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[edit]THE TABLE page The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the second Booke of the Second part of Purchas his Pilgrims.
CHAP. I.—Continued. § 4. The voyage of Master Anthony Jenkinson, made from the Citie of Mosco in Russia, to the Citie of Boghar in Bactria, in the yeere 1558. written by himselfe to the Merchants of London, of the Moscovie Companie.1 River Mosco. Cazan. Merchants Hand. River Cama. Vachen Hords. River Samar. Licoris plentie. Sturgeon. Miserable Famine. Caspian Sea, Astracan, Hill Accurgar, Tartarian Prophet. River Jaic. Azi an holy Tartar. Manguslave Port. Great Wildernesse, Scarsitie of water, base living. Gulfe. Urgence. Vicious living. Huge Sheepe. Rovers and theeves. Divining sorcerie. Battell with Theeves. Guns very profitable. River Oxus. Sandie wildernesse. Strange Worme. Coyne. Tartarian usage. Kingly justice. Merchandises and Commodities. Land-tempests in Tartaria, and Sea-tempests in the Caspian. Caspian Sea described. Ill trade in those parts. Cathay Newes. § 5. Advertisements and reports of the sixt voyage into the parts of Persia and Media, gathered out of sundrie Letters written by Christopher Borough; and more especially a voyage over the Caspian Sea, and their shipwracke and miseries there endured by the Ice.32 The sixth Voyage into Persia and Media, by the English. A great frost from November to Easter in Russia. The Bashaes entertainment of the English at Derbent. English received into Derbent. Zere Hand. Shipwracke. Two huge Walls built by Alexander the Great. Nezavoo. An English ship cut in pieces with Ice. - A Letter of Master Henrie Lane, to the worshipfull Master William Sanderson, contayning a briefe discourse of that which passed in the North-east discoverie, for the space of three and thirtie yeeres.
49 A Letter of Master Lanes to his friend in England. A disastrous Voyage. Muscovie Trade unfortunate. Numbers mistaken. Cards deceiving. Authors triall.
CHAP. II. - Observations of China, Tartaria, and other Easterne parts of the World, taken out of Fernam Mendez Pinto his Peregrination.
59 § 1. Mendez his many miserable adventures, his strange Expedition with Antonio de Faria; divers Coasts visited, Pirats tamed, miseries suffered, glorie recovered.59 Pintos excuse. His first Travels. Martyr of Mahomet. Pintos change-chance, taken, sold, taking. Farias fortunes. Birds dispeople a Kingdome. Chiammay. Ainam story. Faria tamer of Pirates. Piraticall villanies rewarded. Faria by Sea-fortune a King, Begger, Lord, holy, ho-ly-Theefe. Rovers Robbery, and punishment. China plentie of provision. § 2. Antonio Faria his taking of Nouda a Citie in China, triumph at Liampoo; strange voyage to Calempluy, miserable shipwrack.75 China Seas perillous men proud or base, with full and change. China Citie sacked by Faria. Portugall Citie in Liampoo. Farias Glorious triumph, and rash adventure for Calempluy. Giants: their apparell and rudenesse. Late deare repentance. Calempluy described. Jesus dishonoured by hypocriticall Christians. The Foxe preacheth, prayeth, preyeth, payeth for all at last.
§ 3. Their shipwrack in which Faria and most of them were drowned; the miserable wandrings of the rest to Nanquin: their imprisonment, sentence and appeale to Pequin; rarities observed in those places and wayes; of the beginnings of the China Kingdome, and of their admirable Wall.90 China Hospitals and Prisons entertaynment to wracked Portugals. Wonderfull Lake. Nanquin more then wonderfull. Palace. Admirable Chappell. Serpent-statue. Gods of fire, tempests, Sea-fish. Monstrous holies. Smoking flaxe not quenched. China Legend. First stories of Nations usually fabulous. China wall described. § 4. Mindo Salt pits: Mines of Coretumbaga, Copperworkes; Idolatrie and Christianitie; China Trades, and River Faires; their comming to Pequin, triall and sentence. Rarities of Pequin.105 Land pits with Sea-motions. Cyclopes. Pluto. God-generation. Earthquake. China trades and belly-provisions. Strange Water-faire or moveable River-Citie. River-riches. High-wayes. Theatricall Court; Justice & Mercy. Pequin the Worlds wonder. § 5. Foure buildings incredibly admirable in Pequin, and divers of their superstitions: their Hospitals and provisions for the Poore. The Kings revenues and Court; their Sects.117 Prison larger then any Citie in Christendome: Pequin rarities. Serpents head broken shadowed. Q. of Heaven, Porters of Hell. Whole-lie holies. Q. of heaven and her Chamberlions, Idols, &c. Provisions for all sorts of Impotent; against dearth. Kings Court. China Sects. § 6. Their remoove to Quansie, quarrels, miseries; Tartarian huge Armie, and losse at the siege of Pequim, reported. Quansie taken, and Nixianco: Mendez his exploit. Their entertainment by the Tartar King, and going to Cauchin-china with his Embassadours, with many Tartarian observations128 Goatswooll-quarrell. Peacebreake-paritie. Calvo. Nauticor taketh Quansy. Portugals Prisoners and Conquerors. Tartar Campe and State; King described, his discourse. Tartars forsake Pequin. Incredible losse. Eastern Princes Ambassages. Tartars Pope, Monks, Nuns, Resurrection, Idols, Huge Lake.
