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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)
Chap. X. Of towers and sea-marks., pp. 196-197
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.efcription of he City Civencbku, is aTemple cali'd Cat both for its heighth and largenefs : Th6 call o~f Marble, and the infidemohft richly mong others there are fome that exceed, ut out of Marble, made for Madam Fee' fhip, thatvthe Cbinefes fay they were not aoki . I was my fefin one of the three gil defcribes the fame in the fixth Book ot to the Life, and adorn'd with rare Ima- 1U all Perfons with admiration that look AP X ond: Sea-4Mark . i and wellbuiltTowers, whereof fome sAhigh, manyof wbich are only-fr Or part oif them cal'd "Cedeu, fland their ily at NankinIg, arekept the Aftrological .e Tuf'rets fands an Infirument, which of Witer, which running from one Veffef vhich is Pqurtray'd a Mark for the time That there is always one remaining there, ,me, who at every hour fignifies the fame rum, and hanging out.a Board with the This Time;-Drummer likewife gives no eupon the People all rife to quench it: ens throughcarelefnefs, the M~afer there- if t /figh and hazird he put hWiNeigh- and buiIt all of Timber (as all Habitati ,nger Of being likewife confumd; for all is in truthis the caufe of fo great feverity: re burntthroughcarelefnefs -- iaiken4ands a; very ancient Towerwhich :e hiigithi df a hundred and eighty Paces;, therein,is, that it isbuilt of Stone,which, xpence"ihey mull bring thither ;d hiden, : great a, heIhth tob ild fucha Tower.' to the City of Hinyang, is a Tower call'd fuehelike &ru&ures, -4iv Art and Coflinefs. " . * '.- ." - --1 -- --- ..- - - - - tcr, who was worthy remark for her Obedience to her Motherainwlaw; h having one day a Pullet for Dinner, invited her Step-Dame to the eating part of it ; who accepting the Invitation, and coming to paicipate .thereof, had no foonr tailed ofit, but fhe fell down dead:. The Daughter was immedi- ate! .apprehended, brought bfore a Judg, and accus'd of poyfoning her Mother~inaw, andsthe matter of Fa& beingfo clear w as condemntd to die: -- As
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