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 LIFE & ADVENTURES 
 
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 Si<>' Gail dent 10 di Lucca : 
 
 WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. 
 
 ••■)vin!7 an scooiint of a Country in the midfl of 
 the vaft D-farts of Africa, being unknown to 
 any perfon except 5'/^. Gr/,i/aV;^//(9. and its in- 
 liabitants, altho' as Ancient, Populous, and 
 Civilized, as the Chinefe. 
 Wi'.h a particv.Iaf^Accor.nt of their Antiquity, 
 Origin, Religion, Ciiftoms, Policy, ^^:c.— 
 the manner how they got firft overthofe vafl X^z- 
 r.-,^^ — arid their mctisod of travelling. 
 
 J :i..:rrperfed with feverai mbft furprizing and cu- 
 rious Incidents. 
 
 COPIED FROr^ THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT 
 
 KEPT IN Sr. Mark's library at Venice. 
 Flrfi AMERICAN" Eddion, 
 
 IT O R W I C H : 
 
 Printed and fold by John Trumbull, at his 
 printin 
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 LIFE&' JDFENTfZRES 
 
 Sign. Gaudsn ' I'l Lucca, 
 
 -»*3S!EiS3;:3!»*- - 
 
 WROTE AT Bologna n< 
 
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 A 1 /J. 
 
 ?\ /f Y name is Gi7i/.-/f«//5 di Lucca: I wss (b 
 
 ,1VX called, becaafe my Ancsuors were faM 
 
 to be originally of that place. Tho' they ha.i 
 
 been fettled for fome time at Ragrift, where i 
 
 vras born. My Father's name was Gafparino dl 
 
 i^ucca, h-j::eiofore, a ipcrciiant of foiiie note in 
 
 thofe parts ; my mother- was a Corfican Lady, 
 
 •)- (J-fcen hofc who had 
 
 .,A ... .r.f perron<.c. , i.i ' ^''l:!:'!. My 
 
 9;ran«.i father, Barnarair, . ..\:,:, wa^: a 
 
 and captain ofthegreat Venerio's 
 
 ; r tam r:i bart(e of Lepanto a^ainll ;lic T'urkj. 
 
 :■ in our family, that ke\W4fl 
 
 . no s lou by a Grecian LaJy of great quali^- 
 
 :, ■: f-- ^'clc^iiid..' hv'- •'- ^:^ •'•■'•'. wl.o 
 
 31B(iy8 
 
4 I/. ^ AJvcnture: •f 
 
 huo! bcri) I r$ ol CiMjftaniinopif , But Htc 
 
 r»ipi: if. '.,... 'I, and tlic/ liuvlng becu only 
 j\-ivuiciyjjjP^i-i.- !, Vcnciio bred hi:n up as the 
 Ton of a rmr.J ot his who was kilUd in the wars.. 
 
 El'T, to rc'iirnto mTrdf : 
 
 -^iV • a pUniiivJ iorti.'ne,, took 
 
 riii'i' .. . .: education r;f his children : 
 
 two fens, of whom I was tl.:, 
 tcf who died young, Fin- 
 V.. ■ 1 i..*v .. ^, >.. tj ■ lination 'i; learnin^r, hr pro- 
 :.-, /pi !»^ \y prov;v.^lr c ir.? \\ "ft!! Uig bell niaitcw, 
 i^n iiivci'lity. The 
 
 1 ot {^rcat ufc as 
 
 . r icmcn, he taught 
 ^uagc Called Lingua 
 1 .a.iC.i, ii; ntcciiar^ iii Eii.'lcin countries It is 
 a jargon ot* all languages mixed together. He 
 .'{tc; wards fcnt nie to the fairous ynivcrfity of 
 i'jris to learn French, at the (on:c t'n.c w Ith try 
 other ftudits ; wl»?re I lived Tome t|mc,and main- 
 tained my thclc's of urivtrrcl rh'.!cfcj^hy under 
 ihc celebrated Moia'. Du ilainc!. 
 
 1 WAS entering into my i^ih ycar» and Wad 
 foir.e thcu^'hts ot taking to the church ; when 
 my brother wrote n^r the n'c lanclioly accourt of 
 my father and mother's d<.-atl-, ;^nd the uiitor'.u^ 
 nate ccc^fion of it ; wliich in fliort was» Ths; 
 |ta>Mng|(4l his rithefl Onp with all his tfIV6\s by 
 Viiates, and ii-',t wiih fcvcrjl other loffrs irt' ' - 
 ' ■ ■' ::ri I <.i«y mother into I'o rittp a mchr. 
 -rokc their hcurts, dyinj; in thr 
 -r the (^' My hrtthcr told mc ix w^;. 
 
 • ,j to '■•:; ,.' jt I'l.f \'. • \^c:i ']n\ as I 
 
 had 
 
Sigfior GA-xjDHnrio VI Lucca, ? 
 
 liAd been ; but acquainted mc hs had made a 
 flntt to rig out a fmall ycirel, wbcrem he had pui 
 hisalh andinviredmcto join the fmall portion 
 that fell to my ftiarc, along with him, with which, 
 he faid, we could make a pretty good bottom; 
 and Co retrieve the (battered fortune of our family. 
 Not to be too prolix, I fell owed his advica .; he 
 foldhi-s houfeand gardens to pay his father's cre- 
 ditors, and put what was left, together with my 
 Ijitleilcck, into that unfony^iite bottom. v^ 
 fst fail from Ragufa, the third cf March, A. D. 
 1688, for Cyprus and Alexandria ; but, as wc 
 were purfuing our voyage, one nriorning in a pro- 
 digious fog, as if the Tea were fatal to our family, 
 %ve favy on 2 fudden two Algerinc rovers coming 
 clofeup to ii5, one on each (ide. Wc had fcarcc 
 time to fee where we were, when they fired up- 
 on us, and commanded us to yield, or wc were 
 dead men. My brother and I, confidcring that 
 our all was at flake ; and that wc had better die 
 honourably treafl be made {ii\vcs, caJlcd^up our 
 men, who were but 23 in all, of w-^hom five were 
 yi)ung j^fintlemen, v. hu had engaged io try their 
 fortunealong withriS-. They were armed oniy 
 with fvvords and piflols under their girdles ;^ al- 
 ter a ihort confuhation, we refotvcd to fight it 
 out to the laft man ; we turned back to back to 
 :ikehead agaiail both fides. My brorljer in 
 xcx midd'e of one rank, and myfcli in the other ^ 
 the enemy rnountedour deck by crowds^ lookt^v^ 
 as madmen, to pretend lO make a,fiy r^lii- 
 uncc ; but they were foon m.adc to )etp bflck, at 
 Icdft all that were able ; lor beii^g cloU- up ww^ 
 them, and the enemys crowded i'Oi>;et nor, Wi? fir- 
 ed our piliols fo luckily, tha< fcarcc or 
 'tj; execution. Sccintr*'^"^ "" '^ 
 
^J*. t C/,1 U' 
 
 wc made a piifti at them on etch fide, ft ill keep- 
 'tp.i ' *:, and drove the remainder ! 
 
 )or _, Jcjk ; this we did t\vice before 
 
 ©f our rrrn dropped. We were grappled fo clvU- 
 they had no ufe of their cannon or miiilccls, zt 
 fcarce thought of firing their ptftols at us, bi. 
 expe<ncd wc (hcrld yield immediately, or to have 
 borne us down with jjieir weight. The Arch- 
 Pirate, who vras a ftoct, well built young mar 
 Talked like a lion, calling his men a ihoufaiid cow 
 ards, fo loud, that his voice was heard above al 
 the cries of the foldiers. The c^.gc of their fur> 
 was a liiile abatc;d at the dropping of fo, man 
 men. They began to fire at Tome dillancc 
 which did ti$ more harm than their moi^ furiou 
 attacks. .Nfy brother feeing his men br^^in t 
 drop in their turn, ordered me to face the on 
 fiiip, while he with his rank leaped in among: 
 the enemy in the other. He did it with fuch zr. 
 jntrepi'Jity, that he made a gap among the thick- 
 eft of them immediately. But their numbers clo- 
 fir. i>er, their very weight dr<;vc him back 
 
 in I, ..^ . of all he could do, that he lo^ feveral 
 of his men bcfoie he could recover liiii poft. Tlic 
 enemy vvoiild neither board in, nor leave us ; W;; 
 filing at 12S continually, ftill killed f.)me of otj* 
 men. There were n«w only eleven of us left ; 
 and no hupecof vi(5tory or quarter after fuch ob- 
 ftinate rcnftjncc. They durft not come to ;i 
 clofc enga^.tnent with us for all this ; when my 
 brci^her, to die as honourably is he could, ont.'- 
 rnorc IcapC'i into the Pirate's thip, atid feei:!,^ 
 tl:iir captain in the nridft of them, marie at 1i1'l\ 
 with all his might, calling on the fov !■? had ItI: 
 nd him, he fuon cut his way through ; 
 "g up {- ' • 
 
 1 » t.T-fr r<)'-r^\')2 CD !0 
 
Si^Kfr GA\}DEi;rio di Lucca. 7. 
 
 ly Turk clapt a piflol ju{l below his two (hoiil- 
 dcr blades, and I believe fhot him quite through 
 the heart, for he dropped down dead on the fpot» 
 The Turk that (hot him was run throughihc bo- 
 dy by one of our men, and he himfelf, with the 
 pthers that were left, being quite overpowered, 
 ^•'rre all cut in pieces, 
 
 I had yet left four men on my fide againft the 
 iciTer fhip, and had until then kept off the enemy 
 i'roiTL boarding ; but tlis pirates giving a great 
 l^out at my brothers fall, the captain of the fhip 
 1 was. engaged with^ v^'ho was the Arch-pirate's 
 brother, cried out to Lis crew, that it was a fhame 
 io (land all day firing at five men. So he leaps 
 on my deck, and made at me, with his piflol fleatl- 
 ily pois'd in his hand. I met him with equal 
 Ttfoluiion ; he came boldJy up within fvvord's 
 ^length, and fired his piftol directly at my face ; 
 ^T aimed his fhot fo right, that one of the balls 
 
 .nt thro' my hair; and the dlicr fcarr'd the fide 
 
 of my neck. But bcfote he could fecond his fhot, 
 
 1 gave him fuch a ftroke with my broad fword, 
 
 ^between, the temple and the left ear, that he im- 
 
 'rnediatcly fell and expired. Juft at that moment, 
 
 a mufkct-feall went thro' the brawny part of my 
 
 right arm, and at the fame tipie 11 Turk hit mc 
 
 en the back Tide of my h?ad with the butt-end of 
 
 'his mulkct, that I fell on the body of my (lain 
 
 enemy. My companions, all but one, who di- 
 
 Lcd of his wounds foon after, fell honourably by 
 
 jniy fide. The Turks pour'd in from both (hips 
 
 like wolves upon their prey, ar.d fell to Gripping 
 
 the dead bodies and threw them into tht fta. All 
 
 our crew befidc myfelf were flain or gafping with 
 
 .yj of the caemy. When they co«ic to ftrip mc 
 
 jikv- 
 
Z Li/f iJ Adx'ir.iurtj tf 
 
 like ilie rcrt, Iwasjuftcomr to myfclf, bcin* 
 only ftunncd by the ilrokc of the mtilkct : I had 
 pot iJf on my kncc«, rn<lc " ^ to rci ' » 
 f.vord to dctcrid myfclf to : K'"^^?. 
 
 tiirec of them tell down upon me, and prcfrji)^ 
 rr.e to;l)« dcclc. while others brought cor i 
 
 tied my hinds, to carry me to the captain. ..: 
 was drcfling a Giglit wottnd he had in his leg with 
 a piftol 0)0: ; and four vomer, in Perfian habijs 
 (landing by ; three ot them fccming to be alir • 
 dints to the fourth, who was a mof^ exqiii 
 bcautv, except an Ampzonian kind of ficrccnefs 
 in hfr looks. When \ wis hrciiffht thus b^J'jnd 
 to the Captain, they aifurcd him I uai the man, 
 that had (lain his brother, and done the xtiO^ 
 harm of any of the rcfl. The Captain in great 
 fury, called for a r.-rw fcymitar, he had in his cab- 
 in, faid, let me cleave the head of" this Chiiftian 
 dog, ss he did my poor brorhcT's. "V^'itli that he 
 drew thr fcymi'ar, and was going to flrikc, when 
 to the artoniflimcm oi the very Barbarians, tlic 
 Grange lady cry'd out, O fave that br3\'c young 
 man ! and immediately falls dowr (>n licr knees 
 by me, catching me in her armi, and clalping 
 me clofc to her bofon>, and covering my body 
 with her own, crycd out, Itrike, cruel njan, but 
 Alike thro' me, for otherwirc a hair of his head 
 fhallnot be hurt. 'V\\c P?raif lit'ted up his eyes to- 
 wards Heaven, and v^'iih" a^joan enough to break 
 Ills heart, faid, how, cruel woman \ llull this 
 firangerina moment obtain more than I caA 
 with all my fighs and teari ! Is this your para- 
 mour that robs me of wlut I liave fought for with 
 the danger of my life r No, this Clniftian liog 
 (hall be no longer my curfcd rival ; and lifting 
 Up his hand, was goi ig to ftfikc again, wlu n 
 
 (he 
 
Oic cry 'clout agsir., hoU^, Ha'r.ct ! this 1$ no ri- 
 val, I never fa w I, is face btfors, nor ever will 
 again, if you vviil but fpare his life, there i: 
 fomething, fays fhe, in this young mart that he 
 miifl not die ; and if you will prui^slfc and fwcar 
 by the mod Holy Alcoran, you will do him no 
 harm, I not only proinifcto be your wile, hiii 
 give you leave to fell him to f >me hcnonrable per- 
 fon for a flavc, and vy ill never fee him QiOre, fa/j 
 Hvill you Ham$t. 
 
 After a little paufe, the Pirate fwore in that 
 folsmn manner, never to do rnc any hurt direct- 
 ly or indire£lly, and the lady ordered one of her 
 fcrvants to attend me condantly. So I was un- 
 bound, and was immediately carried under deck 
 lo (he other end of the Hjip, when the Turk 
 commanding his men to fteer back for Alexan- 
 dria, in order as I fuppofcd, to difpofe of me, 
 hat he might be rid, as he thought, of fo formi- 
 dable arivaL 
 
 "vVhile I was under confinement, fevcral of 
 he Pirates were tolerably civil to me ; knowing 
 iie afccndant the lady had over their captain, and 
 ijcirjor witnelfcs, how (he had fav'd my life. One 
 day being indifpofed for want of air, 1 begged to 
 ' e carried upon d;!ck to breathe a little ; when I 
 .ameup, I faw the lady, with her woman, ftan- 
 dingat the other end of the (hip. I ma<ic her a 
 very rcfpeftable bow at a diflancc ; but as foon ai 
 (he caft her eye upon ine, Hie went down into the 
 r.^ibin, I fuppofe, to keep her promife with the 
 Captain. Alter I Vvas carried down again, I 
 ^fked the mrfl (enfible and civilized of the Pi- 
 tatcF, who their Captain wa?, and who was my 
 
 B fair 
 
Lift a AJie'iturei •/ 
 
 0:c came to be among ilicm ; becaufc (hz fceiTicJ 
 
 be a perfoQ of iiuioh higher rank. He toKI mc 
 
 •*i> Cjptiiii's name ' a '' ct, Ton to the Dcy 
 
 cf Alt^icrs i who K.; i hi$ father's houfc 
 
 n accoufU oi his young mother-in-law's falling 
 4ovc Willi him. For which rcafon his farhcr 
 
 uS contrived to have him aflinated ; but his 
 
 Jiingcr brother, by the fame mother difcove red 
 ihtdcfign. S:) collef^ing a band ot ftout young 
 iiicn, they feizcJtwo of liicir father's bcft Ihipi, 
 anJ rcfolvc*! to follow the profcffion they were 
 now of, *t;U they heard of ihrir father's death. 
 That as for the !ady who ha.i favcd his }ifc» ihc 
 v.aj: ;l;e Istc wife of ?. perty Prince oi the Curdi, 
 
 ibiitary to ihc King ot Perfia, whofc hufband 
 had been lately ki'led by treachery, or in«n am- 
 biifcade cf the wiid Arabs. Tiut the Prince h.id 
 b-en fciit by the Ki^gtc Alexandria; who ap-« 
 prchendl'ig an irifurreclion anaong his fubjcc^i, 
 had ordered him tc treat foj foine troops of Arabi- 
 na horfe. That he went there with a very hand- 
 
 >m* equipage, and took. Kis beautiful wife along 
 wiiii hiin ; cur Captain, happened to b« there at 
 tli; fame time to lell his prizes, and fold fcveral 
 articles of grtr.i v*lijr, to the Curdilh Lord and 
 lady, h^ alfu contraiflcd a particular fricndiliip 
 for him, (rather for his wife.) he attended t'v 'n 
 and offered his fervice on ail occafions. 
 
 At 'C:i^ :i «j;e v^ui. ..i. i^^.M pCi I jimcd his 
 c ^:"nmi»fi»>n, and was upon the return, when wc 
 perceived our Captain to be extremely melan- 
 choly and penfive, bjt could no: tell what was 
 the caufe ot it. Hi told mc in private one day, 
 that he lufpeftcd tb-rrc was a plo; forming againU 
 
 himfclf, 
 
o^^w^r Gaudentio di Lucca. h 
 
 Iji.isielf, or the Curd, as he overheard fomc Ara- 
 . bian (irangcrs, which indicated T'lfpicions in him ^ 
 ; lie bid me to attend him well armed wherever he 
 5 went. The cvciit proved he had rcaloriS for hie 
 fiifpicions ; for or.e evenitig» as the Curd and 
 his wife were taking the air, with giu* Captain.. 
 , who was always of the party, pailing thro' a lit- 
 tle Wv)od about a league out of town, fix Arabi- 
 an hoiTemen^ very well mounted ; came fwiftlj 
 up to us, and v/ithoct f^yinj:; a word, two of 
 them fired their pillols dired:!/ at the Curdift] 
 Lo;;^, who was forcmed, but by good fortune 
 mliTcd us alL The Curd drew his fcymitar, 
 and rudiingia ainongthem, cut off the foremofi: 
 man's he:id, as clean as if it had bszii a poppy ; 
 but advancing too t4ir, one of them tvirncd (hor!<, 
 and Ihot him in the funk, that^he dropped down 
 ' dead immediately, they tlien rode oS' with incred- 
 ible f»vit'rncfs. We condudlcd the dlfcsrifolatc 
 lady and her dead hufDxnd bnck to the town, where 
 people made no more of it, being accultjmcd 
 uo auK things, than if it-had hzzn a coalman ac- 
 cident, ' 
 
 When hci' grief was a litih abated o«r C'p* 
 tain told the lady, that it was n^t fife for her i ? 
 return home the fame way that fhe catne ; that in 
 all probability; thofe v/ho had killed her huiLand 
 were i;^ confederacy wii!i the diJaifciled party, 
 and would way-lay her, cither for his paper?;, or 
 her goods. Tnat hehad tvVo ih'.ps well-manned 
 at her fervice, and would condud her fate bv fea 
 to [o,r\- part of the Periian E npire, from whence 
 ihii might get into her own country. She con- 
 fentcdat lai'f, and went on boaiii with her atten- 
 dants and tffvids. Our C '^-v you may be 
 
 furc^- 
 
fl 
 
 L'iff Is* ,1 JViKfure^-of fl 
 
 . . .1 
 
 fnrf, ^^asin no lii'lc 10 c^rry htr liome, be hii«i 
 Jallcn di fperatcly in love with her : So that in- 
 dead of cart) in^^ hrr to any of the Perfian domin- 
 ion.<, he (iirc^cd his ccurfc for Aliziersj hearing 
 l.is father wasdead ; hut mfrelir.^ v»iihy(>ii, it has 
 t^Taric hi:Ti alirr his mcjOrrrs tor the pit Tent. l\c 
 has trycd a!) 'C^ays to ^airt her lovo, hut fne would 
 not give Mm the Irafl ciX'cnragfnieiit, 'lill this 
 late accidcru, b^ wltich (he laved \our life. Hc:c 
 ended the Pi rate's relation. 
 
 Not Inrigafrcr we arrived at Aicxan:*ria,'«hcrc 
 the Pirate fold ►lltlie ciftifls, taken on hoard our 
 fhip. lie dttcrnnncd to carry rnc to Grand Ca- 
 rio, lo IcU iT.c to a ft range merchant he had aft 
 acqtJaintancc l^irh, v»licrc I fhould never 5se 
 kcard of more, 
 
 Wh^.. .\^. lived at Grand Carlo, I was car- 
 Mcd to the place where the nierchants n^eet to ex- 
 ibarge their con:rr;odIiips ; tlitrc wtre pcrfon? 
 '-^rahnoll yil the Eaftcrn and Indian rations. At 
 Iftfl, iKc Pirate and (Iranj^c merchant fpycd one 
 j^nothrr ahi)oll at the inftant, after fome mutual 
 conip! inherit 5, the Pirate told liim he had met 
 M'itli furh a pcrfon as he had prcmifcd tr\ procure 
 for him I wo yea r 5 before, meaning rr.yiclf. Tlic 
 fnerchant eyed me irom ti p to tor, wiih the moi^ 
 <• ' '" ' •■ tir.p looi J cvt-r fjw in my life ; yet fifemcd 
 Kt the lumc thr.e ; he was very richly 
 c lad, attrTulcd with tl.rec )cuncr trcn, who ftem- 
 fd rath* r fohs than fcrVants. He af!<cd the Pirate 
 •».vhut he inuD give for me i he told him, 1 had 
 colt I im very dear) and v^i^.h that iccouhtcd to 
 ■ ■ ". the citvnmtiattr.tsof the fi[;ht, wherein ' 
 ..:n ; i^nd ID lIvv- hi:;; ihE due, fcprefentc. 
 
 i 
 
ifi/'^^r Ga'jdinti© DI Li/CCA. 1% 
 
 ;: no ways to my difadvantagc. However, thoft 
 were not the qualifications the merchant d^fircd* 
 V/iiat he wanted wa« a pciTon who was afcholar, 
 tnd could give him an account of the artf and fci^ 
 eiiccs, laws, cuftoms, kc, of the Chrillian*. 
 
 TfTE Pirate told him, I was an European 
 Chriftian, and a fcholar, and could undoubtedly 
 gratify him, with rcfpecl to my country. This 
 made the n^erchant rcfolvc to buy mc. When 
 they came to the price, the Pirate demanded 4<j 
 ounces of gold, and three fiik carpets. The mer- 
 chant a9;recd with him at the firit word ; only de— 
 fn-ndcd all the books, /jlobes, mathematical in— 
 flfuments, and in fine, whatever he had left of 
 my cffe£ls into the bargain ; this was agreed to, 
 »nd I wasdeliv'cred to the merchant. Asfoonas 
 I was put iiito bis power, he embraced mc with 
 agrcat deal of tendernefs faying, I (hould not re- 
 paint my chanj^c of life ; his attendants came up 
 tome, and embraced mc in the fame manner, 
 calling mc brother, and cxprcfTcd great joy f©jf 
 having mc of their company. 
 
 The merchant bid the young men to take m« 
 down to the canvanfera or inn, that I might re— 
 frcfh myfelf, and change my habit to the famcas 
 they were. I was ycry much furprifed at fuch 
 imexpeded civilities from Grangers. Bur, before 
 I went, I turned to the Pirate, a.d faid to him 
 with an air, th t made the merchant put on a 
 very thoUj^'htful look i tiat I (hanked Iiim for 
 krrping his prornifc in faving my life ; but ad- 
 ded, that t!;o 'thi* fortune of war had put it in his 
 power to CAl mc like a bcafl in the market, it 
 aii^ht he iit mine fomc time gr other ta render th« 
 
 <; ^iif 
 
<4 LrfeU Aavtnfuni •f 
 
 Vikckipi^ncfs. So we parted, the Pirate grumb- 
 ling a little TNithin himlVlf. As f hey were con- 
 du6t'"* " - * ^ 'he canvanfcra -HJicrc ihcy lodged, 
 I w; s forrowiul rcflcdion, that 1 waf 
 
 «fla I had changed my mafler ; but 
 
 my c<;n4:aiiions comforted me with the rr,o(t en- 
 dearing \vords, tellirg m?, that I need irar noth- 
 ing : That I llioiild ertcem myfelf oncot thehap- 
 piefl rrtn in the world, ulien they were arrived 
 iafc in their own country, which they l:«|icd 
 would wot be long. That i (houkl be as free a| 
 they VI ere, and lollow what employment of life 
 vr.y incilnationsled mc to, without any rcflraint 
 Avliatfotver. In fine, tiieir'difcourfc filled mc 
 •with frc(h amazrnient, and gave me at the fanif 
 time afort of jureiiiicdcfirc to fee the event. 
 
 Will M.I came to thehoufcs I was flrucV wit}^ 
 vondcf 2\ the magnificence of it, rfpcciaily at 
 the richncfs of the fuiniture ; the l.oufc was one 
 nf the bell in aU Grand Cairo, *tho built low ac- 
 cording to the cuflom of the country. It fcemf 
 they always Oaid a yeitr before they reujrncd intq 
 their own country, ;ind fpared no c(.ft to rrake 
 their banifhmem, as they called it, as cafy as they 
 could. I was entertained with the moft delicious 
 fruits and tl;e richcft wines ; by which I law 
 they were not Mahometans. Not knowing what 
 foimakc of them, 1 afltcd them who they were ; 
 of wl'at country, what fc6l and profcflionj and 
 the like ; they fmiled at my qucftions, and told 
 jncthey were children af the fun, and were cal- 
 led Mezoranians \ which wa» as unintelligible \o. 
 mc as all the reft. Buff forthfir country, they 
 told mc I fliould fee it in a few months, and bid 
 ^\t ?.fk no further ^ucIUons. Frcfcntly my maf- 
 
 tcf 
 
i/V;for CJaudentiodi Lucca. t^ 
 
 tcrcamc in, anJ embracing me, once more bl.l 
 me welcome. — He then addreUed me ;is follo-'.vs i 
 Young man, by the laws ot this country you arc 
 mine ; I have bought you at a vcr;f^fc|BB| pricey 
 but I know of no laws in the univ'cj;HH|at can 
 make a fiec-born maji becoaie a Hkwe Sp one of 
 his own fpccies. If you will voluntarily gd 
 ji^ong with us, you fliall enjoy as much freedom 
 as I do my felt ; You ihali b-; exempt from all 
 barbarous laws of thofc iahum^n countries^ 
 whofe biutalcudoms are u (Iiaaic to the; di^znity 
 «5f a rational creature, Wc are hltd with th.; 
 moft opulent country in the world ; we leave it 
 to your choice to go along with us if you pieaf: ; 
 if you will not, I here give ycu yfj/^/jt/kfy, and 
 redore to you all the remains '^^i^^^^^^f^^) \n\\i 
 what afliilance you ^^"^/'^MflHP^^^ b7.ck 
 again into your own country. olBf, this I inuil 
 telh^ou, if you go with us, 'tis likely you will 
 never come back again, or perhaps defire it. 
 Here he flopped, and obferved my couatenanc© 
 with a gregt deal of attcntioDa 
 
 I WAS llruck with admiration of his gencrofity, 
 and knew not what anfwer to give him. On 
 the one hand the natural defire of liberty prompt- 
 ed me to accept my freedom ; on the other, I 
 confidcred my fliattcrcd fortune ; that I was left 
 in a ftrangc country fo far from home, among 
 Turks and Infidels. The confiderations mad.J 
 me rcfolvs to go with him. I rofe, and making 
 a moil profound reverence, my lord^ faid J, or 
 rather my father and deliverer, I am yours by 
 all the lies of gratitude a human hears: is capabb 
 f; I rcfign myfclf to your conduct, and' will 
 tollow you to ihc end af iLs w<^rld. This I i^zid 
 
 wiiil 
 
Vitb fuch emotion of fpirit/that I believe he 
 faw info my very foul ; for embracing inc cncc 
 fnore wiih a moil incxprrfllblc tcmlerncfs^ I a- 
 dopt ^H^fiinJ iiC, for mv' Ton ; and tbefearc your 
 br(»tli^JPpgij]!!no to his twoyoung companioni { 
 all I require 6f )cu is, that)0u live as fuch. 
 
 SocN after this, he pave orc^crs to his attcrt- 
 dants'o uiihdraw, they obeyed iinmcdiatcly witk 
 a filial rcr^)C<5l ; then taking mc by the hand b.t 
 made me fit down by him, and a(V'cd me if it 
 >vrre really true, as the Pirate in<*ormed him, that 
 I ^vas an Enropfa^ Chriilian r I told him I was, 
 ;»nd in that belief would live aiid die. So yon 
 may, f..id he, fc^min^^ plrafcd at my anfwer. H* 
 then enquired panicularly into the laws of tile 
 Cbjifvaus, and upon what principle they vrer« 
 founded; to ?'! .vhich qucflions, I t^ave him m- 
 fwers that I ihought were applicable to them, 
 »nd he appeared to be very much plcafcd, and told 
 me, do but livf up to your ot^ n laws and we re- 
 quire no jaiore of vo'j. Here he nadc a lifl« 
 rcifc with his flaff*, at ',v!iich two of hi-? atten- 
 dants came in : f !e aflccd them if my cfTc^ls wrrt 
 toane from the Pir;<tc ? Being anfwcrcd they 
 >^'erc ; he ordered thrm to be brouj^ht in,' and 
 examined thvm very nicely. There vt<^% amonj 
 them fome pitSlurcs of my own drawing, a re- 
 peating watch, two compafs boxrs, one of thrm 
 very curioully wrought in Ivory and gold, which 
 )tad br n my great grand father's given him by 
 Verier io ; a fctt of mathtmutiral inftrumcntp, 
 dr:^uf',hrs of flatuary'and architecture, by the btfl 
 mailers, wiih all which he (cem^':d extremely 
 plcafed. After he had examined them with a 
 ^rcil dial of adruifalioD; hf ordered one of liig 
 
 aLtcr.dauift 
 
attcndan;-: to reach him a cabinet full of gold ; h« 
 opened it to mc and faid, young man, I not cm\y 
 reftore all your effcds here prcfcnt, having no 
 right to any thing that belongs to another man, 
 but once more offer you your liberty, and ai 
 inuch of this gold, as you think fiifTicient to 
 carry you home, and make you lire eafy all youf 
 life. I was a little out of countenance, think- 
 ing what I faid, in my anfw^rs ie hitn with rcf- 
 pe<5l to the Chrhtian Inws. in which I mentioned 
 the ill morals of the ChriiliaDS, had made hina 
 afraiil to tskc mc along with h:m. I told him, 
 1 valued noticing now fo much as his companyjand 
 begged him not only to let xnego along with him^ 
 but that he would ba plcafcd to accept whatever 
 he faw of mine there before him :' Ido accept of 
 it, fays he, and take you rolcmnly into riiy care i 
 ^o along with thofe voung mcnf and crljoy youf 
 liberty in cffed, which I have hitherto only given 
 you in words. Here fome of his elder compani- 
 rns came in, as if they were to' confult abcuf 
 bufincfs; the young men an.:i myfcif, went im 
 wslk the town for our divcruuii. 
 
 WniLTt wc C(^ntinu*d at G.'anH Ciiro ; t rR- 
 joycd the fame liberty that I could have h;id, it I 
 had been in Italy: Ail I remarked in my com- 
 panions was an nneafmefs they exprelTed te be fo 
 long out of their own country ; bvit they com- 
 forted tliemfcl vts wiih the thought it would not 
 
 be long. 1 cannot omit one obferya'don I 
 
 made of thcf-- young men 's csT)du6\ while we iTaii 
 in Egypt. They were all about my owa aje, 
 ftrong and vigorous, and the hand fome (t race of 
 people, perhaps, the world ever produced. We 
 Ware iit tbc mo& vtluptuduj and kvyd towa in 
 
li Life i/ AJvi^furf, */ 
 
 the whoh Kallcrn Empire; ihc yoiin5 women 
 fcctncJ ready to devour us as vrc went alon^r the 
 ftrectf. Yet I never faw the Icafl indinatron to 
 any thing of" that nature. J impufed it at firfl to 
 1 ne apprchcnfioaof mv bein^ ii\ their company, 
 m^U flrangcr ; but I foon loiind they adej by 
 principle. A% young Bicn arc apt to encourage, 
 or rather to corrupt one another, 1 o\rn I could 
 TiOi forb.-ar exprelJing my wonder at it. They 
 rccmcd furprizedat the' thought ; hut the rea- 
 funs thcv i;^vc were as much out ot our common 
 Way of thinicing, as their behaviour. They told 
 me for the furt reafon, that all tiic women they 
 faw weis either married, or particular mcn'i 
 daughters, or common. For married women, 
 they faid, it vCas fuch a heinous piece of injuf- 
 f Ice to violate the marriage-bed that every man 
 living would look upon it as tlic greatefl injury 
 done to I.iuifclf : How could they tlierefore in 
 reafon do it to another ? It ihcy were daughter* 
 of particular men, bred up with ^o much care 
 and follicitudc of their parent!, what a terrible 
 afliidion mu(l it be to them, or to ourfclvcs, to 
 fre our daughters or lifters violated and corrupted, 
 after all our care to the contrarv ; and this too, 
 pcrliap5, by thofe we l.ad chcriihcd in our own 
 bofoms ? Ifconimon fhumpc.s, what rational 
 aian could look on them otficrwifc than brufe 
 beafts, t«* abandon ihemfclves to every ftranger 
 iov liirc ? As for the fatal e ffeii s of their impure 
 cmbracct, no peifon was ignorant of. Thtfc re- 
 ficdtions appeared fo extraordinary in young 
 n:cn, and even Heathens, that I acvcr f}j;iJl for- 
 get them. 
 
