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Show e 4 The EMBass .~ of th of the entrails of Fowls, and the like; for the moft part Afirologically foretelling good or bad fuccefs to theintended expedition Thefe Jugling Anguvers confulted, they pofitively returned to the King, both by Birds and Malignan Afpe&sof the Sky, the whole undertaking would be unfortunate, and moft prejudicial both to himfelf, the Army, and the Country But this young Prince being wholly bentupon the defign to purchafe himfel immortal Honour, by Prowelsand Force of Arms, wasrefolved to proceed, notwithftanding all thofe great difcouragements from his Fabling Fortune-Tellers for fo they proved, thefuccefsfalling quite contrary, and their miftake Fortun putting on the right fide, he brought under abfolute {ubje&ion the whole Pro vince to the Tartar: on which account their vaticination not only proving fri volous, but quite contrary, ‘they fled, abfconding themfelves, left they migh {uffer at the return of the Vice-Roy, whom had he found, they had been handle feverely 5 but however they being abfent, the Storm fell on their Idols an Temples, which at his return he rafed to the ground, and burnt the Images In the meantime we returned with the Embaffadours to our lodging; ' where w faw the whole Fleet under Sail (having the Army aboard) following the Vice Roy I>3'oth thele Vice-Roys were of Noble Families, - Born and Educated in the Im‘per.ial City of Peking We thought at firft that the young Vice-Roy had bee the Son of the old Vice-Roy, but we underftood afterwards ‘that they were nothinga. Kin, but were only great Friends, and Princes of one and the {am Power, anid who had both undergone one and the {ame misfortune ; for the Chi nefe Emperours (for what reafon I know not) bad beheaded both their Fathers Thefe Sons therefore to-prevent the like difafter, which it feems they dreaded, fle to this Province of Quantung, which at that time the great Cham had invade wich a powerful Army, and had brought moft of the Country under his obedi ence. -This occafion afforded thefe young Princes an opportunity to reveng their Fathers death upon the Emperour: to efte& this , they endeavoured to ge fome dependence upon the Tartars, and grounded their complaints to the grea Cham , upo the misfortun of thei Renowne Families help and affiftance, to reftore the fame by force of Arms defiring witha The Great Chanfoun {o many teftimonies, and good ground for faithfui dealing, in thefe Princes, tha he conferred upon themboth great Honour and Dignity: The eldeft he Honoured with the Title of Pigmowan, and the other with the name of Synowa which amongft the Chinefes are names of the higheft and chiefeft Offices of th Kingdom: And {uch chief Officerscommand and rule with the {ame power ove {ome Provinces, as the Vice-Roys here in Exrope have fince tha tim {ufficiently revenge That thefe' Warlike Prince the death of their Father upon th Chinefes, is very apparent, in regard, that in the Province of Quantung you ma ride in fome places, for feveral Miles together, and not fee a Town or Village {tanding, but great heaps of Stone, and the Ruines of many places, which hav been formerly very famous for Trade In the mean time we continued here for the fpace of fix weeks, withou doing any thing, fothat the year 1655. was not only expired, but two month of the next were already likewife fpent, before any thing remarkable was un dertaken. But {oon after the Embaffadours fent to the old Vice-Roy to defire Audience, anda Pafs togo for Peking; who thereupon appointed when the fhould come The manner of our going to Audience was thus ; Each a Horfe back, accompanied with the Mandorin Poetfienfin, and the old and new Heyton ‘The Followers an Attendants upon the Embafly were ordered to ride befor ata diftance : The Embafladours having prefented the Letter writ py the Ge nera a Peaco jo muc of high € alfo he the Tar o |