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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.' [‎376] (423/506)

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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576 The Prefent State of PERSIA.
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Letter V. In Mufick they lift up their Voices with a loud (training behind
1 a Taber, which is the only Inftrument, with the Flute, ufed with the
VocaJ; for Inftrumental, they have little regard to Stringed, but
the Orgiaftick they are very expert at, and ufe it on all Feftivak
at the Rifing and Setting of the Sun in their publiclc Midans or
Courts, before the Emperor's Palace,asaIfo before all their Governors •
though within doors they chufe the other, where the Stage players'
Tumblers, and dancing Wenches ufher in their Interludes by Son^'
Tabers, and Flutes.
At length I convert my felf to that Noble and Excellent Art fo
beneficial to the Life of Man, Phyfick; which though ir be here
in good Repute, yet its Sedators are too much wedded to Antiquity
not being at all addidted to find out its Improvement by new Enqui*
ries; wherefore they (lick to the Arabian Method as devoutly as to
the Sacred Tripod, which they hold as Infallible as of old that fW
phic Oracle was accounted. ' ^
On which fcore Chymiftry is hardly embraced ; nor to the Pa
thological part do they think the Anatomical Knife can bring much
Profit; However, many of them have Wealthy Prefentsfrom their
Grandees.
Whoever applies himfelf to this Profeffion, takes a Matter of that
Calling, who Inftrudts him in the Stile and ordinary Characters of
Medicine; where being throughly verfed in the Employment, and
able to fetupfor himfelf, heconfults whereabouts the feweft Phyfi-
ciansare planted in the City, and the likelieft place to draw Cufto-
mers to him ,• there he joins an Apothecary to him to make up his
Prefcripts, and fell them to his Patients, the half of which Gain
comes into his Pocket: Thus by degrees increafing in Fame, he a>
vets many Students to Read to, who are fure to fpread abroad his
Fame, like fo many Speaking-trumpets, andarefent about in aueA
of Prey, to bring in Game like fo many Decoys. ^
But the Bait that takes moft, are the Womens crying up their
Man, when he is found to pleafethem by a fair Carriage "and volu
ble Tongue, who never leave off till they have rendred him graci-
ous to all their Acquaintance ^ who flock to him in Droves, and are
as full of Chat as a Magpy when Ihe has found an Owl in the Wood
at Noon day; nor wants he his Lime twigs for fuch fort of Birds
by whofe frequentings lie arrives to the top of his hopes, and lucks
thofc Ricnes Oalen is laid to offer his Difciples : Dat Galenus opes
But as all the Eggs laid under one Hen do not alwavs prove fo
many ot this Tribe mifs their aim, and after an expence of time and
endeavour, are forced to fall upon other Trades to get a Livelyhood
Here is no precedent Licenfe of Pradifing, but it is lawful for any
one to excicile this Fundtion who has the impudence to pretend
J \\cSuffee retains feveral in Ordinary,and others inExtraordinarv
without any Salary; the Chief of whom.is Hakaim Bathed and
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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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1 volume (427 pages)
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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.' [‎376] (423/506), British Library: Printed Collections, W 3856, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023917457.0x000018> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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