 X f«v.s^» l«actl«« aftci cur late coBTcrfiitioji, 
 
iigmr CrAVx>t^r'io t>i Lucca. if 
 
 %y their diligence in fettling their affairs, an^ the 
 cbcarfulncfs of their ccunrenance, that they had 
 thoughts of departing from Egypt ; they fcemcd 
 to wait [or nothing but orders frotn their gover- 
 nor. — In the mean tinic there happened an acci- 
 dent tome, which I now relate, th.inking it 
 may he gratifying to niy readers. Befidcs, that 
 it is interwoven with fome of the chief occuren- 
 ces of my life in the latter part of it. Our Goy- 
 crnor whom they called Pophar, which fignifici 
 father of his people, aad in which nart^c, I (hall 
 always call him h.creaftcr, looking at hi^ Ephc- 
 mcris, which he did very frequently? found by 
 computation, that he had fomc time Ifft to {lay. 
 jn the country, and rcfolved to go down to Alex- 
 andria, to fee if he could meet with any more 
 puropcan^'curiofuics, which arc brought by mer- 
 chants (hips coming in perpetually at that fcafon 
 into'thc port. He took only two of the young 
 nnen and mc with him, to (hew m^, as he faid, 
 that I was entirely at my liberty, fincc I might 
 eafily find fome Oiip or other to carry me into 
 my own country : On the other hand, to con- 
 vince him of the f.nccrity of my intentions, I 
 generally kept in his company. WhiJc we were 
 walking in the public places to view the fcveral 
 goods and curiofities, that were brought fron:i 
 different parts of the world, j.t happened that the 
 Balfa of Grand Cairo, withal! hie family, wai 
 come to Alcxiindria on tl^c fame account, as wc]\ 
 as to buy fomc young female (laves. Kis \v\ft 
 and davightcr were then both along with him: 
 The witc was one of the (5rand Signor's fifUrs, 
 fecmingly about thirty, and a wonderful fine 
 woman. The daughter was about (ixtcen, of 
 fuch cxcj^uifiic beauty and lovely features, as wtrc 
 
 futEcicnj 
 
M Ls/t t:f A ^v en) urn of 
 
 fifljclcnt to charm the grcatrfl Pii»cc in \\it 
 Worl(J*. 
 
 \Vhen wcpfrccivcd them the Pophar, who 
 ■aturally abhorred the Turks, kept off, as if ho 
 t/erc treating piivsitrly witJi fome irerchants. 
 But, Ib'*«ng )■'>'•' g and iaconficleraic Hoed look- 
 ing, tho* at a rcfpedfu! difUnce, at the BafTa*! 
 braiiiifiil diJ^hter, from no other motive but 
 fncrc curiofiTy, She had her eyes fixed on my 
 companions anfli m^fclf at the famt time, and, as 
 I fuppofrd, on the fainr account. If I could 
 have lorefccn ihc tioublrg that (hort interview 
 l>i as going to coft both the Prphar and myfclf, 
 I Ihould have chofe to have looked on the mofl 
 hideous monftcr. I obfcrved tl^at the young 
 lady, vrlih a pailiculer fort of emotion, whifpcr^ 
 cd fomcthing to an elderly v;oman that attended 
 Kcr, rndlliedid the faine (o a page, ^ho imme- 
 diately went to CTTo natives of the place, whom 
 the fof '..ar ufed to hire to c:irry his things ; 
 *l"his HM.s to enquire of :hcm who \re were. 
 They, as appeared by the evtnt, tuld ihem, I 
 was a youn^ (lavc lately bouglit by the Pophar. 
 After a vrhilc, the Balla, vith his train went 
 nway, ami f .t my own part I thought no more 
 ©f the mailer. The next day, as the Pcpkar and 
 rrc were walking in'Khe of the public gardens ; 
 i iiulc elder!/ man like »n eunuch with a moft 
 
 brautii'i;| 
 
 • The B«fii^ «i Grand Cario U ufit id the pr'at- 
 «ft p< ft% in ih« Virk.fr lf.ir»pirc. ar.d the nxR in- 
 rftpcnd^nt ofa^iy (uUjrA ii» ^wVry ; iiiscuilom- 
 %ry lor the Solium to g^i»e tbc-ir dhu^httif in mur- 
 riage to fiich fCrfuMf ; vi'Uoarc tftrn dfi'ked by 
 Ike hifb^nds fc« »c«ou»»t fcf ikeir iw^erwuj Lci 
 
beautiful youth with hir!, having foI!o\vcd us to 
 $1 private psi t of the walks, came up to us, and 
 acldrefring themfelvcs to the Pophar, alked h'ltn, 
 what he would take for his young ilavc, poiriting 
 at me ; becaufe the B^iTa dcfired to buy him* 
 The Pophar fecmcd to be more furprized at this 
 uncxpt(ftcd qucltion, than I ever obiervcd him 
 at any thing before, which confirmed nnc more 
 md more in the opinion of the kiiiJaefs 'he had 
 for me. 
 
 A FT I R the P«phar had recovered frora h»s 
 furprize, he t#Id them Veryfedately that I was no 
 fl^ye ; nor a perfcn to be fold for any price, 
 fincc I was as free as he was. They taking this 
 fol* a pretext to enhance the price, produce-ii 
 foin.c oriental pearl?/ with other jewels ef im- 
 mcnfc value, and bid him nanae what he would 
 have, and it fhould be paid inuncdiately : Ad- 
 ding, I was to be the companion cf the Biifa's 
 fon, where I might make my fortune forever, 
 if I would go along witii them. The Pophar 
 per filled in the fa;ue anfwcr, and faid he had no 
 power over me : They infiftcdl had beenbaught 
 23 a flave, but feme time ago, in tha^GranJ Sig- 
 ner's dominions, *'^ind they would hnrc me. Hrrs 
 I interpofed and anfwcred biifkly, that tho* I had 
 been taken prifoner by the chance of war, I xfas 
 no Have, nor would I part wi^h my libt-rty but at 
 the price of my life. The Biffa's fon, for fo he 
 now declared himfelf to be, inftcad of being 
 angry at my rcfolute anfwcr, replied with a molt 
 agreeable fuiile, that 1 fhould be as free as hs 
 Y.'i$y making the mofl folemn proteftations by 
 
 is mod holy Alcoran, that our lives and deaths 
 kjould be infeparablc. Tho' thcr« was fomt- 
 
 D thiiig 
 
tiling in liis wor't the moil pcrfut^vc I tvct 
 fclf within myfclt"; yet ccnfidcring the obii- 
 £aiionfI Kadro the Pophar, I was rcfolvcd not 
 to go, but anfwcrrd with a moft rcfpeahil h'j\r, 
 that tho* I was free by nature, I had indirpcufi- 
 llc obligjrioxis not to go with iiim, and hoped lit 
 wouldtakc it for adeicrmlnat* anfwer. J pro. 
 rounccd thii vNJth fueh a rcfolutc air, s$ B^a<!a 
 kiiT) ftc there wai no hopes. 
 
 Whithei hij defire wjt more cnflamed by 
 •ly dc-nial, or wheihcr they took ui for prrloni 
 of jjrckier note than we appeared to be, I can- 
 not tell ; but I obferrcJ he put on a Y«ry langui- 
 fiiing air, uith tcirs (Scaling down his checks, 
 which moved mc to a degree I cannot exprcft. 
 1 could icarcc fpcak, but caft dovrn my eye?, 
 and rtood as iajmovcable at a fhtute. Thif 
 fccmcd to revive his hopes ; he recovered him- 
 fclf a little, and with a trembling voice, replied, 
 fuppofc ii be the Bairn's daughter yoy faw yef- 
 terday, that deijrcs t» have you for her attendant, 
 wlial lio y«u C^y ? I lUrted at tins, and caClin^^ 
 my f yes on him more attentively, I perceived 
 Lis fTvinri:-k3!no[intear?, wi*Ji atendernefs, enough 
 to pierce the hardrfl heart. I looked at the Po- 
 ph;ir, vrho I Caw was tremblinjir for me j and 
 icarcd it was t!)c dai:^htcr hcrrdfthat afked ms 
 tjie qweftion. 1 w^jf toon put out of doubt, for 
 Lie finding CncJjJf^oQc too {^^r to go back, dif- 
 coverc-d hcrcfcirTand faid I muft go along whk 
 kcr, or one of us mull die. 
 
 CoKsiDE* mv readers the perplrxtJy I was 
 &», (he being a Turk and la Chiiflian : That 
 P»X death mult ccrtaifllykc ibc c»nfc<5ucnce of 
 
 foch 
 
Stgnor ^AUDEN'no ©i LuecA, ^3 
 
 lijch a rafh affair, were I to engage in it. Thai 
 ■vvheiher fhc concealed me in her fnhcr's coi'if, 
 or attempted to go off with mr, it was ten thou- 
 fand to one, we fhonld both be facrificed : Neith- 
 er could the violence of fnch a fuddcn paHion 
 ever be concealed from the BalTa's fpies. In a 
 Word, 1 was refolved not to go ; but how to grt 
 cfF was the difficulty. ir<iw,themoft beautiful 
 creature in the v/orld aiU in tcari before m.?, 
 after a declara:ion of love, thut exceeded the 
 mofl romantic tales ; youth, love and beauty, 
 and even an irxlinajion on my fide pleaded her 
 caufe. But at length the Confideration of ih« 
 endlcfs niiferics I was likely to draw on the 
 young lady, Ihould I comply with what (he dc~ 
 fired, prevailed above all others. I was refol- 
 Vedtorcfufc, for her fake more tli?n my own, 
 and was jull going tc tell her fo on my knec5, 
 when an attendant csme running in haftc to tl c 
 other pcrfon, aad told h^r the BalTa was comiflg 
 that v/ay. She was roufed out of her lethargy st 
 this, and her attendant immedi*tcly fnatched 
 her away, as ihc Pophar did me : She jufl cried 
 out with a tlvre[it, 'hirik better en It, or die ; fa 
 we were inamcdlatcly out of fight af one anoth- 
 After leaving; her, I found a thouTand rea- 
 /;;ni for what I did, more tlian I coulJ think o( 
 before, and rejoiced that I had' not accepted her 
 propofdl. While I was taken up in thinkin -j 
 of our laic adventure, the good Pophar told ni •, 
 this unfortunate afFiir Would not end To, hue 
 that it might cod us both our live?, aad fcm*- 
 thingelfc that ^as more dear to bim : Addin;; 
 !^at Y'c CQuft make icitncdiitc!/ o J •, that h./v- 
 
1^ L -ft i^ AJvinturtJ ef 
 
 jn^ rorrar.y fpirs upon ii5» policy 2s well as tt- 
 J)edition mutl be yfcJ. So be went dirt-6\Iy to 
 the port, ajtd in the hearing cf all, publicly hir- 
 ed a lliip 10 go for Cyprus, and laid ihey n.uft 
 necciraiily go off that evening. We KaJ r^al!/ 
 done fo, but our coir.paniuniand cffc£ls obliged 
 lis to retain to Grand Cairo \ but inftcad of going 
 by Tea, he called the msP.cr ef the veflcl, v. ! . 
 Was of liis acquaintance and for a good iol;:! 
 fum, privately agreed with him to fail out cf the 
 port and leave u$, while he hirtd a boat at th<: 
 other tnd of the town ; and went that night di* 
 rc<fl!y for Grand Cairo. 
 
 Ar. fjrn ai wc srrivcd at that city, ^vc en- 
 i^'nred how long before the ihffa, would return 
 there. They told us in about a fortnight ; this 
 f,ave the Pophor time to pay off his houlc, pack 
 Uphi$eff.£t5, an^ get all things ready for liis 
 great vovaqc ; but flill with greater apprchen- 
 Cion in his loots than ever I rerrarked in him. 
 H(jV.'ever, he told us, he hoped the affair WG^idd 
 end hap[ ily ; in five days lime all thiiigj were 
 in read inefs liar our dep; rture. V/c fct out a 
 liitlc before fun-Lt, as ii is cuf^orhary in thofc 
 countries, and marched on but a ilo\7 pace until 
 fijinc dirtancc from the city, in ordrr to avoid 
 any fufpicion of flight. After travelling t];ufl 
 kboct i league up by the ftdc of the river Nile, 
 ilic Pophar leading the van, ahd the rcf^ fullovv- 
 ifjgin a pretty long firing alter him, we mtt 
 five cr fix men con. ing down the river-fide on 
 horfebaclr, who by their fiae lurbins and habits> 
 Huv.'edthcy wefcpaeeS, or altcndahts cf fomd 
 j^rcat pcrfoii. The Pophar turned off 'fr<:rm th6 
 Jftv-.fr, L5 :! it \v:t-e to give ♦':'■••. ^" y i Tf.ey 
 
i'/'^wflr Gaudintio Di Lucca. 25 
 
 pafTed on very civilly without taking any further 
 jioiicc. I was the hiridinoft but one of our train^ 
 having ftaid t« give our dromedaries fome water. 
 Soon after thcfc came tv/o ladies riding on little 
 Arabian Jennets, w ith prodigious rich furniture, 
 by which I gueifcd them" to be pcrfons of qualit}', 
 and others gone before their a'.tendants. They 
 were not quite over againft where I was, when 
 the younger of the two ladies Jennet began to 
 fuortaRd itart at o\ir dromedaries, and became 
 fo unruly, that I apprehended the lady could 
 fcarce fit on him. At that inftant, one of the 
 led dromedaries coming pretty near, that, and 
 the ruflling of its loading, fo frighted the Jennet, 
 that he gave a bound all on a fudden, and being 
 on the infide of us towards the edge of the bank, 
 where not being able to flop his career, he ficvr 
 diredlly off tlie precipice into the river, with the 
 lady on hini ; but the violence of the leap, threw 
 her off two or three yards into the water. 
 
 It happened very luckily that there was a lit- 
 tle iiland juft by where (he fell, and her cloaths 
 keeping her up for fome minutes, the dream 
 carried her againft fv-)mc fl^ircs that ftood jud: 
 above the water, that catched iicr cloaths, and 
 h;:!d her there. Tke fnrieks of the other lady 
 brought the nighcfl attendants up to us ; but 
 tlu^fe fearful wretch-'s durft not venture into the 
 river to her aflii'hmce. I jumprd off my drom.e- 
 r^^'.y Willi indignation, and throwing off my loofe 
 garment and fijndals, fvvam to her, 2nd with 
 muchdifficuliy getting hold of her hand, and 
 l)oiing her garments from the ftukcs, I n-.adc a 
 ■:'■>' '\ to draw l)tr ncrofs the Orciir., lil! I brought 
 ;.cr 10 land. She was quite Liiklcfs for fi;me 
 
 K lime 
 
2^ Lift is Aavinikitei tf 
 
 lime ; I held Jown iier hod, which I hid not 
 ^cllorV^^la^ to make hrr tJiTgorgc ihc wjtrf 
 (he I'.ad fwi! lowed ; but ] was fjon flruck t^i'h 
 a double furprize, when I h)okcd at her face, 
 10 lind it was llic BaHa's dnughtcr, and to Ut 
 her in thatplac-, --•• -•• 1 thoui^ht I lj;id left at. 
 Alcxar.diia. 
 
 Aft£R fon-.e time, f}.rc2r-;e to hciTcIf, md 
 
 ^•okinj fteadily on MX a go^d nhile, her fcnfet 
 
 not bcinn; entire!)' recoveud : At laft fhe cried 
 
 cut, O Mahomet, n?i.fl I o^ve rr.y life to tl.ix 
 
 man! ar.d fainted ar^ ay- The other laJy ^ho 
 
 rai her coiifideiit. viiii a great deal of puir$ 
 
 brrugUt her to herfcH again ; yv'c raifcd her up, 
 
 ;\nd crde*vourcd !• comfort her as well 2S v»c 
 
 < ould : Hor.:)slhc, throw nc ir.^o il^c river 
 
 * iicc ir.ore ; let nic not be obli^^ed to a Bajhari- 
 
 :tn f«r Yfl.cm I have clone too much already. I 
 
 old h:-r iu tic mofi refpc6^ful terms I tcnid 
 
 '.hink of, tl<ai Providence had ordered i: fo, that 
 
 ! might make iomc rcc on.pciicc for the undcfer- 
 
 vcd obli^avioas flic hvd Lid on m.c ; that 1 had 
 
 00 [;rcat Visiuc f«>r her ir.crir, ever to make her 
 -.ifirablc, Kv lc\ing a (lave fuch rs I was, a 
 
 •Iranper, a Cliiftian, and who had indirpci^Tiblf 
 ©b!i"ations to aO as I did. 
 
 J?HE f.artlcd a little at fvhat 1 faid ; but after 
 a ftiorl rfCcl!e<^ion knfvvcred, -nhcllier yt'^u are 
 9 flavc, an ii;fidrl, or r.hatever you pUafe, yru 
 are one of tlie mill generous men ia the vrorlJ. 
 
 1 fiippofc )cur oblijjatior.s src on account of 
 fomc m-ore happy >\ oman tlian niyfclf ; but 
 f;uce 1 ov.'c my lit"« to you, 1 am rcfolved i^ot 
 t" a.kke ycu vuhappy, any n.on tlun )tudgmc. 
 
 4 
 
Signer G A U D E N T 1 D I Lu C € A . ^ 
 
 I not only parJon you, b'lt am coiiviice'j my 
 prctcniiDiiS arc both unjufi, and agiir.ft my owii 
 honour. She fuid this wiih an air 3;:coming her 
 (juality : She was much more at eaff, when I 
 alFured her I was engaged to no vronnxn in tl]^ 
 world ; but that her memory (i)ould b^ ever 
 dear lu me, ^rd imprinted tn my heart till my 
 laft breath. Here ten or a do'zrn armed Turk* 
 came upon us full fpe?d Ir^in the towi^, ani 
 feeing the Popbar and his ccmpai;' .ey 
 
 cried out [lop villains, we arrefl ysu iniken-imo 
 of tliC BafT'a. At this we flirted up to fee \ivhi;t 
 Wi»s the matter, when the laily who kn-cw thrm, 
 bid me not be afraid ; th*t thcfe were men Ih? 
 had ordered topurfue me, wh*n ("he left Alexan- 
 dria. That hearing wc were tied OiThy fja, Ins 
 pYetendcd fidoicfs, and afkcd leave cf [\^v f?.thcr 
 to return to Cairo, thereto bemoan her niisfer- 
 tune with ]i*r confident ; aad was in thofe ine- 
 I'ancholy fcrttimcnts, when the late accident hap- 
 pened to her. That (he fappofed thefc men had 
 ^ifcovercd the trick we had played tinem in not 
 going by fea, and on better informatioa had pur- 
 fucd us this wty. So ihc difmiired them imme- 
 diately. 
 
 I WAS all this while in one of th«grcatefl: ag©- 
 Dies that can be exprcifed, both (or fear of m .• 
 own rtfojutions arid htr : So I begged her to re 
 tire, left her v.ei cloaths (hould endanger h' 
 hcaltli. I (hould not have been able tJ prr 
 rounce thefe words, ifthcPophar had not ca 
 si look at me, which pierced me thro', and ma: 
 me f;;e the danger I v/as in by my delay. He 
 rtr:>lu*ions now fecdied to be {Irongcr than luiii'. 
 S lie pulled olT ' vhiuh I now wear o 
 
2^ Vfe (J Jn\e*it:ire: §f 
 
 ray finger, and jufl faid, v it!i tears trickling 
 «iown her beauiiiul checks : tiikc this, and adieu] 
 She then pulled her cgmpanion awj y^ and never 
 looked ai ir.c more. 
 
 I STOOD amazed, almofl without life or 
 nictioR in me, ai.d cannot tell h«w long I nriight 
 have continued f), if ihc Pophar had not come 
 and congratulated me for n\y deliverance. I 
 told him, I did not know what he meant bjr de- 
 liverance, aiid ih.at I >ras afraid he would re- 
 pent his buying of me, if I procured him any 
 inore of thcfe adventures ? If vre meet with no 
 worfc than thcfc, fays he, I fha'l rejoice; no 
 liclorycanbe gained without fume lofs. He 
 tlicn cOiT.niaiidcd ui to make the b«f\ cf our 
 ■nav. 
 
 Altko' ilic Pophar was uneafy to be cut ^t 
 the reach of the fair lady and her faitldcfi Turks, 
 yet he was not in an? great haftc in the main, 
 the prefect time for liis great voyage not being 
 vei con.e. 1 licrc appeared a gaiety in his coun- 
 tenance, that fecmed to pron/ifc us a profperoui 
 journey. For my own part, tho' I was glad I 
 had efjaped my dangerous cnchantrcfs, there was 
 a heavincG lay on rny fpiiiis, whicli I could giv« 
 roaccouLt of ; but the thoughts cf fuch an un- 
 known voyage, and variety cf places, difiifated 
 it by w'c£;c<,s. 
 
 Wk were eleven In number, five elderly men, 
 md five young <.)\\Lif myfcitbcinga fiipcr-numc- 
 rary pcrf^n : Wc were all mounted upon drom- 
 edaries, whirhlivea long time without drink* 
 ing, and 4re jiad; ufc of to travel ercr barren 
 
 fund* 
 
Si^rtor Gauvihtio di Lucca. if 
 
 fands upon that account. V/c had five fpar« 
 ones to carry provifions, or to change in cale any 
 one of the other (hould tire on our journey. 
 We went up the Nile, leaving it on owr left hand 
 all the way, fleering our courfe dirc£lly for the 
 upper Egypt. The river Nile divides Egypt in 
 two pani length-ways ; defcending from Abyf- 
 finia with fiicli an immenfe coui fc, that the Ethi- 
 opians faid it had no he*d, and running thro' the 
 hither Ethiopia, pours down upon Egypt as the 
 Phine does thro' the Spaniih Netherlands, mak- 
 ing it one of the richcft countries in the unir-^ 
 ;ycrfc. 
 
 We tifited all the towns on that famous river 
 upwards, under pretence of merchandizing ; 
 but the true rcafon of our delay wa5, becaufc the 
 Pophar's critical time for his great voyage was 
 (.not yet come. Me looked at his Ephemeris and 
 notes almofl every hour, the rt (l of them attend- 
 ing his nod in the mo't minute circumfl:ances. 
 As we approached the upper parts of Egypt, as 
 nigh as I could gucfs, over againlt the dcfaris of 
 Barca, they began to buy provifions proper for 
 their purpofc ; but particularly rice, drycd 
 fruit?, and a fort of drved paile thatferved us for 
 brciid. They did not buy their provifions at one 
 place, to avoid fufpicion.. 
 
 r* 
 
 Vv^HEN we came overagairfl the middle coafl 
 of the vafl dcfart of n.arca, w«^ met with a delicate; 
 vclfrar rivilur, breaking out of a rifing part of th« 
 ids, and making towards the Nile. Hx:re v/e 
 alighted, drank ourrelv(s, and gave our drome- 
 daries to drink as much as they would: Tiicn 
 W« £ll?d all our vcfllls; ini.dc on purpole for car- 
 
 riajje, 
 
■y^ ti/t (y JgvenJurit tf 
 
 riigf, ar.Jtook in a rr.ucA greater propcftion ©f 
 
 Nvaicrthan vrt hid done proylfio.is. 1 had 
 
 foiljotto mention, th»t at Icvcra! pUcci a» we 
 pafTcd, they Jifmounted and kiiFcd the jround 
 wi;ha vcrv fupcrrtiiions dcvoiion, and fcrapcd 
 Tonic of the dnft, which they put i«lo poldeil 
 urns whichlhevhad brought on pnrpole, Jet- 
 tin^ me do wlat' I i)lcarcd all the n\i\\c. 1 h»J 
 forTofJcYotionlgucircdthcn, but found to be 
 true afterwards, ^ras the chief occafion of thnr 
 comingintoihoCe p^rts ; tho* carried on under 
 thcprclcnccof nncrchandizing. They did the 
 fame in thii olace ; and when all ^tcrc ready, 
 ihe Pophar lookin.^ on his papers and needle, 
 rrYcd^-j://^^<'«/'«, which I was intornieil, wai 
 as'nvvich ai to fav, Now children for uur lives, 
 and immediately as he had ilcered South all ak i - 
 before, he turned ihort on his right hand taic 
 Wtfl, crofsthevalUlcfsrt of Barca, as tuft as 
 his dromedary could well go ; nothing but fanos 
 anJ f^v appeared before us, and in a icw hour5 
 were al'.nolt out of danger of any one's aitcmpt^ 
 
 \r\^ to fullow U8. 
 
 Being thti?; embarked, if 1 may fuy f^sonthis 
 vaft ocean oi rand,a thoufand prrplexin- \|»""Sf^'* 
 came into my mind, which I did not rtjka o| 
 bcfor-. Crhold me in the midil of the inhofpr^ 
 ' '•' • (1-faits of ArrK«, where whole armies* had 
 
 oticn 
 
 • Antix-iu hiftoritiftivcsus fcvcral i!ift;m(rs c. 
 «rieai numbtrof peifous, ftud e^en uh.lciif- 
 w-ei. ^^\^n hate beru Icrt in the fuKU .;( Atnd 
 ncr>do!u«in Thalia, fjys, vhal Civ.nhj Irs tlv- 14 
 of CvruitUcRrejii, in his expeduiun :.n4»i.!t il 
 iia.i.»pfans, was brought to fuch (IrUfthls in ih^ 
 vaadcrar.»; thiu vvac fcrccc' lo eal ctcrj' l«U 
 
• ftcn perilled. The further wc advanced the 
 more our danger cncrcafcd. I was Tviih men, 
 vho were entire Grangers to mc. Who I waf 
 pcrfuaded were Heathens and Idolaters : For 
 bcfide their fuperftitious killing the c'rth in fcv- 
 cral places, I obfcrvcd they looked up towards 
 the fun, and (ecmed to acidrcfs their orifons to 
 that Planet. I thought it was polTibie, that I 
 "was dcHir.cd for a hurr-an facrifice, to fome 
 Heathen God in the midft of that vaft dcfart. 
 But not feeing any arnr^s they had, cither offcn- 
 five or defenfive, except their ihort goads to 
 prick on their dromed;*.rics, 1 was a little eafy : 
 •I had provided myfclf privately, with two pocket 
 piftols, and was rcfolvcd to defend m}fcU to the 
 lad gafp. As for tie difficulty of palSn«; the de- 
 farts, I retletlcd that ihtir own lives were as 
 niuch in danger as mine ; that they mull have 
 fi&me unknown ways of paHing theni over, oth- 
 crwlfc they would never expofe thcmfelves t# 
 fuch evident danger- 
 
 I SHOULD hare mentioned, that we fjt out a 
 little before fua-fct to avoid tlje heats, June the 
 9th, iChS, the moon wr$ abcut the firft quarter, 
 and carried on the lii^ht till nigh dawn ot day ; 
 the glitterinf^ of the fand or rather j-cbb'y gravel, 
 in which there were abuudance of Ihining Itones 
 like jewels orchryfUal, incrcafedthe light, that 
 we could fee 10 Itcer our cciirfc by the necdla 
 ycry well. We traveled at a vaft rate, the 
 
 dron:evlavie$ 
 
 piaij before {hry coiiltl get V-ack a^nin. Tbc ether 
 army which he fent to dtflro\'tl:e teo-plcoi Ja^^i- 
 ter l{3iR.iut) wo* €u;h2;T t^-^rv^Uelnre J and ioft j^ 
 i^tfan^^ ' iH€ro<l4>t. Thalia. J 
 
3% Lijt tJ Ailveuiuret •} 
 
 dronnf Jaricipace was nearly running : I verrily 
 bclicvr, from fix o'clock in thecvcnir.g liUabout 
 ten tlic next day, wc ran alir.oft 120 Italian 
 riiilcs : VVc had ntitlicr flop or let, but fleered 
 cur ccuifc in a dirc6l line, like a fhip under fail. 
 Tlic Vcais were not ni^h fo infuffcrablc as I ex- 
 pelled, for the' we faw nothing wc could call a 
 mountain in tliofc imnicnfc bares, yet the fands, 
 or at leafl the way wc fleered was very high 
 j;rM!nd : That i!$ foon as wc were out of the 
 breath of the inhubiable countries, wc had a 
 perpetual breeze blowing full in our faces, yet 
 fo uniioi'n, that it fcarcc raifcd any dufl ; part- 
 ly bccaufe, where wr paHcd, the fands were not 
 cf that fmall duHy kiud, as in feme parts of hC- 
 rica, whicli fiy in clouds with the wind ovcr- 
 whclminjg all Dcferc it, but of a more gravcMy 
 kind 4 and paiily from ah imperceptible dew, 
 which \\\Q not fo thiik as a fog, moillcutd the 
 furlacc of the ground pretty much. 
 
 A : ITTLF after nine next moining we came 
 to fornc clumps of nirubby tree:, wi:h a l:tJc 
 mols on the gron r.d inflcad of grafs : Here the 
 wind fell, and the heats became very vli)lcnt. 
 The Pophar oidered us to alight and pitch our 
 tc: tx, to Hi:! v:i I oth ourfcKcs and dromedaries 
 from the hca's. 'J heir t(n;s were n.idc of t!»e 
 fiaefl fort of oil clo' 1 ^ , podi^ioui 
 
 light and pDr'ah' cupaLic ol keeping out 
 
 br.^th rain and fijn, 
 
 IIkrr wc rcfreflied ourTlv.^s and bcafls till a 
 little aficr fix ; when wc or.cp more fct out, Etsd 
 ftill contir.ucd fleering dirtclly Wcfl. We went 
 on thus for t!;rcc days aud nights without any 
 
 ccnfidcrablc 
 
•/jnfidcrable accidcnr, only I ©bfcrvcd ih^ earth 
 fccmcd to rife infenlibiy higher, and the breezes 
 •nl/ ftronger, but th« air iiTelf much cooler* 
 
 About ten the third d-Jiy vre favr fomc more 
 clumps of trees on the right hand, which looked 
 greener and thicker than the former, as if fonrc 
 habiiabU vale vfas not far dirtsnt, ss in cfFe£l it 
 was not. Tiic Pophar ordered us to turn that 
 way, which was the only turning out of our rout 
 we had met yet. By the cbearfHlnefs of their 
 cruHtcnanccs, I cxpeacd this was part ©f their 
 country ; but I was very iruch iniftakcn, v/c 
 had a tar more diilant and difHcult way to travel, 
 than what we had before pafTisd. 
 
 As we advanced, wc found it to open and 
 defccnd gradually ; till wefavv a n:io(l delightful 
 vale, full of palms, dates, and other fruit-trees, 
 entirely unknown in thofe parts, with fuch a 
 brautiful fmell (vqm the orJoriferouj flirubs, ai 
 filled the whole air with perfumes ; wc r©dc 
 into the thickeft of it as faft as we could to enjoy 
 the inviting (Iiadc. Wccaled our dromedaries, 
 and took the firfl care of them ; for on thcfc all 
 our fafetics depended. After we had refreihed 
 ourfe'v Sj tlie Pophar ordered every one to go to 
 deep as foon as he cculd, fincc we were like to 
 have but little the three following days. 
 
 As foon as they had alighted from their drom- 
 edariei, they fell down flat on their faces anj 
 kiifed the earth, which I took to be a congratu- 
 lation ior their happy arrival at (j hofpitablc a 
 place, but it was on a quite different account. 
 I v/as the firft awake after our rcfrcfhmcnt ; my 
 
 F though t|. 
 
f^ Lift a Aiive-!:!i:rfi tf 
 
 tbor.ghtf and fesr» tho' niuch caliner tVjan ihcy 
 KaJ been, wouKi no: fjATcr ii.c to be fo fcriatc as 
 the rcll. Finding the hour for departing wa« 
 not yet come, 1 walked in tliat dcliciouf place, 
 v/hich vaj (o much the mere delightful, at th« 
 dcfAiis we had palTc.i were c'readtul and horrid : 
 I paded on ^cfcerdlng towards the center ol \\\€ 
 vale, not doubiir.^ b/ ihegreennefs cf the place, 
 kut I fhould findfomc water. I had not pro- 
 ceeded far, before 1 faw a moil delicate rill. 
 At that place the vale ran upon a pretty deep 
 defccnt, fo that i couhl fee o^er the trees and 
 fhruis below me, aln^.cfl as far as my eyes could 
 reach; encrc?.fjrg ordccrcafipg in breadt.i as the 
 hills of fane!?, for now they appeared to be hil'i, 
 would give it leave. Here, 1 had tl:c moft beau- 
 tiful profpc(St that the moH lively imagination can 
 form to itfcif ; the funburnt hills of fand on cacJi 
 fide, made the greens ftiil look more charming. 
 
