Chap.X. tf Monfieur Tavernjer, 



through the Road of Mesopotamia , fo that they fhould be at Ispahan before the 

 Topigi-Bajhi let out from Damas. Thereupon they privately departed out of Damas 

 without acquainting the Topigi-Baflu , who understanding they were gone after the 

 courtefie he had offer'd them > was foenrag'd at their uncivillity, that he fcnt two 

 'of his Arabian Servants directly through the Wildcrnefs to the Bajha ot Bagdat, to 

 give him advice of two Franks that were to pais that way ' 5 who were mod certainly 

 Spies , defcribing them withall from head to foot. 



In the mean while the twoFranks being arriv'd at Ourfa,t\\eSpahi,z% he had contriv'd 

 his own defign at Damas, goes to the Bajha oi Ourfa y and informs him that he had con- 

 duced thither two Franks, who could be no other than Spies. Thereupon the 

 Bajha feiz'd upon them and all their Goods, among the reft he laid his paws upon 

 kvcn hundred Piafters , of which the Spahi no doubt had his (hare. And this 

 may ferve for instruction to Travellers to have a care how and with whom they Travel 



mTurkie. 



While the two French men were in hold at Our fa by one fort of Treachery , 

 the Norman Gentleman and his Companion arriv'd at Bagdat. But they had no 

 lboner let their feet upon the (hore, when the Sofia verily believing them to be 

 the peribns , of whom the Topigi-BaJJu had giv'n him notice , caus'd them to be 

 brought before him, and feiz'd upon their Goods and Letters, of which they had 

 feveral for the Ctmfid of Aleppo , and other rich Merchants for Perjia. The Bajha 

 fent for the Capuchins to read thofe Letters, but not believing them, he fent for 

 a Sicilian Phyfitian which he had in his Service, and his Treasurer who had been a 

 Slave tak'n in Candy. But neither Phyfitian, Treafurer, nor Capuchins would in- 

 terpret any thing in prejudice of the French men -, yet all that could not preferve 

 them from being (hut up in a Stable full of dung , and from being threaten'd to be 

 Shot out of a Cannon's mouth if they would not confefs the truth. Thereupon the 

 Capuchins and the CW* bcg'd him to fufpend his Sentence 'till the Arrival of the chief 

 of the Cannonicrs, to which he readily confented. 



When the Topigi-BaJJu came , the Bajha commanded the Prifoncrs to be brought 

 before him. But when the Topigi-Bajlu dcny'd them to be the perfons, the Baflja 

 grew into fuch a rage , that he no lels reproach'd the Topigi-Bajhi for Treachery , 

 than he had accus'd the others. Which lb incensed the Topigi-BaJJu on the other 

 fide , that he never left 'till he had obtain'd the releafe of the two French men j yet 

 riotfo, but that the Bajlia would have his due } fo that Seville was forc'd to leave 

 ibme of his Ducats behind which the Jew (hould have had. 



But now to return to Smyrna where I expected the Caravan for fome time in order 

 to my Journey into Verfia. Every thing being provided , we fet forward in the Road 

 for Tauris, which I have at large defcrib'd,nor was there any thing worthy obfervation 

 all the way. I will only take notice , that when we departed from Tocat , in re- 

 gard the heat was fo extream , we left the common Road toward the North , and 

 toolfc the way through the Mountains, where there is always a frefh Breeze and (lore 

 of (hady Lanes. In many of which high Mountains we met with Snow , and abun- 

 dance of excellent Sorrel *, and upon the tops of ibme of thofe Mountains , we 

 met with feveral forts of fhells,, as it had been upon the Sea Ihore, which is very 

 extraordinary. From Erzerom we went to Cars ; from Cars we came to Erivan, 

 The Kan was not there then , being retir'd during the heat into the Mountains, a 

 days Journey from the City. His Lieutenant telling me that I could not well pafs 

 farther without paying my duty to the Kan\ I follow'd his advice, and found him in 

 his Tent in a fair Dale, where there was a great quantity of Snow : and where when it 

 began to melt, appear'd feveral beautiful Flowers, lb that Summer and Winter feem'd 

 to lodge both in the fame place.Theic"^; entertain'd both me and all my Company moll 

 nobly for ten days. I drove alfo a imall Trade with him. For I dunt not Ihew him 

 the rarities I had , being deGgn'd for the King. For as in India , fo in Verfia, nei- 

 ther will the King look upon anv thing which his Subjects have feen before , nor will 

 the Subject buy any thing which the King ha* feen , it being an affront to prefent 

 any thing to the King which he had formerly view'd , and the Subjeft buys nothing 

 rare but what he intends to prefent. 



Being paft Erivan you may leave your Caravan when you pleafe , by reafon of the 

 fecurity of the Roads in Verfia. And indeed I intended to have vifited the Kan of 

 Gemeat but finding the Road fo full of Rocks and Precipices, where a man was 



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