foil. 4. Dttittnth of note for hi f alt-fit s , of which in many ftrmuts, placed round about, they boy'. and make excellent white fdh from Mid- fnmmer to itid-winHrfiod j Mftm a good 10 Market ttwn. This Shire is divided into jhtn/reds, in which are ija r4ri/hes,oi which 7 are Market turns, VTARWICKSHIRK may be divided into two parts, the one cdled FtUUm, and the other trrtdUnd, that is into a plain Champain, and a woody Ctnmnji and thefe parts are in a manner fepanted by the river Avrn, which in a crooked ao paffage runneth through the County. The chief places in the part called WOODLAND are , I. C0ventry 9 fair, largvjud neat City ^commodiobfly feated for an Inland ttmn, is well inh«biMil,aiid freqoemed, and rhe more by reafon of the g:eat quantity of eUtks tnere madei its jheets and henfes are fair and wtll ordered, and beautified with two dmrthu of neat 9»rhm*i^if.- and for its defence 30 is begirt with a ftrong Wai. t. tfinfy a pfwv M^vket tm»n. j. R>#xAjf where /titeidt i'ati0» founded a fmall Priarj. 4. Kitiiegimth of chief note for its CafiU, which is (hcng and fiir, and pleafantly feated, being enconipa(ied about witn Parks, %. Bremicham a fair town, and well inhabited, among which are many Smiths, and 6. Sntttn Caldfeld feated in an excellent «r, and between ii>Wr. which 40 yields pleafureto its /ff^4^//4i«i/,butina barren foil. The chief j^Kes in the other part cal- led FELDON, are, I . Wamitk die chiof of the County, pleafantly feated on the Avtn, upon a high rock, and in a dry and fertile fod, having rich Meaims on the South fide, and delightful Crtves on the North: It is fmifiedbya ^rex^Cafile, and adorned with fair houfes. 3. Strat- 50 ferd upon Avtn, where there is a Sttne- brtdge fnpported by 14 Arthtt. And $.A»lftfier a well (requcnted Market ttmn, and where there is a good fair for Ctrn. In this County is EdghiS of note for the bkxxiy hi^et there fought between the King and the rebellious Confederates of the Parliament in the late nnbaffj tpars. This Shire is divided into 5 hundreds, in C..,„i.,,| iV.r, I t»^'f If.'',' I t..'»l>l' I a are w. CffES of Provi( httants Cheefe , all gngls fituation The I. Chejfe feated or vided tvi fant prol count gular, anl compafsl ftrei^thf Cardinal trance. Ca file (el an< heri Aflitet tified wiJ %.. rHE 'BRITISH ISLFS. IZI Chtrth. ling from under ir, ace of an ntirich of 1 in many ;hey boy'. rom Mid- Miff^ hmdrids, lich 7 are e dtrided ("^4 *^UMi,and «jr4 ChMrches : and hath the conveniency of 1 5 Mdrket- itmns. STAFFORDSHIRE of a different /«/, the north part hilly, and Tolefs fcrtilf; the middle fruitful in Ctrn , hath rich Metdim, and watered with the River Trent: the South part is likcwife/i-rri/f, and in the hmrls of the e»rih are mines Ui'' |i''.':. ,, Tf an antient CAthedrtl , befldes eleven Ptrifh churches. The /?r«M are large, and well ordered, and along the chief (Ireets are C tileries, or Rtnes (as they call them ) having on both Hdes (hops, through which one may walk (though in the greateft fliowrc ) free from rain from one end to the other. This City is well inhabited and frequented , and the more ofCM/xand /«»• and the whole Cwwrji 10 as being the common place of taking is plen:ifully fiimilhed with Rivers^ It is for the moft part ^ ell clotlied with Wted, and affordeth f*lt-fits. Its chief places are, x. Litchfieli an antient City fcparated into two parts by a River, but joyned together by two tridges : it w.is once bemtified with a ii\rC4thedr*l, a BiP>tfs ?aUct, and houfes of Prehenddrits, but now much ruinated. rtiipping for the Eisglijh to go to ireUnd, as likewife the landing place from Irt' Und to SngUnd, and by reafon of its in* tercourfe of feifle , is a place of a con- fiderable trade. It is dignified with the See of a BiPiop. Northweft-wards from this City mooteth forth a Prtmonttrj or Languet of Land into the Seg, which on the South fide is enclofed by the Vte, "i. Stafford the now chief torvn of the 10 and on the North fide by the river Vrr/i'jrj County feared on the Sttv. j. Wtlvtr hamftote a well frequented Mdrket-tiwn. 4. Tsmrvtrth fituate in two niires,and de- tended by a Caftle. $ tmrun upon Trent beautified with a fair Cathednl, and is 3 well frequented Market- town. 6. WallSn called trom the reliques of an old wtH there remaining. And 7. Burten upon Trtfit a famous Market-place, and beau- tified with a Bridge compofed of or fu- ftained by 38 Arches. This shirt is well befft with hufhfs , and here is Peufneth- chafe, in which are fevernl ceat-fits, lying near to the rnines ot Dud'ej- CaflU. This County is divided into 5 Uu3- dreds, m which are 1 30 Ptrifhes, of which I a are Market -ttwns CHESHIRE abounding in all kinds of Provifion for mam ufe, and its Inhi htiuts make abundance of cheefe , which findeth vent throughout all EniUttd. It is a Country of a pleafant fituation , and well inhabited with Cin- The chief places in this Shire are , 1. Chejter, ot We^-chejltr, commodioufly feated on the river Off, (picntifolly pro- vided with Sslmtn) whicn affords a plea- fant profpeA. It is a City of good ac- and in the utmod extent of this Prtmm- terj is fituace nigh the (hore a fmall fandy and barren ifle called litre, which had m it fometime fince 3 little Cell of Mmks. The fecond place of note in this County is NdHiwieh feated on the river Wever, a fair, large , and well frequented tttvn, and is of note for its falt-fiis,or Saltwich, where is made excellent white falt^ and is 30 beautified with a fair Church. 3. Middle Wich, on the river Crek. aad near unto the Confluence ot the river Dan, of note for its /". co«nt and antiquity. It is built quadran- 50 was rowed xmBarge along theRivfr Dee^ gular, and taketh up about two miles in coinpars,and enclofed Wit a ii'4£ofgood ftren^th , to which according to the four Cardinal winds hath four gates for en- trance. It is alfo defended by a (hong Cafile feated on a rocky hill near the 1 iver : ani here the Courts Palatine, and the Afftaes arc kept twice a year: It is beao- tified with feveral fair baildings, and hath as he fat in (fate, by Kennadie King of the Setts, Mdcoline King ot Cumberland, Ma- con King of Mann and of the iflands, with all the Princes of Walet 5 which were thither brought to do homage, who like Watermen worked at the oar, to his gieat glory, and the rejoycing of the be- holders. This County is divided into nine H h h h Hnn- H win hi f\»ni IZI the 'bKiriSH ISLES, Cimy rf *i/tiil tj. r .H ', tit ■ Ittlltu ^- Ctmtf ^ tH >Htfi H^nilrttlt y in which are tfS fgriflf chtrchtSf amongft which are 15 JUdrket- tmns. SHROPSHIRE . on every fide well rfpleniflied with Cdfilts and Intns^ by reafon of the repelling and over- awing the fyd/h in the M*rih with their C$mmidi- t/fs, and receiving theii Si and thii inter- conrfeof TM^rciufeth it to be inhabited 3 J well by the Hv//i a* Enelijh. a. Barg- Mtrft, flrongly feated on the Sever»f, for- tified with rrj///, a Ditch, and a ftately O/?/^, feated on a Rock. 5. LmtUtm^ a f aire Tcwa, and of great refort, occafion- ed bv the C$uTt and Cnmcil of the Msr- ihtt nere kept, for tl.c eafe and bicnefitof the Wtljh, and bordering frif/r, in their Lsw'l»tt} ) It is foitifiea and beautified with a firong C4/f/r, as alfu with ntany iiair eMcis, among which the f4l<(# of the Preudent of WtUs is the chief: And 4. 0l»eBrt, a (Irong Town, fortified with a Ditch, a HOi/ST, and a Ct&k, and is a place of a good Tr^ilrfor IVditCttttm. This CiBHtj is dividea into 1 5 hmikeJt, in which are 1 70 farijhtj , and hath tlw accommodation of i ? Mtrktt-tewHtt. HEREFORDSHIRE, exceeding fer- tile in Crdiit , hath riCh Ftfimrts, which feed ftoreof Ctttd, efpcciajly Shcepi, of which they make great profit by the W»ri% it is every where plentifully ftored with Fntittrtts, and of their AffUsztti ftarts they make great quantity of 5i<f^4i«t, there veoaed, and chcuce difpcrfcd iaio SKUttd, and tlfewhere. Its ittMitsHts are of a faithful counge one to another, efpecially in ftra^eCM«- l"J^* triyty ft'- trt uti is ' of to mil in div ftra COit nen Rdd ihol br**t Mdr-t A 1 pa SOI ttet NAl RIO doth the ( BRE BKO MOF make right this J Coun fion ( time flTdlttl here. vlhl tlftitd, = ¥\ III ■*■;«» cot r A MORGAN and MONMOTH, <3< . nuke ujp SOUTH-WALES. 8it by right 1 mould not place M0nm Flint, which gives name to the County , commodioufly feated on the River Dtt. is a place of good account, and is fortified with 1 ftrong C*^k : And a. St. A\4fh , feated on the River Clu)d^ a citj dignifi- ed with an Sfifctptl See. This County is divided Min j Hundreds^ in which are 18 Pdrilh ck es s and for the accommodation ox '.I.. Jnh^itaitts '0 hath iM4tket-t$wnt. DENBIGHSHIRE, ftorcd with Mines "'l'"" oiLetds it is a place of a different Stile \ *i"'i'^ the middle f where it lyeth flat in a ^4/- lei) ii fertile i the Weft-part, much in- clining to fteriiity. and thinly inhabited , except lite part wliich lyeth towards the Se4 % and tne Eaflein pan beyond the VAllej is the moll ungrateful to the knf- ffdndman, 20 Its chief places are, i. Derkighy feated ^^^ OJ. the banks of the River /y?r<«5, and at f'LV he foot of a Hill, on which the old Town >ood s It is a fair Town, well frequented . id inhabited, and of a good Trsde. 2, tnthjH , feated on the bankes of the river cUji^ and in the South-part of the f4/«of cUjd ( which runneth in length 17 wules-t and 5 in breadth, tvery where fertile and pleafant to beheld, being gar- this Divifitn^ it being now an Mnusfh- 30 nifhtd with green Metdtms, Ctme-fields ^ County t but having followed the D '' " ' "" ^ n - . iivi- fion ot the Sdxn Meftdrthj , at which time Mtnmtthfhire was in this part of Wtltt , for Method-fake I ftill pl^cr it here. V^OWHWALES. FLINTSHIRE, not over Hillyi inter laced with inditfercnt fertile rstvis ^ it is famous for St. VVtntfnis-mi , a place much freqoeotcd by rtigfum in memorial of the Chrifii^n Virgin VVi**- frid* who by a Tyrant was firft Raviflied , and afterwards Beheaded: and out of this vyeUy ot Ftnntdin^ (where groweth Jdift oii rooft fweet and pleafant fmell ) fair Hpnfts, ViBstes and Ttmnes ) and is the greateft tUriut-ttmn in all the vtU , being large, well inhabitei* and fteqnent- ed : And ^.Whtxbtm, a ivfarket-town of fome account, and beautified with a lair Cknrth, In this shire are 1 1 Hundreds y in which arc 57 fArifb chnrekes, and hath 3. Jiidr- kei-ttmns. 40 CARNARVANSHIRE, exceeding Mtnnttintm, and therefore not over fcr- ^^hd. vie, efpecially Eaftwards. Its chief places are, i.Csrntrvtny the principal or Shirt'ttmny feated oppofite to the iflt of Angkfejy from which it is not far dillont \ It if a Ttmn or Citj of good account ( but noc large ) well Walled , and deiended by a fboi^ Ctfik ) It is famous for bciiig built by King t4Kf*rd t% there guibeth forth a Brook among (Imes^ jo the Firfi, as aUb for giving birtn fo King with to rapid a ftreame , that at a fmall Edvsrd the Seetnd, who of the Engli/k- diAance it is able to drive a Mill.- over this Wit there ftandeth a chaff el built of Sttntt of curkws imkmdnfhift wheiennto ad)oyneth a fmall Chnrth, in & windif whereof is lively pottrayed the Hiftory of the faid rrimfride^ how her head was cat olf, and fet 00 again by St. Btnn; The chief plac(;s in this shire ^ ace, i. lint was the firft Prince of W4lts. 3. ttngtr , feated alfo on the fame narrow 5(4, more Northwards, and oppofitf to the iflt of Angltfej , once a large place , and of good account ( beiiu dignifyed with the See of a £i/bbce is Pew ntafnm*iir, a very liii;h and ftecp Rnk, vvliich at Iul1-Sf4 fohangttli over, that it afforiieth but a very narrow pafTige i having on the one fide great fionts which hangeth over tlieir heads, as iteming rea- I'y to tall 5 and on the otiicr (u'-c thcfu- li'us Sta-i whicl) lieth ot an exceeding llccp d'.pth under it : /\nd 3. Aber- Cciiwej, iVatcd on the mouth ot the Ri- vt; c««n")i, a place of good (trength as well by Nature as Art, being fenced about with jVaHs^ and defended by a ftrong C4- fid; and, according to fome dcfcivts ra- tlicr tlie name ot a <'^ity than a Town. Tliis shire is divided into 6 HundrtJsy where arc found tnr the Woilhipot God ^•8 PAtifh-Um ches, and hath 5 M*rkct- 'Jen> s. ISLF. of ANGLFSEY, fcituate op- polite to C firnitrT4np>it( ( fnim which it was not fni diltanr) and in the Irip)-.se4\ It is in lengtli abour ao Afi/ts, aiu' 17 in breadth ^ an Ifla/H'o fe:t le in all things, that the H'.'///um11 it Mim-cfm'j that is, the Mother ot Wuls : it is vc y popu- lous , once containing 360 Tmns and Villa^^ff, which at pieltnt aic reduced to 74- The chief placfs in this //Je now remain- ing, are, I. /f/4«»»4»-*,featedon theF.aft fiaeof the Ijk and not far from B4>g0r in C4rn4rv*»i}>irt ■■ this Town was built by King EJmrJ the Firfi^ the better to fecuie hisConqucft: It is alfo feared on a flat ground, liath a commodious and fate HivcH, and well relbitcd unto, ef- pecially by thofe who are bound to Irt- Und or EngUnd , and is a place of fome ftienglh. J. ;vwA*r'^, once of good ac- count. 3. Htlj-he4d , of fome note : And 4. Aterfraw, once the Seatc of a KiHgy but at ptefenr a fmall •viUt^t. This //?*, or County is divided into 6 Hundrtds, i« whicli are -'4 P4rilh (hunhtSj and hath 2 M4rket-TnvHs. MERION. THSHIRE, very unplca- fant, toueh, and mountainons, and tnere- fore much inchncd to fteiility, yet is it found to Grafe good Flocks ot Sheep: and'it is obferved that thcfe MoM-it4iHes exalt themfelves to (0 great an eminence, with peeked tops , thst in many places two Menmayftand and Difcourfe toge- ther, the one upon one M0»it..inf ^ and the other upon another, but before they can meet they muft travel fome Miles: And as the County is thus mountainoos and barren.fo is it defti(ttteof T$ivnit, the chief of which, are. I. *i/rf, Seated on the River Bw, ai'"^^*-/* alfo on the edge of the Mtart^ called ' "'' P mbU-Me»re,\xom both which the Inhd- b t4nts catch (tote of Sdlmcns and other Filhs it is a M4rket' tewn ot no great extent, yet well frequented. and endowed with ma- ny emunities. 3. Delegeihlt on the River A- rtf»,another Market-town, and the chief ofthefe partsiAnd 3.//4r/«*,featedonthe 10 5m Piore, and is a place of fome account, in this Ctimtl there are 6 H»ndredty where are 37 P4rifh-Churehes ,iad it hath 3 M4rkft -towns. tVONTCOMERYSHIRE.Hilly, but «-«- interlaced with tertile v4Uits , and well "''Mil wjteied with Rivers, the chief of which is the Stverne, which fendcth torth mii- ny Sire4mts , it hath its Spring- head out of the PlimiOimtH-HiW , a very high 20 Mountain, Its chief places are, i. Monti^omtrj, xhc |';^,;*"'' cliiet Shire- I own, being tair, laige, wdl- iirquanted and inhabited, a. M' Icb- fot'e^ feated on the stvernt "tiirTown, and of good rei'ort. 3. Newiowne, alio feated on the "^tverne : And 4, M4thtn- letjOi tome aciount. This .shire K divided into 7 huadreds^ in which are 47 Parifhes^ind. hathtf /Ijr- 30 k(t-towns. SOVTHWjILES, RADNORSHIRE, of an indifferent tertile Soile , and well watered « Its cliiet places are, i, F4Jnor, fairly built , atter their manner ot building , and is the chief Tomn of the Co»Hty. ». Prefi4n$t , which from a fmal vilU^e is now be- 40 come a fair, large, and well trequenied Market Town, and is a great impedi- ment to the Luftre of K4d)ior. 3. King- ten C not inferior to Preftune) nigh diuo w' icn runeth rjf/s Dike : And 4 #4^4- dergiwjt a Town of fome account, feated in the Wefterne part of the fhire. This County is divided into << Hnndrtdt, in which are 51 i'4r//fc-cAifrirA«, and hath the convenienncy ot j M4rket-tmns. 50 BRECaNO KSHIRE, ot a fertile foile, well clothed \nt\\ wood, and watered with Rivers, Its chief places are, i. Brecknock the Shirt-tomn.ot good note, well frequented, and feated on the River vsk 5 About i Miles from this place there is a large P0OU or Me4re, fo called, fome Miles in compafs , and is a place which brecdeth excellent Fijh, t. H4j , feated on the river II... . ;,. t'" N 7 HE "BRITISH ISLeS. »ij I [i^iJifHI- If" river HJi, and in a place of ^ood anciqui- ty : And 3. iMfr* alfo fcitoace on th river fFit , more Norihwards , and vety pleafaotly among Wftiilr ) it is fortified with a Caftle, and is a fair, noted , and tveU frequented Market-Town. This Cmn$tj is divided into t Huh- drtdsjia which are 61 Fdrifhts^ and hath 9 M0rktt-ttmnt. CARDIGANSHIRE, of a different Soile, the Southern and Wefteme parts being plain, Champaine, and very fertile i and the Northerne and Eafleme parts MounuiaottSi and more inclining to fteri- lity. >is chicfe place* are, i. drJkM, the chief Shire-town, conveniently leated on the River rivf , not far from its inBux in- to the 5m t It is a fair Town, of good Arcagth, and well inhabited and frequent- cd. a.if^>y-/iv«ii,conmodiouflyreat- cd on the 5m, is a place of good m- COOnt, bciM fcmioaSf well frequenrad , and providM wiih all neceflaries. 3. M*f$, of note for iu great Fairc for Csittl. 4. Trigsr$0.- And J. LMktdtry both Mar- Jket-Towos > and feated on the River frifj. This Shirt b divided into 5 H»Mirtdtj in which are #4 fmjlhCi»rtl>tt ) and hath 4 Mdrktt'ttmiitt. PEMBROOKSHIBE, almoflencom- pafTed by the 5m (which thrufts forth ""i.^ isjtt and Inlets ) This Shirt (ac- cordii^ to a Learned Writer ) is of a fienile Stilt^ apt to bear Ctrittf hath rich rtfiurts, is Qored with cmttl^ plentifully watered with Mivtrt, befides the 5m, which fivniimh the iithshittats with fiore of exceUcM Fifi , hath plenty of nt-cttU. is bleft with a wholeforne Ahe^ and wellgamUhed with r«»iir/, the chief of which arc, 1 . Ttmhrttkt, feated upon vhe Eafteme, ur inncraofl Creekeof Mil- ftri'Btnnm\ it is the chiefe Shirt-ttmp, oi good account, well frequented and in- habited { bciae a fair large Ttm , con- tainiag a rmr^Chmrtht$ within its Wtit: It is a Town CtiHr^t^ and Governed by a ynftTy Btiflijft and Bnrgtffts, This Mtlfird'Hsvtm a eftraned tolie the beft in all Civ^cod, not ooely for its apaci- oufnefs , being fit to give entertainment to about 1000 $aileof^ib/« at one time, and to ride fecore, and at a good diftance from one another y bat alfo for its depth, and variety of fafe Qrtikt , and nooked 34jts for Shift to Hlr))oa( in^ having mthio it 13 1*«6> i§ Cwkt^ and 5 8«j*i, all which are known by their feveraf names, a. Ttnhi , feated on the 5m- P>trt, where it hatn a Commodious hdvt^ or Road for Shift , which is much fre- quented, but chiefly by /i^^rmrw.' The 7«»« is fdirtj well built, ftrongly walled towards the LMtly well inhabited, and Governed by a Mdytr^ and Bfjlife, 3. mriftrd-Wt^y feated on a faire River , 10 which kifeth it felf in Milftrd-hdvtHy and on the fide of a HiUs it is a faire Tttmt^ of great refort, and Governed by a M4jtr» a Shtriff^ and a BmH^. 4. St. Dtvids , feated on the Sis-flmt, and on a Prtmtntt- rjy called St. Ddvitls Lukl \ It was once a Citj of good account , and dignifyed with ihtSttoivaArthBiflt^fs but now it is meane. and fmall , having iKxhinj{ to boaft of but a fiir Cahtir*l Dcdi- ao cated to St. Andrtm and Dmrid, nigh to which fbndeth the tifhtft FslLuty and feveral fair Httfet benoging to the Church-men. Nigh onto this fhore are feveral fmoll Ifitty called the Bijhtp and his Cltrhtt^as one being far greater then the reff, and is called Mdmfty iflt^ then SjlimMi iflty Stttkhtlm ///r,&c. And from this frm^ttrnj in a clear day irtUnd may be difcerned. j. Nnrftrty at the JO foot of a high MtumMittf and by the Ri- vet NtvtTHty not far from the Std^ a place of fome note. 6, KilftrrM, feated on the River Ti-vj , chiefly famous for the plentiiulnefs ot Stlmttn taken in the faid River i And 7 Dtgmtchty fcituate alio on the faid River, but more towards the Std, and likewiTc well furniflied with 54/- mti$t. This CtaiUj is divided into 7 Hundreds, 40 in which are 141 rsriflhClmrches ^ and hath J Mdrktt-ttmHs. CARMARDfeNSHIRE. of a fe;- or^a-.. tile Stttty plentUuUy ftored with C-r/r/, l,:;^!'^, in many places well provided of Ceile- fitt , which ferve the Imhtbttamt for Ftmly and is every where well watered with ifivrr/, which pay their Duty to the Std. Its chiefe places are, 1 . Ctrmtrde»yl\\t 'f!,;,'',"" 50 chief 7im» or City of the Shire , and of good antiquity « It is no lefs pleafantly then comrnodiondy feated on the famous and large River Ttvy, not far from its in- flux into the Stty where it hath a good Htvnty known by the name of Ttvj Ht- vim t It is a place of good fbength, fair , and wcU-frequented. a. A'itteel/;, feated commodious enough 'n the Stty with a fiair l/#vM, which now is choaked up,and I i i i therefore ,> 116 The "BRITISH ISLES. t^l.tf ^funmolh tlMt, Mutinitti tlieKfore of no great accoont nor ufe: Ani! .? LUnimthrtfrj, alfo feated on the Kivrr T0VJ, and of lome aaount. Tliis Shire is divided incotf H»ndrtJ$ , in which are 87 Pdhflhcfuirchts , and for the conveniency of tiie Inhthttdntt hath 6 Af4tkitten. SCOTLAND maketh the Nottherae tv part oiCrett Briitsim aad iidifid«il ^^ from Et^lMd by the xhwi litHi and i^> • Stlmtj ) and the Ckrukt Hit$ i ft ex- tcndeth it felf in kogth aboM 4to wmltt% but is of a much difproprotiottable breidih, there being oo place tfo mikt bom ^ 5t4. It is fuppofed to have bteMct^Oed Set^ tidy horn the StHiy ScHtiy or »tjtk, , a Peo' pie of CimuMjy over Vrhofe Northcite JO limits the nane of Stfttid did eamdf thoogh nanv will have it fo caUed from j, ^ seitdy Danghter co an uCffftim Fh*- ^T tdth. TheCoontfcy, accord^ ID the Hi« biutk» of the Fetfle , is divkled into High/ditd and LmldMlj or North aad ^;;:!;J Soeth. The fenlt of th« former live either oa the WeMnCoiftof jMiW, aad are voy radr, a«d htviag tMehof the nature TL 'B%tTlSH ISLES. « NoitheriK tw Uturc and diTpoHtion of the Ttriu^ or miUi Iripis or in the out- //If/, and are utterly barbaroui, and not to be reduced to Civility. The LiwlMiJtrt bordering on the Ead, have muchot the Difptfiii- tfii, Civiliijy LMfingt and Hs^H ot the liit^ii(h\ and aie tnought to be dcfccnd- cd ot the S4x$$s y which is confirmed by the HighUmltrt , who are the true >»7 iLjtt md liKiidajo) from the firft of jV«- vtmSir to the 15th of MMreh\ and from Triitiij Sunday to the firft CtUnjii of /tu- fl»fti And all the time between (as be> mg either Sud-$imt, or M4rvtft-iimt) ic is Vacation. And beddes this CMri there aie in eve- ry Siirtj or C«i$my, inferionr Civil 3t«nd called botn the ItwUHdtrs^md 10 r// of the 5Atrr, or his DtfHij decideth Again. St^Und according to the fcitu- aiion ot iu parts , or Pr0vin(t$, may be divided into two parts, to wit Southward!, and on ihiiflde tner«7t and which made the anticnt Kingdome of the nUi .- And Eaftwardt, Northwards,' and beyond the River Tsy^ and which made theantient Kingdoms of the Satt .• beHdes abun- dance of Iflti lying round about. SCOTLAND ia far more barren then M^gidmtf efpeciaiJy beyond the limits ok the AmM tttmme. TlKir FthiH mh oo» cxcclleni. nor very plentiful: they iuve abundance of F^ and fmUt not much C*ml ■' Their chief Ctmmtdititt are coutfe cUtbst Frtuti^ Fifby Lttul out, F*4»ktrs , Si4'(04lt, Allmi, lr$ii, Stit-fttttr^ Luuktm-€ltlh t Trsiiie-OjU, to C$ntr»virfu$ and L4»-f»itt \ but oft- times there are Appeales to the 5t(imtf or Higher Cmrt «t tmitj. There areliliewirc^ih<'iV4f«r«>i, which they call Ctmmi^ari»i$ , and thefe have to do with EicltfufliCdl Ajfiiresj ilWiUt and Ttfismtnis, Divtretmeiiti,TithtJ,8(C, and the Chief of tbefe 0«r(i is held at EdiMhrgk, The antient Petfle of this Kingdome were (irft the Cddtiii^ and contained the j^^lf'^'' CfMHtrtji, or ShtrtJ ot LttkitH, TfviJJty sTd'iul^. and Mtrtk, Secondly, che SELGOViB', or Countreys of Lidtltfdalty BahdiU. BJ- kfddlttAMMddUf and kUUiUaU, Third- ly, the NOV ANTES, rr JIttrti of Ctlk- vnj, Csnukt, KjUi CmuHtHgLm and Ar- u». Fourthly, the DAM Nil, or \htru of ClmjdtfddU^ Slrivtlii^, lemux, Mt»- T*» mi- Htfi, >n#^» AUkUfitr, feme //<4ri, and 30 if«riand Fift. Fifthly, the CALDE TaUtw, &c. i he Kiiigdmi of ScttUml, like unto , B»fi4Hdt confifteth of a KiMy Mtitliti, Gtmrjitid Ctmmmt\ aodthcfe, with the DONII, or Cumtrn' of Slrtthtrin^ Ar- giUf CdMtirtf Alisitif Lir$Uy Fttih^ AtM, utdAnguii. Sixthly, the VERMIN ES, or fhirttoi JUtrim and Mam Seventh- ly, the TALZALI, or Cmnrtj of j«< JtibtM. Eightly, the VACOMACl,or lire of Ufuht and Mmrrtf. Ninthly, the CANTvE} orConntycs of R»{$ and S«'Afr/W.TcnthIy,the C ATINI,or Oiire at the faid ftfsinu of FtrlitrnM^ there- ^0 o( Catluiufi > AndlaftlyCORNUBn.ar iteth, and Country,orfliireof.Srr4 conftfting oiiFreft- the utmoft Northern Land ot'all Mrit$twf, Thefe partes are again ( according to their Civil Government) divided intuS/frr- r$ffd»mts,Stew4rtit$ tad isiUwith^viz. The COUNTIES or SHERIFF- DOMES of Bdinhtrgh, LjMljtkt, Stt- kirkf R»xkmrgh^ FtUk^ itrwitit, Lsttdrk , Mildew, DMiifrtiit VTigbtMy Am, B»tt, froilind If rhftif. dm, 14 Suu$irsy 7 of tlie C/rr;;, and at jo ArgjU, 7«^r, D»»bartMt, Fertk, CUtk- maoy of the Ltiti ( onto whom was of' tctwards adjoyned the cbsMetUtr, who is the chief, and 5 other Stmamrs') befides as many Adv9csits and Cl«ht$ as the St- nMtmri fee conveoicai. And this was thtttinftitttted by Kioa^^Mfi tbt Fifth , Amf 1 5 ja, after the t^rrne of the Fsrli' mmwtfk Ttti$ : And thefe Sit and Ad« miniftet ^jf/ri every day (except Smt-, mtmmM, Kii$r»$, Fift, Kitesrdm, Ftrfm^ Abtrdint, 9mmffy Blgm, Farm, Nmmi, lKminuiSyCr:'mHmit,OTki$gj md SImUm' ihi STEW ARTIES of MntttiUi , «'-"«• KircudtriihtjStrsb*'^!, and AumuuUk. The BAILYV/ICKS of Kit*, Ctr- ^.^^ vitktaadCii$m$iff''*M^ : aad as to the Ji^- tkfutfiitti {^n-tfumfttf it is divided into two 4ri!^Btlbifri(ktffiz,$,jHdnmt aad eUftt, ' - 'V5iS»- nS THE "BRITISH , ISLES. Loihicn. EdlnVufgh Tktn Ctjwi Thku Cl4(/>i ^^'^^ whom are feveral SuffrtgM Tnus much in briefe,as to the ScH^g- tm, MtSHttudey IfawM, Divifitn^ Fertility, CimmMties Peefle, CcvernmtHt, antient Jfthditants^ &c. of SatUtid. In the next place I (hall treat of its Chief //<«», as they lye in each part, Ctnntrtj, frovmt, or ^irt > and firft with thofe in Lo- thitn. LOTHIEN, which for the fertility of its Utrth, and the civility of its Inhibit 4m is efieemed the flower of all »m Altttm^ and is the Metropolitan City ell this Kinpdome ^ Its Tcituation b hig^ and in a wholfome Aire, and fertile f$Uti, and by reafon of its commodious Htven, called Ltth Hdveuy not above a mile diftant , is a place of good trsJe. This C/Vychitfly conHftethof one/frf^f, which B about a Mile to length . oat of which run many petty firetts and Unet , fo that its Ciicntt may be about i Miles ; which is ftrongly begirt with a Wtii and at the Weft end of the Ciiyisfeated, on the top of a Rock , a fair and ftrong CdfiU , with many Towers which Com- mands the r«i»/> , and is efteemed in a manner impregnable: It belonged once to the Ei^lijh^tM in 9^0 the Setts took it fiYxnthem.wVenoppieired with the 2>«* i»i|ft tjrt»tua. It is adorned vTith many fair Edifices y as wellPnblick as Private, among which is the ftidctol the JT/ji^/.a faire Strn^re : and its private Hn^es are generally faire, lofty^ and built with Free-ftone, and fo well inhabited , that feven Families inhabit in one Houfe: It is dignified with the Cearts of fsulies- turty High Ctms of ftrlimtnty and with an Uieiverfitp As to the CtjHts , Weights and JVm- (mres of Seexluiky I fhall treate of them nere, « being the chief C/fy, and place of trUi in this Kingdome. As to their Cijnes^ note, that 13; d fitrUag makes a Mtrkejot ■ 3)1.4 djetieh. t\ dfirling is ifemk Ntile ■ 20 dfferliMy is to/h.otifettth I. and iojh. ^erliiig is iZ fetttb Mtrktt. Their Weights nfed in Mereh4$dizt is the /I'.of i6nime$y torn of which make the^ J^imsl, or C. and is found to make io Ltmkif X08 It. HdverdHffie. Their Mesfrrtt for length is the Eff , and is about 4 per cent, gteater than the BttiUfhEB, Tneit I/f«U Mte^nrts ace fuch as is iteKl Et^tsstiy bat of a double content j a jp/m being an Ei^UPt Sttm , a quart two quarts, and fo anfwerable. Their Dry Mt«f»re$ are alfo the Came with thofe ufEngUied, but of a bigger content. The next places of note in this (hire, are, i. Usdiiiptitt feated in a wide and broad Plain, a place of good acconnt,and 10 and which the Etitlifh fortified with a deep and large DitOy with other Fertifi- egti$ns. 9. DBHtnTy feared on the Sea- fliore. 3. Mrjkttt. 4. Dslhithf And f. Linlituiut.- TEIFIDALE , that is, the rde by ^<^\\ theKiytrTefie, or TeviMt, adjoyning tc EHgUnd, hath 'for its chief places, 1. Mtxhrg, which gives name to a Terri- tory adjoyning, once a {dace of good >o ftrength } and here it was that King ^Miius the StetndeA Sctilandvizs unfot- toHucly flaii^J^ the breaking of a Cmm- Mw at tlw Siele. a. rnUmrgh . featcd near the confloence oi Che Rivctt Ttii'm and redy a place well inhd>>ted and ^e- quented. 3. teUk .• And 4.- Selt- kirek. - MERCH, fo called as beii^ a iimh ( it is wholly on the GemMtn Oee4»^ and 30 hath for its chief places, i. CtUhghMi, a place of great antiquity for its chafte Nuns. a. HMm. And i.Kelft. LIDDESDALE. a final) terricoty; which takes its name ih>m a River which paileth throogh it ^ its chief place being HurUfu and MtMMkei^ei, ESaCHD ALE, anotber finall Territoty, fo called from a River which paileth thtoagh it , whofe chief place is Jefi- 40 et, EUSDALE, likewife another finall ,^ Territory , alfo fo called from a River which watereth it. ANNANDALE, that is the Vale by the River AmnMitt on which its Month is " feated, AMMddte being ia chief Town. Its next place of note is Uehmththt, ugh onto which is a ftrong Cifitl. NIDBDALE, fo named from the 50 River Kid, which watereth it} and this Territory is of a fertile Soile, and bear- eth good Ctnu\ iu chiet places ate, i. DBtipeisy feated near the mouth of the Rhrer iV«/. between two hills, the chief Town of tnis Territory, and of note for making of vretBen ehthet, a. Stlwtj. a. JMrfM} And 4. Ctrds. P CALLOWAY, fo called of the Irifk who ooce inhabited here) it is much indiited ^he 'BRITISH ISLES. ti9 ; j a Hm an two the toe a bigger his P>ire, widr and cosnt,and id with a ler Ftrtif- 1 the Sea- ith.- And le ride by ^tsinj joyning to (daces, i. to a TenJr :e of good that KiBg / was oofot- g of a CM- rih . felted LtT«t« Trii<( ted and fee- id 4» *''»- ling a iHrtln „„,] for in chafte \.KtU$. „ dl Temcory , , iKivcrwhich fpUce being nallTetritoiy. which pafleth place is Jtfi- aaother finall ,„ from a River is the Vale by , h its Month » ' chief Town. Ctfitl. led frona tne mi. thiti and this [oile, and bear- places are» x. mouth of the .lills, the chirt jnd of note for u, a. SWw-y. Ili^ofthe/wii it is moch iacliitea u ItB. inclined to Hilts, which renders it more fie fbr grtfin^ than tillage ; and the Set, by which it is waAied, anords the inhtbiunts ftoreof Filh : Its chief places are Ktrem- bright, the inoft commodions Port- Tow. on this Coaft. a. Wighttn, a htven- rmn. i'. Cardintfs , a place of great ftrength, as well by nature as art : And 4. Witherne, cmft CARRICKT hath good r»&nrts^ and is well fumiflied with all neceflaries, both from the /<<«s hath for its chief places, i. l>«M/(rit/M,n place ot great ftrength, naving theftrongell Ct^c u all ScttUnd both by nature and art . And a. At-clttjd, ot good anciq':ity. - FeoUs, \n which , l.eCdfs in the/r* by *'«'"' which it is waftied, aie taken good Fiftij it hath for its chief plaic Dunwin, GANTIRE, that is, the LtntdshtdAy Cin.ir.; hath fbr its chief places Ssrin ^ and San- dtl. ALBANIE , or BRAIB-ALBIN is Aib.n, 30 the higheft part of ScotUnd\ and the Ftoflt that inhabit in thefe parts are cal- led the HighUndtrs, which are a kind of rude and Warlike PfA^fc •, It hath for its chief place Enrerkthtt. LORNE , of a foile excellent for Lom.. bearing Btrltj , hath for it chief places 1. DunjUftge, once dignifyed with a houfe of the Kings. 2. Tarhart , where King ^nmts the Fourth ordained a Sheriffs and 40 a ^trtf/ff, 10 adminifter JuRice to the-j, ^.>■ inhtlitdttts of iheoat-Ifles .• and j.ftr- PERTH, a large and fertile conn- p,,.i„ irtjs its chief paces are , i. Ptrch., or St. 3^*/Ei)fiT#»»,a place of good account, being pleafantly feated on the river T*j, and between two Greens, its chief Cliurih is St. Jthns. 2. Dunktlda , dignified by King Dnid with an Efifcoftl fee : JO And j.Stne, feated en the urther fide of the T*j. honoured with the Inauguia- tionof the Scotch Kings, beibre their U- nion to EnrUnd % where now Wt^min- ftt is the plate, and where the Chair in which the Kings were liirmerly Crowned is, which is yet madt ufe of, ATHOL , indifferent fertile , and well clothed with M'i)0/Sf„but infamous for Witches, its chief place is BUirt. Kkkk ANGUIS, Aitiul. 1)0 THE 'BRITISH ISIES. A"pii». ANGUIS, a fertile Ctinttrej, hath for its thief places, i. D$Hdetj feattd at the mouth of the River Tajt a noted and well frequented place by rtifon of its Ptrt ; 2. Brtchin, dignified by Kin" Z>ited ; its chief places •are, i. Strahahajter • 3n<-'' i.Tnnge. ]u thi» Traft arc 3 Prtrntnitrtes , to wit, Vrdehead., of old Beruhtum, a. Dxnfij^ or DuKfcMiajy of old firvtdrum: and 9. Htwburn, of old Orem, » *ind ft miith f«r Scotland. I R E L A :>(ii:). IRELAND is environed on all fides with !the f(a \ it ftandcth Weft of Brittain, and next to it is the biggeft : It 10 i< by fomccalltd iverna, or ^erna 5 but by the Natives Erin , which (ignifieih ""' WeAward, as lying moft We Awards of Enrtfe. The SttU is generally exceed- ing fertile , abounding in great ftore of haitel] but in many places hath unpro- fitable and unwhulfume Marfbet and Btg^i. It hath an Aire fo temperate and good, that it neither breedeth nor futfer- eth any vencmous ieafi.ftrfent^ or infeit so to live, though brought from other Cvmtrtjs. Rut it is ( and hath beeo ) much troubled with Wtlves : It contains inle.;'»th about •40 ju«/«,and in breadth I ao , I' if uate under the lotb or 1 3th cU- mates^ th: longeA day being about itf htnres. It is an ifidnd of great ftrength , at well by natnre is drt, byreafou of its fcituation in fuch dangerous ^^m/, and the fevcral Ftrtifitafitnt and CaftUt that the 30 En^lijh have built fince they were Ma> Atfs of it. In this I fie are feveral great lUvtrt, rhe chief amons which are thofe of *. Shan- ««», being about tfo mues N4vigable,aiMl after its coarfe of aco miles it loTetii it felf in the WeAerne oetam, a. Lif, ^. Slumrf. 4. Atfidafft. 5. Skm : and <*,5/Mrf,&c. And bcfides thefc Jti- vert ;betc are feveral £4i(r/, among which 40 Ltu^h Ernt is the greatcA, being about 3omi!e« in length, and 1% in breadtb, in which are feveral (null ifles. And this , as all ether of iti iakes , arc well Aoted with Fifh. hi mhaiiiants wcre extreaiaely bar- barous, till civilized by the Ei^ltffi j but yet retain feveral of tKeir abfurcTaad ridi- cvkm CuAomcs, The cUifitM Faith was firft here pUnted by St. Fatritk. 50 The Ctnntrtyy or jfUndmty be divided into 4 feveral Frtvinces, which have for* merly beeo fomany Kinidtnns , to wit ULSTER, MUNSTER, CON- NAUGHT, and LEINSTER. And the wrfiole J fie is now divided into 3 a C0nniiet, of whicli 1 fball fpeak when I come to create of each Trtvtmt in which they lie. At CO the StiUf%apui Ctvcrnmei^ of this Aim, I41tl Troz ww» Its cl THE BRITISH tSLSS. all fides VVeft of jgeft : It ''''■"'' 'ttt ; but "> ••< Hgnifieih "^ hvards of ^ exceed- t ftote of ih unpro- r^s and perateaad Dor futfer- /, or »>/«^ om other ath b«co ) It contains 1 in breadth 31 1 ath cU- ; about \6 I ftrength , eafeu ot its :m;, and the la that the ^ were Ma* of ». Sh4»- J^-; ivigablctaml ui«uc<.i it loTeth ic a. Lif, Skmt: Cf' thefc li- ,moi^ which ,^ )cing about ' ••(' H breadth, irt ^''.' And this , '^'• well ftoted this Ifity or KingJtme, it is committed to the cars of 4 Arth-bifhoft , under whom are 19 SuffugM Bi/htps. The TemftrA Government of this King- dome, fincc the £»^//A were Mafters of it, hath mod commonly been by one (u- preame offiter, fent over by the King of EngUnd, and who is called tke LtrdLiew tenant J or Lord Defutj tf ireUtidi and who for Ma j eft J , SUtt and Ptmr is not ^o infetioor to any Ficf-rcj in Chrifieiidtm*. towhofeafliftance there is aPrivy-coun> cil. Theprefent Lord Lituuntnt is the night HtMmrnble and trnelj NchU John Ltrd Roberts, Baieii of Irurt, late L. frivf SeJe. The /.iwrj of this A'M^d'wMf have cor- TC". ref^ndency with thofc of England, and . have likewife their fcveral Courts tjfju' IHee, as the Chaneerjy Commtn- Pleat , *o Kings- bench, Excbefier, Sec, Alfo the Supreme Cmrt of Parliament which :s the chiefs likewife th»y h»:rc fuftices of Peace in every County. The Comnudttiet that this IlUni affor- deth, arc ftorcof CrirrW, with which they furtiifli B' gland, 3S alfo with their Hides , TaHtw, Bnrter, cheefe and WhI, of which they make Cltth , und ffveral Mannfa- limres, as f'"'/", il«,'^'. Mantles, &c. Its JO !«/ yield Jicjt pltiuy or Ctdffh, Her- rings, PiUhers,in^ ot!'C' /f/it»i heir great profit { and in the bnv Is of the Eariii Mines cf Lead, Tin and ireu ^ likewife it prodcceth fcveral other good Commeds' tiet, as Honey, iVax, furs, Salt, Umfe , Linntn-tloth, Pife-ftaves, &c. But it is time to haAc to its Provinces , and firft with Vlfltr. 'V Ufli aiady bar- SM i b« iitd aad tidi- rijtidn Faith Patriik. ly be divided ;; ch have for* c mts, to wit , CON- NSTER divided H«o ftuU fpeak lach Provm* ucrmutnt of this Province of LIlstir. I. The Province of VlSTSR, of a ' large extent , and ditferent So;le , Tome places being fctil::, and otheis barren, which would be uth(;:vvifc if well manu- red . it hath many tliick aiui (hady iVoods, as alio divers \atgeLjka: It hath on the Tooth Meath, auaConnaugh, and on all u- ther partes the Seai It is divded into the Counties of DHnagai,o\ TininneltTyro' en, CoUant, Antrym, Doivne, Louth, Ar- mtgh, Monaghany Cdvon, and Fermanagh , of thefe a word or two, as to their cluefe places, &c. and firft of tjnnagtl, TheCocujtyof DUNAGAL.o: rrx- CONNEL, is Champaine. and walhed by the Sea , which aiTordetii it fcveral Ha- vens % lu chief places are, \, Donegal ^ 40 50 which gives name to the County , it is feated not far trom the rrouth of Logb- Earnt, 2. Derry, ^ London- Derry, a Co- lony of the Citizens of London, a faire » and well-built place. 3. Rohogh: And 4. Calebeg, feated on the Sea, and hatli a commodious Haven .• here are the Pro- montories of Faire Foreland, Rams-head, , and St. Helens-head, as alfo St. Patricks Purgatory. TTROEN, a large Coi. tj , and divi- c^^t < ded by tht Mountains aYitdS Hew G alien, "^v^^ into the upper and lower Tjroen -, its chief places are , i Dungannon, the an- tient refidence of the o Weales. 2. Cleg- her , dignified with iBifheprick. 3. Sire- bant : and 4. Charlemont. In this Coun- ty is the Lake Nemgh, ot a laige ex- tent, well ftored with Fifh. COLRANE, watered with the River ,^^ JiW, which carricth a proud (Ireame nto Luhi«<', tlie Sill , and of note for its breeding of abundance of Salmons •, its chief place gives name to the County : and z.cUn- ctlkil, feated amongft dangerous Boggs, and thick and (hady Wotds. ANTRTM, fcituate between the Bay t„., , ,[ of Knock fergm, logh Nhangh, and the ^"' i»- River Band; Its chief places are, i. Knockfergns , that is the Rock of FirgM , feated on a large Bay, where there is a commodious Port of good llrengcli, well inhabited , and better frequentec* then other places on this Coaft. a. Antrjm .• and i.Nether-Clane-boy. DOfVMS, a large and fertile County , extending itfelf as far as the Sea^ it hath " for its chief places, i. Downe , of g(X)d antiquity, and dignityed with an Epifcepal- fee, as alfo with the Tombe of St. Pa- trick, St. frigid, and St. Ctlumbe. 2. Sirangford, hath a fafe harbour ; and lier^ the River Coyn with a great ftreame lo- feth It felf in the Sea. 3. Argl^u , where, as 'tis faidjSt Patrick founded a Church. 4.C*r«cr, or Conirtth, an Epifcopal-fee. 5, KiMio; and 6. A'//irir;>)r, much an- noyed with f«^i, and full of fVotds. LoUTHy ot 3 fertile Soile, and very ,_^ grateful to tht Husbandman; thisCoun- u."»' ty lyeth beyond Meath, and the mouth of the River Boyne, which turning full upon the Sea, runneth out with a Ihare, much winding towards the Niirth^ Its chief places are, i. TV^^-fjf//. feated near the mouth of the Bejne, which divideth it « over which it hath a Bridge, and where ic hath a commodious Haven \ it is a guod Town, well frequented, and inli.bitcd. a. Dnndalkt^ tmj if n^ The "BRITISH ISLES. i. DUH^dlke on the Ses, where it hath a commodious l''vtn. 3. CtKlitigftrJy a- uothej: PorMtwn oti'ood account, and well frequented. 4. Ardtth^ an in-land- Town o\ feme account: and 5. Lnth. ARMAGH, a County foi fertility, not inferior to any in IreUnd-, its chief pla- ces arc, I. Armagh, feated near the Ri- ver Kalin, an antient (but ruinated) City, (yet) dignifyed with the /« of an Arcb- bilhtp, wlio is Primate of all Ireland. 2. J- ewes : And 3 . MeuHt Norris. M'JNACHAN> hilly, and well clothed M..ueiun ,^.;t|, ,yooj . ,(5 fijjjf place giving name to tiie County, CAION , of fmall account 5 its chief places are Kilrnore, and Caven. The laft County in this Pros 'ice of U/jitr is FERMA.xAGH, a place well clothed with tvotd , and very hoggijhs in 20 the middle whereof is the :4etrt Ligh- £rHf, which is tiic molt famcas ;;nd iar- gil' Ulcere in all Ireland., whici; ''as 'tis faiJ 3 ftietclieth it felt out .'(Onijlc;,, .vhcre- in are feveral f.flet; ;md 11 t\v.':., < eh or Mcert is fucli great fine of i ..i,-ms , Trcuis, and otiier /./^ , f liat they are oft found troublefme to tl.t Iifheimen m breakmg t! cir iVr/J-, avo o. the Banks are fliaciy • ':ods •, Its elm : y "S are Bal- tarbetyind Knit-killtn:' This freviace jo> its del en :c .. faid tu- ba vc about ;^oC.;/?A'J. f» «> tf 0»»l) ef tmi) ,f Trovwce 0/ M u n s i e r . , -.The PrtvinceofMVNSTEs is/jrw, Muiitrt mount4inoi0, we*dy , but in many places Kt. dt' ri- U4 ry, i-Cloml, feated oo the River ShtHr,i well frequented Market-tovMi. A.Carick, (ituate on a Rock. 5. Emely , dignified with an Epifctpal fee, and once a place of good account, well itihabited and fre* quented. 6. TlmrUs : and 7. Tifel LTMERICKE , a fertile Ceuntj^ hath for its chief places , z. Lyt^erieke , the ' y.9 chief of this Ctunty, it is feated in an t/le, which is fo made by the river Shama, which after 60 miles courfe lofeth it fclf in the Ses^ It is Navigable to the very Cityy which niakes it be well frequented; It IS a place of good ftrength, being well fcrtifyed with fValh, and a C4/?/«r, and beaotifyed with a dtkdrtl Church, a fair Stoae- Bridge, and good Buildings, a: Kilmtleck, a well inhabited Town, begirt with a WaU: And 3. Adtre^ once a Town of good account. KERRY, wafhed with the Seas bve- 1 ry medj, and Mo»mmiH*»t, but interlaced with good Valleys > Its chief places jte 1. Dingle, which hath a commodious Port, on the other fide of which is Smer- wi(k ftuHd, a good Road for Shifs. a.' Ardart, an Epifcepaljee ( though none of the beftO And ^.Trayley. DESMOND, a mountainous CcsHty , c.« and well woflied by the Sm, which thruft- ""' eth forth its Armes a good way into the Land, which faid Armes forme 3 ?«♦ montwiet, to wit, thofe of i Sranrh, ly- ing between Bdtimtre and Bantie', aBiy fufficiently well known, for the great ftore of Herrings htit taken, a. ff4r«, being endofed bcrween the Biyesof AMffre and Maire: And 3. C/ii-'ir, lying between \!r;> 30 very fertile j it is bounded on the Eaft 40 the Baycsof A/4/>f and Dingle: Its chief e//(0/4//iA 2 places are, i.Cafile, dignifyed wi'.h an Mpifcifal fee by Eugenins the Third Bi- Ibopof Rtme^ i.Hily-Crefs, onctoi good account having a famous Ahhey, aniTwcIl frequented by /'i/jriVw^, whocame to fee and Worflup a piece ( as was generally fappofed)ot the Htlj-crtfs , whence the C.cuntiey adjoynuig is commonly called the County of the Holy-crefi of Tippera- Kinjale, feated at the mouth of the river Bany, where it hath a good P$rt, and well fortified, 3. Refs, on the Sea, once of good account , and having a good End and Port, which now i\ barred up : And 4. leghak, feated on the River Brtad- ma- ter, at its falling into the Sea , where it h?.th a good Haven, is a place tf good account. THE ^RITiSH ULBS^ wffCv, hath vicke , the f eatea in an ver Shttutty ofeth It felf to the very frequented; i, being well C4/?/«r, and hureh, a fair tiliings. a! "own, bcgut s Su^ isve- <^" .ut interlaceiJ '^" • cf places ite commodious 'hich is SmtT- or Shift. i'. lOUgh none of 7- nous Cotttaj , c.«, which thruft- ""' ■ way into the me 3 frt\ Eraurh, \j- B*nttt, a Bay ie great ftore tttrti being of Utitrt and ying between \gU: Its chief ided by a Ca- f. re 1.1 ,, lying on the (> uiU and tnti '' _ , I . C$rkt-, ', having the a place well pretty trtde^ t with a wtU, th a bridge , fiOftljd. 2. h of the river F#rMndwell St* , once of a good Road ed up : And 'Cr Bread i»>4- (4, where it ace •f good account, aceoaot».1f cU iohabirid^ frequcntiBd, and o^fothe tt;ade : It is encooapifled with a IVdUj and hath for its Chief Magiftrate ,f WATERFO^O* a ple^fant ""d fer- '«.being efteemed th« fccond C") of Irtltmis and is dignify- ed with t he Stt of a j//b/. a . Lunitr- vM, a weU fQCfified Town on the St* , where it hath a good K»»i for ^hip^ which makes it of forae account : And 3. 4rdmtr^ alfo f^ated on the Su. This Province of Mimfitr is faid to have about 60 Ctfiks for its defence. province of Co n n aug ht. .., ./ J. The rnvi9eeo(Ci>NN4UGHT» fH" ( as others are ) is )r«M^ , and full of Btggt t it hath on the EaA the Pro- vince of Utah t on the Sooth Mw^tr $ oa the Weft the Std, where it hath ma« sy coomrodioos B^e/tt, Critks^ and N*» ]0 v^i^iUt Mivtrti and on the North Ul- Jhr, It is divided into the Counties of jittj*^ Sltgt, CdlUmji <:Urt or 7w«- m$iid, xifutmM, and Ltftja^ | of which la order. jtf^^o, a pisafant and fertile CMivy, and well ftored with C4fffl and Ditrt^ hfth ht iti chief placet itf4}«, BtUmtre, viilinms and here is the take Xff^ Mtsit oik urge extaitj and well fla 40 withjr/i. . $LB90, P^jUd in twain by th ver 5itf) It is tCooAinnr that .a tich r*(imtt$y hreedeth abundanc a( Ciuttl^ and waihed by ^ke St$ s ^n aflbrdcth ^he M'^^mM- gpod pe^ty oC /lill. luchfff place ^ei t' lac nwe with the County, and ii i con the t hatb,a cfl«uuodiO«i with a great Prmmtitj^ which, at le apptoacheth ihtfei, fo it waieth nar- rower and narrower j It is a Ctunttn well provided of all things} and hatn for its chief places, t.CUret featedon a Creeke, which Aov^ out of the Ri- ver Sk4>iM0>$ , which is in Sonhern bounds ) and where are feveral fmall !fles. 3. BM»r*t of note £0: an urifortunate and great c ^fir*. the |£aft ^ $outh i^itK the ftt which re»gprd^^ ^ijjiWj onthe Weill, with JAMfior Shifit ^ is *^efeQ4e(J witij. » ^9 the PRMtipfs |[ C4#«4if!(J^/ ^ and on the CdfiU. ^ <7>tf£j(0lf^y«r, a fertile CMMi^hotli for Tf%( and tdfinngty and the We^ ftem part is wa^ by t^e^M, whi^K tl^rufteth fotth itirera! armes t us chie» Mces ate, i adtnuf^ al'air,urgc, r4 ftrong Ci^, feated near the ftm 11 : Aft 9f C«ri«j, where it difckargeik it felf vr- tothe Weftcni0rr«i| |i||a9 C4iiiM]L^t ill provide w/jih iToft^t .aifd "" ' by reafoin of its City Dft^fhifUeSfMo^ jig of 41 ,IrfM> » ypy wd|.m»^ J IMbbi.. "34 th'BklTISH ISLES. Witli ftfif/f'/i amdng which are thofe of I. fr/f*/tf,feaiedoh the /«, where, over the narrow Htvtn there flandeth a rock enclofed with a ftrong iV'tl in ftead of a e*fHt^ ferving for a place of defence, a. Ntiv'CtftU, which regardeth the (u , where are the fhelves pf Sand , which they call the f roundly which teach a great way iii length, between which of trtlA»d, I ihali include it under this Citjy as being the chief place of trtf- fiek. The Cmmtditin of this Citj are the produA of the whole Jiri0jdf«/»r, which I nave already treated of. The Ctmmtditits moft vendible here are all forts of Englifh Ccmmoditits^ as alfo thofe of other N*tmf ill Vti, and the more is laid to be about 7 (a- '° Its Cttitts, by reafoo of it being ua thome deep of water. 3. Ht»th , in a manner enc.'ofed with the/r*. 4. ^w- gMl. 5. Md/chidi And tf. 2)«^//>f, the Metropolitan C//jrof this kingdom, of good antiquity; It is pleafantly feated on the RiVer Li/fie, ( which after a der the JurisdiiSion of EngUitd^ carry cotrefpond'rncj^ therewith, and are hfre found, yet in diAindlion of the rest worth are thus found « the Ptani Irifh doth confift of 20 Jh. irijh, yet k ac- counted but for I J Ih.fieritHX, and ihcif Tt'fi f«,. fmall courfe eoiptieth it felf Into the /&///i»f but 9d.fiirtiHg, fed) where it hath a commodious ha- As to their »V/{Ar/ and ATr^/xrw they ven, and hanng on the Eaft a fair and are found to agree with thoie of Mi^- pleafant profpe^ into the/^j on the >° / tt,t.\ tticks fithirh i then the Of r^/4/f- 40 taire In- land /m», well frequented, d«« Chnrtht confecrated to the Udj-Tnni- tj, commonly called Chri^-Chnrehj feat- ed in the midft of the Ciij , iiigh to which is the T*itH-H»U. called Frie- fdUy a fair Stone-building, ia forme quadrangular, and here the M«Mr and Cittitvis af|efii(>le for theordieiing the Aflaires of thf <7//f , as alfo to hte Cdu- fis, aad Iidd StfrtMs. Then a beau nificd with an Bfifttfdl-ftt. and defeod- ed by a O/ffr. a. Mdoi^k, a Market- Town of fome account, being defended by a CdjlU. $. Athie, feated on the Ri- ver #4fr touching the trdde Cooncy; and next Xm. jSUEENSCoUntt . fo cited, m hoaoor of ItMcs Jtf4r7, it is bm a fmaC CtBHty, verv l"kM«[|r, aiid full of f#^/ , Its chiet peaces are, i. /ibujimrh!^i. MkeidH, once a Cityj but at p-cienc oi finall account : And 3 tnthtt. cATEttLOvCH a intilc Ct*ntj , and well clothed with MW( hath for irs dried Sttekfjh, beaten is it were to tlie fiift ffivffthat imbiaced a Collony of Bnglij}), as alfo for the Htrring^-ffhittg. 