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Travels of the Jesuits, into various parts of the world: compiled from their letters. Now first attempted in English. Intermix'd with an account of the manners, government, religion, &c. of the several nations visited by those fathers: with extracts from other travellers, and miscellaneous notes / By Mr. Lockman. Illustrated with maps and sculptures.

Date:: 1743

Credit: Travels of the Jesuits, into various parts of the world: compiled from their letters. Now first attempted in English. Intermix'd with an account of the manners, government, religion, &c. of the several nations visited by those fathers: with extracts from other travellers, and miscellaneous notes / By Mr. Lockman. Illustrated with maps and sculptures. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$way shore great Averfion to the Mahommedan Tenets ; infomuch that thofe who live in PcrJja3 having been ftrongly growing very wicked, moft of them were deflroyed by a Flood, a few being preferved ; and the Poflerity of thefe peopled the Earth. Thefe Perfees, (accoidmg to Mirhandtheir Hiftoriogra- pher) in Times not long diitant from the Flood, had a Race of Kings by whom they were governed during above a thoufand Years, the laft Monarch being 7>/%m/abovementioned. The Religion of thefe Per fees* was that received in the Reign of Gu- fiafpby their fixteenth King before Tejdegerd\ whom they com¬ pute their forty-fifth Monarch. TheirLegiflator was named Zertoo/fy [ This mult be Zoroajler. i. e. the Friend to Fire.] He was bom in China, his Father being called Efpintaman, and his Mother Dodoo. This Woman conceiving, had a dreadful Vifion ; fhe fancying that the Heavens were all on Fire over her Head ; when fuddenly four horrid Griffins rufliing in, tore the Child fhe was pregnant with out of her Womb ; but a Perfon of a goodly Afped csming forward, drove away the Griffins, and recovering the Child returned it to the Womb unhurt, after which the Mother awak’d in great Terror. Afterwards ac¬ quainting her Husband with this Vifion, they went together to a Soothfayer, and informing him of what had paft, he inter¬ preted the Vifion, faying, among other Particulars, that by the Fire fome Revelation was fignified, which fhould enlighten the World. ^ The Child being born, and the Frange Things related concerning him, the King of China, fearing that he would de¬ prive him of his Dominions, fent certain Perfons to deflroy Zertooji ; but thefe failing in their Befign, Zertooft's Parents, at his Requeft, retired to Perjîa, where they all arrived fafe in the Reign of Gujiafph above mentioned ; his Parents applying them- Pelves to Bufmefs, in order to fuppcrt themfelves, 'and Zertooji to the Service of God and Religion. The latter going one Day into the Fields, and refle&ing on the Wickednefs of Men, con¬ sidered that it was partly owing to the Evil Arts o î Lucifer t and partly to the want Men were in of wholefome Laws.! Zer¬ tooji travelling on, and befeeching God to favour him with fome Revelation, an Angel came and wafted him into God’s Prefence, where the Book of the Law was delivered to him ; he full fee¬ ing, in a Vifion, the State of all Things, pad, prefent, and to come ; and after receiving the heavenly Firealfo, which he held in his Right Hand, the Angel Brought him back again to the Earth. Zertooji was then met by Lucifer, who tempted him, but to no Purpofe. The former then proceeded to the City* where King Gujiafph had his Refidence, where he was received with the ucmoft Joy by his Parents, to whom he related all he had met with ; and thefe Particulars coming to the Monarch’s Ear,$

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