The totall discourse, of the rare adventures, and painefull peregrinations of long nineteene yeares travailes from Scotland, to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and Affrica. Perfited by three deare bought voyages, in surveying of forty eight kingdomes ancient and modern; twenty one rei-publicks, ten absolute principalities, with two hundred islands ... newly corrected, and augmented ... Together with the grievous tortures he suffered by the Inquisition of Malaga in Spaine ... his miraculous discovery and delivery / [William Lithgow].

  • William Lithgow
Date:
1640
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Credit: The totall discourse, of the rare adventures, and painefull peregrinations of long nineteene yeares travailes from Scotland, to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and Affrica. Perfited by three deare bought voyages, in surveying of forty eight kingdomes ancient and modern; twenty one rei-publicks, ten absolute principalities, with two hundred islands ... newly corrected, and augmented ... Together with the grievous tortures he suffered by the Inquisition of Malaga in Spaine ... his miraculous discovery and delivery / [William Lithgow]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    |f|| Wy'. the Reader. / To his dearely repeated Friend William Lithgow. SHall Homer fing of'fir ay*d\l\y toile t From Greece to Memphis, in parch'd iEgyptsfoile: Flank* d with oldPyramides, animelting Nyle, Which was thefurthefi, hr attain'd the while : A length of nofuch courfey by ten to one5 Which thou thy felfe pedefirially hafigone: Then may thy latter days out-fir ip old times5 That now hafi fecn3 Earths circulary Climes : And far beyond U!yffe$, reach'd without him3 :Both Eafi and Weft ^yea, North and South about him : Which here exaQly> thou haftfweetly fung In ornatefide3 in our quickfflowing tongue ; Oflaws 5 religion5 cufiomes^manner suites , Of Kings and people : life-fublimefi fp’nts In policies and government: Earths (paces From foile tofoile jn ihy long wandring traces. But what my foule applauds l and muft admire Which evry zealous Chriftian^Jhoulddefire To learn and know * is this, Spains tortring Rack ^ And torments [harp, which for the Gofpelsfake Thou confiantiy didft beare : 0 joy full painl Whilft Grace in thofefadpangs.J did thee juftain^ With love and patience : 0 bltfi lively faith ! That for Chrifis caufe, condemned was to death. Live then (Olivine ^JPtartyr / ) ft ill renown'd 'MongB Gods eUH\ whofe conftancie hath crown'd Reform'd Religion : Andlct Heavens thy minds Blejfe with mpe] ys5 than thou didft torments fit? de. Walter Lindefay.
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