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Show Tfl e et e stt - Lhe Empass / ./'/‘P‘ L / X/ /| i ‘. l, e of th Sai rhe pex o EEs=---e SR V (LR i <« bran flagsand P‘" c Vlcc be He)lofl yith their VCHCIS, to th being arrive word to ou We were no fooner at Anc ull of Souldiers boarded y who in the name of the Go ernours was fent to ask he occafion of oyy coming Hercupon the Embaffador {ent Hendrick Baron 2 Shore word of mouth, with b he occafion of our Ar ival5 who when he Shore , was conduéed in ame o his Bed-chamber, wher he was very courteoufl received and treated b him; who asked why t e Hollanders diq return and whether they were not boyt two years fince exprefl forbidden to come t Canton Six days after, on the 24" from Canton to view th Credentials they brough to the Great Cham5 an to that purpofe the fent for the Embaffadours t . Hereupon the Embafladours, with all theijr Follo ers, made up the River and came about noon to t Village of Lammé, where the ere from thence condue by the Mafter of the Ceremo jes to the Governours Palla e At theirentry they found th ng ar 4 high Table in the Ha betwixt them two Mandor l ns, guarded with Sould ers; who cwvilly treate us, and were very fervice ble unto us Complements pafled'; th Embafladours fhewed thei iftance, againft which the dorins had nothing to obj an&: And then Chairs wer fet for the Embafladour tofit down ; which being one, the Mandorins and G vernoyr began to as {everal queftions concerning t e Trade and Condition of th United Netherland which being anfwered by he Embaffadours, they fee ed fatisfyed, and retarned to their Ship with all th jr Followers inftant, came again anew H yon, with a Vice-Admiral ( anton ) to receive the Em and to condu&t them thi Whereupon the Embaffad r invitation, wen again whom they were condu@ Shore d to an Idol-Temple, w received al manner, and {pread thei Credentials upon the Tab e; the propofe feveral queftions namely, whether they di from Canton ab.out tWo ye not fai rs fince ;5 what manner o Wares and Merchandife had brought with them, the ho was aboard the othe hip, and how they cam {eparate from us » how m t ny Men and Guns wer in cach Ship? why the ¢ome the laft year? and wh we ftayed away one year, an then came the {econ when hours at t Vice-Roy M:. Schede The nex aMandorin Governme the Embafl Names an to the Em the Epiftl fent, how they {eem als. Tot of the Vi with th then they Stamp no were Dat to underf firf? rece king co thould b come th I",,hkh th bafifldo to Cond fma)( both fig lmal] Towe Untop |