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Show / 5 , i p i i L 1A S P A 8 4 The EMBassy of th r o a e w r t e b h u d f a : After that the .Em (4 b AR f 1:‘ ;‘;;: i N /5 138 HE SR S 4 A 5 duhibi g il 4 b : I' 1 i . gy .;- ; '{ § T S ‘gr s e ; W;thou a% Weredm:g nobly "ege"'efdpm their former lodgings ; but yet were fo nar;owl guarde by a number of Foot-Souldiers, that they Fil e Shore all that while, they had leave given to Land with all their Follower e e w 3 - i g t t i r p n r W € to the Streets Two days after there came a Mandorine to them inthe n am of the Vi:ce- who propofed to them,that they (to obtain their endsin China) could noicgrefgg a v g f l u t r t p E c u C g a i e r o a r t v G o n a C ~ then three hundred thoufand Toel of Silver : each oel is thirteen Ducatoons i Silver But whenthe Embaffadours returned him in an{wer . defign nor intention to buy the permiffion of a free rade in China, and that i would be much better for them, if their bufinefs muf b bribes, to depart forthwith out of China; thereupo the M::le;rgi}:zte gggavr?et frcl))m :hbemkmulch d;]fcoxfitzntgd,l {aying, that he had no fa ther order, but woul eep ort back what frth}(eyl) had vydeclare d,and witI hal advi]fed the to ftay, untili the When now the Embaffadours for the performing o thi nable demand, were called upon day aff:fr day, thge coficlt?de;‘il);: ngaanzizg felves of the continual clamours of thefe people, b promifing one hundre thirty five Toel of Silver:. but finding that they demande burfed Monies, the Embafladours refolved to depar , wherein they were prevented by order from the Vice-Roys, who fent exp efls word that the Vser not to go away, until farther advife were come from Peking But they in the mean time hearing no farther mention ma e of the Interef gave a note under their hands for the payment of one undred thirty: fiv Tocl of Silver; wherewith the Vice-Roys feemed fo wel fatisfied, that the invited the Embaffadours to a moft Splendid Feaft, upon th nineteent of Sepiember. Inan open Plain were pitched ten rich and f ately Tents, b order of the Vice-Roys, a draught whereof you have in the adjoyn ng Prin In the Tent which ftood in the middle, fate both the Vice-Roys, and t e Tutan next to one another, upon a very rich and curious wrought Carp t. The fir Ten on the left hand was appointed for the Embafladours, and he other upo the right for the Muficians: Upon the corners of the Tent f the Embaffadours, were placed feveral Juglers, and Fidlers, who made fuch a ideous noif with Trumpets, and other Wind-Infiruments, that there was no hea ing on another fpeak The concourfe of feveral forts of perfons (which came out o curiofity from the City, and the adjacent Villages) was fo ver great, that th whf)le P am. was covered with people ‘The Embaffadours were condl;&ed fro their Tent in great ftate and pomp by two of the chief Mand rines into th prefence of the Vice-Roys, from whence, after fome Comp ements paf'i betwee hem, they were re-conduGed to their Tents by the fame Mandorines In the mean time came the Steward of the eldef} ViceRoy crowding throug the people, whereupon every body gave way, whic is a fign that this Man i in no {mall efteem amongft them : H had a brave Sky-colour Silk Coat on richly: embroidered with Gold and Silver Draggoorns, a d-about hisI Neck Cl:iaglthgf the b;fifCorra}; and after this manpe ,the Mandorines are llabl;?egd great Perlonsm;,entsfo.r none of any low degre ean are {uffered to wear th This St. eward gave Iimmmmediately order to two of hi A ttendants to ferve ' t ll:leat up ,fhc caufed likewife a particular Table t be covered for thg tvif)vs'ice oys, as allo for the Tutang, which were {pread with 2 was likewife another Table prepared for the Embaf adours, heaped with {evera fort |