 After I haddrank my fj^ and fatisficd rry- 
 fclf with thofc native rariiicf^I faw a large lion 
 come out of ihe thicket, about two liundrcd piCcs 
 below me, walking very quietly to the water (o 
 lap : When he had dr;n'.k, he wiikcd his tail 
 two or three times, and brgan to tumble. I took 
 the opportunity l» ilip away back to iiiy com- 
 panions, \cry happy I had cfcaped fo : They 
 ri'ere all awiikc when I came up, and had been 
 concerned lor my abfcnce. 
 
 The Pophar feemed more difpleafcd th.it I 
 liid kit them, thun ever I faw him ; he mildly 
 chid me forexpofing myfclt to be devoured by 
 wild hearts ; b»K when I told them of tlie .water 
 and the lion, ib^'y wcxc ia a greater furprizc 
 
 look in ij, 
 
«y/^«irr Gaudentio di Lucca. 3^ 
 
 locking at one another with a fort of fear iw 
 • their looks, whish I interpreted to b^ for my 
 1 yiJirrow efcnps ; but it was on another accoiir^f. 
 I'he Pophar fpokc aloud, in Lingua Franca, 1* 
 his countrymen, and tOid them ll^at he thought 
 wc may let this man fee all our cerciiionies, ef- 
 pecinlly, fmce it will foon be out of his power c-f 
 difcovering them, if he llvould have a mind to dj- 
 it. At this they pulled out of their {tores, fome 
 of their choiccil fruits^ a cruif^ of rich wine,, 
 fomc bread, a burning-glafs, a thurible*, per- 
 fumes and other inQruanents commonly ufcd m^ 
 the heathen facrliices'. My blood r-m cold at 
 ^ is fight : W hick was fuch as Lh::d never ob~ 
 f.rvcd in them before, and fufpecSlcd that I v/as 
 really defifffted for a human facilHce, to forDc 
 infernal God or other ; but when I compared the 
 ►,' Pophar's late words wiih what 1 faw, 1 contrived 
 te icU my life as dear as I cculd. 
 
 We were forced 'to dcfccri one by one. lea^I- 
 in^ o-.;r dromedaries in our hjnd? : i 'tojk par- 
 
 ula: 
 
 * At iuH.u.Bjnt 10 hAJ ijicenfe. 
 
jl Lift i:^ y«lY-,'wr. i/ 
 
 ticular care (obc hlnfifrmofl, kcrpiig at a litt!# 
 diflancc fro n the reft tor ttar of a furprizc. 
 They marclicd donn in a mournful kind ot pro-] 
 ff nicn, obfcrving a moft profound filcncc all tht] 
 while. At length we came inro the fineft natur- 
 al ampl.IiKcatrc that is polLble to dcfcribc. 
 At the bppcr part of the ainphiihcatre, where 
 the break of the hill made that agreeable fp!a- 
 nade, ihcre flood an ancient pyramid, juft after 
 the mannrr of ihofc in Egypt, but nothirrg near 
 fo large as the leaft ofihem. In the front of it 
 that faced th.e vale, the ftcps were cut cut in the 
 form of an altar, on which was erc(fled a flatuc 
 of a venerable old man, done to the life, •f the 
 fintH polifhcd marble, or rather fome unknown 
 flonc ol infii/rely more value. Here, I had not 
 ihc leart djubt, but that 1 wajto be faciificed l'> 
 the id'J : 7 he Pophar feeing me at a diftance 
 called to fTiC, to come and fee their ccrcmonicj. 
 Ihen I thought it was lime to fpcak or never ; 
 Father, faid I, Hnce you give me Icarc to call you 
 fo, 1 ,i ^ willing to perform all your commands, 
 v.heie the honor of the fuprcme God is not cal- 
 led in quefUon ; kut I am ready to die a thoufand 
 iJcaths rathrr than gite his honor to another: I 
 am a Chriftian, and believe one only God, the 
 fi.prcme Being of all Btiisgr, and Lord of the 
 Lniveifc ; for which reafon I cannot join with 
 ycu in your idolatrous wordn'p. If you are re- 
 , folvcd :oput me to death on that icccunt, I here 
 offer my life freely ! if I am to be made a part of 
 vour infernal facriftce, I'll defend nft)fclf to. the 
 Lft drcp of ray blood, btfcrc I will fubmit to it. 
 
 He ar<f\rered me v/ilh a fmile, rather than 
 HJtB any indi^naiicn, and, IcldxnoYhen I came 
 
'fi^pT C A w c E MT rd iM !Lt7« f 1 ; ^ 
 
 •to be better acquainted with tbem, I fhoiild finl 
 ihcy were not fo inhuman as to put people t« 
 ilcath, b^caufe they were of a diftcrent opinioa 
 froin their own. That this was only a religious 
 rcremony they performed to their dcceafcd an* 
 ccAors, and it I had not a mind to aflift at it, 1 
 iBight fit down at what diftancc I pleafed. 
 
 When the Popbarbad faid this, he and the 
 fefl of them fell down on^their faces and kiiTci 
 th^ earth : Then with the burning glafs they 
 kindh^d foaieodoriftTous woods ; put the coals 
 in the thurible wiih ihc inccnfe, and incenfcd 
 iheidolor ftjtue : that done they poured th« 
 /^vinc on the altar ; fet bread on the one fide and 
 fru;:s on the o'her : and having lighted two lit- 
 tle pyramidii of moft delicious pertumes at each 
 end of the great pyramid, they fat them dov/a 
 round the fountain, which I fuppofe was'conref- 
 *d by art under the pyrarijid, and itTi:ed out in the 
 rriiddle of th? amphitheatre. There they refretb- 
 td.theiTiielvcs very heartily with fruits. Sec. and 
 invited mc to do the like ; which invitation I 
 relL'<^ant!y accepted. The Pophar turned to m« 
 and fuid, my fon, we worfliip one inoiT: higli 
 God, as you do : what we did ju!l now, wai not 
 that v/e btlirve any Deity in tnat llatuc,cr ador- 
 «d i: as a God, but only refpc(5l it as a memorial 
 and in remembrance o\ our great anceflor, wh« 
 heretofore conduced our for^;f ethers to thi» place, 
 and was b:»ried in this pyramiJ. The vzil oi 
 our forefathers, who died before they were for* 
 ced lo leave this valley, are buried all around uf : 
 thij is the rtufon wekilfrd the ground, Kot think- 
 ing it lawful to (i'lT the bones of tiie dead. W<s 
 iA ih« faaif ia £^ypt, becaufs Wi w«r8 origin 
 
d' 
 
 Ltff if A/vf*'rarti ^ 
 
 fialiy of that lind : cur pirticulir anccftr^r? lireJ 
 in that part, which was aftcrvrards cilicd Tlic- 
 be«. The time v. ill not permit nic to acquaint 
 ycB ?,t prefent, how we were driven out of otif 
 native couniry to this place, and aftcrwardsfrorti 
 this place to the land wc arc now ooing, you ihiiU 
 know all hercartcr. 
 
 This ftid, he io!d us it rras time to.TfjIaltt 
 i^t beft of cur way, fe they all got up, and hav- 
 ing kiiTed the ground once nrorc, the five cl ierl/ 
 ircn fcrapcd a littleof the earth, and put it ia 
 ^ne golden vcflc Is, with a great deal ot care and 
 Tcfpcft. After rcfrcdnng curfclves agsin, we 
 made our provifion of fruits ;inJ wjtcr, and Uai* 
 jng our dromedsrics up the way wc lajnc down, 
 v/e mounted and fet out ioj the remainder of ouf 
 journey. 
 
 We were now part ihe froplclt of Cancer*, tf 
 I found by cur fliadows poing Soutliwr.id ; wf 
 Went en tiius a little bendirg towards the Wefl 
 again, «lmoll paralic) to ihc tropick. I'he brce- 
 jltsencreafing r;.iber flronger than beiore, fo 
 that about rnidi.ight it vas rcaHy cold. "We gave 
 • ur dromedaries v.aterabci'.t fun riiing snd rc- 
 frtfhcd ourrdvesa little, then fet out with new 
 rigour at a prodigious rate ; Rill the breezes fell 
 between nine and ten, however we nisde Ihift to 
 goon, bccaufc thfv ctmca^'ain abciu noon ; be* 
 twccn three ar.ri tcur v. as the liottcd time of all. 
 iefides, [;,oiiig i.ow parallel to the iropick, We 
 
 traveUt4 
 
 • When i>crfv»n'» ave beyond that Tropick,at miJ^ 
 
 d*ylhe(htd.iw«i.f ihingi arc toviardl \Xk% ^OHlh^ 
 
tfgrisr GAVtZKti^ Di LuCCA. JJ, 
 
 ffavelUcI on the hot fands, of cv«n d^fcending j 
 tvhcrcas when we pointed Sv)u4hvvarJ3 towar4<8, 
 the line, we found the ground to be infenfibly rt-: 
 ^ng upon us; but ?s we went on the flats, as if it, 
 had not been that wc were alixioil on the ridgCj 
 of Africa, which made it crK)leF than one can well 
 ' believe, it had been impoffible to bear the heats, 
 When wcVcftcd, we not only pitched our tenra 
 for ourftlres and dromedaries, but ths Cc.nds Were 
 .fo hot, that we were forced to lay things undaf. 
 •ur fctt to prefervc them, from burning. , 
 
 Thus we travelled thro' thofe dlfaial dcfaffl, 
 ,£or four days, without fight of any living creature, 
 but ourfeives. Sands and fkics vv^eieall that pre- 
 fciited to our view. The fatigue was the great- 
 eft I ever underwent in my life. The fourthd*/ 
 about ei^ht in the morning, by good fortune toe 
 MS, or elfc by the prudent forecait of the Pophar^ 
 who knew .ill his ftations, we faw another vale 
 towards the right hand, with fome i^ragling tree» 
 here and there, but not looking nigh (o pleafant 
 «s the firfl: ; Wc made to it with all our fpeed^ 
 and had nruich ado to bear the heats till wc cano 
 to it. We alighted immediately, and led one 
 dromedaries down the gentle defcent till wc could 
 fi;id ?v thicker part of it. TU^ firil trees wer<» 
 thin iikI eld, as if they had ji)l\ mrddure enougit 
 to k^iep them alive : Tin grouni was but ju(| 
 covered <jver with a litile fun-burut mofs with- 
 out any fignof water, but our llock was n:Jt yet 
 gone. At length, as we defcended, the grove cn-» 
 creafcd every way. We reited a liti^e, then coa-» 
 linuedto defccnd for fome ti:))^, til! v^;, ca:n; inr 
 to a very cool and thick (liade. Here the Po,jhar 
 t«ld us, wc muft Ila^ two oi three days, perhaps 
 
"^ L'.fe if Aivitituret tf 
 
 larger, ti!!h? faw lifi r.fual filers, for fr^ceHijij 
 •n l:is journey, and bid us be fp.irin^ ot our \>aicr 
 ^or fear of eccidcmi. \Vc fculcd our dromcf^a-' 
 ffies TF before ; for oui fciYci wc c«ulil Icarcc take 
 any tiling, wc Wire fo fall j^ijcd ; the Pophar or- 
 iJcrtd us (ome cordial wir.ts, and told \\%y we 
 n.ight flccp as lor.j^ as we would, only bid ut bt 
 Aire to cover ouiTclvc? well, far tic nights vers 
 lon^^ and cvf n ccld about mi'lni^ht; ^^'e fooit 
 \ aflcc'p, and did not awake till lour the next 
 njOiring. 1 he P<phar being foUicitfjus for all' 
 cur faftijfs as well as his oat, for tl.'iS was th# 
 critical time of our journey, was awake the firil 
 ©fi:s. :'n U'e were up ar.J rdrcflied our* 
 
 fc'vc>, ... iw.J us V. e murt go up en the finds a* 
 fain to obfeivc ir.c figns. V/c took our dromc- 
 darifs along with us tor fear of wild beafls, tho* 
 We fjw none, walking gently up tlii fanils, 'till 
 Wc can'.c to very hi^h ground. We had but g 
 dreary- profpccV of fun burnt plains, as far as our 
 •yes could carry us, v;ithout grafs, Ojck or Oirub, 
 •xccpt vs hsn M f turned our backs to look at ih» 
 vale where we had l.iin all night, which wc fa^ 
 f[..read an«l extended i:fclf a vail way. He afiur- 
 fed Wiy the notes left for rules by his anccftors^ 
 mentioned a fpring in that vale below u?, whick 
 running lower became a rividct, but that eillicr 
 by fa carthqu iki', or Tonic {IolxI ot fund, it wal 
 Cjuiie choaked i:p, runni.ig under grouiid vi'.bX 
 out any one's kr.owledye, whctlicr it broke out 
 ;igain, or v, as t niircly fwallowed ui •. He faij 
 «Jio that by the moll anLicnt acj^unis .f his fort- 
 fat herf^ 
 
 • G?-);'jnp'»'.c:«j ri:^r-f, that riv?!"?, a"^d even yrral 
 tsUcK in Atricn Hnk i^iid-T ^r/)arid, atd aie «)«))<« 
 
fathers, the fands were not (o dangerous to pifs^ 
 Its they arc now, or of fuch vaft cxtrnt, but hai 
 fruitful vales, much nearer one another than at 
 prcfert. He added, that he hoped to fee the figns 
 lie wanted, for proceeding on 'uur way j fmce 
 there was no ftlning till thofc appeared. That 
 according to his Eaiphenieris and notes, thej^ 
 fhould appear about this time, unlcfs fori^.ething 
 ♦cry extraordinary happened, 
 
 Trirs ^as about eight in the morifting, the 9^lt 
 iay after we fct out for the dtfarts. He wis eve-* 
 ry now and then looking Southward, or South-* 
 trc(t, with great folicitude in his looks, as if ho^ 
 fvondered he faw nothing. At length, he cvyti. 
 cut with great en^otions of joy, 'tis coming i Look 
 yonder, fays he, toward the South we*^, and feo 
 what you can difcovcr, as far as your eyes can car-«. 
 ry you ; wc told hi::i, we faw nothing but fonie 
 iclouds of fands, cairied round here and there like 
 VhirUvinds. That is the ilgn I want, continued 
 he ; but mark well which way it drives : V/e 
 faid It drove dire^ly Ealhyard, as nigh as ws 
 'icouldguefs. It doth, fays he ; then turui ig hi» 
 face Wcil wards, with a Ihtle point of ilie Suulh», 
 ^all thoffi vale defarti are now in fuch rz[\ ccns- 
 irio.ionsof ftorm* ajid whirlwinds, that mat; ani 
 beait v/ouhl loon be overwhelmed in ihofe rol- 
 J ling V/zvcs ot fands. He had fc.irce fiid thif , birt 
 r;c fiv/ at a va(t dKtancc, ten thounind ii.do 
 V Kirirpontsof faivl, rifing and tailing with m 
 J ojigionx tumult an<l /.-locity, Kiilward, witk 
 > 1 thick clouds of fana' and dxiil following if. 
 • 'vine, (ays he, let u$ go down to our iclting- 
 ) .:.ce, for there wc muR (lay, till we fee further^ 
 if»w oaatiersgo. As.ihw appcarcU uoanr iOhim 
 
\\tiT\ tfiy of t>ic Tcf^, I m?.:c joid to afk I>im wTiaf 
 was fhe caufc of ihii faJJcn phicnnm^non : h« 
 told me that about the tuJI-mcoii ihcrc always fell 
 pro(ti:^i(>us rains, coming frmi ihcWcftcrn part 
 «f Africa, on thi< fidt the Eqtiator, at ihc full 
 C<'ming, driving a Uttlc Soulhwcfl, for fomc lirr.c, 
 then ihcy lurncJ almoft Scnnh, and crofcti the 
 line till they came to the fourcc of ihc Nile \ in 
 vr liich parts they fill for three wccbs cr a monik 
 tcgetiicr, which was the occafion of theoverflovv^ 
 ifif of that river. B^'t that on this fide the equa- 
 tor, it only rained about fifteen flay«, preccedcd 
 by thofw" whirlwinds and c\o\\\% of f and, uhick 
 gendered all that trid iiEpaiTtbic, till ihc raiiU 
 l^ad laid them 3£ain. 
 
 By this time we cam- clcivn \o cur rcf^ir-'-* 
 place, and tho' wc did not wint fierp or refrcfh- 
 ftient, yet we to(^k both to have the cool of the 
 evening to recreate ourftlves after fd much faT 
 tigue, not bcin^^ likely to ui«>vc liU the acxi cvern* 
 it^g at foonell. 
 
 At five in the eveninj^, the Pophar called rt 
 •P to go with him once more to the highcli pait 
 .of the dcfan» faying he wanted out: Hgn yet, 
 'Vfhich he hi»pcd to have that evening, or clfe it 
 would be difiicult to procure water, our provifioa 
 • i it being alinofV fpait \ and there Mere no 
 |^)ringj in the dtfurls ihat wc were to pafs oyef, 
 till wc came within a lorg day's journey of tho 
 «rd of our Toya^e. However, he fcarce doubted 
 but we (hould (ce the fign he wanted this even- 
 ing. When we came to the hii^h ground, ws 
 eci.ld fee the hurricanes pUy iHll : hut whit wai 
 rncxo c;iiU4«fsiioaf/* vci/ (cw cffcdji of that 
 
A'rlal tumult came our way, but drove on almoft 
 parallel to the Equator : Th«" air looked* like a 
 l)rown dirty fog^ towards the Eaft Sc South-Eaft, 
 til the whirlwinds tending towards thofe parts : 
 It began after foine time to lAok a little more 
 llghtiomc towards the Wefl, but i'oy as if it wcrt 
 ©ccafioned by a more ftrong and fettled wind* 
 "At length we perceived at the fartheli horizon, 
 the edge of a prodigious black cloud, extending 
 jtfelf to the Sonth Weft and V/ellern points, ri- 
 (ing with a difccrnible motion, iho* not very faft. 
 We faw plain enoiighjby the blackncfs and thick- 
 'Hefsof it, that it prognofticatcd a great deal of 
 rain. 
 
 Kkri they all fell proflrate on the enrth : 
 Then raifing up ihtir hands and eyrs towards 
 the fun, they feemed to pay their adorations i9 
 tkat great luminary. The Pophar with an au- 
 dible voice, pronounc-ed fomc unknown vrorJs, 
 as if he were returning thanks to that planet for 
 what he faw. Atihis! ftepped back, and kept 
 jnyfelf at a dillancc, not fo much for fcsr of my 
 lite, as before, as not to join with them 3n theif 
 idolatrous worlhip. For I could not be igno- 
 rant now, that they had a wrong notion of God, 
 jind if tlicy scknowlcdgvd any, it v/ss the fun: 
 which in effedl is, the ieaft irrational idoUtry 
 people can be guilty of. 
 
 When they had done their orifcns, the Fcplar 
 Turned to me, and fuid, J fte you wont jtin with 
 V$ in any of our religious ceremonies ; but I null 
 tell you, continued he, that cloud is the faviYig 
 ot all our lives : And as tliat j^reat ivi\j pointing 
 to tkc Luminary, is the i;«rLrumciit that Ctsi%\s it 
 
^ t^fi is Ifvcnfarn if 
 
 tp, 28 inJrcd he it the pn fcrvf r of aU our fc:inf>, 
 TTC thi;.k ciirfclvcs obliged to return thanks i« 
 )iiin. Here he flopped, at ifhthaJa oiir.d i* 
 ktar what I coi.ld fay 'iot myfclf.^ I was not 
 billing to enUr'Mitoa rcligioLf difp^te, howcvcf 
 Cdifidtiirgit Try duty to make a Ihort reply, I 
 anfwercd, that, that glorious planet was omc of 
 Ibc pliyfjcal csiifes of the prcfcrvaiJcn of our be 
 ings, and of the produaioii of ail ihia^ ; but 
 that he was produced iiimfclf by the p.kI h\^\ 
 God, the firiicaiirc and author of all things m 
 heaven and earth : The fun'only moving by hii 
 •rder at an inanimate being, incapable of hear- 
 ingour pravcrs, and only Operating by his direc- 
 tion. However, I ufTtrcd to join with l.:m, lA 
 returninj; my bcil thaiiks toihc moil high Gxl, 
 forcrcaUnuthc fun, cjpablc by his heal lo iaif« 
 Ihit cloud Tor \\\t faving our livcf. 
 
 Thus 1 adapted my anrvrer, t$ n:gh tohisdif. 
 tf urfe as I coulJ, ytt not f) as ^o deny n.y faiih. 
 Foi I could not entirely tell what to nakc ot 
 tfctr as vet i fince I obftrvcd, they were more 
 mWl^-'iicus in ihcir religious cercnionKS, than m 
 ,r.y thing tlfo*, or rather this was the only tlnng 
 they were r.fcrvcd i;i. He pondered a good 
 yrVx\c on what 1 faid, hut at length he ad Jt d.you 
 arc not n.uch cut if the way, you a»J 1 r, ill 
 Xx\k ihisii^ancrovLrauuihci liaic j foiuintd olf 
 li»cdii«>:otirrc. 
 
 It 
 
 • vhi, atreff with all aniiert fwccunti <^f thf 
 drfl peoa'eoJ Ei^ypt; >Ti;fitU ikur cmb.CH:*, m 
 
Jfr/jfirOAtfOFUTtdBi Lucca. 4f 
 
 f r was fun-fct by that time we came e[own t» 
 the j^rovc. Wc had fome fnall flights c^f C:x'Adf, 
 
 ^ Caufed by an o-JJ commonon in the air, attenJ- 
 fd with littlj whirls in is» m hich put ui 
 in fame apprehenfior.s ui a (^nd (liDwer ; but he 
 llici us take cctirzge^ fmcc hccouid nut find in all 
 his accounts, ihat the hunicancs or rains ever 
 
 -^amcinany great quantity, a? tar as we were ; 
 the natureof them being to i^iive more parulUl t^ 
 the Equator ; bu< he was furc that wc ll:ouli 
 have fonie, and ordc^rcd us to pitch our tents aft 
 firm as we eould, and \lraw out all our Watcr- 
 Vt'ireis, to catch the rafn againft all accidents. 
 Wiicn this was done, and we had eat our fuppcw, 
 we recreated ourfelves in the grove, wandcrin» 
 fiboiit hf re arr^ there, and difccurlmg of the na- 
 ture pf thcfs J haEiiomtna. The groAe grew 
 much plcafanter as wc advanced inia i: ; there 
 %vcre many dates and other truits, ihe naiuraj jpro- 
 duce of\Africa. I made bold to ifk tic Popharp 
 how far that tjroTre txtendtd, or whether there 
 were any infiabitants. He told nr^e, he covildr^ot 
 tell any iMrg oi either. That it was podlbJc 
 the grove mi^h. enlarge itfelt different w.ys, a- 
 mong the wi»ding hills ; fince his accuiiiits told 
 
 . Jiim, there had been a rivulet o? wuter, tho'now 
 
 . there wui noai to be fctn ; but he believed there 
 were no inhabitants, fincc there were ho mcntioB 
 
 • made oF them in tiis paper?. 'Nor did he btliirvc 
 any other people in the World bcGie theinfclves, 
 knew t!ic way, or would venture (o far intothcfc 
 horrid inhofpiiabbd^fdrts. I r^fkc-d bow he waj 
 fnre that was the ylace or by what rule he could 
 knoMf hov/ far he \r.\s c rn3, or where 
 he was to turn to the right or Itii i having a rrind 
 t^ ieain whether he h*id any ccrtaia liiwwled^e of 
 
4^ Llfi y JJxf^ifffrtt / 
 
 1 
 
 Hs Hopprd a little at my ^t!c(\ior.f ; then fail 
 with jnt :u^y aj^paront hificaiion, w.iy, f.id hc^ 
 Wc lc>'K)\v by the nieille, hov? fjr vrc Tiiy tiorm 
 the Njrth or Sauth p}ini, at Ic^fl till xtc com* 
 to tiie tropicL*, it not, we can take the mcrcdU'- 
 •n and h*. ij^l.t o^ ihc lun, a;:> kr.o .vin.; the tirue 
 •f thf year, vrr can ttll how near we approach- 
 to, or arc t>ff" the equator. Yt», faid I ; btii O 
 ihtrc arc di.ft,fciit memlians every {\tp you tak% 
 fcow can ycij ttl!, how lar you go Ealt «r Weft, 
 when you run eit)»er way ii> puallcl iincst to th« 
 tropiij!;, ar the f qjaior. Here he li.jppcd •<-;sin, 
 gad wi;ticr could un luake any ccruia difcjrery. 
 
 Off 
 
 • bxprinLnial philolo^'j) tclib ««.th4t ibe iite^l- 
 }« is ot'lircie ui'^ in ii )>i(,aii> n, when ooder the 
 line : bat Ii<r8 SuLluKiiif; wiihott tuiMii g to »nf 
 point of hfclt'; bccaati* <i fom'* (eppofr, the ciir* 
 rriil ofthe S9 ignecir cift.iv: J, iying from p.>l« {• 
 p^ile, h is ll»er» i.B hin^< it ax'i, as the diawieler of 
 the c<|UiU9r Is hjj-f'fr ihun (he njr» of the worfj, 
 liii VI ti.iUrr ihiii iiat ihe r»ine & A o:\ the nrrdlc 
 ky latid, which te the cafc^fts ii h..$ by i'c.\, wt mufk 
 ]i:tve a) ire certain tipci iaicnti tu kooW, ihu' it «• 
 ymb.^iblc it tn.iy. 
 
 f A'he^evcr weftand, we arc f.n the rMm'.n'.t of 
 the jilobewiib rtlpct^ to t!«. Whofrer ihirrft-r^ 
 thinks to o>> due Well, p.irallel to the ei|fi ttcr o» 
 £3(V, vrii! >iot liofs biu willcet the Jiue at lorjr* 
 ritri, bfcaur; he m ik i i grentrt ciiclc. fUcie mm 
 IliereiV.Kf, w'k'U t; cy thoB.ht thfy went dve WtU, 
 %re:c {•pj>i'mcHin«4 to ih<: linr, ui trr than th^y vurt 
 aware ot, and hipp fiiio; the i^rudivire ofthe ^nrk 
 lo br rp r i !at, v-^mr up hl.i iUi %h9 H9^f katiujj 
 
^/J-Z^r OACroEKTtd ©I LVCCA. 'i^ 
 
 •f Kai aot 1 mih I to 1st m* into thr fecret. The 
 firtl '.-ras iriDfl lik^lv, ho?f^'ver, h3 a'lfvrw'rc i read- 
 ily enough, and faid, yon j»leafc me with your 
 curious ^ucftions, finceJ find you unieriland th« 
 difFculty. Why, continued he, ^li the mcthc>4 
 >ve hire, is to obfcryc ex:i<5lly how far our dropa- 
 edaries go In an hour, or any fpace of lime : You 
 lee we go itiuch about the fams paC2 : We haVc 
 n J Hops in o;jr way, but when we knor/ yf it, 
 to rctrcih ourfclves or (o, for Trhich (o lung time 
 h tl'^wcd. .When we fet cut from Ej^ypt, our 
 point oi trarcl was due Weft, our bealts g-^iu f» 
 many miles an hour ; thus it iscafy to tell hov/ 
 fiiucii further Weli we are, than at firll*. If 
 wc decline ro the North or t!je South, v/eare fen- 
 lible hovr many miks \rc have adv.mc«d in f# 
 Riany haurs, and compute hjvr jnuch the declina- 
 tion takes oix iroin our going due Weil. Ani 
 ih»' wc cannot tell to a dciiionilrAtive exa^^aefs^ 
 ire can leii prcUy lii^h,- 
 
 This vr:ii al! I could gstout of h;m at tW 
 tiii.c, which did not (atisi^y ihs difficulty ; then I 
 afktd hina, ho v tkey came to fiaJ oat this way or 
 •a venture to feck out a h.,blration unknown (• 
 all the World btii'v Hi replied, for liberty 
 
 and 
 
 • At firii fi ;^t, it fccins to be caller to fi.id ouC 
 the longitude bj land than by ie%, hsci\ui'c we vmy 
 ke more €cr:ain ho» ws advance. At Tea, :hcre 
 »re currrD's and tidei, and fctiinp^s :n cf the fe,i, 
 vbjcii m ik^» the fhipgo aflAUt mere or left infea* 
 fiblj. As yet there h,^» bseii no certain rule found 
 to tell 13, how far we advance due R (lur tl'i't Wcfl. 
 The eirtraiion cf rhepo!f, or the lui^ht nl the fan 
 l!»:w tt«, how fir we dec?incio iheN.irth or iioutU,. 
 ^U4 wa luTC no certain r«k far ilic Kail ur> Wtl^*- 
 
and prefrrviition of tlxir hwi. I diireJ n#l * 
 any turther (luclUaus, feting he gave luch gcacr- 
 
 al ani^ers. 
 
 BytUstimeit begnn to be prot^i^iort fUrV». 
 
 - for all it v» as fuUmoon* ; ^vc had fun>.c fnddca 
 
 - mils o( •» ini that aartUii us a liitle. It lit,hrefi- 
 cd at fach a raic» a? 1 never law in my htr, tho 
 it w2sto^7l1^^.J ihc ho.iirn, and drove ^^'^^^'^^ >• 
 of us ; Vii it wa» rcallv terrible to fee ; tlu H .Ih- 
 e, were io thick, the fl;y was almolt in a light 
 fir-. We made up lo our tents as fall as pv-t^Jble, 
 and (ho* only the ikir'.s of lUt doads hiin^^ over 
 us it rain.>d pretty hird, fo that a fu-.^ply oi water 
 i^as foonprcctired. Tic ihund.r was but ju* 
 auaiblr at a valt dii^^ncr, and for oi.r comtort... 
 ^fove l\iU to the Eaif^^ard. 1 hid very htilc in- 
 
 clina'ioi. \o reU, >^ha:evLr ir.y cttrp^noRs had. 
 tut pondering %>Iih n-yfelf, both the nature of tho 
 thi;u, 3T.dtheprna;.i.)US fkill thcfo nun niuH 
 havr iii the l^^yi oi tht ur.ivcrfc, 1 U^id wuh im. 
 patience waiiing the tvcnt. 
 
