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Show -e --------- e et i g e s e e e iy st L Enrope, was wholly intent in the dilc very of the Mode and For m of the G vern.ment of the Occidental R egions Emba unkno en quiring of them concerning the ope, the Emperour, and the Rites of the w ole Emp ire, as well thofe tha e obferved jn P eac as War 5 unto which, when t at they b ad prudently replyed they f T 4 jst Con Cu(onrfult1aii UPON the Emperour, that entrin into Counfe -whofc far wrought with his Noble he 4ndt0° concluded o ing anEmbat. lending an Fmbaflad> otu , unto the Pope o.f Rom ¢, which he th . ffd%"fp‘éflgg Name to impofe on the e Pauli on abou th Rome Y fend he, a i, whofe faith ag d fincer now fi]fficicntly tryed, and together with the he (e nt a Golden Table a d Letters, in whic he requefted that his Holinefs w uld fend him an hu '[hetc both for Learning and Wildom forwe dred perfons confpicuou the E to inftru& his Subjedts in th Chriftian Faith which he faid was the bef and moft pure of all others Wherefore thef perfons having received thei being about to fulfi] ¢he Wi They fet for- Command of the E l an perour, by and by fer forwar their Voyage, having thi their voyage Golden Table, whic being thewed, for it was feale with the Seal of the Crea Chim. throughout the whole Em ire of Tartar of th Savio {uch dants {ado fign To fma on their Journey by th ek éqrf'fé;{,great affiftance of the olden Table, and after the {p months, the e " cathie ae length to Balzra Port of the Armenians (now what th s Port was, whether on the Cafpian or Euxin Sea, I have not as yet found it is mof probable t be the Port Trapexontem, Place in a corner of the Einxine Sea;fo from this Port within few months, Anuo 1 272 they caine to Ancona, which co ld not be performed from the Cafpian Sca, b reafon of the great {fpace of L nd and Region interjoyned Moreover having returned unto A ona whenc wit to Vo Ch fav aft obt we fu they departed, the repor rope cimer OF the death of Clement th v other as yet place in the Apoftolical Seat; bein g def itute of advice, they were n ta litcle dj They gonto fturbed : nd {etting forwa rd unto Venice, Native Soil, the heasd of the new Ele&ion of 2 P his Wife, whom h had left great wich Child at his eparture, to be dead, having lef behind he Marcns a Son of 15 years of age, W a afterwards became the Compa ion of hj Father into thofe moft remote Re ions of Afia, which his Father h d before travelled unto, and alfo was the Auth r and Writer of this Geographic l Hiltory Wherefore a new Pope being chofe , and named Gregory the 10 (Rudo ing Emperour) by the unanimo s approbation of the Cardinals they return t Ancona, having delivered the Let ers of the Great Cham, togethe with the Pre{ents, unto the Pope,with which h atly rejoycing in that h The Letters had a fit opportunity o tered hi on of the Gof; pel, he returne hnarear 2 literal Miffive unt the Great Chanr, in which al things were contained tha lnievwered to the might {eem neceff ry to infiru& chem b etter i Pop the wregoyX Religion, an the mind of the great King more lexibl ¢ and yielding unto th receivin Chriftian Sacred Law : unto the e he adjoyned two excellent P rfons fo ing, of the Society of Saint D minick , Willian of Tripoly a d Nicolas firname is not added rende of th Learnwhof The(e therefore now being c ummate in thejc defires begin their Journey to the Eaf , and at length after a lon Voyage by Sea an Land, having entred Armenia, hen that they l things in diforder, b reafon of a War commenced be ween the Armenians and the Sul an of Babylon The Fathers being firuck wit fear, and laying afide all pr fecution of further Voyage, took up their tation, and continued in Armeni with his Son Marcrs Paulys, re edting all fear of danger, ont f great defire b which they laboured to give tk Great Cham a plenary {atisfaGio concerning hi Embaffie w o dndie '-ff'g;';g-_._e P = . - ee- _," = h they were to pafs and allo having the Grear Chas hich he commanded 3] his Subj "They arrive 2« T3 they fhould rece & ve them with all honour an affeCtion, and difcharge the Batzra aPore Of all Cuftoms an Tribute - Therefor |