2. Enifce»it,%\(o feated on the Ktver5/i< »r,aBttfrough,and Incorpor:itc town^and 3. F(rnu , dignified with an Bpijinfal KlllftNNr, a very fertile Ccuuij, and well "raced with tcwnes, among thofeof, I. Kilkennj, feated Farne' Powdei-. J, FARNE. encompaflcd with crag- gy Cliffs , and feated not far diftant horn the liiore of Northumiirltttd. 6. COOyET » not far from the "^""i""' ftiote , hath i plentiful Veine of Su- cth. The HEBRIDES, HEBUDES, or n. h. WESTERNE Mies, becaufe feated in jSii'"— which are thole or, i on the River Nure, a faire and wealthy ao the Weft of S($iUiul,2K io number 44, the chief of which are. I. ILA> about 34 miles long, and itf broi^, plentifully ftored with Ctttclf Heards of Xtd Deere, and Cerne. (IIBW If^. Stirrfit^h ifWHe, far exceeding all other midland Bitrr»»ikt in this ifttnd-- It is divided into the Englijb and the /rr/Sr- itVMt \ the Ettglifh tenced on \he Weft ll ie by a wvj.'/jand defended by a Canity the irijh, IS it were the Suhnrhs^ is of gje.)ter Antiquity , hath in it the Ca- ti.ckes Churchis. and he... v >:il with the <:h ef feat of the fi/ky of (^ery. a. a. TON A, whofe chief place is St- ]»«. due, tai " amous for the Sepulctiers of the StettifhKheii. 3. MULA, about 4; miles bigger then //«; not over fertile, but affordes ThmM ta*at^ feated beneath th? Rivd 30 mines of Lead aad Tim Mull. NtMre, a fmall walled ttpn$\ And 3, c"'- with St*-cMvei. e. RACLYNE. 7. HYRTHA 1 All the reft are fmall, or of no account, being either ftony, and 40 very barren, or elfe inaccefsible, by rea- fonof the Cr4£gj Cliffs \ fothat there is no confiderai>le profit gained by them, neverthclefs tne SMcb bought them of the Nirwtgum with their rea- dy Utntj \ as comidcring them to be (when in the poffefsion of theA'«rmrf- 4»i)fomewhat dangeroost and irouble- fome to theit Kingdome And the teifU in all thefe Ifles, a wdl in Lt>:gi$tgeii \, ';.■ nnd malfle well ftoini with Leid and 50 tthni$»r, refemhiethe irtld infb, and 7ii$>, It 1$ by the lithjhtums called MMKtiasd \ Its chief Town is called hirinpjS., ibrtified with two Cafllts, and cjgnificc' wuh the See of a Sifh*^. a. HETHIE, called by Pt0Umj o* ctm, 3. H€Y 4. SHETl.«iND, Mo under the Sttti^ Dcmmt'.n, feated about a daycs are called Rte^nkes, being a Peifle ut- terly rude and barbarous. The SOR LINGS, fo called by the "' '«r- D»tfk, and by the E»slijh SCILLY* V-/" are fcituate againft the moft Wefterir *"'■>••" Csf* of CtrnhiS , from which they are tbout 34 miles diilatit^ nnd are 145 in nnmber % of which only thefe follow 3M arc of molf cfteeme, to wit, I. ARMATH. « 1)6 THE ^tiriSH ISiES. ■tinsron. eciir. Kufco. St. Ktlltni f.Mutlnt. Arikur. A. Mulct Tit tro- tidfi, fr *• ftkft i:.ARMATH/ a.AGNE6. 3. SAMPSON. 4. SCILLY * which commptcatM inoametotheitft. 5. BREFAR. tf. RUSCO. 7. St. HELLENS. S. St. MARTINS. 9. ARTHUR. And 10. 5r.MARIES. lareeftofaU. and ftrcngthned with a Caflk, caUed Stilt* Mm*, boilt byOscenf/MMlfd* being abont 8 nilcs in conpaft, enjoy- ing a large and conunodions Umhttr. This IflCf aa alfo moft of the reft, are very fmile in ttftwrtt and Ctrttty well fioicd with Cn^tij Swun^Ctimi^ and moft forts of Wui-fmk^ and io the Bowels of the Earth hitb Mines of LtU. Under the nime of the SPORADES 1 cotnprehead fereral Iflands lying flng- ly abont the jWiii/l^ Stu , and firft with) I. MAN • fckuate agaaft the fon- then ysx of Q»mhtrl»»i^ from which it is diftant about as Milcst it is in length JO miles, isA in breadth, where bicadeft, i f i and where narroweft 8 : It is of a fertile foile, abonnding in Wktttt^ and other ffr bringing them S*ky and other neccflaries < and teceivit^ from them Powdred Bitftj Usthtfy WMiytcc. a. Mafii0yWC*fiU' tmmty where, within afinaU Ifle Pope Crigtrj tk* Fmrtttmh inftttntedin £• fif(0f*l fee : And i,i*li'tmt feated OB the roiuh-flde «f ;he Ifle ) «rheni alfoisthe ff^, tbttis die IMlMff , where there is a gamTon kept. This Ifle in the midft is hilly, amoogft which li one called Scitfkly which enlteth it felf above all the others, and on the Somnic of which, in a dear day, « man may difceme iMi'*'^ StttUml, and inlMd. And this ulc bcioogs to 10 the St*tiltjfy Earlesof Da^y wtoarc ftiled Kings of Jr4W. a. JERSEY, aboot 10 inilcs in compais , and is a place of good ^,f:! ftrength , as wdl bv natnre as att^be- **'*^ iag tawed about witn Skthtt and larir* and defended by C4jf/lM| it is of a fertile /m^> and the van by leafon of their rich manuring ic, bearing ftoreof C#w and other Crdtu % and breeding great ao Flocks of Skt^y and other Catut \ it ii ill clothed with ffaad, infieitdof which they uTe for fuel a kud of St»-Wttd i which they aXi Vrtit, which beiiq| dri- ed they bume, anl with tU 4^ they naaure their Land. This Ifle is bkt with a fweet, temperate, and whoUbme 4Wr(.' It huh iir*rifk Ckurtkt , and j„jui] every where fumiAed with conmedwus '"<»• Crfth and B*vt$t % Its chief placet 3° are, i.St.M*U. a. St. jl$*»i 1 Am 3. Sr. BilUijy between which two Ian Ttmitt'a the fafeft Hatbonr in the Ifle, which hath alfo a fmall Ifle belonging to it, fortified with a ftroog Gmijn : and this Town of St. JTiloy is the chief of the tfty where the Cmt$ •ffafUt arekepr. The iiA^^$4mtt of this Ifle are ad* dided to f^Mif , and the Women to 40 make 5>«riisi') which find good vent in EwgUnis and elftwhere. 3. GARNSEY, about 30 miln di- ». / ftantfromf^/fy i is alfo a good Ifle, '^;;^i^ yet not |b4ige not fruitful as Jnfijy ntvfrthele^, for fcveral reafoni , may be preicTted before it, as for ics great- er ftrength, mote commodious H*- VMM, and better rr^Jir, being well fre- quented bv MirehiMii i It hath 10 F*- jQ r^Clmrtktt , the chief of which isSr. ttttrty commodiouHy feared on the faid H*vt»y whicli nukes ic well fre- quented by Mirehtnts; die entry into this Usviu is Rocky, and well fortifi- ed 00 both fides with C*HUty as alfo with Blttk-htufts .whicix at cveiy high- water ate encompafkc] with the St*,wi here ate 6*rr4^eM JiMUun kept to fe- corc it; and is well pxovitieti nith all. forts Tih!* 'Btittijh ljlts\ W ■tit f*i. ing |tttt B » ^ 1 of which bciol^- ^ vrr.tr of which ^ee in j>ir(Hfiurtl And bcfl(fcs theTe iftti there n^ iv' vers othetf which may n6t fo property be ranged under thofe 4 heads atorefiiid, and fuch are thofe of^ i. LmAij^ ^''^' feated over againft z>r««tf*/&frr, about a miles in leiqgth , and as much in breadthp very fertile, and flrong, whofe chief place bearn the fame name. a. CHALDEY. And J. DENNOY, all in the St- verntSia, AlfoSHEpPEY, and THANET, 5^, near A'Mr, which 1 have already treated ihmti.' of in my Defcription of Kents And Iaftly,HOLY-FARNE,and COCKEY Ho;j.f.,„. on the Coaft of Nottbumbertand, which ^o"")- being of no account I omit. As to the Ctjnts^ Weights and Idea- Childcfa Dcnnoy, of which this is a part, and from which ^o jgrts of thefe Iflands , b«ing the fame it is divided by a narrow paflige ) the Ifte is about 30 miles in length, and la in breadth t It is of great ftrength, at well by reafon of its fdtnation afttong craggy rtcki, as by the Art and Induftry of :tV;>iA4*»f«»i,byiheir F$\Uficati»ns and CaflUs, among which are thofe at Tarmtmh., Cmis, and Sandhtad on the 5m t and within land that oi Carithnke (the fad Piifonof King chm^hs the Firfi 3° *r4, and carry great Fe^els ftr into the ot ever blefted Memory ) where there Land \ and uicn are the Thames , the with thofe of England. or StrtUnd^an- der whofe obedience they are , I think ic anneccflfary to name, having fo large- ly treated of them aheady. But before we leave the Srittifh Ifles, n, ,» ^ let us give a glance upon its chief Rt- " vers y of which there are but few of any long courfe, vet fome do with large Mouthes disburtneo themfelves into the BiUutn. is a Uagaiint of J 0000 Armts The Sitle is very fertile and grateful to the HastandsHjH lioth in Cerne and Pafinrage, which oreeds jlure of Shctp and Catttl $ here is alfo great pkmty . SEVERNH, ^ ts in the Wefteroe part of England, ta- imi king its begining in the middle of the Principality of WWw, at the foot of the famous Plinilinmun /><'.''« ) its couife makes almoft the 3 quarters of a cir- . . de, pafles by Sbrewshnrj, Wmefiir and eUtefiery and disburthens it felf into the Sea, between the Frincifality of WaUf^ hyiCafiU. 2. Srading^i good hittket ^o Carnmall and Devenjhire j Its mouth Town. 4. Sharfntre ; And 5. New ton. This Ifle, as to its civil Government, is under the jurisdi&ion of Hamflhin% but, as to Bctleftafiifal jffairejyWMtt the Bifbtfrick of WintbefUr. 5. Fartland, a fmall Ifle, of about 7 miles compais , adjoyning uow to the County of Dtrftt, to which it is parts makes the greateft Co^fe in England , and reguards Ireland. HUMBER is u„ only a Golte made by two iiversy the ""■*«'• Onte and the Trent ■ The OUSE is o»ri called at the beginning Ure, pafles by r«i(, and receives aU the Rivets of this County, which is the greateft of EngUiul. TRENT hath its Springs ^^,^ aboot the middle of EngUtidt receives M m ro m many n« Tite »itt^ Ifit: nutty Aivffv, mil ofon^ or MK ftr from JKtitiitiim, LimtiMy and otbm. ThRcaic no giCK Jtrvffi acitlKr ki StttLmdt nor irrisMd, bat chcchief in ah«T» sttiUad is ihff TAY, whith dhridn "'"""^ che Kingdoine id twopMci, the one called that on this fidr, the other that beyond the r«y ) Aknmkjt the ami- ent Rcfidencc of the HUM, Is near to to its mouth. The SHANNON in lirtW oakei lUvrrShim more thao haife its cootfr in divers Lskit mi Otlfit f itbctiminthenoi vince of Ctmmgki, whkh it dividei a little after from jUn^it, and after from Mttmfkr: JiUh a t CHj fcated on the middle of its ooufi^ andclirvnot far ftomlis month. Mi^UtdhtA force anyconfidcrable Isktf bat StMtmlmd trtUiidtauif. And tfam ranch for the f r*f^ Ififs, A K^gJon jr\ou,tA4t i\ rrtvsHet Europe. H? . n* ' '■ The £^2). Ahtf-4vu miun, litmiok \lUnUt% ». lio* LlviJyi. iiiM. ADRIATIQMB 11 Ml. r 4lb >U «7 5« 139 •«• 4^ •l 59 •|i 1)6 4« <4 » »»» '!* I9»,i. T( 0«l'4 .«. Bctliiai ii. level 'jbJ. isV 57 16 \\f, level 'jbJ. 1)1 Htvcrlfr, Si J(v(rj-Hav(ii. tf«,£T fcal^cy. 119 Bwc:!. ■ at BicUJczccu. 17 Oirlki. Ike.nborf. "9 Bliturrt, BitbM. 61 39 101 Birtput. JJ iilax. tfi Bi^tft-f^nU'i- )4 B/oik''*'^*'- 9 W<. X9 Bliiuii. Ill S/jv«. << B/iik. J' ICj 111 09 7«« Jt •if l)o '>» 5« It <>4 17 ' ? "J 1 11 "'7 II* SO ai 4< i> >M 7« 4< «» *4 119 l>6 li» ■»l -SS > 9 16 »9 up 5ft ■>%, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) m /. Z/i 1.0 1 1.1 *^|21 125 »^ 1^ 12.2 S Hi ■— 2.0 u m 1 '■2^ II '-^ 1 1.6 M 6" ► <^ 72 '^Z ^^ '/ Photographic Sciences Corporation 33 WBT MAIN STREIT WIBSTU.N.Y. 14SM (716)t72-4S03 1 rj A TABI.E. Bati«. B«ioMr Bodum. BOHBMIA. Bolugni. Bologncle. Mun. BtMJM/. ttntvauo. iniftdt. B*»nt. B»rj». Bifio. Botnholow. B*/J. Bomb. fi«/l«ll. Btfvf'iA. Btv/*e>. Btur^fATx. Bcvrjf. Buu' gundy. h$went. t»j'c. BralMn', MrtUing. 8r<{4. trtiltrkm. trdmff* B'tni^enlK ur j. B'M^k"/'/. BrjyZlW. Biiiiii BrnMii. Brrd^Mcfc B'KkiNcMiIrc. BfM(4. Br«int(r': BM6r. trtint. Brini* tnvlffi. tremUlum. hnfttU: tttfltm. arcft. Brcllin. trtfii*. MnftM 9rtll. Brhnftn, Brhnlonno!i. hrtUiti. ■rim. Wriftt. Btiiunoj. WlTTlSH ISLES- Srivr. triwtM. BrKl^xi. •r«|". ■r«iM«. Branfaick. Bf.'jTdcf. B^itfti. Barf^iafbM. BuckfaitliHiAiiA Built. BK^ohan. ■«/«. Bw. B«>urii. BiiiMcw. BMboo. «6 Bw^Mr/t. l7 B«r|M. 110 Borgundjr. 8 1 Bi(r »> I> *9 »7 }> »9 7 •• M4 tit «M «»J •»9 «J» •«9 19 •f 49 «l» "» »»f ■If 4Calw>e- 11} CwbmW*. ii}Oan*|i. 10 C«M. If C f a i m. 90 C i * < «w o h , i}» C*^^*. ^ C«ill||r«t. fl CoMMIIglk 4$ Cm/tmm. |i C«4baiJ»^k 4 root. •7 CiMktfn. f p CtftrM. 9 Cwjwt. 1 14 C«rM(l> i|o Or^U . tmttM, '■ Corfiw. 119 Cotfii. i}t CtHm, 1* Cwta' •I ««9 If *7 %i <}il)l »» J< I< . 5< 57 III •Of iitf «i III III 119 lOf 10} 49 III I4 C«riHf. C«rMi«. CmimiU.- . C«rML ,. CtrMMA I]7 Corfict. Cw/rwr. C*l«MM, C i / ii^ia. Cmf*m. Cmm/ImM. CMMirff. C«»lrt<((. C«WM. Cr««». Ohu Cftmift. CrMMM. CiMW. Crr/l. OiOHit. QnmUdC flVv*tMi 7,. f f^^M. 110 Cmtut, •1 c«iW4i i, 4ipw^ le CattmiiA. ti CaUttt. ■ I ri^iiliaJ. l»9 CMahgbok fl «¥«. in'CimUMiJ; 1,1 Onab.. 71 1 Cunolo. fSjCin*. <4 D. «4 T-VACU. 1" laU^*' ||t ArfM. ii, oyMdft ii,;Oin/mi«a. (I7IDMM Pmtfmi. Ornmmb. 46 f iit.DwIpMM. •*•• St. •If «*• *l »• n IB M f« t: nl ■ ■ n, ffi«7.nj 19 u «lf 66 • 18 I 4( fo 47 «J» JMJk. IMm, fftahif^ ■ Mfcial !■■ MNiMBKB. MMMjr. DranBtat. Dhmml JMtd». DioaKb. Dobitin. Dtptttlu. i}i >i 10) 4t < 3' ti ,»' »» »7 3« »» IM IIO l>« 7>< » Of I l| IMl "*l "I <(| ml "I III "I *l 411 "*1 Ml] *l\ in I >}>l "*l m >'[ *> '•'I "I lol ^*\ of "> ti\ IWbM. VtmftHU. D$mli/TtM, StuAtr. Docli Vtmiflti, Ptn* DxMdiiic: Vnirr. Vmglu. Vnthtj. Br.#M. tnfiin. VMtwitb. Ih}b*n. DubJin. VhUi. Omnttfr. Cuiuul. PmUiiar. l>nljr. rmiriwit, Pmiar. Vntfnii. Cmgdmma. DfttniM. Riahprt*. DlDlltflM. AanMa. Bvtxx*. Durham. VofiMrt. Dmbfid. AnrWa. D»liic. I>rM. EAtT-ANC BAIT MrI BA«T*SaXO} IBs.' ittWfMw; biMfc ' f». bfcnnoii. !■%. tmllmn. lufa. ■NGLANa Km. ■mtImIm. "' fUclifonh: A TABLE. >]> ■ '* I . >o* ■ <* I < ■ '' ■ '* I • t *r ■ *» ■ '^ I t. }' ■ *» ■ t. •>. ■ , IM ■ «. »i ■ Mr ■ 7(.77 ■ k' l| 1 H «♦ J« M 4« 9- mi. ?t / III \. l«l 4 ir JBftriS. IT «». M to iimi. »H «N>. •»> ,»»» i4; »» .• $■ lo. }« 7< U lCIA. II )tf ikkt: III «i«a. i>( t. f irH mjm: •« tkuu. »f f- »lf mi. Ul : •» III m^ «l« p. it ■Mn« ill I, V tf RUL «i uHM- ♦? V* "I« If 44 mdk to tin. 7* KB. M tfitmpti. J«l Geiiei,«r'(3«noiit: . '4 HirlrcK Iioinbct. » EAKMofilMCIiarcborAiiw. ae] Q«Mra. •1 HtrlfMi. P,mi*vii*: jr 4'ii«iihitc; ■ IS F. GlamorganihifCi 116 Htutlbtrg. Birr. tfl p.#/iw(«r*«M(l. !«l« Oiituolliitl. - 1)1 HiurtdtQrutl Pn«r. lol if GItris. 48 Hi,. PtiifrM. 119 Almttk! 110 GlaTiiuo. ! "9 H■ 7° Ittdingfrti. Pf.(^«. 7« ti, 1} aiMfiir. '110 Htfrft. UMwitlr. lie fM*. ai aiocefltriUtc^ ■ 110 HtUtlhtrgt, Pf7/i*»> 111 Fm. 7 Ohgiu. 70 Helen*. Dublin. 1 |}>>I4 Firnr. - Ml OhcKittL 7 s HllmftU. VhI*>- l]< Wtrthtm. aoi GuimtMtktJItt, • > 117 Hri^iBhiri*. Pmnttjr. •lo tittri. «7 OtUe. 69 Uetfingt. DuiU)(ii. 1)1 iFcltrtn. 119 FcflicMlj. •7 *9 Gotland. 7' H<(^ii«f<. t),lt Htnky. I DMhir. Ill Ferdcn. 7» Goniogeti. 71 H(r«/r4. Prt»rim>. »tf Rmiinjueh. «J» OtuiaiHt. 71 Ktnftrl D.siJ4«- I|t F(-n(nii. 49 0*mtf. GfUiffi*. 81 ' Hercfar.f(Mre. PMi«r. 1)0 ttm*. ai <9 Hirmtfui. V»»frti*. Ill V«fa*/. >l> atitct. GrmSa. 6f Hern$(*ni. v*H*»m. 1)1 iitfr«r«. SI I I ntrtftri. 1)1 rirfmft. ai OroifeMi. *'9 Hcnrirdihirc. IM Fnwr. »J» UtttttUnt. Ortvti-EtU. 61 \ VttwtTi. PiiSrrt.. «i fifu 119 •': 101 Htthie. III FioKra. ll.ll GREECE. ' )7 H«y. l)o >iM(i. l^ CtttMt. 18 . Hfonee. Pi*/ii*7' >I4 Fln^JlmJ. M Grfmitb. 101 Hi(^(i«f. PMjUMr. «I7 riH , Hi^ood. Pw Hiolne. Ptftltrt.' ]( rum. «M Griflbns. :.. «« Virtini. DuMMrif. «4 Ftintftirr. i»l GriBi. ,, 51 Hiilrii. DunlaiKl. ritrnut. tltfiiH- • 1 QrofDingur.' Gtiiwnhii^cn. :^ 71 Witching. H/lfc. Do lac. >» F.h. 51 Gm^4/i;im(. 1 Hotre. BTM* 17 It^nUm. 119 SurU 7 Wttkl,, tht Hir<. Htd/iti. ^^ t. §tntttM*. 1 GiuRclii. |s 17 Arr-ANGLE«. tlBAITMRATa 10) virdn , l)o GucMcn.; «4 Hob.-. •14 ntfsx. IJO Gumt. »» F./M- * ■ tA«T-$AXON$. lot nttx- l» QaiftitU 101 lUUk'r. Ikb*. ll FonnenttTi. 10 JO HOLLAND. sgt*^ 111 Httt. 1)0 Q<.Ukrfi»dt. 80 H«/iaf. t *,y. 110 QmmiUiui. 67 Holmlhm*. liSoli^ ffktin*. 31 Guftt- «9 Huly.Croii, j£L 70 FIANCl. 5» Quitnnc. »■ HolT-Fimc. MffMtM- ll< frmi^mt. «i7l 7«or cttmun. ll HnU UhM. f9,niii|w. as Htilh$n. <7 Hum. MMwifc *' Hab«ninl. 71 HUNGARIA. E«iv. l|» G. lUlindu. 8; , Hsiiinjiia. EaiftMin. '}! \ Gi'ticlt. 118 Hiite. ■ «7 HuntingioiiUiirck liSfi. 4J 19 nmifta. 114 H»ttin. INGLANa 9e i liMilMft. )s Hmnfmiih. 7».8o Hytibi. Km. ic 1 aauurit. lOf m9ftn9HttS$ iij 1 04Ui|mU- a9t)9' HiaiiKva. . «»9 III. •i ) Oiiiowir. Isl>l)) HiMM. <4 I lKr«ii«(J#fr(. M t a«lir. « » tUriirwitll, *\ >'^'J(- ^,„^ >»♦ «f ll« «r i»r Hf lOf 66 lOJ *<» y« j» 114 «? i?f 80 4» u «r 8s 119,11a 4* 111 11* it 109 109 «7 »lf 7a 117 8( 81 8t If >o» lot 81 117 109 M Is 81 e4.i» lat 7I180 »l» •17 114 •7 Vt It 114 ts 9 li« lit "7 I'T 8t •II 9 4« JO l"f It IC iif In*. A TABLE, Jtvt. UTii, fl. IVluf,. Ugaifiti. Innirliikt/. Ujfurth. ynvirnet. Jonjr. JONIAN in«. J«r». Iffnhb, IRbLAND. Ifchh. IfnhuiTg. ine sf Vrinn. ifiingitn. ITALY. ITALIAN ia<>. Julicri. JutUnd. K Atiich. KiUt. tSjt»itnicc. Kt'Um.nit. tifnfti*. KtlH. Kerry. K'-ftcvcn. KUmcttf. Kilitic. JUte«vj«. Kile. Kf'i*- Killktnnr. fU/>Hrr. Kitwlt*. Kin6»il*l. JCini. Kingl-Couni/. !(/••«• XiKIf*. tOrh-Mtrifdt. tffntH bfigftt, KfUing. Knuf*. Kjtmf. Ldncsjltf. Lt»ii. Uniiff. Ltnifptrt. LtngUnt ItMgtI. Ltn^ucdocli. Ltnimhftjtj. Lsnric. Lip'ind, Lirgit. Ltrifft. tun, Livil. Ltuhtifi. Ltuffiniturg' Ldunptn. Lsufdiu. Lswenbourg, Ltttit UStutt, tit. Luis. 1 1 Gnu. ( ticcjttr. Leiceftctflii{f> Lcige. Itigh. Liigtlhg. Lcinfter. ( tirU. Ltmnn. Ltnciti. IcniliOi Lcnncx. L«on. Lttntiami Leopolii. Ltf4tt$. Lt euf. LirUd. ti[t». Lcfiiu. LctLinctt Liiiim. LeviiTi. Uriti. LtuvtritH, Itmti. ItjUK. LitbftU LiajcQiIc. LignJ. tigHtX. Ligirnt, Ljilinii. Li^utian Ifldi LiUi. _ Limboure, lif'Liiru I ) ( I Limtuu iiSiLimoun. i}t|Liii^i>. i|i 1 Liattlnt. ii Llncolnlhire. 71 7^ «7 >n tf «9 130 69 Ijo »r> 50 ^6 130 }« 66 H loj II »9 «4 79 76 81 77 8j 318 «7 116 tc6 101 M» II 118 66 no IM "J4 'JO •»J 119 MJ J« MJ •JJ «1» M« •?• M' »'7 «7 •»> JJJ «M »»» litf «W IK Linc$tin. K}el. 71, «o Kjh'n. "J I^nltlh, IjO Kj,w. 77 L. T A Btiiiw. 1 ftutttmm. J« 4< I « Ctmitt. »« tt H»lmi. •l l..i.a\. tf) lAiuL • } Umittk. IC| Itmigt. 7 I« AiMr. 61 tHtt^rr, III Linctfliirc. 114 60 Liftn. LIppe. Ltia: LUK. L/ll»r*N<«. LITHUANIA. Unhptn. LIvonii. Ittlmthdit. Look. L«tfi^. ttmittrg. Lonbtfay* Loidiy. 114] LimAi. ii< Loiiiubna. L«rAM. Locnc. LornliM. Lothieiik L*v«iiir. ttvtt. Louth. LowCCUTREYl Lilt th. LuUiB. LuMmc' Lhcwk. Luiuw. tugt. luls. LwiiM. Luneboiu^' Lufifit. Ln/tc lufM. LiitmHrtK tjig,. Ljautkk. Ljna. Lyoonoif, L;»>. Actdonii. 70 ?• .«» f »»> 117 >»? 4« 4< 16 69 67 110 f'tlUgtt. 9 MtUM. }g ii«t TI MlUMffii tl,Mali(|>iM. »H '*««««• 49 iMSi}' 19 7}.»o 7< »7 <8 «7 It* •o.lj 7» 70 s* III «i •ja «04 5» I* 4f «o 111 lot I» I» •14 ')i 10 S4 Mtutg, Mvgitil. Migil*f*Uh Mtijt*m. MUrtf. M«l(di. M(M(t Mnain^KfM. Mcnti. Mcnieith. Mirtid. Mtfcfc. MrrMtMM. M>r7iJ. MtrionethMfC. Mcrob. Mtrvtitb. HiftU MthimL Mtikinb. Mntia. Mnt. MiMM. MUdlcbMirg, Middlcbs. Migdsai*. MiMm. Millm. Mllo. MiA*». MINORCA Iflc. Miw*. Mirmtala. Mi/fM. Mi/tyiM. Milnii. Mfann. Modcni. Utiu. 114 MaUlfid 10$ M«tf«r. 11 McUw. • MMMt't. Ill Mofughio. II) MMUl$»Mii$, l)i Hfftrl }i M«aaMi*. iif Monmomlilbufr »f Mini » }< Mm/imW. 119 Mont trrai. 4I ' Montalbca. 19 Monic 4« Monte Chrino. at.MMiMci;. t Mtm-r,Uur. Hitt»n/Utrs. ST I MoKroli. MfW -^. .4i!{c;^ M »mg »mirf. MM|nm!rjf.UUK, M««M-«(*. i}o|Mw«-jrtrrA. 117 Mm'ii. 19 MtmiKt. mlMoigo. ml I3>l f MtiiM i<( Hiiftftl, MtiiMtlU»u, •r 17 46 41 XT Amfi,). I\ Njffluu 7f Njw;. *o HMt!. 7a SuMith. NAl'tEJ, 4 Njrtorc. Xirii». 7 Nfvi. H^J'ii. •It ^ffe. << Njvj'. 1 Kttih. "4 Ngriiponf.-. •}* Neniii. (1 StpnUs. 1. titrii. ■ )• Hilbtr CUntit 7« Xrvtrt. mflit. 19. 6| Xcwbetrj, 4i Kitl>ifg. ■>i KMii. Nti»-C4i1tt. XCD-Hdlljdl. 4( r.» Au,a f.f/"f/. 77 )a Xtb$rg. Mkirg. 4y Hi». <7 7| Ulit'trM. nk;.. 17 •'. 41 N- Jiidale. XlC'buvrg, Hlt»m»/ijtcr. Kv;ldd. ii Hir^ Situftrl. 'U li'kni'i- 51 Niu. (1 NUinowisorcJ. ■it Kfmt. ( Sil-ui. Niwrnoii. IVt/j. ■M Mot*. *l. Ktttt,,!,. Nifcrra. it ft N»r«/'j. • Nuffolke. Vmlinikt. Nomundy. Norlftiinprajt. Nmtunipiondiir 4 '>4 II* Hi!ih-Juibn<). NorThumhcilirht NORTHlIMB Htrlbmich. '1 Ml 7a NOIIWAY. VtrmUb. Ntiiiit^tiar. loa Hjttfn^mfliite HnigrjU. tirjigrii. 114 NiJUgtOJtlli. Hmuniu. Hnftmbfrt. fhl7 14 Vtllrt. If 0. r^BJorlt. Ijf OlXMfll. 71 oint. t Otfd. Okthim. OJtnbfg. Olilenbuuig. VUiix.ie. M«. A TABLE. 46 41 it 7a 'j 19 «y "» 7 •Jt << I "4 Ha tt »« !• *t « W I 51 10, "i 4( «7 •l *» •a 77 Si 7t 77 'I '» 41 u 51 H < «u "I 'J II '4 1» H '^ ><• 'I Ml 7o lo» «# f( i; ffil7 ■ 4 * i( 71 *f «!• « N. NAmfi.1. NjKicur. Nirbonc. Hfvi- »//'■ H gropont-. Neniar.i. Siiftlii. Httti. Hilbti CUntbtj. Sivirt. Siujtit, Xtiihctrf. tliahutg. {lt»-CiiiU. xm-HMJtH. r» J>Ui({t. Xttflri. .Tnt. f.r/r/. NJfc/rJ. >!• giidale. (Dldimiii/trr. K»',fii Niu. Ni(ino»o30rcJ. Hftns. Nt/iuf NiKrncii. Mel: Nw«rj. K«rii«. Nminlkf. Notmjniiy. Noriliiiiiptiii. HmhimpiLinAiiic Miiill-JutbnJ. NotthumhciUiuL NORTHHMB N«rrlnricl). NOHWAY. htrmUh. htti in/,k*m. Hxiin'^mdliiC. Nntjrxt. Hrjigrii. N iTugroJcik. Hmuniii. Vartmittt- V,p,t. O. OBJoric. Orfc*. i»t rj- 0)>lcnbuu 56 if 111 <»)l»4 'H.'J4 II«,1J4 14 «9 104 • M.M7 ««4 »3 70 «J «J •i >9 49 Ilk 67 80 8a «4 6< «} JO 58 »« 56 :| Iflct. Oilc«nuij. Otl(tn$, Or»il\. Ortei. dr-jicn. Offl. opirhtlmc- Oflh. ODinRi. Ofmejhc. Olrtnii, Otiirtutm. Ovc(tl. Ovitdo. Ounilt. Oitfui. OtfaiAtUc. P. 70 47 66 59 1;. }< «J* 5< 5« 71 80' Pikoping. ;«• 49 Riibrntnl PAdoum. Paliiianeof ihcRhint.tfj 110 16 5" PilltlM. ' V> Ptliltrist. *} PaliaTima. }i PiUMf. 46 Ftlmtl» mvi* '7 f i/a arrj. >• Ftmftttiu, 5 r.Vi. J4 tirtl\*. '7 Pifio. 49 fjrri/. 5 J •"irml. >° Pi/J«. «9 rtlrl»llt». •>) PiU. J« P«ii. >4 Pcblb. «»« 1 Pclagniri. 50 loj r»(/i. 4* 67 Pcloponcfut. 47 n'.rmntili- '*' 118 P«nib«xkihi[(. I If n8lf««fi»K •'< 8ilP(r4. 39 u6l Fetch. «»9 fS.iii|Hcfche. »7 ltiii>(r^<. 4* 84 Pe.soU- 49 tcj Ik'ttijjoiy. 57 119 Pttinuiitx. 17 I ly I'cimie. 9^ )4 ftrfiniil. f9 }| fiTUjU. »1 1 7 89 Pcrulm. *i 4lP i 8} I PtU Si I POLAND. 11 1 Polonii. 90 P»Ufc\lt 111' f omcranii. 1 / rofflonii. 116 PtlU-M-AftftM. 66 PttiifriS. «4 Pill- 0/ ft. 1 P*»lt. ll« Ftruttgrr. }4 PuKbmik. 119 Potiland. i>9 Ptrt-lu»j. Pnt-MAtu. Ptm. Pttt» ftrttft. PatK-LtifaM. raria-fMkia PORTUGAL. Ftttufnu Poriu. ra(««. ?*<(«/. Pttgntt. PrtJItiMt. Pnftt. Prcft*!. Prtvi\*. Pra/Iil/i. PiovaiKc, Print) Ptuflif. Pujii. PutMf. Qi QUceni-lown. uccru-Couui]' 46 j Kitti, at «'.?■«• 11 K;.J<2 70 I Kinlini. 16 I RiniOcic. }i R/-t»;''«. 87 R'p.n. f,:o K/;foi. 47 Roane. 110 Hobosih. 761 f acWi.'c. |a!Ki)..lY/. }6 Rmrt'er. 56 KotliHt. Si K«.(«t 17 R"iiia14 55 111 7 III >»i97 110 u Sr. //.I. loj St. Iiihajhtttiile. 103, 11) St. Ithi-bj). II S< /i/c<. 87 St. K- '•''»* li8|St. A1-ii\ II I St. Mj/di. «i S:. M.ircc/.''il. 81 1 Si, Mir/e/. S-. Mjrt/ifi. Si. Miiirj. St Micluel. Si. tictJt. St. Niib./if. Sr. ! iiUf. M. ViUii. $1. Pclfrn. St.Pccr'Pittitnony. 11. M.J^uiiuin Roiiijiiijut'iiiJ I htKC. ]!i|s.'. StljViiili. i^iintarMtjb. i»i jhiiafM E( (<<(«• 14 R. n Aclil. IN Rk ync. 49 M» UMiur. 114 Rtdnafriit. 124 Mtmfi€tl. i«i tMiirfn. • 1 ILMtli. •} tuilttlk. ♦9 Rivi. 7« Riv]4 UliMI. f< MtllM. if Khnm: J* UitiftU. *n Ubiffriitn. »? Rowjiij. 58 R«ni(. ij Rocomjn. I 5 Rtfirnii. 77 Ke/i'. ii<,i}i RiJilc. I JO Ro'ifr«w. Ro/imili. R»lltn/i/. Rtilro. Retf/j/. 10 R«if;/. l| RM.'rrijw, }1 Rovcrj^uc. i:i)« R*vi{i>. }l Rouli lun. 6 Rtx/t;ir,j;. 7 R»;/lciI. 76 RvliicJtJ. II 7 RitmftiJ. 18 RiumV' 7a Kknm)»J. 114 Rofco. tt RuaiiNi,;rj. IK KuJIit. 46 H mil/ It. j6 Riii;^»;' f trrwiiar;. 9' 71 150 114 150 >-9 «i *5 5« 17 •9 li» 1.9 y io{ 101 64 .j6 76 I {6 1-! 8» 118 11 }« J« 57 $7 5 19 61 III 4S J* 77 50 'I! 5* 139 100 5 «"4 •»9, no H7 M 1)6 54 5« l}< 1« «9 "«7 89 « 3+ J >S M 71 81 . r9 «J 8, 6S 81 50 ijo so «f 66 6, 81 10.; 1:29 51 Shfopfliite. Sicily. Siatille. . Sitn*i. 58 SiUijlcr. ii(' Silclia. if f/lllM. Ic4 Sipl-ino. Ij6 iirtcuJA. 1)1 Sitad. ij4 firfXiV t Siinj. { I. -9 1 16 ?7 46 4< 3T J9 to la ♦ 47 ««4 I0| lit 7« i» »?7 •"4 loiiijy 111,114 «i« tia »i> 49 t6 III 70 7 49 }» 76 6» A table: 'i < 1 Sutherliod. 1)0 tttvigi. M^SHtti. »} Trtutrdrttb. tintn. 68 siatt*c*Ufitli. 1*0 ttiit*. tiuinhinu. l»3 : SwMJtf. ll( Trim SKYH. 11} 'SWEDEN. 8{,l< Ttivtli. i}T Kwi*. 119 Trodenhnfti StO'tlfn. i}0 Switi. 69 tt^i. ttH'i- St 'SwiiMtUnda 61 Ttoogilc. StMt. l}4 StMU. it Ttitttm. Slego, 1]} Sjitrli. *9 n*fet. Slewiclr. 8o S>cl«dri. 49 tmr*. Smiktti. 71 Stdtit-aft*. 46 Ttytu Snvilc'iiko. 9° TuiingHt. Stiffont. $5 T. TlidtiA. Sftu'M. «3 tulfikurj' flint. ti TUk Solournc. III TjI». Stlwtf. 1:1 Tutitt, M Tmbriigf, Somerrclhiw. 110 Kirj*t«. »9 THtint. t»rA». 70 Tiftirl. 119 Tiiiin;ii. SORLINCiS lOn. l}f Tilrto. Jl URKEY. Scvibij. 67 Ttmtwm. :l ruf»g'. sntfumpttn. Ill irnitiiifft. 1.101 l3ik. 37 tuj. SOUlH.^AX0N JO Tt-it. 109 r/ .jikni. • 7 tmiiunhtm. SOUTH WALKS .114 74Nii«a. ••> 1 TwomoiKi, ffiithwjrkf. 101 Tcihdi.c. «»• Dclxtfctf . SPAINB. irmt/. >M Irrconcl. tpaUlt. jtlTcno. 49 Tyrotn. tptlii»i. «i9!r»'«(/«i(iii. •7 11. SfifU. 4 ,r(ri«*/r. «« X 7Alii«. tpint. <4 Iciiatii Li«oro. If V Vilxjuli. Sp if to. SPORADES Iflci. it'Tcriidlciuaaw. •i* V.Tj.C,mpitc. 49,'r(r((iiii. «J I'ittnct. 1 j$ ftrvt/. 9 Vtt fnitnit. tuftri. Ill thiUm. 47 ■i'tU»enirl> Sitlur fliirc Ill Tlunct. loa,i}7 Valcniii. t'H*'*' H6 Jhtbti. 47t4« Vllcminoi*. tt^M. ]f iThellianUt 4« Vatli dc DcmsM Solinxnc, 49 Thitftri. 104 V.llt de Mau,i. StnnpilU. 49 Tbimvil. «4 Villi >'e N«o. tt4»ei. lei I JO I>< »v/U». 61 t'lihUlU. SUtft'tl. 119 1 U/nMrlb. lOf riltnt. tU>l[fiiJ. «R 7li«//*«. $9 rndteiit. Biit*iuf. 1 1 f ' 1 1> 1 uri. m rubiL ft.iu. tt j 1 hnloufar. »8 Vttmt. tttt' f. 10} > rhtmu-U»M. •J« mtrlingHt, StttnUrl. Bi\il>»*tn. M Uebihrt. tetiing. 71 .thutUi. «}« mint. ttirlim. ny'Thylind. • l^T tlfi. 7) rit^kiu. •14 SUc^tnlmt. e« linttU. M V.l.y. St»Mhurik }6 TipiuiM. M» Vtnlce. SHV '!ir*tf$ri. 117 1 Tipetiijr. •J> rtnt. Sioiniaric. •oTIri. 49 fnw/. I |o ' rlrcfio. ,0 TiftL 49 «9 K«- giTtntftri. >}> rivTita. iio VtruUI. IM 7M«. •II rtrium. •crithcrnr. 119 n^. 11 ffwtvll. Smth Niwrnt. t}0 loin. «J rntil. ftrMhmrg. h Tobi*. 4 Tcronxy. Stttknt. •i; tkl.{itU. I yir$nM. Sfig""- I^gm. *t ytontCt. gtrignitm. 14 r«rM. •« rnrvta/. ■crivclinc. 119 nm ^ Aiiriin*. 4$ rf/t*>4ii. r"(aM. 301 14 ftmit. BnopOMcf* 5' imU. 19 'tit- ijo r74M. ttm^i ♦7 TkiMfr. •fyrla. •» ounint.' J« tlc«nil«.' tuOtMiit. i>« nnft. )< r/rrit*. •ufofa. >o4 T^Wt. l}» n«l#r/i. $tUmtu. •9 }< finiM. *9 U roi«(. i}i Vimnoii. Swrcv. 10 > r»(4rM. 11 ritut. 90 Irtnt. ««<9 rtjuiti. iBftS. .10} 1 UttTII. ^ • # <4 JVrii/. .■us !.s'i I 110 4« "J»'J4 XI J» •M7 '4 - I« li 3» «l »l J l< (< f» •« « t I« 16 » »8 t< «9 4 •7 Viihf. m*. yiupik. VittrbQ. Vivinifc yivitrt, uu Ktme. UlOtr. 9m*. Undcrwali. W 77 »1 J« l» !♦ «7 <7 «}• «7 <8 Wlboiet; tr/(i(«f. irita.orfVMM. »'igpH. Khu UNirBOfPKO.l , VINlES. X <4 VoliUnd. yiUltrtt. Vnlhvnu. Ufftll. Mfnn. Uruiii. «« Urbin. II Uttififihf. }o UifKht. <} VuIcimIIo. 19 Vulcinla. *9>)* Vulcaniin Iflci. )i UuVritgt, I0{ U\ti. )l Wk Wighttn, mint. Wilfiti. Wi.flii't. mnthiUtni,. WimMfc/. WiMhtOtr. 711 Wintifirarth. 17 irintliingun. 77 in»dl*r. Ill ^Mn nbcrg. 96 Wrlibtufg, 1 10 trukub. W. AdPt'in. Wittk mk'ptU. \%alchcicn. 'Val. boutg. Wtldt*. vVaJdock. VVALF.I. WtlltkMM*. tratf. il'iUhgfni. dUhtit. Wt*df»*tth. iltTidi: Wuhnflb. >mi. VVardkw. M'^mtdttf. it'trftm. irtntitk. Warwiikfhirt. Iftrx**. Want ford. iraifari. ITisiMai- mktj- Mitl. WtUlitrJMM. Wciiibrrg. miftniiirg. Wcllhfoid. H'tlihful*. IftlU. W'»l. WntMm. WtAiiavia. IftHtntitli. Wtft FrlnJmi. Wfftphalia. Wetmciih. WcYixorclaiui. Wtftm d€. VVlMliki. Wlfmtr, Wiibttn. WitiTubnl. Wladiflau. WcKeidlkc. Wolodomirr. Wtlvtrhtmftn*. ITttdiridl*. Wndfittli Wtrcifltr. Woicefltrfliire. P^ttliiHltf. Wtrlllt. ft'trftti. it'rfxhtm. if'itxhM U)lp. Il.l) '}• «f 'i« «9 •"» M» 119 • > III IM I0| III 70 ii> III 77 104 71 "» 71 7« «» I9 ■ if 104 "> ■ 10 no 119 71 «4 7» 104 »«l IM 101 "Y. «i 114 <1 <7 ICJ M 111 111 71 ^vr^irta. i» »'» ^Xaifiif/irfiii,. •o5 rfc I loi l« • a •1 •1 109 •7 77 tio 110 7« •11 109 111 iiaj 111 ; *>l « rTAm. <7 ^^ Zan. ]' Zrtland. i}f Z<:lan>^. 1 14 , /tfiik. <9iiii iZcphalooU. II) ZInari. 6S.2niim. 4*2*,tL i«!zug. <5'Zi«h. 1)4 Za^jin. 1 16 , Zjiich. lo 9o| tiNtt. r<»ar. r«ki(t. r«rk. YnAMte; rpnt. TrmiM. rvrriaa, YviOk «0«,l)* 111 •» «>i 114 HI >» >« ffiHU. «> «• «'» •IT ». 119 I" (. • 1 ■«. III iie. no k"i»f- 119 iitt. 71 r«iit. 7» r/t(i. >0« rxbM. •«l »fc«U. IW (. ■Oft *•• »»l •Jiht. la t jtn. HI TiilWt 104*1 IT nMitt. It. tin. ritl. 'Am- Ztr*. (land. Milk Jcphatoou. Ilnata. Ill «l »!» !"♦ Ill 4i lt» et 19 It." «t ll 14 !• 4» 7* 67 ljE« is between the ffMfw and the the CoaAs of the cmimm. In i joi. aU 30 Nordi $ Afiict advanceth towards the vmt Cshrtly for and in the name of Ewumtl Sooth, and is feated aboot the Sfkair : like> King of ?«rri>s4/,Navigatii^ak)ngtheCoaft «nfe Afid and AjfriC4 touch not boeby the of Aj^iesy on a voyage to the Btft-IiuBtSy ifihmu of SntZy which is between the Mtd fomeEaftone Windescairied hnn fo far to and tAittM»ditm0nmam» al thetwopatts the Weft,that he difcovtred the Coaft of of Amtrim toochoady byifae tfkmu of Aaaa Ftmmf '%. a me'%1 c a. put All r«- H't-»t if fsMms^ which is between the Seas of the with the King of the Sutvts prefcntcd to North and South. fiaintits JitteUus Prtctnfiil of tht CmUs, Atter Pl4t0, 7ht$f»mfui, cither in his QO\AAtiotha.x.\xoi Atmtrus Sept$ari$$i4dii:'" Treatifeof WtntUrty or in his Htfitn ( but And whilftthe EngUP), Dmu$, H$t»ndns^ '^^ we have thepalTage in the divers reiaini|iof and other Northnn oeople call it VKtfi- t/f liat$y tit. i.ttf.i 8. where are the diTcoor- Indtts^ it is ooely to diftingoifl) this which is fes of sdtnm iniuiiUs ) makes mention of Weft of ns, front the other and trae iiidin another CM(/«f)*rbefide$ outs, andtonches whkhisin^MandEaftwardfrotnos. divers particulars : Anwng otheis that its Amtric* having been known totheAnti- ereatnefsis To vaft, that it was not wholly lo ents^ under divers names, and all theft names Known, that its Mtn were greater, ftronger. prelervcd till now, there remains to know and lived longer then we ^ that tlity had from whence the people of this Jmtrict CtU 3nd Silver in fo great quantity, that nioulddefcend) whether from £iM'«//,W/!4^r they made lefs account of it then we do of Affri(4. Jr0H : That they had a great number of It is to be beleived that the firft of our Cities, and, imorig oChere, two^hy gyeat Continem which were canied into Americt, ones, and m cufiemes much difWcnt \ Ac were fo Hlher b^chafiOr, or byfoH:C} the principal ajAe of the one being idWarr, arti Eaftern Winds fiavini driven tMn f^ the the otlief'tD i{f%/M) whence ht calls otie Coaft of iitfriM or XMf4,whe(# they ayled, Eitjehes, that is, Relificns, and the other A/4- jq andcarrieothem fo far into the W^ft, that chimes, that is, Wdrftke : and which I ffteem they hove found th(^e LamIb. agreeing with C«/ Aai it is likewiie to be believed, that of have fo found wheJifiill known tous! ^tki- tli4fe4vfcch ha^ebdtn fo carried, fomehave «moic inclined to Wdrr, and Citfc* to the been untumUticd of viaualt for fo long and Adoration of its Vivmities.^ impremcditated a voyage, and fo havcVen lthWi>^MtKhttfft4hMVthMAdrjM^r' Oxm£utAi6 cat feme among them to pre- ri#2Sc^M by PtainhiJtUmHfkt ijie %ihd fiJrrif th^ reft, as others fince have done : v«. f h ifhedbC'ttnirotfie pifts Ml tK$fide#Hftb And thifc Ai*nic4 may have been peopled j^H h.ft *%tM With its gfeiitners, bofliion, by di>! aftdfotidi: tbfeeTl UM iU fi itaii ittheothtt.oaccordirig to the parts from whence theyT^ CondMtt, and dbferVe fdtne C^fMtes of^ were, accdrdii^ to the hunger and neceffity its )nM>itMts, aild {btt<< cMti t Artd we theV (bftrM upon the Sea, they became cirotbi (mn htxtdt dbubft but ttns is lik^f^ ttim 6r le(i bat bfutMis. thdt sMM Land, aMttiiMof thofettev* fhrUb, That Totne have been carried by chance, f^hicfY Stikid iti his Midf* oat dsty hopes or (cki froiti oor Continent to the other, we might bedifcoVettidiii tht^ Ckeaii. Veiiitm Amis PsteftTtSm, StenU Serif, J^ihf Qttiimt Vmcul* keram tdittti ir Ingens Tjfttifpe N»vts Dtttggt Orits, Nee trit Ttrrif Ultimd ThuUt $e bbth by Ancient and Modem Hiftoiies. D/iiirMj ;if«ikr makes mention of cttaA UnhiieiMs, ( ArifittUhad laid al- nlofl the fame before of the CtrthtriniMU ) ^whp (iyiiHg along the Coaft of Aggies or IjhiMy wert carried far into tht oceijenul Ocean, where they found a very ereat me Ko^ eait we doobt this to be the Couiitiy ^Mhut from oor main Land mtnf dayes fayl. 6fth6Ce indiiiUy of which Stntctt the fkth- andthe Coontrty as baotifol as that of 7nf- fgf^et makes mentton in the Prirfadeof his tu^, fo that foihe of Ctrthtge wonld here NdfuritJI^eiUtut »d faith that fiool the havefttled ) bat that the R^nblique pro> ■imoft cows of SfMin onto thoA /(MKr/ hibitMttymotttopafsjfbrihg leftitflioald were but ivtrdaycs fayl, Ss/un»h ti^ tjt, weaken their Eftate, comtimdine thofe ejpttddtuhimit HiffmM, Litttrilms itfyi Mi .ilirhiehwei^|>sfred to retire, aniaboh/hingas Htdui0t^seitf rMfifrnthtrndanm 5/4-. ^ much a^ they conld the ktowlede of the tmk, ft ftmes^ f»itt t»-t/mBi itUfUveHH. ^ CounMy^yet with ddign to retht thither^if Without ftayiAglarth»oR whit the M- thiey fllDiild become fo unfortunate as to &U cieMS.ftave ftidof Am&Ht*y wen^frobTeHre, uMcrtlii XntkM/fbbjedlion. thofepartico- ffiat at pRftnt, in fpc^aidAj^, wt may uft the Ian which Authors 4>ply to this Ufe, agree fdfneterfflswhich they did t mthTketfiM- bhtei- with ^Mfr/r4 JVo-zJ/^m/u, which is al- CVj we ^ aedkfeht which atrited to AkHuZsMthts habt^Kk /UAIm ; Aftdthofif DMHtoMMeh A ekiti^* in AddtMJU, or ivhit evei' other WeMr4«e- and BrettHSt &e. And thoft who traded on fit* and Afm, and we know not yet whether (he 0(i4H as tlie fhrnmcunt, C*rtllugmi40t, it joy n upon Ajid, or Amtrii*, or make apiece and lyrhcBuiu % And this the more eaiily, apart) ifit be divided both from theone and becaufe between the a Tr$fm»tt^ the Eaftern the othtr, and that Ntw Dtimdrk and Greek- Brifes or Windes do for the moft part blow, l*t>d are upon it, as there is much reafen to and eafily carry, nay fometimes force Shifs believe, it makes a Piece not leTs thtn the ftom Eali to Weft. It is true that it is hatd three parts of our CtmintMt, or of the two to tume trom Weft to Eaft by the fame of the other: but poflfibly it makes a tlurd courie: And poflibly from thefc two fo dif- part of the other C0iitinekt: Let us proceed ferent things, the Poet took occafion to fay, so to the two parts of Amtritd as they arc eftee- med, and known at preient. f \ Tilt M». iwt* of A, T... Tl f feltn. Lr,',l .,t- F4i:lisdtfctiif»s Avtrni, dtjt \\\\h\ 10 • AMERICA SEFTENTRIONA' LIS, isthat>pare4>f ..«mrft(-4,whit:his Sid rtvHtrt grdiUm fiftrdffu rcvitttrt »d Underftandins it e:^y todefcend from our ttHtitum into the other, which we efteem the lower Htmifftttrt % but hard to return Cromthat to ours, which wt efteem the 30 not the moft Northern of the two^MrriM/, higher : the means to return with leoft diffi- but Itkewife doth aUlye^ween the js^m. c Jty. not being found dix but with time^ /«r and the Norths itektencb it felf fiom the and aner having, andthat at divers times, n- eighth or tenth degree of X^/vsir, even be* fayed all courles, which is, by difingagii^ yondthe>fn7f(itci/vie,aodifweconiprehend tlmnfelves from betweefa the Trtfi(iiteSi ^tkc Atfluk Landimtii Amtritd, it advaaca which fome attribute to ftdrmds dt AidU, at leaft to the 88 degni of LMittdt, which who about the year 1114. began to giverulca are 70 dtmtt, for its height from Sontii to fxthetimeofporting, andthecourfe wasto North: Its length from Weft to Ea/ljeio&(- be held, to goe from our Cnnimnt to the fa neer all the degnet of Ltmr^Mdtoi thtti- other: And Ukewift tl:^ time and cowrfe to^other tf««w/fi^r,toWic,tTom'aboutthe tSo. ttaan froqn the others if> oon. where outi cnAi^trtn lyyOnd the )ato; which Since, fome have oafled from this world of is the end of the otoier \ but its frMi ap- dor C^iBtHt^ and by our Coaft into the proaching a Triangle whofe poiM is towards other C«fffi»r«i : It (paylikewife be believed the £«ntf thekdtgrtesoi Ltt^itudt^Lttitudt, funs^oxj^itdns. jq. TheJ/fr^fr/Mrf BoatheEaftof it,' the But thisTobjedi will be too tediooi Vf> han- MndUSttdvi in Weft ( towards cheNbrth dk, let us therefore centett oor ftlvo to iti boonds are niknown, there being hoA fpok a word or two of this 'Amtritd iilj|cr foiUidart of Amirii* which is aboat Ciuudt, where the Bugttftt FrtHtk » HilUmJirt , Bum and f wiriliave diven C<^in : And nnder the name of Mtxk«$u, that pan ofjlaftric* et. or Ntm Sfsm, difeovered It not'tlU after th«r had been fometinefetled h this other Of thefe four parts of Jmnics Stftmri$. tutii, to wit, y*xit0 or N19 Sftim^ n^, JUtMkty Ciuuidd or Nm FrMmt^ and Am- ritM ArOiu, MmSftin is waihed by Mn Jtl Nm^adjlttr Msid^ Amtrits ArOifalW^ which the King of SfMit doth almoft alone wife by both Seas, ITtw FniKt oncly by Utr pofleft, and whm he hath eftaUiftied abuo- JttNtrtiUdNmMtxiftoaXy by JUtr ddsud dance of Colonics , fubdiriding CmuuSmu 10 Thefe four treat parts are fnbdividcd into into the Arlhck Lands, and Cmudd ornew many lefi« which we call Rtghns, fnfUt, FfMKti and MixitM* into new JHtxle0y and frtviiMiy &c. We will obferve the chief of Mexit0 or new Sfsm, them, the moft clearly and fuccinaiy as pof. Of thefe four partStAT^xiVf or new Sfun is (ibiy we can s bat becanfe Nm SPmh touches the moft advanced towards the Eifttttr and on Amtriu Mtridimuliiy we will brain oor the South, the Arlfkk Luuls towards the Amtrks StfttmrkiuJiii by theArBitkiai, |>s and indifferently well ftored with Cdtttl and 5M/?//omeof w'lich yields them good/«rr/. The Jir( inclines to cold, but healthful $ the Coaft hath many good Ptrts and Htr- inr$. Eaft of Nmf»»nJ Und, is a great Bdnk,i thing as remarkable as any in all C*n4tl*. This Bank is much different from ttiofe which are covered with Water when the StA is high t ancovered. and dry on an Ebb. Siil$r$ mod fttin fdcn Banks liKi dratht Tnis of which we now fpeak is like a Country overflown, alwayes covered with the Sta \ and having at leaft ao. 30, or 40 Fathom water , for the depth is unequal. OS{t /i^f , and make their About this great Bank, and more to- tvardi the main-Land than tneOcem, there arefomeochm much lefs, butot the fame nature. It is almoft incredible liuw many Natioos , and of each iiow many fail of Shift go yearly to Fifli for thefc C»it^ with the prodigious quantiry tlicy take % a Man bmg able to take 100 of them in tl:e fpace of an hom^. They Fifli wijh hookes, which are no fooner thrown into the JM,but the greedy Fifli (napping the bait , is taken by the bnk, and dra*n on (hip-board, they lay hin prefently on a Plank , One cots off his head, another Guts, and takes out his biggeft Bones V anctlier falts and barrels it. &t. Which being thus ordered, is hence tranfperted by the £*?///i and other Euro- pean Ndtiim into ail pans of A «ro^f , and elfe- where. They F//lonelyintheday-timc, nor doth this Fifliing laft all feafons, but be- gins a little before fumnier , and ends with Seftemttr .• In Winter the fifh re- tires to the bottom of the deep fea, where St0rmes and Timftfls have no power. Near HiwftMnd-Und, there is anotlicr ao k tnd of flhin^ for the fame fjh, wli icij t he y' CiWdritd fi(h, as the other grtea fijh. rhe fhifi retire into fome rtrt, and every morn.Bg fend forth their ShtBtfi one, two, or three Leagues into the 5m. which fail not to l\ave ^' , their load by Noon, or a little after i they '] .tj bring them to Land, lay them on Tables or Planks , and order it as the other \ but after the ffh hath been fome dayes in fait , ilicy 10 take It forth, expofing it to the Air and Wind,lay it again in heap«,3nd return it from time to tiire to the open air^ till it be dry. T hat this f{h may be good, it muft bedryed in a good and temperate Air s Mifls moiften it, and mike it rot ) the Sun hardens it, and makes it yellow. At the fame time that they /F/( for Ctds green or dry, the fiAtrt have the pleafuie of taking Ftmle, without goiiig forth of their Veffels. They take them with a Line as they do .F//^,baiiing the huh with the C«/s Inn t chofir FmmU bcins tb greedy, that they come by flocks, nnd ngtit who dull get thebaic firft, which fooa proves its detm>\and one taken, the hook ii no fooner thrown cot again, but another is catched in the like nature, CANADA taken particiilarly, is on the 3" right hand , and towards the lower part of the great Riven and its nam* iirnmmuni cir«a boili to the River and Neighbouring* Country. This River is the largeft of A- mtrkd ftfttHtritiidlis , and one of fhe fair- ' eft in the Wotld : It is about aoo Fathom deep , and at its Mouth lo Leagues broicf. Its courfe according to the report of thuic of the Country, is already known, for 4 or joo Leagues) and there is fome likelihood 4° that we may in the end difcover that the Like which feems to be its headSpring,dif- burtheas it fclf into the Sea by two or three different courts: one towards us, which is thatofC4M/fi another towards the Weff, and above Cdtif$rm4 ) the third towards the North, and into the CkrtpMM-Stt i and that the mouth of this may fhew us the way we haVidb long fought, to go to the EaR-laditt by tRe Weft. 50 The people with whom the French trade heiti^ are the Cdiuddia, the Humty the Al- ; g0ii^iu>is, the Attufittmt^t, Kifiprimtm^ '\ IdtHttgtuti^t\\o(eoiS/^iittuPf,ol Aetdid^Sic. ^^ And to this purpofe they have divers Colo- yi nies onthe great River at Fddwfuy at Si^- ItCy at Tkrtt-Rivers, at SiUtrj, at Rhitluti, at Mtmrtdly and without the Bay ol chditw , at Mifce», at Ptrt-Eojdl^ Sec. This Trade is onely mannaged by Exchange % they give the skins of Bevtrf, Otttrs, IttrtltSy Set' fVllfu t\ift^ CdHoJay or tf^^eW'Prgnce, .IM- Vich they y morniBg ), or tluce ot 10 hive ' 1 ftett ihey '/n.] I Tables ot ^ bui after fiU, they he Ait and :tuca it (torn ill ii be dry. uftbedryed lifts moiftcn itdensit,and /F/Jk for Ctii the p'eifute fonhohheit 'a Line as they hat they come ill Ml the bait ts dcatti^ aad met thrown oot ed ia the like hrly,«"o«»ihe le Iowa pan ot >leighbouring' le largeft of A- Kte of f he fur - )ttC too Fathom LcagMCS brpad, report of thoic known, for 4" Pome likelihood ifcover that the [head Spting,. his place isoblerved to fumilh the Ct- rihdt IfUiiJj, efptciaily B-irhtittJ, with food, as Butter, Cheefe, Flmr, Bisktts, and Fltfh and ff/lklalted, and barrell'dup. The Native* arc for the moft part ingenious, well difpofed, and with little pains would be brought to leave th ir Idolatrous courfes and imbrace ChrifiiMitj. As to the C0JIH, Wtighti.md Mttfurts of Sooth of Cti$4j4, are ^ £ W-E N C- icNtw BmUnd, rhey are the fame with thofe LANDtlhiLO W-C oUNTRlES^aad of LmdtH, the Metropolis of En^Uml, under VIRGINIA advancing unto Fkridt. whofc iiiri«di^»ioim is, to which place I (hall NEW-ENCLANn. •wording to the ie« refer tlie Reader s and note alfo.tbt the pottofC«puin^*»i>A, hath 70 miles of Sea- Ciyw, vftighn and Mtdfnres, otall other coaft) where are m^ theo i)o habitatioas Countries, Kingdoms, or Ides in Ameritd of Savages % a qualtity of sood UMtiu , that have been fubdued by the Eurtftsnt , fomc oTwhich arecapable to narbour above do correfpond ind agree with thofe of that 500 (oil of Shifs , fiom the fury of the Sea Nation that conquered it, and are maften of ''wT.^l,., and Winds , by reafon of the Interpofitioo it. As for example, the Crjiii, trriehts and rj, j^^ of the fcvetol ules, (to the number of aco) jo Mtdfmrei of Sevit in Sfdm, are foanrt currani ni['m<- whkh lye about this Coaft .- The moft fa- at Mtxutox new Sf4tHy as alio in CudJdLis- mous ot the pecy^e that inhabit about thefe r4, Fen , and other places, which you flioU fiiidarefubje€itorhe5^ Hirhts, Crsims, portofTrtlfick are rich AMTi.mai^foits of as Wheat, Fiilfe, and Mmjc In great abun- Fifk,FUBi,Biattr,cheefi^nA Cw» of whkh dance. The Country is wcU clothed with thcyoMJMByKtt) mFl4ic,lMm0iiirtit» Wood^ which ace foffidently filled with An^ s 1)1 iktif Ktvrri. In r—if ■Stmm,. Cmdda, or !hCe»^Prdnce, Detr and other wiW Sttfls , sn&FtmU^ and Horns are fix Foot wide » plenty of Dtirl the Rivers and Sea are well ftored with va- F0xts, WiUe tdts, Rpcmnts as good ipcat rietie of Fi\k : but this Country by the as Lamk. r*ff»mts a little Beaft thatlath ufurpation aiid encroachnnents of the Dntth, a little bagg undetlier belly, which upofeiny was unjuftly taken fronn the Sttglifh^ whofe dangerof being taken, her young ones Iniep right it was, which in Amm i66^. was by in, and To (he faveth them. They have two the valour of the £«f/f/i^, by the command forts of Jf«irrf//i, one of which hath^cer- of the lUuftrious Jdmes Duke of Ttrk re* tain loofe skin, which (he fpreads like a Bat^ taken, and the Ditub quitedriven out : fo and fo flies a good way. They have Musk- that now there may be faid to be no fuch ,q Kits ? alfo HM'ts, tesvtrs, Ottersy Wttlff^ Country, it lying part in Nttt-Et^Und, and MartinSy Peule-csts, Miitksy Wefels •, but part in Virgimid. thcfe vermine are found no ways hnrtful to VIRG I NIA received its Name from the their Pwkrjy or their Eggs. Thw have Digs Engltjh, becaufe it was more particularly infhape like a Wnlf, andbarfenot: They known under the Reign of Queen ElirMttth, have abundance of ftifle and (mall BsrJs, 'i tm»l into the "Gulf or Channel of chtftftak » which fK-m North to South is 7j Leagues long, and J or Abroad, and 12 or 15 Braces, or at lea(t6or7 Fathoms deep: Navigable for the fpace of 50 or 60 Leagues. Its ope- ning to the South, and between Ctft Hemj, and Cape Charles, is loor u Leagues wide. The principal of which are called FauhttoMy Ndnjdmgml , Afsmaiutky ChtkahamaHU , Tiffahtiuck,^ Futtunxnt,^ PatamtHMck, Pd' ^o Laimfrts mm iHiuky with feveral others of lefs note, Thnlbes, OwUsy ,\vrtts, Red-kirds that fing rarely: and a Bird called a Mnk-khd, for tlui it rnunterfeits all other Birds notes. Tl»ey have alfo variety of Ftjhy as CtJs, Ma^tt, Drmmms 6 Foouong, Shttfs-htddi which make broath life that of Mutton, Cdi^trsEilt, Tmits, Pldift, Mallttt, Stmt- '"M gtiHS to Foot long, Crdmfust Ftrfs, StdUs, Shdds, Stritsgfdtf, Cmttj-fjh, Rtckf^, , Crtw-fifi Crttj-Ftjh, White Stl- .w».. ».».. .»,..-. — — , mtmtS$Ut,HerriiigStPtrches,CtMs,0]fers, in all wtiich are found abundance of excellent Shrimfs, Cukks, Maffels. &c. They have Fijhy nigh to which or upon the banks of the feveral forts of Frmts , wnich for their plea- faid Rivers, or on mod of them, are the fant taft, and fair (hew may compare with f/i^A/ileated. They liave alfo feveral Towns, thoftoi Itslj, ssStrdmherrsts, C0^e-herriesy " the cheif whereof is fames-Ttmity nigh to Rdshirrits, Mmk-mtlUm,M4rtc^(fs, Putha- the River ChtkahdmMidy and here it is that mimty Afrittckj, Fedthtt, Sin"**' ^fflts, the Govemour refideth, and where they Ptdrs, pt»mht,Scc. and thefe in fuch {den- keep their Courts of ^uduatnre. Next is ty, that they nuy be had for onlv gathering, Hemes Tmm about 18 Miles from ^mm'/ 40 crowing in the Woods. They nave feveral 7tm» : alfo Dtdes Gift, from its being built ' " - - at the expence of Sir Thmas Ddle. Kettmgh- td», a noted Port, and much frequented by the EHglilh Wtctctmtci neer Pdutntdn. Bemmdd with feveral others. The c uun- tty is full of pleafant Hills, which are well clothed with IVMdSy and trie Valleys with Fr»its i t!ie foil fo fruitful , that an Acre of ground will yi<:ld-aoo buihels of Ctr» : forts of Roots, as Ph^mj, Cdnets, Tur- Mtfs, Artithikes, Ommu, SfsrdtMs^ feveral forts of garden knks, as well Phjfitdly as for other u(ei. Befides MHglijh grdw, which groweth here in great plenty, here is Majze or ladsM Wktdtty which makes good Bread, is excellent to fat Caet and Ftmte, .-^nd ferves inftead of Malt. They have fiore of \ Bees which brings them plenty of Himj and It IS rich in Feins of AlUme, PHthy TdTy^oWsxs Hemf, atid fUx would thrive weU Refetty Turfeiititu^ hath Mines of JrMy and here^ they make Pitch and Tdr. They have C'fper i they have plenty of fweet Cumms , abutidance of Mitlttrtj Trees, which grows feveral forts of Plants uled by DjerSy they inthe Woods, which is the natural food tor have abumlance of Cdttely and Tame and StU^wtnm \ and the Climate is held evay Wilde ifM/f;, as CmSySheef, Geats, Swiiu, way fit for them. Alfo there are greit whofe Fle(h is excellent: AlfoX;#ii/, Murs, ftore of VlMs, of which good Wine may Letfards, Elks, whofe fle(h is as good as be nude: but the jprefent gain, which they If r/^ and of their skins thej' make good draw fit>m their rXcM hindretn them frt>m Rnjf. They are. greater then large oxiity ettherroakingoffi7/(rorH'fM, which would th^- bring two Calves u a time, and their, bcioaoy degrees moreprofitable unto them. But €antfid,6X !h(etif^france. 9 of Dwi od qneac ihatiath upoiiny ACS l^ep have "two Kathacer- kea Bitty ivc Musk- rsy Wetlfsy Ytfels \ but i hurtful to have Vtgt not: They ill «irm the River of are very barbarous, having neither Relsgttn, XiOtLearnin^s not undetftanding how from our World by the means of a little Paper, and a few Charaders,may be underftood in theirs Palwai, which bounds it from the Province of Pamtf in neti Sfain unto the River Jor- dan, which divides it from Virginia , which I have efteemed in Canada or New what is here done. Divers people have di- 4° France. verfity of Languages : they count their years The greateft part of its coaft is on the gulf ;„ c,^, of JtffArh'f, which flows on its South; Ano- by the courfe of the Snny theu: months by that of the Mttn, their four Seafons by any remarkable thing hapning in them. In cold ther part on Mer del Nert , which wa/hes it on the Eaft .