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Show e - T P s e K e e k TR N o BT ey o o v ™ L ettt g e e e e A General Defcripn:(m o o e e i - a Perfon of Quality and of mean Extra&lion 5 for if the Face do by pleafe t ; they mind not the Quality : Asa Tefiimony whereof, m t u i js thatm;: Father of the laft Chinefe Emprefs mainta ned himfelf by making Shoes of f} But to retuen again to the three Vice-roys, who were made b the Ta:taw Governours over'the three Provinces, Fokien, Quantung, and Q\uangfi and f e ( fi g l e t t c with three Armie pacifie the Diforders in the Southern Provinces : The took thej ]o;rfi through the Dominion of Xantung, where pafling througha Country which t Tartar Emperour had given to fome Tartars (for the Native Chinefes, by reafo] of their Confpiracy, were all put to the Sword) to inhabit and cultivate th[: {ame, they defired permiflion of the Vice-roys, that they might accompany the upon the way and run the fame danger with them for in truth thefe Peopl ever had and have an‘averfion to Husbandry, and loved their Arms better the the Plough or Spade : But two of the Vice-roys refufed to have them with the without leave from the Emperour; the third only, called Kengus, being of high and lofty {pirit, gave them leave to follow after him; fo they abandone .-i-n*:-_,..(‘,w. T their Husbandry; but Kengns taking no notice thereof, fuffered his Countrymen to continue their March with him : Whereof the Emperour having a fecon time notice, in a very great rage {ends to the chief Tutang or Governour of th Southern Provinces, who held his Court at Nanking, either to imprifon or kil i enguns The Tnmng forthwith obcys the Emperours Otrder 5 for after the thre Vice-roys were ariived in Nazking, and had been nobly treated and received b X - - e the Country, and turned their Spades and Ploughs into Bows and Arrows, folfowing their Country-men with great joy. As foon as the Emperour heard o it, he writes a Letter to Kengus, with exprels Command to fend them back t the Tutang, he pulls out his Letter and Order, fhewing them to Kengus ; wh knowing no excufe would be admitted, goes immediately and hangs himfelf h i h i h ompanie however his Son, h Place, by Order of the Emperour. After this the two Vice-roystravell'd throug the Provinces of Xantung, Kiangfi and Nankirg, atlaft arriving at Quantung, wit t an c i o P th c d r t o f i m C i ‘an intention, according to th m c t o r p r t w e o f n y u And t force Fungliens to flye thence {u e a P f m b s i t u C t u r ing of thefe three Armies fpred t mitted freely to them r d e e c a n o o only the chief City of Can la a W y o t f p o a l v a e g d m a e long and hard Sie th t p i b n t b h I t al 5 1 a Y t i taken by Treacher n o g r v t t l o f a e i r t C t a Sword r o a ( b . E n { e a P a e t C n c j a t al After the taking of Canton v ( v L e t v h g m e t i i b f t e i o p t w o - c V to th m A hi t w h r m o - c V t e T e t t which was freely grante m t th a u C hi p k e l n F u r p E t to the City Chaoking, whe oPr a t C t le b m h f a f n r d n m c hi o i a h wh le cl a l o r n i b b z g a g o o n m D t o a t t e f vince,an l ng Kl th f' e i n C t t e m h k t b t e a i f c n w h d u r p l nl ta ce m t a t n f n i h o m c b a w e w n k n T o do known L w t n u r p E a r T t o c U u h i f t e d 5 1 In the Yea g c i P w h f l o P al o i a n m l a i g r n g t ou ' u n Q t u n C p h o w t a c e r p E a c e u P Valour China s chiefly to be attributed }? td f n z C t b a r T t Not onl ' s i f A i r M i i n t r d U hi f m h e a f fclves Joved a [()) y w a M o g a A y i g t I a e t o m C v c otherwif |