CHAP. III. - Spanish plantation of the Philippinas, and what entercourse hath thence hapned betwixe them and the Chinois.
142 § 1. First discoverie of the Philippinas: written by Friar Juan Gonzales de Mendoza.142 Magilianes discoverie of the Philippinas. Spanish plantation there. Ancient Rites of the Philippinas. Their hatred to the Spaniards. God rejected for malice to men. Commodities there. § 2. First plantation of the Philippinas, by Michael Lopez de Legaspi.149 Theeves Hands. Bloudy leagues. Vicious, Suspicious. Portugal spite to Spaniards. First Bishop and Friers in Manilla. § 3. Of Limahon a China Robber and Rover, by whose occasion the Spaniards sent into China.154 Many Chinois Pyrats, why. Theeves rob theeves. Spaniards invaded by 95. saile of Pyrats. Limahon invadeth, burneth the Citie, repulsed: his spoiles. Limahon besieged, his escape. Omoncon his commission. Omoncon his promise. Token of gratitude. Spanish bountie. China Compasses, insufficiency of Mariners. Idolatrous worshiping. § 4. Friar Martin de Herrada, and other Spaniards entertainment in China, and their returne to the Philippinas.169 China customes in comming ashoare, and festivall entertaynment. Sea-Captaynes State in visiting. Chayres to Carrie men. China courtesie, Women, Banquetting houses, Bridges, Husbandrie. Pastures, High-wayes: Chincheo described. Bridge, Navie. Kings Armes. State of Magistrates; goodly street and Palace. Insuanto stately; Omoncon and Sinsay vaine glorious. Spaniards feasted. Comedies and sports. Musicke. Chaire. Megoa spoyled by Japanders. Admirable stone Bridge. Suburbs of Aucheo described. Master of Ceremonies State. Span, and Chinois disagree. Reports of great China Cities. China Feast begun with Sunne-superstition. Tumblers. Play. Three headed Image. Vice-royes jealousie. Subjection. Chinois suspitious. Omoncon and Sinsay lyers. New-moone Musters. Souldiers punished. Superstition. Presents for the Spaniards. China superstition at the Friers parting. Oxe sacrificed. Farewell-feast. Hands on the Coast. Port Tansuso. Hand Ancon. Straight or Gulfe. Tempest. Divinations.
- Two Letters taken out of Bartolome Leonardo de Argensola his Treatise, called Conquista de las Islas Malucas, printed at Madrid, 1609. pag. 336, 337. mentioning the comming of two English ships to China: which seeme to be two ships of the fleet of Benjamin Wood: The former written by the Visitor of Chincheo in China, unto the Governour of the Philippinas, Don Pedro de Acunna. H. P.
218 English ships in China. Chinois selfe-conceit.
- The Answere of Don Pedro de Acunna, Governour of the Philippinas, to the Visitor of Chincheo in China.
220 China pride. Spanish Silver. English Ships.
CHAP. IIII. - The report of a Mahometan Merchant, which had beene in Cambalu: and the troublesome travell of Benedictus Goes, a Portugall Jesuite, from Lahor to China by land, thorow the Tartars Countries.
222 Cathay taken to be Christian for Pope-like Holies. Tartars unquiet. Ill wayes. Ciarchan. Catay-Caravan. Jasper. Cotan Marble. Saracens insolence. Acsu in Cascar. China, Cathay; and Pequin, Cambalu. Wall and Garrisons against Tartars. 72. false Legats, very Merchants. Death of Goez, suit for his goods. Tartars terrified with Porke.
CHAP. V. - A generall collection and historicall representation of the Jesuites entrance into Japon and China, untill their admission in the Royall Citie of Nanquin.