 I w;«; iLVinng v»i,h niyMf on wh?t I had heard 
 Rndfcfn, m.tbcinc^vblc yet to ^/uefs i^ijh any 
 <a;iifaciion, N^hai ihtfe people ^ce, when aft 
 iine;irtf^^d accident was tic c;au{c ot a dnct^vc 
 rv.Mhich made me fere ihcy wc c nm gnaver 
 jti -I'^ers to m? than I >^as to fr.yUM. I Vc 
 v/ntiKiwatlhitin-hot, fotb.t >^c had tbro^u. 
 *fLUj rarmcnti to our liiini, »iid Ba*f nus 
 '^ bria*» 
 
 • TKc full monn nhct:t the fu:nmer fo.ft c« pj" 
 €ra' y Srim Gr.'r. »tul ihe ov.'r (^^-ing of the N^U 
 i, rot kn( be cM^retf V>) lUt 1J.I\ r»..W l» ^^^ 
 
%fcaft'$ for coolT^r? fafee ; when there canse a pro-- 
 rfigioiis flifh, or rather >laze of lightninf^, whicli 
 l^ruck lull againfl; ihf? breaft rtf one oF thj yonjig 
 iRen oppofiTc to myfelf, and difcovered 9 %rigljt 
 froid medal hinging doc/n from his neck, with ilie 
 fi^nrt of the fun engraved on it, furrounded witb 
 rliaradcTB that were unknown to me, the very 
 fame in all appearance I had feen my deccafeiT 
 j^othei- always wear about her neck, and fince 
 licrdcath I carried with me for her fake, I ant- 
 ed the meaning of that medal, fince I had one 
 cfbout me, ^s it appeared of the ver) fame make* 
 1-f the Pophar had been ilruck with lightning, \\c 
 could not have been in a greater furprize'than he 
 was at thefe words : You one of thofe medals^ 
 ^jid he, how in the name ©f wond-^r did you come 
 ly it ? I told him my mother ^'oia it about her 
 acck from a Uttlc child, and with that pulled it 
 •utofmy packet. He fnatched it cnit of my 
 liandtwitha prodigix)iif eagernefs, and held it 
 againil the ligt^tning. perpetually ialhia^ln uj^hi 
 
 As foon 83 he faw it W2» tlie famo With tf»^ 
 ©tlier, he cried out, great fun, what can this n.ear. ' 
 fhen aCccd me again where I had it? How ni/^ 
 ftiothcr came by it ? who my mother was?' vba^ 
 age (be was when (he died ? As foon as the vio- 
 \tnCQ. of his eitafy would give me lcav|(|: I tol^ 
 liim my mother had it cvcrfipcc Ike wa«' a litf'c 
 child : that fhe was the adopted daughter of a no» 
 l;le merchant in Corfrci, who had left ber alt 
 kis efF<;<^5 when my father marritd her : that (hi 
 l^^as married at thirteen, and 1 was then Dinsteeo, 
 and the fecond fon, fo that I gucifed flae was to^ 
 Y'ardsiojiy wh^n ibe died, it suulVbc Jfiphen.YJ 
 
 i cry«4 
 
 ,H 
 
<rve(? V^c, viih the utmnO rxtafy,!! miifl be ftic I 
 Tn€« lierau^ht rrc in his irms and faid, you art. 
 potv really one of ns, being ihe fon of my fith-^ 
 •t's only ftirxjviri^ d.u]ghtcr, iT.y drar ftfttr Ifi-, 
 pbena, wliofe re mcn.br«»nce ir.ade the teirs \\\% 
 iown tbe oM tnan'y checks v( ry plenufully. She 
 Was loft at Grand Ciirg aV ui tht time you incn- 
 tion, togerher with a twin-fjft-r v^ho I frar t5 
 j^cvtr to be heard of. Then 1 rcflc<Slcd I !.a4, 
 lieard my mother fay, fhc bad been informed!,, 
 the gentleman >viio a.'ojiied her for his daughter, 
 Jiad bought bcr when fhc was a little jji.rl of t 
 ^urkilh v/oman of that p'.ace, — tliat Lcing 
 eharmcd with the early fi^ns of beauty in ihc 
 ehild, and having no cliiUircn, he ad p'td her for 
 Y\i OT^'n. Yes, (aid the Popl^ar, it niuft be fhc ; 
 BiiV what is btcome of the other fifter \ for, faid, 
 i)c, my dear fiftcr brought two at one unfortniKitc 
 fcitth, which coft htr l/cr life ; I told him I never 
 ircard any ll»fng of. the oihtr, 
 
 Thkn he acqii2inted me that lis fifler's bn^ 
 [and was the perfon who conduced tiic left t« 
 it the tombi ot their anccftors as he did row : 
 h|[t the laft voyage he to*k, his wife who out 
 cf hrr fjreat fondncfs had tcai^td liim and impc^r- 
 tr : m fo much to go ah>ng with him, that 
 f ho' it were contrary to their liws, he contrived 
 to csriii^^r difj;uifcd in man's c.lotih» like one, 
 •f .the yovig men he ch*#fc to accoiripar.) liitn ia( 
 the expedition : that flaying at Giaud C liro^iBk 
 the next ftafon for his utr.rn, fliC proved wilkl 
 fhild of twins ; and to his unfpcak;iblt. gtiet di-i 
 ed in child-bed, That when ihiy earned h»ec wf 
 loTbebrs to be interred f\ith l^is anciftors, of 
 wUicb 1 ibouM have a tauic v?ta6i >j.'i^;i)»ytio^ 
 
liy and bj,t^cy Were obliged to leave the chii^ 
 dr'jnwiiha nurfe of the country, wiih fomp 
 E-Cyp'iin ferv^nts to take care ot" ihe houfe £n.i 
 
 "cffccls ; but beiore they came back, the nurfdi 
 tvirh her accomplices ran away with the childrcij^ 
 
 "and as \rc iiippofcd murdcrtd them, viiicdi the 
 
 'liourc of all tkc jewels and other valua'ble jhiii£,f,' 
 and were never heard of atterw aids. 
 
 But it feems they thought it more for tbeix 
 advantage to fell the children, as we find they dli 
 by your mother ; but what part of the woild ih^ 
 other fifler is iij, or whether (he be at ail, ,1$ 
 known only to the great author of our bein^; 
 However, continued h<5, we rejoice in finding 
 <ht»fe hopeful rcmainsof your d(^ar mother, wh^s 
 rcfembhnce you Carry along with you : it wsaf 
 that gavcnie fuch a kindncfs for your perfon iht 
 f»rlVtime I fawyow, with romething,methoug]ify 
 I had never obferycd in any other race of peoglsr 
 ^cfide. But, faid he, IcTeprive my companioii^ 
 and children here of the happincfs ni err/bracrug 
 Iheir ownflcfhand blood, iince we ali fpiun.^ 
 from ®ne common father, the author of our na- 
 tion, with whom you are going to be iacorpora- 
 led once more. Here we embraced «*i€ aocthUT 
 vith a joy that is inexprciuble, 
 
 Kow all my former fears were entirety vani- 
 ihed ; tho' 1 had lod the country where I was 
 born, 1 had found another, of which I could n» 
 ways be alhamed, beint^ the moll humane an^ 
 civilized people I ever faw, and by all my hop^cs., 
 ©ne of theiineft countries in the world ; th« on- 
 ly check, to my happincfs was, that they w«r« 
 Iftiidek. However, 1 was refxilvfed not to let jyiy 
 
•onfidrration blot o«t of my mind that I tfa» #» 
 •hiillian. Or. which ace unt, when ihc Pjphair 
 "woulJ have tied ilic mcdiil ahoui my reck, at« 
 kadgc of my race, T kad fome difficulty in th« 
 jpoiut, for tear it fbouici bean emblem of iJoiatry:, 
 /tting them to be txtrtmtly fiipcrUilious. So i 
 afAtci him, what was the meaning of the figure 
 €>f the fun, with ihofc unknown chara£\cri rouivl 
 about it ? He told me the chara6^crg were to bic 
 prcncimct d Oiwflim, i.e. the fun ii the atxhfjf 
 4)i our bLJng, or more literally, ihc fun ii osk- 
 father. Om or #w, figniftes the fun, fihis will 
 "he cjplaintd in another place-] Ak figuil^tf tatH- 
 •r, im CI jr.tm, Ml. Thii made me remember, 
 they had tokl n»e in Egypt that they w ere chil- 
 4i.T\ of the fun ; and gJve me fome unfaHnefi at 
 #iC:ir idolatfoui notioni. So 1 told him, ] would 
 ieep it 35 a cogniiance of my cotwitrvi but could 
 jiut ackoowledgc any bui God to be the fuprcnjo 
 •author of my being. As tothc fuprc'r.c awihor^ 
 i^'A he^ /ovr opiai&a '\% lUiU ditcreat iiom 
 
 I?UTlctu« !cive tbtfe religiouf mattert tiH 
 another tims: We'll' clufc this happy day wiiW 
 thankfgiving to the fupreme Being (or this dif- 
 covery : to-moriow morning fince you arc noif 
 •yc^lly oncof u<, 1 will acquaint yon with yout 
 <»ri.;ir, and how \v« catnc t«« hidt ourfclvci it 
 Xi\iU iahofpitable J.fcitfi. 
 
 Tub neitt morning tho Pophar called me (• 
 
 him ; 
 
 * rher« people ar« fonteihinf^ hke the ^liii'.fe^ 
 m\m Wvtrfliip ihe matMial hertven er ik>, whicU 
 famt iniiliotiaiici C9i!i lkii.{|& Gv:in;uvi'.)U irtcJi 
 
^Ifsn ; fon, faid he, t« fulfil my promife which f 
 made you lail night, and that you may not be like 
 the i;«ft «f thl! ignorant world, who know not 
 trho their forefathers and anccftars were : wheth- 
 er they fprungfroin brutes or barbarians is att 
 alike to them, provided they can bwt grovel om 
 the earth as they do. You muft know there- 
 fore, as I fuppofe you remember what 1 lold yoo 
 at our firft ftatioji,that we came originally tram 
 Egypt. When you aiked me how we came to 
 VCBture thro* ihcfc inbofpitable dcferts, 1 ioW4 
 )[ou it wafc for liberty and the prefervatioli of ciit 
 )aw$ ; but as you are now found to be one of ut, 
 } defigntogive you a more j^aiticulai account^' 
 your origin. 
 
 Out atxceftorB did originally csrfie from Egy^ 
 •ncc the happieft place in the world : alth/ tlic 
 same of Egypt, and Egyptiaas, has been given t€> 
 ihat country, long fi ncc we came out of it, lb© 
 ©riginal name of it was Mezzoraim, frOLii the 
 6rft man that peopled it, the father of o*ir iiatio»<) 
 «nd we call ourfelres Mczxoranians from him* 
 'We hiivc a traditioa dclivcrfd dowa to its frcvm^ 
 
 Our 
 
 • Th«* anticm Egjpu»n§ ihcught men, ht ntW 
 8S inltrt*. were prt'daccd c»t of iht- flime uf 'liC 
 Wiie, by th« h^at o^ the fnn and ca)led ih'-n^fclvea 
 Ahvjrii^-i'ies, as fctcraJ oth*r i»i»ii»5» did, Tho'ihi© 
 \y\\\' wsn is inclined lo iliirk ihty wtyc created by 
 G.»d J £8 it ia cvicl'/nt and cenain ihey ^ert; for 
 liucf we fte omt iHufi^c ifi^i<!4 canjut i>ff proclact^ 
 wiibout a caui'e, it is noi;ft:nre, ai well" a.K itr.}>of. 
 fibie, to iinag;ine an irfinite (tries cf t/icn and £ni- 
 pi il.; coc-ld b« protJcic*d without a ftpivrat* caiife ; 
 Oil v;'kicl; accent- Acjatirm ii one n\ UiC ia.fi k'^ 
 
 11^ ai4i abftAfd tti>Ui*fMi id U« ^orl4i 
 
§4 tift ^ Ad^^nrutnuf 
 
 POlcl 
 
 •ur firrt anceftors, that whrn thc> eartk firft 
 cut of thf wstf r, fix prrfyn?, t'^rcc mm anJ ihrcc 
 wniprn, rcfc along with it : eiihtr producid by 
 x\\t fun, or f«rnt bjr the fiiprcme dtify lo inhaoit 
 i^ That Mczzuraiij) our firl! foun.fer was one 
 •f thofc fix ; whaencrtafjng in number, made 
 cloice of the country now called Ecvpt, for tfj^ 
 phce of his habitation, "where he fettled with 6» 
 ©f his chililren and grand children all whom h« 
 kroui^ht al >nj^ with ium, governing them as ^a 
 real faiher, and in>!ri><l,l:jig iheni to live with ofl« 
 •noiiicr, usbr;>thfrs of one and the fame family. 
 Jh[<: was a pci:cablc man abliorring the fttddm;* 
 «f blooQ», which he/aid would be piir.ilbed by the 
 fuprcinc ruler of ihe world : rjurtaiuly given ia 
 tlicfcurchur Icienccs, and conit-mplation of the 
 heavens t. it was he, wtjo wjj ihc ftr.'t inve;j- 
 K^r uf iiU cur aria^ and vrhatcver tvai Mfttul fcr 
 
 tha 
 
 • Ik is ccrtaiu fr.^in Ilochart, and other learnfv} 
 aiilUora, ih.it the £gypi)an government, as \%ell at 
 tkacof iii»ft n»iic:o, wni st fit fl patriarchal : till 
 Iximrod fi)imdi?d ;»iC ftrlt kii 2*1^^" or empire in ih» 
 world ; whofe ex4i.%p!« otheii followed accor^ingr. 
 to their power. Hjwevrr, tht parrijrcha! govcTn- 
 innii was iooii brt ke in v)»-jn in £^jpr, flnce the/ 
 had kingft in Abmiiam MDi) IfAac'i tini^, aa «r9 
 leura from :hf old T- '^ i.^ r. 
 
 f ihe ccL'braicd 1; . ^ /Mefox in the third 
 psrt i)\ nil (iniverral Misti ry gives > worderf'tti 
 dcicription of the juf(:c9 and pciy of theftrit K^yi^- 
 tiaua, who had luvii .) horror cf Hucldiiij;; aiii)'* 
 k^ood ihjt tlicjf pua)ifiicr<l ihcir cridiin.i • aittr x.\\ty 
 were dead 1 whicii wai ai «iucli in Tciri/reni, cos- 
 fcderiug their fuperibiiuus reverence Ux thtir dj. 
 ceafed friends »tid pareulfl^ fU U' they itxd b«cr!i 
 ]|^uaiiUc4 Mfluit M:iv6-. 
 
Afgf)7ernfnchtof life, fpriingfrom him; th6*^ 
 his grandfon Thaoth rather excelled him,.panic^ 
 ul^rly ill the iiiore fubiime fciences. 
 
 Thus our anc^ftors lived for four hundred ' 
 ye»rs, eijcreafing and iprcading over all the lan«J • 
 ^^ ^toyP^ ^"^ abounding with the bltffing of 
 peace and ]c no wledgc, without guile or deceit,- 
 Kcither doing or fearing harm from tny ; tiU- 
 tiie wicked defcendants of the other men, called 
 Hickfoes, envying their h.ipjDirtrs, and the rjch- 
 ficfs of their country, broke in Dpon them like a 
 torrent, dcftroying ail k-fore thor, and takiiigf 
 poiTcffion of that happy place our anceflors had 
 Tendered fo fionrifliing. The poor innocent 
 MvzzofEnians abhorring, qs I faid, the fhedding 
 fcf blood, and ignorant of ail violence^ v.ere fi.-in 
 like fheep all uver the country ; their wives aed 
 J3si:ghterfi violaied before their eyes. Tho/e 
 their mercilcfs enemy fp^red, were mace flavei 
 ♦o work and till tlje earth lor thiir new lords. 
 
 But what vrss moft intolerable was, that thefc 
 iteipious Hivkfots, forced them to adore men zn4- 
 Warts, . and even infea^ tor Gods : nav, and fome- 
 tafcc their children offered in facrifice to thofc 
 i-nhunrjan dciiies. Thisd/eadful inundcfion •fell 
 fii firft only cr the lovv.^r parts of Egypt, wliicli 
 ivtie then the moO fourifhinrr ; as many of th« 
 dirtrelfed inhabitants as could 'rfcfpc their cruel 
 liands, fid fo the upper parrs of the couniry, ia 
 hopes to find there fome little rcfpite from thcif 
 niisloriuncs. But alas [ W.iat cculd they do T 
 J hey kncwnoufeot arms : ndthcr wouM thcii 
 law.s fuflF r them 10 deffroy their own f;3ccies r 
 jrct cit^eUed trcrj koir to l^e deTourcd by theif 
 

 10 l^A U jfihnhtrfi if 
 
 erucl f nrfTTcs. The ccontry to which ihcy tref^ 
 mow rctfffd vv.stoormall for th -m, \i ihev conM 
 Jiarc enjoyed ir in ptace. Tbe heads of tlu* Jain- 
 ilics in fuchdillrcls were divided in thtir conn- 
 §c\s-^OT TiiXhcT thzy had no counfcl to follow: 
 fome oi ihcm fl;d into the uci^fihourin^ dcferti, 
 ^bich yoTj have fccn arc very dif.:".al on botk 
 ^des the upper pnrt of that kin^;dom ; they were 
 dirjpeifcd like a i^>ck ot llicrp fc;.tTercd by the 
 fav«nous wolves. The conftcrna'ion wis fo 
 frtat, they were nTolveJ to fly to the farthcfl 
 parts of the earth, raiher than fall into the haads 
 •f thoic iiihuman nnoLfterf. 
 
 Thi greartft pirt oftbem ag'fred to build (\i)p% 
 tnd tryth'.ir formne by fea. O'lr gicat tathei 
 McizoraiiTTj had ta«^ht ihem the art of makirg 
 foats, to crofs the branches of the great rivcK 
 C^ik) : wliich fom<: faid he hid U'arned by be- 
 ;iig prcfci VLtlin foch i thing from a terrible ri'jotf^ 
 that overflowed all the land. Which iniUurnent 
 of tlitlr prcfi-rvation they fo irporovcd af terwardi, 
 thzi they could crofs the leifrr fea without any 
 ^tfFcnl:T. Tljia beitig refolvcd ci^j thev couli 
 nor «grce ulicrc to go ; fome bciui^ refolv?d 1(9 
 gfo l»y ont Tea, fotnc by thc'other. flowcvcr thtf 
 let a!) hands to woik, fo that in a 3carstime tliejr 
 had built a va(t number of vcflfcls, drying thera 
 backward? and torwardi along the cuaU.v, mend- 
 Xfig what tvaf; d^fiiicni, and improving what tl)tp 
 imagined might be for their irrcater fccuci'y. 
 They thoiij^ht now, or at Icuii their eagtrnrfs \9 
 avoid iheir cner^icn, niade them thjiik they coukf 
 p) Willi fiitety all over the nr?in fca. /\$our an- 
 c-tflors had chiefly given then fLlvei to the (tud/ 
 
' rti'ef were tlieniofl capable of fuch cnterprlxe^ 
 ©f any people in the worKi. Bnt the appr'^hea- 
 fion of all that was miferaWe being jufl {• re (h be- 
 fore iheir eyes, ifiickened their indiiftry to fuek 
 a degree, as none but tticn in the like circumrtan- 
 cesciin h^Te a jui'l idea of. Pvloll of ihefc m^a 
 i«rerc thufc who had ficd in crowds from lowcff 
 
 The nature! inbibltants of tbe" upper parff,. 
 
 "•'tho' they were in a very great connernaiion, anl 
 Viiilt (hips as faft a« they could, yet their fraii 
 Were not io inniriC iiate,cfptcially feeing the Hick- 
 foes remained yet quiet in ihcir new po'VcHions* 
 
 • But news being brought them, that the Hickfoes 
 began to ftir li.'^ain, more fwarms of their cruel 
 tlood ftiil fl)cking into that rich country, thej 
 refolved n®w to delay the time no longer, but t® • 
 •ommit theinfelvcs, wives and children^, with itll 
 thut was moft dear and precious, to the fncrcy of 
 that inconflant element, rather than trufl to ih3 
 barb verity of their own fpecies* They who cams 
 cutof the lower Kgypt, weae refoived to crofsths 
 great fea, and with immenfe labour were forced 
 10 carry their materials partly by land, till thejr 
 «amc to the outer nr. oil branch at the Nile, fince 
 th-ir enemies coming over the Iflhmus, tho' they 
 kindered thtm from going out of iheir country by 
 land, unlefs by the dcfeits, yet had not tiken 
 
 *• jjofltirioa'of that pari of the country. 
 
 It isncedlefsto recount their cries andlamen- 
 lations at their leaving their dear country. 1 
 iiali only teJl you, that t];cy ventured into the 
 grci.t fea, wliich they cro.Ted, and never floppcj 
 ^1 they came t^another fea, on th€ fides of which 
 
t'nev fi)fc(i their habi:ation,t'iait thcf mi^l^t §« A^ 
 ■ gain in cafe they were purfa.cl. This wc learnt 
 tn,m thr account of our ancedors w])o met witli 
 fcinic of tlK!Ti thai came to vifu the tombs ot theif 
 dcceaf.a patents as we do ; bm it tsan inncnfa 
 time fitice, we never heard anj more oi ihcm. 
 
 Thr o:her part, v»ho were much the ^re3t^ 
 •u;nber, went Jowa the IclTrr f.a, [the Luxin* 
 fa,! having built I'ticir ihips on mat lea j thcf 
 ncvt^nly^'^ri or totichcd o.i either fiJe, ttU thcf 
 c-ne to a narrow pan of it, which led ihem iivt* 
 th- Ti.fi oce.in, ilv/rc they turned oif to tne 
 IcU into the E.Ilorr. S.a, b-jt whether they wcrj 
 r^Jlowcd iipinthc merc»lcf$ abvfs, ®r carried 
 into fome tmlinown rigionf, wc cninct tc;h, tor 
 lh:v wcr- n.vci heard o( mor^. O^^if ot Ut« 
 Tears, wc huve he.rcl t;;lka! Grand Cairr> of 4 
 Vcvv numerous and civilized nation in t.ie Later, 
 •arts ot ihe worl-!, whole laws and cuft->m$ -lave 
 fomeiefr^nblancctoMi-^ ; ^ut w.v>, anJ what 
 iii-y are. we cannot uH, lincc wc bafc ncfcr »£♦ 
 Uith tnjr of lhw«. . 
 
 Tut father of onr nation, fk\-\zz vrc fcparatef 
 •urr.lvti from the rot oi the world, who wai 
 • ricft ot ri)e fun at W.>-om, exited attcrwards by 
 Ihafc mlfcreantf No-A^mon, kccaufe of th< 
 temple otllamrnon, wai not alhep in this gen- 
 tral conac;na :io« i bai did not as yrl think thef 
 would co«nc up i\> hi-h into the land. However, 
 lie thought proper to hiok out f<7r a place to ie- 
 furc himfclf and tamil/ in cafe of need. He 
 ^a5tbedcrccndant,in a dirert line, from th« 
 treai Thacih ; and wiS perf^aiy fcrfjd in all 
 iU ic Wftc J kiv^ccj 9i lii6 ^kflvcliv^rs, lie gueJcl 
 
tt^re mufl cerrahily be foTie habitable country 
 b^-yoad thofe dreadful f^nJi that furround^d hJiTl, 
 if he could b'At fi;i i a way to it, vf here he rrtight 
 (<icurchimr:lf and family ; at leaf\ till thofc trou- 
 bles were over :. for hs did not at that ii[ne \h\n^ 
 cf leaving his native cojotry for goai and TiU. 
 Bit like a true father ot hh pcrple, which the 
 
 r Rameof Pophar implies, h« vras rtfilTid to ven- 
 ture his own life, rither tha-i cxp'>ri his vrligAe 
 familj to be lofl in ihok diiizvA dcfaris. 
 
 He had five fons, and five dai!ghfcr$ ^>^3rried t© 
 
 as many f-^ns and daui^hters c>t his dfCe-ifed broiia- 
 
 . er. His two eldeftfons hadcvon grandchildren^ 
 
 y ^ur his.two youngcft fons as th^fn had no child- 
 ren. He left the government and care of ail i© 
 his cldeft Ton, in calb he ilrouli mifcarry, and 
 took his two youngt:iV Tons who might belt ba 
 fpared, along with him. Haviui^ pirovided them- 
 felves with water for l£n days with bread, an4 
 ^ried f)-uits,juft enough to fubfi'Von, he was r«- 
 foived to try five days journey end ways thro' 
 thofc fands, and if he (a/V no hoi'.-s of making a 
 riiicovery in that time, to return again before his 
 
 ^ provifions were foe:\t, and then try the ume cac- 
 ♦iiod towards another quarter* 
 
 Im fhort, he ftt cnt Tvlth al! fecrecy, and 
 pointing !iis courfe dircfliy VV^Ilward, tlie bet-- 
 tcir to guide himielf,.he came to the firit' grove 
 that Wv.* arrived to, in a liiils more time than wc 
 took up in coming thither. Ilavin;^ noAv tiine 
 tnoiigh before him, and fjjeinjj there was water 
 and fruiisin abu;Kl-incc, hciximined the extent 
 •f that delicious vale ; Ho found there was too n 
 taou^hta maiiiuin a ^re^t naany iliouLnJs in 
 
Sd ti/t i^ Ad%tnturef of 
 
 cafe they niculd incrc*(c, and be forced te t«^ 
 there fomc peiicrailoiif, ai in cfftdl llcy did. Af- 
 ter ihis ihcy l^iJ in provifioi I as befure, witK 
 fruits fjr tr.J re dtliciou* than were ever fcen tM 
 Ej.ypt, TO encourage thctn inihtir iranfnugraiion,. 
 and to fet ouia^ain loi^his naiivc country. 
 
 The time pcrfixed forhis return, wajclapfcd 
 bv his fta) in vicv\ ipg the coiintiy ; fo that hit 
 rtople hud ciitirtly given him up for \v{i. Bui 
 the jcy lor hi* iincxj^c^td return with ihc prom- 
 jfing hopes ot fueh a fale and happy retreat, mad« 
 them unaninxi'fly rcralvtd to follow him. Where- 
 fore, on the fiiil ncwsoJ the HiLkfoci bung in 
 Bneiion again ; they packed i;p all then effcils 
 ar.d provihons :>s privately at they could ; but 
 particiilaily aJl the moniirnents of arts and fcicn- 
 €es left by thtir anttfloij, wiih notes and ob- 
 fcrvaiions of every part of thtir dear country, 
 %ii!chthty were {^t;ir:g »oleaAe, but hoped to fc« 
 a^iiin v>Jien the ftorm w^ over. 
 
 • 
 
 Thiy arrived irviihcut any corfulcrable diraf- 
 t*r, ai d rtfclvcd only to live iu tents till they 
 could return into their native country. As thef 
 jrcrtifcc in i.unibcr, they delccnded further in- 
 to the vale, which the re began to fpread it fclf 
 •liflcrfui wa)«, and provided thtm with all necef- 
 faiiis ardcenvrnienccs of life ; fothat they lived 
 in the li 2 1 pit 11 b.ii.ilhmer.t they ce^uld wifh, but 
 sever fiijjtdeui ct thjt vale for fiveral years, fof 
 ftaroidilcovcjy. The Pophar finding hiuifelf 
 j;roAT old (having attained aln-\ofl to aoo ytais of 
 iig< ), tho hf w 1% tall and (Iron <», tor h:» years, rc- 
 lolved to vjfu his native countiy once more be- 
 &K ht> cki), ai^dkjiia Tvk^t ncivi kc «(»u}d for 
 
il\z eemmon fntcrcft ; fo he and two rndre A\C^ 
 grjifcfl tbemfclves and repaired the defarts again* 
 They j"^ ventured at firft into the borders of tha 
 country : but al .s when he cdme there, he fo^ijnd 
 all the country over-run by thofc barbarous Hick- 
 foe?. All the poor renriainS of" the Mczzoraniant 
 were made nave5 ; and thefe barbiarlins had be- 
 'gun to build habitations, and cftablifii them felvcs, 
 as if they defi^ned never more to depart ihe coun- 
 try. They had made No- om one of their chief 
 towns, where they erefl^d a temnle to their R^am- 
 God,* calling it No-Hamtnon ; v/ith fuch' in-. 
 hump.n laws and cruelties, as drew a flood of teart 
 fro!n his aged eyttst. When he had made what 
 obfervations he could, and hid vifited the tombi 
 of his forefathers, he returned to the vale, and di- 
 «d in that place-where youfAVV the pyramid built 
 ^o hii memory. 
 
 Nor many fenerations after, "the M<*2Z0i^ni..' 
 iins being made dcTperatc by the tyrannical op- 
 •picdicn of the Hickfocs, were forced to break 
 jn upon their primilive la'»vs, which forbad 
 them (lieddiiig of blood ; inacfc a general infiirrec- 
 tion, andcallini^ in their ncighhours round a'bo:it, 
 fell u^. on the Hick foes when ihcy Icait cxp'e(Sl:ccl 
 
 it 
 L 
 
 * J »p t*r Hirnni)n, whj)m Hocliari _prov<fS to 
 ti;»ve been Ham or Chivm. the r-)n of N-^nh, W2S rc- 
 prcfr?n e^ vriili a Ram's II:.:d, whjc'.i *va9 hcjd it% 
 fiicli abomination by thr i7ril Roypu^nt, from 
 ivhrnc:: they cn]]c'm thoff !«. rt invrttirr* H-ckfrg. 
 
 f h 11 h<rr« m-a^t n-jfy'-J^Vj^ Ai't%t fi iuf- m^ns in 
 A'^'^nity ; or iU« cruel iJu /rif, wha fACiifi^td iii« 
 
#1 £/<' (S JJxe:Uuret if- 
 
 It, ind drore them out of the conntrj*. The^ 
 were headed by a brave rnanot amixt race, hit 
 wiolhcr b<"ir'.g a beautiful McziorJr.ian, and his 
 fatlier a.Sii) sn*. After this your.^ corqucror 
 ^2d driven out the Hick furs, he tftablifhtd a ncwr 
 form of [prernmciii, inakir.j; himfcll kiug over 
 hii$ brcth.rcn, but n«>t attcr the tyrannical manner 
 •f llie Hickfocf, and grew very powerful. Our 
 • nceftors feni gerfons Ironi tin^c to time to in- 
 form thcmfcUrj how matters went. Tiicy found 
 ihckiiigdom in a flouriihing conciition indeed, 
 under thie conquering Sofs, lor fo he >vas calU-d. 
 lie and his fuccellors had made it one of the nn^\i 
 powerful kingdoir.s of tlie cartli ; but tlic lavvi 
 were different Irom what they had been in the 
 lime of our anccfiois, or even from thcfc tliC 
 great St>fs had cllablilhcd. S 'ine of his fucccl- 
 furs bc£;an to be veiy tyranftic;il ; they n^ade 
 il:ivcs of their brothers, and invented a new re- 
 ligion ; feme adoring ilie fun, foir.e the Gods of 
 the Mick foes i fo that ojir anccflors, iho' they. 
 might have returned again, as they could r«ot 
 think of altering their law s, chofe rather to con- 
 tinue iiill in that valcundtr their patriarchal gi'V- 
 trnment. Nevcrthclels, in proccfs of time thejr 
 •ncrcafcd fo much, that the country was not ca- 
 pable of maintaining them, foihatthey had been' 
 wbligcd to nrtarn had not another RtYoluiion, in 
 S^ypt forced them to f<.ck out a new habitiition.' 
 
 This 
 
 • Ihefe Sitcnns were the dcfcendnnta r( f me uf 
 Ihc fwiii of Cliulh, or Chufs, a very \z,\ rt:ce oV 
 ■»-n, jrear Tjcgctittoii^ and mute Duiii* than tlii 
 •iiacr AraLiaiii. 
 
if/>7#r Gaodixtio Di Lucca. ^ 
 
 Th IS change was made by a race of peop1« 
 talkd Cniinim*, as wicked and barbarous in cf- 
 fc(f>, but more poliiick than tiic Hick. foes ; be- 
 ing driven out ot' their own Country, by Gth'*r# 
 more powerful than thcmfelves, they caaie potir- 
 ing in, notonlv ovct all the land of Mezrcaim, 
 but all along the coa(^ of both fea~, d:!troying all 
 before ihcm, wltii greater ^bominatioiis tha/i the 
 Hickfocs hid ever brcn guihy of. Here our fore- 
 fathers were in the inolt dreadful co ifiernauoa 
 imaginable. Tiisi-e was now no piofpsdl of ev- 
 er returning^into their ancient country. They 
 were furroundcd wiih dcfvirison all fides. The 
 place they were in began to be too narrow for f* 
 many thoufands as they were incrcafeJ to : nay^ 
 they did not know but tlie wicked Cnsnim mi^ht 
 (ind them out fomc time or other. 
 
 B21NG in thisdidrefs, they rcfolved to fee& 
 out a new habitation ; and to this end they coin- 
 pared all the noies and obftrvations on the heav- 
 ens, the courfe of the fun, the feafons and natur« 
 of the climate, and whatever elle might dlre<5fc 
 them what cotirfe to fteer. They did not doubB 
 but that there might be fome habitable countries 
 i.n the midil of thofe vafl de farts, peihaps as de- 
 Hciops as the vale they lived in, if thsy could 
 but couie at them. They fent out fome pcrfons 
 to make uifcovcries, but without fuccefs. Th« 
 
 fandtf 
 
 * Fhefr in all aj)pC3rtir.CiJ wcreihe wicked Chan* 
 aneaiii, v.'ho being to b^ dellroytd, ar.d being driv» 
 CM out of Cfimaan by Jcfhaa, di''pfrfe<Uhenifelvcf»| 
 aiiti invaded the gr^nttit piil oi tUt f&uatTitf 
 rtuiid ab«ui ibcut. 
 
0^ £//<' !5* Aavenfurih tf 
 
 imii were too vaA to travel over withnut WitcUp 
 tmi tlicy cculd tii.d no fpiinps nor rivers ; at 
 Jtn^ih the mod fs^acicHs of them bfgan to re- 
 llc<5^, that the annual ovcjflowing ox the great 
 aivcr Nile, whofc bead couh! r.cvtr be found out, 
 rnuit proceed from Ionic prodigious rains whicU 
 icil fomc where Southward of them afeout that 
 tin.c oi llic year ; which rains, if tliey could bur 
 lu<:hiiy n"»eci Nviih, might r»ot only fupply thcni 
 with water, hut alfo lender the country fertilo 
 V' he re they fell. Accoriliugly the cliicf I\)phar 
 tf^^ftcd wiih fomc of the wlfii^ men, /;encioi.Qy 
 jciolvcd to run all riixs to fave h\^ people. They 
 computed the exact fcifonv^hcn the Nile over- 
 Huwcd, and allowed for the thiic the waters muil 
 \s.]i-i in coiriir;^ down fa far cs Egypt. They 
 thought therefore, if ihcy could but carry water 
 enough to fupj)]y ihcn^ till ihcy iFiet with thef« 
 jsins, ihey woiiiJ hzl^ ihcm to go ou l\u^ 
 iijcr. 
 
