\o6 The Persian Travels Book V. 



thoufand Tomans a year. But in the year 1667, the King abated him efel 

 thousand Tomans, in regard he had taken from him a fmall part of his Gov 

 ment to pleafure a Favourite. ern ~ 



Befides what the Governour of Schiras pays to the King in ready M 

 he is oblig'd every year to fend him a prefent of all the rarities that ofo& 

 or are bred in the Province. Thefe Prelents confift in Horfes, of which iC 

 is the belt breed of any Province of Perfta. In Gra nates, Orange* and 

 mons, fweet Oils and Waters of feveral forts, especially Oil of Roles *i*k 

 which the women rub their bodies and heads } and the water of a ccrr 

 Flower that grows upon a tree not much unlike our Willows, which water" 

 call'd Arah^Bilmitjhe, which is a great refrefhment to thofc that uih it I IS 

 fides other Oils and Eilences which the Governour is oblig'd to prefent Y 

 were he only oblig'd to prefent the King, the expence might be born wJii 

 enough s but for fear of being difplac'd by any other Favourite, he is cor 

 ftraind to make Friends of all the other great Lords and Favourites at Conrr 

 which therms no way to do, but by continual prefents. Whereas the anciVnr 

 Kans, who were a kind of petty Sovereigns in their Governments were onlv 

 wont to fend a few Baskets of new Fruits in their fcaion for the femce of 

 the Kings Table. To defray this expence, the Governours are fore'e) to n 

 rannize over the people ; who when they come, as many times thev do m» 

 or three Villages together, to complain to the King, are fore'd after loae'wal 

 ing, to return with empty Purfes home again, by reafon that they who mould 

 give them admimon are the only perfons that debar them from it ; and n 

 ticntly to fubmit to the Extortions of the ffcfr 5 which is a piece of policy £. 



tfJX ^X^^° thCrKa " S and CoVernmrs 0f the ^- Provinces 

 As for Sha-Sefi 'huntdf, he was very fevere, and one whofe punimment of'n 

 amounted to arts of crue ty. One day beine a hunting a , \nZ " 

 appear-d from behind a Ro'ck, with a paper! WS^l^SZ 

 Village to make fome complaint to the King. But while the «2Jmui«S 

 for ;uft,ce the Kmg without making any anfwer, (hot two arrows™ to 1 lis bodv 

 andflewh lm That which mov'd Sha-Scfi to this aft of cruelty was becaufe 

 he had feme of bis Wives with him in company. For then tl^re ,s no mercv 

 to thofe poor people that happ'n to be in the way where the K n" chanS 

 to pais by , no not for them that arc in the Country round bom whe re the 

 Ewucte have order to kill all men they meet. When the King gives notice 

 of his intennon to carry his Wives into the Country this i ; ill'd rl I 

 and there ,s nothing more troublelome nor more income t in the worfdlj 

 the poor people that hve in the Villages through which thefe women re m 

 pafs s for upon notice giv'n them, they muft lea°ve th ir Houfes fori Le Z e 

 or two of either fide. When there is a C.«r»«*.at lEL ° Vh weanief e 

 never fo bad, the people muft leave their Hoefes, and if they have ^S 



t ai ^ m % "I" 111 qU u mT M r r " ire t0 ' the y have no ™V b « to repa ir to the Moun 

 Ses ftfelf ; o e a.l X hif && ^ £ the ^ s * l '"f'" • ^ ^ 

 ' ly^Y bnf the" own Husband' ^ "''" "" f""* thdr W ° mc " t0 be «" 



t«I!lt P Jr^r u° th m , en and Womcn are fo add 'tod to take Tobacco that 

 icvcuuc. nowever bba-Scfi in a humor having once forbidden TnWm m hn 



zz?i ny , pm ° fh i s Domini ° n ' his s^Kift^ 



in the Ind.an Inn wo rich Merchants of that;Nation fmoakine their nofe ImX 



SftKffi? Z J W and "*2 f ° ^ Ki "^ whVc^ndedVml 

 thev <£*M *¥?■ d ° ne u P° n them '" the Mcdm, which was that 



they %>Bld pour melted lead down their throates till thev were dead 



woo Id h P av°e Pl rep i°ev?d ht tht King *? °^ iMMded t0 5 'fafc and 

 to "the HS i n5 ff UP >T ,C P ' aCe ' Inf ° much that four J«,«/wm 

 Treafurv f' th t t' and ,?* rt ,» .P»y wo thoufand Tomans into the Kines 

 d 1 Snifter made th^n "*. P 1 ^" to fpire the two Merchants lives. The 



the J?W^ Jl^i'r 'j ^' C ^ cK,ng fal!in g int ° a P a(r '°". a " d asking 

 *mtm*bmlct, whether thofi Indian Dog, thought that a X,« £ of? et f m „ M U 



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