239 § 1. Of Francis Xavier, Melchior Nunnes, Valignanus, Ruggerius and Pasius.239 Jesuites glorying of Conversions: their Proselites examined. Saint Xavier. Devill consulted and worshipped by Chinois. Xaviers zeale. Portugals trade with Chinois. Amacao. Nunez. Ruggerius learneth the China Court-tongue. Fraternitie. Gifts usher the Jesuites to China. Ruggerius and Pasius. § 2. Japonian Embassage to the Pope; Of Nabunanga and Quabacondono their government; Corai invaded, Embassage from China, Taicosamas Temple, and Ogoshosamas succession.254 Japonian Embassage to the Pope, received in the Consistorie. Romish boasts: Papall favors. Nabunanga, Quabacondono. Many many Temples. King of Titles: Titles of the King. Devils subtiltie. Jesuites banished. Japonian workmanship. Prodigious buildings, raines. Earthquakes. Letter and Crowne. Taicos inhumanitie, death, deity. § 3. Ruggerius enters againe into China with Ricius, and is forced backe to Amacao; thence sent for againe by the Vice-roy. Sande and Almeida are sent to them, and enter the Countrey as farre as Cequion, and returne to Sciauchin.269 New entrance into China. Temple and Statue erected to Governours. Jesuites house and Images. Their
Honor, jealousie, calumnie, Mathematicks. China ignorance. Portugals jealous of Spaniards. Jesuites change names. Great thorow-fare, Commodious Rivers, frequent Cities. Ciquion like Venice.§ 4. False brethren and others accusations detected, they are expelled Sciauchin: erect a Seat at Xauceum. Monasterie of Nanhoa and other things of note in those parts. They alter their habit; Voyage to Nanquin; the Lake, Rivers, Idols and other rarities.283 Vutan holy place: faint friend; false brother. Dieth of whipping. Strange Honours. Jesuites service. Lusu mad-holy, Priests fained, people milde, others politicke. Chiutaisos Scholership. China feasting. Queenes pardoner. Bonzi infamous. Alteration of habite. Lying vanities. Nancian and Nanquin. Hujunsins Tale and Temple. Liu-Hill. § 5. Nanquin described; Ricius expelled thence, he setleth at Nancian, thence goeth to Nanquin againe, and to Pequin; description of it, the way thither, the Kings Palace, and of Suceu, and Hamceu.298 Nanquins glories; huge Walls, Palace, Circuit, Suburbs, &c. Ricius his Booke of Friendship. Princes of the Bloud Royall. Changing of Names. Lover of Geographic, Yellow River. Way to Pequin by River, Carriages, Costs, Townes, Locks, &c. Description of Pequin, or Cambalu, Cathay. Vailes, Mules. Frozen Rivers. Suceu wonders, One wheeled Coach. § 6. Letters from Father Longobard and Taiso. Ricius his entertainment at Nanquin and residence there. The Chinois unlearned learning.314 Chineses Letter. Their Monasteries, Charitie, Schooles, Studies. Long Sabbaths. China Precepts. Fireworkes. Learning. Bonzi-dreames. Bad Mathematicians. Quocum Nobles. Eunuchs ambition. Age-apes. Wild Musike. Admirable Temple. Riccis habit, dispute with Sanhoi. Fond opinions. Eunuchs insolence. Ricius named Sithai. Mathans mischiefes. Ship, boasts. Feast. CHAP. VI. - A Letter of Father Diego de Pantoia, one of the Companie of Jesus, to Father Luys de Guzman, Provinciall in the Province of Toledo: written in Paquin, which is the Court of the King of China, the ninth of March, the yeere 1602. H.P.
