'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎329] (352/448)

fudgement. HeTaradife*
fuddenly fuch time as all the Worid is wrapt in a carelefs fecurity: the Angels know not
the time till Mahomet point it out by a great and fearful duel 'twixt Mrieland Death .whom
in the end he vanquiflies ; thereby becoming fo enraged,that in this manner he deftroys all
living Creatures in the World: new arming himfelf with flaming brafs, in each quarter of
the World he founds his dreadful Trumpet, whofe affrighting clangor makes not only Men 5
Beafts, Fifties, Birds and other Creatures die, but the Angels alfo give over living: laftiy,
Mrtel himfelf whom God commanded to follow the reft in the inevitable path, by wrap-
ing his iron wings about ftrangles himfelf, with fuch a dreadful noife as is unexpreffible.
After this enfues an univerfal Earth-quake, attended by a ihowr of purling brimftone
which devours allgrafs, trees and vegetable Creatures; yea, the Palaces of the proudeft.
Tyrants.: and turning topfie-turvie the Earth, Water, and other Elements reduces them
into their original, a confufed lump. Forty dayes it refts in this new Chaos: during which
God graips it in his lift, and (beholding it) fpeaks to this effed: Where are mw the han -hty
Princes y cruel Tyrants, lafciviom wantons-, and greedy Earth-worms ? Which faid, for forty
dayes and nights fpace he inceffimtly rains down a fhowr of mercy, and by a gracious
and gentle breath reduces the World into a frefli and glorious eftate. Which done, he
calls up Seraphiel, and bids him take his Trutopet in his hand: the Trumpet is of gold,
and (fpeaking to common Underftanding ) above five hundred years travel from one
end to another. At the firft found, enfues a re-vivification of Angels and Men: at the
fecond. Angels re-affume their glorious Robes, and Men their naked flelh again. Mi
chael the Arch-angel ( perceiving the Tribunal raifed upon a high Mount in Jehofaphath
Vale) approaches with his Ballance, and poifes every Man's deeds in either fcaie: Such
whofe good out-ballance their evil are put upon the right hand, the other on the left.
After that, fuch as are loaden with their fin's ( packt up in a fatchel and hung about their
necks) pafs upon a narrow and weak Bridge towards Hell: fuch as have few fins, get
over fefely ^ but thofe that be heavy laden break the Bridge, and fall into an abyfs. Upon
the other fide ftands Mahomet transformed into a Ram, and in his deep fleece lodges his
Sedaries,whom after long travel he brings to fome gap which he finds in Paradife •, where
skipping in, he dif-burthens himfelf and {hakes them out: at that inftant alfuming new
forms, more lovely, more ftrong, and every way more excellent ^ with eyes as big as the
Earth, with eye-brows bigger and more beautiful than the Rain-bow.
The Alcoran further tells you what and where Hell is, and what is Paradife. Hell is
the Umbilick of the World} circled with a thick wall of*Adamant^ entred by feven
gates of flaming brafs divided into many cells, lome of which are more loathfom and
fuller of torment than others. In it are divers holes or Caves*, fome fo deep, that in
a thoufand years a mil-ftone cannot find the bottom, in the defcent are fharp Swords
and Pikes placed purpofely to torture Souls in their fallings: Some places be abyfs, full
of oyl and brimftone ever-flaming 5 and fo terrible, that the Devils forbear not to howl
and fcriech, and rage there without meafure. Other Prifons there be that are full of
Toads, Serpents, and all other forts of noifom creatures imaginable: The damned eat
nothing there 'lave the forbidden Fruit; which being in their guts, inflames like ful-
phur, and makes them roar continually. Some Rivers be full of Crocodiles •, others fo
cold as make^ them gnafh and chatter. Howbeit, Thele pains of Hell muft not abide
for ever, fay their Dodors *, for after each Soul hath fuffered fo many thoufand years
as the fins amount unto they have committed, Mahomet will deliver them (and the Devils
alfo •,) firft changing their affrighting (hapes into fliapes more tolerable, and then bring
ing themto Alcanzjir, a Stream flowing out of Paradife ^ there they are to cool their heat,'
and wafli away their black-fcorched mummy, and then they vary into a moift flefh whiter
than the driven fnow, and thence-forth fing Lala-hilldaes, which is, Praife he to God and
Mahomet,
Paradife is a place of as much delight as Mahomet''s carnal apprehenfion was able to
imagine or his fancy contrive. Uncertain of the local place, he fuppofes it will be upon
the Earth after the day of Doom, when all deformity fhall be removed: for till then, the
Souls and Bodies of Men (though they fleep in their Graves) be fenfible of joy and torment.
Paradife (layes the is fo many miles about as there be motes or atoms in the
Sun: it is inclofed with a wall of gold ninety times refined, ten thoufand miles high, and
in thicknefs about three thoufand ; has feven gates to enter at, (feven is a myftery v) of
Carbuncle or pureft Rubie is the firft gate-, the other fix be of Pearl, Emerald ,Turqu6ife,'
Hyacinth, Smaragd, and Amethyft •, reflefting upon the Spheres: Divided into 7 ipa-
cious Gardens, fub-divided into feventy times feven places of delight-, each filled with
Inhabitants, Mufick, Wine, and all fenfual pleafures imaginable: all have cool refreftiing
Rivolets of Cryilal,drilling over pibbles of Amber. Summer-houfes it alfo has lhaded with
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