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The Present State os P E R. S I A. 403
which they leave at the Entrance upon the Bmcbamo's; not that they Chap XIV.
salute thereby, but out of Cleanliness to preserve their Carpets, from •..■rf"V"\_#
which when they descend, their Servants stand ready to help them
to their Shoes, and while they areseated, glory to be incircled with
Servitors; nordothey presumeasoretheir Betters touse any other
Seat than their Heels, till they have Licensc to sit at ease.
They are formal in the matter of going First, and mall protract
the Ceremony into a tedious Contention, and generally are presied
hard to Precedency, and will strain a Courtesy to Strangers.
The Custom of carrying Aves one to another, is not Obsolete; The Custom
os carrying
Prima Salutantes at que altera contznet bora, "'
No more than among Martial's Parasites, the very Slaves Reveren-
cing the Thressiold of their Lord's Doors ; so extravagant are they
of their Courtesies, with an hundred such good Morrows; but if
any weighty thing be to be presented, it is with an eye to Profit.
However, not to exempt them from all good Inclinations, could TlmrVimies.
we excommunicate Sesf-Praise, Philautia, srom their Pious Ad's, we
might discern some noble Deeds for which they merit to be extolled,
as the Building of Temples, Publick Hospitals for Travellers, (not
for Sick or Wounded) which are the Caravan Seraivs, Colleges,
Bridges, Fountains, plaining Mountains, and raising Vallies, for to
facilitate the Way sor long and troublesome Journies.
The Colleges that are not of Royal Foundations, are Adjun&sto
the Prophets Tombs, or Built in Commemoration of some Noble
Warrior,- to be Buried near which, isthedesire of these Martis A-
lumni, as much as for Catholicks to be Buried in St. Francis his Ha-
bit; which Sepulchres are, as it were, Triumphant Arches, after
the Figures of their Mosques, in the middle whereof isdeposited the
Corps in a Stone Tomb, likeaChest, or Coffin, with Four Golden
or Silver Apples, at each Corner One, commonly covered with a
Purple wrought Pall, with curious Artisice; over head hang Stream-
ers and Banners, and it is Railed with Iron Rails, in which are
Lamps always Burning ; nor do any enter with their Shoes on,
the Floor being Matted, or spread with Carpets; and if a Mullah
attends, he goes to Prayers for the Quiet of the deceased Soul.
They never Bury in the Church, and seldomintheCity ; theyper-
mitRepresentations of Lions or Tigers, on Grave-Stones, as has been
said, to express a Man taken away in the prime of his Age; have.
Inscriptions and Places for Incense; they always lay the Body North
and South, in opposition to us Chrijlims, who Bury our Dead Easi
and Wesi ; agreeing in moll things with the other Mahometans.
To this Magnisicence and Civility of Temper, we may add a
Third Virtue, their Fidelity to their Princes.
For which Excellencies they seem to be beholden to the purenefe
of their Air; for it is Hot and Dry for the mosl part, whereby their
Hearts are more sirm and solid, which makes them more constanc
and resolutc, they being of a more refined Head than the other
Easiems, their Brain being more spiritaous and clear.
F s f a To
which they leave at the Entrance upon the Bmcbamo's; not that they Chap XIV.
salute thereby, but out of Cleanliness to preserve their Carpets, from •..■rf"V"\_#
which when they descend, their Servants stand ready to help them
to their Shoes, and while they areseated, glory to be incircled with
Servitors; nordothey presumeasoretheir Betters touse any other
Seat than their Heels, till they have Licensc to sit at ease.
They are formal in the matter of going First, and mall protract
the Ceremony into a tedious Contention, and generally are presied
hard to Precedency, and will strain a Courtesy to Strangers.
The Custom of carrying Aves one to another, is not Obsolete; The Custom
os carrying
Prima Salutantes at que altera contznet bora, "'
No more than among Martial's Parasites, the very Slaves Reveren-
cing the Thressiold of their Lord's Doors ; so extravagant are they
of their Courtesies, with an hundred such good Morrows; but if
any weighty thing be to be presented, it is with an eye to Profit.
However, not to exempt them from all good Inclinations, could TlmrVimies.
we excommunicate Sesf-Praise, Philautia, srom their Pious Ad's, we
might discern some noble Deeds for which they merit to be extolled,
as the Building of Temples, Publick Hospitals for Travellers, (not
for Sick or Wounded) which are the Caravan Seraivs, Colleges,
Bridges, Fountains, plaining Mountains, and raising Vallies, for to
facilitate the Way sor long and troublesome Journies.
The Colleges that are not of Royal Foundations, are Adjun&sto
the Prophets Tombs, or Built in Commemoration of some Noble
Warrior,- to be Buried near which, isthedesire of these Martis A-
lumni, as much as for Catholicks to be Buried in St. Francis his Ha-
bit; which Sepulchres are, as it were, Triumphant Arches, after
the Figures of their Mosques, in the middle whereof isdeposited the
Corps in a Stone Tomb, likeaChest, or Coffin, with Four Golden
or Silver Apples, at each Corner One, commonly covered with a
Purple wrought Pall, with curious Artisice; over head hang Stream-
ers and Banners, and it is Railed with Iron Rails, in which are
Lamps always Burning ; nor do any enter with their Shoes on,
the Floor being Matted, or spread with Carpets; and if a Mullah
attends, he goes to Prayers for the Quiet of the deceased Soul.
They never Bury in the Church, and seldomintheCity ; theyper-
mitRepresentations of Lions or Tigers, on Grave-Stones, as has been
said, to express a Man taken away in the prime of his Age; have.
Inscriptions and Places for Incense; they always lay the Body North
and South, in opposition to us Chrijlims, who Bury our Dead Easi
and Wesi ; agreeing in moll things with the other Mahometans.
To this Magnisicence and Civility of Temper, we may add a
Third Virtue, their Fidelity to their Princes.
For which Excellencies they seem to be beholden to the purenefe
of their Air; for it is Hot and Dry for the mosl part, whereby their
Hearts are more sirm and solid, which makes them more constanc
and resolutc, they being of a more refined Head than the other
Easiems, their Brain being more spiritaous and clear.
F s f a To