A display of two forraigne sects in the East Indies vizt: the sect of the Banians the ancient natiues of India and the sect of the Persees the ancient inhabitants of Persia· together with the religion and maners of each sect collected into two bookes by Henry Lord sometimes resident in East India and preacher to the Hoble Company of Merchants trading thether

CHAP. IIII.

Of Shuddery the third Sonne of Pourous, his Trauaile, he findeth a Mine of Diamonds, meeteth the Woman appointed for him, they be∣come conioyned together, and by their Issue, the North is peopled.

THE third Sonne Shuddery, which was the Merchant man, according to his time and age, was sent to the North, who taking his Ballance and waights with him, the instruments by whose Iustice he was to buy and sell, tended thither whither the Almighty had directed him. Hauing pas∣sed on some part of his way, (as busie Nature loues to be in imployment) hee desired hee might meete with some affaire or businesse, suiting with his traffiking disposition.

And being come to a goodly Mountaine, called Stachalla, there fell immoderate and excessiue raines, hee sheltring himselfe in some hollow place of the Mountaine, till the foule weather was past, vpon which there fol∣lowed

a clearenesse of the skies, but such a deluge succeeded vpon the fall of those wa∣ters, that his iourney was prohibited; for the riuers not able to containe the streames that had in rowling currents from the tops of the steepe Mountaines, deuolued into their channels belowe; began to make breaches in their bankes, and returning their burthen in∣to the lower grounds, had turned the valley of Stachalla, into a broad riuer vnpassable. Shuddery therefore rested in the hollow of this Mountaine, till the weather might bee more propitious to his trauaile intended: when in some dayes the faire weather had made the thirsty earth to drinke vp part of the waters, the Sunne to dry vp the other part, and some were left to inherit the lower grounds, so that the way being free for him ouer the Valley, he passed on; but in the bot∣tome of the Valley, he found certaine pearle shels, that had their pretious treasure within, which diuiding to bee made capable of their contents, he found in them, that which con∣tented his eyes with their shining, and pro∣mised in their beauties something worth the prizing & preseruation (though he was as yet altogether ignorant of their worth and va∣lue:) so folding them vp he renewed his tra∣uaile, till he came to a Mountaine on the o∣ther side of the Valley, where the Mountaine, he, and darke night, met all together.

But as if the Pearles had but borne the message to him of a greater fortune, a Rocke or Mine of Diamonds discouered it selfe to his sight, which the late washing of the Waues, had beene as a Midwife to bring to light, as if it had beene vnfit so great riches should bee treasured vp in darknesse, in the armes of so course an Element; which Myne taking aduantage by the darknesse of the hea∣uens, the better to set of his sparkling lustre, seemed to inuite Shuddery to come and take knowledge of its admirable shining, who supposing it to be fire, began to mooue the loose sparkles of the same, but perceiuing their glory nothing to decrease by their mo∣tion, grew enkindled with a great desire to proue the strangenesse of the Accident, by the touching of his finger: but the darknesse and his vnacquaintance with the thing, rather begetting admiration, then right informati∣on of his knowledge; (since it had the light of fire, but wanted the heate) he was content with a patient aboade to awaite the dayes light, to giue him better instruction concer∣ning these mysteries, which no sooner appea∣red, but these Diamonds concealed their glory, affoording onely a waterish coloured beauty to the eye; the disannulment of this lustre amazed him as much, as the presenta∣tion thereof made him admire. But desirous to haue this excellency made knowne to

mankinde, that seemed so wonderfull to him∣selfe, hee carried so great a quantity of the Diamonds with him, as might be no impe∣diment to him in the bearing, taking a re∣markeable obseruation of the place, that hee might thereunto repayre vpon better proofe of the Diamonds excellence and worth.

Thus Shuddery continuing his Progresse forward, at last arriued where the Woman to which he was sent, was wandering by the side of a woode, close adioyning whereunto was an euen plaine, through which hee made his path; of whom when his eyes had gained sight, and that she presented a person formed like himselfe; he diuerted from his way to∣wards her, to gaine more perfect knowledge of her: she no lesse filled with wonder and de∣sire in the view of him, yet sometimes pos∣sessed with feare, sometimes with ioy, some∣times with shame, in the variety of passions, purposing many things, but really prosecu∣ting nothing. Shuddery at length accoasted her, whose approach she receiued doubtfully, as if she sought a meanes of euasion into the woode; at which he said, Oh thou worthy Creature, most like vnto my selfe, fly me not, who hast cause to loue me, because I resem∣ble thee; shunne not the conuersation of him, that followeth thee not to giue thee displea∣sure, but that hee might enioy thy society, things that haue resemblance in shape should imbrace consortship.

The woman then whose name was Visa∣gundah, perceiuing by the slownesse of his pace, that he rather seemed to bee a suer to her, then a pursuer of her, by the retarda∣tion of her flight, witnessing her content∣ment to stay, if shee might presume of her safety, thus replyed to his words, That if shee could as much presume of his good vsage, as she was contented to behold him, shee would grant his request; Who giuing her assurance thereof, they entertained conference with each other, she moouing the question how it might be that they two could bee capable of one anothers language, hauing neuer before seene each other; he made answer, That that God that had made them like in bodies, had also made them like in languages, that they might receiue the comfort of one anothers speeches, & be acquainted with one anothers thoughts, without which conuersation should lose the greatest part of his comfort.

So receiuing stronger gages of each others loue, they continued together, he not vn∣mindfull to impart the fortunes of his tra∣uailes in finding of Pearles, and Diamonds, wherewith he adorned her, till they in future times became a customary ornament, as also acquainting her with the worke of the Crea∣tion, together with his Parents and Brethren, they proued the comforts of the conioyned state: from whom a generation descended,

that became Merchantmen, and followed Shudderies profession, who with some of his Sonnes, did afterwards trauaile to the Myne of Diamonds by him discouered, and stored themselues with them; which euer since haue beene Merchandize of deere estimation; and thus the North became inhabited.