 At length five of llicm frt out vsith ten drom* 
 •darier, carrying as muvMiwa crand pruvifions as- 
 n^ii;hl f'.rve t hern for fifteen d^ys to biing them 
 bacl; ngain in cafe; there was no hopes. They 
 (leered their courfi; is v>'c did, iho' not quite fo 
 rX2(St the firll lime, till they cajiie to the place, 
 ivhtie v/c 2.ic now. Mere, as their obftrvafiona 
 tell us, rhty fonct a liitlt rivivlct, wiiich is finca 
 /wallowed up by ilie funds, they filled their vtf- 
 fcls and went up toobfcrv.c as v,c did. But fee-*, 
 ipg the figns of the great hui ricanes, that wliicli 
 Was our grcatcfl encouragement^ had like to hav3 
 driven ihem into dtTpair i for tiie Pophar ihoughi 
 Vli^ii ihcj? i]iuul4 <;ciuinly be fvv alio wed up in 
 
 thoi«| 
 
Signer G A tr D K ir 1 1 o » J L r c eA . 
 
 thorfe rtifling whirlpools. This apprchenfioit 
 made hi:n lay aiide all thoughts.of proceeding to* 
 Wirds that climate \ v^tmI now his chief care wa* 
 how to get back again with faFety for himfeif and 
 his people. |But finding all continue tolerably fc- 
 rcne where they were, ihcy mad* shall in order 
 to make fonie farther obiervaiions. In the mean 
 tinae, they rcile6led that thofa hurricftiics mull b© 
 loic-runncrs of tcnnpcfts and rain. 
 
 Then they remembered that no rain, or wha? 
 was very inconfiderablc ever fell in Egypi*, of 
 fur a great way South of it, till they ca;ne within 
 thetropicks; (q they concluded ihat the rains 
 muft lun parallel with the equator, both under it.,.. 
 and for fomc breadth on both fides,, till they mc? 
 the rife of the river Nile, and there caufed thof^j 
 vart inundations that v.erc {o hard to be agcountetl 
 for by other people. That rn fine, thofe faini 
 iiiuil continue a confiderable while, and probab- 
 ly tho' beginning with tempefVs-, ii^ighr contiaixc 
 in fettled rain capable of being pa (fed thro'. Thca 
 he at Hrft refolved to venture bacic again to iha 
 firit vale r ^iM being a man of great prudence, 
 lie prcfcntfy confiderL-d, that as he eoiild not pro-- 
 ccvd Gri his Vvay vviihout r.;ins> (b he could not 
 
 CO Hit 
 
 * r his i,j we!! kuowc by ?U the deftripLiurss of- 
 th it country, ihQ inurida(ic;i ofriie Nile iupp y = ''^J 
 I lie want ot it, anci making it one of the intll tcr* 
 tif'f k»!)|^jcJ<jni3 in the world ; every cue kr.owa it 
 wna once the p,ranar;/ of ihf Rojnan Eaipirr. How- 
 ever, fame fsD.iUtain fall lonieciines ; nor ii ihtrfl^ 
 any niorehig,hei »j> in the couiiiry. TneoTeiflow* 
 ipe; of tlic Nile is known to be caufed by v,il}- raiii* 
 ^iiir^ und-;r iht liac^ m titb^uv iljtitc. ];*;&;«• 
 
le^^ t'fti^ AJvrtfurn $f 
 
 come !5act apainbut hy the fame help,- -^liic^ • 
 corftirjg only a!*one fc-ifcn, muft talrc up a Whol« 
 .ycsV before l»c cui.I! niurn. }-i">wevcr, he fvat 
 rcfolvcd to venture on, not doubling if he coulJ 
 but' find a habitable country, he fh-julJ alfo had 
 fruit? encugh to OibHll on, tlil the next fvafo;!. 
 1'hc rctorc lie orJirrd two of his companions to 
 rettirr. the fame way they Cimr, to icll his peo- 
 ple not totxpcd^ liim till the next year, if provi- 
 dence Oiould bring him back a^ain : but if he did 
 rot return by thetinne of the ovciflowing of the 
 Kile, or thereabouts, lliea ib.ey might give him 
 ov;r for loft, and mull Jicvcr attempt that ivay 
 any more. 
 
 Tnr.Y took their leaves of one another, and 
 fct out tit the ramc lime, two of them for their 
 hi^me in the fall vale, and llie other tlirec for 
 thpfc unknown regions, being deflitute of all other 
 helps bui thofe oi a conragvous mind. The tiirc* 
 came back to tb.is place, w here it thundered and- 
 lightened a» it does now : but the Popharobfcr- 
 Tcd it ftill tended fidc-wjys, and gucircd when 
 the f.ri^ violence was ovijr, the rains might b» . 
 niorc fctilcd. The next day it fell out as h« 
 fordaw ; as foon iis he perceived that, he launch- 
 ed boldly out into thai valt ocean oM'inds & rain^ 
 fleering his courf^ Souihwcd, rather inclining 
 tovvard)> the Soutii. Tiicy went as far as iho 
 heavy fands and rains UMuld let il:em, till th-ir 
 dromedaries could hardly go any tun her. Tiietii 
 they pitched their tenis and retrefhed themfclvc?^. 
 »n order to undergo v.z'S labour \ they obfervcd- 
 the fands to be of a ditfrrcnt kind from what they' 
 kiid been bithsrto^ fu tine, that any gull of wind-' 
 
#i/ff?f Gaud E tit; d&t LtfeeA. ^1 
 
 , inuft overwhelm m;in and bcaft, Only the rsin# 
 .»,|jad clogged them, 
 
 They went 0**1 thus for ten day?, till the rami 
 began to abate,, then they fciw their lives or dcathi 
 "Would foon be determined. The eleventh day 
 the ground began to grow harder in patch£S,with 
 here and there a little mois on the fvirface, and 
 now and then-a fmall M^ithered Ihrub,* Th;s re- 
 vived their hopes, that thcv faould find good land 
 In a (hort time, and in effeft the foil changed for 
 the belter every ftep . they took. The twelfth 
 And thirteenth day cleared all their doubts, and 
 brought them into a country,. vs,hich tho* not ve- 
 ry ttrtile, had both v\'ater and fruits, with a hope- 
 ...ful profpedt further on of hills and dales all hab- 
 ' itablc and fiouriiliing. \Vhcn they had repo(ed 
 themfclvcs for fome days, they proceeded t''urther 
 jnto t^ne country, which they found 10 mend upon 
 them the more they ad'^anced into it. They 
 knew they were not to return till next next year^ 
 fo they fought the propereil place for their habi* 
 tation. They fet up marks at every moderate 
 diftancc not to lofc their vyay back again* They 
 made for the higheO" hills they could fee, from 
 iv'hencc they perceived an immenfc and dc;l!ci.ou» 
 country every way ; but to their greater fatisfac* 
 lion^ no inhabitants. 
 
 T«EY wandered thus at pteafure thro* thofs 
 tiatural gardens, where there was a perpetual 
 fpring in fome kinds ol the produce of the eartri, 
 and the ripcnefi of auMimn wiih the molt cxqui- 
 fite truiis in others. Tbey kept the moll exact 
 «bf<iryatio'*5 poffible^ which eycr v»ay they v.ent^ 
 
 tlier« 
 
I<8 %\fe \i AJiJinf^r.'t 9f 
 
 there Wffe n<?t duly fprings and fonntain« Irt il 
 bundance, but as they gutifcd, for they kept tb< 
 lii-;licr ground, t!ic heads of great rivers and Likely 
 fcjine oj which ihcy faw, till they were fa'isficd 
 there was room enough tor whole nations withfc 
 cut any danger, as ihey Could fiiidj of being 'di{w 
 turbcJ. 
 
 UciKft come back lO their firfl fla-Icn, the^ 
 there walred the proprr fcaf. n for their rciurn. 
 The rrfinscamc f(»nicthing fcxiner ihan the year 
 before, bcca^iTe they wfi-e further Weiiward. 
 The lr.irricin:!S vcre nothing like What thrywcrd 
 inthr vail fands. As foon as they be^^an to fix ia 
 fttiUd ra'ns, they fct out agaih aS hetore, and in 
 twenty days timj fronn th'ii lafl fctling out, hap- 
 j)iU arrived at the platrc Where tlicy left thctr 
 dear friends and rt-'atton?; whof^* joy tor their 
 Tafc and hjppv arrivril was t^r'eatcV than I can pre- 
 tend to dcTciibe. Tinii this Immortal hero ac- 
 complilhcd )i»s great undertaking, fo nntich tnor« 
 glorious than all the vic\orics of the greatcft con- 
 Ij'.icror*, as it was pioje£ltd, fc-rnied, and execu- 
 ted by his own wUdoiti and courage ; not by cx- 
 pofmg and facrificing the livefJ ot thoufaadiof his 
 Tufejecls, hut by expofing his own lite for tha 
 iafety of tbofe that depended on him. 
 
 It \Tere tf;o tedious to recount to my rca'^eri 
 iVi the diiirculneS and troubles they had, both in 
 rerdving to undertake fuch a hazardous tronfmi- 
 graiion, as wt il as ihofe of tranfportinf^ fuch a 
 truhiiucie, and uil ihcir ^'ff"c('^s oter thofo merci- 
 Iclsf.inds, which ihcy could only x>^^^ at out 
 fear<*uof tiis ^car. fivt ihe ¥-7a^e being a; 
 
 iengtk 
 
Strnsr Gavdiktio di Lucca. Sf 
 
 length refolvedcn, and the good, Pophar wifeljr 
 confidcring the difficulties, necenity the mother 
 of invention, urging him, at the fame time, to 
 gain as much time as he could, fince the vale 
 where they were at prcfcnt was fuflicicnt to main- 
 tain them till the rains came ;. got all his people- 
 hither in the mean time, to be ready for the fea- 
 fon. The new-born children were Itlt with 
 theif mothers,- and people ta take care of them, 
 till they were able to bear the fatigue. TIuis, ia 
 ftvcn yc?r$ time, going backwards and forwards 
 every fcr.fon, they all arrived {z^t^ where wb 
 ouifelvcs hope to be in ten or twdvc dayt time* 
 Here he ended his relation- 
 
 Bv this time, the Pophar ordered us to re f re ill 
 ©urklves, aud prepare all things for our departure, 
 tho' the ilorm of thunder and lightning did not 
 ceafe til: tovinrds iTiOrning. At length all ihingi 
 were ready for motion ; fo we marched eafily on, 
 till Vve cst»:e hito the coui-fc of the rains. Oa 
 each (idc of the dromedaries, there was open vcf- 
 felsftxid, to C2*cl> water for our ufe ;. we were 
 alfo provided with fins oil clcth> for the purpofe 
 efccv.'iing otirlelves and hearts. All t!^c fands 
 were laid, and even beaten hard by the rains, 
 tho* heavy and tloggy at the fame time.. We 
 made as iTuchway as ever we could for five i^ys^ 
 ju(t reithig and rcfrefhing ouifelves when it wa» 
 abfal'jtely necefiary ; riothin^^ ccL;ld be more dif- 
 mal than ihofe dreary folitary deferts, where we 
 ccuid neither fee fun nor moon, but had only a 
 gloomy, malignant light, juft fufficicnt to look 
 at the needle, and take our obfervations. On the 
 £2Lth day ^c thought vrc faw fomething move 
 
 M iidewayfl 
 
y» Life tj A'^v-^yit'^rn ^ > 
 
 fiJcvTaysof us, on our li^lit h.ind but rccmSngfy- 
 padi.ig by us, \s\^^'l^\ one ot the young rr.tn Ciicd, 
 ** ih^rclhey are," ai:d immcdiitLly croll'cd dovva 
 to thcin. Then we perceived them to be pcifoni 
 travelling hkc ourftlvcs, crc-lling in the fam« 
 maniicr up tovvaius us. I was exticmel)' furprl- 
 2e«l lo find, that ifiofe deferts were known to any 
 bui ouifelves. But the Fophar foo'i put mc out 
 oKpuii^, by tciling fv.e, th-v viere fomc ot ti:fir 
 o.vn people, takln^^ the fame fcafon to go {^t 
 Egyp , andon iLc fame account.. 
 
 Bv this time we were ccmcup to one another. 
 The leader. of the other c^r.iVun, with all hi« 
 • company, i:rmied;atc!y got offi.hcir dromedaries, 
 and f'jll prollrate on tie eajfh before cur pojdiar ; 
 ai which he ftepptd back, and cryed, <* Alas ! is 
 cue failier dead r" They told him, yes; and 
 that he btirig the firft of the f^^cojid line, was to 
 hz Regent of the kingdonj, liil ilie }ourjg Po- 
 phs^ who was born s<\\i:.\\ his father was an c?'J. 
 ri.ap, fiiould ccnic ic the age ol H'ty. Tnen our 
 people got off, and prollratcd tlienifclvts before 
 him,* all but tr.yfclt •, as foon as the cerenr.onies 
 vcrc over, they came and embraced mc, and wtU 
 coined mc Hjto their briJthcrhood with the nu>il 
 fincerc ccrdialiry, a.'iitl had btrtn one of thtir 
 iiiiiyn The Pi^piiar foon told thenrj what I Wury 
 whi(:ii maile them ...peat their cartil'cs- with ne\r 
 cxtafKS o1 joy pcculi.ir to thofc people. Tha 
 Pcphar Lfk.d then), how they came to diri.<ii 
 their cotjrle fo inuch on the lett hand,. exp<.6li:ig 
 to hxvc met ihciu ihc day before ; they told us 
 
 that 
 
 • The E^dcrn mannc; cf fiitwingrefpidl. 
 
that but the day before they had like to h^yc lolt 
 tnemfeivciby thedarknefsQf the weather, and 
 their too great feciuity j for. bearing too much o:i 
 the left hand, one of their dromedaries fiounder- 
 c&, as if he were got into a qiiickfa.id^^ Th« ri* 
 dcr immediately difmounted, and wiih To much 
 halte, that the poor bead- goin.^ on further intu 
 the qinck^rands,waj lo(L The Poph^r then toU 
 tiiem, that there w.a5 fuch a place marked dowa 
 ^. in thejr ancient charts, which, b-inv fo well ac 
 qiMinted with the road.., they had never minded 
 01 late years : Thxt he ruppoledthofe ouick. funds 
 to be either the rains, v/hich had funk thro' th« 
 famis, and meeting with fome ih^u of clay, fti^. 
 na^ed, and were forming a Jake, or more probab- 
 i>', it was the courfeof fome diilarit river, rifinr? 
 perhaps out of a habirabiecountry,at an unknown 
 did^nce, but had loH iifcU in ihcfe iainierJe 
 
 Out, time not allowing us to (\zy long, cnc^ 
 
 caravan (et out ag.in fcr^ their dcilincd courfe, 
 
 having out five or iix days journey to make, tha? 
 
 :is, as far as wc could travel in Co many days and 
 
 [io many ni^^hts j for we never ibpped but to r^- 
 
 ircflj 
 
 ^ ♦PciTvn^may wonJcr to hear of qn?ck rnnna 
 Uti the ra;.i<t ofih* fun burnt dvfittsnf Africa, g^i 
 the thing f7 )) not appear i'o improbable, rvhcn w« 
 cosn« to exsMiinc the re'^fam ct ir. Jt ig v^rv vveli 
 kno^n there are vaa lak>5 Jn fom? pnt» of Africn, 
 jwlilcli have no vifjb'eou^.iets ; there arc rivers a?- 
 fo thn (o.'e ihr-mfflvfs in the finuf?. where fink* 
 Intr Hcidsr <.r(..me !|m«, ihrynjay form fiiilJ? 
 waiihis^ or cjuKk fanOF, a? foajt calls ihtu), 
 
^ t Lift y Advfnturti ^ . ^ 
 
 frcfh ourfc'ves. Tbe air now grew muchcoqlcf^ 
 ind ihc fiii^lus longer. The tenth day of cut 
 journey, i mean from the lalt ^rovc or rcfting. 
 pljcc,'onc of our dromedaries fjiiled ; they would, 
 not let \\ die, for the good ii had done, but two 
 of the connpany having water cnou^jh, and 
 knowing where they were, Hood behind, lo bring. 
 ii along with ihtm. 
 
 We now found the nature of ihe fands and foil- 
 begin to change, as the Poj^har had informed me ; 
 the ground began to be covered with a little mofs, 
 lending towards a grccnfv/ard, more like barren 
 downs than fands ; and I pcrs^eiv'td in fen ^ pla- 
 ces uncxped^cdly, inujad ofihofs buircngiuvcl- 
 ly fands, large fpacesof toler.ijlc good loil ; at 
 length to cur intxprcflible joy and ccnfort, "wt 
 came to patches of trees, and grafs, v.ith ian- 
 tmg falls and heads of vales which ftcmcd tn en- 
 large themfclvts beyond our view*. The raini 
 ivcrc come to their ptricd \ only it appcartd a lit- 
 tle mifly at a diflance before us, which was part- 
 ly fr-in the exhalations cf the rtvintry after the 
 raini«t, partly liom the trees and hills fioppin^ 
 tlic clouds, by which wc found that the we^ih- 
 •r did net clear up in the habitable ccuntiie* 
 
 fo 
 
 • Tie prcdlgJcus height eftht fands irr Afr'ca, 
 Jii iXicit parts which lye teiwren the ircpiiks, iray 
 n^to'.ily be ih« cfofei /ihe iands cr giavel (inking 
 in greater qijfliitititi at liic decrcttfe cl tie flccd ; 
 but lite mcil exteiifivc vaUs may have their liiii 
 ircin very fuiall gullcti ai fiilt. 
 
 •f* It it very natural to think, that thcfe barren 
 
fe febn as in the barren dcfarti. The pcrfumaf 
 of the fpicy fhrubs and i!j'*vers, ftruck our fcnrf?f 
 with fuch % reviving fragrancy, as made us alinoft 
 forjct our pafl fitigue, cr|>iciAily me trho htfi 
 Rot tclt the lik^, even in the firil vale : neither d» 
 I believcall the odours of the W-^ppy Ai'^bia Cduii 
 tvcr Come lip to it, 
 
 HsRK the Pophar ordered us to flop forreTrefh* 
 "tnent, and abided we muft ftay thcrrtf tiU the next 
 tSay. " We pitched our tents on the lafl dcfccnt 
 of th'ofc irn-TJcnfe bars, by the fide of a little rill 
 thatuTiied ou\ o( the fmali break of the Downs^ 
 •txpcdling further orders. 
 
 Tff E caiifc ofcurflay in that place was nat 
 %n]y tipon the account of our companions that 
 we had left behind us, (now that we were out of 
 dani^er) but on a ceremonious account, as mf 
 readers will fee by and by ; they were alfo to 
 ;€hange their habits, that they might appear in 
 the colours of their rerpc<5tivc tribe or name, 
 which were five, according to the number of the 
 fons of the Srtl Pophar, who brought thern out 
 of Ei^ypt, v/hofe ftatuc we Uv/ at the pyramid. 
 'hy their. laws, all the ti^tbes arc to be dilHngui- 
 fii^d by their colours ; that wherever th^y go, 
 th?y rnay be kncv/n what name they belong to, 
 wiih particular marks of their pods and dignities, 
 us r uiall d^fcribc to my readers afterwards, 
 Ths grand Pophar's colour, who Wis dcfccnd-. 
 cd fro.TJ the elded Ton of the anticnt Pophar, wjf 
 » flame colour, or approaching ni-jjh the rays of 
 the fun, bccaufc he was/chief pricft of the fun, 
 Q Ui: nc VT iCgc at 's colour wusgrctn fpan^icd wit!» 
 
J^ V/e \d livtixfUfti if 
 
 fin of ^f>'(? 1? your references faw in \hf i*M* 
 ttire ; the green rrprcfciiting I'nc fpiing tsljich if 
 r.ic chief rcaf"n ▼> i:h tiicni. The third colotjr il 
 n fiery red for the fummcr. The fourth is yellow 
 fnr Ai.'nirw ; snd ilic fifth purple, rcprefentirg 
 the c;loon>iners of nintcj ; tor thcfc people ack- 
 »twtcHgitTg the fwn for the immcdiaic gcTernoiir 
 •f ihc uniTcrfe, mimick the iiaturtf of his infiu^ 
 tcvec ai nigb at they can. 
 
 Tm womfn Gbfcrrcthe colourj of their refi 
 
 J^cftive tribes, but have moons of filvcr inter- 
 
 u^.ixt with the funs, to O'.cw th.at they ?.rc iiifiu- 
 
 •f»ceJ in a great meadirc by that variable plannet, 
 
 9'he yaiing vifjiifis have the new mcon ; in iht 
 
 Rrcngth ot their age the fiiil moon ; as they grow 
 
 «ild, the moon is in t'ne dccrcafc prc^portionably. 
 
 The widows have the moon exprcHed jiift as it if 
 
 in ihcchani^c ; the dcfcendants of the daiightert 
 
 ct tltc fird ropliar were incorporated Vvith the 
 
 'fff>. Thofe of the eldeft daughter took the cl- 
 
 ^cft fon's coKujr, >vith a ir.ark of diflin6lion, to 
 
 fhcw they were never to fiiccced to tlie Popliar- 
 
 <hip, or regency, till there fiiohld be no m^le iC» 
 
 4uC ot the othcri at a^c to govern. 
 
 This right of eldcrfljip, as thcfc penpic undef- 
 Kand it, is a litile inlricair, but I (liall explain it 
 ♦o the reader more at iar^c, when 1 C(>m« 
 lo fpcak more partictjlarly of their government. 
 \Vhc^ they are fcnt out into foreign coiintiits, 
 tiicy take what hal)it or colour they pleafe, snd 
 j^cnerally go all alike to be knou':i to each othrr, 
 but they mufl not appear in their own country 
 Imtijitlicir proper culuurSi it i« criminal to d« 
 
 «(U«rYvifc ^ 
 
^^Yiirwlfc ; with marks alfo of their families, thjf. 
 iii cafe atjy mirdt-meanar (hould b^ committf'^ 
 they may know where to trace ii out, for whk'i 
 Tczfoaf now th«»y draw n«ar their o'^n country, 
 they were to appear in th.c coloiirs of aheir rc-<, 
 fpc(Slivc names ; all but myfelF, whohad ih«famSk, 
 garment I wore at Grand Cairo, to (hew I was 
 t Granger, tho* I wore th« Pophar's colour aflti- 
 wards, as being, hij rcUtieD, and incorporated la 
 Ills family. 
 
 WniM ihcy 'were all arrayed in thfir filkea 
 ttolsufs fpangled wit[i funs o^ gold, with whiter 
 fillets round their temples, ftuddvsd wiih preclouj^ 
 ftones, they mad« a very delightful Ihcvy. Th^ 
 fun now Lad broke thro* the cloud?, and difcov- 
 «rcd to us the profpe£l of th« country •, but f«c?| 
 m one as. I am not able to defcribc ; at that di^K. 
 tance I could fee nothing but trees and groves i 
 —whether I looked towards the hills or vale?, aS 
 feemed to be ®nc continued wood, tho* with fam% 
 fccmingly regular intervals of fquarcs and plain^^^ 
 I aiked the Pophar if they lived all in woods, (JSk 
 whether the country was only one continued im^ 
 tncnfe foreil ; he fmilcd and faid, when we coma. 
 thither you (hall fee fomiCthing clfe befidcs wood^ 
 The reaf«n, fays he, wliy it looks like a wood,if^ 
 that j^efidcs innuwerabie kinds of friiiiS, all cut 
 towns, fquarcs and ilreeis, as well as ii:.id3 andk 
 gardens, are planted with trees both for dtlighf 
 and convenicncy, tho' you will find fpare ground 
 enoiigb for the produce of all thitit;? fulfic:ient to 
 n^akf the life of man eafy and happy. The gliu 
 Uringof gold wliicli you f<?e tiiro' the tops of.tb* 
 %9(:i^ axe golden fas* oa w 10^,5 ttf 1L9 ump- 
 
 IS3 
 
f9 t.lft \S A thin fur I i tf 
 
 Irs and buildings ; wc build our houfcf f!ji« aitii 
 low en account of hurricanes, wiih ^articiij of 
 Tcrfuintd cvcr-grrprs on il.c top of ihtm, ^Thich 
 A^ the realun you fee nothirg but ^roYcf. 
 
 Wi dtfccndeJ f radiially frc;m off t;,c dLfuM 
 %\,ii} the fcattcrcd (hrubs, and were filmed cr- 
 try now ami fhen uiih a gale of pertumcs. At 
 length we came to a r[>;^cious pl?in a little Hicl- 
 tin|, and covered with agrienilh coa', Lciwcen 
 Irofs arulgrafs, vhich was the utm'oft borfJcr of 
 the deiait, and btyond it a f.iiall rivcr^collrflcd 
 from the hi If:, at ii were weeping out of the fandu 
 in dultrent plicc?, which rivci was Ihe bound** 
 ly of ihc^kinj;dom that way. 
 
 Herk wt made a halt, and perceived a fnnaj 
 company of ten pcrfdnsequsll to out number, tx«» 
 ccpt n.yfcU, advancing ^^ravcly towards us ; the/ 
 Vtrc in the proper colours ot the JJonus witb 
 fp:;nglfd fuxis ol gold, 51 rrr con'.{>anions wore, 
 only the topi of their iicads" were fpriuklcd wiili 
 dultin f: onridn^. As foon us thry cain« 
 
 at a dt^c , thc-y Kll lijt on their iac($ be* 
 
 i. re the Fophar,' v/iiliout fy>ir.;5 a word, and re* 
 ccived the golden uriJ«, witii ifjc e^rili wc bti-ught 
 "'•>ng with us. Thth they turned ai.d majchtd 
 
 uciiy bclorc us holding (he urrs^shigh in their 
 I s as ihey-cc uld, bui^ii in adc^pr.r.d n.< ujn- 
 .I'lncc. Thtfc were (•.•*. ct tlic hv« 
 rs i.r.i lonittl the i.r:^s. 
 
 iccd in ]hi« filcr.t n".anner wiihoul 
 i . ,.or«', till wc c^me; to lie livrr, oyer 
 
 ^ i;3 a i!Lx\trj biid^t Willi a iiiun^phal 
 
*rch on the top of t, bcaiuilied with funs of 
 gold moft magnificent to b^biold. Beyond the 
 bridge, wc imaiecliately paffcd thro* a kind of z 
 circu!i«r grove, which led us into a mort delight- 
 ful plain like an amphilheatre, M-ith hve avennea 
 of (Irccts leading to it ; at the cntr,^nce of cack 
 avenue Itood an innumer^ible number of*'peoplo 
 feprcfcnting the five Nomcs, or govcrnmdnts of 
 thofe immenfc kingdoms, all in thtir ditFcrent 
 colours, fpanglcd with funs of gold, which made 
 the mod glorious Ihow in llic world. As foon as 
 ,tVcr we entered the amphitheatre, our fili^'nce. wa» 
 btoke vviih (bouts of joy thi,t tended the very 
 ffcies ; then the whole multitude tell fi;it on thtif 
 faces adoring the uras^ and repeating t|icirfhou!t 
 dnd adorations thrice, thcr<j advanced ten triuTn- 
 phant chariots, according lo the colours of .th# 
 Noaics with funs as before ; nine ot the chariots 
 Were dr^wn with VrX.- ImrlVa each, and the tentU 
 with eight for the Pophar regent. The five dc* 
 puiies, who were the chief of each ,Ni5rne, with 
 the urns and.*com|}anicns,. mounted five of th© 
 chariots,, the otiier five were for us, t,vo in n 
 : (gharict, only rnyfc4^-being afuperKumcrarv, y/as 
 ))lr%ced buck'.vcrds- in the Pophar.'s chan:>t," wh1c!i 
 he ti:i'.l lilt" ■ 2 only mark (;f humiliAtioia) 
 
 tiUd ina<- '.I'ttiwivc, 
 
 . Wit W5tf condtii^ed w-i(h fs'? fquadroni , oC 
 Jjoife,' di'^Uy each in. tbpir proper colours,, vw^itli 
 f'leam.ers or the fj^n;;?, hav-irg the fun in tfcc csn-r 
 Kr, thro* the oppoiiic aven?]r. fiil we c«me wio 
 another amphiihcatrc ^t 2 c ^S wherc-vy« 
 
 "w an infin'te nunibcr oi icij^s ci fjk of theC«l» 
 «-^..'r «t tir; Hv^irH«?j iiii ef *l'*v:i (o-^r-Jzd witig 
 
1 
 
 f#]c!ci full ; ficre trc r t re to itft and rcftpf ^ 
 •liirdrci. The Poplur*stc»t was in the ctnter 
 of liis o\Tn colour, which was green, the fcconJ 
 Nvjmc in diginty, in whofe iloirJijious an4 gor-. 
 #f umcnt wc r.orr wc:c. 
 
 I HA VI been longer in thii dcfcription, be^ 
 tmfc it was more a rcliiiious ceremony than any 
 thing elfr, ihtTc pconlc being rcry myllciiout in 
 •Hthtyciu.* — I Ihall cxjilain the meaning as' 
 kiiellyax I can. The (lopping before we cam* 
 to the bridge on the borders of ihofc inhofpiti. 
 blcdcfaris, and walking i.i that mournfMl filcnt 
 wianncr, not only cxprclTed their mourning fcif 
 their dcccaftd tnccftors, but alfo fignificd the va« 
 fioui calamity and labr.ur incident to human life^ 
 whtrc he n(n only ouglit to bt, but really ii in a 
 Hate of banilhment and mourning; wandering 
 Jn ftm-burni defartj, and toircd with the itormr 
 ©t innumerable lav. Iffsdcflres, Ail! fighing aficf 
 • better country. The palTage over the bridge^. 
 they would have to betoken man'j entrance int» 
 ftlt by death ; their ihouts ot joy, when the fac*- 1 
 ixd urni arrived in that country, not cnlv figni- 
 icdthehs^ipjncfj of the ncxi iitc, (tor thcfc p«o- 
 
 pl9 
 
 ». ^ , 
 
 • The antiriji Fyvpii »!is f,fit fo myll?rioii»,p*r- 
 •icul.uly in rhoir ieiij;;iow:B ccrf inonit*, auJ Alcana 
 of ;4^vcrnn)ep.t. that in all })rol>MbIlity li.e an'knl 
 f«b)ct, i^hich vcr^ tew ytr undciltar.d rightly, haj 
 ihtir rife jtmh ciicm ; tho* the learned B;^chait,iit 
 fcii Mialf^, (<':ri^ei tf.cui chitflyfrom ihc C-.naan- 
 kfi, who difpuiingihcnifcvesa!! ovu-r liie vrcr;*!, 
 wiien ttiejfled Irojii Joihui, impofed Hpo:i th» 
 •reduloui Cierkf, by ihc tUf-reni rf^n'.fitaiJOOi {d 
 l^^lJlUtf xrdf «U iu Uiiir lkiij;\iaj^e. 
 
lS»c miivcrfsnjr bdicre theimmorulity of the foul 
 jinJ thmk none hut bru,.5 can be ignorant of ij 
 but, fo that th.Tanccaors, whoff burial du2 
 th.y brotight along with thera, wert now in a 
 place ef everlafting reft. " i« a 
 
 EVBRT ceremonr of thefe people has Tom. 
 wyacryoro.her.ndudcdi,, it j tho' there di4 
 Dot appear any harm in any of them, except 
 ^thetr fal.mg proftr.te i,e,ore',he duft.which IT- 
 led iilce rank idolatry. I fhall not as yet detaia 
 :«>y readers «-ith the defcription of the Luti., of 
 the country thro which vr- paffed, having fo 
 Kich to fay of the more fubflantial part : that h. 
 «f h^>rform.fgoTe.nme„,, law, Ld c.fto n 
 Iboth rel.gunu and evil ; nor dcfcribe their pro' 
 digtous magnificence, tho' joined with a great 
 deal of natural fimplicity. in\h.oir towns, tln-;. 
 ^i, fcnools, colleges, &e.. hecanfe, being hJlt 
 moflty alike, except for particlar nfe,,, ^manu- 
 f^«or.e5, and the like ; J ftall d, fcribe ,he,?, all 
 in one, when I come to the great citv ot Phnr 
 OthcTwifecaliedin their facred^langw g^cNo-on^! 
 or It I fhotUd ftay to defcribe thelmmenfc nch- 
 SJ.Ierulityand beauties ot the country, this re- 
 .ai.nn, whxh,sdeng„edasareal account of , 
 
 ^Yook hie'," "''^ f» n'»n.vy«rs, wot^ld rati, 
 U look like a romance than a true relation. 
 
 J 'l^p..insg.,i,(V Applon clininanin.tj two l.r» 
 ur,^« ofthe.ncient Enyptin,,,, ,!,e one facred, 
 
 »!• of .-ayllenes, perhaps iiite fat Ckbali of lA© 
 
>5 l.tf4 & Advinfurti 1/ 
 
 I IMA tt only inform my readers «t prcfcii(|j' 
 that attcr having taken a moft mai^nfficent repafl, 
 c 'nfinin^^ot delicious fnii'S an-.l wines, we paf- 
 fcd on by an evening's journey to one of th'.ir 
 t#wni, alway$conliJ(f:^ed and lodged in that tri- 
 tirnphant manner, 'till wc came to the head of the 
 V>ctorc im-nti:*nc<l green Nome, belon^^ingro the 
 Pupliar recent, and fccond in d'^nity of tlt« 
 Tvholc E npirc. Here thctirn of dull belonging 
 to that N'jfiie wr.s rcpofitccl in a kind of i;o!dcn 
 tabernacle fci wiili precious (lones of iinvnenfe 
 vahje, in the center of a fpacioui temple, wliicJi 
 t ihalldcfcribe hercaitcr. 
 