- Between this ;«// and the Seat c«^> weather they cover thetnfelves with the skins Fl*nda ftretches out a PeninfuU towards the of levers. Elks, ot Bears., almoft in the man- South, where the C*Pe of Florida, is not di-' ner that the Ancients painted Hercules, or as ftant from thePort of Matnafai in the Ifle of we now do S. Jthn Ba/ti^ in the Defart: Citha, above 35 or 40 Leagues. The more theywear great ftockings, or boots, in the weftera coaft of/'/«ri<^,reaches 4 jo Leagues; Winter t their head never covered, except j;o the Eaftern 150^ the Pimnfnla between with their hair, which is black, or of a dark both,advancine i jc Leagues trom the coaft^ and not being above 60 or 7 J Leagues broad," makes yet another coaft of 350 Leagues } fo that aU Fkrida hath not much lels then 4 1000 Leagues of coaft on the Sea. The Cafiilians have no Colony on the colour,never light or red^ they are of a middle ftature, well proportioned, difpofed to run- ning and fwimming, of an ohve or tawnie colour, btcaufe they go for the moft part na- ked, often annointing themfelves with a certun Oyl to hinder vie Flies horn tickling Culf of Mexicty nor on the C«^, wheri; them s they wear few Ornaments on theu: the Frtnch have formerly been. TKofe two bodies, though their Women do; making Colonies they have here, are St At^nfiine^ themfelves NetklactSt Bracelets and Scales . and St MattiiWy fifteen or fixteen Leagues Cccc cm /■ Id FLO^IVA Floti.U Jirjiuif.o- %trtd I J tttlttjjt I. John .:< tittri. ftoto lit one from the other, on the Eaftem Codftof the/m»/M/<.and there where it npproaithes the Coaft, v/M:e the French had fctled : the North and Weft of rltriJd is enclofed with Mountains, which divides it from Ke» Trtmct ^ and Ntw Mtxict. St Augnftine which is the beft, and ftrongeft of the two Colonies , was taken and pillaged by Sir FrtMcis Drake in Ahh$ I J 8 j . FLORIDA was firft difcovered in 1495 by the Englifh, under the condudl of SthdfiUit Gdhttt, whom Heitrj the f( Tith KiM of En^Und fent to feek by the V\ ft a amge to tail into the Eaft : he contented limfclf to have feen the Countrey yet un- known , and to make report thereot to his Mafter; afterwards better fearched into by Jshn de Ponce of /,««, who in 1511 would have cftabliflied a Colony for his Mafter tlie King of Caftile, -.vere it not for thercfiftance the Country made againft him, who often times made him retreat, and at laft forced Iiini to return to fnertt ginv of which place lie was Governonr 5 where, on a dcfperatc wound m his lift encounter, which he there received, he ended his life. In 1524 LiKds Fdfyies of AiHen^ and fitme other SfMtardjy landed divers times at FloriJt^ with no other defign then to take away its Inhabitants, whom they tranfported to Hi ff*mol4 and Cnhd to vtork in their Mines, wherein they had already confumed the greateft part of its inliabitants. Ptmfhilus Ntrvats was likewife there in IJ28, who traveri'ed it as far as the Mountains ot' AftAfL- chi, where lie hoped to finde Gold. The moft famous landing that lUeSfJtti- trds have ever made in Fltrtd* was m i j ^4, under the condud of FerJiiianJSeti) ; who being rich with the fpoils he lud gained, in his conqueft of f rri>, led hither three hun- dred and (tfry f/trfe, and nine hundred /mt, with which force he traverfed FlmdM almoft on all ndes, without endeavouring to bind a Colony \ much molefting thoie of the Countty, by whom he was in like manner turmoyW, ouring the mnny years he coafted it-, till in the erS, not finding tliofe riches lie expeded, Jiedied with griet, and was bu- ried at the bottotn of a River, for fear left his body fliould fall into the hands of his Enemies. His people returned io 1 54 j,thetr remaining alxjut thirty Hmfe, and three hundred forjt. All tl«e advantage 5»/# recei- ved by his travel, was, the giviflg the name of FlmJt to the Courniy, either becatjfe he arrived there the day of tlie rgfif»£Fl«ri»% or becanfe that, landuig, he foniid the htrh and ftmrs in t heir prime and verdutr.' iU 1J49 «ht Einperor Ckurttt the fiith, and the Council of the tikffeT thdoght It not good to fend anymore drmesi menjbnt nther fome riliginsperftnsy to fweeten the fierce hunracn of tnefc bvbarous people. Lewis of Barh^re, of the Order of St BenediH went with fome other Jd/Aw J butprefent- ly thofe of the Country feized and mafla- cred him, with his two Companions, fleaing them, and hanging their skins at the doors 10 of the Cdtdiief J the reft faved themfelves, by retiring into thofe Ships that brought them. The/rMfA werenotin Fieri Jd, fave un- der the reign of Chdrles the ninth. Frdncis Rtbdut vns fent in ijtfs. He made alliance with thofe of the Countrey, and built the Fort Cdroline on the River jtf 47. Rihdnt being returned to Frdfuty with promife to bring thither more people: but too long delaying 20 his return, his men grew diffident and muti- nous, and built a ftrange kind of VefTel, and with thefmall ftock 9f provifions they could ftowin her, put to Sea, where they endu- red fogreai *rom, that they were forced to caft lots to eat one another) wliich Ml firft on him who had been the caufe cf theii difcord. Rene LduJeniere returned in 1554. refto-' red the Fort CartUnt ; but the Cdjlilidns, 30 jealous to fee ths eftabliftunent near their NewSfdiH, refolved to drive them thence: they Ijnded with ftiew of no defign agakift ihe French t, but their intentions wereother-, wife, for in the end they furprized xhcFm', out of which Ldudfniert could fcarce fave himfelf, took Rtkdnt on the Sea, who had before been ShipwTack'dj hanged the Souldien , and fleod Miidnt, as Ltftdrhm faith. 40 In I ;07 lUmimc it Gtnr^neSyi Cdfcin, and oilimt deMdrfdn.made an attempt of hisown head to revenge th is Affront : he put to Sea ac his own expence, with a hundred and fifty Sonldiets, andeichtv Marriners^ landed in FlfriJd, and witn the aid ot thofe of the Countrey, who affeded the Frenchy retook Cdrilint frotttthe SPdnidrJsy with two other Forts which they liad new built } caufed them to be hanged on the fame trees where- to on they had hanged the French i razed the Fort, and returned into FrdMce in iftfS, wherehe had no fma^ trouble to clear him- felf for his exploit. Fl$ri/l4 bemg between the twenty fifth,' or thirtieth and fortieth degrees of Seftentri- wndlLathndt, theCoantrey cannot chufe but be good, their Woods and Forefts are well doathed with trees, as lofty Ctdtrs, large di*w, Cjfrtfs and j!, in which are found Crtctdiles, wnich they eat -, they have all forts of fml and VenifoH as we have. The People are of an Olivt-etloMrj great ftature, but well pmpor- ttoned} their hair is black, which they wear very long J their women do for exceed ot^er adjacent Nations in handfomnefs, whicN ,ii.t*. mdtes them much defired by Strangers, andiodren may hope for the charge and dignity 1^"" their ftupe and beauty is more difcernable of their Father, -*"• in that they go naked rill their i*«r^'<' noftrils 1 and what everendeavour he ofes, from Hiffaniela, and onely Three hundred though ne phmge under water, he holds faft s from the oeaicft ^Mft of firgims and Flo- rida, '* ■ ■ ■ . ■■ • ■ ,■ . II Mexicd, oi !^((ii»^Spain. Ill Utii. rid*. Of thefe iHes the greateft is five or fix Leagues long, and almoft throughout not above a quarter, third, or half a -League broaci: the others ore much kfs. All to- South of them, and in ^Amtrkt MtrUHtiUi lis. ht t'tr. The Audience of Mexico, hath the '^'•■m Provinces of Mexict, Fmuci, Utchtutn """ gether make a body which form a CrefTant, tUfcaU, Cuaxacd, tavafce, and ^ncattn and inclofe very good Ports ^ as thofe Tliat of FMuct is North of Mtxitos Mt- of SouthOHpton, Hmingtm , and r»- fA#4«», Weft j 7/4/^4/4, Eaftj C«4jf4f ar prefcnt are very difficult} and theeanhis or of Ntw Gallieid, contains the Provin- u^i /m,/'"* exceeding fertil, yielding two ctopps a year? ces of CudtLdajtra, of jr4/4/«, of Us Zt- !,',' theirjtf4)iz they gather in y«/jF and Dwrw^erj cdtttds, of ChidmttUti, of C/«i4/i4 : fome "' they have excellent fruits, as Ordngts, Ddtts, add new Bifcdnj^ and others likewife CiMd^ Multerits.Scc. They have plenty of r«r/«-jo^mr4, AiudH, Cdliftrnid, See. Ncw- fes, which is their ordinary food, and their Bifcditj, and Us ZdCdttcds, touch not the 7», Hcgfs which the SfdaUrds formerly carried t hither are excellent ^ thcv have many Std- birds , and other Fnfl\ they have no frefli ptdUr for their occafions, but that of Wells, there being neithc fountain nor ftream in ti. .^. ihefe jftdHds. They have no venemous ^ '"y' ttd/ts herc,their Sfiders not being poyfonous. /(. ,>uf Sea^ CKdddldjdrd, little } to wit ^ between Xd- Itfcd, and chidmeildit : and thefe begin on Mcr 0.1 w Others advance thecSclves far into that which they t.aii Mtr Vtrmtit or the MtdStdy the Iflcof C4///tfr«Ml)cmff on the other fide. The Audience of(;l/^T/A/^I--rfSoutFi but offundryand various colours ^ and in Eaft of that of Mtxuty continues between the hot weather, they make their webbs^othe Seas del Ntrt, :md del Sitdy advancing fo ftrone, that oft-times iirds are entao- towvds AmeriedMtriditiutis. sled and catchrfd in them. Ciei>din.i tutdTt- There are under it the Provinces of(7«4- 1 Idtct, wnh(Qme Pedrh and Amier,3ne their tsmJdy of Stctmsfci^ of chidfU, of Verd c principal riches, for which they have a good tdXyi the like horrid deaths, and only to afi their Tyranny over them, rather then to reduce them to obedience, which might have been otherwiTe obtained , without Hieding fo much blood. This City was colled by its Antient Inhabitants Tm0x/«/4j», or Ttimci- titldMy and likewife 7^rw//?ir4«} It was the refidence •7'" I intmes. 1 k <'A of Amtt '■" Artt-BtJ, MexiC9, or 3s(pt'$pkin, n rrfidence of their Kings, and is at prefenc thefiiirefl ofall^wfriM, featedinthe tnidft of a L«ke, in rome places lo Leagues long j and7orS broad, having 25 or p Leagues |»r'?'/ Circuit: itisnotjoyned to the main Landj but by 3 Cauf-ways, of which that towards the Weft, is but threequarters of a League long, that towards the North a League and a half, and the laft three Leagues. It l);'^ l**^ In oS0k» 1629. the City of Mexico re- ceived a great Damage^ the waters having broken the' Caufe-ways, which lufteyned the higher of •the tWo Ltkes , whi£h is the Freih} which deluge had like to have over- whebned this fair City. The Pthce of thtf rite R«j fufTered mucn, a great number of perfons were drowned, quantity of good moveables loft, or fpoylcd : This happen'd «».' was by this laft that C#r/r£ and the J>4M4r<^ 10 by their fault, who ought to have kept the made their approaches and took tne City. All this Ldke is fait ) but there falls into it another almoft of the famebignefs, which is frefh, and good to drink) both together are 4$ or 50 Leagues C :ircuit, in which are faid to be about s 0000 w^;/r/>/ continually fecn to row, and carry PaflcngerS} They hiave a- bouc 50 B»rgs or Tmiu on their Banks, whereof fome have once been efteemed great Banks^ or Caufe-ways •, or by their fault who ought to have given wnerewith to maintain them. Among thofe places which are, or have fJyl"S been, on the two Lakes of Mexico^ Chulu- ■" ' ' • U is reckoned one of tl'.e faireft -, fcarce ex- cepting that of Mtxift, with which it in times paft contended as well for State as bigneU, once containing neer Twenty Thou- Cities: the fait £4jtf yields quantity of 54//, 20 f^nd Houfes, and beautified with lb many the other fo much //^ thatits Fiming hath been Farmed for One Hundred Thoufand Crowns yearly. In this City, may be found Four Thoofand natural SfdjuM'Jr, Thirty Thoufand imdftHSy' or AmntcMt ( there having been formerly Two Hundred Thou- fand ) Twenty Thoufand Nemt ^ and its Juiisdidtion contains Two Hundred and Fifty Towns, of which fome have their Scht$ls^ TtmfUs as there are days in the year. The people were faid to befo addi^ed to IdtU- '"»" tries, and fo barbarous in their bloody facrifi- ihat it faaificed yearly no left then III hliti- tW i- Five Thoufand Infants ot both Sexes on its ytltsrshdioteiaiiUls. The Majiftutewas eleded by the people, and could do nothing till he had confulted their Gtuls, and taken counfel of fix of the chief of their E^tte, more then Three Thoufand ( fome fay Six. Q and fix of their Friefis. 7exfut$ once tcwu™ Thoufandj Eltaneu's^ that is FMrmii and in all Five Hundred Thoupmd >««»■/»»/, 7>i- hntmes. It is the refidence of the Vice-Rrf of Amnit4 SefttHtnnulit^ as alfo of an Artk-Btflfft and many other off,cers of il ic ^"/''"of tMMiMty and of the liupiifttiuii ' It hath a famous AttJUmf \ One Hundred and Fifty Mmt^tritt for the one and the other Sex \ it is diftinsuiflied as under its twice as great as Sevil in Sftin, kattd on ^^"'"^ the Lake of Mtxic* from which it is cHftant but fix Leagues : tts Streets fair and large, its Houfes itately and Beautiful ^ and a- dorned with many CoHduits and Aqimdufts which fiitniflied them with frelh water ^ though feated on the brinks of a StU-Lakr. j^itlw»4f4 built on divers little Iflands like f^-i}'" to ytnite, was joyned to the Continent by a '*^ AnticQt Kings into thcfe auartets % which ^ Cauf-way made of Flint ftones of about a at prefent are called thatof£r.7«bi, of 5f. League long, but narrow i called by the jtfrfTM the JtMiul, of 51. PMly and of if , 5e- h^^tMs and oi St. ^mtt^ iatrnxAy Tltte- ittlf*. In this laft, which is very great, and cbefaireft. is the PsLue of the Vut-lL0f^ the boufe of^ the Anh-Bifhtfy the Court of ABdienu, the Mint, and other offim. In thisCity of Mtxtct is a dthedrd Church, which was begun by Ctritz, with fomuch hafte, tiat to raife two Columns for want of Sfninrds FeHtzueU^contoin'mg about Two ThouCmd Houfes. Tzttlftdsf* feated pait on the LtJcty and part on the Banks, with a paved way to Mixttt, from which it is diftant 3 Leagues : once a Large City having no lefs then Ten Thoofand well built houfes, which wae plentifilly fupplied with frefh from its many ponds, as well as its hU. waters, •Miiv, !.•••., w lotK vnw v>u>iutiu> tui niuiiui .q beanOfiil FiBtitMiiis. ^erettrt hath two ^ '^i Materials, they made ufe of the Stones FtrnmUns^ of which one is fo hot, that its »°<<. which had made part of the Statist of the wateis at nrft bTirn,being cold, fatten CAUelr, the other runs four whole years continually, xwor*.. Jdtli. Here is alio a Priiitiiig-htmfti fcvetal houfes of ^fnitSy DttmnicMs, FrtneifutUy .tftfMr«/?fj»i4M, & other MeUguiit Ordtrss fome Ctiell^es , abundance of Htf^itsU, and o- ■'W-, and ceafes other four whole years ^ having ','Z^i^- liketnfe this propriety that it inaeafes in dryland diminilhcs in moift and rainy weather. Meitir JI#*jif*/liM(on«;of good repute, containing a- '""'' " bcuc Thirty Thoufand Inhabitants, feated ther publique Baildinfis, all of great State andBeanty.They have nm four tmngsm^iidi _ ZT^ are rematkable for Beatty,««&. their mmn^ on ail high hill, begirt about With pleafanc ihctr ^ntrtly tb«ir MtifUi and thdsStrttts, grtws, and fectile FImiu , which affords ex- ciiitd.' ?4- C'ljo in, call/in^'u d,JfiM. A >r I'l"" Mexm, dr ^tT^- Spain, cellem f r«/>/, and very geodCrdi/w. Ciij$- CM of about Five ThouCand Houles, and Mexitalti,in^t of aboui'foUr thoufaodt both upon the Ltke, were in times of flUitnifm adorned with many beautiful Ttmflcs, (o rich that at a diftan^e they feemed to be made of Silver i but now their luftre are de- cayed, raoft of them being converted to Mo- ntfitrits and Rdigiom Houfes: Actf»lc0 hi .Xiiif. 7h < r «l J/i 'r,: thxit Fruits, aiPmugraMdtt,Orei^et, lem- mtm. Citrus, MdlcetUMt , Chtrrits, tttrt, ^tlr'!!' Apks^ Figgs , Cxuuifs, &(. with variety l;1Z\ oifUnts , Herbs, and Ritts, as well for the Kitehin > as the OMrdttt : They have alfo Wool, Cotton, Sugtr, Stlk, Cecheiutl, which comes tiom certain Worms, wliichfprinkled on the leaves of an intU/m fig-trtt , cover themfelves with a very delicate skin, and a City, and Port on Mer d:l Snd, feated on lo being taken oiT, and dryed in the Sun, makes a fafe and capacious Bay, full of convenient the Cochenttl \ they export likewife the grain places, or Docks for .JAi/*/' to ride in, fothai It is faid to be the fafeft Haven of all thofe Seas \ it is didant from Mtxieo an hundred Leagues % the Mexicdiis keep here fomC Veflels, and trade to the Fhilif pints, and to china , from whence they are liiftant three thoufand Leagues i they cany fcveral com- modities of Enrope and Mexico , and bring of Scarlet, Fttthers, Honey , B*lm, Amber , Salt, Tallote, Hides, tobacco, Ginger, and di- vers Medicinal Drugs , fo that few Veflels return empty, which fometimes happens at Peril, nor is Spain lefs enriched by one then the other. ,„ ^j The Inhabitants and Natives of this Coun- " try are more ingenious then the re/l of the back Wares proper for Mexico and Enrope •, 20 Savages , and are much civilized fince the by which they gain fo great profit, that in two or three yeais their ilock is eight or ten times augmented. The air o( Mexico isfweet and iciii|)ciaic, though fcituate under the Torrid sione, the heats thereof much qualified by the cooling bkfts which riCe from the Sea on three iklcs of it •, as alfo by the frequent tefrtfliing flwwers, which always falls in ^nne, fntj. Sptmttds had to do here ^ they are excel- lent in many Mechanical Arts, efpecially in making fine PiSluret with the feathers of their r,n*Hu, which is 3 little Bird living on- ly OB Pew, and place their culoun To well that the beft Painters of Enrope admire the delicacy ^ they far exceeding a piece of Punting. They luve Tome mcmoires of their Hiftories, make ulc of certain Cha- and Angnfi, which is their hotteft feaiibn uf 30 racers in fiead of Letters of oor Alphabet j ,, the year : The foil fo fertile that they p- their tongue was extended fo far as they ther their crop twice a year , yet want they could extend their Dominion, though in di< good Wine,wi good w, by reafbn of the vers Provinces there'were diverfity of Lan- Summcr- rains. It is believed that no Coun- gnagcs ^ They arc excellent in refining of try in the world feeds fo much Cattd,fome private perfons having forty thoufanddxe*. or Govts, others one hundred and fifcie thou- fand sheep , &c. and an infinite number of tame Fowl, as Hens, Tnrbes, ^c. whence it Metals, expert Goldsmiths, and mrioas in pninting upon Cotton. Among their Ra»iiies oF this Coonny, thereisamoft admirable Plant, called ji/^- lotjy fttm wliich they cattradl leveral things, ^; comes that Oxtn, Sheep. Goats , Hoggs, and4oit hath on it about Forty kinds of leaves, <- . tame Fowl arc liardly worth tlie buying, by whichatefit fbcfevcral ufes, foe when they ""^ reafon of their che;^pae{s they often killing are tender, they make of them, Paper, Flax, them only tor their ygns: tiieir Uorfit are ex- Thread, Cordage , Girdlts , Shtei , Mats , celentjthe race coming from the htitofSpaim. M*ntUs,Stnffi, dv. upon them growprickles* There are tew Mines of Goldy thoughma- fo ftrone and /harp, that they nuke ufeof ny c^ Stiver about Mexico \ as thofe of Co- them infiead of fi#/, alfo tlx^ fetve for wtann, not above fe\'en Leagues difbnt t Netdkt : The Barhif it be roafted, ma- thofe oi Fuchnco, fbutteen{ of Archithkn, keth an excelleat plaifter for fVomidf^ from and Ttnmt,cs^tepeqne, eighteen ^ of ^ttnsl- the top Branches oaodK a kind aSGnm, whkh pa, twenty s of Ta[co, imi^nilpo, itdiOBTe- 50 is a foveraign Antidk* againft Pojfon \ itom feqne, twenty t\vo s of T4^ai4V4 , .vmttuy thetapoftfaeTreecomcthajnycelikeJ/rp^, which if feethcd,will b«cofne ^Mf , if purify- ed, S^tear^/Aitywak€M^ffrmeMdFfnegltr(^ it) atad ita£R]racchgoodwoodtobBild with. In this Cdantty aire two Mountains, one wliich vomits flames of Fire like vd?fiM, and another in the Province of (7««rir«, which lendeeh forth tvvo burning fheams, the one of «itarl'/«r Alfo '■*'■■ Mexico, or !^(eVf^Spain. All in regard of their Neighbours, having no be believed to be Brother and Sifter 5 lefs then Two or Three Thoufand men, for their ordinary guard« and having been able 15 J* and to raife Two or Three HundreS Thoufand Foot^ among the Twenty Five or Thirty A'/'»w, which were his Tributaries, fome cottld arm One Hundred Thoufand Men, their Revcraies vaft, which they raifed out 1 11,1.*" of ^^' '"omodities, as well of Natural, as H',/, \t-ff I ltil.0. . Chil- ,•^'^7/ dren of the Sun and Mmh ^ and that tlicy M'nru had been fent here below for the good of '■■'^"'''''* Men; and with this belief, they withdrew themii'om the Mountains, Caves and For- reftsj and gave them the firft knowledge of the Law of Nature. The Tnct-MMgo-CA- fac taught Men how to till the Earth, to graft Plants, to feed Flocks^ to gather the Artificial, which the King received in kind, ,q beft Frnitt^ to Build tloufes and Chits, &c. participatinj; of the Fruits of all Mens La- CtjtM0H4-Otlh, make Hahtts, &c. and above all inftru^ed that their principal care ought tobetoferve and obey tlieir Husbands^ and feed, and inftruft their Chtldrtn. And thefe people finding themfelves in a better and mote reafonable way of living then before, eafily fubmitted themfelves to the Government of thefe Tnu's j addiAed thai of a Dnkt^ their Ctrtnatuns held with 10 themfelves to the Rtligion they taught them. Jfreat Pomp,at which times they nfed bloody acrificesofMen and Children, which for the moft part were their Enemies, but fome- firaes their own. their 'r*mftfj were ftately with MOiy ld«ls whom they worfbiped ) which were attended with abundance of £ valour, they nfed Three degteesof many neighbouring people, but ftill more Honor, or Orders of Jr»»ifA»AW, which ac- by Iwectnefs, than force 5 and in the end cording to their merit were confer'd upon7ocomporedan Eftate, or Empire, which tor them, the firft (as Htjlin noteth ) wasdi fiinguiftled by a Rtd MiUdnd, the fecond called the Tigtr or Ljen-Knight, and the Third the C?r4jf-A'j»/5*fi which among other thingSfWereprtviledged to apparel themfelves inr«rrM,iu a difTerent habit, and to adorn themfelves with GM and Silvtr, which things are prohibited to others. Moreover the prefent MixUdnt defccn- dcd not Irom the Andent Inhabitants of the COunftv, b« from divers people, which ^ hod their refidence in the North, and not onlikdvftom that which vire call Nn^JHtxi' H. The Hiftory they produce of the man- ner how they came trom thefe quarters at dhrers tipies, of the time which the one, and the other, and particulariy of him whom theyiaftemployed in their Vovages, thoTe Ceremonies they obferved, and likewife the name of their chief Mtxiy feems to accord its greatnefs, and riches, and likewife for its Laws was one of the moft confiderable of the World. And if we ftiould put in paralel the />«• litiftn of the TntSt ot Peru^ or of thofe of Mtxie*., with tl^ein of the Crtds and Xomjns, Mefta inaintains that thefe would have the advantage : And that the Tnct's had fo great a care of the good, and repofe of their SubjeAs, that there cannot be found in all Hiftory amr King or Emftrer that ever bore himfelt with fo much fwcetnefs, freedom, and liberality towards his people, as did the Tmt's Kings of Ptrm and Mtxito. He faith likewife that they ought rather to be called Fathers then Kings of their Sub- jeAs. So foon as a Province entred under their Obedience, they made Channels every where to water the Lands -, and that thefe Lands fomewfaac with the Voyage di Mifts and' might be the more commodious for Tillage, the Htirtws., when heled them to tne Land they caufed to be laid Level what was un- of Pr«mife. Thefe people becoming Ma- equal, evening by degrees what was to fteep. fters of Mexiet, formed it confiderable Go- vernment, and gave it divets Kings. M^ ttzm*M tinder vmoai PenSn»nd Ctrttx eiitbed the Country, wasbutthetunthin number. The fn{*-Ming9-tgfiU^ his Wife Crfu ittntt'Otlbt were the fitft, that led theiifi to n hamaii),and civil life,d)ey made thcmfelvtt the Third of thef wv, and of the King as was needful. The the Lands proper for Tillage were divided into Three parts, viz. For the Suii, for the King\ and for the Inl/aiitants of the Country; and if thefe were info great num- ber that the third part of the LatM was not fumcient for their food, fo much taken from hUti id Mexico, or !J^Qi»*Spain.'. The Lands bring equally parted according c;»i;fr««r/ of thofe Province. They called to the nbilicv oi' every Family, the labor be- Priviledged, thofe to whom the ruts Jiam$ ganwith thofe ot the [orMMHJ, Widdtms, C4f4f had communicated this title, for them ,^„^ the old and impotent, and m the Curud's, or the £ureft in the Province : Of thefe the Tiudj or Kinf, might make ufe t but not of tho(e of device of the Tnc't's. They efteemed the 50 Cispt^ being referved onely for the Sun, 5f4rr/ as waiting-Maids, wtiich followed the and which* the Ttu* himfelf might not fee. Imfu Mm0, and all the reft executioners of the Juftice of the Si$si ^ to whom alone they fa- criRccd Slreef, Lambs,RMitSy Ftwls, Sfites, Herbs, Hdbits, Sec. befides Men md Ckil- dren, as was faid before. The Priefts of this Timple were all Defcen- dants of the Tnea's. In the Temfltt of other Umivirft , bat whom, not feeing, th^ con- Provinces it fufficed that they were defcen- tented themfelves to adore in their inward dants of the Priviledged Tm/t, CurtCASy or pam : They had likcwife (bme knowledge of Though thefe rufV /, and their People, adored not, nor made anv Sacrifice, bat to the San \ yet. the moft knowing among them, efteemed. much beyond xhtSam, the Psthttdnuc t that is, the Author of the TkJ Mexico, dr S^^ew^Spkinl »7 , Mhh, h Plates s Alter of Gtld, the Fi- Paintet* ,enviroii- takingoC MM I who one night 1, that he tna m the anci- ent Government of ?rr«, touching the order efbbliflicd^ to know the number of perfons lo twelve Leagues from the Sea^ thegreateft nioft equal parts : That whi^Ii is Southward, and towards Mexitt^ is the moit fertil, and beft tilled ( the other towards the North, and FltritUy being worfe. Likewifr, that -, ; which approaches the Sea is worth much morethentliar ivithin Land. The Cdftiltdus have tftablilhcd oncly three Colonies, of ' whichSt^r«/4*ir/P«(0'r#isthe Metropolis, '','j';7;^"' feaied on a River of thfc fame name, and *'«/. .'•'- - j.rtkc4. that was in each City, and each Province ^ what was its Revenue \ what Forces might be raifed ^ touching the ^'fkts^ the Curd' :Omcej td'sjot CtvtnuTy ana other otfcerso^ *»irfj, or for the nHtti* s touching the Publick Magaiins for PrtvifitiUy C/W»/, and Arms % touching their Ctrtm$mtt in their Surifittty in their Ftdflsy in their Fmurdl Pmfs j in their mourning a whole year after the death To\vn of Traffick in this Province, built by FtrdiiuntU Ctruz, intheplaae, and out of the ruins of Pdiuu*^ once the chief City of the Province, till deftroyed \>y him. Next St fa^» dt hi rdUtSy thirty or forty Leagues from St Sttvdn del Puertty or Pdnueo, to- wards the Wefts and Ukewife on the fame River, fcituate on an open Countrcy, and therefore fimced about with a Wall of Earth, of their Kiitgt\ Ukewife in the eAablilhment jo And thirdly, St Lt»i$ dt Temficty feated on of their Cthnits \ of their Sthnts s of their the North Banks of the River PdMrnn, from T»fth0»fts on great Roads, which they had which it is diftant twelve Leagues, and, near boUtfoIbtely, that the JImmm/ lud not the tlie Coaft of the Calf of Mtxt(0 , at the like. Mouth of this River, hatha very Urge Ha' But, as heTaith, the beft of thefe good ven, but To choaked with Sands, that no Ltms, and PtUq^ was abolifhed when the Ship of any confiderable burthen can ride, or Sfdiuirds became Maftos of the Country) fail there < otherwifefo deep, that Shif» of adding, that if there were Btrhsrifm before Four or five hundred Tuns might fall (ixty the reign ot the rW/, after them the f^- Leagues init. Thefe Colonies are fo weak - nUrds btoaght in another worfe then the ^oned by the incurftoiB of the Inhabitants, who firft I theluubitants of the Countrey, for now knock one on the head, and then ano- the moft part, not having what was necei&ry ther, that the beft had not above fixiy Na- fbr life, whatever labour, or fetvice they meSfditidrds An. 1600. They have Mines rendr^ their Matters ^ who ought to have of GtU'm the Countrey, which are not contente(^ themfelves with the riches they wrought ^ good 54/r>/i>/, out of which they had reaped,and may yet reap,from the good- draw the greateft pront, c^r. nefs of fhe Countr>'. The Prtviiuemd Bijhtprick of MH ECO- The ranfom of AtJmdtfdy the pillage of AC AN, between thole of Mexicty and Cnfctyini the firft incurfion which the Sfd»i- new GaUicUy fbetches on the Coaft:ot Mer drdsvKkitt'mtoPerM, yielded them the value jq it/ 5ni/ near a hundred Leagues, Advances m thai Coaft tothtzscd- "^fr^X' and Almdgrt^ the two firft Sfdmjk Cbkfs, utm , near a hundred and fifty Leagues. '^''■ which conqnoe^i'ff-M, and put to death A- Places of moft note, are, i. C»itii4y(eaxta ten i.coiim. tdhulfd s and 10 UkdHnxM GudfttTy like- Leagues fix)mthe Sea, built by Gm/(/v0 de wife brothers, and TnuSy were fo blinded Stitdtvdl. in the year i jas. a. Zdcdtuld, |^'*- on the Mer del Sudy and at the Mouth of a River of the fame name. 3. JHethtdCdm, the |. M«h«. Metropolis, which takes its name from the ""^ Province, fo called , now the Seat of the ^ i;„,„^ Tit fni. Nicchu- with the Gf!d they ^nnd. and became fo cruelly covetous « that eacn feeking to have all, tn^ b^an between themfelves an un- happy War s and in the end murthered. haqged, jlrangled, and bciieaded one aoo- Jrtihfii^. 4. xi»xM*d^ oace the Seat of ' Eeee the ■'¥ I& 5 Puni- •lo. i. Villi auiii. } UCon- Mixieo, cr O^tw Spaitt, the Kiiigi tiMnhucsikn .fdtaufijonct the IcM ugaiflft all difeares: ThoTe of theComtry Seat of the sijhfj dUmiitftom Mtjtici fanj wM )dd^eof the event of any ficknefs wlnt- ferefl Leagac*. 6. fidLMit, TeMcd near a foever it be, when (hey apHy the Leaf on large X^/^y foine,(iidi» be a large aa that the party > If (hey iiinen caluy, they foon of Mtxitt. This Lake^befides the benefit it hopeacoie^ botitthey refift, or fall off, brinfedi to (he InhMitants by the gmt they expe^ nbthhng but a great and long plenty of Fifh here taken, yieldeth thent the fickneft, or death. bppioitunity of feverSl pleafora and re- THASCAUA, or LOS AUGi-n,, creatuns, which they enjoy in Boats opon LOS n between iitxict, and the gulf of "^^^^^^ the water, wbkh areiiere in an exceeding ioji//xw«> trdm whence it advances unco the >>*'' great number. It is of. a large Circuit, once Mtr dtl S»d , (tretching it felf on the coift tne Scat of the Areh-iifh^, till removed to of tliis Sea twenty five Leagues j on the o i'//iif' teen Leagues from rmul^lit.B. St.Mithttl^ diftant about Forty Utagues from Menict. built by Lewis di Viltft* then Fki-Rnj of Mtxin. 9. St. fktlif , built by the faid ibicl. t Fbilir. thcrftventy five, or eighty : Places of moft nots arc, Pirft, TkafctU, w'lich gives name to this Province, once the feat of a Bifhof , and once governed m form of a Common- wealth t ic was faid to be To populous be- VtL^t$ at the fame time, toafTure the way fore the Sfanttris had to do in thefc parts, going from JWr(-i6«iif4» or Jtfrx/r« CO the 5i/i/«r that it could number about three hundred miius of ZtcMtttts : this way beina often so thoofand inhabitants ■* It had four principal peftered and frequented by the chichiHtt- ftreits or ifttarinf, which, in time of Warr, (flies, otfmitet, Tdtd^s, and other barba- rous and as vet uncowjutrecl f«mpl«>. who greatly perplex and antmy the people that order Upoo them. Sonte^ place hkewife in this Province^ the Citidsot Ltut^ of Znm- r*. of ^tlUde Lm$s, and One Hundred, or OneHondrcd and twenty Towns of which Nmcty have their ScM*. were each of them governed by a Captain j and in themiddcft of thcfeyfrrm it nad a ijpacious imm-h*».pUet. large enoneh ( as fome Authors affirm) to holdtlurty thournui per- fons, which was always thronged with pct>. de, for the negotiating of tlirir aftirsj it fs fcituate on an fafie afcent bawixt two Rivtrs, encom'^ed with a large, pleai^c. the foil of this Frtvimi is very dilTerent, 30 and fhiitfol plain, about twenty Leagues hi tin tr*' 0»d If but every where fertil, and in moft places yields inch great iilcreafe of all fons of Cnim, Fruits^ (jrc.- tliat it hardly liathits fdlow m the whole World. It prodnceth likewife, Cmm. Amktrtmft, gm^ Silvtr, compafs : Secondly , L0S AttttUs , (or the City of AHgels) a fair City,1)nilt by Sth- ftiaii Ramirez , A0ii$ I H >• diftant ^om Mexict twenty two Leagues, now the J/- /»fair that (hey ferve them inftead of Lnkhig- to the City ofii/rjr; are civil, and leani good manners impontion^becaaltof theii>aillhingtne£iid from the Sfamtrds. Cirttz in hit coM^oeft of Jtf/j^^«. ^^^ BetvfteaCoLiMAtni ACATJl^AN The Ctoontiy li more hdt then coWjfroit- j^" f*'^ is fonnd the pknt Ctc0mntdtl>otOkMtiizit»^ faSi in fsr«> ok^k, fufdri wiM, fruits, feeds "t ' whicii takes blood-fhotfmm the eyes, pre- ifnichrjrtr/fiinofnchpaftoitSjWeO watered fervts the ftrength of the Mf, or reftores it whh freOi ftfeams. tn the VaPf oiS. Pdul to the weak, curea the t0tth, waiihttut-tth , was a Countryman pofleft of forty thon- (cfrfla all ftfftm « and in fiac^is dHoft excel* tttA Shtf^ymA^ wttt the pradvft of only two Cat III, tn- J Mf'«« tw, wli Thelnft and cot faid. gua iV«rran< on the 1 onthofe the two timM, t Theplaii whole fo tie more, Bifhtfrid ted its n.i the valle ftately bi nificent C are of Mi thicknefs, . 'ey o^Ne lltf»x{» ter, and c tine Mtr d foraLaby of a Rock venient Pc and fre^uc Merchandi riff a place thofe two vnidilk;\n co,tl)|^ ii and as mai are infubit try, which The di ^ aieallfcrii T, '.' frmits. Cm wellftored other Mtn ftream dow of AlmMd, make ufe ^ venr health " and impatic they gaion people woo (hey only c iaonlynece ous,of ago udkmSaoat ,,^ Tnn^ct > Leagues lot 1^ '<«, fcarcei tweentheF The Count wards the c( theoiountai Mexico, br !JS(eiif'Spdm, 4 tvfo, which were broaght him from j'/4/». nl for eight or nine months in the year, the airisvery hnmid y and its(cituatwn being 'M f" I m;"" The Inhabitants are nlach of the fanne nature and coddition with thofe of Mtxiet afore- raid. CUAX AC A\% between the Mtr del rrmandSMJi on the Wed, touches onely much under the TtrriJ Ztiu , it engenders an infinite number of vtrmtn, gusts, and in- ftils J yet the foil i'> excellen?, abundant in 'iJiH!^','. Mdjc and Cmm, which is their principal *"•'• en the Province»»*r/f4, which defended it felf, and which fufTcred under the Sfdnidrds fword. • ^ « C >f T .< ^ is thelaft Province of the t*. rr,. ,_... , . Audience of Jtf^x/ftftowaids the Eaft : It IS ".'/,;' '"' Merchandizes of Euroteand Mexic0, to Ft- pi Ffi$iiifiiUoiiho\it Four Hundred Leagues 't,t]^i„ ri>>aplaceof great Riches, till plundered by Circuit, fituate between the Culii of JVrxi- 'V«"Ci. thofe two eminent TraveUers Dr4*/ and Cd- ct , and Htndards : The ifthmut which joyns vtiuhlky both Ungliflmtit \ betides thofe pta- it to the mainland, is not above Twenty five cet«tl)|feisraidto be tlircc hundred Towits, or Thirty Leagues over, from whence the Country continues enlarging it felf, from Fifty, to Seventy five Leagues breadth, and ends at Cdft dt Cettek-y wnich reg.irds, to- wards the Eafl CdP(, St. Anthiij in the of C#^ at thct" " JuftKfi on a Mountain in die Province of Zdftiud. 4. Sftntm Sdii00 in the Quar- ter, and on tlitfiivmr ok' cmdXJCtaUo , avtx the Mtr dtl Ntrt . J . CixrtUvdCd , of note for a Labyrinth , not far diflant. hewed out of a Rock. tf. y4^«4f»/f«, a noted and con- venient Port on the Mtr dtlSkd, well known and frequented by thofe who ttanfport the and as many Eftdiuid's or Hdmttts , which are inlubited by the Natives of the Coun- try, which pay tribute to the Sfdnuurds, The divers Qijarters of this Province aie all fertile, not only in grdins , but alfo in Ifle vdiftance of Sixty ^d fruiUy CftidMttl, Silk, Cdfid t and the Eaith 40 odd Leagues. ■ ■" • ■■-. • The Coafls of 3CMCywnich they call C4(4«iwh>«.n they make ufe of inftead of mtitey ^ the air is veiv healthful ^ the people are very (lothful, and impatient of labour, by reafon of which they gfeionot the riches which inddfttieus people woold get, by cultivating their Land, proves dangerous for Ships $ but covered . 1 with abundance of 5f4-/'M>/, which thofe of the Neighbouring, and far diflant Countrys - come to chafe. The Ifle of Coiumel, or "'JK Aetucumel to the Eaft, hath formerly been famous, for its Idtldxsmel, which all the people of the Neighbouring Continent went they only coMenting themfelves with what Jo to adore. And it was in this Kle, or the uohly neccflaiy j, yet they are very ingeni ous, of a good nature, and willing to receive tnftru6Uoas from any that will teach them. Tdvdfet is only a coaft of an hundred Leagues long, between Gudxact and ^»r tm, fcarce twenty five Leagues broad, be- tween the Province of cibiu* !• TiMt rf Aietcko, or !^(eT»^SpMinl facrificed, .mdeatehimandfourofhisMcn, boaring Efttcct, and envied by thoTe mishc and the reft they referved till another time, afpire to the Royalty. This djverCty wa Among thp'e,if ©yf- Lif/zI'l^y/, or :^(rt>. gyfLLlCIJ, but fome'othcrs of the Countrey s and quan- lo THe Audience of CUADALA^a- tity of W/Zi i?<-4/?/, principally Stti^s, a»id * J» .*, or Kingdom of Ntw-CaiitU, mid Bttrt s and among their Films, tu- makes the moft Occidental part of Stw- tnks. They have yet tound no CtlJ, much ^ftin, and contains the Provinces of (;«4i<. lers£4//<-j»: which makes it appe:ir,tliat It 1$ /-;-.-, Xstif'*. Us Zictucu ^ CkisimttUM, not tiue, that the Sftniards found here CMlUeM, a.w Pitw-Biftmmyy fome others Crofles ot Luttn, there being none in all add CiMt^ and others likewife Ctlifttmt^ Amtriu. SS'virty Akim, &c. that is, the c«/»/i. The Cities of ^mcjIm are four,' Meridd ms pretend to extend their cower to the once Mtjifan^ VdUtdtUd^ Ctmftiht or fanheftpartof this new World. St rrtmctfco dt CdmPich, and StUmtnc*. jq The Province of CiiddJtJMrMy hath one* i.iiM.i I. sifriddy is the Mrtropolis, being the ly two Cites, or Crimes^ of Sfsshards^ Seat ( the Bijh0f^ and Ct-vertur^ for Td- viz. C»mUUj»*, and Sam* Mm* dt Us vtft$MA fucMdin diftant from theSea, on ■£«?«/, of which, the firft is the chief of the each fide, twelve Logues » the City is Kingdom or t rovince, bailt in ijji, by adorned with great and ancient Edifices of Ntmut. dt GmzmMy after he had ibifbed Stone, with many Figures of men cut in his Con;ueft : It is the refidence of the the Stones t and Decaufe they were refem- K'tnsi Trtdfarrrsi dignified with the Courts blingthofe which are at utriddinSfun^ that of fuditdtmrt % the Seeof a Bifufs which lume was given it. a. FdSdddtid^ thirty wasfitfteftabLlhed at CmsftftKa^ a^ftom Leagues from vtridd, is beautified with a^othencetraosfnrred hithcrm if70{ beautifi- vety fair Monaftety of frMfz/fj*/, and more edwitha fas cahtdnd clmrtk^ a Convene rcf. T».V| t. Valla dolO. then Forty thoaland Bd/idridns under its Jurifdi^ion j. Cdsmftche, fcituate on the fhore of the Cir//", a fiir City of about Three thouCmd Houfes, and adorned with many ftjtely and rich StruAures, which in i;9tfwas lutptifed, and pillaged by the E0glip>y under the Command of Captain Pdrier ) who carried away with him the of Aagffihu Fhtrs, and another of Frdst- eiftMS : it is fcituate in a pleafant, and fruit- full Plain, and watered with divers FtMntdiM/^ and little Ttrrems, not far- from the River BdTdsnd \ the netghboaring Mountains, ha- ving fnrniflied them with materials for their buifdinES. SmI* Mdridde l$s I.djg$s is fouy orfift}rLeaguestToaK;«4j^>4,and I'even- Ctvtnur, t!ieJt(;Ar/of theCity, and many .gtyfivefiomAfrxK*! it wabuikJcd by the Frifmtrss betides, a great Ship, laden with fame (7«»i«4», and nude a place of great Hmey^ JVdXy Cdmftch-imd , and other ftrength, onely to hinder the incurfions of Rich Commodities, The conqueft of the Kingdom of Mexicp was much enfierto the CdJUlidsis, then that of Perm i the Kingdom of rrr« being Here- ditary, anil its Tittd't loved, and alm«ift ado- red by their Subjeds^ the Kingdom of JVrx- ie$ being Elective, and its Kiius hated, if not by tnofe of Mtxin, y « by aU the neigh- the ( huksmapHSy who are a barbarous, and untamed fort of people, who border npoo them, towards the North-Eaftt who live upon the fpoiltof other people t harborii^ in thick Woods, and private Caves, forrhe better obtaining their prey « which faid To.vn keeps than in fuchaw, that they date not moUftthem. -i"^ijM\f'i ff'- '■u K:iiiA/i .' Tne CmdJSf or 3^(eyt*PrMcii XI i,]it- The Air of this Prorince is temperate, and rttene : except it be in their Sum- mer, which is much troubled with Rains. The people of this Province* as gene- rally throughout all GtUitU, are crafty, very docile, even in matters of Rtligitn^ in which they are inconftant. 'and wMvaing, they are impatient of labour, much given to pleaTures. delisht in Arong Jrmkt t tneir ha nhj North-Eafl afGinJdl^/»4, and Xnlifa, are theProvinces oiCHI AMBTLA iV,whofe cheif City is St. SthjUdu^ feated on a »>fw. River of the fame n^me, nigh to which are li.l'Ci. many rich Silvir Mints. . The Province ,'""»!);* of Cutuctn whbfe chief Cities are it. Mi- J;'^^;;"« thttt, featedon the River of Wmutty built ''yX* by GuzmMy and PUnU feated on a River nTufi/ focallcd, about twodays Joorney from the "■•,";',* Lit for the moil part is A (hrrt of CHttn^ over,oSea, well built, and of good edeem, till ■^";>'*' which tliey wear a Mantle, which they the great damage it received from the 5/'4- '.au*- fatten about their Shoulders : Theyareof a nurds in their Conquell. And laftly the ^ '**'' f'ood Stature, and well proportioned, little Province of Cim/m, whofe cheif City is St. ubjedt to ruknefs, nor knowing what ^«A», an amientColanyot^r^iw^rir. There the Plague is ^ they ordinarily living a hun- areeve^ where rich Mines ot Silver^ plenty »> r». dred years » they are much troubled with of PrtvifitHS, /rusts, Mtjtt, Pitlfe, and *Z'',, Giuss, ittdytrmsiu. The Country is rather C#//w: their I/shMiitsiits are great, (hong, ,r;,^*';; Mountainous then plain,' well furmfhed with and warlike^ and panicniarly in CfiM/»4,where J ;"' 'i^- Mines, of Silvtr, Ctfftr^ Lud^ and Msr- they have made the Sunitrds abandon the ^'" gsfittt, Art. ]MinotifeoiG0ld,Jr0i$^orStttl;ioCity of St.fthn^ who have rebuilded o- h.tmia. .L- _....-. M.-J ..-.j.„j:„.:....^-u..- ther -where that of ir. rhiltif and ^4- WliS: North of Gndddltjdrs^ are the Provinces o{ LOS x^dcsTBC AS,miinoviBlS- C ANT. Account is made of four Co- J^J;;,']';: Ionics in t.$s ZscdtecMS. Thirty Towtis, and rT/ilrt- Four famous Lodges neer the Mines : of hA^T' III* the plains tilled, yeilds ordinarily One Hun dred for one of Ctriiy and Two Hundred for one of MdjM s t hey have much Pmlfe, many Olivftrtts, whofe fruit is often fpoyled by the Ants % as their Gtmiss are bv f"' • Ti»^ ?!>« atcnobitfgcr ifienoot Sftrrtms^ but in fiich quantity, that where there alight,ina lit- tletime, theydevour the wholecrop. They ^hifh ,he principal v^ L$sZat4ttt*s, \di H2\Z have CurtiUy OrMgxs, FiWi ^fr*'j ^**'"-> which the Province took its name ; inhabi- ■•'"' --^ Ptathts, and almoA all the/ri.i// of f-rrtrjoted by SfMurds, who have here a Con- -i/^t are here found in great plenty, whic]i_tor yent of FrtHciftdsis. AviiUy Smtrarsiu, St. Mdrtim, arid poflibly St. Luke. The Cit les a: e Xnts dt FrntttrtJEun*, KnnArtd* diHy befides that inthe//f/^MM/of Pmuhsss, and D»r4infg0. There are no Cities fpoken of in NtwBifcMsrft but only excellent Mmtt of illver,at S. ^'^"S StnUa Btrbtrt^miit Endis which they efteem the bed, built on- ly For the benefit of the Silver Mints which Tfww goodnefs furpafs thofc of sum. Their Psfinrts likewtfe are rich, and feed abun- dance of C«t other fi Je : Yet fome place thefe two Provin- ces in t hat part of ^Iwrr/f 4, moft ad vanted to- ofsWr, necr the Pafcaguates, and elfe- 30 wards /*^-(, which muft be Weftwaid of new Cities,whofeHoufeshaye their Chambers, Halls, Parlors, and other Conveniences, very populous ^ among which, the City called new Mtxico is the chief, diftant from old Jdexici about five hundred Leagues, being the refidence of the Govemour, where the SftnurJs keep a Ganifon, and have changed its hame to St ftgie. CtbtU hath ft. ven Ci- ties, each ot three, tour, or five hundred Fa- milies, and, with thofe which remain in the field, may makeliKewie eight or t^ thou- fand men : All thefe ii$lMlit^»i, tre addict- ed to War, their Country tilled, and abound- ing in all Visuals ^ though the air be very hot in Summer, and in Winter very cold, thefe Countries may export S#/», Cnfi»l, Tarfuiftt, and MmtrtUss^^fy have Mines T»» Tn- Quivirs III Intit- IMU. where. .gM lyiRA hath not many houfes, nor over ftored with people, and thofe that do inhabit here are very rude and barbarous, the noen cover their bodies with the skin of an Ox illacconupodated^the womenon- ly with their hair, which they wear fo long, tnat it ferveth tnem in ftcad of a Veil to hide their nakedoefs : they hve almoft al' Mtxfct s othets place them Eaftward of new jitexict, and ftretching towards fltri- dd, and CtHMd*\ which is quite oppofiteto to the former Pofition, yet this laft is moft likely, by the way of thofe which pafTed from thefe quaittrs into Pumct of new Sftiit. CALIFORNIA hath a longtime beenefteemedtobe only a PtmnfmUs The together on raw flo^lli , which they devour ^tf«i7m//(rr/ having taken on thefe Seas a rauKr then eat, fwallowing it without any Sftmi^ veflel, which had rounded it^ and made the Chart of it, who fiw t!iat it was but an I fie, which extends it felf fix)tn South Eaft to North Weft, and from the Twenty third lytgrtt of Idtitude. to be- , chewing) they live in hctrds or rr«^/,refem- bliogthol^ of the Tsrtvs ; not having any certain abipde, but remove from one place toanotho, ftaying where they find good .T.w.y v,,..^ '"s-^* -• «.■.•.». ..v. »v- 7}«> c,i. pafturefor their CMttlsth.6x Cms md Buffs yond tne Forty fitt'i, lying along the Weft „i"if"«i are as great as ours, but in all things much fide of Amtrict. Its length is of Seaven or Cwrf"^' diffintnt? their /f»r« are little, their i//r in- Eight Hundred Leagues. Its breadth un- Hf /*/♦• cliningto Shitfs Wool, very long towards the der the trtftfutoi Ctnctr, not above Twen- head and fhonlders, andwLichmoTtensmoreyoty. or Twenty fiveLeagues? from ivhencc and more towards their hinder parts: they it ftill enlarges it felf unto One Hundred and have a great bofson the midJlc of their Fifty Leagues, towJrc's the Fortieth Depie bacJ,«heir feet Ibort before, a great /^W ' '" hanging unda their thrtu, their tnjl long , and tuned towardsthe end i there is in this Animal ^Omti\iBBA^Li*n,C»mtl, Gtdt and Sktef, biit mote of Qk' ^^ t th w head and fcce is lb v^^^BMts trill not come oeet AmyTM^jtutttd^t ia their fu^ aie ■^ m » i of Latitude, The Aire hath been found cold, though in a fitnation which ought to render it more hot then temperate. The the Country ill peopled, t hey P jh ior Pearls in Mer Ftrmej0y and on the Eaft of tiieCoafts of Caltftmia, and likewife along, and on the CoaiU oi Ittw Grtnadt, or Nnv Mtxic*. Mark Ptima of nnv mtvkd it, and q'K^ArEMALa. I||iitt- ages of it, mingled with 5//Vr; : they ufe it nefs (ielayed, and a difficulty made of re- liktwife inftcad of Mentj. TheCountreyis mcdying it, as if he did contefithe right moreinclining to Mountains,then Plains, but and abiolutr power, which the Kinos of well watered with Jf/t/rr/.ThepeopleCaccor- Cafiilt fay, they have in thofe parts* and ding to the relations of fome tnai have been over thefc people, made him refolve in 1 542, there) are {Aifillanimous and fearfully t^ to print his Treatife in 5 ;«ps of chiapa, one was, jo ravilh JV0mein whom they fold attetwards for BtrtMtmexvde I^Cafas, ot rhe order ot St. zCheefe: and oft-times a hundred i/M and DdmuHpst, who having feen the cruelties Wmtn, and fometimes five hundred, and ?vitnwhichthe Spaniards veiled the people more, for an Afi, or a Htrfe. Heobferves, of America; endeavoured by divers Remon- that a certaio chacufne, having rfcaped ftrances to hinder it for the future ; but out of Hiff4m$U into Ciikd , to fhoo the not getting any fatisfadion there, came into cruelty of the SpMitirds, they becoming af- SpaiK, and addrefTed himfelf to Dm. Phillip, ter Maftersof C»ia, and this poor ChatujBt, fon oif charts the Fifth, and after Second falling into their hands } they condemned of tliat name. King of Spain : To whom lum to the firt, wkic being iocitcd by a ,vy q^OATEMALU. Fryer lo mm chrifUdti, t^nat leaft after pillaged by the EHglijh. j. StOeirge de this life, he might be faved in Partdice ; olancho , feated in the valley of Oldatho^ when he underftood that it wis a place heretofore noted for the CoWf»5\ which St Domingo ("built by Bartholomtn, brother to Chnfiifher Colnmim ) is the chief, pleafantly feated, its houfes xveU built, which for the moft part are of on the Cud Sea. The Country both of the one, and the other Province, is rude, mountainous, and little fertile, only tor Majze, and Pot- herbs. In fupply thereof, they hare ex- ceeding rich Ntines of Cold and Silver in their Mountains, and Stnd-gold in rheir Rivers j but there remaine yet fome Ships to ride in, it is enriched by the refidence of the Ctvtrntnr, the Court of Audience, the See of an Arch Bjflaf, the Chamber oi Accounts, theTreafn/jCtarti and, befides many Convents of Religious Houfes, an Hoffitat endowed with a large yearly Revenue, a place of great trade, till the taking of Atexict ^ and the difcoveiy of Pern j fmce which time it hath much Natives in thefe quarters, who ftill mo- ''K^ decayed, nor hath it yet recovered it felf, left and annoy the Spaniards, killing and eating them when they can catch them iPr of the great lofs and damage it fuftained by Sir franc u Drake- in Ansa 1586. It now being Inhabited by not above two Thoufand families, of which about fix crL rn J exrerr r r ra Hundred arc Natural Sfamards, the reft ^Ibe 1/leS nJ\l iLfLJUd, Mejliz^ UnUtts, Negroes, and Canaries. or CA MEtCJJ^ ES, 'T'''.^ 'J^' '*°^'* '^' ^T"*^ ?