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44 The Persian Travels Book L 



along with me , and complain'd to the Nazar : He teftifi'd his forrow for what had 

 happen'd, and gave us evident Proofs th reof , by the blows which he caus'd to be 

 laid upon thofe that had done me the injury. 



Another time, Sha-Sefi being upon his return from (juilan , his Tents were 

 letup near Zulfa iw ^rmem a y where the King ftaid to hunt two or three days. 

 Now among the reft of the Courtizans that folio w'd the Court , to divertife the 

 King with Dancing and Mummery, there was one who was perfectly handibm , to 

 whom the King had already lent Preterits*, which could not be unknown to any 

 Lord i'the Court. But the Nazals Son, for all that, being in the heat of Youth, 

 got this Courtizan to his Tent , and there lay with her: which came to his Father's 

 Ears next day. The Nazar, whether out of his zeal to the King , o* whether it 

 were an effecl: of his prudence to prevent the King's anger,which would have certainly 

 been the death of his Son , caus'd him to be drub'd, after the manner of the Country, 

 and baftinado'd all over, till the Nails of his Toes dropt off, and that his Body 

 was almoft a perfect Gclly. Which when the King underftood, together with the 

 Young Man's Crime , he laid no more , but that the Nazar had done wifely by 

 punching his Son himfelf, to prevent his Juftice. 



But to return to the Road from Kcrman to Ijpahan. The fir (I day that I let out 

 from Kevman , at my Stage in the Evening I met with a rich Monllah , who feeing 

 I had Wine, civilly offer'd me*fome of his Ice to cool it. In retaliation, I gave 

 him fome of my Bottle. He invited me to his Houfe , which was well built, 

 with a handfom Garden with Water in it. He entertain'd me with Spoon-meat, 

 according to the mode of the Country i and when I took my leave, he filPd my 

 Boracbo with very good W 7 inc. 



The following days I law nothing worthy obfervation j the Country being as I 

 have already defcrib'd it. 



Tezd lyes in the Road , almoft in the mid-way between Kcrman and Ifpahan , in 

 93 Oeg. 15 Min. of Longitude , and 1 3 Deg. 45 Min. of Latitude. It is a great 

 Town in the middle of the Sands , that extend themfelves for two Leagues round it: 

 fo that when you leave Tend you muft take a Guide, for upon the leaft Wind the 

 Sand covers the Highway , whereby a man may be apt to fall into Holes , which 

 feem to have been either old Cifterns , or the Ruines of ancient Buildings. Between 

 the Town and the Sands there is a little good Soil , which produces excellent Fruits, 

 but above all, Melons of feveral forts : the Pulp of fome is green , of others yellow 

 and vermilion •, and fome there are, the meat whereof is as hard as a Renneting. 

 There are alio very good Grapes, and good Wine*, but the Governour will not 

 permit the Inhabitants to make Wine. Some therefore they dry, and of the reft 

 they make a kind of Confection to eat with Bread. There are alfo abundance of 

 Figs, which are large and well tailed. They diftil vaft quantities of Rofe-water, 

 and another fort o( Water with which they dye their Hands and Nails red , which 

 they fqueezeout of a certain Root call'd Hma, There are three Inns i'th'City, 

 and feveral Bazars or Market-places cover'd and vaulted , which are full of Mer- 

 chants and Workmens Ware-houfes. They alfo make at Tezd feveral Stuffs of 

 Silk intermix'd with Gold and Silver, which they call Zerbafte ; and another fort of 

 Stuff of all pure Silk, call'd Darai , like our fmooth ftrip'd Taffata's. Other Sruffc 

 they make, half Silk half Cotton \ others all of Cotton, like our Fuftians. They make 

 alfo Serges of a particular Wool, which is fo fine and delicate, that it looks hand- 

 fomer, and is much better than Silk. 



Though I had nothing to do, I ftaid in Tezd three days, becaufe I met with 

 fome Armenians of my acquaintance. In which time I found the general Opinion 

 to be true. For certainly the Women of 2W are the handfomeft Women in tdl 

 Perfia. There is no Feaft made, but five or fix of them come to divertife the Guefts 

 with Dancing , who are generally none of the meaneft Beauties and Conventions 

 among them. However it comes to pafs, the Perfian Proverb is, That to live happy, 

 a Man muft have a Wife of Yezd , eat the Bread of Yezdecas , and drink^ the Wine 

 of Schiras. 



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