 Aftir a week's fcafling and rejoicing, \>o\\ 
 r the reception of the diiit, and the fate rcltirn 
 tir the Pophar and his companionSj together witli 
 ^'■j ex a! I at ion to the tcgencvi v/c fct out in th« 
 nc manner foi- the other Nomes, to repoGle-alt 
 ■ urns in their rcfpe^tivc lcmpies,-*-'whrch are 
 •ivf. The country i,s a liitlc mo\intainou9, alfo 
 corjtaining vallics, or rat^yer wlioic rc^icns rr.n- 
 rii»:g out betwcL-n the defarts ; bcfidcs valt ridg^ei 
 of mountains in the h?art of the roimtry which 
 it.cloic immcnfe riclies in their bowels. Thd 
 chief town is fituated ss ni^h as polfibl^ in th« 
 Piiddle of the NtMr.cs, and about the ccr.ter oi the 
 country, baiini; tliofc- irrcgtilariiics I mentioned. 
 1 hf four inlc.'ior Nomes wcr? like tlie tour 
 cornws, and il\c f]:nnc coloured Noine wher^ the 
 ^ra:.d Popliar, arid regent pro tempore reliucd, in 
 tlif center of liie fquarc. Their method was to 
 |:o tJ the four in fci tor Nomes firf^, and rcpofue 
 iheurns, and then to complete all at the chief 
 :owu oi'itic iirll Nome, TLef-i NoiKts wers 
 
«ecli about eight davf very eafy journey over. 
 Thris we went the round ot all, which is, I 
 ihink A kiud of polilicdl vi^utiun sit the £401% 
 time.. 
 
 At l^ength vrs carnc to the g.r«at city ©f Phof;,. 
 ©r No-om, there to repofitc the lad urn, and for 
 all the people to pay their refi^eds to the grani 
 Pophar, it in being, or cife to the regent. Bf 
 that time, what with thofe who accompanied iha 
 proceiiion of the urns, and the inhabitants of 
 that imnienfe town,. fo many people w^^rc gath- 
 ered togciher, as one v;ould have aimoft thought 
 had not been in all the werld befidc ; but in fuck 
 order^nd decency diftinguifticd in their ranks, 
 tribes, and colours, as is not eafy to be compre- 
 her.dcd. The glittering tents fpread then~.feiv^ 
 •.V£r the face of the earth*. 
 
 I SH A L L here give a defer iption of the tows, 
 bccaule all other great towns or heads of the 
 Noa)es are built after that model, as indeed tht 
 leiTer towps come as near it as they can, except 
 places for arts or trades which are generally built 
 en rivers, or brooks for conveniency ; fuch is the 
 nature of the people, that they affciSi: an cxa£t 
 unilormity and equality in all they do^ as being 
 brothers of the fame flock. The town of Phor, 
 that is, the Glor) or No-otr, which iignifics the 
 hutife of the fun, is built circular in i nutation 
 of the fun and its rays. It is fiiuated in the hr- 
 gefl plain of all the kingdom, and upon the lar-. 
 gdt river, which is about, as big as the river Po, 
 lifing from a ridge of mountai:;s under the line, 
 2ndii2i;3 tcnsrdf the Nor:h, where it forn.j a 
 
 O £reat 
 
f rcat lak-, almoi! like a Tea, whofc wafrrf afi 
 cxin'rcl by the heat ot the fun, baring no oi:t-lctj 
 Of i:i)k under t'rouno, in the fanJs ot ihc vafl de- 
 farts cncorr.pairiiig it. This river i55 cut into a 
 r.iof! magnificent canal ruuniiig dircdlj ihrj' ibtf 
 tjiddlc cf the lovvn* 
 
 T^EFOt !: it enters tfic tov^n to prevent inunda* 
 frons^ ami lor oihcr conver.icnces, there arc pro- 
 digious bafons, locks and fluicts, with colLtcr- 
 «lc.:r,:;!», todivcrt and It* out tlic water, it need 
 bv-. The middle ftrtani forms the grand canal,- 
 ^■hivrh nms thro' the town, till it comes to th« 
 grai^i place ; then there is another lock and 
 fluicc dividing it into two ftfrnicircles or \vings, 
 siiid carryinglt round the f^rand place, forming 
 8n iinrul wiin the temple oi the fun in the cen- 
 tre, arid mcciing aguiii oppofite to where it df- 
 vid.-d, and f«>gotson in a canal a^^ain. Ther« 
 arc aJio bridges over the ftrait caiuls, at proper 
 alliances ; before the river enters ll:c ton ri, it is 
 cJividcd by the firft ^reat lock ;nto two prodigious 
 leniicircles eucompaliing the whole town. 
 
 All the cinals are planted witli double rowj 
 rf cedars, andvvalks ih.c mod deli^htiul that can 
 l^e imagined. The grand place is in tiic center 
 of the lowii, a proJjj^icjii? round, or immenfc 
 tlicatre, encompatfcd with the brand cs of tlie 
 canal, and in the center of tiiat, the temple of the 
 fun. This temple con!ills of three hundred and 
 fix^y five double marhk* pillars, according to the 
 number of the days of the year, repeated with 
 three (tories one above anoiiicr, and on the lop, a 
 •uj^Ia open 40 ihe iky foi ihs fun lobe ftcli thro.'' 
 
 Th« 
 
^he pillars arc all of the Corinthian order, of «' 
 marble as white as fnow and Suted ; the edf^^^es of 
 the ^utcs, wub the capitals coniifh^d are ii)l 
 ^i!t. The ir.n^r roofs 'of iht' vail galleries on 
 tntfc pilUrs, arc painted v/lth ihs am, moon, and 
 liars exprciling their different motions j with 
 hieroglyphicks kiiown but to roaiS few. of txi^ 
 fhicf eiders or rulers. 
 
 The outfuisfc of all arc doubly gilf, as is m 
 tlie dome or grand concave on the top, open in the" 
 middle to the ficy. In the middle of this con- 
 /3ve is a golden fun, fufpendcd in the vuid, an4' 
 fssppoited by Ifn-rs or rods from the edges of th«' 
 ^cmc. The artificial fun looks down^, as if it 
 ly'ere fiiining on a Globe or earth, eredled on ft 
 pedeilal altar- wife oppofite to' the fun,- accord* 
 ing to the rituiition of their climate to that planet ^. 
 i:r which globs or earlh are inclofed the urns of 
 their deceafed anceilors. On the iniidc of the' 
 pithrs, are the fcais of the chief men or elder*,. 
 to hold their conncils, which are all publick,- 
 Oppofite to the twelve great ftreet^, are fo ma- 
 ny entrances iato- t>5!: tempbey with as mj^n/' 
 magnificent ftair-cafes betsvcen the entrances ta' 
 go into the galk'rics or places where they keeg'^ 
 tiic regiflers of their laws, &c. with, gilt btilu«- 
 flrad-^s looking down ijLto the temple. 
 
 On the psdeft^ils of all the pillars Were engrai.' 
 Ted hieroglyphicks and char^itUrs known to nor.« 
 but the five chi( f Pophus, and comaiunicatecj- 
 under the grca;eil fecrecy to the fucceiror ot any 
 ©no ot them in cafeof death, lofs ot fenfei, arid 
 lbs liit* J prcfum€,.thc fccreis^aad arcana of 
 
i^rfe \S. Jd^-tfifuns 
 
 J 
 
 fate, »nc^, it rr.av br, of their rciit^ion, ?rts af{3^ 
 Xvitnccr, arc containc-d therein, "i he ir.t>{i im- 
 proper dtcorttions of thf ten p!c, in my opinion,, 
 ^c ilic fuiings of ihc piljars> which ratbt-r look 
 loo finical for ihc rr.5Jf;i!ick Ijrrplicit)' atftdtU bj^ 
 llicic pcf)^lc in other rclpc^f. 
 
 "The fronts of the houfes rcurd the gT?!);!^, 
 yilscearc all concive, or fcgmtnts of cirlcs, cx- 
 ttpt where the great ftrccis meet, v hich art 
 t"v*clvc in iiuir.btr according to the tvNcIvc figrii, 
 ol tlic Zotliack, pointing to the temple in ilrait 
 lines like rays to tlic ccp.tre. This vaft ror.rd ># 
 fct vviihdoi;b'c rows and circles of Hattly ccdarf 
 bcfcrc the houfcj, at an exii^l diftanuc, as ax* 
 aU the (Irecis on each fide, like To many beauti- 
 ful avciiiic?, "which products a mod delightful cf- 
 feft to the eye, as well asconvcniency of fliade. 
 1 Jic cro(s ftrtets are fe linany parallel ciiclel- 
 round the grand j)1acc and tcn.ple, as the center,, 
 jraklp' ' ;taitr siircki ;,6 il.t lown tiilarizcs il^ 
 
 fch. ■ 
 
 TntT Ijuild alwnTts circnUf-vays till the cTr-*^ 
 «lc is con"! p] etc \ then another, and I'o on. 1 lie 
 H^iddlc of the area's between the ciittiingsof the 
 iifeets, arc left fcr gardens and other convenicn- 
 «c'B, enlarging themrdves as il>cy proceed from 
 ihc center ; ai every cutting ot the ftreetj, is m 
 lellcr circular fpacc fct rt.niK! wiih tite«, ailorn- 
 *d with fountains, or (l^tiics of Jarroiis men; 
 that, in tflcd^, the >vhc Jc lovtn i& like a prodi- 
 ^uij» garc!cn, dilliri£i}ilhcd with tcn)plcs» pavil* 
 iiiiiS,, ;;v€44Uts, uiiU ci:wk$ uf £rcci,3 j fo that it if. 
 
difficult to give my renders a j lid kkn of th? bc2^i» 
 ty of it. The gtjat ibects "opeiT thcmfclvcs a» 
 Ihey l:ngihcn, like the radii of a wheel, fo that 
 at ihe fii-ft Coming int'j the town, yoii have th« 
 profpe^l of the teiTsple and grand place dircftir 
 b -fore you ; and from the temple z dlre£l view of 
 cacoftlie fineft avenues and countries in th« 
 world. Their principal tov/ns are ail built af- 
 ter this formi. Alter they have taken a plan of 
 llicplicc, they fird build a temple ; then lear* 
 the {;reat area or circular market place, round 
 which they build a circle of houfcs, and add oth^ 
 crs^sthcy incrcafe, according to the foregoing 
 tlefcripiion, 
 
 ! N Jill the fpacei of cntiingfs of the fireets, »r« 
 public fountains brought down by pipes from a 
 nounuina conlidcrablfc di(iancc froLn the town ; 
 or, as I fiid before, flatucs of grcit men hold- 
 iiw foir.cthin^ in their hands lo declare their mef- 
 si; taken either frpin the invcniion of arts and 
 fcicnceS;, or Tome irieiriOrable a<Slion done by 
 thcin fur the ir.prcvcment and good of their 
 country. Thefe they lauk upon ?.s more lauda- 
 ble motives, and greater fpurs to glory, than all 
 che trophies cre^Lted by other nations for drflroy- 
 Jn^ their own fp^cies. Their houfes, ?s 1 < S- 
 
 irvcd before, are bi i i lo v, aU exactly 
 }. eight, and flat rooted, wi:h ariificijl garqens 
 ( n the top cf cich full of flowers and aroma' lok 
 firubs, wljch make a mofi: beautiful ?.ppcr.'-„-'.nrc 
 when you look down upaa tu^ui fioui a . > 
 liencr. 
 
 T« ST s arc d great many otk-r I?:? 
 
16 Lift IS JJtfHium 9/ 
 
 tonTcnicnccf, according to the genius of the p?(H 
 pic ; which were I 10 mention them, would 
 riake a large volume. I only fay, that the rich- 
 es otih.e country are immcnfc, which in feme 
 tncafurc arc all in common, at I fhall fhevr 
 when I come to the nature ot their government ; 
 the pcopls arc the moft ingenious and induflri- 
 «us in the world ; the govcrnours aiming at 
 nothinq but what is for the good of the puhlic, 
 hiving all the afTluence the heart of man can de- 
 Jirc, in a place where tliere has been no vrar for 
 aear three thoufand years ; fo that it is not fo 
 much to be wondered at, if they arc arrived at 
 that grandeur and magniHcenee as perfons in cuf 
 %»orld can fcarcc believe, or coiiccivc. 
 
 When the ceremonies for the reception cf 
 the urns were over, they proceeded to the inau- 
 guration of the Fophar regent, which was per- 
 formed with no other ceremony but placing him 
 in a chair of flate, with his face towards the Kafl, 
 en the top of the higheft hill in the Nome, to 
 ihcw that he was to infpedl, or overlook all, 
 looking towards the temple of the fun, which 
 flood dirc(Stly Esftw^ard of liim, to put him ift 
 ivjind that be was to take csre of the religion of 
 his anceftorsin the firft place. When he was 
 tluis placed, three hundred and fixiy five of ih* 
 chief ot the Nome, as reprcH ntaiivcs of all the 
 rc(t,came up to hin^, and muLing a rtfpe£lful 
 bow, faid, Eli Pophar, which is as much as to 
 fay, hail lather ot our nation ^ and he en bracing 
 ihcm as a faiher does his children, anfwered 
 them with Call Btnim, that iE,my dear children, 
 Aji oiany ol (he women did the Umc. 'JL hii was 
 
 all 
 
all the homage they paid him, which was ef- 
 teemed fo facreJ as never to be violate:!. All the' 
 diftindtion of his habit was one gi'eat fun on hlr 
 hreaft, much bigger th:\n that of any of ihe ref^. 
 The precious floiies alfo, m hich were fct in ths 
 white fillet binding bis forehead, v/er>^ larger 
 than ordinary, as were thofe of the crofs circles^ 
 over his head, terminated on the fammit with a 
 large tuffof gold fringe, ana a thin plate of gold 
 rn the fhapeofihc fun faft-ened to the top of it 
 horizontally ; all of them, both men and wo- 
 men wore thofe fillet-crowns with a tufr'of golJp 
 l>ut no fun on the top, except the Pophar. 
 
 As foon as the ceremonies and rejoic'n^s'^T'er'; 
 »vcr, which were performed in tents at tb.e pub- 
 licexpence, he was condu6led with the cheartul 
 acclamations of the people, and the found of mis - 
 fical inllruments, to a mod magnificent tent ini 
 the front ot the whole_camp facing the Eadjj 
 which is looked upon^as the moll honorable, as 
 firft feeingtherifing fun ; and fo on by eafy jour- 
 neys, till he came to the chief towa of that- 
 Nome, 
 
 Thz rfafon wliy thefe ceremonies were per- 
 formed in the diffcreat Nomes, was to ihc:yr 
 
 .tiiat they all depended on him, and becaufe the 
 empire was fo very populous, it was impoiTible 
 they could meet at one place. I cannot exprcfs 
 the carciTes 1 received fvom tliem^ tfpeiciillj,. 
 when they found I was defcended from the fiini« 
 race by the mother's fi.le, and i^o neirly related 
 
 , to ih'j Pophar. VVhcnevi^r I came hrit mto their 
 ♦^mpiii/, Ikcy all «a>briivea ir*?, ^xiiix and wa- 
 
II V.ft a AJztnrut'tJ tf 
 
 ir-rn, with t>^e rrofl cndraiing tenHcrncri ; the 
 \cl; g bczuiilul nonicn tlid ihc fame, callirff n.e 
 brother, and f aiding mc in ihtirsims with fuch 
 xn inncccnt iiiTarancp, ai it I had been their real 
 irotlief 'oil anJ Icund ai;ain. I cannot faj but 
 ftirc cf ii.ci\i fccmtd to h^vc a fondncfs for mt 
 t".;at appeijf d to be of *nct!?er f(;r\ and whick 
 altcrwardi gcvc n*ic much troull^, btit i iirpu* 
 ted ii to iht nature of ilic ftx, vrho arc unac- 
 €ountub!y more fond of Ilran^crf, tv h(;m ibey 
 JLru)w rothin^cf, than of pcifons cf a.uch gnat* 
 cr xnciit, i^l.o cci-vcrfe wiih ihcm c^cry da/. 
 
 I SHALL fay a word or two imcfc cf tV.a n»* 
 tiifc of the pco} !e before I proctcd in my relation. 
 'J hey arcih.e hancifc^nncQ race of pco} Ic, I believe 
 Ufciure ever produced, with this oniy diifcrence^ 
 >v'hich lome may think a dcfed, ilut ihcy aro 
 %\\ too i::uch \\)lz cn^ another ; that ii, from 
 their fpiir.alr.u frc in one f;:mily, ^vIlhout an/ 
 mixture ot Jificrcnl nations in their blood ; the/ 
 hkvc neither wan, nor trafick with other people^ 
 to aduiieratc thtir race, for vhich rcafcn they 
 ).now ncilj-Bg ci the vices fiich a conin^errc cf- 
 Icn brings along with it. 1 b.cireyes arc forre- 
 liiing too fn all, but not fo liiilc as tl ofc cf th© 
 Chirefc ; their hair is generally Hack, and in- 
 clined to be a little croped or iiizzltd, and thcii* 
 eomfltxion brOMs but their ieaturcs arc tho 
 fnoft €Xa£^ arid regular imaginable, and in th.© 
 n-.c tintainous I aits toward^thc line, ivheie tV.c 
 air is cooler, they arc laiher fairer than our Ital- 
 i;»rs ; ihe men aie imiverlaily well ih.^pcd, ta{( 
 ird ficiHlcr, except thro' f( nie accidental detcr- 
 ;B;i(y, ^i^icU U very rare \ i»yt (he wvKcn^ wh« 
 
icep themfclves irjich within Joors are the mo!l 
 beaiitlfL.1 creatures, and the finelUhspcd in the 
 woilJ, except, as 1 faid, i)cing too much alike. 
 There is fucU an innocent fvveetncfs in their bcau- 
 ly, and fuch a native modcfty in their counlea- 
 *ncc, a& c;innot be dcf^ribcd, 
 
 Tna vifitations which we made to carr^r rh« 
 Urns, gave n,'ic an opportunity of feeing the grsen- 
 eft part of their country iis fycn as I came there ; 
 tho' the Pophar v\ith a Icfs rclinuc, and with 
 whom I always was, Tifi'.ed them more particti- 
 Jarly alterwardi. The country is generally moro 
 hiily, tlian plain, and in fjmc parts even moun- 
 tainous ; there arc, as I before mcRtioncd, vaf^ 
 lidges of mountains, wliich run fcvcrul hundred 
 niilc-s, either under, or parallel to the Equater. 
 Thcfc are very cold, ^nd contribute • very much 
 to render the climate mere tsmperatc than might 
 Dtherwife be expt<5ied, both by refrigerating tao 
 air with cooling breex*"?, vvhicii are wafted froii^ 
 thence over the rcifot the country, and by lup- 
 pl)iiig iheplaiias with innurncntble rivers running 
 both North and South ; but chit^^y towards tht 
 North, 'i'hcfe hills, and the great woods they 
 are generally covered with, arc the occafion o-f 
 the cou.itry's being rubjet5l to rainb* ; there are 
 tafl foieds j::d places which they cut down ani 
 deltroy £S thi-y want room, leaving lelT r §^rovct 
 i(jX be;;uiy and variety, as ^ -2:1 ^s ufc; and convc* 
 
 riency^ 
 
 ' vc'Jl ktiouii so lu^ r.&lur<i!i»t8, lhi»t g«*»' 
 
 v.. I. ^ .:wj l^i'j!i cttDfcl clcuds ard 'jyfU.'fl, ^W'i 
 c.'ii :-, uu^'y csiTe'it Lo ia^ii uicr* ik.-M ii* tttki<i5 
 
f # Life U AJvinrartt if 
 
 fiicrcf. Tlic foil ii 'o nrc^digloiii fcrtil(f,r.ot .^i- 
 ly indifferent forts of qrain and rice ; but partic- 
 ularly in an incxhauHiblc variety of fruits, Ic- 
 gnmcj, and t^xMz herbs of fuch nourilliing 
 juice, and drlicious taflc, that to provide fruit 
 for fuck numbers of people ii the leaiV of their 
 tare. 
 
 'THirn viib«'»s bcinjT moft of tbcm luilt o» 
 tlic rivulcrs, for manufa<5lurcs and trades arc not 
 to be numbered. Tlicir hills are full of mctallick 
 iTiir.^s of all forts, with materials fuflicient to 
 work them ; filvcris the fcarccfl, and <;old aU 
 rr.afl the ir.oil pleniiful ; it ccnncs out often- 
 times in great lu:npj from the mineral rocks, as 
 if it wept out from between the joints, and af- 
 terwards by the natural licat of i!ic earth, or oth- 
 er imknown caufcs : this gold is more du6\ilc, 
 cafiei' to ivork, and better for all uf-s, than that 
 which is drawn from the ore. Their iiiYCntioni 
 for arts,;ind all manner of (I won't fay purpofesj 
 tut even the magnificence of life, are adoiuihing. 
 
 When I fpoke of thcii: fruits, I (hould hare 
 tncntiuned a Imall fort of a grapL* that j^rowa 
 ihf:rrc natuiaily, of which tlicv rjake a v/inc 
 Iharp at firfl, hiu which will keep a j^jrcat many 
 yr^rs, mfllowing ami inproving as it is kept ; 
 tut the ciiuic-'i grapes, which arcch'efly fordry- 
 iu^^, arc cultivated amon^ them, t ho' a very little 
 piias doiti it. Their >\incs are more cordial 
 than inebriating ; but a finaller fort diluUdwitk. 
 water makes ihcir conllant diink. 
 
 l.BQ not rc.nacmbcr th.U I ever Uvf an/ horn- 
 
 #4 
 
«(I bcafls in the country, except goats of a rcrr 
 hrge fize, which ftrve them formilkj tho*it it 
 rather too rich : deer there are innumerable, of 
 niore different kinds than are in Europe* There 
 is a liitle hckil feeminglv of a fpccies between a 
 roeandafiicep, whofc ifitfli is the moft nourU 
 fhin.5 and delicious that can be taftf d ; tht(« 
 m^ke adiOi in all their fcafls, and are chiefly re- 
 ferved for that end. 
 
 Their fowl both wild and tame, fnakc th« 
 grcRtcfl part of their feod, as to fi^-fh-meat, of 
 which tiicy don't eat much, it being, as they 
 think, too grofs food. 
 
 _ The rivers and lakes are flored with vaf^ qtian- 
 titles of nioflcxquifite fi(h, particularly a Poldea 
 Uout whof« belly is of a bright fcarlet colour as 
 'dck-aable to the palate as to the eye. They fup^ 
 pofefifh to be more nourifhing and eaficr of d- 
 geftion thin flcOi, for which reafon they cat mrcli 
 irioie of It ; but having no rivers that run into ihc 
 lea, they want all of that kind. 
 
 TfiEiR horfcj, as I ob fa rved before, are but 
 Imall but full of mettle and life, and cxtrcmelr 
 fwitt i they have a wild af» larger than the horf/, 
 of all the colours of the rainbow, very drong and 
 prohtablctor burdtn and drudgery ; but ti.eir 
 great carriages are drnwn by elks, tl:c drotiieda- 
 lies arc for travelling over the fands. 'The rivers, 
 at icud m the plain and low countrifsare cut in- 
 to canals by whichlhcy carry moff ot their lto- 
 %'iiion and cttcCt* Sill over the country, 
 
^EroRE I come to the remaining ocCttrrcRftl 
 of nn own life, in whicliriUiliin'j vr-^< x'.raor:1i- 
 iKirjrh ppcr.'J till 1 came away, unlcU 1 reckon 
 the cx'fi'Jidinary hapj^incfs. I was pUctd in, as 
 tosll t;.ings of iliit lite, in <»ne of the moft dcli- 
 €iuii$ regions cf liic iiiiiveiTc, marritd to tlic Ivf- 
 |;cnt's d«iii^hirr, anil tht dtplorr-blc lofs of hfr 
 %\itb my only remaining for, ; I fhall give my 
 rcsvicrs a fticcincl accwintC/1 thr iirclii;ion, bv\«, 
 fjiu cmlums, w!ii;:h arc almoR as lar cut of ib« 
 cominon way of t'.iinking of thcrcllof the uoii.^, 
 ft£ llKli zouuxjy. 
 
 Or Thi rR I-}.LIGiON. 
 
 Trir re'i^ion o: tr'^;.: rcvoplc is rr^iiy iuoiitrj^ 
 in thcmuin ; tho' a? r.ui^'.l-f'at.rl n.itural :is pofli- 
 hie for hcathc 1 . They indeed wil! rotackroNv- 
 lct!^,e tlitmlllvcs to he licat'.ers in the fcnfc we 
 take ihc Hord ; tiiat if, worihiptrs of falfe GocIf, 
 ior they have an Rbhorr nee ot i»iuUiTy in "wordt 
 at well as the CHiMcfcbLl arc iJolatJ-rs in tfFc(f^, 
 worfhipinK the fnatciial ft^.n, ar.H pa)ir£; iliofc 
 rr.pcrrtiiioiiS litfr tolh\,ir dfCf'Ofl anccHors ; of 
 %viiich p«rt (>1 their rcli|^ior !1 account h&s 
 
 already hecn pivcn. l-liiic pec^ple however 
 icLnowlrd^e one fjprcrnc G^c^t I'-iakcr of tl' 
 things, V horn they cali EI,of the moft high o. 
 t!l. 'I'l.ij they fjy nctiiial leafon icach^'s tb'-.ni 
 Imni «n argun frn'., il.o'^oovl in i'fclf, yet forni*i 
 • ftcr a diUcici.: Vray of ar^uir.g from Oihcr pco- 
 
 TiiF.y Oy all the!/ rwr V if.lcjm, rr ... ' 
 
 Uic x^iUi\ iii\,u ill Ut? Yi'CiiJ pui togcUicr, 
 
«?/V/r;r 'CAUDeNTi3 ©r Lu«CA. ^ 
 
 as it is wiili rtfpeci ^ , 
 
 Therefore the author of it nvcsft be a being rnfi- 
 niiciy 'vvifcr than a)I intcllccSliKil beings. As fcnr 
 the notion of any thing producing iilclf, without 
 a prior caiife, they laugb at it, and ailc why vva 
 do not fee fuch effects produced without a Cauf;*, 
 Hence ihcy hold only one independent caufe, ani 
 .l^at there muft. be one, cr nothing could ever b^ 
 productd. Tho! they make a God of the (\:r5,. 
 they don't fay he is independent as to his o\yak> 
 kcing ; but that he re^ccivcd.it from. this £1. 
 
 ScMi ofthe wifcr forf, when I argwed witii 
 ihcTj, Teemed to acknowledge the fua tobe a ma* 
 tcrial Bi'irg created by God ; but others think 
 liim to be a^fort of Vicegerent,, by whom the El 
 perfo;rr,s every thing as the chief infhiinaental" 
 Ciiufc of all pro'JuctionF. . This is the reafon that 
 they addrtfs all their prayersjo the fun, tho* they 
 allow all power is to be reterred originally to tb« 
 
 The men look i!pon the moon to be a material 
 Being dependent f>n the fiin ; but the vromea 
 ftcm to make a Godt'efs of her, by re*(on of th^ 
 iijfluencc (he has over that fex ; and foolifhij 
 think flic biings fcrih every mcnlh u hv?n fhe is at 
 the lull, and that the ftarsare hers and the fun'r 
 children. They all of them, both men and vvo- 
 mtp, reft fatisfrcd in ihtir bdief, without any 
 difj-utcs cr ftudicd nctioi.s about a being fo infi- 
 ^ Kittly above ihtm, thirking it much bttter to 
 adujc biinin ibcirifcrutability of his ciltuce^ in 
 
 0. *# 
 
f4 ^^f ^ AJvtniuTu y 
 
 an hii^Mc filcnce, than t6 \>i dif^uting'nbot)!'. 
 wbai they cannot comprehend ; all tlicii* fcarcH 
 If cnioloycd in fi.cond caufcs, and the knowledge 
 •inaturc as far 2s it may be ufcful to ir.cn. 
 
 Th ey addrcfs ail ihcir prayers, and moft of tht 
 cxtcriul a«!^^.ions of tlicir v/orfhip to ihc ftin, it it 
 on iccon'nt of tlicir bciii.-vi»:g'hitn to \yt the plif- 
 iiczl ciufc of thcprodiitliori ©f all thin£»s by hiff^ 
 Rjti:rul ii.flucnce ; which, iho* the wifcr fcri of^ 
 tlicfi, when you c«imc to rcafon more clofi!v% . 
 \%\\\ grsnt to be d^iivcd froin ilic El, and fome of ^ 
 ihom will o'lvn.liim to be a mere inatfriHi B«in^,' 
 n:ov:d c " )r c^uic, yet the gctictality of 
 
 l|i-ni d-*) ;. . - .-.I of) tills ; but arc r bill y gu;T^y 
 cf idolatry, lAWprihving a mere, creature. 
 
 Th LRF, arc- fo.nc o'iicr po'uis oi ItTs confe- • 
 «jiirncc, -jv-ich TTV r^a^icrs will (;br«:rvc in th« 
 couife of the relation. As for the imrncrtalitf 
 of the foLil, r2wsr«!5 and ptinilhmen's in another' 
 life they Relieve both, tho' they haVc an. odd waj 
 of explaining then. They fiippofe without any' 
 bvfitation, that the foul is a Biing independent of 
 fnaricr, zz i«^ its tdtnc'e, luvihg 'facjUiwS of. 
 thiiiiiint!;, willing, and. chufiiiji', which mere inat<« 
 tcr, let It b« fpun «vcr fo fine, aiid a<Slnatcd by- 
 t)ic quickcfl aiid il.c moll fub.lc motion, can nev- 
 er be capalj'e of •, bvit their roiion ot ihc ,fic-ex- ' 
 itlcncc with the i£l, bclor^ they were fynl into- 
 bgdic??, i* very cOrtfurcd. The rewards and ' 
 pynifji/'^ivts ill tlic next life, they btihvc will • 
 cllktly CO U\ it this ', th^i in prcponion £i their < 
 a^ior,* JiaVe \>^pn confcrirable to the jull idcai 
 »i rhcfofrcnieliicip^ b ihii life, ^%wJl\ui Uili 
 
<f.'Vs5r GAyrji^^Ti© ©i Lucca. 9-^ 
 
 prr^ snd more cf his iniRnltc wifjom, fo tlR^t 
 fouls will appfonch llill ftcarer to ihe beautifiit 
 intc'ligencf of their divine model in the qcxt. ■ 
 Bat if their a<flion2ln this life have bvcn coniifK 
 cntwhh the fnpTcn-iC feafon ip God, they -Qiall 
 be pcrmittc-d to go on fcr ever in.ihat hic^vr.nitcn- 
 <y and dir«igrcemcnf, till they become fo jrlor.- 
 flrouxly wicked and cDorrriouj, p.8 to btCQms *-■ • 
 bomiaabls even to ihcnifclycs. - 
 
 T i-r 2 y believe in the trriiifniigradcn of Touf?;> ' 
 act asa punilhuiciU in the Rtxt lite, hut as. one 
 in ihi?. They lay that ihc Jouis of ir.eti 
 do not enter into brutes ; but that the fo'uls of 
 b2Ut€*;€ntcr into the bodies of men even in thiB 
 life ; and that the body of a volupiuons man, i;> 
 pouciltd by the foul of a hog, a luilful* man ^by 
 thatofago.u, a treacherous man by that of n- 
 fox, 2 *yia;inicar man by that of a wolf, and" f q' ^ 
 of therert. 'Thk belief is inUiil^'J into theni h' 
 t^arly, and with fa nivrch care, that ii is of ver/ : 
 g-reat benefit to keep ihtm within th^ bounds wi^* 
 
 JfCilfoIi. ^,- 
 
 Of 7K£ir LxWVS and CU;ST0MS, • 
 
 OvcR and ^bfive what has bern f^id BlreaJy of; 
 tliC nature and cuftoihrjoi ihcfc ptopU-, thfir LtvyJ'- 
 arc y«ry few in numb r ; but then ihcy crs pro*' 
 djgiousexavfl in the w'jLrvanec oJ thcn^. To • 
 %veigh th« ir.erits of a caiifc by the weight of ,th« - 
 purfp, as is done in nvf>fl conr.trlcs, would hc 
 counted by thenn one of the greated enormiil^js* ' 
 There axf t\Q couxU fy: difj-uicr^ all is done bf--' 
 
^ t'i^ \S ithi^Uy:t :$f 
 
 I 
 
 laying iIjc c*rc before thtir puSllc afTcjT/olIes, 
 Ijctcre any one or two piwdcui and juit men, ani 
 the affair is ftt ally deolclid at once. AH ihc b\f 
 an.or.g 'lum if, ri.mi Ih^It ^o no wrong to sny 
 er.e ; wiuitul ciKering into any furihrr niccikj. 
 
 Thf. iR livi rhcrrforc arc noihing b::t the f.rd 
 jrircipUs ot najural juflicr, jtidgeci ard explain- 
 ed by <hc elders in tl^c public hearing of all ivhd. 
 ViwTc a n irJtocomc in, as the facls arc brought 
 irio (iifpuic. 
 