331 § 1. Difficulties of entring China, their dwelling at Nanquin, going from thence to Paquin, with Presents for the King, troubles in the way by an Eunuch.331 Jesuits by Present make way for Presents and Presence. Huge Garrison. Mandarins Houses. Devils disturbe not Jesuits. Jesuits Presents for the King of China. River and Ships. Mathan the Eunuchs pompe, his base minde. Tempting gemmes. Silence of deniall. Pompous Barge. Paintings. Petitioning. Covetousnesse injurious. Images, Crosse, Chalice. Suspicion. § 2. The King sends for them, is delighted with their Clocks and Pictures; they are shut up, after take a House, are admired for learning; Christianitie of China.348 Clockes and Pictures admired. King of China his Questions. Pictures, Chinois ill Picturers. Kings closenesse. Jesuites request. Jesuites shut up: hire a House. Chinois ignorant arrogance. Hopes and lets of Converting the Chinois to Christ. Great hopes of Conversion. Desire of Learning. § 3. The description of the Kingdome of China: of Catay and Musk; the division into Provinces; Cities and Townes described, Rivers, Shipping, Commodities, Diet, and feeding.360 Description of China. Errours of our Maps and Conceits of China. Intelligence from Tartarian Merchants. China populous. Huge Citie, Three walls. Commodious Rivers. Fertilitie. Strange fishing. Beautifull Barges. Path-way of ships. China merchandise, cheape food, huge Plaines, spare diet. China dyet, stickes, hot drinke, Oile. § 4. Their moneyes, apparell, persons, trades, wealth, learning, marriages, superstitions, rites, and opinions.374 Money, habit. The Persons, Trades, Riches, Nobilitie, Marriage, Heires. Respect of Parents. Funerall Rites. Fond Superstitions. Hell portraied. Lots, Divinations; Long life, Alchimie. § 5. Their bad Souldierie and Artillerie; Degrees, priviledges, honours and promotions of learning. Their Authors and Bookes, and Printing. The Mandarins commended.383 Militarie exercise, no Ordnance, Conquest; Studious, Printing. Magnanimous Mandarins. The Kings unwilling Proclamation. § 6. Of the government of China: Of the Mandarins; the China complements and manifold nicities.389 The Vices, Order, Power, Terrour, China Magistrates. Visitors, punishments, Apish humanitie, or tedious salutations. Presents, Invitations, Feasts, Complimentall vanitie. Papacie applauded: hypocriticall Excuses. § 7. Of their Women: Of the Tartars Conquest, acts and expulsion. The greatnesse of the King, and neighbouring States. Of the Queenes Eunuchs.399 China Women. China policie to prevent Rebellions. Revenue and Expences. State-contentednesse. The Queene and Concubines. Eunuchs. Law of Nations contemned. A Royall Palace. Fire from Heaven. King a home Prisoner. His Children of little esteeme. CHAP. VII. - A discourse of the Kingdome of China, taken out of Ricius and Trigautius, contayning the countrey, people, government, religion, rites, sects, characters, studies, arts, acts; and a Map of China added, drawne out of one there made with Annotations for the understanding thereof.
411 § 1. Of the name, scite, and greatnesse; the Tributaries, commoditie, arts, printing, seales, inke, pencill-pennes and fannes.411 Variety of China names. Greatnesse of the King and Kingdome. Provinces, Regions, Cheu, Hien, numbers, Souldiers, &c. China Porcelane, Buildings, Chia, Varnish, Fire-workes, &c. China Printing, Painting, Musike, Comedies, Seales, Fannes. § 2. Of their Characters and writing downeward: their studies, Ethikes, Astrologie, Physike, authentike Authors, Degrees how taken both Philosophicall and Militarie.421 Characters effects. Court Tongue. Confutius. China Arts. Astrologie, Eclipses, Physicians; Confutius and his three degrees. Licentiates Examination and Degree. Doctors; Elder Brother. Degrees tam Marti, quam Mercurio. § 3. Of the Tartarian conquest; Of Humuu the Establisher of the present government. The Revenues. Magistrates in the Courts Royall, Provinces, Cities, Orders, Exaltations, Visitations, Deprivations.431 Royaltie and Nobilitie. Humvus Lawes. Kings Revenues. Six Courts and Colai, Choli, Zauli. Hanlin College. Yunlo removes the Court. Symmetry of Magistrates. Nine Orders; distinguished; goodly Order. Severitie. Bribes. Strangers. § 4. Their manifold rites in Salutations, Entertainments, and other civilitie: to the King and Magistrates: Of Burials and Marriages, Birth-day es; their Men, Women, Names and Games, Habites.441 True Valour Courtesies. Hot drinkes. Bifields Bladderstone. Banquet-rites. Drinke and drinking. Royall rites, colour, Armes. Titles, Honours for vertue. Rites for the dead. Marriages. Wives, portion, feast-dayes, men and women, habite; Names. Seales, Seats, Ships, Masters, Games, Theeves. § 5. Of their Superstitions, Cruelties, feares of Magistrates, of the Kings kindred, of Strangers and Souldiers. Their Deities and three Sects: Priests, Nunnes, Monasteries, Legends, Lyes.453 Dayes, Diviners. Geologie, Sooth-saying, unnaturall Parents, selfe-killers, ill Arts, Gods. Confutian Temples, Opinions, Rites. Siequia from India. Millions of Shavelings; Idols, Nunnes. Lauzu Sect. Leu and Ciam. Sects multiplied, omnified, nullified. § 6. Of strangers, and forraine Religions in China.464 Strangenesse to strangers. Christians, Saracens, and Jewes in China; how distinguished. Christianity presenting gifts, representing Ethnikes. § 7. The Map of China, taken out of a China Map, printed with China Characters; illustrated with Notes, for the understanding thereof.470 China Map explained by Pantoia and M. Candish. China Map explained. Characters difficultie; Pictures. Quian or Jansuchian. Cara Catay.
