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to make his Prefent from the Great Mogul, the King of Perfia /ate upon his 

 Throne in a moft magnificent habit -, and having receiv'd the EmbalTador s Prt- 

 fcnt,he prefently divided it in contempt among theOfficers of hisHoufe ; only keep- 

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

 for the Embaffador, and after fome difcourfe,he ask'd him if he were of the Seel of 

 theT»rks?T6 which the Embaflacjor returning an anfwer,and leting fome words fall 

 againft//^//,theKing ask'd him what his name was. ? He reply'd xhixCha-jchan had 

 given him theName of Battèée-kati a that \s,Lord of a free beart-jmà had honour'd him 

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

 of Perfij, with an angry countenance, to defert thy Sovereign in his neceflity, 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 along with him for a Prefent to Aureng-z.eb, 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 va'ft value. When Baubsc-kan was come back to Agra> 

 where the King then was, Aureng-^eb incens'd at the affront which the Sofa of 

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

 fome of them into the great Piaz.z.a, others to the corners of the Streets, caufing 

 it to be^roclaim'd that the followers of Hal) 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 kilTd, and all the reft of the 

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

 with whom he was mortally offended. .. r • . 



At length Cha-jehan happ'ning to dye toward the end of the year 1666. 

 Aareng-wb found himfelf rid of an objeét that every hour reproach'd his Tyran- 

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

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

 her the Name of Cha-Begum, that is to fay, Princefs Queen. The truth is, fhe 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- 

 i.eb had never been King. As for Rauchenara Begum his Sifter, fhe had always 

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

 and Silver fhe could procure. In recompence whereof he promised her, when he" 

 came to be King, to give her the Title of Cba-Begum, and that fhe fhould 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 ftoll'n into her Apart- 

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

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

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

 fright, and told him that thçre 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 5 that it concern'd the fàfety of his Royal Perfon, 

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

 night. Prefently the King ran in perfon with a great 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 out to 

 feize him 5 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 ever fince that time. 



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