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to make his Prefent from the Great Mogul, the King of Perjia fate upon his 

 Throne in a moft magnificent habit j and having receiv'd the Embaffador's Prt- 

 fent,hc prefently divided it in contempt among theOflkers of hisHoufe 5 only keep- 

 ing for him (elf a Diamond that weigh'd fixty Carats. Some few days after he call'd 

 far the EmbafTador, and after fome difcourfe,he ask'd him if he were of the Seel of 

 thcTurks ? To which the EmbafTador returning an anfwer,and leting fome words fall 

 againft//.?//,theKing ask'd him what his name was. ? He reply'd thztCha-jehan had 

 given him theName of £dttbee-l(a*f,that \s,Lord of a free heart-^nd had honour'd him 

 with one of the chief employments at Court. Then th'art a Villain,reply'd the King 

 of Perfi.i, with an angry countenance, to defert thy Sovereign in his neceflity, 

 having receiv'd lb many favours from him, aud to ferve a Tyrant, that keeps his 

 Father in Prifon, and has maffacr'd all his Brothers. How dares he, purfu'd the 

 King, take upon him the arrogant Title of Akm-guir Aureng-Jh.i, or King of all 

 the World, who never conquer'd any thing, but poffefles all he has by treachery 

 and parricide ? Halt thou been one of thofe that counfell'd him to fried 16 much 

 blood, to be the Executioner of his Brothers, and to keep his Father in Prifon ? 

 Thou art not worthy to wear a Beard j and with that immediately caus'd it to be 

 fhav'd off $ which is the greateft indignity that can be put upon a man in that 

 Countrey. Shortly after he commanded the EmbafTador to return home, fending 

 along with him for a Prefent to Aureng-zeb, an hunder'd and fifty beautiful Horfes, 

 with a great quantity of Gold and Silver-Carpets, Cloath of Gold, rich Shames, 

 and other Stuffs, to a vaft value. When Baubec-k*n was come back to Agra, 

 where the King then was, Aureng-z.eb incens'd at the affront, which the Sop'n of 

 Perfia had giv'n him in the perfon of his Embaffador, he took the Horfes and fent 

 fome of them into the great PtazjLa, others to the corners of the Streets, caufing 

 it to be proclaim'd that the followers of Haty could not ride thofe Horfes without 

 being Nigss, that is to fay, unclean, as coming from a King that did not obey the 

 true' Law. After that he caus'd the Horfes to be kill'd, and all the relt of the 

 Prefent to be burnt ; uttering many reproachful words againft the King of Perfia^ 

 with whom he was mortally offended. . . 



At length Cba-jekan happ'ning to dye toward the end of the year 1666. 

 Aareng-z-eb found himfelf rid of an objeft that every hour reproach'd his Tyran- 

 ny; and began to enjoy himfelf with more delight. Soon after he receiv'd his 

 Sifter Begum-Sabeb into favour, reftoring to her all her Governments, and giving 

 her the Name of Cha-Begum, that is to fay, Princefs Qneen. The truth is, (he is 

 a Woman of prodigious parts, and able to govern the whole Empire. And. had 

 her Father and Brothers taken her counfel at the beginning of the War, Aureng- 

 ub had never been King. As for Raucbentra Begum his Sifter, (he had always 

 taken his fide, and when fhe heard he had taken Arms, fhe fent him all the Gold 

 and Silver fhe could procure. In recompence whereof he promis'd her, when he 

 came to be King, to give her the Title of Cht-Bcgum, and that fhe mould fit up- 

 on a Throne : in all which he was as good as his word j and they continu'd very 

 loving together till I was laft at Genanabat : but then they were not fo good 

 friends, upon this occafion. The Princefs having cunningly ftolPn into her Apart- 

 ment a handfom young fellow, could not Co privately let him out again after fhe 

 had quite tir'd him j but the King was advertiz'd thereof. Thereupon the Prin- 

 cefs, to prevent the fhame and reproach, rah to the King in a great pretended 

 fright, and told him that there was a man got into the Haram, even to her very 

 Chamber, and that his intention was certainly either to have kill'd or robb'd her : 

 that fuch a thing was never feen 3 that it concerhM the fafety of his Royal Perfon, 

 and that he would do well to punifti feverely the Eunuchs that kept guard thar 

 night. Prefently the King ran in perfon with a grea\number of Eunuchs, fo that 

 the poor young man had no way to efcape but by leaping out of a window into 

 the River that runs by the Palace-walls ; whereupon a world of people ran ofit to 

 feize him j the King commanding them to do him no harm, but to carry him to 

 the Officer of Jultice : However he has been not heard of everfmce that time. 



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