 Tmr h«vc a p< fitivc lJ^r arr.cng them, aof 
 fn (hcd hiur.an b!»od voluntsiilv. Tlity carry 
 ♦ his .*i:rddir.tr.!il Isw of raiure to fiich a htighr, 
 '•at ;hf y i ever pit apy cuetc diaihcvtn tcr n.ur- 
 Hcr, rhich very rare]) happens ; that i?, once 
 in firrral a^-s. It it appears ih;;t a pcrfon hus 
 ff-lly n.i r 'crtH anoihtr, a thing ihry thii-k ul- 
 rio.l impoinilr, theprjfon ct nviilcd is ihul up. 
 f;orr, all con.n tree of men, v^ith prtvil-ons to» 
 keep him alive n? h ng as nature al!ov. s, Ai'cr 
 /, Ills death the f;6t i? procluin^ct^, as it v as, v. hen. 
 >hty (hut him up, ovtr ; 11 the Ncrnc?. Hii 
 *arr.e is tlol'.td cut o* ih.cir ^fnca!r^,iis ; then 
 y.is dc'Ad bc-ily is mangled juH in il c f..n.c mr.i;ncr 
 i J he killed »Ih ir i.octnt, and a!"icr»::r(Is burn; 
 *f);^^(}u«', V 1 :cl. are tsiiitd i:p to the hi^l.cU pait 
 rf ihtdcfaMs, 21 d iLm ^t/fTcJiip imn the air, to. 
 l>e carriid aM ay by the w ini's blew ii.g trcm their 
 •^ n trunUY : Kor isi c ever n ore to be rcck- 
 LHiJ ist'ne of thiii r..ce, and there is a Kcr.cral 
 B-c u:r:jigtt;wlVi«i il.rcK^htui the liii^e'im i^t 
 
 t ^ -*; V 
 
 Tii&iii 
 
^tgrnr GauDENTIO Dt LuCCA.' ^f 
 
 There is alfo aii exprcfs law againft adulter^ 
 ind whoredom, which arc like wife punifhed af- 
 ter death. If pt*r(ons3rc caught in adultery, they 
 are fhut up ipart till death ; then they are expo- 
 fed naked as they vcre furprizcd, and the body of 
 the woilnan treated after tne moft ignominious 
 manner for three days. After which they are 
 burnt, and their alhesdifperfed as before. Whore- 
 dom is only punifhed in the man, by chaining 
 him to a he-goat, and the woman to a fait bitch, 
 artd leading them thus round tho Nome. If 4 
 'iVoman brings forth by adultery, the child is prc- 
 fervcd, till able to be carried with them when 
 they go into Egypt, and there given to foma 
 Granger, with ample provifions for it^ mainien-* 
 ancc, but never to be heard of more. 
 
 There is alfo dne particular I fhould have 
 mentioned, relating to injuftice. If, f©r exam- 
 ple, the elders find there has been ?ny confrJera-r 
 blc injullice done, the criminal is obliged to ref- 
 tore nine times the value. If any one be convic- 
 ted to have impofcd upon the judges, he is id bs 
 ffent out to the fliirts of the country, to live b/ 
 himfelf, for a ti:ne proportionable to his g'Jilt, 
 vv'iih a mark on his fcrchcad, for all pcrfons to 
 avoid him, lell "he fhould inftil his principles ir.tg 
 ethers. 
 
 Or TriEiR Form of GOVERNMENT. 
 
 THE'Rform oi government is patriarchal 
 vliicli they prcfcrvc involably, asbjing the moit 
 tenacious peopl-: in the world ot tWcir pri'niiivc 
 inftituiioijs. Dul the order, of thafucceiiion '? 
 
 l\ .cxtrcii.i?!^ 
 
cxtreunclyparticnlar to keep up \ht equality of 
 brotherhood and dignity, as ,exad> they can. 
 What is mort particular in this government, is, 
 that ihcy arc all abfolnte in fomc manner, and 
 indcpendani, as looking on thenifclvt'S as all 
 cqtiai in birili ; yet in^n rntirc dependency of 
 paiiir-il fuborciination or cldciQiip. 
 
 Thf.y arc in the famt manner lords and pro- 
 prietors of their own pofTtinons, yet ihc Toj'nar 
 and governors <2n allot and Jifpofe of all for the 
 public emolument, becaufc they look upon him to 
 be as much the father of all, .-:$ the immediate 
 nitiiral father is of his pro|?er children, and even 
 ir fomc fcnfc their natural father by riglit of cl- 
 dcrlliip, becaufc they fprung originally fron) one 
 rian, whom the Grand Tophar reprefcnts. To 
 tliij:, that natural, or politick, or cvtn fupcifH- 
 tious refpccl they Ihcw to their parents, contri* 
 butes fo much, that they never difputc, but «n 
 the contrary, revere the regulaiiuns made by 
 their fupcriors ; being futisficd that they arc not 
 on1> jult and good, but that it is their own a(Sf, 
 fince it is done by virtue of a fubordihation to 
 which they all beiong, 
 
 Thf Gr:nd Pophar is common father, erteem- 
 jn^ all the rtfl as children aiul brothers, calling 
 thtm univerfall) y>y that nante, as they all call 
 oneanothtr brothers, barierini^ and cxchanji;ing 
 their corrunoditii s as one- kroiiicr would do with 
 another ; and not only thuT, b(*t they join all in 
 building ihrir towns, public places, l:hocds,&c. 
 laying up all their floves and prc^vifions, over a. id 
 above the pr<Tcnt confumption, in pubiick. plAori 
 (9T the ufv of the vrhulc, E V ftXY 
 
Stc^n^r Causentio di Lucca. 99 
 
 ]6lvERY man, wherever he goc:?, f titer into 
 ^hat houfes he pleafes, as if it were his own 
 home; this they are doing perpetually through- 
 out the whole country, rather villcing than mcf- 
 chandiziiig, exchanging the rariiJes of each ref- 
 pcdivc place with thofe of other parts, juft like 
 friends making prcfcnts to one another. Of 
 thofe people it may be faid \vith a degree of prb- 
 priety, that they arc all fervants, every one has 
 his employment ;. generally rpe:«king, the youn^j- 
 er fort wait on the elders, changing their offices 
 as it is thought proper by their fuperiors, as in a" 
 well regulated commwniiy. All their children 
 urviverfally are taught at the public expence, as 
 children of the government, without any dillinc- 
 tion but that of perlbnal merit. 
 
 Their youn<y men and women meet frequent- 
 ly, but then it is in their public aflembliffs, with 
 grave people mixt along with them ; at* all pub- 
 lic excrcifes the women are pla<:ed in view to fee 
 and be leen, to enflame the young raen with cnuw 
 lation in their performances. 
 
 Of their marriages, ^>cc. 
 
 Th« Pophar informed me, that th^?ir^ gTcateft 
 eare of all was to make marriage cAeeaied by 
 bo'h pjrtics ihehappiell ftaic that can be v/ilhccl 
 for in t hi?, life. Thi^•, he <aid, depends more ia 
 making the woman ha^py and fixt xh her choic(?, 
 than ih>i roan ; bccaufe ifthe pcrfon be impofeJ 
 upon her, not according to her own inward in- 
 ciitiaiion, that difltke, or revenge, or perhaps a 
 more lluauful pafHon^ will makij her fcek for 
 
 relief 
 
jC« Life (^ Adventures tf 
 
 relief elfewbcrc ; and where women arc nol vir- 
 luous, men will be lewd. Wc therefore permit 
 ihc woman tochufe entirety for hcrfclf, and the 
 jr^tn to nr.akc their add relics where they plcafe : 
 hut the woman is todiftinguiOi her choice by feme 
 fignul occkfion or other, and that too not with- 
 cut ^rcat difficuUics on both fides, which being 
 lurmounlcd, they tf^tem thtmfelvcs arrived at 
 ihc happy part ot all iheir wil>.cf. The moH ar- 
 licLt and tried love dttcrn.ints iiic chcicc : This 
 tr.dcars the man to her on the one hand, and the 
 ci:lici<Iiy of (inding any woiDan v ho has not the 
 i/.mc induccn^cnts to love her hiifband, Icavei 
 Liui no encouiagcment in his iawlcfs defires a- 
 mong married women ; ::nd the flngle women 
 arc either fo early engaged w iih their lovers, or 
 fo poifeiTed w ith the notion that a married man 
 cannot belong to her, thai hisfuit would be en- 
 tirely vain. In a word, wc do nut allow the lealt 
 icmroral intcrcft to interfere in the choice, but 
 rather wilh our young people fliould fall in love. 
 
 The Author reiurtn tit the >nQre partUularclrcum^ 
 J!arices. af his oii.i life. 
 
 Thi Pophar regent n::ide choice of mc forone 
 c'l:i5 attending compsni( ns,wilhthc other ycung 
 r;:tn wlio caii;e heme v»itii 'Js : he hsd a ^reat 
 niiiiy other attendants arid tfiicers deputed by 
 ccmmcn confcnt, to wait his oidtrs as rt-gcnt ; 
 tiufe T\erc chuJ:gcci every Hve years, as v\erc 
 thofc attending the governors of the other Nomcs, 
 i^n account at improvement ; for, being all of 
 equal qijali;y, they endeavour it» give tiicm as e* 
 qtul au cduc^iiiga gsii foilibic, ehan^in^ iheir 
 
 cuiployincnt, 
 
^/g-air Gax/denti© di LtrccA. loi 
 
 employments, and waiting on one another ia 
 their iurns* 
 
 But to return to myfclf ; the Pophar being 
 my ncareft relation, took me into his own fami- 
 ly, as his conftant companion, and attendant, 
 v*'hen he was not on the publick concerns, where 
 I always accompanied him with moft dil!ingnifh- 
 in2: marks of his favour. He would often confer 
 with me, andin(lru6l me in their ways and cuf- 
 toms, and the polity of their government, en- 
 quiring frequently into the particularities of our 
 governments, both civil and religious ; for the 
 lad he never endeavoured to perfuadc me to con* 
 form to their ceremonies, and my ovrn good fenfe 
 told me it was prudence not to meddle with thccfir 
 
 He had had two fon?, both dead, and two 
 daughters living, the one was about ten years old, 
 •when I arrived there, the other v^-as born the 
 year before the Pcphar fct OLit for Grand Cairo. 
 Ills lady, much younger ti^an himfcif, (hewed 
 fuch frefh remains of beauty, as demonftrated 
 that nothing but what fprung from herfe!f,could 
 equal bci ; both the Pophar and his confort look- 
 ed on mc as their own Ton, nor could 1 expert 
 greater iavour had 1 really been f). I 'Wiks left 
 to follow what liberal emplo)mtni I had & niind 
 to. Phi'ofophy^ muiick and painting h:id been 
 the chief part of my Uudy and diver fion, till rr.y 
 vnhapp/ captivity^ and ih.e lofs of my brother'; 
 but as 1 was fallen among a nation of phiiofo- 
 phcrs, that noble fcicnce, the miftrcfs of all o;h- 
 trs, made up the more ierioi:s part of my err ploy- 
 caentj tho', by the Pophar r:gzi::'z caxii^ft de- 
 
t€2 Li/iT Uf AJventurts •f 
 
 fire, larplicd iTiyfcU to tlif other two, particu- 
 larly f aiming. 
 
 I Ai:Liii) myfclf With c^traorJliiJi » ^iili-' 
 gcncc to this art, particularly fincc the Pophar 
 would have me teach his datighter, whofe unpar* 
 Cfltrltd ciiarms, tho'jufl in the bud, made me in- 
 fenfiblc to all others. By frequent drawing, I 
 not only plcafed him and others, but almofl my- 
 ftll ; every one there, men and women were to 
 follow fo QIC art, or fc cnce ; the Pophar dcfircd 
 me to impart my art Xa fome of the young peo- 
 ple of both fexes, faying they had very grtat en- 
 couragements for the inventors of any new ans^ 
 which I might julliy elaitn a title to, wiih rc- 
 fpedl to their notion : I did ^Oy and before I Uft 
 tlie place, I had the plcafur* to fee Tome of ihcin 
 c^ual, or even excelling their riiailcr. 
 
 These were the chief cmploymenti of i: / 
 Icifure hours ; tho' 1 was forced to leave iLc.ii 
 for confidcr^wle intervals, to attend the rep,ent in 
 the private vifitations •t his charge, which he 
 did frtquenily from time to time, fomctiincs to 
 one Nome, fomctlnjts to another, havint^ an 
 eye over all boih officers and people. ThcTu 
 "virifatiuns were rather prcfcrvations aj;ainft, than 
 jeincdits for any diforders. ifc ufed to fay, that 
 the cummonwealih was like a great machine 
 V ii!i different mcvcincnts, which if frequently 
 vifited by the artid, the lead f^.aw bti'in^ taken 
 Boiice ot in lime, was not only foon lemtdicd^- 
 but was a mean^' of prefcrving all the red in a 
 condant and regular motion \ but if ncgle£led, 
 ^ouid fuoa difyfdtr the moiioiii of ibc other 
 
parts, and either coda great deal to repair, or 
 pntig the whdie machine to cleft ruftion. 
 
 Unless on public folemnittes, which were 
 always very magnificent, the Poph.irwent about 
 without any great train, not to burden his peo- 
 ple, accompanied by only an aflifting elder or 
 two, the young Pophar, and myfclf, he holding 
 frequent confultations with the fubalterns, and 
 even with the mcanefl art! fans, calling them his 
 children; and they having rccourfe to him as 
 their coin nion father. .For the firft five years of 
 his regency, the only difficulty v/e had of any 
 moment to determine was an affair of the mofb 
 delicate nature I ever heard : Tho' it does not 
 concern myfelf, I fhall relate it to my readers 
 tor the peculiar circumftances of it, it being a 
 ;Cafc entirely new, as well as improvidtfd for by 
 t'r-lawsin their con flit uiioii. 
 
 The cafe was thus :—rT wo twin brothers had 
 fallen in love with the fame woman, and fhe 
 Vviih them. The men and the woman lived in 
 different parts of ihe fame Nome, and met acci- 
 dentally atone of their great folcmnities ; it was 
 at the feaft of the fun wliicJi is kept twice a year, 
 "b-caufc their kingdom lies between the tropicks. 
 This fiiuation is the occafion that they have two 
 fprings and two fummers. At the beginning of 
 each Iprinj, there arc great fcalts in every Noinc, 
 in hoii<.ur of the fun ; t'nry are held in the open 
 fields, m teflimony of iiis being the immediate 
 Caufe (in their opinion) of the pr<)du(^ion of all 
 things. All the facriHce they offer to him arc 
 five iililc pyramids oi incvnfc, according to the 
 
 numter 
 
104. Life y Aelvfnttirt^ cf 
 
 number of their Nomcs, placed on the alcar it 
 plaics of goU till they take fire of ihcmfclvct. 
 
 Five yoimgmen and as many womrn are de- 
 puted by the govcrnours to pLitorm the office of 
 placing the pyraini<ls ot iiiccnfc on the altar, cladl 
 in their fpa-iglcd robes of the colour ot the Nome, 
 with crowns on their heals, marching up two by 
 two, a man and a woman, between two rows of 
 young men and women, placed thcaire-wifc one 
 above anothc r, and make the mod beautiful ibovr 
 that eyes can biihold. It happened that one of 
 the twin hrothi*rs was deputed, with the young 
 lady I am fpcakinjj of, to make the firll covipic 
 for the plncing the Inccnfe on the Al'.ar. They 
 marched up on dijTcrent fidci till they came to 
 the altar: When they have placed the Inccnfc, 
 they falute each other, and crofs down, he by 
 the ranks of the wom6n, ani fhe by the men> 
 M'liich they do with a wonderful grace becommg 
 fuch an atJguft fami'y. 
 
 The dcfign of this is to encourage a decorum 
 in the carriage of the young people, and to give 
 them a fjghi ot each other in their greatefl luf^re. 
 When the five couple have performed their cere- 
 mony, t!)c other ranks come two by tv;o to lijc 
 altar, faluiing each other, and croiling as before, 
 by wliich means the young people have an oppor- 
 Uniiy of facing every man and v/oman ot the 
 whole company, tiio' the placing; of them is done 
 by lot. It they have not any engr.gement bcforcj 
 they grnerally take the tird liking to ons another 
 at twch interviews, and the v.omafi'i love and 
 Qjj'jice bcinj what dclcrmiaes ihfc mafrJ-s^gc^ 
 
 ■without 
 
<f/^«jr Gaudentio oi Lucca. 105 
 
 without any view of intereft, being all equal in 
 quality, the young gallants make it their bufmcfs^ 
 to gain the a-fecTtion at the pcrfoii they liks by 
 thtir future feryices. 
 
 To prevent inconveniences of rivaliliip at the 
 feegi«n.ing, if the man be the pcrfon. the woman 
 likes, be prefcnts her v^ith a flower juft in the 
 bud, which (he takes and puts in her brea(L If 
 ilie is engaged before, fhe fl:i^ws him one, to fig- 
 niiy her engagement ; .which if in the bud only, 
 fhevys ihe courtfiiip is gone no-furihcr than ths 
 jBrfi propofal and liking j if half blown, or the 
 Jike, 'tis an emblem of further progrcfs j, if full 
 blown, it fignifies that her choice is determinedj, 
 from whence they can never rcceJc ; that is, ilic 
 can change the aian that prcfents it, but he can- 
 not challenge her till fhe has v/orn it publickiy. 
 If any diHike Ihould happen after that, they are 
 to be ihut iip3 never to have any hufband. If 
 :1^e has no engagement, but does not approve of 
 tltc peifoji, ihc makes him a low courtely, with 
 her eyes fhut till he is gone away. li' the man 
 be engaged, he wears fomc favour or other to 
 (hew it ; if he likes not the \^oman, he prefcnts 
 her with nothing ; if the- woman fliouid make 
 Tome cxtraordinaj advances, Vvithout any of. his 
 ftdi', flic has liberty to live a. maid, orto be dif- 
 poll-d of among the widows, b^ing looked upon 
 as fuchj who by the bye, marry none but v/id- 
 owcrs. 
 
 But to return to the twin?* it happened th^t 
 the brother who went with the. lady to the aitai;, 
 feting (lie had no bud upon her bfeaff, fell in 
 
 5.V lOYG. 
 
io6 Life i^ A Jv en I urn 9/ 
 
 love with her, and fhc with Lim ; the awe of the 
 ceromony hindrcJ them from tjking any further 
 r.utice ot one at thit time. As fhe went down 
 the rankrs, the oth?r brother faw her, and fell in 
 love v»iih her likewife, and contrives to meet her 
 with a bud in his hand, jiift as the ceremony end- 
 ed, which llie accepts of, taking him to be the 
 pcrf:>n who had marched up with her to the al- 
 tar i but being obliged to go oiT with the other 
 young bdics^ ; v/hcther the concern Ihc had been 
 in, \v. performing the ceremony before fuch an 
 iilul'trious air^mbly, or tlic heat of the weather, 
 or the joy ill > conceived in hnding her afFcdlion 
 reciprocal, or all together, had fuch an efFcciy. 
 that (he fell into a fainting fit among her com- 
 panions i. who opening iicr bofo'ii in hafte, not 
 minding ihcfiawtr,. it fell down, and was trod' 
 imdcr foot. Jiill as (he was recovered, the 
 broiher who p( rformcd the ceremony, came up 
 and prefented his bud, flie thinking it had been 
 that fnc had loll-, received it with a look that 
 flinvcd he had. made a greater progrcfs in her af- 
 fcclions than what that flv)vvcr cxptelVcd ; the 
 laws not permitting any fun. .t converfation at- 
 that jun^l'jre, they retire*, to their rcIpe6Uve 
 habitations. 
 
 Some tlir.c after, the brother v,'ho had the luck 
 to pref^nt the firli Hower, whom for diilintilion 
 I Ihall Cdll the younger brother, as he really war, 
 found a way to make her a vilii^hy ftealth, at a 
 grated window, wliich, as 1 ubfeivcd, was pub- 
 licly piohibitc-d.by their wife governours,, but 
 privately connived as to enhance their love. He 
 came to he r^ and aliei: locac amorous convcrfa- 
 
 tiori;, 
 
4?/VAf!5r Gauoemtio Di Lucca. icif 
 
 tio?i, mike?; boM toprefsnt her the more aJv^m- 
 ced inark, of his arTcdlion, which (ho accepted of,. 
 and gave hiVn in return a fcarf worked with 
 hearts fcpirated by little bramWcs, to Ihr.v there 
 were foms diflicultivjs for hi in to overcome yet ; 
 however they gave one another mutual aifuraiices 
 of love, and he was permitted to profefs himfelf 
 her lover, without declaring, her name, for fome- 
 private reafuiis flic had, 
 
 IsToT long after, the elder brother c-^m":? a.r.S 
 procured an opportunity of meeting her at the 
 fame window. The night was very dark fo that 
 he could not fee the fecond ftjwer which Ihe hai 
 in her bofom, only Ihe received him with great- 
 er figns of joy and freedom than he cxpc<':led ;^ 
 hut reflevSling on the figns he had remarked in her 
 countenance, and after her illnefs,. by a fort of 
 natural vanity for his own merits, flattered him- 
 fcif that her paffion was rather greater than his, 
 CTCCufw'd hi-tnlclf for btiing fo long without fteing 
 her, and added, that If he were to be guided t>y 
 the height of his (lame, he would fee !>er evtry^ 
 night. She rtfli^tirg how lately Ihe had i"ce|5i-- 
 hiin, thought his diligence was very extraordi- 
 nary, but imputed it to the ardour ot his paliion ;; 
 in fine fhe gave him fuch affured fign^i of love,, 
 that he thought in himfelf he might pal's ihe mid- 
 dle ceremony, and prefcnt her v/ith a iull blowa 
 flower, to make fare of her. She took it, but 
 told hi'.n fhe would not wear it for fornc time, ti I 
 fhe had palHd fome formn, and hnd further proof 
 of his conftancy ; but for his confirm:uion of her 
 afFe6lion, (he put out her hand as far ,'^S th^ 
 grate would permit, which he ki.f.^d v/ith all t!|3 
 
 afdouc- 
 
XoS L'^fe i^ Adventure I tf 
 
 arcionr of an cnfiamccl lover, gives her a thoufand 
 afiuranccs cf his fidelliy, and fhc in return ^ave 
 him a ribbon with two hearts interwoven with 
 her own !uir, fcparaied only with a little hedge 
 of pomegranates ahnoft ripe, to flicw that the 
 lioic o\ gathering the fruit was nigh at liand. 
 
 Tuns were the three lovers ifi the greaieft dc- 
 gxre oFhappincfs iira^inablc ; the brothers wore 
 htr favours on all ci:b]ic ocenfions, congratula- 
 ting each other for the fticccfs in their araiours ; 
 but as lovers snufl a fccrccy id all they do, never 
 ttiling one andihcr who were th3 objcfls oi their 
 afFtiflion, l!ie next great fcafl drew on, when the 
 yciin^'cr brother thought it war time to prefent 
 the laft inark of his aiFtdiion, in order to demand 
 her in marriage, which was ufualiy pcrtoimcd 
 j« ihof; public foleixiniiics. 
 
 He told h?i he hoped it was now time to rc- 
 >?^ard his flame, by wearing the open flower, as a 
 full fign of" her confcnt,and gave l:tr a full blown 
 artihi-ial carnation, with gold flames and little 
 hcuts on thcler.Yts, interwoven with wcndtiful 
 a^i end ingeni ity. She ihiuking it had been a 
 jcpriition of the ardour of hisi^ffc^ion, tfjc k it, 
 ar.d put 41 in her bofom with nil the rrurkj* of 
 tejidernefs, by which the fair i^.x in all count- 
 jics ktiOW how tu rfeward lU ti:c j^ains of ihcir 
 Jc-V'.rs in a DK n^cnt. Upoiithisle rtfclved to 
 a]k her of her parents, whit-h was the only tliing 
 JKCtfTary on liis fide, the v. on-jtn having righ; to 
 dctnand any man's fon in the kingdom, it he liad 
 bi't pi^fcntcd htr with the la (I n:aik ol his aHcc- 
 licn. The tldcr bfolLcr having given in his 
 
 lome 
 
Stgflfr G A U » E NT 1 D I L U C C A . . I ©§j 
 
 fome lime before, thought tbe parents approba* 
 tion vT'as the only thing wanting on his (iJe, and 
 rcfolvcs the fame day on the fame thing. 
 
 They were (Irangelyfiirprized to meet one 
 another, but feeing the different fgi.vours, they 
 did not know v/hat te make cf it. When the 
 father came, they declared the caufeof their com- 
 ing, in terms, which earncflly exprefTad the ag- 
 ony of their minds : the father was in as great 
 concern as they were, alluring them he had but 
 one daughter, who he wcs conndent would never 
 give fuch encouragement to two lovers at the 
 fame time, contrary to their laws; but feeing; 
 their exircmelik^^nefs he gueHTctJ there muft be 
 ibme niifiake. Upon this the daughter was fent 
 for.who being informed it ^ya^to declare her con* 
 font in the choice of her lover., came down with 
 f ou r fi o v/ers i n her bo fom , not thi n k i eg bu t t he 
 two full blowil had belonged to the fame perfon, 
 f.iice Ike had received tv/o before ilie had wora 
 'the firll. Tiie defcripti /.n the poets give ©f the 
 goddcfs Venus rifing out ot the fea, could not hi 
 more beaiitiful than the bloom that appeared ia 
 her checks when (lie cams into the roomo I 
 i^happened to be there prefcnt, b>,ing fent before 
 by th^ Pojihar, to let thr father krovv of the re- 
 gent's intended vifir : he beiiig aconfrJerabIc of,. 
 iiccn, was to ortier ms.toncerxi^^ccQrdingly., ' 
 
 As iOf5r, as tiie young li^iy heard the cvjfs of 
 e'-eir coming:, and feeing them io.iininguifiiably 
 1 ke each otaer, With the public iigns of hex fa- 
 vou;s wrought wi;k her own hand, which tl-^^y 
 brc:^ -^lit alon^ with th:;m, Ihc fcrcamctf ojt/I aiW" 
 
 1' Mo-t raved ! 
 
1 1© Life i^ AJver.tum of 
 
 betrayed ! and immediately fell into a fwcon flat 
 on the floor, almolt between her two lovers. The 
 father in a condition very little better, fell down 
 by his daughter, and bathing her with his tears, 
 called to her to open V»cr eves, or he mnft die a- 
 long with lier. The young men itood like fta- 
 Xucs, with rage and dcfpair iu their ]ooks at the 
 Taaie time. 
 
 I BEING the only indlflfercnt pcrfim in the 
 Toom^ tho' extremely furprized at the event, cal- 
 led her mo. her and women to come to her afTill- 
 ance ; ihey carried her into another room, un- 
 drelLd her, and by proper remedies, brought her 
 at Ult to lierfeif j the firii words (lie fpake were 
 ** On ! Btrilla, what have yon done ?" all the 
 reft was nothing but fobbs and ilghs, enough to 
 niell the hardeit heart. 
 
 When flie was in a condition to explain hcr- 
 felf, Ihe declared, fhe liked the pcrfon of ihc man 
 V ho werit up with her to thp altar; that fomc 
 time after the fame perfon, as fhe thought, had 
 p/cfentcd her with the firit marks of his aifv(Slion, 
 which fhe accepted of, and m fine had given her 
 confciit by WLaring the <^uIl-blown flovver ; but 
 "»/hich ot the two brothers it bilon^ed to (hQ 
 could not tell \ adding fhe was wllmg to fubmit 
 to thed^cifi'jn of the elders, or to un^'erro what 
 punilhment they though* fit for ner heeulcfs in- 
 difcretion, tUo' (lie ntvtr dcfigncd to tfilertain 
 two pcrfonsat the fame lime, but took them to 
 be the fame pcrfon. 
 
 The care of the marriages being ,one of the 
 
 f^adamcntAis 
 
^/^;79r Gaudentio di Lucca. iit 
 
 fundamentals of tlyjir governiTient;, and there be* 
 ingno provifion in the law for this extraordinary 
 cafe, the matter was referred to the Pophar re- 
 gent, who was to be therein a few daysv with 
 guards fet over the brothers for fear of mifchief^ 
 till a full hearing. The alfair was difcuifed be- 
 fore the Pophar regent, and the reft of the elders 
 of the place. The three lovers were prefsnt be- 
 fore them, each of them in fuch an agony ascan^ 
 net be exprefledy 
 
 The brothers were fo alike, It was hard to 
 diftinguilh which was which ; the regent afked 
 ihem which of the two v/ent up to the aUar v/ith 
 ihc young lady ; the elder faid it Was he, which 
 the younger did not deny ; the lad/ being inter- 
 rogated, owned fhc defigned to entertain the per- 
 fon that went up with her to the altar, but went 
 no further than t'ne firft liking : then they afked 
 which of the two brothers gave the firft flower, 
 the younger faid he pre fumed he did, frnce he 
 fell in love with her as (he went dov/n the ranks, 
 and contrived to give her the flower as foon as 
 the ceremony wasover,not knowing of his broth- 
 er's afFedlion, neither did ihe bear any mark of 
 engagement, but accepted of his fervicc, the lady 
 likcwife owning the receipt of fuch a flbwer^but 
 loft it, fainting away in the croud ; but when, as^ 
 ihe thought, he reftored it to her, ihe did not like 
 him quite fo well, as when fhe received it the 
 ^rft time, luppofing them to be the fame per- 
 
 BfiiNG^fked wha gave her the fecond, third, 
 and lalt marK of engagement, it appeared to be 
 
 %h9 
 
tl!X^ Ltfi 'd A.tvcniurei */' 
 
 tlic younger brother, whofe flower flic wor* 
 ]n;blicly in her bofom ; but then Hie received the 
 full-blown flower from the elder bioihcr alfo. 
 'I iie judges looked at one another ibr fonie time, 
 'ic>t knowing well what to fay to the matter. Then 
 ilic regent alked !?cr, Tvhcn !he gr.vc htr confcnt, 
 3f fhe did not underhand the pcrfon to be him 
 that went up with her to \\\z altar ? She owned 
 fl.c did, whi:h was the elder, but in fad h;id pla- 
 ced her affejf^ions on the perfon who ^avc her the 
 iiifl flower, \\ hii h was the younger. Theh the 
 t^\ o brothers were placed befcrc her, and flie 
 ■was aflced, that fiippoiing flie were how at liber- 
 ty, wiihotit any engagement, wWch o^ the two 
 bro'.hcrs Ihcwouid chufe for her hufband ? She 
 ftoppcd, aiidblufhcd at {\\t qut.-flion, but at length 
 faid t!»e younger had been more ailiduous ir» his 
 ccur'i.liip, and vith tliat bjrft into tears, cafling 
 a lo<'k at the younger brother,which calilyihcw- 
 td ihe fvniimcnls ot her heart. 
 
 EviRV one was in the laf^ fufpcnce how the: 
 tcgcnt vould determine the cr.fe ; but the youngs 
 mtn cxprcilcd fucli a concern in their lookf, as it' 
 the lalt ferltence of Hfc and deiath, I^ippincfs or 
 rriifcr/, was to be pronounced over them. Wh.cn 
 i}:c rc^ffiit ■\^i;h a countenance pErtly fcvcre as 
 wtll as grav *, turring towards the young lady, 
 ciaughier, faidhc, your ill forturjr, or ind'ifcre- 
 tion, ha? deprived you from having either of 
 them : Uoih )0!i caiinot have, and you have giv- 
 en both2ncfl|«»l light.; if ciiher..Gf thciii^' will 
 Givf up tljtir right, you may mr.rry the othe>, net 
 tlfc. Wh:it dc> } ou fay> it p.s, fays he, v/i'.l you 
 cpr.tiibuK lo make one of yoii happy? They 
 
 toth 
 
Stsnor Gaubentio di Lucca; n^ 
 
 both perfifted they would not give up their right 
 till the laft gafp. Then, fays the rcjgent, turning v^ 
 ' to the lady, who was almoft dead wifn fear and 
 cbnfufion, fince neither ot ihem will give up 
 their right, I- pronounce fentence on you, to bp 
 fhut up from the commerce of rncn,till the death 
 ©f one of your lovers ^ then it fhall be left to your 
 choice to marry the fuivivor ; io giving orders 
 to have her taken away, the court was 'going to 
 break up,, v^rhen the younger brother falling on 
 his kiTces, cries out, I yield my liglil rather th^ii 
 the adorable Berilla fliould be miferablc on my 
 account ; let me be fhut uo from the commerce 
 of men,, for being the occafion ot fo divine a- 
 creature's misfortune : take her brother, and be 
 happy, and ycu divine Berilla, only pardon the 
 confufion my innocent love has brought upon 
 you ; and then i iTiall leave the world in peace. 
 
 Here the ■whole court rofc up,., and the* young 
 man ^/v^ts going out when thcr-egcnt Hopped him ; 
 hold, fony fays he, there is a greater happinefs^ 
 preparing lor you than yau expecl ^ Bciilla is- 
 yours, you alone deferve her, you- lovelier, good 
 :• 'more than your own ;. as-1. find her re&l love is 
 •: fox you ; here join your hands, as I find that 
 your hearts are already : To they were laahied 
 immediately, . 
 
