A relation of some yeares travaile, begunne anno 1626. Into Afrique and the greater Asia, especially the territories of the Persian monarchie: and some parts of the Oriental Indies, and Iles adiacent. Of their religion, language, habit, discent, ceremonies and other matters concerning them. Together with the proceedings and death of the three late Ambassadors:Sir D[odmore] C[cotton], Sir R[obert] S[herley] and the Persian Nogdi-beg: as also the two great monarchs, the King of Persia, and the Great Mogol / By T. H.

  • Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet
Date:
1634
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Credit: A relation of some yeares travaile, begunne anno 1626. Into Afrique and the greater Asia, especially the territories of the Persian monarchie: and some parts of the Oriental Indies, and Iles adiacent. Of their religion, language, habit, discent, ceremonies and other matters concerning them. Together with the proceedings and death of the three late Ambassadors:Sir D[odmore] C[cotton], Sir R[obert] S[herley] and the Persian Nogdi-beg: as also the two great monarchs, the King of Persia, and the Great Mogol / By T. H. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mamitm, 2II Diuers otliei* trees here be, Grange both in fhape and nature, one out of curiofitie I tailed of^ which for halfe an houre fo malignant¬ ly bit and wronged my mouth and JipSjas if Vitrioll and Sulphur had beeneimbrued.This tree procreates nothing that is greene dr good, is wholy naked, without leafe or flowre, and the body Very foftand penetsable,in fo much that I thinke a Mukset bullet would wel-nigh pierce through a tree of Hue yards circuit, whofe foftnelTe, one of thofe inuited me to write my name in, which my Knife as eafily per¬ formed, as with a fticke you may doe in fand. Another tree beares a cod full of fharpe prickles, wherein are hid a round fruit like a Doues Egge, which broken has in it a kernel], in tafte, not vnlike an Acorne, but in digeftion, if not the fame, little better then poyfon. Other trees haue fruits like Pine-apples, like Arthichokes, like Plummes, others like Nuts and Berries, but what vertue, the fruits Or names, or trees doe challenge, I muft plead ignorance. This J ob- femed that of thefe, what the Birds eat not, the Tortoyfes doe, and what they refufe, the Swine deuoure, Ib that by one or other all is taftedof. I r /L And againe, as the He is prodigall in her water and wood, fo Ihee correlponds in what elle afruitfull mother labours to be excellent in, not only boaftingin that varietie of feathered creatures, but in the rarenelTe of thk varietie, which if run ouer briefl)^, yet may be thought too tedious, I fearc by Ibme on luch a fiibie^l. Fidl, here and here only and in is generated the bo* which for Ihape and rarenelTe may Antigonize the Phoenix of r4ii<?jhcr body is round and fat, few weigh lelTe then fifty pound, are reputed of more for wonder then food, greafie ftomackes may feeke after them, but to the delicate, they are offenfiue and of no nourifhment. , , ... Her vifage darts forth melancholy, as fenuble of Natures in) uric, in framing fo great a body, to be guided with complementall wings, fo fmall and impotent, that they feme only to proue her Bird, The halfe of her head is naked,feeming couered with a fine vailc, her bill is crooked downwards, in midft is the thrill, from which part to the end tis of a light greene,mixt with a pale yellow tindure5 her eyes aiie final!, and like to Diamonds round and rowling: , her ^ clothing downy feathers, her traine three finall plumes Ihort and Inproportionable, her legs fiiting to her body, her pounceslharp^ her appetite ftrongand greedy. Stones and Jron are digefted, which defeription, will better be concerned in herreprefentation. ^ ^ « f Eel la /