'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎77] (114/1024)

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Money inftead of Diet, to the end he might dr el's his own Meat as he pleas'd him-
felf. Upon which the covetous AmbafTadour accepted his offer, and two hours after
there was a Bag brought him of 50 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , which amount to about 800 Crowns.
The Frank being offended at his balenefs, flighted the Ambaffador, and left him to
keep Houle by himfelf, which was poor enough God knows; an Onion or a Turnep
ferving his turn for a Meal. Some days after, lie had audience of the King, to
whbtn he pfelfinicd his Letters Credential from the Pope,.the bmperour, the King
of Poland, and the Commonwealth of Venice. Thole from the three laft were well
receiv’d, bccaufe the Seals were of Gold, and lor that the Paper was embelifh’d
with curious. R^cifhes: but the Pope’s Letters were reje&ed with fcorm. becaufe
the Seals w^rco^fy pf Lead, as the Bulls are uiually Ical’d *, and for that the Writing
was very plaiop L!0»r the Kings of Per fa, who are very nice, love things that are gay
totheEye--, otl>crwife they look.upon themfelves to be affronted. Dominico de Santis
Had better 7 taken upon him the meaner ctuaiity of an Envoy , than the title of
an AmbafTad yr, unlcL he had known bettei? How to behave himfel f; efpecially being
loeclips’d as iiems by a real Ambaffador that Arriv’d at Jfpahanfame time after. All
tHe Frank wen'tfforth to meet hint, and the Matter of the Ceremonies made Him
the fame proffers as he had done to the Venetian : but he nobly anfwer‘d, That what
ever it were Th#t the King of Perfa im him, he Ihould take it for a very great
Honour: other wile, if he would have eaten Gold, the King his Matter would have
allow’d him; 3 0 Miate .Such prions as behave themlelves with.decency .and
a good grace, are the perfons that tho^phriftian Princes fhould fend info Pcrfia, who
are the moltreffad Wits, and the beft T Politicians of d\\ Afia.
To conclude thejStory of the Venetian, I will give you his CharaTer. An Indian
naturally of a good Wit Having embrac’d Chnftianity and an Ecclefiaftical Life, went
to Rome xo conipieaf his Studies which he had begun at Goa - 7 whether, tbe Pope,
taking an affe'ftion to him, fent him afterward as hL Vicar. 'Dominica de Santi*
being then at Rome t put himfelf into his lervice, and follow’d Him into the Indies,
where I faw him the firft time I went, ina mean condition. Upon his return to
Venice, where he was in no credit before, h^«db people believe that he underftood
the Trade of Afia 3 whereupon fome particular Merchants trufted him with feme
Goods, which werecaft away, at Thus poor and bare he return’d to Goa,
where he got'800 Crowns by a charitable Gontribution. ; From thence he travel’d
to Ijvaha/i, where befell into the acquaintance- of Father Rtgordi * Jefuire. with
whom he went into Po/W: where making his brags of the great knowledge he had
of the Affairs of Perfia, the Ring gave him that Commiffion which I have already
mention’d* The Emperour follow’d his Example, and the Commonwealth of Vmice
did the fame : and to give the more luftre and authority to his Embaffy, they got
the Pope to joyn with them. But alas! both Dominico deSantis, and all fuch perfons
as he, that go into Afia without Brains and good Behaviour, do but proftitute the
Reputation of the Princes that fend them. Such another was Father who
after he had been thruft out of Goa by t\[t Portugals, went to Ijfahan, - where he
infmuated himfelf by a Propofnion which he made of Marrying the King of Perfia,
who was then a very young Prince, to the Dutchefs of Orleance. Under which
pretence he was well receiv’d and treated by the King 3 Irom whomhe alfo receiv d
fome Prefents by virtue of that Propofal, which was good fport to the Dutchefs
whenfhe heard of it. . r ,,
As for Pas. Venetian, the Atemadoalet, who was very glad to be rid of him, dehr a
t\[t Mafcovite Ambaffador, who was then upofi his return home, to take him along
with him, which he did as far as the Cafpian Sea, where they take Shipping for
Sjftracan ; but there the Majcovite told him he could carry him no further: thereupon
he was forc’d to come back to Ifpahan, and fo to travel to Goa, whence the Portugal*
(hipt him home for Charities fake. But when he came to Vwice, he was fo far from
being well receiv’d, that the Senate had like to have punifh’d him feverely for giving
fo bad an account of his Negotiation. *
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