CHAP. VIII. - A continuation of the Jesuites Acts and observations in China till Ricius his death and some yeers after. Of Hanceu or Quinsay. An Extract of Monfarts travell.
479 Acts and observations in China. Elephants, Watch, Rites, &c. Horrible Hoaquan. Fasts and Processions. Hell-pasport. Jesuite slaine. Riccis death. Pantoias Petition to the King. Ticams Chappell. Hell and Devills in the Jesuites House described. Hamceu, faire street, triumphall Arches, Rivers, Ponds. Macao. Wood Calamba. Huge Serpents. Wilde Beasts. Merchandises, Cloath of Gold, Cabinets, Vessels, Massie Gold, Silkes. The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the third Booke of the second part of Purchas his Pilgrims.
CHAP. I. - A Treatise of Russia and the adjoyning Regions, written by Doctor Giles Fletcher, Lord Ambassadour from the late Queene, Ever-glorious Elizabeth, to Theodore then Emperour of Russia, A.D. 1588.
499 Russian Shires, Conquests, Largenesse, Soyle, Seasons. Cold and heat extreame; Rivers of Russia; Fruits. Commodities and Merchandise of Russia. The Commodities of the Countrey of Russia. Changeable Hares and Squirrels. Hawkes, Eagles; Fish plenty. Treacherie of bondslaves. Jaruslave. Russe building. Race of the Russe Emperours. Manner of their Coronation. Inauguration of the Emperour of Russia. Their Government. Sovereigntie, Jurisdiction, Appeales; States of Parliaments. Parliament forme and matter. Nobilitie of little or no abilitie. En quo discordia cives Perduxit miseros! Degrees of Nobilitie. Title Vich. Gentilitie, Merchants, Artificers. Secretaries, Officers, Commissioners or Presidents of Shires. Government of Mosko. The Emperours Counsell. Counsell of State. Customes, Revenues; Offices of Receit; Office of Chetfird. Rents, Customes, great Income, Amercements. Souldiers fee. Treasury, Revenue, Rent-furres; Mysteries of mischiefe. Oppression, Tyranny; strange devices to get money. Servile estate of the Russian Commonaltie. Three rich Merchants. Russes no travellers; Emperours jealousie. Courts of Justice. Ending of controversies. Lot judgement. Shin-beating. Executions; no written Law; Emperours Guard, Pensioners. Russe Horsemen, Footmen, Mercenaries, Captaines, Leaders. Russes mustering, forces. Armour, provision, marching, &c. Manner of Russe fights. Walking Castle. Reward for valour. Lituania. Narve. Mosko fired. Lamentable slaughter. Emperour of Russe his homage. Tartars Conquest; manner of Fight. Miserable Captivitie, Tartar Religion, Idols, Sorcerie, Marriage. Moveable Citie. Divers kindes of Charters, Cruell, Civill. Tartar Rules. Permians. Samoits Religion. Golden Hag. Witches. Church government. Patriarch, Archbishops, Bishops. Translation of the Patriarchall Sea to Mosko. Patriarchs Jurisdiction; Metropolites, Gentlemen Commissaries. Election of Bishops, ordering of Priests, Deacons, Clerkes. Priests maintenance, Anniversarie Offerings, their attyre. Friers unlearned Learning, unholy holy men. Lame Miracle. Russe Church-service, Lyturgie, Legend, Compline, &c. Baptisme, Rebaptising; Cutting off haire. Proselytes, Converts. Confession, Communion; Scripture rejected. Traditions preferred. Russe opinions of Salvation and Damnation. Abstinence. Marriage. Ceremonies of Marriage, Contracts, Indowments, Ring, Dowrie. Crosse Devotion; Hallowing of Rivers; Holy-water drinke. Superstitious superstition. Fasts, Lents, Vigils, Burialls. Emperours private and publike Prayers: his service at Table. Of the Emperour of Russes Officers, &c. Russian drinking, bathing, extremes; womens painting; Attire. Russian externall habits, capacitie and habituated qualities.
ILLUSTRATIONS page - Hondius His Map of Tartaria,
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360 - Purchas His Map of China,
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