•"" ^^ '" -i '-. ^ A-r w . fcafon of ,ts Commerce^ it is forty Leagues ;,' ; ^ fk>m St Domingo, on the Northern (horc, *' BEtween the two America's Septentrio-50aad well feated on 3 commodious Bay. 1' m/», andA/«"/if#»4/*f, and before the Then St f ago de los CavaHieros, for the v,' beauty of its fituation. £l Cotnj for its '^, gold MmK.3alvaUo»de Tquej for its Sngars '^'A and Paftnres . AsMa likewife for its Sugars, being a noted Haven. St. Maria del fun- /« for its Cafia, Monte Chriflo for its Salt, La Canceftion de la t'ega, the foundation of Chrifiepher Columim, for whofe fake • 11 Con- nfmt, !>"(•■ lau ltd. llhljli tiM. fn lilt. Culfol Mexico, are abundance of Iflands of iffirrent greatnefs^ H iSP A NIOLA, and Ct:ia are the greateft ; Jamaica, Bori- ijuen, and others, of the middle Tort % the ieft,muchlefs. HISP AN 10 LA with its Inhabi- tants, call'd Jtfisfioja, that is, alloxMain- Laitd, aod Apt, tmt is Afftrttft is in the it was made an Efifcnfal See, wiiich at prefenc ted coun S( ofth fiom of all in the the (i force out tl and tf then t The Btaftsi grew \ being f their s from ti; profit, flourifhi Meadon ry : anc (pace of and root. ripenefs, and othi longer w fumed ai moft par Country Iflcs. Bcfbn Me,ther andthof of Coney dia\ oniff eat durin] their infi moft da footed i it felf; tl the flefhj Ihecncl eyes and f fo briehif write by] their Fifi able, wi twenty fj bove a catch otil byfaftnin on its bi fumiftKdl found Sd\ The )*:C'- ftreight: The Ifles Ant'tUeSy or CamercAnes, I ,w coj- preTenc is united to St Dtmi»gt\ and tlie dred Leagues from Weft toEaft, and from tlS laft of the ten Colonies is £/ Z^i^o fea- i7 .Eiwy- jgj on. the Sea ihore, but of fmall ac- count. So Toon as the SfaniarJs were mafters of this liland, they caufed to be brought from Sfdin, Gmiis^ Fruits, and Beap of all forts. 'XhsGnim would not thrive in the Plains, bv teafon of the richnefs of South to North,onlytvvpnty five or thirty almoft every where, fo that in Continent, thefe two Ifles are almoft equal, their qua- lities are likewife in many things correfpon- dent, asintheir(;r4/«/, Cattel^ and Fruits. The Aire of Cuba is healthful, and its Forrefts furnifhed with the beft wood, for building of 5 Ai/>i: It feeds ftore of PuUetH, the foyl , the ftalks taking away all the lo Pircens, TtrteUs, Partridges, FUmtngo\ In Fitfti, I ft> i;< 1 k S, »nl- Colonies, of J,"^,' SdrthtUmeiv, i ; (m ) is the ' houfes well part are of and fafc for :hed by the :he Court of h Stpaf, the rttfufj Courts \ of Religious i with a large cat trade, ull the difcovoy it hath much ovcrcd it felf, Tc it fuftaincd -«M i$86. It X above two ich about fix oris, the reft and CdMriis. f^ ■coud place by i 'j forty Leagues .II lorthem ftiorc, \\ modious Bay. j • Ittrts, for the h. Cttuf for its .,, m th« fiift twenty nve Leagues, and from the o- ther thiity or thirty five: Its Climate is betwixt thcTropickin 17 and z8 de- grees of Northern Latitude , and there- fort twice every year fuhjeded to the per- pendicular beams of the Sun, But though It is thus feated under the Ttrrid Zone, yet derable Burthen may fa'fcly ride at one time, and all Aiflikicntly (heliered from the fnry of the Sea,oifrindsi anil upon tliis Point or fandie Bay, ( fince the Engli/h are be- come Maftcrs of this Ifland ") they have built about five hundred Houlcs, which are well inhabited by the Englijb , and is be- come a plaieof fome trade ^ the entrance the heat is fo qualified with the trefli 3° into this //-w^tfKr is defended by a powerful treezes that come trom the Sea , that it may truly be called temperate .• Its air fo healtliful, tlut people live to a great age, and free trom difeafesj Us foil is rich, and fertile, plentifully provided of all things neceflary •, as iiayz, and Ibme other grains, f.mu'n^. PttatHs,Tawn$es,ai\dothct Anoerican trt- """"'" virions : It is well ftocked with Caitel, as Hoggs, Beeves, Deer, &c. Its tVoods well Ih fmi- fin ill Sttjli tntiti. Fort which the Englilh built : The others arc called old Harbor , which is likewifc very good, ferving as a Harbor or Haven to the ancient ( and once famous ) City of St ^ago de la Fega, till ruined by General Fenables j fo that of about two thoufand ^',;^"; Houfes, and fixteen churches, there now ^""' remains not above five or fix hundred Hou- ^"*"' /«, and the mines of two Churches s of «'. I'f ftored with Fonl, and its Rivers with Fifl). ^ which Houfes fomi are very fair , and yet It yields great increafe of all things that it habitable. And about fourteen Leagues produccth,as Sugar-canes, Cotton-wool, Indi- co. Tobacco, drc. Their Fruits are excel- lent, and of fundry forts, as Oranges, Lymes, Cuavars, Pomegranats, Planianes, and Ca- coa trees, of wuo(e kernels thk.ymake the cA0^4/r<(4, with abundance of other Fruits too tedious to name. It hath good fa- ilures, the grafs being always green and to winde-fard there is another Port, cal- led Porto Meruit, about which there is a potent Colony of F.ngUfh feated. This//74ffr/4/r, a fair £/ Arricih, and GutdiMiUit or m Cer- nuin are the other Cities ^ all the Iflt hath few Ptrls^ it is travcrfed by a Chain of Mountains, which cut it from Weft to Baft •, here is found a whitt Gnm, which they ufe inftcad of Pitchy to caulk th«r ihift r, and inftead of Tdllm, to mak e CtnMes J and for want of other MeMc*- merits, for fVomiJs and Sera : befides its and large Town conHAing of about four or five hundred well built houfe:. It is very populous, by reafon ^f its being the refidence of the Ccvtmeur, the place of ^Mdictturty and the refidence of mofl of the Mmhdtits, and Faltm in the //7f, who have here for the better negotiating of their affairs, Stm-htufet for tSeir Ctm- modities,^ alfo for thofe that are brought CtUy SugATi , and Gaijm j it hath many 20 them from EngUnd, or elfe where : and Stlt-Marchts, Thefe four Ifles are ilie greatefl, and chiefefl of the Antilles •, the refl are numerous, and ought to be con- fidered under the iiames of the LucAy" and Cdnies. The i.»f*j<> are North of Cnthiy and Hiffaititld » of which, Lucdjtn many of thefe Stere-htujes may be termed ShofSi to which the uihabitants of the ijli come and buy what they have occafion foi, giving in exchange Sugdr, Indict^ or fuch other of their g*ods, as they agree for. This ifie is exceeding fertile, bear- is the chief, the greatcfl, and the moft in^ its crops all the year long, and its northernly of all \ Bdhdmd gives its name Trees being always clothed in their fum to the Channel, which is between the Ifles mer livery, and the Fields and Woods in and Fltriddi aChannel fo rapid, that, in 50 their verdure, renders it very delightful to dcfpite of the Winds, it carries Shtfs hewn South to North, or rather from Souih-Wefl, to North-Eafl. Ciidtuhdni is the firfl Land which Ctl»miiu dii'co- vered near Amertcd, and named it St. XdtvddtTy becaufe he had bten in danger to have been caft into the Sea by his own men, in the fear they had, that they fhould findnoLand. i . . .. The Caribe Iflcs. • 14. •He C A R I S B S-, OT C A S I- BALS Iflandi, are Eaftof Biriqiuim, and advance in a Demy-Circle towards AmtricdJ4tridi$t»dlis « the name wasrtaken from the Inhabitants, being Ciiri^<'j, orC4- niMs, that is, Men-edters. The moft ta- thelnhabitants.The chief c««nnMd!r//» that it yieldeth are S»gtrs, Indue, Cmtis-Wttl, Ginger, and Totdcce, and thofe in fuch great plenty, that it may be admired at, being obferved to give loading to about One Hundred fail of sk$fs every year. Its fmitt are the fame with thofe found in other pbces of Americd. Here are abun- dance of Air/ffr, and PnUdim, and its Woods 40 yield pWiy of Fnrle. The Ctmmtdities that are fent them, are all forts of things ufed for the kack or Mlj, as alfo feveral Mdnufditnres and utenftUs, oi Ir$n, Ctpper, Ltddy Tin, Brdfs, alfo feveral things be- longing to; HtnJfktU-fiuffy &e. Anl it is oblerved, that the beft of any Ctmmtdtty is foonefl vended. There is a River which the Inhabitants call the Tdigh Ri- ver , from the top of whofe waters is ga- moos ate, i. Bdrbddts^ a. 5f Cj^i/}#^^rr,;o thered an i^/e which they ufe to bum in nkitt 3. SdnBdCrnx. n. CndddUnfe, $. Mdrti- mfe, 6. Grenddd, 7. Tdbdgt, %. Mdrigdr Unte, 9. Sdititd Almfid, 10. T»rtng$, II. Mtntftrrdt^ 11. Nitves 1$. St. Fin- centy and 1 4. Anteg*. Of which a word or two of fome of the chief, BARB ADOS isoneof themoflcon- fiderable Iflands the Englifh are Matters of s in which, though but of a &naU Cir-: Ldimfi. ». SAINT CHRISTOPHER, about fix miles long, and four broad ; the Ifle Mountainous, and not over fertile its chief Commodity being Ttidcet, which b held excellent. This was once the cheif- eft amongfl thefe Ifes for the Cdthdick King} bat now the EngUOiy and Httdn- ders pofTcfife the greateft pan of the 1I«. Hhhh iSAXz Si Chitdo. yhai. ;• ClHl. The lOtMiMtei^ GKnereaneil Inhabited ^ and j: SANCTJtCMUX, by, the /rmc'i' , the lik il tnamuiioooiy and not well provided with ft^wtttcn, andotnoconAdcrsibleaqtc. 4. OUADALOUFB.^btm tktt Leagottifl length, poiMTed by the FntteA, of good Amluri^e in molt parts of the adjoyning Sea,^ and of feme note for its iotendip gcncnl MKbody^of.thefe//?«i^r But Iftmptoce^to 4fM[m4 midinulis. America MctiJionalis, AMEAI us is t CA MEMlDiONA- the oioft Southern pan or CrtniiliK Ki««». I< Tinccnti Aniffo. ^elh water , which it futniihnh Sh$fi Ptwm}»U of Amr$e4 \ which extends it with iiitheit neceflityytofinifli tbck vc^- lofelf from about the twelfth degree on this ages. Hdeof the £fMMr, unto (he fifty fourth $4, CRBNAIiO but a fmall //7r C be- beyond it, winch are Axty fix irrrrriof ing not above fix miks in length ) in form iMitndt : and from the two hundred ninety of a CrrfftMt^ the two horns being not a- one,orninetytwo,whcreis?«r/«fV«/«,unco bove a nule afmdcr, it is pofleflcd by the about the three hundredth and fittictb, JFrtMck, (M 10 be of a tcrtik foil, and where there is CtfeStAngitlttJh which ate well clothed with H'ttds.Md hath a com- fifty feveo or fifty ciglu tlegrtes of ItHgi- modioos haven. itiit. It reachvs' then from South to 6. NI£ rES, in tlic pofTcffionof the North, one thoufjnd fixhuodrod and &hy Sm^ii/h^ faid to be about fifteen miles in so Leagues t from Wcfl to Eaft, little kfs compad, p!ca£intlv watered, well >VQod- then fourteen hundred. ed, in which are /tore of D€ny aivi other Its bounds on the North and Eaft, are Mtdjli tor hmBtng « and indifTertnt fertile the Mtr dtl Nm: of which the parts are iummy oithtAmtruMc$mm9dtiKt. tlie North Sea, ard that of XfACf/, to- 7. s A/NT yiNCENT, aboui fix wares t \Mt Souik •!>• M^tlUnuk Sea whole Leagues in Circuit, of a fenile fod, y cild- parts ore tlrafe of f ^r^Mi^, the M^*i»mteh ing abundance ot Su^^-cdiits, well wa- Su, particularly, and that of Chili, On trcd with many freth ami plcafant Rivers, tlie Wcff, the Mtr dtl SmJ, or fMiftfue and full of fafr and a>nveiiient B*fes for Sea, oKvliicli theSea of /rr# makes apart, (hipping, poflWredlw tliel>«/cA. 30 Its Fi>rm approaches necr a Triangle, 8. A NT ECO poflefTed by the Enf^- whole fides are almoft equal \itatn Pmi '1 1.4, Mcri.lJ IMlIt, h/b, aboai feven Leagues in length, and as niocfi in breadth, not well proviJed with fiefh water, but well clotheo with woods, and of a difficult accefs. The reft of the Ifies ore lets con/iderable. And now I dull be bold to fay that Hiff4mi$U^ Cmt4, and the neighbouring Ifles, anfwer tothe MifferiJes ot the An- yie)» to C4ft St Ang»^i9 ate fourteen hun- dred Leagues I from Cjfe Si AMg0fimy to Cafe Frtwsrdm the middle oftlK ftreighc oijUtgtlUmt are fifteen hundred Leagues, and trom thii^Cgft to f«r/i* ttU fixteca hundred. , ,. Its fcituatton for the moft paic it uklcr the Ttnid Ztnt , part under the Amv' lufm tients. All agree that the Htfptrtdttvitw ^tuk ttmftrstt Zuu, of that which is un forty daies tail from the GtrgdOts^ and the der the T^tfJi filler MBEU»I0NA' LISiatorEMUfrjAltA,tiniBMAS- yond thefe. And when the Antients place ^qLI AN •#,fubdividiag Ftrwvi^ intp 7>r- tiiefe/Zcj^mir/ in one <;«//■ alone, as Ci»- ftlU doth, or in more, as Stlimm doth, they ferm to mean the Gulf of' Mtnit*. which contains many other lefTer. Ana if F/fM)r teems to make aa'ount but of two /nfftftdes, and others of many more, Mii]» Hiiderffands HiffrntU^ and CkA» equal parts ^ the one belongiag ahnoft alone, in tegord of wl^h, the reft arc wholly to the C«/?/^i. . I'm. rt Firmtf and ftrm ) and t'dfi^utf*, mto BrsuUtJsA PsrtgMji the firfl divifiooi taken 1^ a line wNch from the moutn of the Aimt,$»4, goo to feek the utmc^ port of chtli towanls. theSouiht aad this line divides Amtrifs MtriAm*lit into two alts. ilONA- upart, or attends it J/V: r SOUTH .J ,'' H E. U .Tamlcf VjA^v JiO^'' 1,1 -M 'xei T\r p j ck\ of Cap' h ^£i. rrTASri i'Mi^^P^^'^^J.to^ NEW xacourou R- ^3^^^-^j^ffe>s.: >Vt4 i^4«^^^*^""' JTrtLAJ NEW ^ J;-,^^/^"""^ '^^ ^ ^-^ ^ diirt*** •v.: '^:?^'*^/ if^" *>s->.>i.'a->^'-^^4^/^|j_^^^ ^^pr^ ^»^s ^m; ttiai l'*>» i? V >" ^?I"^ ■^>- ">^ ■iTuan iilfLVito-X S.fraliiifi^ <^'Ps. -3. '^ -t-a Qi^^Sv in Carav<^a\ i^^^ti /C- Jamifl >^ l?r^ *^^^^S^^ are/ "''' "¥5 "TCTi i ^^ ~p 2 ^^NWr^>^ 3^f^^^S^ "-^'V C S *; -^ ;v V-i-t:. 77x7,1 .,« Plara / "^/^ "A aranhdi '^ ^5iajra '^'j R Grande 4 liD u' k: Ll...NORT!:l ii 1 /-•£./ tvsMcos oi —^Mh, zji^^^ ^tCL Vx\U t^ *•<< ■1 1 i » 11 ■ I I I ■ II I ■ I ^ ^m1>i I / / O ]^ R A S i .LI AN / tmcaatt I S/ E a' ^ i ^^>.. Tr O pi f K l F (^APRICO '^ \ L r^ ^ S\e T\r p j c k\ / #/^^ en ^ .. ^c crated , ./-. ] NS B^pi" z6\ I V". t cofllrGuayacur .ip.( Q\^^ri lane? •ifL'^c^T^^^tL °TaioPa nation / jj[- k-»^'* ang itute ail k^ t vliaruen.r V d V M A N j 'fimfbfjfi.c s,. ?-A »i| / / / rt^mcs nrqdajfe ^y 7 .v., _i <^9«yGuayacur ••••...•••' vc/ '^D.d»L0Prtt,* '"Vtlh fit to. franc i) E A dc Parcn Jtrt w "jfjlitn T vdvM A N j rjV^ \ " r.J Miatrees \ K > 1 Uw <^<«^* LI I.de i\t^ani aocnt »iagui:v: L I ^v^arucn.r ^t^nftahm aH ^v^^ x ^ <^ tylornc /f-'Ov Vk. \ V \ -Soiot Mallei CSXc \1 VT % lAquijeyi W- ^\ -i^^f ■C^ h\onis ^ lavf ie/iri ''8$\ 1 6flhea\Ramires ;>*' ITT 7^ -» ^.'^f g/E_/V -^ /c I r CArin^ju o \Y 'titialaa itos. ' J t MTapucal C.J ■* i 1 t ' « ' AhteriH^Meryion^ii* 1 I'i ^,- Thefe have their VUt Mff}»StS»lvMitr^ a coital City ip the Bayot- 'AU-Suiits^xixiL almoft in the middle of the coaft of Br*- iiUi theotherin^Ximdt.or I,tt Rejit, that is, the Kings ^c prefent a capital City, anid ia the middle of the coaft oi ftru. We ipay ypt divide the Ttrr* Ftrma, into ttrr A Firm*, a^d GuitnAt, 9tr». iaca ttr» and QkiU \ graziU into the coaft of .1' home of i'fnv, thiftotft ift that of J^i^ twelve and the Acfaniniftratiott of fifcem Parifhei in the new Kingdom <^ ^«m44^ twenty five or thuty in the ProToice of CA;j/i,' \vM(;liareabout-.onehUii(lifdiCn»' : w»^i;orhoufes, \' , j. Tffelveiirjfff'/of this Order cmredinto PerMy in i jyi^ where they preached" the Faith publicUy; and it is obferved that Br4JuU,ofiitfi?ia land of Brnzilt^ Psrd- lo Bt/hep it^dfOr/fz., of their Order, was the fiMjr iato,PM4git4j^ aad the Mt^tUiuuck UiuU, Of this AHftricA Mttidicfulit , Br*zite poflVftes ail that is towards t he &ift,rerr4 Firma, and Guidrnt^ that which is towards the North •, PAr^guat and the M^gtUmitk Uitdt, that which advai>cetb towards tiie Soutji ) and Ptr» wA ChHi, ^ic towards the Weft, in regard oi grttiili and P*r4^ 1 r.,. K The QdftilidHS pofief^ aJinjoft all Ttrr V^^J!. f»^*f nothing at allin)i?(»;i|i4,thcy hold Ptru and ChAt between the AnJUs, :aiAMm del Suit foirce any thinff i»«yvnd ijpfe mountainst b«/ti/es their Vtct-Rv/ ,, mo relUcs at Lims or L»t BtfAt* that is, the Kimf}, they have eftabliftied in what they polieis amy Anhhifb^rkks t Bilhfifritks , erf.forthenileof the Chnrchi many uluc 20 hrft, who here fofieted. Martyrdom in i ^»9i ^ whii^h was the fame year the feftkstmed into t'erM : Thefe have at ^-reicnt^ three Provinces,. w». Perm, Pdraggaj^ and the New Kingdom of GrdmuU } and in thefe three Provinces, twenty eight CoMc4fgtSf or XefiJeuca, ^c. either Orders have divers Provinces, and in each many /f«W' The Audience under the Fin'Mty of ferit haveibtmerly b^ thoTe <^ Pohmu in ttrrsFinm, of a^aiht Ft Je Beg0*^ in die new Kingdom of Orsmtdsi of ^^« and LhM in Peru^ U pLum in Lis dhirtts^ toidtSt fMga it EftrtmMdMt4 in Chili : That of Pmuwu and of cA tha, Pcft/iM, the new Kingdom of (n>iW4 ments for the ATiZ/f m. ' The AtchbiHiops ire tlioie of Limt, or L$s Rtjes, in Peru dt U Pl«t4^n L»$ Ckm'f^ indol St Ptde KigiHi in t he new Kingdom of GrtHsd*: The Archb>n)opofl.iiiM» or 4e Its Mrffs, hath tor Sutfiagans , the Bi- ilwpsot Cliff I, .S»it»» ArtfufttTruxil- It, and G«4»M«if i, ui in Peru. The Arch Ja, Its Siiixts, Pdffmttrts, hs Ck»c*fy luaimJbn chili, and BitdiUPUtd, Perm wlierein are Limn, £jMiy and Cufct, is not among thefe Governments, bat de- ptndsimmediately on the f'/rz-ilf^. The Crown of J>#ri4!f4/hathcftabb/hffl in Brdtitt' a Vut-Rtj , one Bifhif onUr fuffragan to the Arck-Bifb^ of Litbtm u bilbop iAr/4 Pitta hath for Suffragans, ^^^Ptrtugtly and fourteen Capitaincs or Go- Bi(hop« of J«r«K4> or 5«itf 4 Crtrjir vrL* v«mnents( there are likewife abundance Sierra, CiviilMl dtMdPdk iu Ch^itgt, St oi CutvtHH, and Uttufltrfts of divetS ^tgf dil Elltrt in CntnmM, Butnts Ayrts orders. in Rit4eU» Pitta, NtfirtSterade I'Afum ftitit inP4r4gMiiy,Ptwmi>4taTerrt Firm4,XK Ct^tUadcUrt, Sc ftgt del Eftreiiudiira , and the Imperial in Chili : The Archbi-> (hop of S4Hff4 Fe lif Btgttt, in new Gra- But whilft we are here on thefe Areh* hjhtPricks , Bifhifricki , and Mtii4fitfies of America JMeriditiuiisy and that we have Gdd nothing ot them in the other part of ... _ ^ . Amtrua, which is Stfttwtruiulii ^ let lit W^, hath for Suftagans, the BiOigps of heretakeoccafiontofpibJtaword. There Pepaj4r^ tH ^4r^4gtiu, and of St A&irt/id jq are two ArcbhifktfSyimUiy BijhtfSy ^ a in their Provinces of the fame name. great many of P4rifiMS , and Mtiidfitriiit ip the Dioeeftes of the Archbifliops , as'uthispurtof^MrriM, and Biilwps, are a veiy great numbtT Of The Arch-BifhtfSy are thofeof Hisiitty ^^IT* Paries, Qktfffhsii etife. Mt/uieriis., Sec, if4 Ntm-SPtitiy and ot St Btmingtt mHiJ^*' 5*"^;*;^. ikZ ^'^^ .*»g»/lf'« Fnfft Mve nere many nitU. TheSitffragdu Biflitfi ot the Arth- ^^^'^ ui at prefent divided iotr ^ four : Thfy have tKiny (even Ctaveits tl>i4emt\xi( Aiiitfier*, in G»4xtc4^,t^GiH' ?<; in the l^iAce which baih Ktaioed , in the Ifle of another for the Imiidnsj declaring that that Pntrtt Ricca 5 of St^dgty in the Ille of day in the afternoon, the Governor and CMi»i andof C«v, 'mriHtzneU. himfelf went in queft for the founding, And as in Jmericd MeritlitHdlUf Co are building, and furnifhing this //#/}>ir«/:whofe there here in the Diocefs of thtArch-Bi- 10 words lotook with them, that there was flimsy and Bilhfs, abundance of PdrilheSy received that r'temoon thirty or thirty Chdffcls of eafe, Uendfitrus, &c. And long five thoufand Ducats, in almes 5 and in few finceayreat many of Fryers^ of divers Or- daiesafterneeronehundred thoufand,which dets, have pafled into the one, and the was yet fanher augmehted, after the Sfa- othiErpart of Amakd, to inftruA thefe xiW; and /m//«M contributing, people in Chrifiianiff s to wit, Dtmi/iitsKSy But before we leave Amtricd litrHiMd- Irdiicifea»s,jlMgu(ftnet,fefutts^Mtttdicd>a- lity let us fpeak a word or two touehibn^ /'/^f//^ and bare- tooted C4rmfy//f/. that part which ii towards Mer M Sudi Each Order hath divers Provinces, and there is found a great diverfity between in each Province many Houfes. Fryer An- ^o thatneer this Sea, and that within Land { j^«/?M«X«^/Ma Pneft,f^acher,andChoro- that which is neereft the Coaft is for the moft part plain? and, above the Plains, are »n»»«y hills, or rather Mountains, after thefe Mountains ilic.« •,* other Plains,and beau- tiful Valleys, and then Mountaim timoft in- acceffible, which are thofe that bound Chilly and Pirn towards the Eaft. It fcarce rains in the Plains, orren in the jirft Moun- tains, fometimes between t he two ranks of , Mountains ? and fnows often between the grapher ot his Order, which was of St Jm gti^nt, hath defigned to publilli ChMtx of all the Provinces, and ot all the Hou- fes of his Order, with aparticuUr Treatife, oc fucdnA Hiffory of each Province : Which Order had in the Province oi Mexi- co, fixty eight Convents , and five Vic/un- get; in the Proviace kA Mechttcan, thirty xhree C«w?*»j,and four f/<:4r4(f«, which are one hundred and ten houfes « in the tour two laft Mountauu: the foil of the Plains, Provinces of ^'M, the new Kingdom of CrMiddd, Pern and chili, about an hun- dred, as we have already noied. The^tfnitet have but on Province in all Mfxitt, and in that Province but one Houfe oi Prof effort, ten CoUtdget, and three of the firft Mountains, and of thofe be- tween the two ranks of Mountains are firuittiil and pleafam : the laft are only Rocks, barren, exireamly cold, both in Winter and Summer \ and alntoft always covered with fnow. And that which isob- jK//74/rii^i>/, which are tourteen Houfes. In fervable.theTeMouaiains beginning neer the their three Provinces of Perm, Ptrdgurf, Strei&ht of Jl/4#«/rM, make two branches; and the new Kingdome of CrdMddd, twen- ^ whicn one in the fight of the other, tra- ty eight,or thirty houfes, and nineteen or verfe all the length of i«ii*fr>V-4ji/m4A#M/jv; iweaiy in BraztU\lo the other Orders have divers Provinces, and in each l^rovince ma- ny Houfes. Of thefe Monafleries thofe which have tents are very ricli, as likewife the Cures, and other Benefices ,3tid the Hoffitdls. The Tiud Gdrtilaffo de U Vega, obterves in the Hiftory of Peru, that he father being Go- ^.H./,. vemour of C«/«, he. propofed to build aurg "L i'f.i'i' Hofpital for the Sfdiudrds; and that Father ^un Gdllegos., a rpligious RecolUit, having enterprized ir, and publiflied his defign in a Sermon, iie bought a houfe to build this Hoffitdl, having dnely two or three liundred Ducats in his hands^ butbetwevn the Mun- day and Thnrfday of the fame week, he re< ceived an Alms of twenty or twenty five d>kf. andfo iliey are ui the fame parallel, yet of anality, and Temoerament fo diBwat , that each Region nath its Bedfi., Crginr, and Frttitt unLke, oay the mm tranfpor- ted from the one, can fcarcely live in the other. But let us proceed :o its parts. I 1 Nder the name of TERRA-TlRMA ^^ taken in general, we underfland that L"^, part of AMERICA MERIDIONALIS, ;^ nooft advanced towards the North, andrt^ which touches AMERIC4 SEPTENTRI- ' ONALIS by the iftlmut of Pdndmd. This name of Terr d- Firm* is taken from Cil ti. any inr of Ma I a tl twe whi two Lea] ing cauf mt i cidei beloi Eaft« hand havir the c thefi this : Tf finm oi Sm River Venici follow SeaC ftjdn, are wit Th« which I Firma Seas: thetw thousand Ducats ) and if he would have Cir^4fi6erC#/«m^«v,oot having di&ovetvd any Terra^firtiial tintmi. Wf biit Ifles in his Si(t ahd fecond Voyage $ in nis third and fourth heniade a good part of thefe Coafts , which judging to be Main Land j that name was given it. It extends it felf from the ifihmHs oiPa- n*m*> unto the mouth of the Amaztn, vnttt a thoufand Leagues •, its breadth , be- tween the J4tr del Nort, and the Eftates thofe Goods fent from Pet'tno Spain : but by reafon of the unhealthfulnefs , as .alfo lying too open to the invafions of the jE^'- «yS or other Nations, it was removed to Parte Selo, a place of great llrength, built for that purpofe by Philip the fecond, King of Sptun, feated on the North Sea, diAant from Patiamn (ixteen or twenty ^ which are along the Amazon^ is not above Leagues, which makes this paflage have two hundred, or two hundred and fifty lo a great trade between PerumdJUtxict, Leagues, or little more. This breadth be ing only the quarter of the length is the caufethat we nave divided this Terra- Fir- ma into two pans, of which the moft Oe- cidental) and the bed for the moft part It was once propofed to cut thiiJffhmus to make a communication between tne one and the other Sea, but the Pdcifitjue Sea being found higher then Mer del Nm^ this propofiticin vaniftied .• that the Mer belonging to the King of Spain •, the moft del S»d is higher then tiiat del Nort, may Eaftern, and the leaft.is almoft all in the be judged by the eye ; the Lake of Kica- hands of the Natives-, fome Europeans ragua, theKmxsoi Par ia or Orincqne, of having only fetled fome Habitations on the Amazones^ together with abundance the coaft, and this may be called Guianai, so of others, having their fprings ncer Mer thefirftisfiveor fix hundred Leagueslcng, del Sud^ and discharging themfelves into this about four hundred. The Spaniards have eftabliflieH in verra- tirma, that is Mmn-Land, of Carthagena, of SMlia Martha, of Rii de la Hachtt or^ River of lights, of Venezuela, or little Venice^ ana of Paria or Nueva Andalouzia, follow in order from Eaft to Weft on the Sea Coaft of Mer del Ntrt j thofe of Pt- I vlvwfvf «» that del J^*^' «*««• a long courfe, which could not be but with a great declen- fion. At the opening of the Citlf of Panama, j*, it., ,r are the Ifles of Pearls once famous ; the ''»"■•• Pearls otCuhgua^ & de U Margarita being afmoft not above eight or ten Carrats:thcre was found in thefe Ifles from twenty five pajan^iad the new Kingdom of CTrMAiU 30 to thirty, both round>ovall, ?nd in pears,all are within Land, or on the P^f//f(f« Sea. excellent ^ whereas among the others tew The Government of Py<^yof .Br/i/j: Aad 6. i9f«»»dj damage itreceived by Sir firaticu Drtht , or St jliuu, feated onithelRivetiCi/jr. in I J 85. Its Pm is one of the moft ia- Among the Gonnnnments of Amuim mousof America, where the Siptmifbrieet Mtrulmialit, thcfeiof Mitde ia Uaelu, of that goes to the Weft Jndits byjQrder foifc5*fi4>andofP/«rM, are of the Audi- puts in here, which maJtes it be of a great €na of St D*m$i$g«,iathelik of Ui^f Am- refort, and become very rich : ItsJioufes tia, .which is oi Amcrict' Stftemrmatis, are weH built, and beautified wiiJi a.O- 1 oyer their fcituation makes us dcfcribethcm theJralChMrch, and three Mtndfiertes. Tlie here. other Cities of this government xe,Stf-d gt de hs Cavatem of old, ToU, not above lour Leagues diftant from Carthagetu'. worthy of Note , for the moft fovcraign fdlfeme of all thefe parts , little iitferiour to that of E^ft, Mtftic neer the con RIO DE LA Hddu is Ea£l of St r;uing left them. The Governments of POP AT JtN, and tl>e SeacA an Arch-hifhop^^ City well in- habited by Sf.iniards, as well as the Natives, St Michatl,ox VilUttd, de SanHa Fe alwut 1 2 Leagues from SanUa Ft de Ro7ata. Tccajma, ieatedon the banks of the River Pati. La Palmadelos cdimas, a Town built by the Spaniards . Tunia built on the top of a hill, being now a place of great ftrcngth. and the new Kingdom of Granada, are to- 10 ferving for a Fortrcfs againft the Savages; wards P, and, as m all -the neighbouring Countrys, here are likewife many Mines of _^<>/4/w4 hath been tranfpotted to5i ^tlm de Its Lianti. In 1 536 Gtnzah ximents overrun a great part of this new Kingdom of Cr(«»rfr//;r^ could not value it-, this Acne was put into the Treafure of the Efturial, and tne/W; dred and fifty , and in fome places Two hundred j and if we would divide Gniana into Gniana and Carikane, this lift would pofTefs all the Coaft, and Guiana the parts within Land. The Coaft hath at divers times been fVequented by the Spaniards, Englifhy HtHanderSy md French, who have i'o all endeavoured toeftabliihfome Colonies, what in one place, what in another, and all with defign to have commerce with thofe within the Country , where they hope to finde a new Peru : I mean the Kingdom of Manta, or El Dtrada, which they efteem very ricli in Gtld. And tlicy have obferved exat^y the Ri- vers, Gulfs, and Gates whicli prefent them- felves on this Coaft.. Among thefe RiverSy Jo thefaireftjand greateft a:e,El[eijueheyBreiice, Ctrretine, Marruvine, Cajanna, the Apn- ruvaea, or Cape ruvaea, and the yia- pttt. The Spring of the f/ff^M^f, according to the report of its Inhabitants, is not a- bove a dayes journey diftant from the fa- mous Lake of Parima, and thence takes its coarfe ftr twenty daycs joatney to the Sea^ into which it difchargcs it felf 5 It is inter- rupted by uivers Cataraifs, which hinders its being navigable for any confiderable way , which caufes the Inland Countrey not to be fo perfealy difcovered , as it might be were it otherwife.' - The Brehice and Ctrretine have little lefs courfe then the Effequebe, and no fewer Cataraffs ^ the laft hath its mouth to the Sea very large, but not de^p. The Marruvine is no lefs then Four or five thoafmd Geemetrical paces broad at its mouth , and the length of its courfe is efteemed to be thirty or forty dayes jour- ney. The Enelijh who ha^e mounted this :':iver farther then any others, have obfer- ved aboundance of Rivers , which lofe themfelves in it 5 and fay, that here is found the Senfitive Plant, or Hnl, which hath this natural propriety, to clofe, if ne- ver fo little touchecl , and to fhut up its Fltmrs, and fade, if the leaft fprig be took from It, not opening its leaves till a good while after. AllthMe Rivers, for the moft part, have their Cataraffs uixitt the fame Parallel, within four or five degrees of Latitude on this fide the Eifuattr, which may make us judge that there is fome ridge of Mountains, or at leaft a continu- ed eminence , which makes thefe Coun- tries within Land of a higher fcituaiion then thofe Ports neighboured by the Sea. Cayanna hath likewife in it thofe Moun- tains, which are near the Lake of Parima^ and tiom its Spring to the Sea, is no lefs then a hundred Leagues, in a ftreight line, and twice as much accordins to its courfe « itimbraces ialfie, where the Frenth have endeavoured to fettle a Colony, which in time may ccme to good effe&. Apnruvaca or Capemvaed hith a longer courfe then Cayanna', It forms a great Lake, not far froni its Spring, and imbra- ces an iJlanJ war its Mouth. When Harctnrt, an Englilhmatiy was on this Ri- ver , he found many people, and thofe much different froni one anot Iter. Ktymijh, anotlrer Mnglifhman, who was witn tne worthy Sir Waber iawUigh, who took fo much pains to finde out the Kingdom of Man$a, alTaresus, that in his time they could finde no fuch people \ wliich makes it appear, that thefe people are fometimes on one Ctafi^ and fometimes on another: There are hoe found Partqntttitt^iBd other vety rare and beautiful! Birdt, with pretty AfetaadMtnkeys. Viaftct hath a longer courfe then the Cajanna, l>>«i» then it doth with us. They content themfelves with their Manjoe^ with which they can in lefs time and pains make their bread, which they call Caffava i which, when once accuftomed un- to it, is as good amours. Their Fensfon are Stags, Buds, mid- ]^^;; boars, ^c. their Jw/ and Birds are Puliein^ 'l^l'ft' which are larger, and more delicate then ii^" ours; qMo Turkeys, Pheafants, Partridges, Wild-ducks, Ptrroqufto' s of many forts, with abundance of imall birds. Their Fi'',ies are Turbets, Rayes, Mullets, Gold- he tds, more delicate then our StaltSi the Tortoifc. La^nantin, or Sea-calf e, better meat then '"""''• our Veale^ Torteifes, which they takej'in the night, by turning them on their backs, and romeciiiies only one of thefe Tortoifes is fufficient to feed one hundred men for a whole day? yet at certain times, in one night, they will take five or fix hun- "'"/'"" dred, which they keep in pickle to ufe at netd. Their Fruits are Oranges, Citrons, Ananas greater ap'^. more delicious then the MelUn. Dates, Bananes, and an infinite number of other Fruits, whofe names are unknown* unto us •, they make many fortS of drinks, and Strongwaters ; they have .tore of Sugar-canes, the clefts w their Trees are oft filled with Honey and IVax, out of which they extraft a very pleaCmt liquor. To trade with them we carry injhit- ments and Uten fills they have need of, as n^trj*. Hatches'', Woodtilts, Scythes, Huu^not, 'LaT Knives, Cizzars, Wimbles, Hooks, Anls, "^^ Bars ot' Iron, &c. alfo whatfervestodrcfs and adorn them, as Rings of Latten, Beads of Glajs, and Cry^al of divers colours. Ear-rings, Pendants, Neck-lates, Looking- glaffes. Needles, Pinns» aud all forts of Toyes and Haberdafhtrj-ware, which among US are little regarded, but are by them highly prized, giving in exchange abun- dance otfeveral rich commodities, 3% Cot- ton, Cotton-thread, and Hamacks or Beds of Cotton, which are fold and exchanged in all the neighbouring Ides for Tobacco: and fometimes they have joo or sco pound of Tobacco for one Hamack;vil\kh they have for a knife,ot a ftring of heads in Guiana. They have \AxifaiaChina-wood^eem £^i)»;,white and red S'mml^s, Dyers-wood, Braztle, Mf dtcinaityks, fellof, Salfafarilla, Turbttb^ Cayae, Gonomegutte , Gum-Arabick, Qnuf Eltni. A Balm excellent againft the Gmt, Ttrqut^u, EmeraUt* Stagt'tkmJ, Tigers, Kkkk otter J » itna^ J» qVIA3^A. Cttert, and black FtxeSy grains of Miui, taken from LtJutrds, Munkejs, Jfts, and Tdnnrins, a little Bead of pleafuie, To beau- tiful and joyful, that one alone hath been fold for nve hundred crowns : The jfwieri- t0U thennfelves loving to play with them, ind putting about tneir ntcks coUers of PtartiMi PeiUwtj oiSt$Ht} in their Etrts. In the bowels of its earth are Mines of hWthtAmaztn is inhabited by abun. dance of people, Icfs barbarous then thofe "' '-^J of Brdzile , nor yet fo much civilized as u!;!';', 1 thol'eof frr* were 5 they eat not one ano- '"''' therj for by theii hin$lingMwg,friiits, corn, ind ruts I, theyarefurnilned with what is needful either for mca or drink •, they have fome Ms particular to them, but pay them no adoration, contenting themfelvesto ex- C»fftr^ Tmy Le^dy and Iroit , which areiopofe them to publike vieWjwhen they en very rare in Amsrieaiiad to all appearance terprize any affair. there are Mines of Goldmii Stiver^ here is alfo SHeht- Allum , Crjftdl of the Rtck^ ^t,itre, sad likewifeDr^/^Kr />leoJ,8cc. That part oiGititMJ inoft advanced with- in land, and whicJt retains particularly the name of 6'«/JM,i$ very little known \ yet here (bould be the Kingdom and City of Man«4 or £l Dtrtile, oi which Ionic nave formerly made fuch account^ but not be- 20 Hde, have not theu^ fprings removed from rhe Amazon begins at the foot of the rrZ\ CerdilUcr mountains, eight or ten Leagues "*"*' fiom ^ti0 in Ptrn •, prcfHng forvvarcT its ftrcanis irom Weft to Eaft : Its fprings, and its inoutlis, are under or necrthe Equattr^ the middle of its cuurfe under the fourth or '"''h degree o( lyertdnnal Latitudes the River-, wiuch fall on the left, or North- ing found at pitfcia , is by moft b«>lieved imaginary. But fome have aflured us that this City is -"le of tlie grcateft and faired in the \> ^rld, and that lie who reigns here, de- fceads from the Jnca's of Peru, and hath 00 \i^ig*U, wxjtwtls, nor is lels power- ful then thofe Jnca's were : Many Princes and an inJfinite number of people being re- tlie Eijuaitr, above oneor two degrees of ^'fiemtrunal Latitude ; oi thofe which de- fccnd on the right han.^ , and from the South-ward liepin fome at ten, others at Htteen^the Maderdot Cajana,at ilie;oneand twentieth degree of ^/rri^/^ he n\ieht fetve himfelf to nuke this voy- datim of the River ) is very 'fertile in r^lilZ age: but in 16;^ ke was killed, and tne grains, hath rich f4^f/; ihathar fruits, greatcft part of his men returned) but two^OfLiBts, aad rnts ztt in great plenty, aad friars and five or fix Stnldiers, put them- may compate with any Country in all yf < (elves in a Skifll^ with a rdfolutioB todcfccad mtrk4\ their rivers and lates are well ftored thcRivcT, and in the end arriTtd at Ptrtt, with FiPi, among others, the Sea-talfe, „,f,,^. the chief Colonic of Brazilt under the and7«KM/«are very laige and delicate^ that ahuV Crown of Portngal, where they told th« their kami is very good, and Medicinal^ news to Ftedrt Tejceird Captain Major of that they nave Balme excellent for all forts Fsra. of pntrndt. They fiirther fay, that the Though Mrazile Wis then in arms agaioft Couotiy b well clothed with wocxHi, fome x\»Holumdtft, yet jtMw* forbore nwra trco bdag fire oc fiji iaihon aboac, and along IS.': 9 E'1{^"J. along tlie River may be built as great Shifs ns any that fwim on the Occai., 'I h x their r.hnj and Brazilc is grown 'to an in- ixhanftiblc qun.uiry, that they f:.ve {treat (bre ofCticva, an.i Tchacco. that t ley nave ple.'it\' of Sttfar ctines^ vwii'li they might eafily husbar^-, the/J,wr/, and woods af- fording convini'-ncics for En( n:s ,or Sugar- "■ ],:\\'e Rtconmtlxv/hkhScarl't upon the Amtzeiit. Bu* the PertufiiU holding already Ptra, o.i ;heCoaftof Bra- tilt, Corupj, and r./lert, on the Coaft of CttiaHdf and CegemiHe, «, Cufity and other Pla- '•ps ; and pofTibly thofe of the Oountiy would have frighted the Caftilians and F or- /«^4// which hav'C been on this River. But it is no othenvife then that the Inhabitants of the Country being in 4rms, there hath 7/,- ^. If.*.. ♦' t-jff inl hilui, .1 k-( -It A- Thc-y have b'^rvcd one hundred and lofomctimcs been fome WantH^ fo coura- fit'ty diffneiu Nations upon umJ abour Rious^ at to be in their Party ) but there tlie Am^zone x, th( moft part y. thefe Na- 1 ever wa« a whole Countrcy, or Kingdom tions fo well p-:ipJed, Jid tlicir villages ot thefe WomtH. And m fine, they feek fo thick, iliat tht lait houfe of the one, them fofarwithm the Countrcy, that they may e:ifily heare the noife, made in the cannot be on the ^«rtf£(i/>r^ fo thofe may firft houfe of the other. O'^i'^fe people turn to a Fable, as well as thofe which the tin Homa^uts aje eftccmed loi theu- Ma- Grtiks have formerly recounted to us^ of nufaftures'of Coittn-ckath. The Corofi- fu( iwpnders. parrs tar their rarthfn vefftls. The Suriius • '"' ' io: theit ^oyiKis-work, The Tofntammies ^o ftUtm-lli for tjbeir Pwwf •, the BntmA^avtlm, be- ing their general and common armis -. but they only make war to take jlavis^ whi'-h they make ufe of in things moftlaborioas j which ior>t tf treat gently. Among the Rivers that fall into the AntaztHty the Nafo, the Agaric, the Putt- maftf the feiMfafe, and the Cortfatnke, an^ with fome others have their Sauds Tern. PERU is an Empire or Kingdom, fo rich, and great, tnat i\\ America Me- r^dionatis, or at Itaft the half of that Ame- rica, fometimes takes the name of Peru- viana. Petty taken more preciftly , ex- tends it felt , more or lefs, according to the divcrfity of Authors : It is for the mixt \\\th Golds below Ctrotatube there 40 moft part between the EqmnoHial Lint, are divers Mines of r»('W in the Mountains and theTrof id oiCatricfrn, where it hath o(Taguare, Mines ^f Silver in that of Pf more then Six huncned Leagues length ^ corjy and of divers /?»»« in that of Pa- and if we add the Part of Pofajatiy which tafochty and of Sulfhur in many others, is on this fide the Line, and which dc- Tne Puimujty ajid Caketa a:e large, the pends on the Chamber of Suito, \a Peru^ laft makes two branche5,theont filling into and that part of TaeiimaH, which is be- ihe AmatoHt, under the name ot' Jt/« Ne- yond the Trtfick of Cafrtcorn, and which gro,, the other into the Oniut^ut, ander depends on the Chamitr de la Plata, in thenameof;i«Cr4*i: on the other Coaft Perm 5 its length will not be much lefs are the HaragtuH, the AmaruHuje, the JO then a thoufand Leagues. Its breadth '« Tapjy the Catua, the Cnfignate, the Ma- likewife very diverfe, eftecming what ; dera, otCajaiu, with feme others all very SfaiHards more abfolutely poffefs. lu great. breadth will not be above one hundred, lipon the AmazMt two hundred ot fometimes two or three hundred Leagues from iheSea, is i Boff horns, only Leagues $ if we add all the Efhtes that onethoi'fand Geometrical faces in breadth, lie upon the Amazon, unto the Confines which is lefs then half a League, and of Brazile , we may make account of hither the Sea flows^ which may one day Six or feven hundred Leagues of breadth, make u the key ofall the Commerce made 'm| hath for its Eoftero bonods, that great da of' S»i Co Au thri ano trie Hik .hc dudes, and the PUihis, The ¥ 1'""' ./ Ft u Inn' t"' and thefe frtvincis comprehend abouil- dance of other leflcr ones, the knowledge of v'hich is little ncceffary, .. The AuJttiue of ^ito is about the E- t*' ^•*- (litiatiHiil Life, and is Two or three hun- "r'tajt. dred Leagi'es long.anJ large. I'lif Qjiarter ^"*"'' of PiPaja;!, fubjeft t'j this Chawixr, hath tht Cities of PnpAiariy CJi, TimAna, and others, which we luv already treated of, HiU-C0t Hiriet are Twenty Leagues broad, lo with Ptpajan^ m Terr PirM,t, ' at the narroweft< the Andes, as much » The Quarter of lo.', fubjeift to ^;r«, J;,,;,'"' and the PUins, Ten Leagues, and fome- hath the Cities of, i. St J- nwifco Jet ^itf^ ;','/,'(," thing more » and eacli part extendi it feif or limply ^itot, was once one of tlieprin rA" 'he whole length of the Countrey. The tipalCitiesofther»f4'icf /•?,"», bcip.jthi HtU-Cmutrus are bare and naked \ the Andes, well dorthed with WooJs and Forrefts -, and the Plains , well tumilhed with Rivers, together with the benefit of the Sea t, yet, m many places, the earth is RegalSeaf^i their Kmps, where they had a magnificent Palace. Ir is feared on the declination of a Hill, its Streets are Arait. broad, and well orc^ered, and us Houfc'!> well built s it is adorned with a fair Caihc- fandy, and dry, which makes it uiiHt for 20 dral clmnh, two Convents of Diminican Grains, or /^ruits. In the HiU-Countnes, their Summer beginneth in Afril, andend- nhlaaefteii^r, duriuff ivhic/i time they have hnwthcts and fron Se ft ember to jfrit^ which is their Winter, it raineth : This Part is much fabjeft to Windes, which itfeceiveth from the Coaft, whirh bringeth a difference in the weather < fome Windes bringing 5«mv, others Thunder, and Framittan Fryers , as alfo with the c*mrts of judicature : once very largc,but» at prefent, it hath not above Five hundred Houfes of [natural Staniard^, Two or three thoufand Houfes inhabited by the Natives^ and in its Territory near a hundred Villa- ges, where the Natives alfo refide, llnce the Spaniards became Mafters of Peru •, they have made this a Place of good others Rain, and others fair l«74/( la pUta , the mofl: Southern { and chat of Hkt Mhhael de Piura, of no great account, ex- cept it be for its betng the firft Colony which the ^^M/iirilf planted in ^rr«. ^. St ^ai^o at CuffoifuHlj utim La Culataj of fome nocet feated near the influx of the River OuajafuiMy at the bottom of an Arm of the Sea, ■ 7. Cdftrt de rsii, amy- thet Colony oi SfMiards. 8. Ptrio yiejo, feated not far from the Sea-lhott, but of IfMM, in the middle^ and each of tfaefe 50 no account, by teafon of the badaefs of AudttiKes hathtiivtn ^Prtvintes. Sgfe its ait » its Port- Town is A/4»ir«, nigh to holds parf of ttftfm » part of the tme which is a rich Vein of Emeralds. 9. fuass. ttrut L»s S^iseUiiX LtCutuU, r-cmm- And 10. Zamtrs de Its Arcaides, both fo rts or Cualftnet, a^A kkewife, St^MMiflr called, inreitrence to two Cities of thofe UiS4ut44. That Kili Lima, holds thetrae names in Sfain -, and thefe are the Cities^ Perpy where there wtre fevcral Prtvintes, ocCAmts, which the Sfaniards poffefs in which the name of Ptrm hath fwalkMwd ih« ^Atebmce of fA^itt^ which htve been up. Andthe Auditntt Ot U Plttt hoWs the dlabUAed, at diycrs times, and not long af- Prn/i«f»of TM«MM«,.aDd2> LI 11 The Ctid, >ti ^n» fifti- I'll, In Q I.. p* mtth ill Cum Jt- 41 . y £ The air of the Ceootty iir»ficieotly temr IV /*^- perace, chough uoder tneLineJt it mole io - gniiu and fruits ;ntii floted with cattel cfpe. ciallv witn/krr/^and alfo pWntifttUy fumi- Atcd Doch with Fi/h and fmlo^ '^'^^ f^'*i* \ '^^ ^-"i* ""^ C4Mr4 arcmines otCtUJaieet CutMt* Mines of Silvtr, Jtgick-Jtlvtry CtfPir and lr$m : Neer Pirtt ntjt Mines ot Emeralds, and lo abotft G»*f/ui»il is found Sdlftfarilla. The Province or Country, DE LOS .SUiXOSy other^vife dt C$ Caitelld, is Eaftward X}t ^/i#: Its chief Cities are, I. Bsffd, built in i))9 by Gilis Rtmirtg., Jt Avtlty Eaftward of JS«/rtf about eigh- teen Leagues , nuw the refidence of the Governour. 2. itfrfAiivAt, twenty leasues. South- Baft wards of BMi.d. 3. Avifd, To called in ret'errace to Rtmiux, dt AvsU\io and 4. StviMsdtl 0>v,all Colonics of 5/4- 0nrds : The Country it mountainous,nide, ami unfertde^ yet ptoducetha CinmdrntH- tree, which pruprd, thttret^jrk and Itdvts are Cimmm/i^ but the frk it a by much the beft, and moft peifea. pMXjumtrcj, South of 4t U CdiuMd, hath three Cities, or Colonies of SfMutrdt, viz . I. St. i^UdH dtldi SdltMttlfOC VdBldtlld % a. Lfjds, or CdmiiBdmd t And 5. St,^dg0 30 it Im Utrndiutdi : The air of the Country is raid to be healthful, the foil indifterent fruitful, and feeds oiaay Cixttl , and alfo abonnoi in Mines of CtU. Lu Sfuf > ud i>4£4»«ri« depend as to their Spiritual govcnunent on the fiifliop of ^tt. The Audience of Ltu A^ or dc Ut Mtju m FttB, is at prefcu moft famous of all , by leafon of the Cities of Limd and ff«/» \ this having been formerly the Mt- ^ trtftlk of the Empite of the Tmdt, and ^ the otha being tfie prcfent refidence of . the iruir$j ci ferns 3bA this Audience com* nebcMk the true ttrms the chief depending Ciiies,bcfides£iaM and Cmf($AXtyX.Anud$, feated ina valley among Vtmtjdrdt, a. Lm SsmAfOt UfdrjUUy feated in a valley, nigh towlucii ate rich mines of Silver, a. Tru- jtflLfcicnateoathebank of a finaU, but pleauat River, about vm Leagnei feooi the 50 Sea,i|i4ereit uuh aUrge^but unfafe Haven, and ina pleadmc vallev) the Town indif- ferently well boilt and fine, and beautiied with four Cmntmt of feveral D/tJkti. 4. Mirdfkrtt, about five Leagues from the Sea, in the valley of Smh of iboK note for the abuodibce of Stgrn^um chat groweth there, y. CMkiftymj «r St fn*H it U Frrnms 1 ti §oea acccipK - • i J* { .f T»f fr.. Vtun 0- lui, viil «•« if Li- IM, •** H> mtnd Cltiti ic* in fomrr timet ftr Atiiliin| the Kk^ 1 of ftru with handfonc women. «. Um dt c»a0€0, rich tad pleaCintly feated, Be, an4 thvfod the BoAfMeofallfM^ Among the ocherCititt cw/oitthechicf mna% tbofoof the Provinces of the Ftii- Cmumm^ and the Atiits, Mng by m«ch «h« iwftftmow) baviigbcco theicfideoce ^timxm^t^Qi ttn^tkmKitrsi^ vvhofor the n< e*n LiiM f'n. fmtlj jut, »4. 1 1 Hmf^, I liim,|c«| Natl TkCiifi Cufni, mduiM mii*4, thai thaU< yj?!s £«• time Atf HMia- wppy tc air. efame .from own is about itives \ \Utfft- oHhe h«wif« \tU Vi- iltr* in lesloog, nicn- I valley, timtf"- Idaltghi- '.i.^ MtC«'<««. (OeofaU ,e. andfo ' Ake their is laid to Fainili«> hat come ^byrcafoa iflethtoa^h hhuhnota rr^icckom, M of k t^ xs ofthe f*'* witu being by ««<* Tf : atfenWeiicex^f the thcoiore bcMtifyiqittiU Citfotdetod all feat>'of the Gturmir^ the CMr» of jT*- their Nobility to biud each ok' them 3 fi* dU^tun, mi beautified with a fair Ct- k(t for their refideoce t atpterentit is of thtJrti, befidn feveral Rtli%im U*»fts. # the greateft a^cottot io all this Country, atwell for iu bcatity, and greatnels, as tor iu populpuiiKft, Ming laid to be the habitatton of about three thouTaod Sf4»i' 4rJ/y and ten thoufand Katwtss belidcs Women and Children. BeHdcs thefe Pd- ThcCityisreatcdina plulonc and fruit- ful foU. Its iMufrs well built, and To large* that within its walls are die habitations of eight hundred natural SfimitrdSy bcfiJcs fixtv thout'jnd Natives Tiibutaries. under its jiirisdiction. lis Minrs by reoTon of iWr/| It is adorned with a CdtbtJral, and to tlic inconimodities of the waters were a- tlnvli eight Fmfh'Churtha, four C»»vt»ts of Miligi0us Ordtrs, a Ctlle^ge of ^efmis, aftately TtmfJe dedicated to the Suit, alfo feveral B4tki about the City, and abun* dance of vtiy fair houfes in the feUt. Its (icituation is betwixt two pltalont and ofeful Rivers « and begirt with Moun- tains. The Country for the inoA pare is fiuit bandoned To foon as tliofe of f»i*^t wctc dil'covered, which fince tliis difcovery from a Imail village is now become a very conftJcrable and large Town, of two Leagues Circuit , being Inhabited by a- buut four or five thonland SfMitrdSy be- iidcs about thirty thoufand Natives, and otheisi that worK in the Minn. It is fea- tfd below the Mountain, which bears the ful, they have aood ftfiurts, which .are to fame namei from whence they have theit* Ik* well (locked witli CmuI, they gather a bundance'of C#f4t have excellent FtmCut, and the Couavy generally well i' '* y*''^ '^'^V Mines ul Gtld and "«« Ji/v«r about C«/(#, and particularly of Gtld ZuSt!fiumiilm0y at ortfif* Vtrmillm\ tad Jitutkfihur t between ttriudt, and fmdtCn^^nr*, andhkewileat fjrr^fru arerich/4/r-;iir/. The Inhabitams of C»4imct, and of CbdchdMdSy are the nnoft civdized of Pnu. Tnere are yet every where a great IQumber of thefe /jnAm/i/, there bein£ efteemed under the jurisdidionof Truxillt, fifty thoufand Tributaries, thirty thou- fand in that of Giuim$t as many in €»»• mdngdy fifty thoufand in that of Mrtfiifd, wd one iModtcd thoufand in the JuhsdiAt- Silver. A City efteemed free becanfe of its largr and ample priviledgis \ the Offi- cers tor the 7rt»f»rt of the Frtrvinct refi- ding here, being alfo much frequented by MtrchdMs, which cumc hither to trade for their Silvery bringing them feveral com- modities in exchange tlut they have need of, fu tlut I may fay, It is pleniifiilly furm- nilhed with all CAMMMidEtr/ri, as well for de- 30 light, asneceility. The other Citties are Ntne^rd Strntfru, dt U ftx, or r$lld mitvd, Ortftfd and chkutit X City of iMdumi% Then SdniU Cruz d» I* Sttrr* s and in TiteMmdKStf*g»dtlEfitrd, NHiftrdStntie- rd dt Tdl^iftrd, and St Mtekul of 7«rw muir. That which is moft obTervable io this Province are the Stiver Mines, de U PiSd, d* ftrn, and above all ihofe of ttt^t^ be- ijhm who yield «o obedience to the Sfd^ nurdt, amoag which ate th^i/MMMv/ not Uf from Cujtft who maivtain tbcmfelvest VI iheir Mountains « who otten batclia, md cue thofe SfduUrd/ they can en< uap. 1^^. The ProvtfKie dt U PUtd^ ofdtUn clw- <" «4««S«Bthof Prnt^undn the Tr$fi^t of CtfrimiH, It it divided inio two or in M'ifi if h,^t (W of C»f(0^ ii>(. Thetc are Ukewilc o- 40 u^ tlie Mo(l famous inthe world, though ' " ' ' ' " yielding notliing bat 5i/t/fr. It is obfeived of this Muie, that it haeh four ptiacipal vtiiity the firft which is called the rtdi. was regiflredthcooe and twentieth of Afnl 1J4J. and the othen in little time alter. Thefe Enregifters ate nude to take notice of the time granted to thofe which dif- covcf the MtMS, to whom tliey bekjog, defraying the charge, and paying to the three odMMtbt pans, 10 wit dir iEiy cAm- SOKingthe t\At of a fifth part. It is Cud (0tydtkiim*tVtii9k'tmmif, Thittaft that the rich >MMi had its Metal Out of the Moiitc beyond the 7V^ng, twelve oc fiftccti got! M»witbwhicbitAiairbefl^NC. Thetwo QclKn an foi tW miA Mt QM th» fide ifaac TN fi U fi t. Tbc ckictCiQr hdiU fldHMk ih«tii«fJUlv t»«ittW»ttQtWPi)wiic«i isthew. _, ymf»oiMkJrtki^ i^BKfhd wiihtk Wfi^ and cafieft to take away, aiid tbe broad, and ceo or twelve deep. Aid thK which is hkewife oblmablei is that all thefe r«iu ok towards the Sai riibg. aod not one towards its ^vatf tbnnave oow ejihaifted all that was toe H C^ jx I. Miners aredefcended into the Earth, feme to Five hundred, others to Teii or twelve hundred Degrees of depth. TheKich-Ftm yielded the moiety of good Silver ^ but now fcarce will ^i/ttal of Ore yield two Ounces of pure Silver ; yet foirte will fay, that the Cathotick King receives, for his fifth part, near two millions of Crowns yearly. 