'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.' [‎41] (894/1024)

Kingdom 0/' T u n cl u i n.
” "When the King dies, and leaves feveral Sons, they fee up
him whom (when alive) he chofe for his Succelfor. The
third day after the Deceafe of the King, the Conftable with
all the Military Mandarins ,the Lords of the Council, and
all the Covernours of Provinces, repair to the Prince’s Ap-
pii-merit, where they prefent him with a Habit, af-
which having mounted him upon an Elephant, they
bri w him into one of the great Courts of his Palace, which
is all covered with Cloth of Gold and Silver as with a Tent.
ThereJt is, that being placed upon a Throne magnifi-
candy enrich’d, all the Mandarins proftrate themfelves up
on me Earth with their Heads downward ; in which po-
ftu :e ha ving lain for feme time, they rife, and doling their
Hands together, with their Arms and Eyes lifted up to Hea
ven, they fwear to the new King to be faithful to him till
death- This firft Ceremony being over, the new King, to *
(hew himfelf liberal upon his firlt coming to the Crown,
caufes four Panes of Gold, and fix Bars of Silver, to be gi
ven to eve y one. But to diftinguifh the Conftable from
the teft, he gives him twenty Panes of Gold, and forty Bars
ol Silver: and to the Prefident of the Council or Chancel-
lour ten of Gold and twenty of Silver. Thefe Prefents be
ing thus made, feveral Pieces of Artillery are fired round,
the Palace, accompanied with feveral Volleys of fmall
Shot, there being then in Arms above 30000 Horfe and
Foot*; and then the King is fet upon a magnificent falan-
qm, and the Conftable and chief of the Council ride before
upon lovely Horfes. Sixteen of the principal Officers of the
Court carry the King, vi ^eight Military Mandarins, and
eight of the Council. And in this manner they fet forward
to the Apartment of the deceafed King, from whence all
the Lords retire for two hours, except the Eunuchs ; and
then it is, that the Pnncefles, Ladies of the Court, and chief
Wives of the Mandarins, cometokifs the King s Hand, and
congratulate his Advancement to the Throne. Which
done, all the Lords return again to a noble Feaft after the
manner of the Countrey ready prepar d. Their Viands are
not fo delicate, nor fo delicioufly drels d as ours, neither
have they fo much variety. ’Tis true, they have thole
‘Birds-nests , already mention’d, which they mix in the moft
part of their Difhes, which gives the Meat a taft of
G almoft