 These viiltations in thccGoipany of ihe, Po- 
 phar^ gave-me the opp<ulunity of feeing al] the 
 different p.irts"snd chiefcuriofjiies of the whole, 
 empire.' Xheir villa'5, or palaces of ,pleafujr«, 
 fire fcattered air. over the countrv, wiih inoft 
 beauvuul varietur : their villages :»jid, to vya^ for 
 '•' ' "^ m*anLifa<^lLires,. 
 
^U Life i^ Adventure t $f I 
 
 »ianura£lurcs, trades, conveniciicy of Agricuf^ 
 turc, i<c. arc innumerable ; their canals, a, 
 great lakes, fome of them like little Teas, arc v 
 ry frequent, according as the nature of t!,c cou 
 try ^vl.l allow ■ with pleafure Houfcs and pavi 
 ons, built at due dirtances round the borders. 
 interfpcrfed Mith illands, fome natural and forr- 
 artificial ; where, at proper fcafons you migi 
 fee thoufands of boats fkimming backwards an. 
 forwards, both for the pleafure and pruht oft^lh-, 
 mg J of which there is an incxhaulliblc ftorc.^ | 
 
 Travellixc thus by eafy joiirnevs ; flaying 
 or advancing in our progrefj as we thought fit • 1 
 admired with, nfini.e delight, the eFc^' of in- 
 duflr), and liberty, in a country where nature anJ 
 art leemed to vyc ^vitheach other in their difter- 
 cnt prcduaions. Another fatisfa^ion I derived 
 fromthofcrintalions, which was t],e opportuni- 
 ty of bang made ccquaintcd with their manner 
 of hunting Wild beads, of which their country it, 
 abujidanily fuppiicd. ^ 
 
 All the young people with their roTcrnours 
 or all who arc able or willin- to -o at nar i 
 .larfeafons, difperfe themfelvc? all 'ov^r th; 
 Icingdom lor the purpnfe of hunting, which they 
 call grand htKU.. They chufc fSmc open vS 
 orva.Uawn, asfarinihc wild foicits as ther 
 can where they pitch their tcnfF, and make their 
 rendrzvouz : then .hey fend out thtir moft cnu- 
 lagfoiis >oung men, in fmall bodies of ten in a 1 
 company well armed, each with his fpear and " 
 fufce flung on his back. Tn.fe go quietly thro' 
 iLc WildcA parts ol the foicft *l proper diftan- 
 
Bismr Gaudbntio di Lucca. ii^ 
 
 cs, fo as to meet at fuch a ntace, which is to 
 ievv the gnund, and find a j-hce proper tomai.e 
 heir (land and pitch their toils. 
 
 They will be feveril days out ab'iut this; 
 )ijt arc lo n ake no noife, nor kill any wild bead, 
 ink Ts atucked, or come upon hirn in his couch 
 it unawares, 'hat they may not diflurb ihe reft, 
 ^^hen they liavt made their report, fcveral thou- 
 ^nds of them fui round a confiderablc part of the 
 f\, ftanding clofc together for their mutual 
 ihujnce, making as great a noiic as they can 
 A'ithdcgs, drum's, and rattles, and other noify 
 inftruments, to frighicn the game towards the 
 :enter, that none may cfcapc the ciiclc. 
 
 When this is done, all advance in a bread, 
 encouraginfy their dogs, four.ding their horus, 
 beating their drums and rattles, thai th« moll 
 ccuragcous hearts are all roi'zed, and run before 
 ihem towards the center, till by this means tmy 
 have driven together feveral hundreds oi wild 
 bcarts, lions elks, wild boars, foxts, hare?, ia 
 fine, all forts ot b^^ifts as were witliiii that circle:. 
 Ills mod terrible to fte fucl> a heap ot c'ucl 
 hearts gathered together, grinninv: •jii\i\ roaring at 
 ^ne another in a moll fiightful m mner ; but the 
 wild boar is the marter or all. Whoever ccmcs 
 fcearhim in that rage, ev n tlu, i^^fj^cft lyon, he 
 :llrikesat him with his lulks iind makes him_ keep 
 his dilUncc. 
 
 Whrn they arc brought within a pronfrcom- 
 fs ihev pitch t. til toils round th..m, i:vA in- 
 ^tiofe thtm in, cvtiy man joining clufc^ to his 
 
 iieij^hbuuf; 
 
iiG Ziff ^ Ativintures of 
 
 neighbour, holding out their fpears to keep them 
 cff. If any hvait ni(v>.ild endeavour to make his 
 cfcrjpe which fome will do now and ther>, partic- 
 ularly the wild boars, wiH run a-hcad againfl 
 the points of the fjjcars, and make very material 
 fport. Thiy told me that once a prodigious wild 
 fow broke thro' three files of fpears, overturned 
 'he men and made a gap that fct them all a run- 
 ning almoft: in a bo:iy tliat way, that they were 
 lorccd to opea and Lt them take their career, and 
 To lolt all their labour. 
 
 Bi' T now they have men ready with their fu- 
 fees to drop any head that Ihould oIfi;r to turn a- 
 hcnd. When ihey arc enclofed, there is moft 
 terrible work, the greatcft beafls f.i^hting and 
 goiingonr another for rage and fpight, and the 
 mcrelearful running into the toils for Shelter-* 
 Then our iri«n With their fufces droo the larseft 
 2s laH as ^ hey czn i when they ITioot the wild 
 boar, three or four aim at hini at a time, to be 
 fure todrop him or difable him, cthcrvviic he 
 runs full at the lafl that wounded him, with fucli 
 fury, that fometimes he will hre.ik thro' the 
 ftroiigiilt toils -i but his companions all join their 
 fpeais to keep him off. When they have dropped 
 ail that are dangerous, and as much as they have 
 a mind, they open their toils and difpatch dll that 
 arc ^af^ing. 1 have known above a hundred of 
 bealtcot all forts killed in c le day. Then tlu^y 
 carry off ih'jir Ipoil to tlx rendezvous, feaning 
 and rejoicing, and fending pjcicnts as before. 
 
 Ttn: R E is oftentimes very f^rcat dangqrj when 
 they 2^5 ibio' the w\j\:i!iS to :v.7.\Lc tfiftOvchry of their 
 
 haunts : 
 
Si'^-*icr G'AVD'Evrio t>jLvccaI 'nf 
 
 Baunts ; becanfe, goirg in fmall companiesjfofrje 
 itubborn bcail or other will attack them diredVly ; 
 every man, as T faidjhas a tufee flung at his back, 
 and his fjDcar in his hand tor his defence. 
 
 Being once in one oF their parties, we ftunnfb- 
 led. on a prodigious wild boar, as he Was lying-in 
 his haunt jui\ in our way ; fome of us were pa(- 
 £ng by him,, but I thought fuch a noble prey was 
 not to.b^2 loll ;. fo we funounded him, and drew 
 up to, him with more courage and turiofi^y than 
 prudence ; one of ray companions, who v»'as 
 my. intimate friend,, bting one oi thofe v< ho con- 
 ducted rae ov.er (he defar ts, came up neaier to 
 liim than the re(f, with his fpear in his bandsp. 
 if rcichi d out ready to receive liim, in cafe he 
 iliould come at bixii ; atv which tlie beall: tiartsd 
 up of a. Tuddcn with a noife that would have ter- 
 rified the ftouteft hero, and made at him wiih 
 fuch a iury iLat we gave. him* up for lofl:. 
 
 He flood his ground With fb much courage, 
 and.bcl i his fpear fo firm and exa6f, that he run 
 it ciirc6tiy up the month of the bealf, quite info 
 the inner part oi Iws throat ; the boar roared and 
 {l-o.'k h:.s head in., a terrible manryerj endeavcur- 
 'ng to get I he fpear out, which if he haiidone, ail 
 ti e v^or!d could not have faved the young m^n 
 3 feeing. the dar>gcr> ran in with the ianie precipi- 
 tancy, and clapping the muzzle of my fn/ee «{- 
 r/iOft c!o(e tahis i;de a little behind hi.s fore Ihoul- 
 dcr, fliot him quite through the body 'j fo li& 
 diuppcd down dead before us. 
 
 Just. as we thought the danger was over, th'e 
 
 U fow 
 
ji8 Ufi U Ailvefifuns of'' 
 
 fowhearing his cry camerufbing on us, and that 
 fo fuddenly, that before I could turn myfelf with 
 my fpcar, ihc flriiGk at me behind with her fnout, 
 pufliing on at the fame time^ that Hie knocked 
 me down with her impetuofity, and the place be- 
 ing a little fhelving, came tumbling quite over 
 me, which was tlie occalion of faving my life. 
 
 I WAS fcarce got on my feet and on my giiardj 
 rot only afltamed of the foil, but very well ap- 
 prized of the danger ; when making at me alone, 
 tho' my companions came into my aihflance, fhe 
 pufbed at me a feccnd time. v»'iih equal fury. I 
 held my fpear with ail my might, thinking to 
 take hdr in the mouth ; but mifling my aim, I 
 took her jiiA in the throat, where the head and 
 2icck join, and thru(l^ my fpear with fuch force, 
 her own career meeting me^ that I ftruck quite 
 tliro' her windpipc; ftriking the fpear in her neck 
 bone fo faft, that when ihedropt we could fcarce 
 get it cut again. She toft and reeled her head a 
 good while before fhc fell ; but her windpipe be- 
 ing cut and bleeding inwardly file was foon choak- 
 ed : mv companions bad hither with the! r fpeais, 
 on the fides and back, but her hide and bjifllei 
 were fo thick and.hard, they did her very little 
 damage. 
 
 Thev all applauded my courage and vi^loryj 
 2s if I had killed both the fwine. But ], as juf- 
 tice required, gave the greatefl part of the gloryj 
 for thedeath of the boar, to the courageous dex- 
 terity of the young man, who had exposed hlm- 
 fclf fo gcneroully, and hii him fo c.xa6t in the 
 'hr^at. 
 
«S*/f«';r Gaudentio di Lucca. 119^ 
 
 We left the carcafks there, not being able to 
 carry them ofi'. I had tlie honour to carry the 
 boar's head on the point of my fpear, which I 
 would have given to the young m.an, but he re- 
 fufed it, faying, I had not only killed it, but 
 faved his lite. The honour being -judged to me 
 by every out, I fent it away as a- prefent to the 
 divine Ifiphena, a thing allowed bytheir cufloms^ 
 tho' as yet I never durfl make any declarations of 
 iove-: fhe accepted of it, but added, ihe hoped I 
 "would make no more fuch prefenis, without ex- 
 plaining heifelf any furthei. . 
 
 I SHALL now enter into a part of my life, of 
 which I am in ferae doubt, whether it is proper 
 to lay before my readers, or not ; I mean the 
 hopes and fe^r=s, the joys and anxieties of ayoung 
 man. in l0ve,..with ao lefs jipcrfon than the daugh- 
 ter of the regent of this vail empire. The fir(l: 
 time I faw the incomparable Ifiphena, tho* {h.Q 
 v.as ilien but ten years old, 1 was rcfol/ed to lix 
 there, or no. where. 
 
 It was five years after mtr arfiva!, before I 
 dared to let her fee the lead glimmering of my 
 aifedlion. Pier father feeing fhe carried no mark 
 of any engagem.e-nt, afked her in a faniiliar way-, 
 if her eyes had made no conqucfts ;. . file blufaed 
 and faid flie hoped not. He told me alfo as a 
 friend, that 1 was older than thsir cuiloms cared 
 to allow young, men to live fmgle, snd with a 
 fmile aficed me if the charms of the BaHa's daugh- 
 ter of Grand Cairo had eradicated in me all 
 ideas of love ; I told him there were objedlG 
 enough in MeKorania to make me forget any 
 tJiinii I hsL'S fcen before, 1 was 
 
iio Life ij. AdvfrJur^i- of 
 
 1 WAS Jiifl come, back trom one of or.r viH 
 ta:ion«, wbtjn I was (1 ruck wiih i\\e rnod lively 
 fji-Te oh grief lever fell 111 in V life. , I had aU 
 \ vs obfcrvcd before, iKai.iriphciia never v. ore 
 
 :;) fi;in oJ cn^a«;emcru,biix then I found ffie car- 
 lied a l/uJ in j.er bofoii) ; I fell ill immediate!/ 
 i;pon it, Avhich Hie perceiving, came lo fee me 
 v.ithout any, rs Ihe ufe<( to be before, keeping 
 iier eyes upon me to fee what elfedVit would have* 
 Setin^ her coniinuc without any marks ©f en- 
 gagen.enV I. recovered and made bold to tell her 
 nne dUy, that 1 could not but pity the miftrablc 
 perfon, whoever heuns, who had loll the place 
 
 1 her bofom, he had before ; Khe faid urcon- 
 rerncdly^ that both the wearing and tskinp away 
 .\vc llower trom her boh^rr, was dot.c out of kind- 
 jieii to il^e perfon. I was then fo taken up with 
 Csintrary thougb-ts, that I did not p(;rceive Ihc 
 iricani Jo try wherlitr file i\:is the cbjefl of my 
 ihciighiS;, or not, 
 
 .FiNDiKC iiie caincdno more marks of en* 
 jtn^ement I was refolvid totry my fortune lor life 
 t'i death, the fir ft opportunity, which ofTcrcd-it- 
 fcirnot long afier. To dwell too Jong upon 
 n.y courtfli jp, would beuuinterefUng to my read- 
 ers, theretc)re I fliall omit rr.eniioninjj leveral cir- 
 
 ij JT fl^a-Dccs, w hich occui red in x he coui fc ' of it 
 tiil I v/as married, which was ibon after my firll 
 r.veituyiS ot love wcreniyde. We lived happily 
 
 o> ether for feveral yc^rs, ^i^n I'nie ny 
 
 .cloved Ifiphena brought in;j the vorldlhico 
 Lcautitui children. Our happincfs iecmed to be 
 
 mqualled, when de^arn,. cruel death^ fuini 
 Jjoui this woidd rc\) divinvr.ifij^hena 3nd 
 
 ch'. 
 
StgTUr G A U D E N T 1 D I Lu C C A . 1 5il 
 
 cVildrerijall in the courf^ of fix days ! Notongtie 
 can exprd^, nor pen ddfcribe my feelings, I_ 
 Twifhed tor death to call me fronFi vhc carlh, but 
 the fuprenie governor of iheuniverfe thought nt 
 to prolong my lire, to experience mor^i exuiurdi-? 
 uary vuriiiitudes of fortune. 
 
 Two years ^ftcrthe «^xtin:!l1on of my family, 
 the Pophar came icmeone day,andraid, — '* Son, 
 nt the expiration of my regeticy, which will be 
 ia about one year, lintend to take a tour to Lnv 
 rope, and (h'lll be happy to have you acc'.'iiipany 
 rn-e there ^'— fay, will you confeiu r" Aiicr ^ 
 iew minuteBconlideration, I ag;recd to ius pro-^ 
 pofal. 
 
 The time ft>Dn c^rew nigh, when we were td 
 tindtirtake our journey for Grand Cairo, where I 
 v/as in hopes ot feeing my native couniry once 
 more. We provided a good qtianiity of jewels^ 
 and as much gold 'US we corddwell carrj-, for 
 our prefeni c-x pence s at Grand Cairo, and elle- 
 'vvhere, and future exigencies. The day at lad 
 arrived, when we were to take O'ir departure, and 
 all things being in readinefis, v/e mounted our 
 dromedaries. Not to mejitioit the ceremonies of 
 -our taking leave, v/e were condu6ted-in a mourn- 
 ful man nVr over the bridge, and latin died Oiico 
 more over the ocean of the fands and dc*farta, 
 which were before us. We arrived at Grand 
 Cairo a=t the ufual period of tla^«^, without any 
 particular d-ifdiler ; after a few days tajr}ing in 
 'hii city, the Pophnr and myftlf began to tninl; 
 of our journey into Italy ; we had agreed with 
 Monlieur Godarti commander of a French fhip, 
 
 V tii 
 
.^ ::2 JLifcl^ Advinturei of 
 
 Asi carry us tp Venice, on bo.iril ot wVich, we fct 
 ,'fail for Candy, Nvliere M Gidartwasto touch, 
 the i6:hday of Augiift, A. Q. 171,-2. On our 
 voyage the Pophar fell fo dangeronfly ill, that 
 wc tiioiight wc could fcarte get hini to Candy; 
 Jie aflurtd me by the knowkdoe hchad ofhimfclf 
 and nature, that his time was coaic. 
 
 We put in at the fird creek, where the land 
 air a little rcfrcllied him ; but it was a fallacious 
 crifis, for in a few days all of us faw him yield up 
 the gholl with a courage becoming the greatcft 
 hero, and the bell ox men. 
 
 Some days had to expire, before M. <jodart 
 could make an end of his concerns. I was walk- 
 ing in a melancholy poPaire one day along tlie fea 
 iliore, and refi.'6linj» on the adventure:; of my pad 
 life, occafionL-d by thofc very waters whereon I 
 Aras looking, when 1 came or rather my feet car-: 
 lied Hie to a h?.n^ing reck, on the fide of the 
 ifland, jult on the.edgc of the Tea, and >\hcre 
 there was jud room enough for two or three per- 
 sons to (land privately under covert, ycrydillicult 
 10 be difcertied ; whtre going to fit duwn, and 
 iidul^e my melancholy tlioughts, I efpied a 
 'i ujk and two v.omcn, as if concealed \mder the 
 rock ; my ow,n trc.uhlcs iiot allowing.ine the cu- 
 liofi V to pry iMo oUicr people's concerns, made 
 \vx uirii n.or' ^ao.k again : huf the cl-Jcr of the 
 tVvO uoniui, who was miftrefs cf tli« other, fee- 
 ing' by njy drefs, that I was a Oranger and a 
 chrillian (being now in that habit,) came rivrir- 
 i)ingiw> mc, tnd 'ahlng on her knees, laidhoU! of 
 ii\i;ic^ Zii^ begged nx 10 ikke piiy on a dilbef- 
 
 fed 
 
S^ignor Gaudentio di Lucca. 123- 
 
 fed woman, who expe6ted every moment to be 
 butchered by one ot the moll' inhuman villains 
 living, from whofe violence they had ffcd,. aiUi" 
 Hid themfelves in that place, in expectation of 
 Ending a boat to convey tlicm off ; I lifted her up, 
 and thought 1 faw foniething in that face, I had 
 feen before, tho' much altered by yeiirs and 
 troubles. She did the fame by me, and at length 
 cried out, O KeaT)fens ! it cannot be the man I 
 l]ope ! I remembefc^Vonfufedly fomcthing of iha 
 voice, as vvell as the fee ; and after a deal of 
 artonifhment/ found it .7 as the Curdifl^ lady, who 
 had faVed my life from the Pirate Hamets. Oh 1 
 fays flic, I have ju(l time enough to tell ye, that 
 we cxpe6l to be purfued by that inhuman wretch, 
 imlefs you can find a boat to carry us o(F before he 
 finds us, otherwife we mud fall a facrifice to his 
 cruelty., 
 
 I NEVER flayed to confider confequences, but' 
 anfwered precipitately that I would do my beH', 
 and fo ran back to the fhip as faft as 1 could, and 
 with the help of the firft man brought the boat 
 to the rock. I was juft getting out to take hold 
 of her hand, when wc heard fome men come 
 rufhing in behind us, and one of them cried, hold, 
 villain, that wicked woman fliall not efcapc fo^ 
 and fires a piflol, which milling-the lady,{]iot the 
 man attending her, into the belly, fo that he fell 
 down prefcirily, tho' not quite dead, I had 
 provided myfelf with a Turkilh fcymitar, and a 
 cafe of piilols, under my falli for my defence on 
 fnipboard ; A faw there was no tirne to deliberate, 
 fo I fired diredlly at them, for they were thiee, 
 and had the good 1 jck to drop one of them. BJt 
 
 Ham^is 
 
-■2^ Vife i3 A'dventures of 
 
 Ilimcts ss r found afterwards minding nothing 
 Init his revenge on the woman fired again, and 
 iniHingthe lady a fecond time, llioi her maid ihro' 
 tl:e aim, and was drawioghis fcymitar to cleave 
 herduwn, when I flcpi in bcrtween the Jady, bat 
 iliooiing with loo miich precipitancy, the bull;;?3 
 paiVed under his arro, and I'jdgtd in the body of 
 his ftcond. ; he flartcd. back >it the lire fo neai" 
 })im, whicii gave ir.c time i^.,draw !ny fcymitar. 
 Uting now upon jcqyaj ttrnis, he retired r.vo or 
 three paces, ar.dcricd, who art tb.oii, that vcn^ 
 tureil tliy lite fo bolc'ly fcr.this -vvlckLd woman? 
 1 knew [lis voice pertt<^ly well, nciiUcr was he 
 lb much altered as.ihc l^idy. I am the man, faiJ 
 I, whofe lite .thou woiddli hnve.ta!:en,. but this 
 l;id}- fuved it, whofe caufe 1 I'hiil now icvengc as 
 Veil as \x\\ own, aivd »v.v dear brother's. 
 
 Vv'e made «o more words biH fell to it u ilh ci.r 
 fcyjv.itars, wiih all cur mi^ht ; l>c was a brave 
 llout man, and let rrc fc« 1. fliould hiive work 
 inough to.hew himdc'vn. Alter fcvcral attacks, 
 he gave nie a corihderabjic wour.d cri my ami, 
 and I cut him a-crofs the cheek a pretty ]ar<»c 
 jjafli, but not to endanger his life ; at icj"!;];(h th;2 
 ju/lice of my caiJc would have it, ilat. flrikirig 
 ofl' his turban atoneftioke, ?nd wiihanothtr fal- 
 ling on Iiis b.irehtad, I cut him quite into the 
 luDin, that foine ot them fpurtcd on my fcymi« 
 tnr. lie fell down, r.^ I thought, quite dtadjbut 
 
 Uer fume time he gave a i»roar, and inuiierecl 
 thcfeword?, "Mahomet, thoti arijuft, 1 killed 
 tliir, woH'ian's hufband, and (he h^s been the oc- 
 caficn of ny death ;" v.iih the fe words h.e {;ave 
 yo the ghclt. Uy tiusiiUK the lady's aucndant 
 
 was 
 
Stgnor Gaudentio lii Lucca. ii^ 
 
 was dead, ^o I took the lady and her woman 
 without (laying- for fear of further difficulties, and 
 putting them in the boat, conducted them to the 
 fhip. Monileur Godart was extremely troubled 
 at the accident, faying we fhould have all the 
 Jiland upoii'us, and made great difficulty to re- 
 ceive the lady ; but upon aj.ult reprcfcntation oi 
 the cafe, and an abundant recompence tor his et- 
 fe<Sls left behind, we got him to take her in, and 
 hcift failfot Venice as- tail as we could. 
 
 We arrived at Venice without any confidera- 
 bleaccident, the loth of Dec. A. D. 1713. J^t 
 happened to be the carnival time, during ocir ftay 
 at Venice ; curiofiiy led me, as well as a great 
 many other ftr^ng.ers,- of the firft rank, to fee the 
 isature of it. I put 011 my Mczoranian habit, 
 Ipanjrlcd with funs of gold, and the filJet-crowji 
 on my head, ad'.ined with feveral jcv/elsof ytiy 
 great value,, which I believe was the moll rs-. 
 mark&bic and magnificent drefs of a.n.y there. I 
 went unmafqued, being ail'ured my face and per- 
 fon was unknown to all that part of the world*- 
 Kvery one's eyes were upon me. 
 
 Several of the mafqucraders came up to mea- 
 and converfcd, p^riiculaily ihe ladies. They 
 fpoke to me in fevtral hin;;ua{:ies,. as Latii?,. 
 Itrench, Italian, Spanilh, Hi^i- Dutch',\^c.. I 
 anfwered them all in the Mezcranian language, 
 which feemed as llrange to them, as my drtfs. 
 Some of them fpokc to me in the TuikilTi and 
 Perfian language, in Lin^^ua Franca,, and (om^ 
 in an Indian Ian '^^uasie 1 rcallv did not underdand. 
 I anfwered thciu Hill in the Mezoranian, of- 
 ivhich no body knew one word. Two' 
 
p2,6 Life U Adveniuns 9} 
 
 Two ladies particularly, very richly drefTcdr 
 followed mc wherever I went. One proved af- 
 terwards to be FavilLa a celebrated Coiirtcfan, in 
 the richcfl drcfs of all the company; the other 
 Tvas a Bologna lady. NotwithftanJ'ng their 
 diligence, I goi away unknown at th^t time. 
 The next time I came, I appearcJ in the fame 
 drcfs, but with richer jewels ; I had more eyes 
 upon me then, than 1 had before. The Courtc- 
 *fan purfiicd me again in a diflfercnr, .but richer 
 drcfs than the former. At length ihe got mc by 
 myfclf, and pulling off her Mafquc fhewcd mc 
 a wonderful pretty face, only there was too fierce 
 an aifurance irt it. She cried in Italian O Sig- 
 nor you are not fo ignorant of our languai^r, as 
 you would feem to be ! You can fpcak Italian 
 and French too ; tho' we do not know who yoii 
 are, we have learn! -you are a man of honour. If 
 you would not undcHland our words, you may 
 underhand a face, wiiich very great ptrfun^iges 
 have been glad to look at, and with that put on 
 one of the mod cnfnaiing airs lever faw. 
 
 I WAS about to anfwcr her, xvhen the other 
 ladycameup, and pulling off her mall-: al fo, faid 
 aimoft the f^me ihir.gs, but with a mod^lly more 
 <;raceA»l than hor beauty, wliich v/.is moll exqui- 
 jit( . i made them both a moll rcfpcdltul bow 
 and :cld them, that it )i-jd been much fafcr for 
 me if 1 hid kept myfelf Itiil unkf.own and never 
 fcen fuch dangerous charnis. rpronoimccd ihefc 
 words v>iih itn air, that Hicwed, that I was more 
 pltaftd wiili the modelly of the lafl lady, than 
 ihc commanding aifurance of the iiid. 
 
 Thi 
 
^^/V/;^r Gaukentio di Lucca. 127 
 
 The Courtcfan, tho' a little nettled at the pre- 
 ference fli^ thought I gave the other, put on a- 
 more ferious air, and faid, (he had been inform- 
 ed there wa^; fomething very extraordinary in my 
 charader, and Ihould l»e glad to hear more ot it 
 by herfelf ; that her name was Favilla, and that 
 .itie lived in fuch a (Ireet, where I (hould find her 
 houfc remarkable enough. The Bolognian lady, 
 was then at Venice on account of the death of her 
 uncle, one of the Senators, who had left her all 
 his efrc<Ss, faid modcitly, if I fhould favour her 
 wiiha viiit, as Die had been informed* that! was 
 a learned man, and a virtuofo, (he being incli- 
 ned that way herfelf, (h^ Ihould be glad of an 
 hour's converfalion with me on that fubje<ft, tel- 
 ling me her name and where flis lived ; adding, 
 if I would infsrm myfoif of her chara£ler,I need 
 notbe alhamed of her acquaintance ; nor I hope 
 of mine, madam, fays the other, thinking Ihe 
 had bacn refle«Sl5d on by that word. 
 
 I wajs going to reply to the ladies, when com- 
 pany cam6 up, and broke off the difcourfe ; I 
 was refolvcd to fee neither of them, and would 
 go no ivi )rc to the alRmbly, tho' almofl unavoid- 
 ably 1 faw both of them afterwards. I enquired 
 into Favilla's character, thoM fcarce doubted of 
 it by what I fi wand' heard, and was informed 
 that file was an imperious Courtefan, v/ho had 
 •enflaved feveral perfons of the firft rank, of dif- 
 ferent nations, and enriched herfelf by their 
 fpoils ; fo ( vas fully rL-folved not to fee her; 
 but as M. Gjdast and myfejf were waikinjT; to 
 fee the town, he brought, ine cither induftrioudy^ 
 !«x accidentally, by her doQX ; fhe was fittijig at 
 
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 the window of one of the mofl magniftccnt pala- 
 ces in Venice, fiicn rpoils ha J Die reaped from 
 her bcw itched lovcre. 
 
 As foon as fhc faTv ms, The fmt a fcrvant to 
 tfll me, thai that lady won! i fpcak wiih me ; 
 I made fomc diflicnlty, but M. Godari laid, that 
 a manol honour could not retufc fucli a favour 
 as tliat ; fo 1 went in, and M. Godart with mc. 
 The lady received r:ic \vi;h :i molt clianning a- 
 rreeablc air, imich difJ'crer.t troaj her former af- 
 itirancc, and conduced mc into a mofl magnifi- 
 cent apartment, leaving M. Gjdart entertaming 
 a very pretty lady, her companion. Not to de- 
 tain my readers too long, Avhcn 1 would not un- 
 derftand wiiaiilie meant, flie offered me marri- 
 age, with the inheritance ot all her cfJld^s ; I 
 ^as pnt to the Ult nonplus. I alfured her \>ilh a 
 mofl: prolound bow, tliai tho' I was not wortl^.y 
 erf fiich a happinels, I had an indifpenfable ob- 
 Ji:;ati.)n on me never to marry ; all the blood Ihc 
 liad came in her face : 1 do not know what flic 
 vas going to Jo, but finding her in that difordcr, 
 I made another bou-, faying, i would confidcr 
 funher on her propcjfal and walked diiedlly out 
 of the houfe, dvhgning to leave Venice as foun as 
 ever ii»y afi\iirs would ^iveme leave. 
 
 SoMF. time :.ftcr, M. Ciodi.rt, came to me, and 
 faid, tiiat he was torctd to do as I did ; that the 
 Judy was in ftiCh an outrageous fury he did not 
 imow what might he the confcquencc. Tlirec 
 liigdts atier, as M. G )darr, and a young kinf- 
 n an ot his, aiKl m)fcll, v»crc j^-oing lowardf tlie 
 Kialio, in the diifkof tlic tvciiing, tour ruflians 
 
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 attacked us unawares ; t wu of them fet upon me, 
 the other two attacked M. Godiirt and his kinf- 
 irran ; the poor young gentlcman'was run thro* 
 the body the firft puth ; i made (hift to difabic 
 one of my adverfarics, but in doing it, the other 
 Tun me thro' the ribs, but the fword took on]jf 
 part of my body, and mifling my entrails, the 
 point went out on the fide of my back. M. Go- 
 dart had killed one of his mert, and "w'ounded 
 the other ; but the ruffians feeing us now two 
 to two, thought fit to march off as well as- they 
 could. 
 
 I WAS forced to be led to my lodging, not 
 tloubting but the wound was mortal, tho' it pro- 
 ved not to be fo ; the affair made a great noife 
 about town : We very rationally fuppoied it was 
 Favilla who had fet the afTaihris on, but we kncy^ 
 lier to be fo powerful with the Senators, that 
 there was no hopes of ji^ftice. While I was re- 
 covering, f was toid there was a lady with two 
 waiting women, dcfired to fee me on very earn- 
 cft bufinefs, it it would not be incommodious to 
 me. (M. Godart would nor (tir from my bed- 
 ijdc, for fear of accidents.) Who fliould this be 
 l>ut Favilla, who came all in mourning for my 
 xiistortune ; I pretended to be a dying man, and 
 took the liberty cf tellrng her of her way of liv- 
 3ng,to what a difmal pafs her paflions had brought 
 licr ; in fine, I faid fo much, and begged her by 
 all that was dear, to confider her Rate, That burfl- 
 ing into a flood o^ tears, (he prom.iied me if I 
 died, {he would become a penitent Nun. I ef- 
 fected fo much by letters afterwards, that tho' I 
 recovered flic performed her promifc. 
 
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 The Bolognian lady lij^d heard of my misfor- 
 tune, and fcnt prefcnts to me frequently, of the 
 lichefl: cordials that could be gui in Venice. 
 Finding my iUnefs continued longer than was 
 cxpc(5ted, Ihe fent me word, .that tho' it was nqt 
 fo decent for her to make the firft vifit, , (lie had 
 heard fo much of my adventures, as very much 
 riifed her curiofity, to hear ihcm from my own 
 mouth, when I was capable of converfatioa 
 without doing mc any prejudice. I had inform- 
 ed my felf of her character from very good hands, 
 fo that I was very curious to converfe with a per- 
 fon of ipcojpjjarable talents as I heard llic was 
 miftrefs of, 
 
 Tfo fum iip all, infhort,(he came fcveral times 
 to fee me, in-fomuch that we contradled the mod 
 v'frtuousfriendfhip, by our mutual incl-ination to 
 learning, and the fympathy of our tempers, as 
 ever paflid between two perfons of different fex-^ 
 cs. It was on her acc©nnt I refolved \o lettle at 
 Bologna ; and having focne knowledge in naturd- 
 and phyfic, I took on me that chara(^cr, to be 
 theoftner in her company withi ut fctiudal ; neith- 
 er of us are inclined to marriage. Siie is one of 
 the moft virtuous women living, arxd myfelf be-* 
 ing advanced in years, we are refolved to live la * 
 this manner during the remainder of our lives. 
 
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