7*/ Fern- til} et 'I e lrevt'ht> Thrnttt »• //• Vn. il'lol It- "nth r.r. healthy conftitutlcn^ conWiigtons and wap like, great Difftmblcts, ignorant of Let-' ters, much given to Drw* 5 wcrefoimerly fo barbarouSjthat they adored oncly Be^fist or thofe inanimate things, which they might make ufe of, or wnich they feared might hurt them-, facrificin^ not oncly Fruits and Seafis^ but liktwife Men and ^«mr;) taken in Fftfr, and fometimes their Account is made of Twenty thoufand lOownChildren. As for Food, they live in men, wo;-king inthefe Mims, and of Fifty thoufand Ind'ans^ which go and come to theCity of / nop, to trade. 1 he air :uUs Chtrcdsvi generally cold, for the Climate, which proceeds from the height of the Mountains. The Soil of Oro- fefa yields Wheat, and Majz ; that De la Pax, Wine •, and all the Province in general feeds a great quantity of Cattel differently, contentiiw themfelves with FrHits,Her!)s,Rocts,PulJe,Sc fuch like things that the Earth produceth, without trou- bling themfelves with Tillage. Their Ha- ^/rj are Mantles, which they wear down to their Feet •, the Wemen are lefs efteemed here then in other places, being held no better then Slaves. Among the rarities of this Countrey, kill. Santa Cruz, de la Sierra , or the Holy- 20 here is a Plant, which, if put into the hands '';';«4 Crtfs of the chief Mountain of its little Province, is Eaft of Ptitfiy but inclofed wiihmary barbarous Natioiison the Weft and South •, among others, the Chingua- gues, which area fort of Feoplenot rabe reduced to order, though between X4 .Sw- r* and Tucuman. The Countrey is hot, but fometimes opprefTed with cold and fliarpwindes; the Land hath (;r4/M,itf4;£, and at prefent Witte ; feeds much VeitiUHi, ^q towards the Sea , among others, olhiches , who lay their oncly. .«-"-"•»'» £gjj Co great, that one is a fuifiacnt days ' -. f: ~ food for twenty or thirty men. The Tnca's Garcila^t dela Vega hath gi- ven as a very fine Hiftory of /»*«(, of its Tnca's, or Kings .^ with their if/fAw, .great Revenues, Policies^ and Ftrces: as to their Wealth, it was (hewed by the vaft Trea- fnrcs which the Spaniards became Mafters of a Sick Perfon, will immediately difco- ver whether he (hall die or recover) for, if he, at ihc futring it to his hand, look of a chearfuU countenance, ihtn itisafign of his recovery ) but if fad, and trouMcd. a fure fign of death. They have another Plant , of which the North-part , it- gardin^ the Mountains, beareth its Fruits oncly in Summer, and the Southern-parts, in the Winter (eafon ChiiL •>iT ^\\Vk CHILI is between Peru', which is North of it, and the Pstifons which North of it, aitd the Pttinns are on its South towards the Streight of Magellan y and between Paraguaj and the of) all their moveables, befides Rooms 4oA'< and aUowing them Ihare in the fpoikof other fometimes 50;, jotf, 307. fttmes ot La- Cooiuries, meetly to endear them.and gain titude \ and fometimes Ukewue ftretches cheirafiedhons) andbythefe, and the like Five hundred Leagues. Bat the jindes, means, they were much ievcrenced,& faith- ;o bounding it almoft Si along the Eaft, thefe fully ferved by their Subje<5h. And laftly, Moantains in fome places advance fo near as to their J«r«/, we may conclude them to the Sea, that they leave it but a fmall .have been great, ifwe look back upon breadth. their great and many vidorics they have cA//i is divided into three Quarters, and . siainecCas alfo cf the Civil Wars maintained thdie Quarters into t hirteen Jurifdidions ) between the firft Sfanifh Chiefs that con- oneof the threeQuarters rtttuns the name quered this great Emfire , though with of Chili, and contains the JurifdiAions of no fmall pains, expcnces, and k)(s of men. Seritu^ J^ilUta, and St ffii^de chili, ex.- Tfac People are Cud to be (tf a ftrong and tcadiog it felf from the River of Cofinfc, fh ihn I unto CHllt onto th^ of MmU s where are on the eoaft the ?«rts oictfuf$, of c»4(t», o^ Jofnim- k$, where Sir Frantii Drake was repulfed, aiul oiFtlpdjrdftyVihete he futprizeda Vef- fel laden with twenty five thoufand Pezc's of Gold of VtlMvU, and a great quantity tfiius. The fecond Qiiarter advances from the River of MmIc xxato that of Otllt^ts, and is called the Imf trial from one ot its breadth. 8. St.^agt^ feared on (he banks of the River Tefacalma^ at the Month whereof is a noted 'Haven^ called, Faipd' raiff. 9. Serena^ Htuate on the Banks of SuJeCtquimh, not far from its influx in- to the 3ea •, a Town, though but fmall, yet of good ftrcngth, efpccially, fince it is become a Colony of Spaniards ^ rich al- fo in Mines of CtfW 4* And 10, DelaFren principal Cities: The Jurifdidionsof thisio^'M, towards P4r4f»4)f, on the further fide part 3se thofe of CtuceptioH , of Onftl or of the AnJes, yiUa N»tva ofthe Confines, or y4, have their Potts of the fame name j a certain Wind, To Iharp, and piercing, that that of C^nten ferves for the imperial • it infenfibly extinguiHies the natural hear, Thefe two Quarters of Chili and the impe- fo that people often die in a moment ; and rial,2Tt between the Mer del Sitdini the then freezes, and hardens their bodies m Andes. Beyond thefe Mountains in the so fuch manner, thnc they corrupt not. This laft Qjjarter cA/»f(i> at C»j«, where are Relation was verified by one ^/wrf^rf, who the Jurifciaions of Me^^sia. mA St fuam being the fitft of the Caftiltans whicli pafled de U Frttaer*. All thefe Jurifdi^ions take their Names from the principal Ci- ties } befides which they have fome othen : But a word «r two of fome of the chief Cities in chtli, and firft of Ctfiapt, feat- ed in a fertile valley of the (ame name , and neighboured by a §ood, but fmall Ha- ven, s. Cnueptitm, leated in a capacious 30 Bay, by which . and the mountains which cncompals it, wnich are well fortified , it is a place of good ftrei^th, fo that it is made the refidence of the Govemour, where he hath aftrong Garrifon of Spaniards, the better to keep ui awe the Natives, who o- therwife would annoy them. }. L'Impe' rM/,fcituate on the banks of the River Com- teity a (rface of great ftrength and power be- t'f-f.'^ from Peru into Chili, was conftrained to ""'*'«• leave here many of his men -, who fome years after, upon fome occafion, repafling thefe Mountains, he found them fome on Hotfe-back, and others holding the Bridle of their Htrfes, which ftood firm as well as the men, as if they had l-een alive. The yallejs and tlie fuins neareft the Sea, are well inhabited, and have the Air healthfull, ferene, and temperate; the foil excellent, and fettil ; though not without fome difference , according as it is nearer or further ftom the Etjuattr. The Quarter of cAf/< ought to be hotter, and that of the Imperial as not as Spain : but the vicinity of the Mountains on one fide, and the Sea on the other, rendo5 it a little colder then fore the Spaniards planted thcinfelvcs40otherwife might be expeded, as to the here^ (as may appear by that great i^nny, Climate^ butyet hot enough to be one of ftl lmi:i!f confiding of about three hundred thoofand men. which at one time they brought mto the held aeaind the Araiuatu) but now fo well fortified by them , that they efteem it one of the ftronged in this Country , and is theSeeofaBilhop. ^. yillaRua, thebeft Parts of America. The Valley of Ctpiapt yields fometimes Three hunared for one ^ thofe of Cnafco, and Ctqnimif are held no waves inferiour to it ; that of ChiU is fo excellent, that it communicates its name to the Coantry. Above thefe twenty five Leagues from the Mer delSnd, FaBiys are Mines of Silver, Sliek-filver, and fixteen from the ^Imperial, i\(o mo- Ctpjfer^ Lead, and great plenty of aU^ tht: Qo\aoM oi Spaniards, j. r^A^vM, jo ana here , and throughout all chili, fo ecd. it.. ittrMutM feated in the valley of CnadaUangnen, and neighboured by a capacious and fafe Ha- ven* as alfo by richmmes cAGtlds another Colonie of Spaniards who from thefe mines have gained great riches. 6. oftr»«fkii- tifiiUy ftored with mines of Gtld, but feat* ed in a barren foil. 7, Cj^* built on the Bay of Jnend in a fruitful Uland, abont fif- tie Leagocs in length, and nine «r ten in quantity of Geld out of this Caunoty 9 Mmmm and great quantity of Sand- Gtld, which for the nvoft part the Rivers dream down) that a certain Author hath been bold to fay, that Chili was byt a Plate of CeU. yaldtv$4.vhoviia%hms!knAlma^e,ani ^,,w,i, who at the beginning fucceeded better then f^jlfj;; hisPredecefibrhaddonej extra^agreat [Tttt +rendredhiin thirty or forty Dne^tt* daily j and when he had employed but twelve or fifteen/ii- ditiL' inthi$ work, they would have yielded three or four hundred 2>«rf/a«m wlip imoiediatly flew theoiall, (aye baly. the Tnumfeter, who being about to pafs the. fame Fate with his feUows;, thought he would ouce more found bc^te he died , which faved his life. The reafon of the laft revolt of the A- rjHupus was, thac after havings fetved ch..l-people^hcrerefted in chiU none but t\\chtUhts as enemiiH » t*** 'fdnftirds : but tliefe p»kkts being beyond the AmJes, they Iiave little to do with them; and tlx Country is reftored to a good eftate , and the Cities better rebuilt. L* C»Hctftt»» is at prefcnt walled with walls of ftone, hath a CiuM\3XiA becauA the Covemoor of the Province resides her* B', AZILE is commonly taken for the moft Eaftem part of Amtrte* Me- tidtm$4^. bfijoi AlvMrtt Cair^tUPtrUt^ gal fayling along the coafts of Africa, in his paflfage to the Ifaji Indiet^ by a great Tern- peft ( the wind blowing Eauermy ) he was driven into thefe parts ^ whece ne eredcd ,"^,i;;.7", and left a Column whereon were affixed hM'^ll't the Armfci Ftrtwd, l^remaia to ftiture '.Zn^'x^ ages, fignifyingthaihe'tookpoffclfion of j;*^^;'" it fot the Crown of Pmngd. A little --;•'«"' (aslhaveahvody faid)though the fodbejoafter, wtfmwr/fMj yefputius .was cxprcfly iogratetul, the Inhahiinnts have tilbcl,ma' iuit«d,andfo embehlhed it with Gardens, that it is become one of the pleafantcfl abodes of C^ilr.f4/!i^M is feituated on aa elevated ground, which with the addicien of Art, is heUoncof the ft.wrtgeft in cSsli. Thejurii'didionof St ^agt hath under it more then eighty thoufand Hm/ioiu, v/hicU are divided into twenty fix Parttmitntt'J, or (hit to make a more particubr difcb^ery of it, which fo well filcceedcd, that in a fliort tim'.i fome Cokinies of PmugaUi were here eftablifhed, and the name ci' Aiut>:ca Was given it in honour to Amuri' cut Vtffutins, which name was foon after communicated to all this neiv Contintnt^ but this quarter particular^ took the name of Bra&ilti by reafon of the great abua- parts ) that of the imfiriat hath as ina-^danceofthativW here found more thnin ■y^ o/«rM«wo hundred thodaad, C is one half oi Amtnca MeriJiMoIis, which fome call BrafUitma, but which they divide into trauiltt and TMtguay. this Jr«- e>/f, feparated fromi'jr4;«<^,btgins atthe the Rivet of ^i<»*t#»«, and extends it felf to the Provinces of #4r4f«Mrj»: and though that be but fu)n» the firft dtgtu oUatJiMde moft part are skins of ifiiyt/.theircominon.Q which arc fix hundred Leagues •, yet the Br.ri. ITU ffltili' Arms are ttwt^ArrtwSt The Covntry is fubjed to Earth- fiakth the foil in themklland is for the mem part nKHintainous, and unfruitiiil ; towards the Sea-fide, level,feitile,and wellwatrcd with jtn/ffjj which makes it yeeld plenty of fyhtat, Mayz, Aod other iSrmst, whidias alfo their ^rw/,werc (ranfpt^tcd from spthi Coaft making a great Dfm'cireU, hath no Ids then twefve hnndr«l Leagues. TheMer Jet Snt waftics it on the North,South-£aft, and Eaft $ Ptra«>9tif and Ptru, bounds the reft towards the South and Weft. The high Country is wholly unknown, ,f ^/''^ itfid Ukewffe part of the Coaft. It hath o- -*"•-• Very where abundance df- jjr^Mtff f«^ liither,whichnowarcfoabindiUJtlyin««at fk^ wto make war wshjf vA tatoae another % 48 'B%JlZI LE. nothert thedivertrdbtions hitherto given us, makes mention of more then one tiun- dred of thefe fttfUtt vet thefe are few in regard of thole yet unknown. The moft famoDS, and beft known, are the Marrt- jds^ T0fiiumttm , OvttM*$^ PdrtiMy PttigKMres, TsftHjeSi Carina, iiirfuns^ TttdJMreSy &c. The Pwtugtls have only feized on what they fonnd moft commodious on die Coaft, ana have from time ro time divers Gtvern' mints, which they call C*fit4inies. The moft antient is that of Tamaraca, then of __ Ptriumiuco, now the moft famous of all -r-«< m[aio{iheB*j of All Stinti : they^ount »«6«< opeiung it felf on three fldes, into faire and fertile plai;:;, and having only the Mountain aixl Forrcft of ftrHtHttal* which bounds it on the other fide. This Ctfhtmj wants Sdtt, Wine', and Oflty but in recompence they have all forts ot Fruits, and many Mines of £i/v;r about StFj^k Befides thefe four Cities, Phillim viUe is a habitation far within Land, and a- bove St rinctHt towards Ptrtguaj. Para- tiningt was rained by the BarbariMs in i6op. The CdfitMj ofRIOfANlEROy ri^c,,,. takes it nunefromitsRiver^ fo called, be- "^,f.!"<^'>| caufeit was enued into, in the month of Jjj^itiu fourteen inall, which following tlie Coaft, fMiurj^ by *#*/» Dm* Jefelit, inijij. 'u^XX'l *•"• from the River of jfnux^ntSy towards butbeing neglected by the P«rrm them to whom they belong, but acknowledge the Sovaaignty of the Vitt-Btf. Each Cdfitdinie hath depending on it, one at two mott Colonies of Pmugtlb. J*^"' In the Cffitdimt of SAINT riNCENT, PtriMgaMstcgaiaied it, and put the freiub to the fword. They built the City St Se- h»ftiM at the n.outh of the o»//; which the River makes falling into the Sea } and forti- fyed it with ftrong Bnlinrks. And more to the Weft, they have likewife built the Cityof ^j»;r4ir /w Rriet^ and made it a ftrong Colony. This Cm fit 4m hat h much BrsziU-wtcdf Citttm, and aU PrtviRtHS. 30 but no Sitgtr. The TfimuiAom pofrdTed CttiffU- 111 la iht thefe quarters when the Frinth were here, but the PirttfgdUs beconuoing Mafters, , _ _ . thefe people notable to accommodate the principal is 5«tfM,feated at the bottom themfdves, difperfed themfelves ^ther of an Ami of the Sea, diftant from the inBrszilt, and tome to about Mtrtuhdn, Main, about three Leagues, accommoda- Thefe two CtfitMitSy Rio fuuero^ and ted with a very good Port, capable to re- St FinctHt, ate on this fide and beyond, ceive veflelscK four hundred Tmmu. This or rather under, the trofifiu of Cafri- Town is inhabited with about two ttrn. hundred families oi PmagdUs^ who have ^ The Cdftttnit DEL SPIRITU ^^-r^ beautified it with a bix Churchy and two S A NT O, hath one of the beft foils of ^'U all BraaiUy well ftored with Cmtut-wtd, ^,T,1, but deficient in Sngtrt. Its River is called Psrtffi* from a name conunoo to three Rivers in Brtzil % one is beyond St Fineem, the fecond this, and the laft waters the Convtntt of FrjertpK^ant, but rapid. The and fourth Cities are /fMrAfjc, and St Paaly City hath but two hundred and odd Fa* beyond the Kfonntains, and Foneftsi/er- jomilics of Prntgrnis. Its principal buiU lukuuthts which are very difficult to ca\*^, ings are, a chnrth dedicated to St Francity the way being cut through the trees: the City is feated on the Tcpof a little hill, and neighboured by fome Mines of gold; found in the Mountains^ a Tovm of ubout one hundred houfes, and two hundred fa- milies, b ea u tifie d with a Choich, two Cmvmty vAzCtiedgtci^lniit, The a CtUiJgt of ^ejiutt, and a Moiidfiery of BttttMOiiits, The MdrgajMs, and T^Kjtt have made themfelves known in the Coun- try. PORTO SECURO belongs to the pm,irt Dokeof ^t/«ir#, and luth three Colonies, f";^, fM. I. St Anurty or St Omtrty once of ■IK it good, aad the Couitiy agreeable, gi^cac account for making Sngm, where li , they TXAZILEi 4P they had five SggM' Engines, for the or- dering and ibakingit* but defated by the ptrtugdHs, for fear of the inciirfions of the SdVMfts. 2. Sm^a Cruzy 4 Town not very urge, neither with a comtnodibus harbour. 5. Ptrto Seguro containing not above two hundred hotifes, biit held of foine Antiquity. It it built on the top of The Citie of St Sal;vaJ«r, istn the raoft ^^^^^ Korthem part of the Gulf, feated on a lit- ^'' ^*''">- tle Hill, and towards the Sea i it regards its iJi'^,'/:?- Ports oude in a demi-circle, whofe two '^^,'at,. points, or extremities have each their Ca- 4 flle ) St Antonio towards the Sea, aqd Ta- pefife towards the Bdj. This Citie, all en- vironed with a wall, is great and popolous, OUHjJIjIt' Uifci I ffiiU- IIMIUCM I i^ fl,. a white cliff, which commands the hayjpn. and oignified with the Refidence of the The foil of this CaPita>:j is fo fertile in ^^Vice-rgj of Brazile, for ^ he Crown of fer- Crains and Fruits y t>at it furniflicth its tngal, as alfo with a Bifhefs See, together neighbours j It hath likewife Sitgar. The HclUnders have feveral limes aflaulted this Colony, but in vain. L$s Ifleos belon{g;sto Don Luco GiraUo, a Portugal i Its cmef Town is feated on a fmall River, but neighboured by a great Lak e of twelve Leagues circuit, from wnich thi6 River takes its rife, and contains not with divers officers. It is beautified with many churches and Religious Houfes , but above all, the CoUedge of the Jefuites is magnificent. In 1614, this Ciry was ta- ken by the Lew-Countries fVefl-India Com- pany •, in I ($15 retaken again by the Spani- ards and Poriugalsj and nnce taken and re- taken divers times, and now remains in the above one hundred and fifty, or two ^vn- *° hands of the Portugals. dred Families of i'*»t/»j4/r. Ithathawng This C4^//4»ji is beft jjeopled, and the richeftofall Srazili: It liath forty or fif- ty Sugar- Mills, the moR of which are abuut tliis Bay •, every where there is quantity of Cotton , and on the cooft is fouuH Amber- greect The Capitanj SERECIPPE DEL U!tl,\ff» time fuffered perfccution,and the Colonic almoft loft by the CuAymmrti, a race of the moft ravage and barbarous people of grazile, which being driven out ot their own Country, fell into this Prafeiture^ which they had utterly ruinated, had not ......^ (as 3 ^tfuite tells us ) fome of the Relicts RET haih'only a little City, and oUvera ^'^"sf . of If Georg- been brought hither ; which is that alone which gives it a degree among '" "'' feeing, the riantere re-took courage, attd i° the Ctf stains o{ Braxilei and here is eftee- Iwavely repnlfed thefe Barharians: The med to be fome Mines of Stiver, River which waters this City turns eight The Capitany of Fernamiucoy or Fef- or ten MiS^, or Sugar- Engines . namhuck, is one of the beft of all Brazile, J}'^ f;>; The Cafitany del BAT A DE LOS pofleiTed by the Alhufuertfues. The rortu- J^yT et SANTOSy took its daipe ftom the Btij gals have here eftabLfhed thirteen Colo- ''"^ or C*//, Wherein 'tiieneA St Salvador is nies,a^nong which o//» Shifs, four of fesin the City, many .S*f4r-£»?iw/, and which were men of Warr^ all lying under muchCattel in the field-, alfo a Collegiate the Proteftion of the Cables and Forts t Church, with fix or feven others, befides who notwithftanding the (hots that he Chaffelsy(eveijiMtnafieries,3xdUoffiials^ received from the Forts, CaSteSy and Ships, &c. fell amongft them with fiich boldnels, FnxntheCitie a Tongue of earth, ad- that he funk their Fice- Admiral y and took vaocesto the Sea, at the end of which is all, or moft of the reft, with a cooditioo Xetify 9 well-peopled Town, when; the only of their lives. Ships load and umoad their Merthandifes : . l^onn This f» 'B'RAZiLS: This place is become famotii in our time, tRfe right hand is Catt tth.vihnt is tl'c hav^ing been for many years dif^^tited be* Fort St Eatkirine^ the other C«feJtt Nnt, fir mil \ndCem' nveen the Pthrt»g4ls, and the Htlldtidtrs ^ but theTc have in the end bten driven out by Ae other. Betides the Colonies, there are abnn- daffct if A^.'hes for the Indians j it is ob- fervedthat evv'y year there is laden from ffr»4ifi^«ri[' eighty, ninety, and fometimes where is the Foft of St jimhtni. this City is walled, and is featedOn the banks of the faid Riverj at the bottom of an Arm of the Sea, not above three leagues from the Ocean, but deep enougli to bring (hi{^ ( of an indifferent burthen) to tlie very City. It ii faid to be inhabited by ?. hundred Ships, the moft part with Su- lo not above five hundred Ptrfu^als, btfidts gars, and fome with Brazilc-mod, and Slaves and Ntgroes, t\'hich tlicy employ III} 'I ill' that only in the fpace of four years, which were 1620, 21, 22, and 13 there was tranf- {(oitedfiom Angtla, in Ethiopia uutOthis Capitanj fifteen or fixteen thoufand Slaves to work in their Sugars, and Bra- ijiie. Tfie Soil is fat and fertile, the Sugar- about their Sugars, This Capitany 'bn the Nortli touches Rio Grande, on the South Fernamiuck, en- dofing that oiTamtraca, on the WeA : the River Parajha dividing it into two e- qual parts, the inhabitants addiAing tliem- lelvestotillthc fields, where they poflefs "■u„ canes coming of themfe'ves both on the their Heritages, Farm-houfes^'and Jngen'no's HiUs, and in the valleys, and the Brazite- 20 which are magnificently built. Thefe In- Si Au* riiitfj if l^tl>Jl,h, rntod, being brought in 3 prodigious qoon tity from the Forrcft Gran Matt of Brarite, twenty Leagues from olinda. All thefe convehiehcies, with the goodnefs of its f4/?i»r« makes them caH this Capitatij the paradice of Brazile. Batitti<{jO. $\,-it.theDtitchin^-ln- dia Company took, and ruined OUnda, and after it St AngnJUne^ and alrtoft all the '7 •njir»| genius are the MiOs which ferve tobruife 1, th« SugM-canes j they are built along the '^^1'. River, where are the fields anddofcsv in '-• '' wliich lye the Cj»« and fome CtPfts itom \Vhence they fetch wood to Ijoyle tlie Sn^ar. And fometimes, thefe Ingenno'i arc fo great, aid fo ample, tliat they con- tain b;fidcs tkc hoijit: of the Mafter, which is well built, -^any others : sitlitr Fortrtfles, whicn the Ptrtugats held in,ofOi^ the Poringalls, whiih ferve them, or OUrut, this Capiianj : and were not driVeft out till Within Alheor ten yein, but from time totimemolefted. TAMARACAh the moft antient Captlkf^y bat the fmalftft of all Brazile ; that ot Femamhnci enclofing it On one fide, and ^/jfii;*-! on the other, Pijkliittere faith, that the French once poflefled ir, and that the port dfs Fraticezes retains yet for thofe Nerr0is and slaves , which be- long unto them » and their number a- mounts to fifty, iixty, eighty, and lomc- timi^ to a hundred Families: T'licrearea fcOre of thefe Ingenno's in the Cafitany of ParMJka •fne Land is Ui1eq\jal being in ttMtntaint., J' ""J ralltjs and Plains ^ Tlit Plmnt arc for the "" SutJtr^ the FaHies fot Tfihceo, Mandmhe itifAt- ItiOt III their hime: the fi^glls driving them ^o^ndrvir/r/} and the A/*»*/4;w fbr frttd. on^jMrilt their Colony man i^etmy three The bods which are ciUed yield 0^ bun- or rour Leagues long, and two or three dred for one^ ihcit: pa/lures fipeds ma- broad. The Cnpitanj not extending much ottt6( tKe z/fj but its fcndity is admira- Ne, h place of no great note, but for its coHimodiousA4X'r»f, which is well defimd- ti^v an impregnabt^ oyf fc , which i? feated on tne top of an hill. T*»e CARATBA of Ptrajh. had like- d ««J '.v rij ny i'locts of iteves , Shteff , G$att, HtggSy and Htrfes, which are Arong and ' laborious . they Have F twits of oil forts ex- cell^u to cafe, iiiid jimoog the i«fl; fvrt- TheNativesof tlieCounqylave (bote ^j^^j AUkt't, that is Villages, bimt after their »* ^* ,9 Jiaving onclv four, btin very long like i(j/((, ^ , . ,, ,-- . , 6r llx huadtcd, fomc- YfasaHedhythexD, Phitliifine,ot mn^M ti^<$ a thoufand, twelve hundred, or Stignkada Nieves 1, ^nAhyihtftttttHders fift^ Hundred ,InhSlbitantst their move- whentheyweie Mafters of it, FredefM- aWcsbeiiigoiJy their /^rfWMf-Wx, which are Pad: It is two or three Le:^ues (ram the their Stdft thca totvmiArrtmif and fone Sea, there where i^eRtv(^f4>-ijf*4fjill$, Mam^he. having two cvi/fft/otothriWoparrs.whJdi ' m each Aldee they have a.Captaio, Ct^it, and dcfiOKl its tttnoceS) itat OD which they choofe ainong themlelves, andth paftes thee cipal that ( three i Th or of by th Can-'' with I. (iano < rajha forcing theyw difcov Cepooh theBa and Sii deSdli. PtrtHg. or the the Ri Tht until o nndfoi flretch tinuall] Capital Para, e the No netltal Capital. then t! are wot The Barbar< freriBei fun of I and m: found. Sugar, Sugar . thougti induini here mi UfS,h lutM, »itt in */ir-/«, yielding jr^- that of F.io ^MHerict, three in Ttmartca, tilt-wood, Saffron, Cotton, Rtd'dje, Lake, three in Fer/tamhck, and fo in others. or Rofe colour, Salm, T»bacc«, fepfrr 5 and »,(•<;(- The Capitany oi RIO G R^ NDE> fometimes Amhtrgreafe is gathwed on its tol*" or of Pattngi, waslikewife oncepoflTertcd Coaft. The^Land is found proper forSu- tic*fdt |,y j|,e french, after they had quitted R, gar , and if it were tilled would produce CaM-'''ara : and here they made alliance 10 grains 5 fomefay, it kith Mian of fajptr, with I. ^.Petivarts in the year lypy. Felt- and white and red Cry ftal, which forhard- cia/io Ceca of CarevdUfca, Captain of Pa- - - - • rajia came to afTault them ^ but without forcing them away that time ^ in itfoi they were quite expelled. The French had difcovered an excellent Mine of Silver at Copeoia, and another of Emeralds^ near t lie Bay of Moncoureu, between Rio Grande, n,ft,iiii. IJ ct ill With HI I Hi, nefs (brpaffes the Biamendi of jilenzon: It is well watered with frefh Rivers, and pleafant Streams, well clotlied with Woods, m which are ftoreof Font. The people are ftroii^of body, live in good health, com- monfy dying with age 5 the women bein[^ fruitiull till eighty years of age, both Sexes go naked until tney are married, and then ;/( M iff. itnli^n-i :indsiara, and rich Jrf/f-^ir; near the Point de Salinas. The principal Fortrefs that the 20 their apparel is onely from the Waft to the PertHgals hold here , is De les tres Reies, Knets . which is Mart«faff tires of Cotton,, or tlie three Kings, on the riglit hand ot" or Feather-works, inwhich they are very in- tlic River. duftrious, and ingenious. The Coaft of Sratilt ftom Cape de Frio, The Tapouj Tapere, that is, the Country until on this fide of that of St Angufiine, ' of the Taponies, is another Ifle, Eaft of andfotothemiddleof theheadof /»ff/^»j'/, Maraenan ^ at Full-fea it is an Ifle 5 on "i"*""* flretches from South to North, and con- the Ebb onely, Sandj feparate it from the tinually regards the Eaft : The reft of this Continent. Tne foil is yet better then that Capitany, and that of 5/4r4, .W»p - ' ■.■-i~ hath very cmeL forgetfuU of courtefies received, and mindfull of injuries. The nmen are which Imar- «;•"- Swim- nhour them- hebo- not fo inely a iflen a ime lit- Ithetn, lers cut 1 certain y make CUaks, ith Fu- ry work, verycx- ,ch have , for the he others Tongues <"• -• hrric af- 'itX!, rvcdfmy "■''"•• ^ have no nowledge and SIM'S, calling the CtH. longs unto Thn,^., rtfons not ^"""^ heir riches CtnfervtSf er Ctmmt- ig lo much \d hathbuc |St Ti(«iiMy ttfivchuo- Iiath been known that ah t^tbitfu» wo- thm % and ati hundred ani{ fifty Leagues MMW whofe Husband was likewife an t/C- within Land is tenor twelveanu defcending thitfun, hath brought forth two children, farther fittccn, twenty, or five and twenty the one black, and the other white ^ and a Leaguesbroad s but of lb little depth, and BrtttlUn W0ms»y whofe Husband was likewife a Brazilian, to bring forth two, the one white, and the other black: and oft-times blacks have whites, and whites blacks t and there are to be feen white fo cumbred with Rocks, and Banks, that what with them, and the fudden ftorms which often rife from the South, failing up it proves very dangerous. The particular Province of ParafHtj , in »y£thiopiarUy thatis to fjy, in all the fca- lo thehigheftpart ofthe River is little known, tures of their face, and in their hair , all nor have tne Spaniards litre any Colo- ihc proportions itimv^thiepian, but with nies, yet it beais its name common with n r„ Jt/tiiM. skin and hair white, Before Brazil/ lyeth a train of low Rocks, but of a fmall breadth s hut which continue almod all along the coaft, leaving but certain overtures by which the Rivers difcharge themfelves into the Sea. Ships that go or return ftom Sr4£'''""'"< chief place ui The /4w«4i7 falling into the Sea makes a Cnlf of nfty and odd; Leagues wide, b^ twecn theCapesof St M«ri, aod St An- hundred \ St le little more j the Afum- pitm alone is on the Paraguay, Las Sittte Ctrrknttt where the Parana, St. i^* where the JtM ytrmejtySt Spiritn where the Ctrza- rant, aOd Bntnts Ajrts where the fsUi'mo the raragnaj, Oooo Thii •*' H TA%AgV AY. Tfiisn.imeof PamgHdj i$ given by the oiPtr»and Chili. Si ^4giJelFfttr»(otmtt\y "I'lmJ,! Natives of tlie Country, anJ fignineth a Fdrety is in the midway between Batiiti ''"""'" v*;r«, and Ptttp ^ two hundred and fifty Leagues from this, and little lefs from the other. This place is honoured with the feat of the CovtrHUirdi the Province, as alfo with a Bifhtfs See, and divers o- ther Officers of the King. The Land ij ,„ f,,^ ■ ftimifhed with fVftl, Cttltit, fVodd, with <<•'•''' rhffii. •■.J IJ.M Kiver of F takers, either becaufe there me here found great quantities of Birds, whofe Feathers are various, and of divers colours ) or becaufe tiiofe of the Country, drefs and adorn themfelves with tho(e Feathers, The name de U Plats hath been given by the Sfaniards , and Hgnifieth Stiver : becaufe the firft that came to lo which they make and dye their Mattufali tttP i «■ '" tlicm from Peru, came down this River, Cll AC o hath its foil fat, fruitful!, and etitci laced with many Rivers. It is in- liabitL'd by divers Nations, whofe I Jams are verydifftftnt. The To^<«rM have about fifty thoufand fouls. The Malhaguaiciis thirty thoufaiiii but not fo valiant, as theC/d/n- gua^nts, a Nation much efleemeii, and ures, CeiiehiHeile, cJ'f. which they carry to thcneeied CafiUniesof Bratile, make* ing great profit by them. After St Jagt del Everts there is like- >-. wife on the way toPrri., i. St Mtchael C;:,\, de TucumaHy feated at the foot of a rocky j';;j'^ Mountain, but necr a fertile foil , botn 'l:'''?^ ' for Ctr11e3.nA fafiura^e. i. Nuefha Sen- irn/- tt-tm wliicli Will not iurtertlic5^4»/4r^j to inhabit nntra deTalavera^ ^cituate on the River /,"',',"', amongft tlum, they arc In ctmtinual war 30 54/«ii», in a Jmitfnl foil, abounding ' withtIieA/4//'4f«-i/f/'i, making «/4n innunwr^le company !«';!;;? have given their name to the Province^ of^Sook* which^-might be converted to ^'^ cAri^Mii/^) they ciftthemfHres among thku Mstitriam, kamed tfaeir looeue, ditw iiitmboi»iitcWttds. 'ii$i$wintu, «kl bidden C^v \ aflembled them in » ' divess then tne Zuries, DianiHs , ■&(. The CaftilioMs have eftabJifhed here divers Colonies, that tlie Provinces de it PUtt might have comoMiaiauon with tiiofe Ith Jt tt divers bJiutim, and by this mean* lead among very high Rr '- s for thefpace of fif- thctn to a Jociable lite, taughl ihcm firft teen,of fixtccnlc3gues,whcre,with agrat T/%f , and the moil mcctlhtyyli'ts, and dedenfionit ftrikcsagainft fomc, traverfes MiuiHftititris ; then (o rttid and wrw, onthcP-wofi*;, andalmofldireft- St IgiiMikis on the River of Tiiiijuari, ita- \y oppofite to Btitius Ajres, on the other ^*4 or the iHcarnatian, and the Hclj Sa- (ide. tramin on the River of Parana, N. D. de But there hath been no RelatioH of theft Tfuajiu on tlut of If^uaif, Aiaraig or la Parts fincethofeof i526, and itf 17, which NativttadeN.D. likcwifcon the Parana. 30 were Printed in 1636 in Antwerp, and in The r?iM** ptcapitatrt down a great iS-^f \n France. If thefe people have fmce C4/jr,K7, before It enters into the /"^rfiirf. T Ir' aire in all thefc haktatttns \i good , the fode fetfik, tlicy have luu much wnd, little fdfinrage ^ ami oeer Tfinaut little IF/J, by realoo ot the Catarail. The in- ubttaius of rtafaa arc tlie mod hardy, and mod tncluicd to Arms. The Province of GMjr is under the frtfiqnt of Cafrtcn^, aid"incujg it fell' 40 Vjax.oBTas.iU. There hath becnhac, ibra f!;ood continuance of the Parana; St frdtKis inclined ihemfelvcs to cAr/y^ww/;, as thofe Relations fay they had begun to do, no doubr, but they are by this time, all, or the greateA puttChrijiiaiu. The Mjgclianic/^^Lan^, and Ifland. SOutli of Chiliy Tucaman, and Riede la ^ ^^ Plata, lies a great Region, and a great {""wX many of ifles , which we pafs under the i'Z''*"' name oi the M A C £ L L A Ni ACS. They make together the laff, and moft Southern part of America Meridienalis : waAiedon thcEaftby the MeldelNcrt, on the Weft by the Mtr del Snd, or the Pact- Xavier L' Inc4rimi0tt , and St f^efh on. ^fiqnt-Std^ on the South by the Magella ther//i«f/v«; ^eiiV^Arih- Angels, W&. St ^omI, in tbcLaiXl of great T4j0^i, to- waitkBraciJe. htlow CtvtdadMtitly there where is the ftpointionof thetwoPtovincesof Parama, uuiGtuifr, theRiverf^rMMmakesaCn/^- r447, as remarkable as any in the World. This River precipitating it fdf, from a vety . . ^ -faigh-Roch> fiodcs it fdi' iikovife, epgiag^ to (j^HM^fiMti and Esf-Ifiibtt s Magtl- Mick-Set, which may in general be extend- ed over all the Coafts of thefc MagtUa- mck-Ltadi and Iflands. TheStrcight of l/iifriS'4»onIy,fbrmcrly, s,^.f ttndtcd all tlicfe Chiarters famous ; becaufe ^^^ that the People oi Enrefe, and particular- u;-'j|'^_^ Vt the qa(liltans, feekmg a paflage other iw'fw " then that of the Ct^e oigtidhtft, to go *"• tSL. 16 The MageUdnkl{ Land, and I/land, Uh j a Vtrtn^sl GfHtknuH , but in the name and fervicc of tlir King of C4//i/r lor fome difconteni he had received in the paymerit of his wages in PtriugMl, was the Kift that found this Strcight at the extre- mity of AmtricA Mtriditntlit \ and who was Vacwn in Sfm, the CtfiUUm had a defign to make themfelves Muftrrs of it, with an intent to hinder all other Nations frompafling. In ijjj Dm. CMinttCtr- T»,«p. v»\»l^ Btlhtfoi PUiftHtt^ fcntinthcname ;lV;l of Chdrles tne fifth, four Ships, to make it ,7^";" pnffinc from M(r d:l Ntrt, unto that Dtl more particularly » but this Voyage proved ')i»<^'i Sndy Dctwetn the ai of oli$ktr, and the very unfortunate, for three of the Shift *""'^' 17, or 18 of KPvtmktT^ in the year ijio, pen(hedin the*/mr*r, and thefourthre- gave means, rotoneIytotheC4/?//M/»/, to to tired (with no fmall hurt) to Litiu. In pretend the difcoveiy of the Mtkcct's^ by \^\6G»r(i*dt Ltjiftwvi likewife herefor . - . - the fame intent , which proved olfo fatal $ for the Admirtl coming out of theStreight was loft, as alfo fome at x\itM$lHcc$t. In 1)55 one Simtn dt AU(it$yt cntred it \ but the mutiny which was among his people was the caufe of his lots, and ill fuccefs. T)»m, GMfitrs Csrv^iMU^Bijhtfoi PUi[*nce^ fent other three fW/W/, in 1 jjj, of which thcWfft, againftthef»r/«^-i//. wlioboall- cd to have fiift difcovtrcd them by the Eaft : but, likewife lliewed a way to make the whole Circuit of tlie fmrflnal- Gttht, which cert/'nly had never bctoic bcniaonc. The two opcninM of our Streight, aS well towards us, and tlic Utr del Ntrty as 1» v. t» »| ttm on the other fide, ami towaids ih« un dtlxavnt Admirtl was loft, one returned back, Sud^ are bt t ween the J », and 5 j Dtfrtts of and the thtrd n-ifTcd on. Some othcs there Latittidc, the middle defcmding^ ui^ito the were which went (all of which were o/?/- 54. And the two Ctfa of the hrft open- tums) fomeby the CJoaft of 5/4/*, «nl>«rs ing, are, that of the/'/rf/w, on the right ham', and on the Ctmtnttits and that of St StveriUy or of St £ffriit, on the left, riui in the Ma^elhmck-ljks, 01 Ttm dtl Fo^o. The two Cafes which end the o- tiicr opening, are, Caft I'lHtrf, on the by the Coaft of ftm j but none could ever findea way tofeize this Sireighi, whereby to hinder a paflage toothers. For in i^^^ Sir Fnncu Drskt, happily '•''•• paired this S$rtight, came into the Merdtt ••'''^•^ Std, pillaged and burned along the Coaft '"t" ght hand, and Cdfe Defiredy un the joof Cm//, and Pera, quantity of Sfdntjh lef>. The length of this Sireigftt is near Two hundred Leagues ^ Itsbrudth onely two, tliree, fix, ten Leagues, and fome- times more \ incommodious for the moft port, iKing fubjeft to Whirl- Pt»h. J\\e Waves of the Mer dtl Sad predominate for FffftU \ and making a very rich Booty, he renitned \ino EiifUi$d. Tliis courfe of the £»r/AnioU, and rlic Neit;hl)onii>> I(k^ a little aftei 1491. AmnuM rtjfiuiiiH of Brazil in 1497. Firdinani Lories took ^^exu0 ill I J 1 9. Pizzarrt, Peru m ! ? : 9. I''' Iw Ml' happily (hen the red, having taken his 10 So others have feized ot diveis pu.ts ot time in Januitrj and February , which is the Summer of thcrcQuaiteis, thcSun returning from Cuprictrne, liut in 1517. a hundied yens after Md- gtlUn, ifsu It Mjire, a HeUiinJer, having liifcovticd another Strti^ht inconipaiably more esfie to pafsthen that of MjfiUan, this onely is now made ufe of, and called the ■J'.^t yht Dele Mdtrt : It is between the J J and 5; i degrees oi Sefieninotnl Laii- tude. It liath thtoughout 10 oc 1 1 Leagues ot length and bieadth •, and lb foon as ic is pafled, there is found .1 vwy picu 5m, there where *rc ^ave formerly believed to bea/;-f»»<^fo great, that fome would make it a thad Continent under t'le name of Ter' ra Auflratu or Terrt Inifgniu^ and M*- gellAnici. IhelnhdtitdHis of tlie .'^ueii^hioi Ma- Imeriijy and rt.ll ot tliofe which are tlic [>t:l\\ and iiave brought thence fo much CeU, 5//aYr, andiiciics, that they have Hl- led aliiioft ail Europe , .in J made thofe F.- jhies, Lordjhips, and CottimoJiiies on thi!> fide, which before weie v.ilucd but at Twenty pence , Twenty llKllings i or Twenty tlumfand pounds worth, now .1 hun.licd times .is much. iJ liutwemud contefs, Tl.it thefe Dit- to vcmcs, ;nd tlicfe Coiujucfts of new Lands li.ulicoft.v^4/«ftoreot men, not fo much in t he Jfjr as on the. Vm. In 1590. a hundred Spanilb Shifs ladm witli very great riches to return t ,t.un>fe, palTuigin conipatiy neat flonJa, a Teinpcrt fui prized them, .'.lid call tliem all away , fave one, whom Liufcot reports to hive feen in Ter- cera \ anJ this Amhur adures us, tliatat Tl«5pit.|. 'r,tn ikt I fUth 4'iilj -t ll ",\i,[ gtHsn, Utire, iniii\\i: Migtlljtmck Lauds, 3'^ i\\{: lame time divers other Tempers, or , are very barbarous, having very fharp and daitgerous Trr/A t they go almoft naked, though in a Countrey vf:y cold \ they have neither Religion nor VoIkji, they arc born white, but Pamt fome part of their Body red, and otheis black : And this Painting is a Band dra\vn Araight from Head to Foot, or elfectofs their Body, or (loping^ the red IS in its natural colour, or diveis Fn^hlh Rvxers took away or funk another hundred of Sfanijh Ships •, ibthac ot jjo paired tlie year oefoie fom M'tv Spain, St. Dtrrtingi), Havana, Cape Verde. Brazil, Cuinej, and other places, not a- bove 14 or 15 efcaped jhipwrack^ or the Enftilh Eorert, Likewifc alter, and at other times i fomctimes the Englifh^ lomctimes the elferomctimes varied with divers i.o\o\x\^A^ Hollanders liave not onely taken abundance They garnirti their ArroKt and Javelins o( Spa/iilhl'eljels on the Sea, butlikcwilc kPii with Fifhbenei, or with 5/»««vciy lliarp, of which they make their Knives-, they ufe likew ife Clubs and Slinks. Amoa^ t\\e(e People iic the Patagons, a !)articular Nation intheOi>///iMr> which (Xnecalltlie RaceofToremtn. If report betrue, they are thegtcateft men, known at I fent many part of the World: They are 1. d to be no Icfs then ten foot high, 50 and Hollanders , who likewile eftabliili diveis places on Land, and fometimes whole I'f evinces and Jjlands, The Hol- laniers held not lone hnce a irood p.i.'t of ^'"^' '■ I I 1/1111 ■ ' I" t J'j'- Brazil; tlie£«f///ft hold at prelent^jr- tadoes, Jamaica, and fome other places in tfie IJles and Lands abyut it. And all thofe ijks w Inch are on this fi.!e Hif^anio- la, are in the hands of the En^tifh, French, and wcaieafTured, that thegreatefl men thatwei' w\tU Magellan, or with the £*f- lipiilid Hollanders, that pafled this Streigbl, reached but to their Girdle. But it IS time to leave America. The firftexpencc made to go thither, w.is not of above 15 or 16000 Duckats, which were advanced by Lewis dt St. Angi, Se- cretary of State, and not taken out of the divers Colonies on the Coaft of Gniana which if they fubfili, tholV l[ies are not already more troublefome Thcrns to Mtxiit. ladTerra Finna, then tt'.efe Ct- lotties in Cuiana will be te 'lara-Firmt^ Fern, ind Brazil, To give a linall touch of the Traffckoi 1 this New World, it is .obft > yred to give im- f. t, ploymcntto raanySA/fi of great burthen, ' P p p p and I T uU 'V« — - - - -, - ■. V > '■♦x •. 56 7 he Magellanicl^^Land and Ijland, hi FrnUt and that of feveral Nttions, as we',1 Euro- fears, as others , by which they have gained much riches ; in which, England-, Spain, France, Portugal, Holland, &c. have been large fharers. To fum up the rich flafle Ctmmodities that it produceth, as al- fo what Commodities they receive in ex- change, will not be unneccflary. Firft then, Its Em ih yieldeth Grains , excellent Fruits, Flams, Sugars, Indico, Tobacco, Ginger, Long P(Pper, and other Sftcei : Several Medicinal Drugs, Cotton, of which, as alio of the Feathers of their £irds, they make excellent and curious ManufaClures . In t he Botpels of t he Earth lie bidjin abundance of Mines, Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead,Ti», and Coffer-., there is aifo f\enty oi ^icit'lilver, Amber, Precious Stones, r carls, Sezoar, Amher-greece, Cum, Arabtck, and feveral Precious Gums, Cou- thaneil, Safran, Chrjflal , excellent Bal- fom, Eozzin, Salt, Money, fV^jt, Kich Furt, Ox-H'ies, 7 allow, WhateOyly Dried Fifl), Pitch,Tar,follof,Salfafarilla, Gajac, Tur- tith. Several excellent Woods, as, Cam- feche, Brazil, Lignum Fit*, Green Ebony, Cedar, Cjpreji, Firrs, and excellent Wood for building of Ships. Forthefe and feveral other rich C«w«»fl- dities they take in exchange, Beads, Neck- laces, Bracelets , and the like Toys-, as ai- fo Loeking-Glaffes, Ribbons, Needles, Pins, and all forts of Haberdafhery Ware ; alfo Knives, Hatchets, Saws, Nails, Hammers, and other inftruments made of iron ; with 10 feveral other of the like cheap Commo- dities. We have thus comprifed all that feem- ed mofl necffTary concerning America .• True it is, whole Volums might be made onely touching the Nature and Propriety of their Grains, Herbs, Plants, Fruits, Fowl, Btafls, and Fijh, which are all dif- ferent from ours 5 yet thofe which liave been carried from hence, have tlirived and 20 multiplied exceeding well, either in one placeor another: But of all our /fMy?j, no- thing fo much afloniflied them as our Horjfet •, «nd ir was near a hundred years in Peru, and other parts of America, before thofe People would be perfwaded to mouui on them. lui 111} itimt'i AN • .( .\' '■'''■ • '.'i''Xi.;-'" '-111 An Kjng N Ote, that vinces,ij M A. ACtfidi,. liT* I ^^ri dc I I /iTcJt. y / 5i<»f r. ■ iliMi.^ac. I/MERIC A ON A LIS. lAtlilo.ifj. lAUrt dc Ut Ktftt, Ikrim. liutlitert. tdjutiiUt. Ud't^ifue. IMidtnj. td'ntdt. llfumfiitil' Bahama. U'/faWf. iBi'idflof Sawcfc I ti^fudt. Ilrmuilua. I iniautm. I>RA2IL. I i^Ui Afrtt. C. CAtll4ft)tl. ICa/f. I Cililgrnii. I (OHra. Canada. An Alphabetical Table OF THE Kingdoms f Countrejs, IJles, Trov'mces, Cities, Toftmns, and Torts ^ MENTIONED IN AMERICA. ^Ote, that the Pltcts f A^r 4W Printed in Italick , are Cities and Towns. Thofe in Roman, are Pro- ll vinces,ljlts,^.:. And thofe in Capital Letters, are Kingdoms, &i •. in America. A. I Folio . •• Folio. I. Folio. CinciliJ* lOindi' a9 Dc Ii P.'jta. 43>J3 Fulio. A Clfidit. .m| Cipf PefircJ. Vt lix Ckircn. 44 JAtn. .1 lamalca. a; l\ AUTAii. J f Cdpe I't^nrj. ibia. Dc IssQuiioi. 4a at r\ -"" , ■ 'J Cjrabjy. JO Dchttret Rtjtt. J> ftmes T>»H. 1 *• ■<*• Airx ic hs Kejct. 48 CititniAH. 35 Del ipirilii S*»lff' 4t J E S S 0. 1 4 H'tJ'- "' } 5 Caribfs Illrt. 19 P«i frjniciei. 50 IndUH Brid/e. rmmr. ibid. Cttln. 16 DuTtn^t. ai Inland. Aiuz.^Bc 40 Ctrttlt. 35 Iflts Antilles. *S AMERICA MERIDI- CiTthinc. a6 E, IjUtfPevlet. M ONALIS. 30 Carthagcna. 3? lunbi. tMo-ift- IX CtflfuiUt. »■» Tl I Atrhiho, \Zt El Cotii}. 19 Iitpti. It dtt;ti(UtK$}t>. 48 Ctfrtdt Ancui. 45 1$ fiM.i. 4t Aniin. I2|at Ctil'»dt AulUit- 26 H D;ubo. 3" Jucaisn. la, 19 AKfJO. JO Ctfittdi Tili. 41 El 2c)b,. a7 JuHipirm. 5« tixitquit. }1 CHACO. 54 EHdtS. 11 Atti^dtrd. 19 Chijuncdan. l'.> ai Erfl. ibii!. K iyjii/n/kt. ibid. Chiapa. 11,14 Ejlieri. U Chiauii». CHILI. 4j BSroriLAND. 7 jy' EHujbMii C ^rihUltl. _ 41 ChuluU. «f »• I, iu^Mift. ibid. CiMt. It, aa ima. Jf Citulct. II, a, |7LOkIDA JJ f 1 Ftrmmbuio. 9 T A Cinccptun. 1 / Cn. 18, li. ^lariiaw 4 a Civiiid ftil. 49 47> {f Ifumftint. , . J5 Ciyiiti Jd Rcy fhilip(e )6 Ftrt CftiM '<> f f»ip7 G Lj Tutijiathn. ai B. D^f/i. 4» J Bahama. a; CilUa. Comma. 48 11 4? y^> Riiu.li. V J arjiitt di Din. GREtNLAND. Gftnidi- 35 »5 5 a} Lt Kamadi, Lt StnHt Lt Triniddi. Lt Tfiniiti delot Mufoi 34 41 li, a« • 3r nhl. 41 Cfhf. ibid. CVcn.iiio, '^ ' 11, {0 Lm funiM. 54 kbadofc ' a9 b'ldtlotStWOti ' 49 Ctrrnfi. !biU. J4 5» GuaJaUjaij. • Giudaloiipf ' • ' ■ GuiiiiiiiUa. Guinaluni. GuAHititt la, ao 30 »9 41 4a Lis siweC'ricntti. Lttn. Itun !'G»jnu(i. „ 5J 4a k&(ffi. . 4 lc«iiidi. -* » Brmudui. • , ti Coftaiiia Cotumal. Cubjj*. 11, 16 '9 Lima Lou. Lti Aniitii. JbiJ. ibid. tl ttriaiiiwi. 19 1.1.1. 7 IP.AZIL. 47 itntiAjrtt. J 5 Cuba. Cutrlli-iiift CuiJii Rtil. »7 41 '» »4 Gujfct. Guattmalj. • Guaxica . Gviayr, GurveiUn. GUIANA. 4? 11,1} a i» 1 !> 55 M 3* Lit rjtft. Lti Kc)ti. LciZtuttcx. Icxt. !♦ ■a, 11 4« C Culiacan. Cufi: tl 41 lifttt. Likjjron. Cn/ti'i* 14 P A(h4f»ti. 4 « D. H. M. (4i. 3<>*' Ciiiibrnii. aa, ta r^AUioifi. t T] Arringft 11 HiuaiM la 17 JVl M^'elUnickr/IC' 3> 5* iuuu. 4t I J Pttitn. 3! Hnllaot A TABLE. Mnranhan. Mirata. Mir^riti< Mjriplantc. M 1 R I L A N a Martinique. M.iri^uitj, Mitfiifiu. Me hoacan. McUiU. Meri.U. Mcjiiitttt. MEXICO. MUri. Mtri<^.i>rt!. Monte Ckrijio. M'mtrtrrat. Mcpji. N. Folio. I »} 54 i9 9 »9 J5 9 II. 17 18 »o,}J "J I J, 15 > ?! 56 !" OC'ilM. o;i Hjrheur. 01 mix. O'l/I'.i- Oroftft. OflrKO. P-'Cf//. P ,in;elonj. Pin una. Pjnoco. P.r . PARAGUAY, Pj:r„-. Pi'iiiiin^t. J4 18 49 4f iR 41. 4J 4V II a I S| IT J?> ?« 55 f4 48 Folic. Titijbt, 50 P ria. ii'l* rtritt. i6 I'axamores. 4t Prf^cuiro. 18 PcrmbUcihi. 48 PERU 40 /■(!/7»;;c f/,Vt. 48 PiijtU. 11 Popayan 35.41 Ports Betfo. J3 Portu ic U PUtj. 16 Ptrto id Principe, 17 Porto S.-guro. 48>49 Porio Vieja, 41 PolQjii. 4} Pen RtjtU 11 ti ^''\lcrctir(>. M yj (sjiiito. 41 ^iiUvict. >j ^^iivir.i. R. REjtci'o. Knlif. Kto Bdmkt. Rio df 1,1 H.iflu, Kit id HJthi. Rio Giint'a. Rw Jaiueio. 15 49 ••■ ill H 1 1 5" 48 Foil*: St.ftgticGuVtJuil. 41 5t. 3F4JI i J 4 St.Ja^i ii lot CtviUitrtt. itft34 5t. ^.i^g ifc J«j f^iiUcx. 1 7> 4 1 5«. j/ixfi. 17 St. Igmtiia. 5{ 51. H/oiifi). Jf St.JginieUlgi. 18 St.^thn. 11 ,5'». J»liii (/c 111 Litnoi. 3 ' SLftfefh. 5? St. 5=«iiii ifr {,tf Stlints. 4 1 Jt. ^uiii del Ort. ibid. St.'JuindePafti). ii>3( £1. ^uiii i(e( Purrtf K>(«, 19 &t. ;^u4ii i 34 it.Mttthtw. 9 -St. /fjltfcfwr. It St. Mitkicl. 18, :i, 15, 35,43 ■U.MidrdtlieUKiberi. 41 St. Mithstl df PiurA. 41 St. Michuldt Tuiumin. ,« SAUminu. 10 jx'r.i, • 54 .sj!i!dl<(in.ii: Tjucy. 16 SinAa Aloiilia. : 9 it, Amjra. 4S ijii.7ayl)iii4i<; /iittcrmj. 35 yi. WmoiiiV. 49 St. Anthfnj. 50 it A^iiujiixc. 9, II, JO SinHiHitbjTi. 11 .Tt, ,'5iril!«/«Bin»/, 14 S;,Chrlftopher>. '?> !{ San^ta Ciui, )~i49 SttUt crux iela Simt. 4j>44 Si IXimmgo. 1 a, 16 St»!^* fee. 16, I • Sinfla Fee ile Amejutrt. j < Siiii7j Fee ie Ptgtii. ibij. 5t, frin^ifitdeltl'iiciii. 