The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne through Turky, into Persia and the East-Indies, for the space of forty years : giving an account of the present state of those countries, viz. of the religion, government, customs, and commerce of every country, and the figures, weight, and value of the money currant all over Asia : to which is added A new description of the Seraglio / made English by J.P. ; added likewise, A voyage into the Indies, &c. by an English traveller, never before printed ; publish'd by Dr. Daniel Cox

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Title: The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne through Turky, into Persia and the East-Indies, for the space of forty years : giving an account of the present state of those countries, viz. of the religion, government, customs, and commerce of every country, and the figures, weight, and value of the money currant all over Asia : to which is added A new description of the Seraglio / made English by J.P. ; added likewise, A voyage into the Indies, &c. by an English traveller, never before printed ; publish'd by Dr. Daniel Cox
Author: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689.
Publication: London :: Printed by William Godbid for Robert Littlebury ... and Moses Pitt ...,; 1677.
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CHAP. XX. My return from Surat to Ormus.

BEing upon my return to Surat from the Diamond Mine, I understood that the War was proclaim'd between the English and the Hollanders, and the latter would send no more Ships into Persia. The English also gave out the same resolutions; for indeed they had sent four Ships into Persia, which they expected back every hour. While I was thus in fear of staying long in a place where I had no business, there arriv'd at Surat five great Dutch Ships from Batavia; three of which being rather Men of War, than Merchant-Men, were order'd to be unladen with all speed, with an intention to look out for the four English Vessels that were expected out of Persia. The other two were appointed to follow two or three days after, being in that time to take in provisions for the whole Fleet.

In one of those two Vessels I embark'd, and setting sayl the eighth of Ja∣nuary, we came before Diu the twelfth, where we overtook the other three Ships. There it was debated at a Council of War, what course to steer to meet the English; and it was resolv'd, that we should steer away for Scindi, where we arriv'd the twentieth of the same month, and stay'd there till the twenty-eighth, and then setting sail with a fair Wind, we landed at Gomrom the seventh of March.