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Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672 / An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China: delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; also an epistle of Father John Adams, their antagonist, concerning the whole negotiation; with an appendix of several remarks taken out of Father Athanasius Kircher; Englished and set forth with their several sculptures by John Ogilby
(1673)
[Kircher appendix] Chap. II., pp. 323-335
Page 323
Defcriptiom of Ct I CHAP. II. N the Year 16z5. when in $iganfu, the Metropolis of the Kings Xenfi, in a certain Village a Trench was digg'd for the fit Fomnda an Edifice or Building, it fo hapned, That in the cafling up of the the Laborers found a Stone Table, worthy of note for its Chinefian W which when they had digg'd out ofthe Ground, they meafur'd it' ' qu and found it in length nine handfuls and a half, in breadth five, and in nefs about one ; whereupon was curioufly Engraven a Crofs. Tho ftudioufly view'd it, report, That the Crofs was bent inwards like tot lies, in the manner of tha!i which is to be fen at ?*e1ipore in India, on pulchre of St. Tboma the Apoftle,.and not much unlike that which the K of the Order of St. John of Jerufalem bore, pirtly hanging on their Neck partly few'd to their Garments and Cloaks. Under this Crofs follow Title of the Infcriprion, exprefs'd throughout the whole-fiperfices Stone in the Cblnfian Language and Charanter, as is manifeft from the adjoin'd. And as the Cbinefes are carried as it were by acertain natural propen to things curious; fo alfo the firlt Report of the finding of this Stone ~~I - I * i r -1 -i - T -I* %AI* Parts. The Governor of the Place being mov Monument, having lirioufly contemplated the he might allure antldraw the People from all P the Benefit and Reptation of the City, pla¢'d oufly wrought within the Court of the Temp Roofover it, partly thatit might rceiverno da and alfo that as many as were Spe&ator; of ti read, examine, and defcribe it at their own leifi And becaufe that on the Margents there w known to the Chinefes, intermix'd With thofe of concern'd to know what they related unto, and gence ot our Society, as it will appear more., coufe. Leo the Mandorin being noW inftru d in others divulg'd it, exa&ly defirib'd, unto the v advantage of the Cbrfilan Keligion, which he ho which coming to'theiHands of the Fathers f ou it, they could not fufficiently admire the Pzovii that fiould condefcend fo far to diflof a Mont the Gonverfion of the Hatben in this novel Vin to conceal their Joy, they betook themfelve to tan City of Xenfj, that the'y might be ocular SE fill was Faher AlhAres Samedm a Poruguefr, *h ledge, by how much he was the more engd Friendfhip, hilft he reain'd at Xome Procurat lat'ed to me in a familiar Confercnce all the OE cerning this Monument. Now he thus relaxeth Hifory of the Affairs of China, Publif'd itn.taia ~1,ree .A+l- a ,cirti- t. Iilltir t i /" n t p, ia i .PirnA - Monoll A t utw% ti-lfr A thiehor l..-/.,l
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