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Show N e g s = o e S S x B i eprarwtnpmsraae i S ki TI etN o eg TT p ARG s W ""‘ "?", -Mean time came an order to the Affembl from his Imperial Majefly, that Fa ther Adanm (hould as the Embafladours that night feveral queftions and (e e i down their anfwers in writing for his Majeft es {atisfattion, which were to thi effeQ; whether the Hollanders had any Co ntrey or no, and where fituated, an how far from China3 how t eir Princ wa called, and what form of Govern ment they had amongthem The Fefuit therefore asked the Embafladour command of the Rix Chancellours, whethe the Prince of Orange was yeti and whether their High and Mighty Lor thips did fill Govern the Stat Unite Provinces to all whic Chancellour remained farisfyed the at th being of th returned him an anfwer, wherewith th The Fefuite having take in writing the an {wers of the Embaffadours, carried them t his Highnefs, who caufed him to blo out {ome paflages which had added of his own c {uppoled might give offence to the E perour, for h That the Conntrey which the Hollanders did now p formerly,and does by right belong unto the Sp niards ; which words putout, telling him, it is cnoughthat yo know that thefe people have a Countrey and a form of Government among them - Whilft the Clerks were taking {cveral Copie of the Writing which the Jefui had brought into the Aliembly, his Highnel found himfelf hungry, and fent fo a piece of Pork to fatisfic his Apperite, which wa half-raw, whereof he did ea moft heartily, in a flovenly manner, that he ooked more like a Butcher, then Prince Nofooner had he ftayed his Stomack with this Collatio , but he orde red'the Son of the old Canton V ice-King, wh had his refidence in this Court, t provide an entertainment for the Embaffad urs; which was accordingly performe ip fome better o der and fafhio up, his Highnefs and the reft of th had eat nothing all that day; bu coul then the former: When Dinner was brough Tartar Lords fell on again as greedily, asif the neither the Embaffadours, nor Father Adam eat of their Cookery, moft of the Meat b ing raw;. which his Highnef perceiving, c ufed the Diflics to be taken off, and a Banquet o meats to bz det upon the Table, carneftly urging th Embaffadours to fend hogm to their Lodgings what(sever was left, ‘which they c villy refufed Father Adan informe the Embafladours, that about four months fin e ther came an Embafladour from Mufcomy with a Train o 100 Men, to defire leav to come once a year into China to Trade with the Subj &:s thereof, but asyet ha not prevailed with the Great Cham, who {ee ed very unwilling to agree to an fuch thing Night coming on, the Embaffadours took leave of th and returned to their Lodgings, condu@ed by the Fefuit ingreat State, who wa carried by four Men in a Palakin or Sedan, attended y feveral confiderabl perfons on Horfe-back The nextday came the firft Secretary Thouglouja, wi h the two other Tarta Mandorines, Qualonja,.and Hoolonja, to the Embaf adours, in the name of hi Highnefs, to dire& the Prefents in writing to whom t ey particularly belonged Afterwards they returned immedijately with order, that th baffadours thould appear with the Prefents before hi Highnefs and fome of th Council, to make a further declaration upon. the Baron went with them, and having an{wered thei defires; the Mandorines cam back to. the Embaffadours Lodgings withthe Agen atquaint them thac the Prefents were very acc ptable to his Majefty, his Mother and bis Emprefs ; and th t his Imperia Majefly had ordered them to enquir whether there were not fifty pieces. ore to be had of the White Linne Empfi*rmz‘r being much taken therewith, ad a defign to prefent the fame to th Wives of the Sonsof the Canton Vice-Roys t t furnit him wich thicty fix pieces, wherew fatisfyed, an departed After |