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Show the Empire_of C H IN A n)(n() thcy CR‘&Q( Ecmp !cg, WbCrco } thtuisle a way ¢ CHAP his great up 4rd SEA-MARKS Of TOWERS " Of ‘m‘gc; X e feven) Iples, Dedicateqz on HIN A is very full of brave and Well-buile Towers, whereof fome ar nine, others fevenfioties high, many of which are only for Ornament'; bu upon a great part of them called Cexlex, ftand their Clock-works ; within other of thefe, efpecially at Nanking, are kept the Aftrological Inftruments : Upon th bflildcd to th s of that Kingdo Cleck-houfe Turrets ftands an Infirament, which fhows the hour of the da called Vitan y Upo by means of water, which running from one Veflcl into another, raifes a board, :.fts'._ and (\15 resfi 1on, who follow an upon which 1s Portrayed amark for the time of .the day ; and you are to obferv that there is always one remaining there, to take notice of the pafling of th tine, who at every hour fignifies the fame to the People by beating upon Drum; and hanging out a board with- the hour writ upon it in large Letters This Time-Drummer gives likewile notice if he difcovers any Fire; whereIn whofe houfe foever the Fir upon the People all rife to quench it happens through carelefsnefs, the Mafter thereof is punithed with Death, becaule of the fright and hazard he put his Neighbour in; whofe houfe joinin ol and Body mpgue, ftands 2 ver ted Heart, and Dedi have Ravithed them In honour of whof seben, arc found ver to his, and 'built ‘all of Timber (as all Habitations there are) wasin very grea f Priefis danger of being likewife confumed; for all the Houfes ftan this in truthis the caufe of fo great feverity thewed againft fuc ca el fs ef th ou burn ~ Upon the Top of the Mountain Hiaiken, ftands a ver which is very much decayed , but yet keeps the height o ricks, that has at Jeaf Mounta lon esa grga wo hi eighty paces 5 but that which is moft to be admire But tha In the Countrey of Huguang, near to the City of Hanyang, is a Tower calle Xelenhoa, which far excels all other the like StruGures, in Art and Coftlinefs. . I is faid to have been erefled upon this account; there was a certain Daughter who was worthy remark for her obedience to her Mother-in-law ; the having on day a Pullet for Dinner, invited her ftep-dame to the earing part of it, who accepting the invitation, and cowing to'participate thereof, had ro {ooner tafted o it, but fhe fell down dead: The Daughter was immediately apprehended ' bflng con M richl ¢ exceed md:-?f J:;‘n F ec,baVif‘ e for M ( brought befor the Judge, and accafed of Poifoning her Mother-in-Law, an Asfhe was goin the matter of Fa&t being {o clear, was condemned to dye to the place of Execution, (he hapned to pafsby a Pomegranate Tree theni Soht and largen© ft ric (2 d,mgcibrt pow, " 15 fs5 therein, isthat it is built o Tower oft the ommm Antient Tower one hundred an Stone, which with infinite labour, indufiry, and expence, they muft bring thither and then, together with the Mortar, carry up {o great a height to build {fuch it ; w Idol | Honours very clofe, An whofe Houfes ar bloffom, which holding faft in her hand, fhe Prayed (as s {aid) after thismanner If I bawve Poifoned my Step-Mother, may the Flowers of this Branch now inmy ban wither 5 but if I be Innocent, letthe Brauch live, and bring forth fruit immediately Which words were bard# pafied her lips, before that Branch which (he held in he In remembrance of which {o famousMiracle,hand, hung full of Pomegranates the Inhabitants builc this Tower, and called it Xelenboa, which fignifiesa Pomegranate Tree In the Province of Chekiang , in the chief City Hangchen, are four of thef ad o iration wo th mo i wh c bu hi St ri ni th o Towers, eac in the fame Province, upon both the tops of the Hill Funghoang, ftandsa loft Tower " |