41 51, FrJn. ifi» .'f/ H!J;iirj 41 it. Franiii Xi-jier. jj yi, Frintu Xtvtet ilniitmii en. ibid, ft, Gfr.45>5' Si. NicHlii. St. Piul. St. Philip. St. ja/vi,/«r. :;, if. ,V(i.(jliait. St. Scvetin. St, spiritu. ii. Jfr.«A del PuertD. St, ViiKent. it. ruteiit icltt Ptjt\ei iintti. Sfgojii. Stgnii It Nuevt. Seregippe del Rey, Seteiu. Serttni. Sevillu. ieMilli del Ore. Siara. Soconufio. Southdmfitm. SpirituStn^i. 48, Ji II, i< 17, 49. ?4 5'i3J.48 f« J? "7 30,48 TAba^o Ttmilvncjiit Tamjiaia. Taper iia Tapoiry Ta[ 51 49 TaTafco! Tctierige. TERRA HH.MA. Teinct. Timtnt. Tlafcala. Tonieac. Ttinidado. Tolu. TortuEO. , ', Truxillo. TUCUMAN. Tueuyo. TudcU. Tuntt. Foil, >i,il 3] 3I il 35>4l j| tl 31 itif 11 M>4| 5I il ■3 VMidilid. 18 I'tldi-.ix. Vilen^t U Nutvt Vjlptrtifo, t'ttutr '.(. I'eUx. I'tlpirtft. Ver.tl'ili. VtTi Crux. Veragta. I'tn Ptx. nUt dc Ltgir. niU de Hueliu i Stuun 'I nUtKico. VIRGINIA. Vijituitn. Urvaig. '>Jo,:5,J 3I 4J l\ 4I W. VV" X. X Aiil'co. Xeresiefrtntttt. 11, ,3 Xeres It Nucvt. Y. YBtgiit. l\ttlpilipi ZAittuL. Ztmtr, . Zfcn a mertage, and were not able to deliver ic, or bring home an anfwer. But to wave tliefe opinions, It is 7>4- t/f/ which entertaineth the Gentleman with delight ; it enricheth the MinJe with va- riety of Knowledge ; it reft ifieth the Judg- ment , and encreafeth Perfeition. And what an inward obicftation is it, to fee the ruines of Theaters , obelisks , Temples , Monafteries , Triumphal- Arche s ., and the \i\x plates which do yet teftifie tne Fertuei of tne Ancient Worthtes } U . " . Minde, with many \vorthy and profit- able obfervations •, pe- forming ail thefe by fo difcrcct a vforkia^, and infcnfibic alteration , that one doth fooner acknow- ledge himfelf much abler , and experien- ced , than he can apprehend the means, but let your Company be fuch as is not vici- 2° plinefroxo, !.e. ous, ana givento debauclieries. In this Obfervation, astlicreareman) general ll ings, with which a man may tiuft himfelt; fo there are as many parti- cularitits which '■■' . lore fpecially to be obferved, ns n..-/ p .vcriul toinfpireus with a civil VVilc.io.T , ■■ .1 nTble oar Judgment for 3>'y dtvc mipl'v'mt'nt. It will bt on: task <> travtjff noft of them. I3ut before we proceed to lay downa- ny rules o: direilions tor tlie young Ira- veUer abroad , it will be convenient to fhew what Education he ought to have before he " journey into tonaign parts Education is the Seafoner and In- fliuctcfb of youth , in principles of know- ledge, difcourfe, and aClions allinfenc is cftcemcd fitting to take his harfh and furious-, and their conditions diftempered and odious? for, education f whicn one calls the early cuflom J hath fo wrought with them, that they ap- prove of nouglit freely , aflfedt nought freely , and intend nought rurpofely , fave what the rudenefs y.ieducation hath inured o them unto. Thti> mens aims are as fur f'<^m atchieving of honour, as they are partakers of nothing which may have the leaft fliare in tl'e purchafeofir i And as Nature is too ftiong to be forced , fo Edu- cation (which is ! l.xond Nature) hath . kept too long pulff/Tion to be cjeftcd: She it is , Ml ion^ 1 1' ■ , " . that mouldeth our ailiim 2iiu affeUt ns framing us to her o\i i) ben; , u if we received all our Difci- md by w hom, we were firft tiourifhec' , . ■ • (ince tutored. Sure f i.n Jrrhath povverovcront- w; d^ ills, /.jik't ;/<>;»( ,'ti produce no lefs effect from the in»vard man; for have we not icaj, in u divers being naturally ad- dicted f,-> all licentious motions, by read- ing tntr^l trecefts , and converfing with FhtlofoBhe.'s, became abfo'uteCooamand- ers ot their uwii aflf'^ions. ^o What then might ue not imagine, may be obtained by long ed'^nation, and con- tinual pradlice , dur.ng the tiracof w/i^ry, which.as the PhtfoPhcr l"3'th,is the fmooth and unwitten 7aile, apt to receive any impreffion , cither of good , or evil; for which caufe, as ill tunes require inftru^i- ons, fo this time efpeciaJIy, as being fub- jeCi to correun- mort behovetul than the knowledge of a Man's felt-, and of all Superioui, none mote ufeful, nor divinely fruitful than the know- ledge of God. Ti;e fnl\ tmprej^ions , whether good or evil , arc inofl permanent , and with leaft difficulty ptefervcd ; how necefli-/ tfien tain of all Human happinefs, and at the Soul is the formal caufe of our Life, Co is tliis the efficient caufe of a ^^Mfr/ffw isaprc" judicace auditor , and liath fo fickipalat^ that he cannot relifti any thing that is gooa and wholfom. Honeft Company is like the change of good Air; for It. 's a thing of great confc- quencemyoun^mindes, which are plyable, and apt tobcfeafoned, eitherwith vertu- 30 fon , and Principles of M Frrtri in ifig ojyomk ward. But not to fhoot at randome, the errors I obfcrve in our vulgar Breeding are t',^J''^ . tliefc. I conceive, in outward Accomplifli- ments , wc Audy too early , and grceelily to advance our Touth^ and by fuch out- fides they are commonly valued •, but as for juft antl fober Principles., the love of lovertui^ and the reftraint oi Confcience, thcfe goodly v'x\ fruitful Plants we neg- kH to cherifli in th.em. Hence it hap- pens that our befl: hopes are freedom from enormous T'/tw, and a kinde of a female vertue; b'lt thefe footfteps of that antient worth, th.it wasinour Anceftors, are too much worn out -, neither are thf. fctds of Knowledge fo fertile in us as inmaiiy Hed- ihens , w'ho lived by tlie light of Rca- 1 . 11 > P'* ous, or wicked rejoluttofis , and toreceive the imprelTton ot any cu(hm whicli their firft C0mpany dull (by the filent perfwafi- ons of their proper aliens ) impolV upon them. And tins is the reafon wiiy tlie qualiti'.s of the minde do commonly lun (as I may f.iy ) in a blood, and become hereditary ; infomuch that fome Families ret.iin proper C«/?*»».» naturalized in them; as in Rorne, the Pz/oV were frugal, the 40 one ftroak of the h Mete/li , religious; the Manln^ auftere; fpiing likewjw.i'r the i^///, wife; tlie P«i/«Wrf, courteous, &c. W!iich qualities proceed not from the diflereiice m temperature (for that doth vary by interchangeable Marriages) but of tlie liivcrfiiies of Breeding , which I may properly call a fccond ( or a better ) Nature. In reftraining J'* humors wliich may ? light iiiiff/fi. Some indeed there are that j'jdicioally obfcrve rlie difTerence betwixt a fire fowx' datioHy and a curious paper- A«;/'w(r5 into duty ; o: elfe, by overaufTiiity^ Vi'.ll needs precipitate it into perfedtion, ivA cutt down all I'/Vw, like great fr«/ , witfi het, u; makci'zr/«^ . Bothoftheleare f isthcifTueof Difci- crroneous ; tor ; plinc and Time Our Educa! Prof ef ions) fe cial Travels ., in relKc^ of Arts nnd much like the nut hodi- rlie Germans in France., which , they l.y, confirts in riding a certain t$ur or cm for chtlJreH are often pur to ScfjooUi ^t.iture, where they are ex- feed the ytces , it is not good to aggra- 5'^ pofedto thcturyof /'.'^.wf.j,andlikef74i5';' vate fr.nill errors with terms of atTedledin- dign.uion : for 'tis a dangerous thing to ufc a medicine ftronger than thcnatureof t!ie difcafe. The beft couifc indifpcifing generous mindes, is, withmildeieprehen- iioiis niixt vMth prayfes : iniitating wife ComrHanders ., who leein° then Souldiers difmayed, do not upbraid them with tlie name of Cowardize, but by recording their honourable Services. jlavcs condemned to the oar, till dull expe- rience proves tl^m nnHtiov Learning, and pcrh.'.ps rende: them uncapable of other cou; fcs.Whcn they have learnt to conftrue Latin, thoui^h poflfibly not to nnderftand it, they areeitlierdire4^if, wlicrein that l:i^ which they have learnt is ulelefs, and ;oon forgotten; or elfe they are fenttoiiieWw/v.'r//;/M, Innesef Court., f T\J F E L. Court ^ ox to travel, there to furfct with are: Whilft they attempt thofe^m and Liberty, as ftarved Stomacks do with 5«f»f«, which are both for quantity too Plenty. Thus , skipping all degrees and vaft , and for quality too improper tor mtxhoioi children y they become J»/f« at them. Whatfocver the 5;<7»iifA diverts aftridej and 'tis well if they prove not 5f- not, proves but cruditj; and variety of tiAtors. imjpeneSt notions , kiVQS onely to puff mc» I am not ignorant how much hath been up with arrogancy , and eflentation-, pro- written upon this Subjeifl ; neverthelefs, cfucinc at befl but learned Ignorance, or f»ffi;w., it being a matter offo great importance, I confident Errors ^ whereas by this means 'nm'.n'il, ^'''1 adventurc to offer fome expedients of i o every one would thrive in his Way,nnd tlie tjttdmg ,} rcdrefs to thofe many mifcliiefs vvliich pro- Common-wealtli oi Learning , wlncli con ceed from erroneous ■E'/MCiffff/i. Firftthen, c& the Hsuhndman, with much obfervation , proves the nature of the Soyly before tliat he refolves what Grain he will commit unto it •, And, as the Archite^ defigns leveral pieces oiWood for divers ufes in Building; lb let not P4 rents deftine their children to courfes,with firjl. UatiJ.^, ^'^......w.. ..>.....•». ^v...».^.r , ...11V.11 VUll- fifts in the perfetS knowledge of all Arts, would exceedingly 'flourifh. The ^efuits chiefly , by purfuing tWs wife and accu- rate methcJd, have advanced Zi<«-4/«rf, enlarged their own fa>m, and exalted their CoUedges to the envy ofallZ/^/i/fr- Thirdly, Letnotfuperficialorwjwjf^/; n„i% cut a diligent fcrutiny.ofthe inclination of 20 fo much be regarded, as folid Foundati- tht\'[ geniM. . W-, and let not the /«i/?4»« be placed in Experience teacheth us, Thatfuchas thofe things, *vhicli were meantpneJy for are not apt for the Liherd Arts , yet many gleffes , and fhjdoips .• for though all Ac- limcs prove ahkMf> chants otMechanicksi cemfUjhmeats may be commended , and and thofe that would never prove fpruce Courtiers , become ftout Seuldiers ; an a- fpiring genius will contemn mean Frofef- fions •, .iiry Souls were not defigned ioxje- dcntarj Jmptoyments t, nor excefs of Ue- Unchttj ioxAHien: he may prove an ex- 3° fon rwrA with Ingenuity, andftirropthe cellcnt jv/rr/v/. I coiKcivr , if tins Rok were praiftifed, 7M(iwuuloiiot beforoKed, andddeat- ed a what thty undertake, as oow they man Learning, And let no Mar3obfi£tt that our early yeais are nor capable of fuch Improvements 5 for, wiy fhould wc coubc, but that the jUj?A#»«<»/«*j, ///^#- 17, and even A/tfr4///TJGiime(irgree, may be infiiwated :ntous, when »vr ore young, i\r e bveuDuo cvcq in Youth is a ftrong faculty. Sixthly, ««lf •.■*.•>. T %A V E L. Sixthly, The Learned and able Pro- theinftantof its Creation, which the prc- feflbrs ot Arts^inA Sciences, fliould endea- fence ot Objeds doth atterwards only your to render tliem more clear and de- awaken, and ftir up in our memories •, moniliaiive, by vindicating of them from they doe very much derogate from the manyot thofc uticertainties^ wdintrica- merits oiVertue^ which acquires than cies wherc'witli they are now entangled, that our knowledge be no longer built upon fuel) fjjpothifhy ;hat are more eafily admitted, then proved ; fo that many througli much labour. Tis no fmall skill that muft fcparatc tlie Cockle from thcpure^>'.»/w •, becaufe that venues created witli us, are as the World of our Foundations being blown away, lo before Cc*/ had unravelled the Confufion.- V'ith one blaft of denyal , we are as tar tofeek, as if we had never ftudiedi and being once be;;ten from Arijlotle, ftand as mute as an ignorant Catholkk would do.j if he were driven from his impregna- ble Citadtl,The CiW^ Sevtntlily, Thofe Perfons, to whofe diredions youtlis Conduft is committed, llliould not be taken at landome, but wliere the Elements ( thougli Enemies j lay mixed togetiicr •, and their qualities, wnicji makes the harmony of the whole lio^y, whofe contraries makes us behold the vicilfitude of produdions , rxcorded them together inoneMafs, which lad and concealed the difference of their lieins-'s ^ even fo-,bcforethat reafonharii purified the qualities of our fouls , we nnd venues with the fame prudence, and choice as we 20 confounded together with r/V« , the dtftiVjii?///j4;i'r,or Drkzates; antJ tJity Ihould knou' hoiv muth, 'both theprefent Age expf& from their fdehty, and the future limes troni tlieir I'ertue ; as well by due regard of their Perfons, as encourage- ments of their Lbiiurs, but ulas our Age lb aboumls in loathfome Pcdantrie, that, as the contempt of the calling difcoura- ;csmany wort ny i«r« from profeffing it, I [tint fwimming in tlic^/W, and the fenfes difputingformalleiy witli the w;//, until time and truth comes tofeparate this mix- tuie, and prefcribe each party its fitnUion devoir^ andr.i»/fr-, before wliicii, we can only affert it tenderly, and bear with its unperfedlions. To make a clearer pa/Tagc through all ,.^^ ^^ ihcO' ] ■difficulties, I find it convenient to '^u'l'^. a the c jnteinpublcntfs of the /'^/^/offj, 3° fet ovi'. ihefe following ^yj.v/w/. brings the calhn^into greater contempt. In the lad place tnete ftiould not be v. ant- ing cncouiagements and rewards pro- portionable ro the number, and meats of learned and t.xcellent men. And wife Governors llxjuld ftudy io diftribute tlum, not by chance, but by true defcrt, Tlic end of planting of A'vr/rr/w is fcafona- bly to convert them into Orckuds^ other- wife the Planter is comniohly lofer by4o them-, wheie therefore there is no rccom- ptnceexpctSed, men will rather content themfelves with cafe, and tlirifty igno- rance. Hence I tear, it partly happens, that fuchamongft us ;is fuvc free fortunes, and live of tiieir own, account themfelvs, as juftly exempt t'om Stttdj^ and ingenious Jnduflrit, as in fome CuuHtrp , Centlemtn are from paving of T-jxes, That wife Em Al Tirft. tJ ,^i!j. 1. fo n\ake good ufe of natural in- cltfiatio/iSy a.'id turn tliem to good. 2, That ]iisC'flxrr«o«r muft endeavour to win him to"embrai.e verts/e out of a piinciple of affcdion, and not fear; to- gether with tlie means to piadifc it. 3. That lie muft gain the love of him uuji,. he governs, and alio love him tenderly again. To tliefe Maxims it will be conveni- S.mt In- fiijt. ent to add fome infli net ions for tlie edu- cation of children^ and the Helps to- wards natural ^^f«auld court it. As for thole that believe the S4hI is eu- dued with all Saencts aad knmUdge at wards s but rarely by rude Corrcdion-, and ler thofe thiiigs which are given to others out of neccflity, bebeftowcd upon themasrecompences. J, Let them by no means be brought riwy. up too tentierly and choyfe, cither in Bed., or at board. 4. Their inclitiatio/is muft be warily fmitij.- (ifted and found out, and by no tiieans ap- fibbbb plied T'^AVEL, I'fitlu »IM.tlf. plyed to .my fiudy contrary to then Gchim fo that your Clifet muft be your place of anJ Inclinations. dtvotitn; it is neceflary to be provided with 5. They muftnot be overcharged, or fome good and choife books oF Divinity toylcdwitli too much cxercife, or ftudv, for your 5(»«/j health-, 3{\d as out Religion but let ihein often recreate their Spirits by is debarred us, fo be caretul as to the pn- lefrclliment and their «««fM: nei- floth and idlenefs dulls the 5m/cj and is an ther goc about to pcrfwade any one to enemy to learning. lo be converted from their error, forfodo- 6. They mufl be fpur'd on by emulati- ing ( if known ) oft proves your undoing S<,Kil: on, praifino fome others in their prefcnce, that have done better then tliemfelves. Solitary fludies fcldom fuccccd •, the (pirits of children^ are either benummeff^ or grow vain or proud by a falfc perfwafion of being learned. 7. A too grand rubjc(5iion makes them flart out into dcbnuchmcnts , like wild Ir„,l„ if not the lofs of your life. Next it is convenient that before he "/ '"•• Travels into a ftrangc Country^ he (hould be well acquainted in the Ttfo^rafhy^ Co- ", vernment and Hifiery of his own, whereby "^'"^ he may be able to fatisfie a Sirangtr in any thing, as to the State of iiis own Coun- try , and not to be as too many are Colt;; newly broke loore,\vhi'n they begin 20 found, viz. Eagles abroad, and Suz to enjoy their own liberty, and have the elbow room tonifl thcii osvndcfircs. H:iv:ng tlius laid down feveral Rnles^ Dirciltotts, and Precepts for the education of youth, and fitting them for Travel ; In the next place I Ihall proceed to fuch things as are neceffarily to be obferved by him in his Travels, and abode in forreign parts-, nndfirft. zards at home-, to which end it is good to read, and be vetft \nbooksoi tlie fame fubject. The young Traveller ouylit to be ex- perienced in Maps , and the Glote-^ not only for the finding tlic fcttuation uf places, but alfo thtir Latitnde,ind Longitude what Climate they arc under, &c. So tliat wlitn he rtiall firfl fee France or fome other 7t' (~.. I'H 'I '*« (I .;»., It isieiiuifite that our young Traveller ■^o Country, he fliall not think that he dif- fiiould be (fcdhiflly grounded, and fixed inhis Religion, with fuch lively Chara^ers as will not eafily be defaced : for Tra- vellers ftldom meet witli tliofe that Ca- techize thim. Many otje^s indeed ihcy have to diftratt and ahenatCj but few or none to pcrfwade and encourage than in the ways of true godlinefs ; alfo, it is good to be experienced m the Controvtrfies betwixt us and other 40 Churc'es, whereby tlieir errors will appear, that fo when you lliall fee the bold Pre f'hjnefs, irrercrencies, indecencies, or ihc ikc, ufcd in fome Chunki ; ;is again in others the (evcal Fantallicl: forms which are crept into the folcmii lVo>jhip ot Cody as the yifloratioH ot Saints, Images, (jrc, (though never fo remote from your Pa- renu ox Friends, whofe Inn:U(flions, and covers a new world, and be fo furprized with the Novelty of Obje- and Cthj»h, balls } and above m , let him be armed with T%AVEL. Vt l-i t'df/f< fjur,. ce of with vinilj ligion e pri- : nei- ine to fodo- idoing ■>xt he (liould [17, Co- hercUy ' r in any Ctun- iny are d Shz- is good lie lame > be ex- ht; i\ot tdc what lat when le other t he dif- 'urpnzed as it he wlien he na. intend to k.,.t... ifcuuon, «^j;~j ItO tilings J/cni.». ii(h pood it isne- X Tutor or 1 a one as c or Lin- ic young uk! fieccs ctninthe lat ^f- with Temperance, and free from the li.v bit of Tiplingi die the novelty of dcUti- cut Fruits, and fkijant Wtnts in Southern Climates , wiJl debauch lum tothehazaid of his health, ivitts, an J rcfutttitn. Let him be endued with undeeming nnd natural parts , at leaft more than vulgar; iox 7riveUin^ is a Trade not to be let up, nor driven witiiout a good Stock 5 neither (I ■:*•, I »l« 'I ,MaJ, >.■ I.. K thei it be f>lainy or My^ full or fcarce of Rivers ; then its lertgth , brttdth, ctr- cumference , f^m , what Climate it is un- der i Its Ptrlilitj , and Trade 5 what Com-- mcdtiies it produceth , and what are moft vendible there-, alfo, howitconfinethwith i^lm- CouHtrejs, and what tliey areas to their firength , riches , (jrc. and whether friends, or Enemies, Likewife, its defciis do we endeavour toenamel., or poliflnhc 10 or wants are to be confidered, and how. Common Flint, but refervc our labour for and from whence they are fupplycd; then Mettals , and J^ewels of greater Excellency, its (Irength both ofteniive , and defenfive. either by Sea , or Land; and what Ptrts, Forts, and Havens it hath. The Traveller ought to know its chief Mountains, Rivers, Mariflies, onAWoods, as to their Name, Nature, Form, Big- ncfs . and Scituatioii ; and as concerning He fliould be competently furniflie with Human Learning, and at lead ma- triculated in fhilofofhj; tor, though Tra- velling may perhaps build , yet certainly it lays no Foundation. There are methods and degrees of Breeding , and no man ever at once vaulted into Perfc(flion : The Art, whatC/f/«, Towns, Ciflles, PaU- knowlcdge of termi and things in aft inio^^f^ Tem{>,or iV^cfjof will always difcover their lamenefs. The Learning it hath •, and ofwhat Foundation, knowledge of many of the Mathtmaticks and Revenue and how the Coumrey or aie vcryufcful? as Anthmetiek, by which Kingdom is divided as into Parts , Buke- is known the valuation otC#jr»;, Weights, doms , F.ariUms , o: Provinces \ and how and ilesfures ; next, Cofmography and Ceo- 30 tliey aie inhabiteif ^raphj to perfedly , that he may (as it were ) be able to cany a Mapp ui tie iVorld ui his Head •, then the Ait of for- lifiition, with all the ;«i'fflr/«w, engins^ and infliumenis of t\ arr « It is alfo good to be experienced in Mufiik , w Inch will be a g(x)d Companion , and pafs away many a dilcoiueated thought ^ Likcwile Ftn- ting is not to be neglt(fled , it being oft«i The People are to be confidrtcd as to t'> r- ». thei; jK.wr//jf, as to number, whether few 131*^ 01 many •, and to their (j«d//r)i , astotheii Tiade and kinde of I.ile whereunto tliey ;u|ili^ tjiemlelves , whether by exercifing ot MeJjanicA atis , Merih.uidize , Huj- banilry, Arms^rirc. Vt'.tat their dijpofit ions and iiualificatiins are, thcii /■/»/, C4w», or Af«««/'4/, and their MHt, near or remote troin the */4; whe- cortfoffnity with the nature oi the People, Theg T>,-Ki i» tIL- l^^t Tl^JVEL. Then the Pfr/iw tliat govern , isSeve- noisofPiovinres, Cities, Caftles,roitJ,' r4/^«and SuhalterHal. &c. cither at home or abroad ^ alfo the The Sovtrai^H is either one mMtnanfn Chief Officers of the Adminlij and Mih- tias likewile the Ainbafradoms , Pulv lick Miniftcrs , and Intelhgenccis , im- ployed by Vrincts or Cemmon-wegtths, In the Adminiftration oUhcJnfliceoi a Ctunirf is to be confidcred , Firft , Tl\c Order and Formobfeived inCaufes, wht- ortwo, as optimates or Mati^nattii, or popu- Lir. In the former, may be comprehended^ Firft, the means whereby he attained the Cime-, whcthei by Soverdt^^mj, isfnccef- fon , tUihoH , or ufurPaiion. Secondly, low he doth deport nimfclf in the admi ailtration thereof, where may lie obfetved lother Civil or Criminal .- Secondly, The his Ceitrt, his Oi»»«/, and Wifdtm-, Iiis InclinAticns whether to W.trr or Vctce-, how he IS beloved and feared of liis Peofle and Na^hhoiirs. Thirdly, His ticfixnmenls, :ind efiUrpnfcs •, what is his dijpofititn » and to what tscrcifti and /?««//« he is en- clined unto. Fourthly, \\\s Fdvourittss and theconfidence,ordiftruft he hath m his Perfons of the Prefidents, whetiicr Confe- derates, or Advocates. Befides thefe, occurrmany other things for the Traveller to obferve , as the Mint, valuation ofC»^w, fxf/r^jfr/, with ma- ny othe^ Particularities , which , in our further procefs, wellialldifcour(eofnioie at large. And becaufe in ftrtigtt Ce»ntrejs there Thif Ms. In the things that conctrn his £/?4/?, jo are many peculiar f /cm, covered with the fall chiefly to be confidcred , Fitft, His fpcciouc refemblanccot Humanity-, which j{;vf;»«« ordinary and extraordinary, botli having bom long iway , and grown into abroad and at home. Secondly, Who Cuftom, unworthily finde not onely Par- arc his FrientJs and Cenfederttet \ and how, don , but alfo Commendations » and the and upon what refpeth they are leagued rr4vr/tf;r'$weaknefs is prone to participate with him; and what helfJuccour^ and com- of thofe evil habits , which either flatter moditiis he hath had, hatli,or expe^eth to him with Novelty , Or deceive him witli a have,from them. Thirdly, His ^#ir;r and glorious ftie\v of Vertucj therefore he mull Prem^th for offence, and defence, either obferve fuch Rules as may make him lliun by Land or Sea. And Fourthly, The 30 their Vices, and fall in love with their Warrt he liath made in times part, or at Vertoes : to which end it is good to ob- prefent doth make, or the Wirr/ that ferve their Formsand Ceremonies, nave been, or ore brought a^ainA him; in The Traveller is to have hisD/'^r^al- which ate to be confidered the caufe, the v^•ays in ufc , to obferve fuch things as he ttme., and the fitccef, meets with, which are worthy oT notej Tlie Subaltern Magiflrates are either as the Cnrts oi Princes , when tlieygivc Ecclefia^ical, ox Civile under the Title of Audience to Amhaffadourss the Cnrtt Ecclefufltcal , are to be confidered , Firft, oifudicaturevi\«f\i(\eyhe-ixta»fts., like- the Religion publickly profeftcd , with the wife he is to take notice of the Ccnfiflorus ftrmViRagevernmentottheChurch, And ^o £cclefiallick\ the churches and Mfnafie- Secondly, The r^ r/oMj ttierein imployed, ties, with tlicir Monuments ) alfo the as ArcUifJMf^ BiP»ps, Deans,(^c. jf/hete- Walls ^ Fortifcations^Havem, Forts^ Ar- in may be obl'ervea, their nnmier, degrees^ fenals, Armories, and Ma^a&tnes of Citiet offites, qualities^ indttvenues. or Towns ^ together with their Libraries^ The Civsi Magi/lrates /ubalterHal , ite Colltdges . Pallaces., Exchanges ^ Plaj- thofe which under the .f«a/(T4f^/> have ad- htl^fts., places of Exercifey Aqntdnfftj xa\Q\Ax3Xxaaoi state, indjnjliu. Ruuits of fUets, things oi Antitfuitn^ Among the Magifirates which have the with whatfoever elfe are remarkable in tne management of ^/ with charts or Books ot llw Ttpo^raphieal defcription of fuch Places thioughwiuci fort •, tor 'lis to be luppoled , few or none travell to lave menej , but to increate \\s knorfled^e \ yet my advice is, Noti carry too much monej along witfi him^ for fear oireiiing, or many other incon- venieucits-, but to have aiupply by i?//// of F.whan^^e., according to your or your "■''■ 'f he intendeth to travel y wliich will be a Friends direction. Money mo Travellers, 3% ''..^.r,'. good key to his Iiuiniiy , and to know tlic win^s to Birds % they liavc no other Friend dirtance from cneplatcto another. 5° pa(s^#r.'-, nothing elfe that can commend Upon his remove fiom one place to ano- or addrefs them to Society, for they muft buy their Acquaintance, almort as they do that winch they eat , drink, or wear. Tc will be great wifedom in the Traveller t iviiow wlut is worthy of liis Obi'er- v iion, and what to pals over-, asfurely in the (Jreat lurk, though vvc have no- thipg to do with him, yet his Difcipline ',;'j7» C c c c c tr> thi-r, it would be convenient for !i:m to procure recommendations l":om one rer(on of quaiitj to another , icfidmg .n the Place to which he removeth 5 for the counte- nance of a ferfon tf qnaltt) is a "'.cat ad- vantage unto any one , efpecially unto a Stranger, In Manners, the yoong Traveller is not ki, ir iri-if i, tr til) It ••JnLit IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // ^/ M 1.0 I.I 1.25 ■ 50 Hi m hi 2.0 't- — 6" LA. 1111,6 ^ /2 Ta S. .V .^ > >' y /A Pho Sdences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. MS80 (716) •72-4503 \ iV SJ \ \ f*^. [v <^ 4(^.>. ^. \ '<^ '^. \ \ lO T %AV E L, tit t:U Cf hf tmtld* $.J It Oif tmtntl imifti ■ N.J fMiffa in matters of Wdrr ] PeliniaCovernmeiit^ Sec. propter fe^ are worthy to be obfer- ved , which that UdrnedGtntlemM , and accomplijhed TrdveUer, Sir Henry Blunt., in his voyage to the Levdnt , hath fo well treated of : nay, even in China, their good Laws , and Cuftoms are to beobfervedj but the knowledge of their Povvcr is of little purpofe for us , fincc it can neither advantage , nor Iiinder us. But the Tra- veller is more concerned in the know- ing of thefc, and the like things in the neighbouring Countreys or Kingdoms, as to their State, Condition, People, &c. as I have already noted-, among which, he fliould firft rightly underftand/"rii»fr, as being the firft Countrey that our Englijh Gentry vifit-, next, Italy t, then, Spain, Germany, Flanders, the Ltm Coun- treys, drc. It we truly confider the life of a Travel- ler, It is fpent either in Reading , Medi- tation, or Difcourfe : By the firft, he con- verfeth with the Dead? by the fecond, with Himfclfi and by thclaft, with the Living. Among other Particulars, a Travel- ler (liould obfervethelikenefsandfympa- thyofdiftant Nations, 2% the Spaniards , with the Irifh; the French, with the Pole; the German (efpecially the Holfletn-men) with the Englifh, &c. Let the 'Traveller afcertain himfelf of this, that if any Foreigner is to be imita- ted in matter or manner of Difcourfe or Complement, it is the /f^/ww , who may be faid to be a Medium betwixt the gra- vity of the Spaniards , the levity of the French, and heavinefs of the Dutch s for he feems to allay the one , and quicken the other two. He ouoht to make ufe of external helps and neceflaries as appertain , and arc per- tinent, to the knowledge of Places and Howres , fuch as arc Itineraries . Diaries, Tables.and othetCIiorographical and Cno- inonical Inftruments. In Adverfity, it is good to be couragi- ous, yet not fo as to becitherrafli, or fearftil ; and in Profperity to be tempe- rate and chafte, not addifted to Wine, La- civioufnefs or Luxury. It is not good to fpeak much of his Countrey , or Friends , but more efpeci- ally in the wayofOftentation, orCom- parifon •, neither is it good too much to ex- crcife tlje Tongue , rfp^ial'" io matter of State or Controverfie j but as it were to be decently and civUly Deaf and Dumb. He ought to be veiy circumfpcft in the choycc of Inncs upon the road , and trefti Acquaintance) both which oft times prove very dangerous : and it is good to deport himfelf humbly , and refjpctflively towards his Hoft, his Landlord, his Compani- ons, and Chamber-fellows ; alfo be ci- vil to Domcftical Servants , Strangers, and fuch People as he fhall meet withal 10 in his , Travels i and not to be given to Jeering , for the exercifing his Witt -, which may ("as oft times it doth) prove his ruine. He ought to be skilfull in Swimming, as being tliat which may fave his life. When he travels betimes , it is good to have fuch Cordials , and ufeful things in a readinefs, as may corroborate his Spirits, for the better performing his 20 Journey. U 'i gnod to befparing , and cautious in his Diet, and more cfoecially at Dinner, left crudities being railed by his too much excrcifc , produce the effc^s of grievous Difeafes. It is not good for him to expofe him- felf prefently into the cold , when he is hot', but rather to bring his Body to a good temper, by a continual motion, or JO moderate ftitring r, his Body being hot, to abftain from fleeping (in the day- time) ontheGrafTe, or the hke dangerous places. It is convenient that he travel well ar- med for his defence againft nMers, or fuddain invafions. In the heat of Summer, it is good to Traveliatheitfrningi and in the ffior tr, as he difcems the weather, Co let him fet 40 for\Tard his journey , and let him Ihun late hours, butcfpeciallyif he perceives him- felf fubjc^ to Catarrhs ^ or if he intend to avoid the danger of Thieves, and the like ill Conveoicncic^ that purfae late houres. In his bahit , it is not good to be too famptuoQs nor too mean; bnt civ J, and faftiionable according to theCumirj where he is. ;o Having hitherto difcoarfed of fuch things which concern a journey^ in the next pla ? I fhall fay fonoething of his (laying at places ) concemioa which there are (eveioi precepts to be obler/ed. X. That in thofe places where he is certain to tarry, he be diligent to obferve whatfoever is worthy of his tare or eye^ and accordingly make aaobfavation of it in hisdiary. . ' . I. That Gttit etft to bt t$ktn ^1 ^umil). in ike ' ■ war ihne of lfin,aftj ■ fend •AcqHjtnj . ■ «>. jftfuij r« be i\iuit- ■ othc tut. H him H com ■ gren Lan^ muft of J?< Cou Geog> ■*«■"« v;^ as hi i4.d. "• frcqu A," V ig. caden "• IV-f befoi that Secre, great but b r.t.f;, aft, i oroth w,. ^ Fotraii into. H*i,. J. i panyhe muchf and cor cxtrav: free am afweet T* mu! cheerfi difcour andfer (n«i« "it, ai ^fifai Tattt, may es nent en try. w». 6. I the clo Meliptt HmHM "«', among whereii there is want of Tin It niHi hin ml„s which 1 M>llt yoang , forever frif. •rrl^. ^ 7. I frivolou nsdmen ^e ace nons, T \A V E L, ,es prove itwi,«ij deport jm^vMini towards J;;;""' ompani- fo be ci- trangers, et withal given to is Witt-, h ) prove dimming, '^ «". life. it is fiood *' •' ful things )orate his rming his ^ttmit}. IhtJ'f. cautious in T'*'^' at Dinner, 'p',!' " s too much of grievous ;xpofe him- vvhen he is , Body to a niotion, or being hot, n the day- e dangerous lf«i>.). *%• el well ar- t. . tiiUtrSy or Ti Vi is good to 5'; ;-^ the iriiuert /«*. et him fee imAtun lace ceives him- f he intend and the purfae late >es. IW«r. ad to be too «-««»» j Bt civil, and tMHirj where ed of fuch rHtjy in the n* hing of his i, t„ nine which t:;""' obfaved. where he is n4- inttoobfitrve tdre or tje^ nvation <» ic ». That Itimtt^, a. That he be mindful of his duty to- wards his Relations, and Friends, by the fending of Letters. 3. When he arriveth at Paris or any other City, it would be convenient for him to retire, and not to frequent the company of tlie Englifh , which is the greateft impediment to the obtaining the Language, ^c. and in this retirement he muftimploy his time. i. In the reading JO of Bveks, as thofe of the Hijlorj of the Country where he rcfideth; u(o Books of GeozrafhjM Poetry, or tlie like, according as his inclinations ferve him .• 2. The frequenting the C»»r« of judicature, Ac- caiemies^ and futlick Schools, which will be found very profitable. 3. It is good that he fpend fome part of liis lim: in MecrtalioHS, ai\d Exereifes, as Riding the great horfe. Fencing, the Tennis Court, (^c. 20 but be careful of too much bodily ir v/>- cife, inhot Countryt i hi ten oi' Feavers , or other dilfemfers. 4. The Meddals and Imprefiotis of Forrain Countrjes he ought to enquire into. 5. At his Meat , if he hkes his Com- f4»7 he may be freely merry-, but with fo muchfafety, as rather to appear healthy, and comely to a Stranger then Prodigal or 3° extravagant , and let his Difcourje be free and affable, giving entertainment in a fweet and liberal manner, and with a cheerful courtefie: and let him feafoniiis difcourfc ( at the Table ) among grave and ferious difcourfes, with conceits of ttit, and pleafant inventions, as ingenious Epigrams, Emblems, Anagrams, merry Tales, with auefiions and anfwtrs, which may excufe him as to the more imperti- 4° nenc enlarging of himfelf about his Conn- try. 6. Before he entertains a Friend into thedofetof histrefi, let him found his Mitigion % then look into his Life and Car- riage , how he is reckoned, and reputed among Men s then his tiualtty how and wherein he may.be ufeful unto him: for there is nothing more miferable then the want of a Friends counfell, and to admo- 50 niflihiminthetime of need, tf^ewantof which hath proved the ruine of mary a yoang Gentleman, and of their poftcrity forever. 7. Let him hare a care of difcourfing fi'ivolous things amongft Grave and Lear- ned mfw, bud re his Difcturfe and carri' age according tu the Company's Inclina- tions. II Tra.t.y. 8. Let him not be apt to report netvs, excrot he be confident of the truth thereof unlefs he quote the Autlior,orDivuIgerof it to him. 9. If two contend together ( being as n:,„.t;. a Stranger ) he ought not to take part with either, unlefs he be compelled there- unto. 10. Touching thofe Titles, and Attri- butes which are due to great Perfons, it will be needful for him to obferve the ufe of times, and of the Country, and to take Counfel witli fuch as are beft experienfed therein. 11. It is an old Proverb, Too much fa- £/<«.»»/> miliarity breeds contempt s and tis alfo a mod certain experience, that Gravity takes oif confidence: but he that can re- ferve to himfelf a familiar kind of flatcli- nefs, that can pleafe without flatterie,and rcpiove without offence -, knows rightly how to behave himfelf : in what part of thelVorld foever he is. 12. He is to make ufe of time, and to catch every one witli advantage , either by imagining a Friend handfomly, or in overcoming an Enemy, fo as to make him incapable of doing him an injcry. It is not enough for they our / Traveller to know principles in the U i ; but he muftexercifethcmby experience; it will be therefore expedient to wean himfelf from his delights at home by feeing that there arc other 0//«, Men, and Manners then thofe of his own Country ; wiiich excites the divers fencimencs in him, and thediverfity of things fenfible; becaufe the Power indifferent of it fclf cannot be determined but by the Objeft; the Anions of the mind, are the fame-, "nd if we doe not offer it divers things, it cannot but apply it felf to thofe that are prefented to it ; and though the imagination doth often fr4a;f/ without the body, it never le- turnes fully fatisfied ; fancying to it felf things that have no fubftance, but in its own imagination. Unlefs the eyes , and other Jenjes doe ferve and hecorae guides snd companions to it, that which we learn only by reading or hear-fay , we cannot affirm but by the faith ot others -, and though true, yet they are but books and tvordi which are only coppies , and ex- fre^ions, which never have all thegraces and perfeifions of the Original : but he that would know things as they are, nluft draw them from the Springhead -, for there happens a thotifana accident^ in Travels oA which the Spirit ahd mind flfiay exerdfe fherti- Tmljilij. f»»eritt^4 It. L,ji 11 T%^AVEL. thcmfclves', and behold eveiy where great examples to inftrudl them •■ therefore he tliat frequents many kinds of peeple, and of different humours, and fpirits, learns the Pollcie and orders of cities , as to their Langu/ige , Lurvs , Cufloms , (jrc. which muft ot necelTity be a great advantage un- to hinv, for 'tis travel that weans him from the falfe love of his own Countrey , and command of Princes or Superiears •, and to this end, or purpofe , that lie that fights with an Enemy in a Forraign Coun- try^ mayneveithclefsatthc fame time be faid to defend his own. 6. There's a Travel for Health ; and this is prefcribed by Phjfitians, for the re* moving the difeafc. 7. Thetc'i a XeligioHS peregrittation\:ind " makes him a Citizen oi thcwhele }VorlJ,ot 10 thisis commonly appointed for the Con- Ih fy irt ate. (■(.iFriTfci/i. Hi IrdVfl. at leaft brings him eafily to comply witli every one , and to know himfelf the better. Next , we arc toconfidcr ihe [pedes and forms ot Travel. I . There is a Grammatical Peregrination, or Travel; and this is undertaken for the knowledge oi foreign Languages. 1. fik Topographical Travel , and this is verfion oi people in ftrange Countrjs that are ignorant of the Gofpei s and this is cither lawful, or unlawful. Lawful! when he profciTeth that Relirion in anotlicr Country., that he is notfuffcred to exercife in his own-, or to convert Heathens to the true IVorfhipofCoJ. Unlawful, when he Travels into the Holy Land, to Rome cfc. as an idolater to fee and worfliip Sepulthers, fl^'i.j. chiefly concerned in thcright knowledge 20 Tfw^/« dedicated to54/»r/, totheFirgia of places i the end of which ojtv/ is nor onely Therotck , but alfo Praffick 5 for it is not enough to knc^w the di(lan£es,/ciiua- tms, ml figures o\ Places^ unlefs the Tr j- veller referr this knowledge of Places to a certain nrofeflion of hfe , that is, either hijitrrcally , aflronomically, mercantily, or otherwifc-, for wliat a fad account would it be, that if at his return (although he at Loretto, or the like ^ and fuch a Travel IS not alluwal>I<'^ fiifl, becaule they are undertaken without any allowance from the IVorJ ef God, and were never com- manded •, and fecondly bccaufe there is attributed to tliem a merit of purchafitg Eternal life, which we can only acknow- Icdgto :hri/t oar Saviour. Hitherto wc have treated of fuch things iiad lien all the IVorld) hefliould be on- 30 that arc to bt obfeived by youlh^ before ly able to fay, / have feen nothing tut they are fitting to Tr4t'r/-, then of fucli Mountains, Valleys, Fields, tVoeds, Rivers, Citifs, Tonni, &c. alas thele he might hai-elcenbdoreinhisown t'flwwfrji .• cer- tain, it is fuch a Theory of Travels will not countervail hisjreat'rx/'^wf.'j, btfidesthe hjzaidofhis Ptrfonhy SeaSlLand: no, this Will not doc, le muft refer his Tra- vel to 3 more woithy«/c, as I have faid before. J. A Pragmatick Travel, and tiiis is takcnoutof acuriofity of the knowledge of fuch rarities is are to be fcen in ftrange CouHtrys •, either the various works of Nature or Art, wliether Inanimate or yinimate, 'sMen,Bea[}s, Serpents, Fowls, Plants, &c. whither good, or hurtfiul in their kinds, or the like, 4. Thcre'san Ethick Peregrination, and things as they ought to obfcrvc in their Travels and abode in places , and what they ouglit to fliun, and what to obfcrvcj our next work rtiall be( in the way of cau- tion) to offer, or lay down ( to our re- turning Travellers ) fuch fantaftick, or ]!,'"!',!l.,^ ridiculous AUitHs, and Deportments as «;'j [;< are too commonly fcen in our returned /"..""'' 40 Travellers , which he ought carefully to avoid, a$ 1. Tha; he be not fo affeftcd with the r-f- a-la-modes 3ndfa(bi0ns of other C«»i»/rjr/, as at his Return to defpile his own) or fo pronounce and fpeak the Languages a- broad, as to forget his Atetherttngue, left contrary to his expediation of being admi- red, he be laughed at by his Country-men. 2. That he do not prate his ^Arffr/Vwf, j,,^.. M.hlt>y It.,,,'. this :s undertaken for the learning of good 5^ and ohfervations in every place,, and toevery manners ■• for he that takes a long journey, one but to confide: in wl)at place he dil- and hatlimade no inquifition ot the ver- conrfes, at what time, and before n>/^jw; tues, and ^ood efualif cations of the'people, butinhis difcinrfcy let |him rather be ad- doth no more then if he imagined, that vifcd in his Anfwers , then for^vards to the mutation of place, and the fight of tell /?««'«, that 'it may appear that lie Strangers^ were enough to gain him hath not changed his Cwrw/ry and »»4»«rx Vertue. forthofcof Foiraign parts. 5. There's a Military, ot MartialTra- 3. How ill-favoured isir, to fee a rt,j>. vel, and thi$is not taken up without the jtung CtntlemtH come home full of dsf- T\AV BU \}m>h- gitijemetitt, not only of afftrrtly but of the 'i^4rf,/ftrouting gdte , bending in the hammimA fhouldiirSy looking u^n their Fett '; and ' Le^s:, together with their fiwHg and frisking as ithey goe' along, which do rpeak them "trAvtUtrs^ though their credit confi/led upon t!ie outfide \ whereas it is in the right informing of the mini^ with thofe things that are moft notable in thofe ^Ucti in which they' come. ^. 5ome th^re are chat ftrive as much as they can to degenerate from BngU^min and all their talke is ftill ferraign^ and nugnifying other CtHinry, and deroga- ting from tneir own.- others there are ( ts Mr. Htwcll Htttth^ in his iaflniifieHS ti jtung Trdvetlers) that are always relating ftrange/A/ff^/andw>W(rr/; and dofopre- fent them to the hearers through multifly tug gUffes , that ilicy make them more firdngt and far greater then they are j and withall they nave fo much wit to relate them mfUets far enough, that they may fooner Mitve it , then go about to dij- frrve it •, others he faith are of another temper and will fay, that there is not a CtntltmMm in Fraiut^ but carries his btx of Piiifiers about him % that fdrii hath more LaJiestf fUafare, then Ltntltn ht- ntfiwimtHs that there is not a Womtn in ftah but wears an irongirdU next ficr/l«i in the abfence of her husbsnd% and that for a ///?#/ one may enjoy any Mms wife there : that there are but few Dtns in Stain, which eat Fltfh once a week, or tnat keepetli not his Lafs befides Ins Wiftt, t\\ix.'m Germany oncmlai, every one hath a £M/r in his noddle; that Ter- tugal hath as many ftm as Chriflians , lowitha thoufandof the Ijke falfities, too tedious to name: and fuch Travellers or rather Land-Lepers, asthefearenot only a fliame to their Country abroad, but a dif- grace to their Parents and Friends at heme% and inflead of bringing %)me the oyle of Ophir , their return is empty, or worth nothing, being fraighted,as I have noted, with ridiculouv and faatadick ^^ilienSj Cefiures, Strange flerifs, &f. iQ To conclude , our Traveller being re- turned home to his native foil , his beft courfe would be to think ot fome fetled tondition , as in the Inns of Court, for the obteining the knowledg of the Com- mon Laivs of England, the knowledg of which, will be of great advantage unto him, as to the Government of himjelf, and the management ot his Eflate •, then, as occafion offers, lie may betake himfelf to a married condition, feck for fome prc-i ^° fcimtntat CoHrt, or the like. TltCtrm i/.yi.a. ■ : f. DddJJ traffic ^'34^ tl • < . ■ ' . I? J fl A'...,i .k;n .i r.n:: :ti U . - i I '^^:~,i>Aiiy 9 1 tOl •4-t V^' 7^r^-***-- 'Jt^ti,^ 'Jr ^'^ Trafjfick or Commerce. s, I' ; .^rj'io- • t i-ttf ^ gj appear by holy Writ: Natha, of the great dTc , and benefit that doth accrew by it ^ T will not be toriioner? to have experience in tlicji/4- nectflanr to thtmMtkks , efpecially in Arithmetick , for fpeak of the the better methodizing , and keeping his antiquity of jteetMiifti InFjthmttrUmGdivgingy'iox T K A F- the underftanding of the Mtafurts of all F I C X, ConsofrtffetjilnGe*griifiy,fott\\tkno\v- it being by ledge of tncrcituationofCMw/rt^/, Ifles, all fo gene- cities, and Ptm^ whit Cmim0jities they rally knonn produce , &c. To be expert in Naval . to be ami- lo 4^4iri , for the better avoiding of Injuries ent, asmay and Wrongs j To have infight in the va- luation and worth oiCojns, Weights, and Miduret of all Ctuntrrfs, efpecially in thoie where he drivetha Tm^/^, ana not altogether build his Faith upon thehone- fty of his F titer or ecrrfffenJeiit ; the like is to be obferved in the Cufloms^ SKbfidits^ Triittes, Tolls ^ &c. of each C*/«»/r<7,\Thich are payable upon every particular Ootot^ for, what «Mim or Cin is more rich Mid floarifliing than thoTe wno enjoy the %tK3X.- eft Ctm m ir tti Among f>hich, EHgUmd .. , , ,. inay be cfleemed in tnefirft ranck : and wHtj both imported , and exported , with how mtny rich > fKXent , and flotuiiiin^ otner things, which elfewhere will be more CfTiM havebcoiniinated, andlikeaWi; conveniently treated of. But to the defiga it felf. TRAFFICKa the harttring-) bar- rh j,fnU ^M0i»gy #r txthanging $f tnt man with rH/t Mtther y ami ij giving to out , fo much of one Commodity or thing, to have of the o- dow left defolate, when they have loft their Commerce witli other Natitns : Therefore feeing that Traffitk is of fo great ofe and benefit , I (hall nrft give the defi- nition of a Ji^rfA^ir, and thm proceed to ^ fome Particalars in way of dueAioo to thtrf$ miubtf the fame valne of a different thofewfaoareaqiexperiaiced therein. Ctmmtdaj\ which if effeffedh) nnmher, V;j^^ k Utrthmt{»Qixm\iiAy(Mh)ov!^t yoweigkj4ndmtafure : By ^irrm»j->is meant viSL, to ty tfach a one » is always bufie and ufi- goods totgndss by bargaining is underftood 2^2 ** ploying himfelf in baying , felling , and wtmj iot goods j and by exchanging, mt»ej ~ *■ bartering of Cmmtdkies , as wellin for- for aMwy. Yet oftentimes the Trade of a reign Conntreys, (as here at home, and Mtrthmn is more various ^ forfometimes ty implt^ias of FtStrt for the ncgoti»> he boyes and fdls his Commodities for part t^og of his A&irs \ be oaght to be jaft in trnntj, part titrn^ fometimes for fmgoodsi hikDealingS) withoatfrand) and noEx- and part m»»()f payable by Bill, oramgna- tionl ]^ Traffic(or Commerce, - tion at fucli a day » and fometimes by Bills ^ whfteby they are fold : j. When to U- of Exchanv^t they receive fatisfaftion for f>4i0, by which is to be undcrftood the beft their Goods. and fitieft ftAJtns : And 4. With whom to Tr*fftq»t 8 upheld in fcveral forts of C/- i»g*$n, and by tliis is meant theknow- lits mdTtms , as well by thofe that have led^c o( the fMrtj,o: Seller otBit/tr^ not their fcituation on the Set-Pmty or Of Coynsy Weight Sf and Meafures, Credt Rivers , as by thofe that have-, yet thofe Cities that have not thefaid benefit, have fome Place to which they fend their Goods,which isfcituateasaforefaidiasthe 10 Sea-port to AltffoM AlexanJrU^iow\\\c\\ place they convey their Cemmtdhies upon Cdmmels,AlFesyNegr$s,ot the like. Again, there are other Places which do maintain Trade, different from the former, and tliat is by fome manual Arts or Falrricks, as doth Norwich^ in England; Flcreme, in Italjs Jl0veny in Ncrmandj >, Kfrimbenr^ in Ger- niar.y, &c. Alfo othtr places have a great Co;«, Weifhis, and Meafures , are of "^'.J- fuch nectflary ufe in OwMtfrc;, that it 'j"' "7 t V /. f jh tit t.'nf'tit is almoft impoflible for any Merchant to .«7^;.. traffiiliin/trdgnCeanlrejs , without a true 'i!ji,'fij U nowU'dgc and infight therein { and this is fomething difficult, by reafon that in all Ctuntrep, nay inmoft Cities, their Cm/, Weights , iiui Meafures^ are found to differ trade , by reafon of the' ncccnaty cemma. 20 one from another, not onely inrefpe^of diiies they produce, as Gilan in Perfuior their name, but alfo of their valmatiM, its raw Silks Smyrna, for usColttnsi Str- might, and meafnre. I (hall onely give a detHXy for its 0»[cnn wines -, Ivtfa, for its ftiort glance upon each of the Three i be- Salt 4 Zant, for its Currans, &c. caufe 1 ha ve at large treated of lAem in the To the making \i complcai Crtjr, there c«^riif*/«/partot this Book, where they are required fix r.incipal parts or helps for may be found in their proper place , as be- the fupp-.rtation thereof i without which longing to fuch or fuch a Cfamrrrjr or/Z^rc it cannot ftand , to wit , i . Hmbandmen, of Traffick. But to proceed : and Artificers y to provide Food and Ray- AH Ctyns, or Mtneys, arc valued ac mem for its I'nhahitants : a. Arms, and Recording to the real goodnefs oftheMet ^»»«(iW//«* for its Defence: ^.JhcPrieli' tal; ot which thofe of Ctldand Silver^ hatd , for the performing the worjhif oi are the chief} then thofe of Cffftr^ Gad: 4. fudges, CtnnfelUrs,(^t. lor the Lead,Scc. ai!mioiHrationof-7«/?'