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Show be EmBassy of the 4 e S 1 HE ) ftro ?i?iffd bet Wi i He A w %K "‘ OR Jboardouthi¢ A zod Mutir dheir fupp command Captaifl occafion a this ViceR.IVC") on the Nobl King was about hi e Inthe mean time the Tutang having writ to the Imperial Court at Peking that the Embaffadours were come to offer an Alliance to the Emperour, and ha brought with them confiderable Prefents for his Majefty : But receiving no an{wer, the Vice-Roys writ the fecond timeabout this bufinefs to the Court, an fignified in plain. terms, .that the Embafladours were come thither, not on to f{alute his Royal Majefty, but likewife to procure leave to Traffick with thei Ships in his Territories, and to have refidence there as his own Subje&s To thefe two letters came, after four or five months expe&ation, his Imperia Majefties anfwer ; the Contents of the firft were, that the Holland Embafladours with fome few of their Followers, and four Interpreters, fhould have Licenf Print, tak wrong fid declared hung th ted, and < L me of the Courtiers i t t a d f they were di(mi where they {pent the reft of the day in Mirthand Jollity to come to Peking, to Treat with his Imperial Majefty concerning the numbe of Ships they intend to bring to Canton, and the time of their coming; bu with this condition, that the reft of their Followers fhould remain in their Ship at Canton without raifing any Commerce, till the returns of the Embaffadours But the Contents of the fecond anfwer were more moderate and pleafing; for i that his Imperial Majefty was pleafed to grant a free Trade in €hina to th Hollanders, at the requeft of the Embafladours ; for which grear favour, his Imperial Majefty did expe& the Embafladours to come and-give him thanks Upon this the Embaffadours were lodged in a far greater houfe, more commodious for them and their goods, whilft they prepared themfelves for thei Voyage to Peking Upon the {econd of Nowvewber *came -the Tutang of Herijir ( hearing o the Royal reception and entertainment which had been given to the Embaffadours) with feveral Veflels, very bravely adorned with Silk Flags and Pennons, to honour and attend upon them , before whofe houfe they lay at a Anchor ;5 which the Embafladours perceiving, went aboard the Veflel of th Tutang, with fome of their Followers, which was very Artificially built, an Richly hung withinThis brave Perfon immediately defired the Embaffadour to fit down, declaring withal, that he was heartily glad of their coming, and tha he was come on purpofe to fee and bid them welcom. Then he began to as with great curiofity after f{everal weighty Affairs, to which the Embafladour returned him an anfwer, wherewith he {eemed {ufliciently fatisfied Th Di{cowrfe being ended they took leave an rerurned to their Lodging bu W f@v w ot th ref fro |