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and soumy into Duccan.
in such Atitick Dances as rcscmblc the Fjrrlmal Saltation. Uae Ce- Chap. Ill
lebratio km cmnino dijsithilis el genen eXercettsoltta ajavembus armath V"v*VJ
Ucedemnla eumPatris AchWis regum celebrant; that a soberMan
could make no other judgment on them, than that they were di-
sfracted. This is done through the Streets, where if two Compa-
nies encounter, they seldom part without bloody Noses; which Oc-
casion being given like Esau's Intentions on the Day of his Father's
Lamentation, to revenge himself on his Brother Jacob, has been the
Cauie why the Mogul has rcstrained it for the prevention of Out-
rages ; but yet his Mandate is not so valid to make them forsake it
here: After Sun-set they eat, and falltosingingthePsalmsof Deed,
or David, in the most consonant Tone I have heard.
The lait Day they prepare a couple of Coffins, and have a Man or
two on Horscback all bestuck like our Man in the Almanack, with
Arrows; these ride reeling, and ready to drop off their Horses for
Faintness, till they come to the River, where they put the Coffins
assoat with a loud Cry, and then returning, repeat with great Vene-
ration their Names, and after this trim their Beards, wash and Shift
their Cloaths, (all this while worn negligently, as Mourners) and re-
turn to their more bcastly Vomit of Luxury, than this of more than
Manly Fury.
This Religious Bigot of an Emperor Auren Zeeb, sceks not to sup- The Emperor
press it utterly, but to reduce the Celebration, to preserve their Me- a m? Zealot
mories by a pious Respe&, Suitable to the Gravity of the Moors: For, f"r llii Reii'
says he, hereby Opportunity is offered to the Combers ( Unbelievers) SK"1'
to think Musssemen favour the Lewd Worship of the Heathens;
which is not only a Scandal to the Mahometan Religion, but an En-
couragement to the Enemies thereof to persist in their own, whilst
such Licentiousness is connived at in that which Should be Set as a
Pattern for them to imitate: For even at this instant he is on a Project
to bring them all over to his Faith, and has already begun by two Se-
veral Taxes or Polls, very severe ones, especially upon the Brachrnixs,
making them pay a Gold Rupee an Head, and the inferior Tribes
proportionable; which has made Some Rajahs revolt, ,and here they
begin to fly to the Portugal Countries, and Bombaim; though Should
they make a joint Resinance they are a thousand to one more than
the Moguls can with an unanimous Contrivance fairly muster.
On an Eclipse of the Sun or Moon , the Moors are in a lamentable How they be.
Plight, making a great Noise with Pots and Pans, and other noisy j»™ tj1""-
Instruments; not omitting their Prayers, fancying them prevalent ^isn
to deliver them from their Travel. When the Heathens, instru&ed
by their Bracbmins, by a better Philosophy, declare to them the Day
before the two great Luminaries are obseured by the Interposition
of the Moon's, or Earth's Globe, that they may Fasf, Wash, and
Purify themselves for Twenty four Hours before the Eclipse happens,
and all the time of- its lastings after which is past, they feast and
bestow their Benevolence freely on the Brachmins, holding them for
this their prosound Knowledge, in mighty Admiration.
And though the Jollity and Pomp of the Heathens is much al-
layed by the Puritanism and unlimited Power of the Moors, inso-
much that they are wholly forbidden to Burn their Wives with the
Hu£
in such Atitick Dances as rcscmblc the Fjrrlmal Saltation. Uae Ce- Chap. Ill
lebratio km cmnino dijsithilis el genen eXercettsoltta ajavembus armath V"v*VJ
Ucedemnla eumPatris AchWis regum celebrant; that a soberMan
could make no other judgment on them, than that they were di-
sfracted. This is done through the Streets, where if two Compa-
nies encounter, they seldom part without bloody Noses; which Oc-
casion being given like Esau's Intentions on the Day of his Father's
Lamentation, to revenge himself on his Brother Jacob, has been the
Cauie why the Mogul has rcstrained it for the prevention of Out-
rages ; but yet his Mandate is not so valid to make them forsake it
here: After Sun-set they eat, and falltosingingthePsalmsof Deed,
or David, in the most consonant Tone I have heard.
The lait Day they prepare a couple of Coffins, and have a Man or
two on Horscback all bestuck like our Man in the Almanack, with
Arrows; these ride reeling, and ready to drop off their Horses for
Faintness, till they come to the River, where they put the Coffins
assoat with a loud Cry, and then returning, repeat with great Vene-
ration their Names, and after this trim their Beards, wash and Shift
their Cloaths, (all this while worn negligently, as Mourners) and re-
turn to their more bcastly Vomit of Luxury, than this of more than
Manly Fury.
This Religious Bigot of an Emperor Auren Zeeb, sceks not to sup- The Emperor
press it utterly, but to reduce the Celebration, to preserve their Me- a m? Zealot
mories by a pious Respe&, Suitable to the Gravity of the Moors: For, f"r llii Reii'
says he, hereby Opportunity is offered to the Combers ( Unbelievers) SK"1'
to think Musssemen favour the Lewd Worship of the Heathens;
which is not only a Scandal to the Mahometan Religion, but an En-
couragement to the Enemies thereof to persist in their own, whilst
such Licentiousness is connived at in that which Should be Set as a
Pattern for them to imitate: For even at this instant he is on a Project
to bring them all over to his Faith, and has already begun by two Se-
veral Taxes or Polls, very severe ones, especially upon the Brachrnixs,
making them pay a Gold Rupee an Head, and the inferior Tribes
proportionable; which has made Some Rajahs revolt, ,and here they
begin to fly to the Portugal Countries, and Bombaim; though Should
they make a joint Resinance they are a thousand to one more than
the Moguls can with an unanimous Contrivance fairly muster.
On an Eclipse of the Sun or Moon , the Moors are in a lamentable How they be.
Plight, making a great Noise with Pots and Pans, and other noisy j»™ tj1""-
Instruments; not omitting their Prayers, fancying them prevalent ^isn
to deliver them from their Travel. When the Heathens, instru&ed
by their Bracbmins, by a better Philosophy, declare to them the Day
before the two great Luminaries are obseured by the Interposition
of the Moon's, or Earth's Globe, that they may Fasf, Wash, and
Purify themselves for Twenty four Hours before the Eclipse happens,
and all the time of- its lastings after which is past, they feast and
bestow their Benevolence freely on the Brachmins, holding them for
this their prosound Knowledge, in mighty Admiration.
And though the Jollity and Pomp of the Heathens is much al-
layed by the Puritanism and unlimited Power of the Moors, inso-
much that they are wholly forbidden to Burn their Wives with the
Hu£