^? •' 5. Rithes , for The W«_^/;/j are liknvife various , and rt. .»/,. i(s management ot piivaie and publick many times differing according to theCMn- )',;.""/ Affaiis : 6. and Laftly, to make it com- mtditj, which is properly weighed by itj "'•i''- pleat, Traffirks w! ich, txcept Religigmnd as in Alefft, fome are weiah<>d by the i?#- Larv, oftimes fui *s tiic defedb ot the tiU of 680 dramss fome by thatofTCO, reft. Alfo thereaicn-'e particular Places and others by th.it of 710 ound '^'I'f-.k, have only a dependency on Traffitfu*, viz. of 34 ennces , whereas others are weighed I , The Fxchatige : i. The Cujitm-htufe : by the pound of itf , as that of hshrdt' ^.ThePitidick-i>e,vn: ^. The M^az-tns, ft'S; and 11, asthatofTrtymight, A- or fvare-htnfes : And 5. The Place where, gain, they are found to vary inrefpeftof by content of the Magiftrates, theJWir. K.uuh, IN Bargaining, 2nd BA/teringoi Ctmmt- X'Bt' 'dtises, thefe following Rules mc to be • >^ Bttit tint, «/' obfervedj Firft, Whatto^ij4/V>for,and by this is meaat thfgeadneft^y yaluatiMy qn«lity,&c. oUhe Cmmtditt, 2. How to h^rgain, by which is undcflbod the knowledge ot mightj and Mea/ures, Talents, ihinfands, Cahart, Weighs^ Rrvest Stuies , Shifftnds, Lifftttds , C audits , charges, PecmUsySmd fuch like: tHefe alfo 50 are reduced into lefleriNi^A//, nS^arterty .Pounds, Mans, BMmjmSy Wefttt'f^tttles^ Sears.,Min4i,Cattes,L»dtro's,Bmttsm$ks, andt' like. Again, there arcyek aimer fort which ar^ made out of the latter , as OMfe/) whereof X2, 14, itf, 2a,«4,and 30, do, accocdiogio tftecaftboK^dpe place X(vikts.f0niid weights andtftefe'areredi- ad iatODramt, SanpUs, oMts^CgmtSy land Grains,(o that thcgreateft do contain Uheleflerinpair. Thus as. it, G./i ^ fnntl Kut*rmi, lb iht Dent- nut. Trafficl{ or Qommerce, »7 Thus, maybe fecnliow great the varie- ty of Weights arc ^ THp like is alfo in tlie Meafures, as in LonJon the rardii\i(i:d for Silks , IVolleit death, ire, the T.ll tor Lmntn death, d-c. and the GoaJior Frizes^ Cottons^ and the hke, which in Teveral o- thcr Cotintrtjs isalfoobferved, onely gi- ving divcrfity oi names to their Meafitres^ as, the TarJ, Ell, Goad, Fathom, Cane, Ahe, Brace , Pice , Stick. Film, FdrCt Covadoy and fo foith^ ard, becaufe the MenhaHis found it defeftivv' , for the more perfeiftion, they invented the Arc ot Cencave-meafnres , ferving for all li- •juid and iliy Commodities, as for Wines, Oils , drc. as alfo for Grains , Rice, ami the hke. The ENGLISH FOOT: as it mt tak^n from the Iron-Standard at Guild-hall , London , and compared yvith the Standards /or Meafnres of fcveral I\tn£domSt by Mr. John Greaves Trofejfor of Aftrononiy in the Vniverfitj of Oxford. .IT, lit ,.^ ((» Mil,"" SUch parts as the En^ilifh /w'Ijcqo contains J The Roman foot contains—— — 967 The foot on the Monument of 5'4-\ tiliM in Rome contains -]' Ihefeot oiFiBalpandw , deduced^ from the Congitu oi yejfafian,\9i6 contains -■' The f/r^it/wf contains ■ 1007 The Perfiar: zt\(\^——' 3197 The Venetian foot- — 1161 The Paris foot lodS The RhtH-Undfoot, orth3tof5«/-"( ,0-, l,MS 5 ^^ The greater Tnrki/h Pico at Con/Ian- \ timfit -—. . j»3C0 Tl»e IcfTer Pico zt Cenflantinepleisin^rO'^ portion to thcgreatci , as 31 to J2. The Derah, or Cubit at Cairo in[ Egfft ^ )»824 The Canna at Nafles . (588o The Braccio at Nafles 2100 The Braccio at Florence ^1913 Tiie Braccio at Sienna for Linnen — ^1974 The Braccioat Sienna for Wollen — 1 24* The Genoa Palm ■— 815 Tiic J'ara at Almaria , and at Gi-\ hr alter xaS fain J*7^o The Amfttrdam Ell . a2tfg The Antwerp Ell — 22!^ The lejden Ell . 2260 A Table of the Gold and Silver Weights of divers Kingdoms, as they wre taj^nfrom their Standards , and compared yvith the Denarius, by Mr, John Greaves , Trofejfor o/^Aftro- my in the Vniverfity o/^Oxford. jT^k^ QUch Crtint , or Parts of the Grtint mull"! Inntl Hi wih ikt Dent- IIUl' \glifh Standard for Gold, and Silver, ot ol the Troj weight, as the DtHoriut ConftUrit contains 6a, according to the weight of ■"** the beft Cijm . or according to the weight of tneC«/ifi«r of Kr- fftfian ■ .— r=— The antient and modern Rtmdtt ounce coatmi ■ Crahi The antient and modem Roman \ found, of 1 2 ounttsio t\itftnnd,Ki'i6 containeth- - •* The Jrejj or Englilh cnnee contain-1 ^^ eth ■ ■* ' .^ ' - " J i8 Traffic^ or 'theTrgj, or E0gli^ f tun J Stand- ■> ard ot Gold ind Silver ^ at u/jytfo cuncts tu the pound, contains — ^ Tiic Spjn'fh fcMHj , or Standard for ^ CtU and Silvn of i6 ountts at ^7090 C/^r.i//4r, contains— •^ Alio lic:e is another found which? „ contains — .v ^^ The Sfinifh ounce it Gibralitr, thel pound confiding of 70^0 grains a44j» tnghllii contains nt The Fltrtnce, Ltghern, snd P/fa^ ftuiid, or Stanoard fo: 6Wr23^ Silver , confiftihg ot 1 1 ounctsA contains ----- • ' The Florence , Leghorn , and PifaX «*;»f^ contains J'^^^i Tlic Pjrii found., or Standard for' ColdmA Silx>ir , confiftiiigof i5 ounces , contains Tlic /".(rw #««? contains >75«o 47^1 The I'emiuu pound, or Standard for Geld Md Silver, confiihngof J 1 2 ounces, contains The /V/««M«tfw»«containeth— The Siennapcund, or Standard fo: Cold am Silver, confifting of^5i78 J 2 ounces, contains — • Commmit The Sienna ounce contains - Crains 43»: The Ntafotiune found, or Stand ard, for Coldand Silver, confift- ^^9^0 ing of II ounces, contains- The Netfolitane ounce comi\n&-—^ii'^ The Genoa Pound, or Standard , for ^ Cold and Silver, confiding oi}A866 12 ounces, contains ^ The Genoa «»« contains — 40J; The oke oi Conflaniinoplf, confiR- ^ ing of 400 Sliver drams, con- ripi ing tains 2g The Silver dram, generally ufed ) fhroughout the Grand Seignior %( Territories, as alfo in f fr//j, and, 4751 • in the Mogolls Countrey, con-\ tains "^ . The rurkifh Suit any, or Ef^jflian Sheriff ovith which the Fenetian ' and Barijrj cheqntne, as alfo the J3I J^'orlr»teri^ Jhcm , within about a grain more or leis doth agree) I contains • • ' The Roioloat Cairofor Gold ind Si!- J ver conlifting of 144 drams.con- / 6Sd6;, tains -— ■ •* The /;«.'«/« at I>4»m/(-«;, confiding! ot 7 20 diams for Silk, contaujs-- J^^'*^*'' Of Exchanges* Exchange of Money \i of great antiquity, and is cdccmcd exceeding commodi- ous , excellently uleful and beneficial, as well to Kingdoms and Ciitet in general, 5S t(i Merchants , and otheis in particular. And 3s Monj\va% firft invented to be made Seeing that Exchanges are of fifth great ufc and importance , tne Merchant ought to have great inlight and knowledge in the Cojns oi foreign Counirejt, that he may be able to reduce oneCfj/p into the valuation of another, by raifing or abating, accord- ing to the goodnefs or badndfs of the Met- tal, that when he hath occafion to draw a Bill of Exchange , upon one of a 1000 (, of tlic b<:(\ Mettalt, for the avoiding of 10 here at London, tohtpaid in frMce^Mtl- ch.i:cea'jle and troublelbm carriage and tranlportation of Commodities from one place to another in way of trade 5 fo Wis Exchat^es of Monejs firft invented for the avoiding, as well the danger, as the trouble and charge in the carriageof Moneys from place to place. And by rea- fon that the Standaras , Stamps , and In- fcriptions of Mtnqs are fouml tobcvari- /W,oreirewhere,hemay know the l«lsor gain. The true exchange for Moneys by Bills of Exchange is really grouoded upon the vtlnaiion, finene/?, and weight of thei/#- ney , of every Coniltrcy, according to the Far, that is value for value 5 and on this are thcExchanges oi EnfUnd grounded. Exchanges are made by Bills, when M*- ous, and different , no Nation making ufe 20 Mf; is delivered iimply here in England, and of anotheis Coyns , forced them ( for the better perfbrmaiKe j to appoint a certain Exchange, by giving value for value,accor- ding to tiie Jinend's or coarfncfs of the Ceyn^ with a certain allowance to the M(r- chnm,. BiBs received for the fame , to have the payment ia Tome other Countrey beyond the Seas, for Goods here bought , or the like, at a certain price agreed upoov the like is obferved beyond the Stst, and the Mtntj received here in England, The I't >l ' r. II •■IKK- Traffic!^ or Commerce, ^9 The meaning of .1 sill of Exckm^t is don for Aw^trdam. The fcconwi BilU\ot\\ tlius to be undci flood : Suppofe t\vi> \t(r- air cr in tlic addition of tlicfc words onely , €h*nti luvc Corrcfpondt. ii.c and Dealings At ytmce, not having paid by my fii ft if///; togcthe; , the one here mEngUnd^ and pay by thisiily fecond ^z//-, ai.diointhe the other m Fr^itict \ tlie Merchant in thirds tor dierc atecommonly three b//// Frtnce having bought Cloods of a Man, niadeoftlie fame lutuie, to tlie value of 500 or 1000/. the Man being to come ||> £«?/.(»(/, comes to the Merclian^for his Monty , wlio being per- haps not provided , or othcrwifc the Man 10 deiirous to have his Money paid him in EngUnd\ the Merchant uponthofe,or the like Confiderjitions, draws a BilloiEx- chsnge for the faid fum upon his Corre- Ipondent in England ( wlio perhaps is. in- debted unto him in greater funis ) to be paid iipon light , or within fuch a time af- ter fight, citTierupon(»/.jmr, or double or trebble ufanct^ as tliey agi ce. Again, fomerimes Cfntlemen^ or o- 10 thers , having occafion to travel btyonJ Seas, for their conveniency p«y their Mo- ney to a Mtrehant here at Lttidon, defiring him to draw a Bill oi E xch*nge io: th<: fame, upon his fd^*r , ox(omt Mtrchtnt with whom he hath conefpondence , at the Place where the Crnz/rmMdodefign their Journey \ which ir/// is ordered to be paid as aforefaid. Seeing then that £/7/^ Lans T)co Jdj. 10 of Augull i66-\* In Amftcrdam, zoo/, at 33 s. 6d. AT Ufancc p4j this my fir ^ Bill of Ex- chauiie unto W, M. ihe Sum of two hundred founds of lawful Money c/^Hiiy,land, for the value here by me received of \, K, make him good payment , and put it loytur AicouHt, Uodkeepjou, Subfcribed JT. C, On the Back-fide indorfed, To my lo- ving Friend, Majler G. M. Merchant at Ltndon, Pa, And this is the form of Bills of Ex- change: The time of payment may b6 of Exchange are of fuch great ufe , I think 3° made upon fight , or within fo many days it convenient to fet down the form of a />/// of Exchange from Ltnden to Amjltrdam, and from Am^erdam to London again. Laus Deo Adj. 10 June \66\. In London 600 1. at J4.X. 6ti. after fight , or upon double or trebble uf.tnce •, aUb you may fay , Put it to tlic Account of fuch a man : but the beft is to icferr it to tlit Letter ot Advice, and where the fiift Bill is noted Pj, thefecond muft be J 4, and the third ^a^ Neither is it good to fay , I would entre.it you , or be pleated to pay this Bill, though the servant or Fafl0r drawetli a J;// upon his 40 Majler. A T Ufance fay tj this my firflhiWof And if it fluli happen (as oft times it Exchange unto A B. thtSumef Six hundred Ptnnds Sterling , at Thirty four shillings and fixfenct Flemifh , for tvtrj Ttnnd flerling^ currant Mtney in Merchan- doth ) that through default the Money is not paid according to the limited time, or the Bill not accepted , then and in fiicfi Cafes there is a Proteftation made by fdrae t„ ,iU;. dize , /if the value hereof received by Notary, or the like, upon tlie £/7/forthe ,t"„:r aw C D. and fni it t0 Account ^ <«^ per Advice, A Die ^c. GM. On the Back-fide indorfed, To my lo- ving Friend W. C. Mirchant at Jmfier- duHy Pa. This is the form of a B i II oi Exchange for Money delivcied and taken up at Itn- non payment, or non accfptance tliere ofj and this iseftcemedmuchtothcdif- reputation of the Party fo denying the JO fame. There are aboundance of Rules and Orders obferved about the acceptance, and non acceptance of Bills of Exchange, which in a Book , called Lex Menato- ria^ are at large handled, to which I rcfierryou. tp-4, C if Bill, tt The Of 20 7'raffic( or Commerce] I, fit, t Ullfl i.i*Ui, Iff- t* kt»wm places where Traffic k is maintained , ci- ther in Print ^ or Manuftiipt. ■ And in the payment of theft Cii(lms i^';;"; and Imfofti , great care, diligence, and ex- •• ••'• aflncfs iMc/, where officers do attend for tlie receiving ot" the fame, as may be feen in ihcCH/lom-hoitfe at LomJoh. And tliough tlic duty otctifltm is ycnc lo intention to Ik' exported, it is not only lor- rally paid inall Places, vet the manner of fcit»a r.i tlic a'»»? , but alfo tlie Party, if ^/i/zf/ conceded, are onely torfcitai, winch '„," may be redeemed with fonie charge , unlefs f;" they be fucliasaieprohibidd. 'rhclike 1' ■ is obferved in EuflanJ, Stttland^ and '.,', Irtlands where there are ftveral C$mm»- "J dittes prohibited, 3sU'ell,L.'ather,Al- lom , Scarlti-iltath And laflly , The Coyw, whetlier Cold ox Sik r ^ is iliiftly forbidden, fo that if anyistound w.than payment is found veiy diffaent, asmfome places they pay after the rate oHo much fer Cem. in Money, and that very difterent^ for in fome places they pay ^ fer Cent. as in Turkey \ by agreement witli our Cottful; And mother places j, lo, i j, jo, 2 J fer Cent, oi more, orlefs, according to the Orders oftheplace. found, is lyabic toa great Fine. In Germany^ and the Low Count rij,^ as alfo m Turkey , and moft places of luiy, the Goods onely concealed ate forfeited, \, tlurem-, wherein, for his further Iielp, itis ihccxa^cft, am! the moftufed. ncceflary to be fumiflied with a Book, or Books of the Rates otC«i»»»»^i//« of the |»J»ce, or Places, where he hath Com- merce} wliich Books arc to be had in aU Now for the keeping of 'your Acc$untt after this excellent way , there are two fcvcral Books nccedariiy requited , 'viz. the ffumall, and the Leid^er : the ufe K,,, . lit. , , it.j.:,. VI ^ 7h ' nt Kill, >.J III • . . Trafficl( or Qtmmerci, »r •of the ^»urn4ll, » to enter down every that is, a Bttk wherein they enter down daies proceed' negotiations , ac- in a touch manner, what Ctmmdttiti they -♦'r ■/(• cording to the i. ^v a, ^.ning and intention of the 'B*«/aiidthe Le^ J^rr : heingCo great, I have thought it convenient to frame an M' etunt^u they are kept by diveis eminent Mer(n4Hts here in LondtH t but fii(t,for this 20 the better undcrrtan<^ingt/ie(jme, I have r»t .luwn diveis RuUsofayde for the know* ing your Dtbittrs and Crtditm, T^les of Ajde, down plainly, direAly, and orderly : alfo there muA be no lMteri$Hiiigt, ErttiHgs or Btttt'mgt in this Book, neither mull there be any vacancies left, but every Ptrctloi thing! in every daies proceedings mud without intermiflion follow one a- nother \ for a Book otherwife kept, will be of fmall validity in Law for the deci- ding of controvcrties. And in Bttit you muA be careful in the fet- ing down or chircing thing* on Dtbittr or CrtJiitr. Wtilcn by reafon it is fomet hing difficult, and of fuch great importance, I have fet down BuUt •{ Ajd , by the help of which you may avoid the faid danger , and from this Book called the ^m^m// is nnade the Ltidgtr, which mud be alio kept fair without BUttt or Ert- tings: ano in this Btti you mud Job- 30 viz. Dtmt^itk , Ferrttnt ferfe that the left fide otthe I^ges, is, or PtriabU •, and thcfe are for the Dtktttrt « and the right ude, or towards the right hand, for the Creditors 5 and here you enter every mans At(»»nt by itfelf,( that is, by leaving fomc diftance before you begin another mans ) being taken from the parcells, as they are found in the ftMnull^ by the date thereof, when made, placing on the other fide. AL L Ateounts for MtrchdHts may be coroprifed under ihtichtdds Ktn titi Di./Iji/i far OM- ITi J»i the //»fw/? is Cr. Alfo J?««/>r/ of Mantj for party to whom the tills aredircdted, after Interefl Money, the Principal being con- his acceptance is Dr. and the Faffor tinucd, the Jtf«»«)f fo Received is Dr. and or party who remitted the fame, with a the Account of Prff/fr or io/ji, ot Interefi double margent is Cr, is Cr. TAXMEJiTS of Montj by Bills of Receipts of Menej taken up by £.v- £.vfA<»?f, charged upon yoa-, the Party, change, the A/ow^ is Dr. and your Cor- lo whether your F/i^<»r or other who under refpondent, or he to whom the Bills are writ the Bills, is Dr. and the Money is Cr. diredcd is Cr. Payments of Mtney remitted by Ex- Receipts of Money by Exchange re- ehange; the /4rf^ or f 4/?flr to whom the mitted from your Eaffor -, the A/ot^ is Bills are payable is Dr. and the a/o/j^-j is Dr. and the Party to whom the Bills Cr. were dircded, if he hath formerly been Payments of Money for A'Jnrjtnce of gtoifs rharged in Account for the fame, is Cr. /hipped; Prtff A Lef., or the account otherwifeyour F alf or or Cerrefpondtnt is of jffnra»ci liDr. and the Af^wy is Cr. Cr. by a double Margent. Payments of Money for Interefi Money, ' Receipt of SVares boughr fr,r ready Mo- jo t!ic Principal being continued 5 Interefl, or nej, the fV^res fo bought and reccivca, li ^.»fi, and Loft is Dr. and the Money is C**. Dr.and the Money if paid upon the delivc- Payments of M,n*y owine by you by f'jmtmi. xy IS Cr. Receipt of W4r« bought for f/«»?, or for part Money, part Time , or for part Money, part T/wr, and part by anotliers Bill ; the ftveral Wares fo bought, and received aiez)r. and the i'4rfjr which ven- dcth the fame is Cr. and after the vendor tond, Pill, Account, <^t. tlie Party or Parties to whom the fame was due, is Dr. alfo Warts bought for Money, the Wtres fo bought and received is Dr. and the Money is Cr. Payments of Monty lent at Inttrefi by 2»#»K4rf i in B4rf «• for part Money, 4° Cr. part Wares ^thc Wir« received are Dr. and Payments of A/(>«rjr for charges ofCooJs the Money for fo much as is paid is Cr; as fliipped; the Voyage is Dr. and the itf*- alfo the feveral Wares delivered for the »<7 which is paid is Cr. value of them. A Bill, or BiBt of Dtk delivered by Receipts of Wares in jjr^fr for ptrt Aflignation for money owing you % the Money, part Wares, and part Time: alfo party alfigned to receive the fame is Dr: Wares in Barter, for part Money, part and the party whofe Biff you delivered is Wares, part by anothers 2?//7^ and pait Cr. Time ; the feveral Wares (o bought and SALES of Wirw for Moneys the JW#m;; »-x. received are Dr. and the party that ven- 5° is Dr. and the ff^rw fold, and delivered is dcth the fame is Cr. and after he is Dr. for Cr. Sales of Goods or ?r«r« for Time, or for part Money, part T/«m : as alfo for part Money, firt Wares, partTimr; and part by anothen Bill j the party that buyeth the Goods is Dr. and the Goods fold and delivered is Cr. and for the Money re- ceived, malte the Money Dr. and the pany buyer in the fecond branch Cr. again the the Money paid, Wares or Bills delivered as before. Receipts of Wares from beyond the 5m/ from your Correfpondent or Failor ^ the feveral Goods received is Dr. and your Cor- refpondent ( by a double Margent ) is Cr. Receipts of Biffs of Apgnatioio from a- JO^H- Traffic^ or Commerce'. the party whofc Bill yon take is Dr. and the Buyer Cr. Sales of Wdres by advice from your Correfpondent, or Faffir % your Fgffor is Dr. and the Voyage ot Vfjages for the ^«i( fold by him is Cr. Sties of Wares in Barter , Wares foi Wares •, the jr the party whofe BiU is taken is Dr. for the value.* and the Wares fold, Forraine Accounts. '^ or.-ain Accounts confiAeth of Re- J^ ceipts, and Payments of Goods or _^ M0Hej,3iad Sale oi Goods, Sec. Receipts o( Goods by confign.ition: the ""''"' and delivered for the whole is Cr, Alfo 20 Goods received for the Account of a. B. in Barter of Goods, for part Wares, and part by anothers BiU , •'« rrares received for the value is Dr. as is the patty whofe Bii is accepted for the remainder .• and the Wares fold and delivered as aforcfaid isCr. In buying of Wares or Guds the con- trary is to be obferved . j^BATEMENTS upon D«^/ ow- ing by you,thef 4rf^ or Parties which make or the like , fpeccifying for whofe Ac- count, is Dr.: and under that title naming the particulars of thofe Goods reccivecl without value •, and fo they are to have no Cr. but if valued , then there, muft be Dr. and Cr. Receipts of Goods bought for Money, at time in Birter, Sec. make your Dr. and Cr. as in private Accounts. the aoatement is Dr. and Profit and Lofs is 30 Receipts of Money taken up at Interell 5 Cr.and upooD/*/» duetojyou, Profit and the Principal for whofe Account the fame Lofs a Dr: and the Party or Parttes to was borrowed , for the Interefi, is Dr. whomthe abatement was made,is Cr. as alfo tlie Money for the fum received ; Abatement Vif on Goods fo\A, the Goods and the party lender for the Principal and fold and delivered are Dr. ? and the party intereft is Cr. which buyeth the fame is Cr. alfo upon Receipts of Money by A^ignation, or, Cotds bought; the ^4r*r, and the undermoft to the Folio 54/«ofw, they will there- Margent towards the right hand, referreth fore imaniiic this Ct^ to be a perfon in to the Folio of its "Dtiittr in the Taid wliom tliey confide, and therefore they Leitker. make the laid c-t/J Dr. for the Ji/flwfjf they 30 Alfo ftote that where you find this put therein ^ and when they take out or Marke — in any of the (aid Margents,it paynny ofthe faid 3/#w7 they then make doth ficnifie the fame Folio, or day of the CajhCr. forthcfaniej and the pa: ty to Monetn ns the Precedent is. wi'.om it was paid Dr. and fo Ct(h is dif- charged for the fame, and becommeth a Cr. The re(i 4S infrivate Accounts. But it is time to come to the Accounts themfelves 5 and firft with the ^ournalhookX Alfo where you find in the faid outward Margent no Folio 'expreffed to refer yoa to the Folio in the ^mtm/, as all the par- ticulars bearing the date ofthe ip of ^mv, note, all fuch particulars or Accoanu are not in the ^fournsl, being only ibr the But for your better uodetflonding the i^'&alltiuingoi Ateounts, But toptocccd. THE Trafpc(or Cmmrccn *5 ;-!f,in-.'" -I .■' I 1,1 The Journal Book. Fol. I. Jnno \6 6^, in London. CASH, Dr. to Sttck^ \^6% I. i J /. 09 (^. brought out of my private Eftate tliis dayfor7>4//ff/t-occafions, asbytheAgree- the ment between that Lea^er-Cajh and Cajh-Boek appeareth j Sum which Imake maniteft here,is ■ ChtbRdlhes, Dr. to Si*ck 1500/. for zoo Pieces unfold , which coftme 61. 10/, ffr Piece-- • W#«/r, the white Htrjt , Dr. to Sttck 3340 /. for a Principal, with 3 Legacy that it to be paid out ofthefame^myif. f^3ngin LBmidrJ-flreet y prodttcioeborh- — Sbtf , the .v**«A.rc# ff ZtHdoH , Dr. to Stock 450 /. for my ,; part thereof , Mafter nncfer God ^ams ftrt for this prefent Voy- age to the CmmUi \ the Coft is — — — Alltrt Jllerttm, at Liih«»t, Dr. XOStHk^^itl. Hi.6J. due to nie, Reaze 6ii F 960, as appearethby my Account fent me, dated the 28thdayofiVi»vmp»frlaft« proceeding from the^e of feveral Wares for my ufe , Exchange at 20 Reaze for 3 d. is — Birtet BMrtelftH, of Ntrmth, l>i. loSttikiool. for hisSWdue the ayth of ^/r// next, deltveredtome, proceeding from Com- modities formerly fold to him — ' ■ — — Stttk, Dr. to CoHftdc Criffidti 77/. 11/. 9 d. for my BiB. duC the »7th of Htrch , delivered for Goods formerly bought of him, Sttck, Dr. to D*vid Dtrltng 340/. for a Legacy due the 1 5th of JuMt next, out of the Houfc called the w////? //flr/ir (landing in LMiKkdrd-firttt , to bc rclcafed after 17 years porcfufe-, the chief Sum and Rent produceth '■ -.»^, ^M. y. X66^. CuttfiMMik , Dr. to Cdfit IJ70 /. 16 s. for four Barrels poiz 748 /i. bought of Tfitm$tC«jfi(r, whofe No: veighi 2nd fric< ate asfoUowctn: , No f 440I1 . ) J37 1' *^ J30 1« $ao li (• fofz: 804 //. Tare 55. Nei'tO| 748/1. at 41 1, each //. my pay- ment is 10 Evert EvertfoB, Dr. to Prtfttuid Lofs tfo I, for a Legacy due the • I a4th ot y»«, being now givenmeout of this //tf«/f, called the Emtmr, ftanding in CkeMffide : The fame he may rrleafe n 18 /. yearly, after uie rate of 18 years purchalcj the chief Sum and Rentis- .auU- 1 ;< ^. I J. 166^^. II C*P>, Dr. to CUth Ka^ts ia8/. for 16 Pieces, fold to XVillum I Ftitjsrd^ at 8/. ftrpiKC , my Receipt is ■-— - — — Ji p f 17<58 15 09 1300 00 00 2340 CO 00 04JO 00 00 0426 04 06 oaoo 00 00 0077 II 09 0340 00 CO #• 1570 16 CO oipo 00 00. 0118 CO 00 «g ggg Exeter t jt . %6 Sf:f Traffic^ or Commerce, Anno i66^* In London, *» j Extttf'Wares , Dr. to Francis Fretiftj 853 /. for aio feuts, to pay upon demand ; the bought particulars are as foUoweth, Fcl. a. 4 12 t »J f H I r ij t ■ 16 • r 17 18 4 r 19 30 1 J 11 22 »5 H 30 white Sdjes- at 76/. /fr peece — 114/. 60 BrtaJ Ftrfet»4iKet—~a.t 78 j. ^r peece — »34l. 70 Sempttratues at 80/. ^r peece — 180/. 5 o Ditto at 90 s, per peece — 2 aj /. IT/i 853"" Ditto Frtncisy Dr. to Houfe the Whitt herfcy for RtHt due the 1 3 th of Fetr. next being yearly- ■ • ^MUdry the 2^. 1*64. ' ' •'' Francii Frenfij^ Dr. to Cleath Jf4/J«, 321/. IJ j. forj^peeces, to be paid upon demand at 8 /. j s.ptr peece,conies to • — Cdjh, Dr. to Profit and Ltfs, 5. /. 16 s. id. for advance of 700 Dffffars cxLlungad for nrhoT Money at ^ S.J J. ptr peece, which cod me but 4^. s 307 joo lO 00 10,00 00 006 o« CO 00 Traffic(or Commerced 27 Pel. 3. 26 ay ifnno 166^, In London, Fetmarj, 21, idtf4. CenchintiU iu/licj, Dr. to ^fflcjfr 36 /. 1 8 /. for fix Moneths difcount ot 9S9/.8/. ai8/.fw«»/.pioduceth Stock, Dr, to CouchtHciU Meflua 9^91. %s. for 2 Bar. poyzjdp/. fold to a private friend at fix Moneths difcotint : the particular Weight and price is as followeth ^ — — No. 530 A 198 ts l3^fwi.both 393 /. tS2n I, Netto 369 1. 5 20 /. 1 9 j ts lu V at 5 z J. pfr /. is : r" Fclnuarji-j 166^, . , 54r/r/ EartUfoK, Dr. to 5/»fit, 7c o/. lent him fix Moneths out of my private tftate at 8 l.ferttnt. which is with Intmfi C4fh, Dr. to Shif, the Sfiedwelloi London ^s I. 7 s. 6 d. for my part /, of fraiaht, received of jTrfwr/ Port Mjfter; allciinrges deduihed,theuimis ■ - — — — — • Mdrcfj,^. 166^, Govert GolfioH-, Dr. to Cloth Rafbes i\6i I. tos. for 250pecces fold in truck at 17J s. fer peece, on 15 Moneths difcount, the fumis • — • • — ■ Durincts, Dr. to Covtrt Golfton 180 /. for 80 peeces ready money delivered me in part of Barter, at 45 /. per peec«,:s Exeter-Wdres, Dr. to Gtvert Golflone^^i^l. for 130 peeces ready money delivered me in pan of Barter, viz. ■ — 003S 0959 0728 004J 2I<$Z 0180 3* 34 35 3* 37 38 x8 08 00 07 00 00 00 06 60 PerfeliUMCts broad at 78 s. fer pccce — is 234/ 70 SemfetrtHces at 80 s. fer peece — is 280 / 1 05 14 Cafi>, Dr. OtmertGollitKy 1271/. 18/. 2d. received by thenflign- ment of Tbtmis Ciyfler to clear his Trucke, the fum is ■ cloth Rajhts^ DT.toGovertGol/ionifiSl, 11 s, 10. for tlie difcount of2t62/. 10 J. at 8/, p^rfM^ fori 5 Moneths, is Exfencesgeaer4lDr.to o/J, 80/. Received for my general occafi- ons of my Cfjher, the fum of '■ ■ ~ — . Profit and Lofsjbt. to Cafli 10 /. paid my Wife for Houfe-ufe, by my Cajher, the lum of • • — 1271 0195 ooSo 0010 fiH* .f».«^.^f iVirrA, 14. 1664, • ., . -To ^--"■■■^-• l i" '>■* - ■ '■ 'VX'^*' " * '^ '"1" Profit ^ and Lofs, Dr. to FrMtit Freiifej, 100 /. for One years m- g(s, thisday agreed that he (ball ««rrite tnybookj,the fumof — [ 0100 Francis Fren[ej, Dr. to exfeiKesgerurtl, 20 L. for part paid him in hand by me ■~~ — r^ ■ ■ X''^-"^ \ Utrth, 20, 16*4. Kerfieszbii Detem, Dr. to Htrmtft Herbert, 591 /. for 180 peeces Rtceived in Barter at 17 Moneths difcount — ; ■ tfo Leedts dtzent at 7 J /. fer peece ii 225 /. 60 KttfiesN«\A. at 59 J. pwpceteiS- 60 Dittt No, B, at 63/. pwpeectJS' in I ij9l 0020 0^91 10 00 00 ;oD 00 00 I i 18 02 II '10 00 '00 oo Ob 00 00 00 QO 00 00 titrmiit :>, iS Traffic^ or Commtrce, Fol. 4. 40 4' 42 4; 44 45 45 47 48 4> 50 51 Anno 1^64. In London, . Htrman Herberts , Dr. to Ctnchtneilt d8i /. for one Barrel foiz., 185/;. Nctto, which I delivered by his order to (7w/fr/c7fuances at 78/. is 234 Ditto Vvjage, Dr. toO/i J04/. for 90 Cof£>ie/f^Ti«», being 50 great Pieces, ftiipt by Wtlham Tatum, to the iivA^ae^fin to fell for my Accompt, my C4/lrfr's payment at j /. 12 s.fer cent, is • — ■ ■ ""'"""' * ^ titrth 51. i55y. VoiJge at Hamhnrgh^ configned xofthn FanEffen, Dr, to David Darling 369 1, tor 10 Sayisoi PtfPer poir 3z8o//.lhipt hyfamts SneU to tlie faid John, to be fold for my Accompt , procfacing at 27 /. upon four Months timc^rr /. — Vojage to Danzick, coniigned to Peter Brafenr , Dr. to f0hn 'J^acehftn Vinck at Am^trdam, my Account currant i8tf /. for certain Goods , coft 1 860 Ouilders , s&ftr Envoyce., the fame are ftiipt by Gilts Garhand, to the faid Ptter tobefoid for my Ac- compt, the exchange at 33 /.4W. Fs.ferl.Stcrl. Afrilj. 166S. 1; ,- Vefjage to Amflerdam-, Dr. to Cafh^ 54/. 3/. td. (OT Extttf Wares, nnd Tinny paid by my Caflxer, being — ■ Fr4//l;f upon the £jtfl»-- Wares, fliipt the 26tkfa(fadt at ^os.Per eentfheiog T-X^ *"" Expences general , Dr. to c-i/i 70 /. received of* my Caflieer for my general occafions — • : • l I-J -:■.-- ■ ;.:- — — '■ 0070 1 00 00 00 16 09 03 CO 03 00 00 00 00 00 CO 00 03 et I 04 06 08 01 19 17 00 00 rrtjit (9 lis 0J4 03 o» 007104 otf >03J W4 3011 17 CO 00701 00; 00 rrtff Fel. 5. 5lJ» 53 54 55 5<5 57 58 S9 60 ^Trafficl^or Commerce. Anno 166^, In London. Prefit and Xo/T, Dr. to Exfeitces gtHtrd 20 /. paid by my Wife for the Houfeufc — — ^rr^r—^r — t^ Afrill'!. 166^. > '■: •; .'.v.-: ■M I Francis Frenffi, Dr. to BartclBartclfon yotf /. 3 /, 2 ril 2j. 166$. ^_^Lfc.wi ^eyagf to f/dm6uKsh '*' • ^° f^tndnck Kempt ill. j s. ^ d. for j^furanceoi the Peffer Shipt tlie i ? day oi March laft ^ for wliicli, upon .ndvice of the lafe arrival there, he is to have after 3 /. fir cent, the fum of —«»- • ■ . ytjaxt to Amfltrdftm, configned to ^thn^MotfonVinck^ Dr. to Altert AUerttHit Luk»n,^i^l. lis. 6d. for 1575. Barrclsof F>^$ feni by Shiffn Ttm Tub., to be fold there for my Accompt, which coft him there with all Charges 68V000 Rtafe, and are aofor^ 0 ?o Trafficf^ or Commerce, Fol. 6. 6i 6i 63 65 66 67 69 70 71 Jnno 166$. \n London, fthn^Mtbftn Vinck at Am^trdam, his Accompt oi Trngns Cloth Dr. to Exftiuts gentrd 75 1. 4^ 8yj« for my Moyty — — — • Cap>, Dr. to Herman Herherts, ^61. 16 s. 04/ received by my Cajhier oi Kendenck Kempt, by the Afignmtnt oi Ditto Her- W4* in full, of Linnen Cloth i thefumof fohn^acotfonVmkOitAmfierdjm, his Accompt Currant, Dr. to C^/ft, 1174/. 4j.6f;)no idd5« In London, Ktndtrick KtmP, Dr. to y«*» faetifon Vintk at Amfttrdtm, his Accompt or J-ir/rji 1 7 J /. i'ji.6d. for 1 7 J ^arttrs 7 Bnjhtls. Sold for 30 /, ^;r S^ttrttr^ on two Moneths Difcount, which is- Ditto AV«r/, Dr. to Ditto ^$h» his Accompt of irugtrt Cloth, 6 jo /. 10 i. for 1 2 274;//, at 1 1 Moneths Difcount, lold to him containing 97 pieces at tf /, 10 /. ftr piece, is ■ John JactkftHyinckzt Am^eriUm, his Accompt of BarUj, Dr. to KtHierick Kemp 1 1. 6s. 4oard asbetore (as per advice) which at j /. la i. per cent. produceth — -; . , 0175 0530 000 a 0043 001 1 0378 0381 Jmiu9. iWy. Kerfies Atcompt in coth|>any, between Evert Evertfon and my felf, each ; Dr. to Exptncesgencral % I. 6 s. Sd. for Charges paid by me upon the faid Kerpes, as in my Book of fettiet in F$li»if- peareth, aie^ . — . Ditto, Dr. to trtjlt and X*jr 7 /. 4 /. far my ProvifioB of 360 /. at %l.ftr cent, u-^ _- — — 0041 0048 Ktrfies Accompt b}^ me in company, t)t. to tvtrttvtrfont^ l./^i. 8 ^ for his i of the advance npoo this Accompt^ being 7*- — oo6a 0007 0035 »7 10 06 01 01 18 V 06 00 04 07 oj II 02 04 00 00 00 00 otf ,08 04 00 04 08 J)itt§ Ffl. 8. \ 84 81 86 87 88 89 90 91 Traffick^or Commerce", 9* 9i Anno I tf tf 5. In London, Ditto by me in company, Dr. to Profit zniLtf i'il.t^s.Zd. for my 1 of this advance npon the (aid accompt, being — ^HHHi. 166s. ^' ■ ^thn^AcokftHVintkoi AmfitrJ^m, his Accompt Currant, Dr. to Ditto 3Ctf*» his Accompt of Barley 9l.is.6d. for 9 Si*"'" and I «»/Jr/ under meafure, lefs then xhtTrttgirs Mtajurt W3S, which atiox. the Sl-trterj, entred here ioi Dtet»(itt iske, a- mounteth to . — Ditto 7»A* his Accompt of Bsrlt/y Dr. to Exftncts geHtrsl 4 /. OS. 4^/. for after Charges paid by me^ the particulars are as foUoweth. My LotdMdjtrt Bill—— oo-otf-oS Tmrning . • — 00-03-01 ^OTJueAtiiig dvKH -——CO— 1 7-00 fMtrnti j»*--.«» i fV Mr week. Is - — — oo-oy-o* '^rM**f*of 36 J /, at I ; d. ftr i.u — ft»r-o4..o6 _ 04-00-04 Ditto fihn his Accompt of Barley, Dr. to Profit and Lof 7 1, is. J d. for my Provifion of the fame at 1 /. fcr ctm. — — r- Ditto ^#*» his Accompt of Trtagtrs Cloth, Dr. to Exftiuts gtsural 8/. %s. xod. foraftcrChargespaidbyme, towit, ^Wari-Hou(e Xoom'il is.ftrhiyl Oi-oj-oo '^^'^l.Jiroaksgeoii iljo/. 10/, ail [ d./er I.- — QJ^ -OS i° — 08-08—10 Ditto ^ohn. Dr. to Profit and Lof i^l.os.td. for my Provifion of thefimeat 2/.^fr«. SUilin£, is — Cajh, Dr. to ^vhn ^«cchJ9H Vincit nt Amftirdam, my Accompt Cur- rant 790/. lis. 24 DiU$. Frtfit and L#//, for advance of 700 D$l4t$ — ■ — Gtvtrt C»lfi0n 1 received of him upon Jmtrtfi Ship (he Sfttdrndoi Ltnd$H^ tor my /, part of Freight' Gtvtrt Ctlfitm, received by hi$ A(tirnmt»t ■ f$bn -fMttfoH r^mel It Am ffirddm , his Accompt of HtmuMHtrktrtiy received of my Ctjhitr— — — — ^»hi$ Ju»kf$n f^iittk at AmfttrtUm^ my Accoir it Currant——-- • ■ — KtBdtruk Ktmf, received in full ■ 21 Stoc(^ is Debitor. ^»n. -J Canrtdt Cri^un^ by BiU due the 17 of Mdrth — Dittt. / Divii DdrliKi^, for a Legacy due the 16 of Jkiu Fthr. >l9^Cn$ihtmtl,\otVfioh3x:t\%ftiz l^6t$. Ntllt—" y-uiK. K ExftnasgtHtrsl, for the difference thereof — — Dittt. ^ ^ Bihittt, for my clear Eftate • — Cloth 7(^Jhes,'Delntor, I ' ^4». ■) (Stick, for 100 pieces remainiog unfold — — — 3 Feh. ( jctnrsje Crij^iM, for »jo pieces, part OR 6 Moncths- 4 March.'^ * ^yitvitt Ctljttii, for Difcount of a 1 6a //. 10 /. — J-ifiK. ^ {Prtfit and Ltf gamed by fail of 365 pieces "-■ ay Houfe the White Horfe, Debitor, ^in. I-T Stock, for the 29 I Jitnt. J* °LPrSfit and X#/, al, with a Legacy - by Rent Ji 1768 ia8 J 300 4J i»7i ito - 49tf ltf 7po'»8 511 J4P9 1^ 7 77 II 9i9 8 409 ltf 7J*lJt 9169 I I ' 1300 a ijco 196 5J8 3JJ4 1340 _tfo 3400 II to J Ml. Trsffic^or Commerce, M (. Juno *Dom» i66!^* In London, 1664 1665 1M4 166$ itf54 166s 166^ .1665 J ? IS 4 J It 7 »7 3 ! 5 I »7 «7 Diltt. Mtrth. DiUt. Utrth. Afnl. Dilt$. M4J. D$tt$. D$U$, J»nt. By Contra Creditor. ^ f^ OMthtnitly for 4 Btrrth, fotz 748 /<. at 4a /. ftr It- V^ CtnrAdt Crif^uHt paid in pu c ot 2 jo pieces ot C'/tf/;^ Msfhit Initrtfi Reckoning, for 2 ', Monechs imtrtfi of 100 /<•• ExftmitttHtrM., received for my general occafions — Pr0lit inSLtji\ paid my Wift tor Houfe ufc — — rtya^ttoAmlferjMm, tor/ipC-* e^/ijh Tim yny^ mf /tmirtfiUmy for (he charges of and 7mm if Extttr W*rtt ExPtHces gtiural, received of my C^/«" — — ■JtbM fitth[»H fiiuk^ his Account of Bdrlej — • Dd^iJ DtrliHg, piid unto Baraiit Brent ■ — ■ ■ • — > ■f0h0 ^dctif0i$ f f Wit, his Accompt currant for a 171 h, I lis. id. F,. remitted- • [.B.. . , J pieces- ( BdUifiet foi 14$ pieces remaining unfolii- Contra Creditor. 'ftn. XYiSr^rtncis Frenfej, for Rent due the 1 1 of Febr. June, j" M,Bi(i74«ff,forthei'r/*«/4/a$itcoll— -— ' — •t P a IJ70 itf - JOG — 4 j' 6 - 80 _ 3 10 — J 504 ~ - 54 3 4 70 -- 6 >3J »5 2 150 — 6 1174 4 7 ia49 a HW 7 I 1758 ij — IjOO ^^ - aj40 4 4J0 — a 426 4 - aoo _ - 36 18 - 728 — 5 4a I !> — 1 597 »7 92*9 I I laS 5 3" IS ai52 10 7 94 a 10 3554 IJ 3 60 7 aj4o — 1 aAoo — 6 4 6 I0I. «• i* Traffif(or Commerce, Fvl, 2. 1664 166^ 166^ itfj 1654 i66i l66/^ »7 19 ifi/frf AUerton at Lisbon, Accompt Currant, is Debitor, Jan. To Stock, dactomewpoaMemffyRe4z6SiW96o 'Bartel 'Banelfon, 'Debitor. J*n. \ _ ( Stock, for this «*W, doe the 27 of yf/nV next ■ Feir. ]^^\ Stock, for 700 /. lent out of my frivMte Efitte for 6 Mo- *""**-^ i^^*r. ConraJe Crifpian, Debitor. ,; ; C4/% > paid him now ia part of 25c pieces of cloth April. Ditto. N (-C4/fl, p. (- > RMlhts il. < )lntStock, for 6 Monet hs Dilcount of 95 9 A is. To a9 Jime. C )Froft and Loj^, gained by the fail of 748 /;. of Coneho- 426 200 9>8 JOG 33 ^094 1^27 33» 7 150 ijo J»3 5 neil 1x69 1570 16 10 10 16 I 17 3tf Evert Evertfon, Debitor. J T^*, 1 J, S Profit and Z»/, for a Legacy due the 24 of Jnne- — — 1 7 j Fehr. i L £ jff/rr ff'rfrw, for ^ j pieces fold, part on tf Mo. time — I5£ iytf4 3 -1?° 18 10 190 1 Ftliti Fol. J. itftf; 1664 1665 I6d4 I 2 4 1554 I 4 1654 166$ 3 4 9 16^4 Traffitk^or Commerce^ ^'' til. 2. l66^ 1665 166^ 1654 ltf^4 166^ 1664 3 4 1655 *3 JD/«tf. Anno 1 6 6^. In London, Contra Creditor. ) ^Fcyage to Amfttrdam, for ijytf 5By^C/'*fr//, fori Bane^fiwi; 185/1. Netio 19 ^w/if. 5 < David Darlings fold to him i Barrel, foix, 194 // »7 i;r«i „* " Cbwrr^ Creditor, Febr. > < David Darling, for my Afignmtnt ly Jnm. ?BylDitto£t/fr/,liisAccomptbymeiuC«w/-i/i7 29 i Ditto. ■Ba/lance, duetomeinready it/0»;jr Kkkkk 425 426 200 705 21 928 77 1500 1627 .P 12 12 340 369 300 itfo j 17 T169 17 959 481 5^3 1964 8 If. 4 6 ^ 2 10 6 33» 10 »7J 4 Jll -: 652' 15 Ftlitl* 8 4' i« Trafff(or Commerce., roi. J. 1 66% 1 66^ i66i Anno *Dom. i66^. In London, Trofit and Lo/}, Debitor, 4 14- II 22 *9 »3 12 14 >4 March. Ditto, Afril. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. fCafh, paid my Wife for Houre ufe Fr*ncis Frenfcj, for a years Wages by Agreement — Exfences gencr*l, paid to my Wife ■ Allert Allerton, tor defers abated Vojage to AmJ}erJam,ioi 3 pieces of 7V*» loft- ^To^ My Accomft currtHt at Amfierdtm , loft by tlie Ex' change Wojage to Hamburgh, loft by the fail of Peffer 1 My Accomft cmrant at Hamburgh^ loft by Exchange— - My Accomft cnrrant at Ddntziek, loft by Exchange — [stock, gained by Trading — ■ ■ l66^ l66i 3 9 Ditto. Febr. March. Afrtl. \ Ditto. I J»nt. I Ditto. J To Francis Frenfey, 'Debitor, fHoMfe the white fforfe, for Rent due \cUih Ralhet, for 30 pieces to pay upon demand I Bartel Bartelfon, ordered FraiKU to receive ot Bartel — Exfences general, for part of Wages paid in hand — Bartel Bartelfon, iov miae Afiignat ion- ■ Stock, piid him out of my private Eftate • Covert Colflon, for mine A l^i^nai ion i^KendrickKemf, for mine Aftgnatiom :■; — ^vuert ^olfton, Debitor 4 March.^-. fc/wA JJ4/i«, for 250 pieces fold in Truck 19 j fnnt. j {Ptter Brafeur at Dontuck, my Accomft cut currant- - I ' 10 100 20 48 19 2 6 6 1597 1871 60 321 SCO 20 7otf 421 S 10 >537 5 Ftlio]. * r Traffcl^or CommrcH:^ v Fol. 3. i66/^ I I » S ^dH. IS Bitto. 9 June. - I — I Ditto. 8 ^i Ditto. — \ Ditto. I 29 JUHC. — Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Diite. - Ditto. — I Ditto. — Ditto. Jnno Dom, i66^* In London, Contra Creditor, .'■' f Evert EvertfoH, for a Legacy, due the 34 (^ June Cap>, for advance of 700 DoJlari • Kerfies in Company, for my Provifion of jtfo //, at 2 //. per cent. — — • Ditto Kerftes in Company, for my { of the advance fehn Jacohfon Vinck at Amfterdam, his Accompt of Barlei . - ■— Uitio John his Accompt of Treagers Cloth , for Pro- vifion ^By Cloth Rafhes, gained by thefaleof ^cy pieces— Exeter Warts, gained by the faleof 12 j pieces f'oyaze to Amfterdam, configned to Jo.facoh[oH Vinck- Coucheneil, gained by fail ^'i 4 ^-^"J' 16^4 1 1W5 4 16^4 Vacate rn rv— --"t *. gained by fail of Goods Houfe the white Horfe, gained by Rent Shtp,t\\QSpeedn>elloi London, gained hy Freight — Intereft Reckoning, gained by tliefame . - \^lnfurance Reckoning, gained by the fame 15 II Contra Creditor, »«. , c txeter Wares, for 2 1 pieces to pay upon demand Urth. >'By| Profit and Lof!, by Agreement for a years iVages- - Ipril. ^ ^Conrade Crifftan, for the Foot of his Accompt - Jan Mart A Contra Creditor. 166$ 17 17 4 24 I ' Cajh, received of him upon Interift Interejl Reckoning,iQX ^ Moneths allowaiicc- Dur antes f for 80 pieces ready Money — rtbr. Ditto. March Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. June. J '\Francis frenfey, iot my A fignal ion By Exeier iVares, tor 1 30 pieces ready Money j Cajh, alTlv'ned by Ins Afignation j Clotb Rafhts, for the Difcount of a i^j /,; n j- '^ 5 7 558 Si 274 l%6 195 60 45 9 32 4, 8 » 5 a 3 a >' 15 10 io|_ 7' 6 ^3: » 1871 4 i| 853 - 100 - 1094 I 10 2047 300 6 i8o 514 1271 196 68 2557 10 18 II 3' folio ^ 2 10 8 8 +• Traffic^ w Commerce,, M 4. 1 5^4 i66s 166 /{ 166^ 1 554 1665 I 25> 13 4 29 I) »7 IP ifffffoitfd^.. In London. Ship, the SpeedwU of London, Debitor, ^M, 7- jT^/w*, for my ^ part thereof 55)»»r. i "Iprop and Lofi, gained by Freight-— Exeter Ware SfDebitor, ^dn. -. rfr4««fF««/iry, for 2 10 pieces to pay on demand - March. >To< Covir\ Gtlficn, for 1 30 pieces delivered in Barter — fuiu. > *■ Profit anil *»/, e»i*^ hy the fail of 2 2 } pieces- - Interejl '^kfining, Debitor, Fehr. "< \Ctfht for Itttere^oi 200 //. for 2 1 Moneths, allowed I i Bartei Ditto. >Toi. Covert G$l/ttit, for 3 Moneths allowance of 3 oo//. — /Ifril. I iBMTteU BdrtelfoH, for 4'. Moneths allowance !futie. ] (.Pr*/?/ and £*/?, gained by the fame-'-^ ■ j 16*4 1665 3 4 5 6 4 II 7 21 3 Expences (jencral, Debitor, MdrdO fctfh, received of my Cafhier for my general occafions- - jlpril. I \Ca(h, received of my C4/J/fr ■W-T. r TO'', Injfiranee Reckoning, received of Covert Colftott Ditto, i I STfr/iM in C«(»><»7, for 36 piect - 'bid — — gf wwf . J v'fgt to Amfierddm, for I o Semfetmtee: loft 4JO _45 45>y 853 SH 81 1448 3 6 21 _9 40 80 70 30 J7» 8 16 10 ii _* 16 8 Folio ^, •" « Ttafficf^or Commerced 4' i 1664 166% \66^ 166$ 166% l66\ l66i a? 29 «7 »6 »9 Anno 'Dom. \66^, In London, Contra Creditor, Ftbr. 1_ ^.Ci^,ioxvay ^,^i\toi Freight ^MHC. 3 y ^Ballance, for my /. part, which cod Qontra Creditor. r, '^ (Evert Evert fan, for py pier r«, p<»f t un & Monetlis rch/ ^rejdze to /i-fi*'tlam, for 130 pieces Ihipt by W, Fth 3''*»f. ) (. B.ill.ince, for 1 1 5 pieces refting unfold-;^ mlium Contra Creditor. 17 }F.etr. 7 fiyTDjW D-»r//A(f, for 4! Monetlis all wance — X I jifril, j ' \jConradc Crt/fu/i, for j Mo. forbearance of i o : olt 14 iv/jrf/t."] — j Ditto. 1 3 1 ?•'". i 9\Dittt. I 1 3 i Ditto, I ^\ Ditto. 29 ^fnt. J Contra Creditor, '^FrMcii /"rM/rr, paid in part of Wages — ■ — • I Voyage to Htmhurgh, for Chjrc/s — ■ • y<>yjge to Amfierdint, for iHjMrMie paid by i'>H' FroSt and £«/i*, paid my Wife for Houfe ule jjy f fl*/» facohfon Vinck, his Accomp* of Tragen Cloth— ) Kendrtck Kemp, paid him for InfurAnce — • Ker(ies m Contpanj, for charges paid by iiic ^ohrt facotfon Vintk, his AcCompt of Barley^ &c. Ditto John, his Accompt of Treagers CUth, &c. [Stock, which I took fonny private ufe • Lllll 45 7 _45o| - 495 7 4tf2 15 1448' i s 40 20 7 It 20 7J II 2 4 8 4Pg 57r (5j -8 8 4 17 4 I 6 8 11$ 8 J 8 4 10 7 Ftlitf^ 4» Tra/fcl^ or Connmerce. Fol. J. i66^ I 6^4 \66^ 166S 1 66s 1665 '** AmioT>om. \66^, In London, \ 'Durances, 'Debitor, March. To Crwfr/ Celfien, for 80 pieces delivered in B.irter- K^rfieSf and Dozens, Debitor March. To Htrman Herberts, lor 1 80 piccfs Hvrm/in Herberts, Debitor, 20 March,-) iConchcntil, tor I Barrel, poiz 185 //. iVrt/o — _ i:)/f/(?. < y^ Conrade Cnlpian, for nunc Alii^nAtion -^— . _ ' D-tto. ( Kerfics, and Dozens, for tlic DUcount of 59 1 /", - - 22 ' ^/^^ ^ JohnJacobjonVinck, his Accompt of Treai^ers Cleth- Voyagc to Amjlerdam, configned to fobn facob^ fon Vmcl{^ Debitor. To ! Exeter Wares, for 1 30 pieces, lliipt by William Tttum- 1 Cj//;, forpo C. of En^lilh Tmn ! Cajh, for Charges of Exeter fVares and r;«« — — 26 March. ^ 1 1 Ditto. , Exfences i^eneral, tor Injurance paid by inc 23 /)/«(> 29 7*"^ I AUert A Her t on :!il /,m^<7», for 1576 Barrels of //f/ {^i'^o/i'/ and lo/, gamed by ihis hqa^e Voyage to Hamburgh, configned to John Van Ejjen, Debitor. J I March, , ^ D.nul Darling, for I o Sajls of Pepfer 5 Jpril. >To5 Expences general, iox Charges upon the Pefftr- 23 I !>///(;. i < Kendrick Kemp, tor Infnrance of the i'c^rr ~ 180 591 48 1 49 60 520 till 16 3 4 5:4 I I 504 — ~ : 54! 3 4 la ; 17 > 425 I 12 3 274 15 1785 8 i66s + /qy^^e fo Dant:(icl{, configned to Teter ISraJeur, Debitor, 3 1 ^-rrcA. K^.jfc^w ^acohfon f'inck at Amflerdam, my Accmpt Cur- ly , {ffine. S *■ f re fit and Xp/, sained by the faic of Cttds ■ i ^ 2 I 369 10 387 6 186 3 J95 ' 381 ftlity ,_«r Traffc(oy Commerce, 45 Fi)l. 5. i66s yi,.noVm> i66^. In London, (^ontra Creditor. 'P ^une. By 54/y4Wf, for 80 pieces unfold ■■ Contra Creditor. i6d? ^ , *° i March,') ^.^ lia man flerl>(rl} ifonheDlkomxtof 591 /, *^ y«w. J "i.Bj//} received by my Cajhier of Kcndrtck Kemp i£65 Contra Creditor. 3 5P*»r. ^ , ExptHces general, for 10 Sempetrances loft — Ditto./ \Prffit Mil L*j^, ioT 3 pieces oi TiMnpetz 19 Ditto. /By <*My Accompt Currant^ for 105 1 1 Gtlders, for faleof my I \ ) Goods .- • 29 Ditto. ^ f4//4»ff, for feveral unfold ;f- 10 '^ Sll'^'t"' 7 *«M ' )Jolm -Jacolifv,., K.. Accompt of Trtagtr Clith {^Esftnas gentraly paid hunloix»/-^«»/-, fohn facobfon Vincl^^at Jmfltrdamj hi/Acompt ofBarle}, Debitor. M.iy. 1 fGafh, for chargfs,n the Receipt of j^j .garters Ditto. I \ KenJrick Kernf.ioi Dikountoi 175/. ijs. 6 d. June. ^-Jo' Expences general, for after Charges pi\i.\ by me -- Ditto, j I Profit jnii Lo^, for myProvifion of the fame-- Ditto. J i^His Accomft cnrrant, tor the Neat Proceed thereof — fohn facobfon Vmck^at Amfierdamy his Jccompt of Treagers Cloth, Debitor. Mai. Ditto. Ditto. Jiir.'. Ditto. Ditto. I E.Kpences general, lor Charges of 2$ Bajls Herman Herberts., for tliC DUcouni of 520 /. ! _ I Kendrtck Kemp, for Difcoum ot 630 /. 10 ^. ■ — I Expenccs general, foraftcr c7;4r^« paidby me I Projii and Lof, for my Provifion of the fame ^ j l.Hii Aceempt currant, ioiiht Neat proceed of VxiGoids- fohn facobfon Vincf^at Amflerdam, his Accompt Currant, Debitor. May ^ (Infurance Reikoninc, for Infuranceoi 300 /. Ditto, (t J#x/i, for 2171 /. I'j s.zd flemijh, remitted him Jm. ( )His Accompt of Barlq for 9 Slaters i Bufhet under (^ meafurc — ■ 1051 141J »7J 630 II "817 »33 4 7 217 7T »3 43 8 »3 977 1150 12 1 174 9 119 j 4 '7' 6 10 _ » 5 i «: 4 ij II 4 3 I 8 .71 8 8 7 10 1 1 X I ,:r 7 - V;.f' .'■ 1051 141J PI? 4 - »7S 630 II "817 »33 a 4 7 J 17 3<^5 >7^ 6 10 _ » 5 8 li 4 -| '^ ij ' 11 7T *3 43 8 »? 977 1150 1174 9 X19J 4 8 3 8 7 - Tr^ffck^w Cmmircel 4^ /«/. 6. ltf^5 31 >9 ttf«5 5 S3 7 >7 >4 i«fS tMf AnnoVom, t66i> \n London, Contrn Creditor. '^ 'A^^ il/4r(£. 1 C ^'T'l;' to DdHttiek, configned to Peur BrdftMr 'ifh, for 8700 cildirt drawn bf me, for my Accompt- , for 367a GiUers, doe to mc 2>'M«. C ' l'''"''*'*^'' fof 3671 CfMrr/, doe f r#/rr and L*f, loft by the Exchdn^ t Diut. -1 — Contra Creditor. ^ ^ , i^/'^'/V. "^ / rtj4je to Hdmimh, for i»f»r4i$et of ''ff"* ■W-ir. I I ^».fM$hft» riMkJtm Accompt of BtrUjMx Difcount- Diit0. )■ By Ditto f0hi$, hii Acc«- for Tresferi Cltth, for Difcount- ^Mr. \ Frdiuu Fregff If for vn 1 COMTTtf Creditor, *i Mdj. \^^atrmMUtri€rtt,(att3B^6Mtoium »7 Ditt0, l \KmdrkkJlltmft for la Mij" ^; fNK.p ( Ditto^. his Aecompc of Hrltj, for theNeatPr6< 9in».^^y^Ditto^«A», his Acconpc of 7rr^3 II « 43 a49 "817 180 17J 9 3<5 jio gjo llfo ai7 .977 I 6 I 4 14 8 «7 10 S ? 8 II II 6 II I Mmnnn F#to7: 4tf Traffc^or Commercf, rtl. 7. 1655 16S5 l66i 166$ l66i i9 as 9 19 l66s »9 jtnno Dom, 166^, In London, ^ Infurance ^c^o»/wg, ^Debitor, ^»k*. To /r#/fr and £•/, gained by the fame '• •/■- K^rfei in Qompanj for Evert Evrtfon and my felf, cach\, 'Debitor, Mdf. V fDdviJ Ddrlin^, for j6^itiesbaa^ht •.11. June. 1 I Exftnees central, for chtrges paid oy me •• Dittt. [Tol^ro/f/antrz.Wf, formyProTifionoi jtfo/. • liver EvertfM, for his half of his advance--— Dittt, Dittt. J I fr#(f» Mv I /rtjf. for my \ of the advance Evert Evert fon f his Jccompt by me in Company, ^Debitor. ^unt. To Ditto Lvtrt, his AccQmpt propcr/or frimifMlindgtins- fohn Van Ejfen at Amjlerdam, my Accompt Currant, Debitor. ^ime. To ; tjd£e to Hdmiurgh^ for 3 600 Mtrkt Luitfks — — — Teter 'Brafeur at ©4wf j^jV i^,^ my Accompt Cur^ rant, Debitor, » . ,^, /***. To Vfjdgl to DtHtzick, for 2960 i^Wi/l //»r/«i Sallance, Debitor. 'Ddvid DdritHg., due to meia ready M0i$ty ^r^ Evert Lvtrtjtm, due to me in ready M0Htj • My Actemfteurrdia, at Amfttrddm, 3672 CiUtrs due tome Cliihs.tfhts, for 14J pieces unfoli-- Dttti. Ditt$, Dittt, Dittt. D' tt, ' jjj ; Extter Wdrts, for 1 1 j'pieces rcfting unfold Dittt, ^yijd^e to Am^trddiH, for fevcral uafold WirM- bittt. Difii. Dittt. Dittt. I Dittt. j '//tK/e the White Htrfe, for Primifdlis it coft Shif, the Sttedwti, for my /, part thereof Dtr antes, for 80 pieces uiubld ■ KtrRet^ tor I zo and 60 Dtuns — ■ — ■ Cd^it rexxuioiog in wy Cdfintrt handt -«: 3> 300 a 7 jtfo «75 378 381 6 4 4 18 II itfo 145 «7 4 10 10 4 3«7 94* 471 64J 1340 4JO 180 530 itf "4y « 748a I 4 9 a F^i*"!. Traffc(or Cmtnerci, 4i ftl. 7. i66i J 6 l66i 6 a? 1665 6 7 l66i l6tfj l<6$ Jnno Vom, 1661, In London. Qontra Creditot, , ' ,it' ^ A^-17. I^ r£*^*/ifMx#«rr4/, recei?edof Gtvtrt arifttit '— Dittt. S Xf'^i' ftttfw yiiuk ac Amfttrduityhii Atcmft t»rr*ta- Contra Creditor. M»j. By Exftncts gtmrtl, for 36 pieces fold Contra Creditor. ij Mff. y^ iDMvi J Dtrliiigtfot my ^pgMlitH !=:^— 9 ^i»»r. j 'Xxtrfia in Cmfitnj^ for his ; of the advance- - -_sj^ Cb»/r4 Creditor, rMy Acttmp CurrdHt at Amfttritmy drawn by myap- i^ 5^inir. ) rMy Acttmp Currdm at Amfitritmy draw I >Im poimment 3600 jV4rh £«^ 3» 3do P * ijo I - i7J 4 8 371 6 18 It 378 18 II 374' 18 38X 748* 8 8 8 i?/ Trsffic^ or Commerce. Of Ccmmodities in general u* Jed in Merchandt^ey and of the fycnledge thereof. 4t d^mmt' Jour Commoditiei lie upon your hands^ uftdcnt care is to be taktntoi tlitii pre- fervationt ior die winch tlierdulluwins Dircdions willnutbealtogtilirr unncccl- ' fary,!