!['A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎151] (196/506)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/W 3856_0200.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎151] (196/506)")
'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [151] (196/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (427 pages). It was created in 1698. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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Oaleris Advice, ad deliquium, in Fevers ; hardly leaving enough to ^r\r\>j
feed the Currents for Circulation , of which Cruelty fome complain
invidioufly after Recovery.
In our return we faw a Nunnery, and the Nuns at their Devotion, St. Monacha a
a Confeflbr through the Grates Reading Mafs, and performing the
Ceremonies to a Couple with Maiden-Crowns on their Heads, ready
to be admitted into the Virgin Society :
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Vitta coercelat pofitos fine lege capillos.
They had good Faces and excellent Voices; the Nunnery was called
St. Monacha ; here is another of St. Claras.
Near the Palace is a Modern, but a compleat Convent of the The The Mini
7heatiniy where Captain Gary flaid to Ihevv us the Palace, not fo ©Vthe Palace
Sumptuous as Convenient; pafling the Guards we were ulher'd into a
a long Gallery, hung round with the Pictures at length of all the
Vice-Roys that had been in Eafl-India down to the prefent Vice-Roy:
At the upper end was the Canopy Royal and Chair of State; upon
information of our being there, we were introduced the Vice-
Roys Prefence; he received us Standing, and after a little Confe
rence, difmifled us. A Proper Man, Courteous to Strangers, his
Name Lewis Mend of a de Albuquerque^ newly created Marquefs by the
King ; in this Room was another Canopy of State, with the Arms of
Fortugal. Coming into the Court-yard we faw fome Men in Gowns,
like our Aldermen, the Emburgadors, or Council of the City,
going to attend the Vice-Roy to his Devotion at the Church of
Mifericordy where was to be Prefented a Pious Comedy ; but their
Reprefentations being too tedious, and the generality making Re
ligion the leaft of their bufinefs, not refped:ing either God or the
King, they made fuch a rout among the Women, that we were glad
to leave and Reimbark for our Lodgings.
At Night we were alarmed by a paultry.Fellow that took our
Houfe for his Sanctuary, being forced to it for his own Security;
the Soldiers afliiming great licenfe for want of Pay, and the Cofferies
for want of Visuals, fo that every one walks the City with his
naked Sword in his Hand for his own defence at Evening ; and now
within Doors, and in a Private Houfe, we were forced to make our
Arms our Pillows.
The next day we pafled the Bar for Fingula; half way we put In our going
afhore to refrefh our Men, and at Ten in the Morn fet out again; by J? we
Twelve we came clofe up with a Malabar that had feifed a 6roh, but /^pLate^ ,
we foon.made him yield his Prize to engage with us; which they
did briskly for Two hours, driving to board us, cafting Stink-pots
among us, which broke without any.Execution, but fo frighted our
Rowers, that we were forced to befevere to reftrain them; they
plied their Chambers and fmall Shot, and flung Stones, flounfliing
their Targets and Darting Long Lances; they were well Manned in
a Boat ten times as big as our Barge, and at leaft Sixty fighting Men
befides Rowers j we had none to manage our fmall Gun, the Gunner
running
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A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.
Author: John Fryer, M D.
Publication Details: London: R R [Richard Roberts] for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Churchyard.
Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xiii) and another Roman numeral pagination at the end of the volume (i-xxiv); with maps and figures; folio.
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The volume contains a table of contents giving letter numbers and chapter headings. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There are also an alphabetical index ('An Index Explanatory'), and an alphabetical 'Table of some Principal Things herein contained, neither reducible to the Index Explanatory, nor the Contents' of at the back of the volume.
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- 'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:10, 1:14, 1:6, 6a:6b, 7:36, 36a:36b, 37:40, 40a:40b, 41:50, 50a:50b, 51:110, 110a:110b, 111:230, 230a:230b, 231:416, 416a:416b, 417:428, 1:24, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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