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Travels into PERSIA.
the Vulgar.
Letter V. On the outside of this City are Repertories sor Snow and Ice,"
-"~v"s~' which they preserve to Cool their Wine with, and Sell it constantly
K™ in the Market for such uses; these are fine Buildings. Ice dissblved
Ice, and To- in their Liquors, is as prevalent* even among the Vulgar, asDrink-
bs= Vusw by 'n§ ToDacco- When we had crossed the sruitsul Valleys and Hills
of Vines, we turned ,out of the high Road to Ifpabam, to a poor
Village called Zergodn, Inhabited by Mulateers, in the plain of Per-
sepelis, Fifteen Miles distancc srom Siras.
From hence to the River Btndamire, or the River Araxes, (fa-
mous for its untraced Windings upon the Mountains, and sometimes
under their very Bottoms, till by its rapid course it vents its sels in-
to the Sea), were Twelve Mile more j which having pasied, I be-
gan to revolve whether ever Alexander, the Macedonian Victor; had
been over it or no; which because it is Recorded he pasied his Army
ovcrAraxesby a Bridge of his own Building, I know not if that
be proof enough of this being that River, or of his passing this
place more than that ; the Stream runs with a Torrent whereby it is
unsafe Fording the River without suel) a Suppliment.
Though as if that were too Trite and Common, I cannot forbear
without some Mirth, relating what I had from a Persian in this
Journy, pointing to an Hill; There, quoth he, stands the Monu-
ment of a Miracle performed by Band Haimero, the Prophet who
gave Name and Credit to this Plain, arid consequently to the Bridge
athwart this River, which is a thing beyond Human reach to effect,
otherwise too mean to exarSt our Belief.
This Prophet was one of the Twelve Apostles, or Succes-
(ors of Mahomet; nor was this Fact unworthy of so great a Title; for
he leading an Host this way, after a notable descent of Rain, which
caused this place to overflow, the progress of his Forces was thereby
impeded; which he peceiving, thus bespoke that Mountain, March
into the middle of the Waters Conssuence, and lay thy sels in that man-
ner, that there he sur-e Footing sor my Hoft; to whom it readily obey-
ing, became an high Road sor his Soldiers to pass over dry (hod:
But when after this device he had Ferried over his Multitude, it was
told him an huge Casm, or Hell-Kettle was left where the Mountain
had emptied its self; not being much concerned at the Accident, and
meeting a Country Fellow who by chance had a Cheese, he call; it
into the Well; which was not filled so, but that it gave occasion to
the Satyrists of that time to Lampoon it in their own Language,
Band Haimero has
Agger bait tank koonet As
Qolohe Painer has.
What wanting is to fill the place,
Not from Band Haimer is, but the Cheese.
Band was the Epithet to the Prophet, which signifies Abstemious,
a Virtue more admired than sollowed, and Haimero his Proper
Name, wherefore both the Bridge and Plain, as well as River, by
Boterus is corruptly called Bindamire, as appears by this ridiculous
Tale,
Travels into PERSIA.
the Vulgar.
Letter V. On the outside of this City are Repertories sor Snow and Ice,"
-"~v"s~' which they preserve to Cool their Wine with, and Sell it constantly
K™ in the Market for such uses; these are fine Buildings. Ice dissblved
Ice, and To- in their Liquors, is as prevalent* even among the Vulgar, asDrink-
bs= Vusw by 'n§ ToDacco- When we had crossed the sruitsul Valleys and Hills
of Vines, we turned ,out of the high Road to Ifpabam, to a poor
Village called Zergodn, Inhabited by Mulateers, in the plain of Per-
sepelis, Fifteen Miles distancc srom Siras.
From hence to the River Btndamire, or the River Araxes, (fa-
mous for its untraced Windings upon the Mountains, and sometimes
under their very Bottoms, till by its rapid course it vents its sels in-
to the Sea), were Twelve Mile more j which having pasied, I be-
gan to revolve whether ever Alexander, the Macedonian Victor; had
been over it or no; which because it is Recorded he pasied his Army
ovcrAraxesby a Bridge of his own Building, I know not if that
be proof enough of this being that River, or of his passing this
place more than that ; the Stream runs with a Torrent whereby it is
unsafe Fording the River without suel) a Suppliment.
Though as if that were too Trite and Common, I cannot forbear
without some Mirth, relating what I had from a Persian in this
Journy, pointing to an Hill; There, quoth he, stands the Monu-
ment of a Miracle performed by Band Haimero, the Prophet who
gave Name and Credit to this Plain, arid consequently to the Bridge
athwart this River, which is a thing beyond Human reach to effect,
otherwise too mean to exarSt our Belief.
This Prophet was one of the Twelve Apostles, or Succes-
(ors of Mahomet; nor was this Fact unworthy of so great a Title; for
he leading an Host this way, after a notable descent of Rain, which
caused this place to overflow, the progress of his Forces was thereby
impeded; which he peceiving, thus bespoke that Mountain, March
into the middle of the Waters Conssuence, and lay thy sels in that man-
ner, that there he sur-e Footing sor my Hoft; to whom it readily obey-
ing, became an high Road sor his Soldiers to pass over dry (hod:
But when after this device he had Ferried over his Multitude, it was
told him an huge Casm, or Hell-Kettle was left where the Mountain
had emptied its self; not being much concerned at the Accident, and
meeting a Country Fellow who by chance had a Cheese, he call; it
into the Well; which was not filled so, but that it gave occasion to
the Satyrists of that time to Lampoon it in their own Language,
Band Haimero has
Agger bait tank koonet As
Qolohe Painer has.
What wanting is to fill the place,
Not from Band Haimer is, but the Cheese.
Band was the Epithet to the Prophet, which signifies Abstemious,
a Virtue more admired than sollowed, and Haimero his Proper
Name, wherefore both the Bridge and Plain, as well as River, by
Boterus is corruptly called Bindamire, as appears by this ridiculous
Tale,