//* lor Sus^rs. Dr»^$,Sp,ca, S,lh, ,»;« - and tuch like Conuno(ti(i»iirebtftiobc *-'<"■'« kept ilry Jnd tree iroin moyAurc \ tl.ccontiary. t$iuct, Ctvit, Mmk, yn- digruft, and tlie like , are bcA tu be kept alioca dli■l)m^, ALL Commctiities that are vended „ , , by Mtrthtntiy or other*, may dtlv i o moiA , and where noairi$\ Again, fon'ie bededuced into two kindcs, vit. SMiurtl^ Commodities an bcft prtferveJ wlicn ktpt itii Ariijltidl : By Natdral CcmmoJities ii>ithout air» and in a dry place, as fonic may be underftood I'uch as the Earth, or fVmts and frmtiy and there are other Creatures doproduce, nC§titm$,Wiiui, Commodities which do differ in refpcAot' I Ojlit^ Iruitt^ Dra^Sf Sfi(t$\ alfoGfii/, the place. Tome being bcft wlun kepr Stlvtfj lrf»^ LedJ, Tih, with all other inlowandcloreWare-houfes^ whcrcaso- ' forts of Metals I Ikeviiie Preciim SitaeSy thers aic bed in high and ait y places, all and ctmmi ^ with all other things which whicharctobcwellubfetvedinthehourc- lie hid in the bowels of ilicK«*th • Fipm infj, and keeping of your Commodities, Creatures, as WVi/,Jrji»5//i,<^f. all which *• umill you have a fitting opportunuy lor aie brought to their purtty by the ioduftry the Tale thereof : ..or it itfuthcienttopte* of Man. By Artificial Commodities are ferve your Commodities founJ. and trom to beufiderftood fuch asareondy made dammagc,but there ought to be waves by the art and tnduftry of Man . as Limttti found out for the b«ttiting them, if poifib- and irMeit Cluh^ all forts ox DrtftruL ly you can, by aJdiitg a gi eater vigouc, f/ikuks ai Silky Mtimfdamrts y and all ftrengrh, life or beauty unto them ^ And, other Manual devices whatfoever. if it IhallhapDert, that, through an acci* •riMtk Furthermoiethefe, and the like Com- dent, or byoammageatSea, yourCom* •^'¥u>( modifies, may be alfo diftinguiflied into iBoditiesukehurt, rather than loTe them, ZJ^lS*^ two other forts, town, Sufk^ tad Ufit^i^i good quantity of the fame Commodi- CtrnmnbUet \ and dtttjiwg^ or imfsirii^ tiy. being mixed with a rmallpropotioa CmmtditM. The Stii^ are thoTe that of the bad , will faive all , be they Sjicttt »*"»• 4 I Will endure for ever, without growing rr»iti y or the like ^ alfoifjiWI/. JkHm- tktmt ll!.ri 4 t fm/li ttkf mtliiin. mdfril ttmittd. mmtfi. "'111, \^ woife, andfuchareCrnMw, CfUy Silvtr, Stuft^ &c. have loft theu colour, or are and the like : Their^^jM^arerachasate ftained, they may be dyed into another fubjed to corruption , lofsoftail, fcent, colour, rathn than lofe them, colour, or the like, as FFimSt Mmk^ Again, it is required in a Mtrthdntxo ftjf,',^,_ Ojlsy CiTHy fi/h, Siik, Sfitts y Fnittf v'^ave a particular infight in Trades, and **;•;■; 1TC. n HecTpecially lo thoTe which arc Handi- W.V.^ Seeing that Comrooditiei areof fodif>40aK.«.> ; by which means he is noc unely '.T^'Z ferent a nature , the Mtrtkmt ooght to made capable to underftand chegoodneu "7^*- have a treat iiifight and knowlalge in of Commodities , bat alfocheir true value; ^("'""" them; alfo thetiuetvorth,goodne(s>and and for the better uoderftanding the faid ' eftimation of them is tobe confidered by goodnefs. I hold it convenient to keep him \ hkewife what are tlie bed feafons to Patterns or Examples of the beft. and pri- vcnd, or buy them to advantage, and mefto£allCommodities. butefpeciallyof how to preferve fuch Commodities as ate thofe wherein his Trade doth moft de- fubjeft to deay in a good condition. pend: io that wt>en hehathanyoccafion For the buying oi Commodities, he lb buy anyComOiodity, by comparing it ought to obferve theSeafons, as ff^ajo with the Pattern, tlieeoodoeTs will foonbc and/'r»/>;, when tlie Vintage iS) they then found out, by whicnhemay|ttdgeofthe being plentiful , and To by cotkequence price: but the goodnefsof tneCominodi- tlie cheapen ) inbrief, asotfjiasyoucan, ty is no general rale in the buying of Com- , aH^fellinafcarci- moditiesj for giutts and fcarcities of Com- modities are to be obferved , as alTo the feafons of the year. In Summer,moft Com- modities being cheapcft; oowthereafons which indncetn me to fay they are cheap- er io Summer than Winter arc thefe : fuft. ahv.iys buvinaglutt, af^t^llinafcarci- ty ; to which etid it iscoi||hticnc to have your • Fadots, or CorreTpondence refident in thofe Places where yoa have Com- metce Fnrthennore, wheo it Hull happen, that Traffick^ o^Qommcrce. riift, tlif «!aye»aiclon!;rrani!warmcr, lb' I y in Forcian p.ii t< , ought to Ih' well l-al j,^„ that Haniicrnlts-nun may iloiiuMc work, fi< ' tt In ,n k' tti if t,tmm 4t IMI. and with lifs ihargc: Secondly, as to thofc C\)mmuditirs whicli thcharthproiiuceth, OS Oyls, VViiies Siii;ars, I'ruits, A:c. it is amviunt, that tliiy may be bought at clicapn latcj iiuhcVinta^jforSMlon, or loon alttiA thiy tlicn being plentiful. There arc levcral vvayts , as I fliulbe- lit l(*M rdas to his ridelity and Ability, their *j^'/' «■' well-fare depending on them r, Un i dif j'*'. «^ honefl StrvAHt or Faihr, makctli lumfclt* '"',„',% rich , but the 3/ i>.,,n. falleth upon their own heads. UjJ,''' "• 2. If he IS ordered to make affuiance latli power to make a good falc, 40 upon luch a Ship , o; Goods laden for a certain Voyage, or to luch a Place, and ^«.'.■, n Ihrrtli -tl Jk M„. the Seller an^i Buyer 5 for the telf imony of a Sworn Broker is a fufficicnt evidence to decide the fame. Of Servants J andFoBors, A iierchdnt before he doth intruft his Strvtnt or Ftltgr too much, cfpecial- der , hath MoHcj in his hands to pay the (aid /«- jurtnce , and doth not ^ neithcrgivcth no- tice thereof to tht Mtrch.int , who might liave infured it at another Place; and if in fuch a cafe the Ship or Goods perilli at Sea , the faid FtiiJcr is lyable to the laid lols, without fomefuthdentreafonto the contrary. 3. They muff he vcryflri>.'\inobferving the Merchants I. filers of Credit. 4, If he buy damnihed Goods , he is to bear the lofs •, but if they were found and good when they were bought , and after- wards come to fomedammage, then the Merchant is to bear the faidlofs. J. If he fell Goods, receive the Money, and afterwards difpofe of it, without or to another , fo that it becomineth Nnnnn lofs, 4.5 Trdffick^ or^mmercel >•'■ 'run- lofs, in fuch a cafe he is to make fatisfofti- onforthefaidlofs. 6. If he buy Goods according to Vit order, and tliat afterwards they happen to be dearer, and he fliippcth them private the mttrk, if of an eminent Jt/^rrA^wf, they finde quick falej and fecondly. By the mark, the Falter to whom they are con- figned, doth come to the knowledge thereof, as what and whofe they are, as ly to another place to gain thereby, con- by the Btll of Lading , which is figned trary to Iiis Order ; in fuch a cafe the Mer- by the Captain or Mafter of the Ship , doth r/& ■ No Ship nii«M he fraightcd without a o^frti^' Chdrterparljy that is, a Covenant be- twixt two Parties , viz. the Merchant , or other who fliippeth the Goods , and the Ma/fer who owncth the Ship, forisim- powered by the Owners) and rcceivcth them. And in thefe Charterparties , that is, Bills of Lading , which the Mafter fign Soil ./ to gam tt lieCuftom thereof, and the Gootfs lo concealed be found out , and fei- jed, lit' is to bear the faid lofs. 1 2, If he committeth any unlawful a^ by the tranfporting of prohibited Goods, or the like-, and there happen any lofs thcr .'by ; in fuch a cafe the Merchant is to unckigo the fame: And thefe, withfcve- ral other Rules too tedious to fetdown, modifies, as to their numhers,marks,ort]^e like ; as alfo of whom received , and to wiiom configned, muft becxpreflcd. Alfo the Ma^er cii"agcth , to deliver the faid Goods in gotw Condition , and free from dammage , or hurt , to the place configned, a*. cording to tiie Contents of his cA. 41' IJ!3tbcJ3amcoftSol),9mfn. /AB, c/London , Merchant , <«/ rvttl in his otvn K.ii>ie , as for and in 'he name and names of till and eve: y oihcr Perfon and ferfws to nhomthe famedolh, may, or Ihallaffertain in f.trt , orinatl , doth make afjiirance, and Goods and Merchandize, or any part thersof. And in cafe of any hfs,or misfortune, it fba/l he lawful to the jffitred, his, or ether Factors and Servants , and^f?i^ns, tofiie, labour, and travel jor, tn, and about the defence, re- covery , itnd fafeguard of the f aid Goods and Merchandizes , or any part thereof , without prejudice to this Inftirance •, to the charges whereof^ we the jlffiirers wil! contribute each JOcne , according to the rate and quantity of his Summ herein affured. Jnd it is agreed by us the Jnjurers , that this VVritinv and Afju- rahcr fhatl be of *s much force and ejf til ^ as the furefl Policy, or IVnting of Afjurance heretofore made m I. O M B A K D Street, or now within the Royal Exchange, LON- DON. Andfo we the Affwors are content- ed J and do hereby promije , and bindcour felves each one for his own part ^ our Heirs, ciiijcih hinifelf, and '//<•«», ^»,t /iiery of^oJ-'xecutors, andCoods , telhe Affured, his tlKjn to be injured y lofl ornot lofi, from the Po'tcfLcndontoihe Port fl/Sev.lI/wSpain, upon any ktnd<. of Coeds and Merchandize whaifoercr^ laden or tobe laden aboard the good Sh.'p, called the Dolphin of Londoii, burthen thr'e hundred and fifty Tunns , or thereabouts whereof it Mafler under God for this prrf.'Nt yoyji^eCj.u. omhofoeverelfe Pull go for Majier tn the JaiJ Ship, or by nh.itjotver other name or names the fame •> ship, or the Mafler is , or fhall be named or called. Beginning the adventure upon the faid Goods and Merchandize, from, and im- meduteU following the loading thereof a- toard the faid Ship at the Port of London, and lo fhatl continue , and endure, untillthe (aid Stiip with the faid Goods and Mcrehan- dtzr whatfoever jhall be aim 'd at Scvd a- forefiid, and the fame there fafely land- ed ■■ .in-' it jhall be lawfullfor the faid Ship 4° tn this Voyage to flop and flay at any Ports cr places leiween London andStv\\\,without prejudice to this Infurance\ the faid Goods and :.ierchandiz es by agreement is and jhall be 1 atuid at fve hund'cd and ffty pounds Jlerlmg , without further account to begtven for the fame. Touching the adventures and pertli which we the A^urers are contented lo tear, and do take upon m in this f'oyage, are "■utors , Admintflrators and 'ifigns, for the true performan.. ,f.l„ Premifes, acknow- ledging our felves paid the con fiderai ion due unto us for this Afjurance by A. \i. at the rate of fifty shillings pt- r Hundred pound Ster- ling. In wi'nefs whereof, we the Affurers, have fubfcnbed our Names, and Summs aj- furedinLO'tiDOU. I If. K. am content wlrli this Aflii- ratuc , for the Suinm of Two hundred pounds. London, this 20th ot 'Noziembcr^ i 6 6 :^. I U. i\f. am content with this Affu- uncc , for the Summ of Three hundred pound', f.onc/on^tlus 24th oihioz'ciiib r , \ 66 ^. Tliere are AfTurances made upon Goods homewards bound, as from Stvill to Lon- don, which then niuft be fo mentioned; alio upon Goods outwards , and home- wards bound . as friMn London to Scvill, and from Sevill to London, wliichinfuch ef the Seas , Men of War, fire, Enemies, JO cafes ir.uftbefofpecificd. There are Af- Firatci , Movers , Thieves , feitczones , furances alfo made upon the Tackle and Letters of Mart and Counter-m.vt , Surpri- T-urniture of the Ship, as alfo upon the ' ~ ' " " " ■ Ship it fclf;Iikewifc upon AnnuitieSjLives tnelike, Aflurances arc u'iu., made zah , Takings at Sea , Reflraints and De tainmenis of all Kings, Princes, and People, of what Nation , Condition , or J^aliiyjoe- ver , Ai rejls , Barratry of the Mafler, and Manners, and of all other periUs, lofjes,and mufortunes that have, or fhall come io the hurt , daminage , or dc'riment of the jaid or tneiikc, Aiiurances arc un,..< maue. All which muft be mentioned in the Ptiicy'tf Afjurance. A word or two in way of caution to the Affurors, viz. that they have knowlcdgeof the Mafter of tlic Ship , as 10 his lionefty, and I mm if Crnlii ,/ /^*l rrfm- Itiim, Mn4 ■*« iti) fai 01 t.t,.kt ifl Trafficator Commence. 4^ and ability, that the (hif be found, good, and well provided with able , and f xperi- enced Mariners, with Previfion, Tackle^ jlmmuHition, Cuns, and other neceffaries for the Voyage, that they have refpeA as to tlie Goods infured , whether they be decaying and fubjed to damage as Wines, Oyls, Fruits, or the like; or laft ing as Lead, tinn, Iron,Cloths, drc that rous to the Merchant that figneth them, for without his F«iior Friend, or Servant be honeft, he may be eafily deframkd, for hefetteth Iiis name to a blanck pnptr, as if one fliould Sign and Seal to a blanck Bond, and deliver it to another, lb that if he pkafeth, he may make him become his Debtor tor as great a fum as he pleafeth, tliereforc to be wary, avoid they have regard to the dangeroufnefsof io)fjww^ tofuch blanks, tliough you tliink the times and feafons, as Warrs, Pirates, and the Winter feafijn •, and that tiuy have knowledge in Geography, for their better underftanding , the diftances of places, and the dingcroufnefs of tiie Voy- age, as to Flats, Sands, Rods, and (o- f(v;li, all vvhicharetobccoiifidered, and accordingly agree for the /tffurance. Of Letters of CrcMi, and 'Blanks ftgned. T Btters of Credit ue had in great re- _ putation, among Merchants , and tr.4, „,,- j|.g pjygf of iiitm \vill be well fatisfi -d be- mi., .*., fore he makes them •, it concerning the "' credits of them both, for the party to 0'1,'i.r Jrttttt »f Crn/il ./ your Faihr, Frtend, or Servant, bene vcrfo honeft: i'orthc World is deceitful, and who knows liow fuch a thing may tempt him to dillionefty, though againft his nature. Letters oi At'ornej, Procurations, Tranf- ports. Conveyances, crc are ufcd among Merchants, but by leaibn they are beyond myintendffl mecliod, I |]iall no further ao touch upon them, fuppoling that they are as far as is nccelfary futhciently known to Merchants. Having thus briefly given yon the qua- lifications of a Merchant, together with fuch tilings as are ncccflaiy to be under- ftood, andpiaiSifcd in the trade of Mer- chandize, ;is to a mans particular felf -, In the next place I (hall treat of them as they are united, and Incoiporated into Socie- ri,f. whomitisdireftedwillqucftionhisability 3o/<«, Fellowfhifs, o: Companies, as thofe fr^;; and w hether he is able to repay it again, before he acceptcth it » and the giver- maker, or others concerned if he doth not accept it, will judge him weak, and not able to do it. Tliefe Letters ef Credit, art notliingclfc but the giving Credit to another, as for example •, a Merchant doth fend his Faiitr, Friend, or Ser- vant to take up menej for fomc occafi- ofthe Merchants Adventurers , Mofcevj Merchants, TurkejMexchmts,Eall- India »■<. M«rchants,£ire, clecefter , Somerjet, Kent,^r. 'I't.u King Edwardthethitii, finding them fo fettled, and obferving the great Trade in Flanders, by the J ndraping of the Eng- lifhmols there, did ( when he joynedin league with the /•/fw/ff^againft the King of France ) encourage the Engli(h Mer- chants in thofe parts to deale with Clo- thiers of tiiat Nation, to come ©▼« into in great quantities, Mo Lead, Tin, Oyles, Silk, JVorfled, and ^'o/len (leckings. Halts, Silks , Fruits , Spanip> nines , (jrc. for which to the great enriching of the Na- '"' tion, they import Linnen-cloth, as Cam- triijues, Hollands, Lawns, Diapers, ^c. in great quantities, Aio 1 apejlries, Rhe- nilh-wines-, Mather, Hopps, Latten^Blades, Ci'n mjd, , ritt »fl;- , livittd l-ilnitit. England; and litre to 'reft their Looms 20 ioj/c, if.,,, j-latrs, Crpper, Brafs, Steel, anti A/4««/".i(7»rf, wliith accordingly was '-- "-^ i-/:'— - - ■ peiformtd, and took fuch effed, that the (aid jr/»^by the advice of his Parliament, firft prohibited the exportation >rM/y,ncxt by Priviled^es, and Ait of Parliament invited cloth-makers, and Workers, over into England, and at laft fo prevailed, that he prohibited all Forraign Cloth to be imported into this' Realm. Afterwards King Henrj the fourth in Anno 1406. jo under him for' all their o'ther Refidencies taking notice oi the fervices of thisOw- and Courts both in tliofc forraign parts, fj^Tiptlic rife, and tncrcafe of the A/4- and within £/fc/4W, as at London, York, nufaflures oi Clothing, and the benefit Hull, Nemafile, &c. togctlicr with Af- of the Government ot the faid C»»»/'4»>r, fiflants, Treajurers , Chaplains , Secreta- Iron , ^nkfiher, .V^m.,,. annponder. Flax, Hctnpe , Allom , IVax , Minerall- Salt, &c. ThcGovcinment of this Company isby their charters committed to the Major part of the faid /(r//di»'//i//>, refiding beyond the Seas ; where annually in the montli of J^nne, theyeled one Govemturoi the v,Uo\e fello»(hip, with Deputy Covernonrs didcftablilli the fame by Grant under the great Seal, which faid Grant hath been confirmed, and enlaiged by all his fuc- ceflbrs except Edtvard the fifth. And Qiieen Elizabeth in the fixth year of her ries. clarks , and all other officers con- venient, and requifite .for the executing their Ordinances , and prefetving, and upholding the Government chj^eof ; who keep Courts as often as their occafioits Reign, being fallen in breach with PA//«^ 40 require. I fliould here according to my the fecond King of Spain, Loid of the Netherlands , drc did for the iflumg, and vent of the Clothing of this LamI, which daily encreafcd, a^d under her great Seal all the parts of Germany unto thofe of the Netherlands, and authorized the faid fellvwfhip, to treat with the Princes, Po- 11', ['"" tent at es. States ind Cities of Germany ki intended method haveinccrtcd the names of thofv' to whofe care the management of the affairs of the faid Company is commit- ted, as the Covernour, Deputy GvernturSy and A[ft(lants, but by reafon of their new c- ledion which is to be in the moneth of ^uHt, and the not knowing, nor getting knowledgof the names of the prefenc "'*.;' aStaplc or refidenc, and Piiviledges as ////f/M»//, ( which aie many ) I have con fu.Iir'i" they enjoyed in the Hetherlends , which jo tented my felfto give you the name of fo happily fucceeded as that tlic Clothing tlie preftnt Goveinour, whicli is the VVor- found ample vent. Fi'ft, m Emden, then in Hamburgh; ahcrwards in Stondor Stade, and then again in Hamburgh where it con- tinues ; and now ti.e fiid jeUcmjhip hath two Marts, the one in Dordrecht tor the Netherlands-^ and the otiier in Hamburgh tor all Germany , which laft is the JKad and thici Court of all the faid feSmJhip, ftiiptul Sir Richard Ford Knight, Alder- man of London ) and their Deputi G«- verntur for London j and Sir Charles Loyd. Barronet. This Company of Merchants Adven- 'l^"^" turers, have by their r'-x/-/fr/feverali'ri- viledges, and Immnr granted them, as power of making Ailsandordinancis, ^^ t"y- ... H VTW., ^ ^H ,^...,.. ■ Tht'ir •Jo ■ ;.<•■/;. R/.. ■JtJ Tn ejmmtii ■ I'll imf.fi td.tmdlm Traffic1{ or Commerce] • • 4.7 fo as they are not repugnant to the Lam hides, Buff-Hides, Cowhides in thehaire, of England) for tlie good and Govern- Goate-skins undreaft, Cordovants, TanJ- ment oi tlie faid Trade, likewife power h/des, Hoggs -Irnjfe Is, Raw-f,ike, Come, to heart and decide caufes, and to im- Linfeed, ffingglafs, shod, Beever-mtly plead, fine, andpunifli offenders as they and mfw^J.feveral forts of rich f»rj, 5^4/- pleafe •, to ufc a common Sealy and bear skins, Rnberbe, Caflomm, Agartck , with ■ a Coat of Arms,&c. Tlieir Cw/of Arms feveral other Z)r«f^j, Traine-oyle, Flax, is as foUoweth , viz.. Barrj-nehulee, Ar- //«/»/>/, com fe and fine, Linnea, Caviare, gent, and /Izure, 3ideift]uarterly,0T,md md Salmon, Stock-fijh, Ced-fifh, Bacon, Gules, in the Fiift and Fourth, two \o Porke, Beef, W\.i\\ o\.\\er Proviftons,d'c. ,, Befesoi the Second, in the Second and This Worfliipfui Company or Fellow- Third, a Lyonoi England, and for their fliip of Merchants ise,ovemsdby i Gever- 7hi Ct. t'trnmint e/ thf C\m- »..VY -fw» 7teir ^a R:j:. Cre(l on an Helmet and Wreath of their Colours , a Pegafus , or Fifing Horfe Ar- gent, charged on each H'tn^, with three Rofes, Gules, B-trbed, and feeded proper , and for their fupporters two Paffes as their Cre(l, Motto, Cod he our defence. The next IS the Fellowlhip of rhcEng- lijl) Merchants for difcovery of New Trades^ commonly called the m t> s c u V 7 C o M f ^1 j^c t , being firft Incorporated in the beginning of thf Ueign of King rhitip , and Queen Mary, upon the dif- coveryof //?« , Lands, Territories, and Signiories by Seas lying Northwards, North-eaftwards, and North-wcftwards from England : and was afterwards con- firmed by an Aft of Parliament, in the eighth year of the Reienof Qiiecn Etiza- .4, J T,, he'th, and Iiave by their Charter feveral Immuniies and Pnviledges granted them? as to raife Armes, for the fubiiuin" of CouHtrys; in the limits aforcfaid, and to enter thereon, and At up Englifb Stan- dards;io make Aitsmd Ordinances for the good of the faid Trade, provided they Mt-not contrary to the Laws of E nglan d^ to punnitli offenders , by Fine or IniM|||n ment % to ule a common Seal, and bear : Coat of Arms, &c. ihvr.Comfanj is found very profitable totliis Nation, by the Trade they drive iiui> .ytof'^ovy and other parts with the faid limits by the Commodities they export, and tor which they import feveral rich and good Merchandizes. The Commodities by them exported fromhcncL- arc IVoolen cloths of all forts both dyed and dreft, Bayes, Perfttuantes, Fuflians, and Nor wtch (luffs, proportionable dyed and dreft ; Lead, Tinn, Pewter, wrought Allom, and Copper, Thread, and Lace, alfo mudi nour. 4. Confuls, and Afijlants, con- '"'' filling of 24. who are annually cliofen out ot the faid Fellowjhip, on the fi' ft of March, which faid Gtvernour , Confuls, and A^iftants, or the Major part oi them, are to mannage the affairs ot the Com- pany; which at preffnt is committed to ,0 rli«caici)r'^o/;« ^o////c. El q ; Go vernout, "<■ ww^ Mr. Nicholas Penning, Mr. Benjamin V-oX','. Albyn, Mr. Daniel Edwards , and Mr. "^"^^Zi Tho. Davjes , Confuls -, Mr. jho. Han- -W""- cox, Trcafurer. Sir James Modyford, Henry Spur/loeEfq-, Mr. George Dickons, Mr. Francis Pargiter, Mr. Richard Adams, Mr. Benjamin Glanvile , Mr. Richard Broke, Mr. Edward Lewes, 'Mr. Thomas V/oodcocke , Mr. Benjamin Coles , Mr, ^0 James Toung, Mr. George Midlemtre, Their Ut- dcfcftive Wines, and Fruits, not fit to beij)entin this Kingdom, together with raort forts of Englifh Commodities , for whicli they import Pct-aflxs, Tarr, Cor- Jage , Cable-yarne, TaIIow, Wtx , Rtd- Mr. \Rohert Canning, Mr. Charles Car ryl, Mr. Edward Fickers , Mr. James Court nay, Mr. Samuel MevertU , Mr. Edward Bell, Mr. Wiltiam Vickers, Mr. George Grove, Mr. John Porter, Mr. Ed- mond Davenport, Mr. John Cervfer, and Mr. Richard Perry, The Atchievement belonging to this Company, viundee of 6. pieces Azmv, and 't'"'"" a 40 Argent over all, a Ship under faile, pro- Cer, having on each laile a Crofs Gules, etwcen j Befants, on a chief, or, on a Deff , between 2 Rofes Gules , a Lyon Pafjant, or, and for their Cr?/? on an Hel- met, and Torce, a Licards head, erazed proper , gorged with a Crowu Gules , and for their fupporters, on tlie Dexter-fide a Lizard, and on the fin.fter an Apres, both proper and Gorged with Crowns Kerftes , Cottons, 50 Gules, and (landing on a hill. The next Company istheLErA NT, n,cm. or Til RKE7 Company of Merchants, f"> •> I'll I- !•/• f t - Letint, which by their difcovery, made the firft mt*"" Trade into the Signorie of Fenice , and then into the Dominions of the CraiU Signiour, and incladingthe Tr4oratcdin the Reign of Qiieen £//- pany of Merchants whatfoever. This :,deth, and fince confirmed by her Sue- C«|^«ys managed by a yp^az/^oti, which ceflbrs, and have fereial Immunities and n^pWem very Potenr, Eminent, and Priviledges Zramcd them-, as making of 4° Ricff ; and is found feveral ways to Ix; Laws and Orders for the good Govern- very advant-ig'^us to the Kingdom, as in mentof the faid Fellowfhip, and having by their charter power of deciding con- troverfies which arife in the faid Com- pany, astotheirTrj*^^, giving of Oaths and impofing of Fines, or imprilbning of offendors to their dilVretion, alfo the ufinga Seal) and bearing :x Coat of Arms, i^(. And for the better performance of their building of good Ships, in the Im- ploying, and maintaining of thoufands, not only in their Ships, but alfo in their Plantatitm and Faftortes, .is Faflors and Servaitts, to whom they allow good fal- larics, and according as they are found Indullrious,' and Ingenious, they arerai- fed to a higher degree, and accordingly the faid Trade, they are governed by a jotheirfallaricsare augmented, the like may *J lit ^MW Governour, Deputy Governour, and Court e/A/iflants conliUing of i8. who are an- nually (inthemonethof February) chofen by a genera' confcnt, out of the LxldCem- p4Ky,\\hij Meet and keep Courts, moneth- ly, weekly, or as their occafions require, acting anddoingfuch things as tendethto be faid of their Servants hejeat home. A- gain they are found verybencricialto this Nation by the great Trade they drive, in tlie Exporting and Importing fo many and i;reat quantities of ) rich CommoditieSy laving the Trade of India, Ferfia, and Arabia. The Commodities which are ex< < < i •* s r. /, ii: ra "/ m Si . ^^ ' na fev wli •WWW"/ tf by :::'-" cor of X'cr ivhi chc the chc tiou mei fciti by tnoi rcqi ing Mill thti the fide to I for thii mid andl van 71t wtmei tin t»f.rl- the good of the faid Fellowfhip, and the ported from hence by them, arc /w« of iiitfiageuicnt of their Trade, as by appoitt- Eight, DfSari, Broad-cloths, ftrfttuan- < M nfitls, >lacts ijrna, ire to iny or lifting >f this ,, nittcd ...A,,.«, :ul Sir ^:^'^- nour , rriiour, Ir. A'/- Love Ho tj r. ftha hj, Mr. \\.'7ho. At. Ben- 's, Mr. 4r. P4i«/ Ir. ^^cAw f, , a Shiii \'"' ■^'- ( in the orated in i^; and hath evxral o- (fj added ccccding IS ample or fow This ck, which lent, and ys to be jtti, as in t'v- \ the Im- loufands, in their actors and good fal- ire tound :y aierai- ;cordingly t like may lome. A- ial to this drive, in many and crfiM, and ichareex- e feiees of rtrfttmn- tts. Trafficl^ of Commrce: 4!> CM, FtwdtTy £lefhtttts-terf' 7W 94mtt JmGnn. their Plantations, and FaClones, alfo for the viewing of the Accounts of tiieir Pre- fidents, Faf/ors, Servants, ^c. wlio arc to be accountable to the faid Company for ^vlnt they doe, and" not to adl any thing beyond, or contrary to their Com- milfion , Upecially to f' -ir detriment, and for the itnJingover of Favors, Ser- vants,and thelike,as occafionsrequircth. The management of the affairs of this noble Company, is at prefent committed tothc care of thefe wo;ihy perfons, whofe names are as foUoweth, viz. Sir IVilliam Thomfon Governour, ^ohn ^oUiffe Efq-, Deputy, George Lbxd Berkley, Sir Samuel Barnadiflon, Sir Andrew Biccard, Sir Tho. Chamberlaine, Sir George Smith, Sir ri'iUiam Rider, Sir Stephen IVhite, Sir dmiUf, C.mmtdi- Uiriti f'> Kingdom, by the great Trade that is up- >'*»*' held by them, intnetranfporting of feve- ral of our Commodities, and returning great quantities of Rich land Staple Mer- chatidizes. The Commodities which they export, from hence are WolUn clothes, Perpetu- ances, Kerfies, Serges, Norwich Stuffs, Lead, Tina, Cottons, Pewter, Stockings, Hals, Gloves, together with fome Spices oi India, and feveral fouthern Commodi- t\es,3sSattins,Silkes, &c.forwhichthey ^l,'^''' import Deales, Mtfls, Timber, Cares, f""^- Clapbord, Balkes, Bomfparres, Cantfpars, Pipe-fldves, Wainjcot, and quarters, alfo Flax, Htmpt, Linnen cloth, Fuflians , CtrdagCj Cable yarne. Pitch, Tarr,TaSeWy fppPJ? Uidest I« Traffic^ or Commerce, Hido, Pttafhes, Wheat, Hje, lr$H, Latin, Cefftr, Sled, Wye, jSuickfilver^ Rich Fnrrs, Suckskiits, Traine Ojle, Sturgeon, Sttckfijh, Mather, withfcvcral other good Commodities. Th. c This worthy FeBmfhiP of Merchants "ZTmi'I. for the Management and negotiation ot ''' their affairs are Gtvemed by a Grvernour, ' ~ " ' ' ronfift- tit fttfml 1"). Vefuiy, and Court of Afstfiants, ( ingor24\vho areannaally chofen the faid FeH(m>{hif inthemoneth of o£te- *fl-,andthefe meet, and keep Courts, as tlieir occasions require at Founders- Hall, che names of the prcfent areas followcth, •VIZ. Sir. Richard Chiverton Kniglit Go- vemaur, ifidiam Brunskeil Efq-, Deputy Mr. William Hannpon Treafure^. Willi- am Barker E((\; Evhr^J Xmith E((l\ Fdw, Bilten , Efq» Mr. James Whitehall M within which faid h'mits all EtigUP) fhifs are prohibited io Trade, except fucn as are authorized by tlie faid Company; likewife they have full power and autlio- rity to r.^ife Armes, traine and mufter fuch Militar) Forces^ as to them fliail feem rc- quiHte and necefTary \ and to ufe and execute Martial Lan\ lor tlie more fe- curity and defence ot tlie fame, as need out of IO (hall require, againft any forrjiga mvafion. or domeflick infuiredlion, ur icbellion: but the Soveraigii Right, Power, and Ivominion over aU the faid Plantations, ( to be at any time fetled in the parts atore- faid) are alwaicstobcrefeived to his 3/4- ;>/?;, and to his Heires and SuccejforSy furthermore they have the freedom of enjoying all the priviledges in the City of London, as fully as any Company of Mer- Francis Aflj^ Mr. Nathaniel Tench, Mr. io thants, by il.. i-i^gs Letters, Patents, Ednard Lewes , Capt. -fames Burkin^ Mr. John Dogget, Mr. James Teung, Mr. Ric. Ecclefitn, Mr. SenjaminCeleSy Mt.Wi/l. Rivet, Mr. Randall Knife, Mr. Henri ScUter, Mr. Feter Rich, Mr. Henry Haj- mS, Mr.GeorgeCeoke, Mr. Hugh Upton, Mt. William Nutt , Mr. Caith Veren, Mr, Anthony Phtltf, Mr. John Gould, and Mr. John Shorter. or his Predeceffors at prcfent doc, or may enjoyj withfcvcral others too long tore-. iite. This noble Company is alfo Governed by a Covernour, Suit Governtur^ Deputy Covernour, and a Court of ^fi(lants con- fining of 36 Members, which are annu- ally C on the 10 of January, cliufen out of the faid Company, who have made T»« c, it) Cmft. ."■"•"f-rr- The Atchievemcnt that belongeth to 3° fcveral good Orders, which are Ihiiftly obfervcd by tiiem, to whom the whole management of the affiiis of the faid Company is committed ; who keeps Courts as often as his Rvyall I/tghneft thinks (it to fummon them: but tlie ne- gotiation of their buHnefs is left to a Com- mute of ftven, who arc chofen out of the faid Court, whofc tianfaiflions are to be reported to the faid Court for then: this worthy FeOowfhip, is or, on a point wavie, a Ship under faile, all proper, on a chief Gules, a Lyon Paffent gardant oi the field, and for their Creft on an Helmet, and Wreath of their Colours, a Eland, or Elk proper •, and for their fupporters two Bears, Sable: and for their Motto niSPA IRE NOT. Thenextisthe Jfor^L COMPA- NY, which by their Ci!»4r/fr granted to 4'' approbation and thefe have their meetings ftniri. them by our Soveraign Lord, King Charles thefeeond, bearing date the 20 of January in the 14 year of his Majeflies Reign, they are entitulcd tlie Company of ROT A L ADVE NTU fLERS of England, trad- ing into A F FRiC A : and by which faid chart :r they have fcveral Immunities and Priviledges granted them, as power to call Courts; toconftitute Lam, Qo as they every Morning, or dayly at their houfe, called the African houfe, fcituate in Broad-ftreat London; as their occaitons re- quiretn, for the better agitating of their buHnefs. The names of tlie prcfent Ctvemoursy andCourt of Ajfiftants, are as followcth, t'iz His Royal Highnejs the Duke of Torke Covernour. John Lord Berkley, Sub-Go- arenot repugnant to the Law of England) 50 vemour. Tho. Gray, Efqj Deputy Gover- to punifti tranfgrefTors either by imprifon- noi'r of the Afiflants, His Highnefs ment,orfinc, tofet forth.Wf»tf/ W<»r, to Prince Rupert, George Dake of Bucking- ''■/"' defend their PriWfifw, to appoint Cwrr- ham, George Dake ot A Ihenurle, Henry 'f itu nours over all Plantations, Forts, and Factories as at any time hereafter (hall be fettled in any of tnc part of y<^r/f4,within the limits of the faid Companies Charter, which is from Sally in Sonth Btrbary ^n- clufive, to Cafe dt bttm» efftrtttx,* nd Earl of Peterhrouch , Henry Eal of St. Albons^ Edward Harl of Sandaich, John Earl'ot Bath, Earl of^Z,*- therdale , John Lord Lucsf , Anthony Lord Ajhley, Henry Lord Arlington, one of his Majefiies Principal Stcretanes of State, Charles Traffic((fr Commerced Charles Lord Fh& 'Hardin , Sir Geerft forttn two sUckmtres proper with Af Carteret, Wittiam Coventry, Efq-, CoTl. rw; in their hands, or, A^4 Leighttn, Sir C/;4r/*/ Littleton, Sir gfoA» s/aiit, Sir Andrew Riccard, Sir Jf/f, /"^r^/, Siri»/4r- t in Noel, Sir William Rider, !f of efh Wil- ed Argent, and for their Motto, REG 10 FLORE P ATROC INIO COM- MERCI0,2JlE REGNUM. The next and laft Company which I fliall „, (.„i. name, and which is Incorporated, is the CANARY' Company, now in its very Infancy directed by the fpecial grace and ry Omfs* liamfon.ECqi Mallhew Wren, V.(q; ^ohn lo(AVOutoi]\\%moASacttd Ataje/Ji, Charles ' " ' the Second, who being fenlible of the Hence Alderman, Capt, George Cock, Mr ^ohtt Snckworth, Mr. William Cutler, Mr. Alexander Bence, and Mr. ^ames Con- The Commodities that this noble Company exporteth from England to the parts of Africa afoiefaid, are iron. Coffer, Slefias, Sheets, Sayes, Perfetnances, Cow- ries, Welch-plains, Uanillos , Boyfadus great inconvenicncies, which accompa- nies an ill managed, and diforderly Com- merce, and in his Princely Wifdorn weigh- ing the Intercft of his Peofle, hath by his Royal Charter bearing date the 1 7. of March i66j^. Incorporated the traders thither, into one body, and Fellowlliip, by i/ic name of the Gevernoiir, and Com- Chints, Romierfers. r^»J, taUicees,20fany of Merchants trading to the C A N A iltt Im* fid. NicfMiif}, L louts. Amber, Powder, Muj- keti. Batteries, of all (orts, Turkey, Car- pets, Brandy, Strtngwaters, Spirits, Ging- hams, Taffetiei, Beades of all foits, Buckpasfs, Knives and Sheaths, Swords, Tallow, &c. for which thcyimport from tlienceto England, Gold, Elefhants Teeth, Hides, MaUgntta, or "uiny-feffer, Red- vo^d, Ambergreece , h fcveral other RT ISLANDS, to be managed by way of a Jeynt Stock, and having granted to them, and their fucceflbis for ever, as ample and large /"r/w/fi/^f J and/«»w«- t*«..t«. nines, as to any of the other preceeding " '^^"■ Comfanies. Thelimits or bounds of this worthy Companies peculiar Commerce iK all the feven iflands antiently called the Fortunate Ifles, and now known by the good Commoditicsj . fides with great 50 name oi the Canary Iffands, viz. Grand quantities of Negroes, for the fupply of Canaria, Thenerife, Raima, Gomera, lit Thir '11111% Cwi profit h t Al^iftance St Traffic(or Commerce] 'MifimsConMin^of ii which are to be rnol'en annually , by ( andoatof ) a gene- ral Cenrt of the Adventurers , between the 1 5 and 15 of March. The firft and prefent Ceverntur appointed by his Mt- Englifh M4H»f*£iurii\ Letd^ Sitt, Irm] Tiun, Cdlve- skint, Herrings, Pitchers, Sil- mon, Ptor^ohny ot BMcalatw, (^c. The FRENCH MERCHANTS, or n,r„n,h Merchants trading into France, are found *»«*••"• n»»"A« jffiy> in his Rejal Charter, is Sir Arthur to import feveral good CemmeJitirSy as "«*.'" r^hn'jH'' Ingram Knight, Nfr. ^thn Turner, De- fVines, Ojles^ Almonds, fafer, which is '«";• puty Governour, and the i» A^t^ants ufcdby us for Printing, Oadt, courfe and are$irr/>0 £0ff/0^, Knight and Alderman fineXimM, ^if^/>;, and other 5/7/f;, Cau' of the City ot London, Mr, Nicholas 10 "vas, iuckroms. Salt, Cards, Gla/s, <^e, Warren, Mi.William Butklj, Mr. fVilli- for which they export Engti/h Cloths, Bayes, Kerftes, Cottons, or Frizes, PileherSy Herrings, New-land Fifhy Lead, Ti»0> Galls, (^c. The IT ALT AN MERCHANTS, of n,,„ii„ Merchants trading into the parts of Italy, ^',*t;"' as Leghtrne, Venice, Naples, Genoa, Si- "'^' fily-, &c. are very beneficial to this King- dom, importing divers rich Commodities^ ,■,1.1 am Throgmorton, Mr. John [Page, Mr. J-olm vi'tbber, Mr. Henry Negus, Mr. Robert Bcvin, Mr. Thomss Warren, Mr. BotvUnd Ingram, Mr, William Mafkeline, :ind Mr. mfffaf/t Bead. To whofe care the niana;ieinent of the affairsof this fo- cietyis committed, who fortheNegoti- atioiithcrcot have their meetmgsiii^yntMy ^ _ _ ^^^^ or weekly as occalions fcrve, at their 20 ^s ''V"/ "'rh'ivines, Silk'tavv"^ and houfe fcitnate in Leaden-hall- (Ireet Lon- wrought intofevcrai/'4t,../u, -x^raffeties don. Satlins, Velvets, Plujhes, Damasks, drt. This Company by their faid cArfrj^r a\Co Cloth oi Gold and Silver, Grograms', 'i^'^m, have gramcd them the ufc of a common Fufiians, Alome,Anifeeds, Rice, Almonds^ Seal, with liberty to alter the fame at their Sapon, Brimfione, Venice Gold and Silver, pleafure. And for their Atchievement, Venice-treacle,'^ckfilver,Argall,Letksng, they hear as followcth, viz. Argent St. and Drinking glares, Anchovoif, Marlte^ Georges Crofs, and on a cheif Aznre, a drc. and the Commodities whicji are ex- Lycn of England., between two hunches of potted by them are Englifh, Cloths, Bayetj grapes, or, and for their deft on an Hcl- jo -S-fJiw. Serges, Perpetuances, Kernes, Lndt met and Wreath of their Colours, the Tinn, Penter, red and white Herrim ;!/«•»/<»/» called the Pike Ti&r«ri/'w, as Butter, Cheefe, Tafeflries, as tliofe called the Spanifh, Freneh^iltalian, excellent Piitures, Tape, Satt-feter,Jluick- \ i filver, Rhenifb Wines, furs. Corn, with feveral other Merchandizes, which are the produA of other CMjtfro'r, which by reafon of the great trade which the Dutch drive to all the known parts of the world. and Dutch Merchants. The trade to which places, tliough not prohibited, as are to thofe places aforeiaid, as Eafiland, Turkey, the Eafl-lndies^drc. yeiischeifly managed niiii negotiated by peculiar Mer- chants, wiiich ule the faid /r4|a' mi .vf ( Plate., Allom, Anijeeds, Li^utru, Soda- h.irilla,Soafes, Refin,&c. for which they txpoit, Ba^es, Sajes, Serges, PtrPetu- ancef. Cloths dim and dyed , and all drive a trade to the Englifh Plantations, kI'* i'^. as BARBADOS, VIRGINIA, NEW- m"XV; ENGLAND, JAMAICA, &c. in their jj-ji;^" cxpoicing not only of all EngUpi Commo- dities, :i7' r^i\^ Miniii I iifimi f Mi->a«i«MMa h itk, Sktt, Irti$l yPilchirSfSil- HANTS, or n,F„n.h net, are found *''"*""» ... lidltttt emmcaitirs, as >»*., '/ifer, which is fdf) ceurfe and \a Silks, Caw Js, Gla/s, (fre. ■■ngltfh Cloths, riz^ts, PiUhers, Lead, TiM, Traffic/^ or Commerce] I of Ti,|t,|ii_, Mmb.tmi'i litdt. CHANTS. ^. .„,..„. parts of itAtj, TJ'C Us, CtiU4,Si- ""^' alto this King* I CtmmodilitSy ilk raw , and ■*'- ■^'^Taffttits Damtsks, ^e, >er, Crtgrtms, Xict, Almonds^ Uldnnd Silver, ^r(^'tll,Loekiiw, et'cic, Marble^ wlu(ji are ex- . Cltths, BdjeSf , Kerfits, Ltkd, hitc Herrinrs^ Newland-fi/bt TalltKy T«- thcZ)r«5fiand id Arakia. {CHANTS, "•Dofrft he Low Cemi- su,i^''' &c. are Mkc •"*• ral good Cm. fe, Tape/lriff^ ^•ftter,Suick' s, Ctrn, with f, which art IK which by ich the Duleh of the world, c cheap rates, I they export Tinn, Sbeef, ther Engli/h rcbants there conliderable I and benefit : thofe who t*Miiot, FiMHtatiens, ne Commodities exported to thefe Plantations , are, all forts of Stuffs-^ all Fabmks ot Stlks, Cleth, Hats, Stockings, Shooes, Linnen both fine and courfe,an(.l indeed all forts of APfarrel : Likcwife ;11 forts of Houfefjcld-ftitf, and utenfils of Iron,Scc, as well for their plantati- ons , as otherwife^ alfo Provifion, as f lower , Sisket , failed Beefe ^ &c. alfo Coppers J Leather, all forts of Armes and AmmuHitions , Horfes , S(C. And in a word, all Commodities that are necerti- ly and ufeful cithei for the Back or B-J Ordinances, fo they are not repug- nant to the Laws of the Nation ) gi- ving of Oathes, punifhing fuch of their Fraternity as doe, or aff any thing contra- ry to the Ordinances and Cu/ltmes of the faid Companies, by amerctment, or Cor- poral funijhment, accoiding to the hai- Houfnefs of the oflfence, drc And the management of the Affaires of thefe lo Companies are committed to the care and Government of a Ma(ler, Wardens, and Ceiirt of A jst fiance ^ which faid Ma- fler and Wardens aie annually cleAed ou*" of thofe of the Com of Afsi/lance : And firft with the Company of Mer- cers, and fo in order. I. The Cowfrfw^ of MERCERS (be- ing the primiw Cumpany of the Ho-] iiourable City of London) was Incorpo- n ly, arc here vcnifiM* . And it is obfcr- JO rated into a Society or Brotherhood ia vrd, tfiai the better the Commodities are the 17th year of the Reign of King jt« of .my fott , ( efpecially at Barbadaes ) the fooner and better they are vend- ed. And for thefe , and the like Commodi- ties, they import from the faid Plantati- ons, Sugars^ Indico , Colton-fVooU , Gin- ger, Tobdcco, &c. and in fuch great plen- ty (being more then this Kingdome can chard the Second, and hath large immnni- ties and priviledges granted them. 3. The C»»«/'4»y of the GROCERS, in former times called tiie Ptpperers,i\i^ incorporated by the name of Grocers, in the loth of Kiiig Edward the Third, An* noDom. 1345. 5. I'be Company of DRAPERS , in- fpcnd ) that they are again tranfported 3° corporated in the 17th year of King I I Jtt /nitrat to Other Nations , to our great enrich mcnr. Again, there are anotiier fort of Merc-hants , which may be termed UOMELAND'TRADERS , and fuch are tiiofe who drive a trade to Scotland and Ireland-, but this trade bein^ lefs confiilcrable , and fufficiently known, I (lull pafs it over< Thus having in bricfe furveyed the 40 trade oi this Nation, ( or ratficr City of London ) and given an account of the Corrmodiiies exported and imported by '.very Company or Society, and degree vx fort of Merchants, as well thofe that are managed by way of iojnt fiock, and common , as peculiar and private. In the next place, and to conclude, I fliall ia brief treat of the feveral Companies Henri the sixth. This worthy Company is not a little dignified by having Henry Ftiz Alrrin Knight , Noble by Birth, a brother of this Company , who was the firft Lord Major ot tlie Honourable City of Z»«- don, in whicli dignity he continued 34 ; yeares ; he dyed in Anno 121 2, being ."'gcd 71 yeares. 4. The Company of FISHMONGERS, at firfl wo Companies, towit, the.;r«(<^- fifhmon^ers^ and the Salt- fijhmon^^ers •,buc in the 28th year of King Htnry the Eighth they .verc united to our. >. The c*»i/.4»7of GOLDSMITHS, incorporated and confirmed in the 1 6th year of King Richard the fecond. 6. The Company of SKINNERS, incorporated in the firft year of King md.Jm, of London, and in order, according to 50 i dward thethird,ind made a brother- iiiLk i th«r prectdtncies, (for which, as to a more ample Account, fee Stow his Sur- vij of London ) as being ftems and tranches of Trafftfuc and Commerce i and who by their charters have feveral immnntties zaApriviltdiies granted them, .as the bearing of Armes , ufing of a Stale, keeping of Conrtt for the Nego- tiation of their Afifairesi making of A^t hood in the i^th of Kuig Rtehard the fecond. This Comfjay hath been highly en- nobled by liaving 6 Kinj^s, 5 ^eens, I Prince^ 9 Dukis, 3 Earles, and i Lord, of the freedome of the worthy .Society. 7. The Company of MERCHANT- TAYLORS, incorporated in the r7th year of King Htnry thefeventh. Qcjqqq This y H 7r4f/icJ(^ or Cmmera] This werthy Company iioot a liiicle fplcadid. by having 8 Kiggs, tt 'Bitim » jo EstUs, and 44 l^rdi , wliich were mcmbcnof thcirCoBipaay. 8. The Ctmftnf of HAHBRDA- SHBRS. Incorporated a fti>ochcrhood ot Sc. KMhmm, in the »4ith ot King l/fnrjr /i&r Sixth « and were again coo* firmed in the 17th of King Htmj tht Stvtirtli,»ad nuatdi MmliMt'HJmtU- 10 9. The C#w/Mf of SALTERS were firft lacorpuraicd in tite , year of King 10. The CmfMf of rhe IRON- MONGERS, Incorporated ta the third of Kiag BdmArdtht Ftmb. 11. The C»mfi0f •i VINTNERS, or VINTONNBRS, Incorporated Ui the Reign of King Kdmui th* third by ao the aime of rrtBt-TtmHrs , and con- firmed by King Hmrj tht Siic$h, in tIte ijth of his Reign. I a. The CtrnfM^of the CLOTH; WORKERs. Inforpoiaied in the jfi yew of King ■■^rT'rr.A^ t.'''./'^ * ^ ^ I }. The CMB/MMf of tiie DIERS.i«cor- poratedin the49chof King Hmrf the Sixth. %$, The Ctmfmii of the GIRD* l£RS, incorporaud in the ayth of King Mtwj tht Sixth. 14. The CtmfM^ of the BUTCH- ERS, iacorporated in the thitd of King fsmtt. af. The C«M/i«i; of SADLER S, incorporate in the Rcigo of Edm«rdtht Firp. it. Th« Cmf*»i of CAR PEN- TERSjincoiporatcd in the 17th of King Bd»4rdthl r4»rth. 27. The CmfsHj of CORDWAI- NERS,or SHOO-MAKERS. incorpo- rated in the 17th of King Hturj tht Sixth, a8. The Cemr/M; of PAINTERS, or PAINTERS-STAIN£RS,iocorpo- ^wd in 'he 33th of Q{iecn iZfStf- ip. The CtmfMj ot CURRIERS, incorporated in the third of King •flUHtS. 30. The C«M/4»7 of MASONS, in- CorpoTMed io the of King 31. The Cmpsjn of PLUMBERS iocorporatfld in the ointh of Kioig ftmti. }9. The CtmfMf of the INHOL- 14. The Cm^mj of the BBEW- jo DERS, incorporated in the fu'.li cf 1^ ERS, Incorporated in the SiKtlt of King Hcnrj tht Sixth, aodagro oooiirmed in the lecuiKl of Qjiccn Elit*htth. 1 j.The 0/»/i4«]fof the LEATHER- SELLERS Incorporattii in tiicfixthot King R$ckard tht Stand. 16. The ComfdiTf ot the PEWTER- ERs, Incorporated in the 30th of King MdunrJ thi Fourth. 17. The CtmfMj of BARBER- CHIRURGIONit. hift lacorporaced in the Reign of King Edmtrd tht Pturth, and fiace confiimed by fuccecding Kings. it. The Ctmifttn of the ARMO- RERS, incorporatco in the begimng of the Reign of King Hiraj the Sixth. IP. The CtmfMj ot the WHITE- BAKERS, incorporated in the nth of QgtenElixthtth. ao. The Ctmfdxj of the WAX- CHANDLERS , incorporeted ia the fecond of King Muhdrd the Third. ti.lhectmfMjoitheJfiLU.OW- CHANDLERS, Incorporated in the fecond of King Edmtrd tht Fturth. 2t. The Ctmftwy of the CUT- LERS, incorporated in the begioing of King Htmj tht Ptfih. King Henry the Eighth. 33. The Cmftrtjoi FOUNDERS, incorporated in the lath ot Kuig f«mti, 34. TheCMip4»;of EMBROIDE- RERS, incorporated in the fourth of Qtfeea fUitditth. 3f. The Cimf4»t of POULTER- ERS, incorporated in the ipth of King 40 Henry tht Stvttuh. 3tf. TheCMy4«70f theCOOKES, incorporated in the lath of King Ed- wtrd tht Fttrth. 37. The CMf 4117 of COOPERS, in- corporated in the if the BUTCH- he third of King of SADLER S, of B(l»Mrd$i€ of CARPEN- the 1 7tb of King CORDWAI- iKERS. incorpo- Kii^ Hmj tht kf PAINTERS, N£RS,iocorpo- Q{iecn Mltz*- »t CURRIERS, third of King MASONS, i«- of King. f PLUMBERS ointh of King f the INHOL- io the (Ixtii cf FOUNDERS, lath of King EMBROIDE- I the fourth of f POULTER- w ifxh of King theCOOKES, h of King Ed- :OOPERS,in- of King limj ICKLAYERS ted in the loth BOWYERS, ^, yet were wc LErCHERS, r/, but now a af BLACK- n the soih of lOYNERS, .incorporated Traffic(^ or Commerce, 55 V t ) ''I "/' incorporated in the 30th of Qiieen £• ^,.rUC*mM of Pt AJlTEaiM, incMf«N|Ml )B cm af Kiag thtri 44.TbiC«if4»fofWMVBM> 4; . The««iNfM9 oC noiTEK ERS, incoiporatcd in the id- of King ^»mt$. 46. Tke<:f»y<»ro^ SCRIVENERS, »o iaoorporated in the t^htA }^m%^»mtt. 47.TheC#*»/4»»;of BOTTLE- MA- KERS and HORNERS of gooa aatf quity, although they are not as I can nnde incorporated. 48. IhtCmftntf of STATIONERS, of great antiquity, being fitft tacotpora- ted in the 3d. and 4th. of King thilif snd *^tfn Miijt 49. The Cmfdin o/"MAliPi.t:iV3 , 'O lhQagl>««««»i •4n tUMi iOoorpvroMd, yet are held to be of the fellowflitp.of the 50. TheCtmfdBf of VVOOL- PACKER S, of long continnaocei but as to their incorporatioa I amigno* lant thereof. 51. The CmfHif of FARRIERS ; iacorponted in the of the reigoe of 53. The Ctmf4itf of PAVIERS , incorporated in the of 11. TiwCMif4»fof LORINORSor LOftlMEtS , of iota* account but i 6^lie noc when they were incorporated. 1». Th»Cmf40y of BROWN- K B R S, incorporated in the 191 h. oIKing -fdmo. 5 J. the C0mf4Hj of WOOD- MONGERS, incorporated in the 3d. of King fsmts. 5tf.The CtmpMMj of UPHOLSTE- RERS, or UPHOLDERS, incorpora- ted in the yj^ "'of jA^'A^, *) 57 The CMMf 4ff)r of the TURNERS.v incorporated in the ad.ofKing f»mtt. jt. The CmU9) of CLASlERS ,^ iiv«w|MrucU In cne of c. 59. TheC»)i»^i>»;of CLEARKS,or Ftrifb-tUtrki, uicorporatod in the 17th 9\K\ri%Hiati tilt Third. 60. TheC#«rp*.;of WATERMEN, incorporated in the of 6t> The CmfMf of APOTHE- CARIES, at fird ot the Smetf of the Crtttri^ but through the Favour of King t4mtt they were by him Incorporaiea into a Brotherhood , in the if th of his ; '>v.^ Thi E JC2>. ^,-s ''VV-^ ■.. r Tho r- 4 f;^- • 1 i '"^- <*i! or COMMERCE. ; ": . il%'il I -■■■ ' ■ ■■': . c/ Bargainn^,4;ri Bantering of Ct t mt wlt tits ' of Coynes, Wcigljts and Mcafuires Folioj IS 1(5 16 ■ EngUiti hoot t,^'f^,j „itf, the Standards ftr Meafares #/ /«tfr4i ' kibgdomes ,7 ^Tablr eftht Gold i«/SJivn Weights ef divtrsKmgAomti, ukinfrm Jr*»;r Standards . tnA cmf'ued wiibthe DensVius C/f Excharti'ps #/ Mon^y^ tndftrmts ef Bills of Exchange Of Cufloaiesiltnpoftsj and ether DmcsfdidBf^m Goods o/:-!--'■> --'; . ■LtJdger Boofc ■:• , ■ '-3 £ frtn :fa^.::2.nj :a, . ; i., .'. . _ of Commodities 1^ gtrntl pfed h Mercliandize, uultf «(; knowledge i^m/ of Servants and Factors l^tlles te'hfuf/.irvcd hjVaAoti 0/ Marking «/ Commoditiei O/" Freighting*/ Ships, Charte^arties,«fK< Bil«5*/Lading 7he ftrme »f * Bill tf Lading o/A(Iurances . ^ ■ Thtfnmt «f* Policy «/ A0urance * ^^/JLftters */ Credit, 4»/Blaokes Signed Tififfeoropany>/Merchant Adventurers, rAWr Trade, tJ-f. . rht Cotnfunytftie Mofcov^ Merchants,tA;ir Trade, &e. The Company tf the Levant> tr Tutkey-Mcrchants, their Ttacte, &e, 7 he Company tftht E^'India Merchants, their Trade, &c. The Company if tha ftaft-Land MtrchMt ', their Trade. &€. TAf Royal Company, «r Royal Adventurers, f^«/r Trade, <^c. The Canary Company, their trade, tifir vankh&f, ThefeverntConj^aiestfLoadoa ao ao at »J ^ 41 4a 4> 4J 4; 44 45 4t 47 $ 4* JO Ji 5» S» 53 F I N r s. '4 «> -■^■". &• ■■»■■., . ;m ' fotio, ' 1$ I6 afares «/ fnerd n »,>*:r#»- Standards , >7 ,t?ir; •• riST .Atre^ xiitth&e. ao 20 It ay 41 4a 4> 4J 42 44 45 4< 47 $ 4? JO J» 5» 53 '^'