A Defcripion of the Coafti of 
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r\J\-yTt from the Paw of the Grave^ and from the 
Saldam. Evil Way. They add many fabulous 
v-y^ things concerning the Angel Adntl^ who 
at the approach of the day of Judgment, 
is to kill all living things,and to hang him- 
felf atlaft, till after forty Years the An- 
gel Seraphiel fhall waken the Souls •, and 
fuch-like Fables too long to beinferted 
here. 
Faradifi. Concerning Beatitude, and the Para- 
dife, they believe itconfifts in a conti- 
nued enjoyment of Pleafures there. They 
divide it into feven different Apartments ^ 
one whereof is of Gold, the fecond of 
Silver, another of Pearls, precious Stones, 
and fo forth. Here they are to pafs their 
time in Pleafures, with certain moft beau- 
titul Women, created for that purpofe 
by God, whilft their Wives fhall look 
through a Grate, and be Spedators of the 
Enjoyments of their Husbands with thefe 
moft beautiful W^oraen, who lhall not be 
fubjedt to the monthly times, or Child- 
bearing, and the Men as vigorous as Ma- 
homet himfelf, who gloried in his having 
outdone by double the number Ovid 
himfelf , Et memini^ mmeros fujlimifj'e 
mvcm. They fay they lhall drink in Pa- 
radife of the Spring of Jlcaz,ar menti- 
oned by Mahomet , they fliall be delighted 
with the fcent of the moft odoriferous 
Citrons^^ which fhall produce moft beauti- 
ful Virgins that fhall imbrace the Muf- 
fulmansj and delight them with their 
Charms for fifty Years together : and more 
fuch like Notions tending to elevate the 
Thoughts with imaginary corporeal Plea- 
fures to be injoy'd in the next World, 
by fuch as have obferv'd the following 
Rules in their life-time, which they 
reckon abfolutely requifite to attain to 
this Blifs. 
Rules ta To believe one God, and Mahomet his 
attain E. prophet, and a Day of Judgment^ to 
pray at certain times ; to wafh, bow, 
and obferve certain other Ceremonies in 
praying To pay the Tenths, to faft in 
the Month Rammedantf to go on Pilgri- 
mage to Mecca \ to abftain from Extor- 
tions, Wine, and Hogs-flefh, becaufe they 
believe the Hogs to have been progene- 
rated out of the Elephants and Mens 
Dung in the Ark of ISIoah. They are al- 
fo forbid not to ufe Tables nor Dice, not 
to fwear by God, not to be rafh in our 
Judgment, or deceive a Brother either 
in publick or private i not to part from a 
virtuous Wife ^ not to be too forward to 
objed and difcover the Faults of a Bro- 
ther, or to defpife him ; not to fet the 
Fear of God and his Punifliment out of 
our Eyes, or to calumniate our Neigh- 
bour, and fpread what is heard upon 
llight Reports. On the other hand, they 
are enjoined to be thankful for God's 
Mercy;, to be patient in Adverlities, and 
not to defpair of God's Mcicy^ and to 
believe that whatever happens to us 
does not come by chance (^iox iht Maho- 
metans maintain ftrongly God's Provi- 
dence ) not to deny a Brothei's Requelt 
out of Aval icioulners, not to raife God's 
Anger out of love lo ins Creatures, or 
to prefer a Tempoiai Irfereft betoi e that 
which is to come: in .il! C^hcllly Allairs 
to have a refped to huii that is above us, 
and in Temporal Mattt!; rn thofe that 
are below us : Not to enter iiito any Aifo- 
ciation with the Devils ^ to refrain from 
Vanity, allow Orphans and Widows 
their own i to inflrud their Children jn 
fuch things as relate to the Divine Ser- 
vice \ to do good to your Neighbour, 
not to curfe any of God's Creatures, 
but to praife him in his Works ^ to 
read the Mcoran (except when you are 
unclean ) to appear at the publick Con- 
gregations, and to do as you would be 
done by. It is further their opinion, 
that the Souls of the Brutes are likewife 
to be reviv'd and join'd with their Bo- 
dies. 
In relation to their Manners and Cu- TbdrMan- 
ftoms, I will begin here with the Cha- \ '^^■<^ 
rader given them by a Perfon of extra- ^'i}'"^'^-. 
ordinary Learning, viz,. That in their 
whole Behaviour they are declar''d E-,K})>iet 
to Vanity^ as well in their Words and Deeds 
as in thcjr Clothir.g^ which makes them look 
upon many of us Chrifiians like Monkys^ 
who are apt to imitate every thing they fee ^ 
whereas the Turks of both Sexes^ young and 
oldj rich or poor^ are as regular and decent 
in their Habits^ o/s if they belonged to one 
certain Order-, and are fo careful in the 
Education of their Touth^ that their Scbool- 
Majlers prefcribe every day a certain part 
of the Alcoran, which they learn by hearty 
and fo in two years time pafs through the 
whole Alcoran. 
In their Marriages, and the tokens of Tol:ens <f 
Marriageablenefs and Virginity, they ob- ^^^''"'^^f- 
ferve the following Rules : As foon as '^^^^"^^'^ 
the monthly Times begin to appear, 
they carry the Maiden for feven days 
together, adorn'd with Flowers, and as it 
v/ere in Triumph, to the next Brook, 
during which time ftie is to eat nothing 
but what comes from the Coco-tree. 
The Portuguefes ( who perhaps have got 
it from the Moors ) publifli the Mariage- 
ablenefs of their Daughters by the found 
of Trumpets, and invite their next Re- 
lations to a Feaft. When a Marriage is Thch-AUr- 
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