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Show Cuin an TartTary their Superf{criptions s the fourth was a particular Prefent for the Emperour fro the two Embaffadours : this divifion was-fubtly enough contrived, to purchafe th favour and good will of all parties: yet although the Hollanders: are fufficientl mafters of that Art, this wasnot their own contrivance, but the Kings of Canton who as they did not Act the Tranflators part to mend and patch the General o Batawia's Letters, but compofed a new 5 fo they wholly ordered and difpofed th Prefents, {uppofing {o to manage the whole bufinefs o0 Wants o "1 the bop 0ve all others m"gh the utmof ' andlbip wit IC0Y we com Mo Conquef med Bperour o thereof ; by th Majelty, to Con that it fhould not be capa ble of denial : Nor had they miffed their aim, had they been Catholicks ; for the difpoThat the method and alteration in th they had met with no oppofition thi fro enou plai appea inven ion Chiwe e th wa Prele ts th fure o one Argument : when the Mafter of the Ceremonies had received the Prefent from the Hollanders, he asked them how it came to pafsthat fuch were for th Queens, {ecing there was no mention made thereof in thofe General Letters o Meworial they anfwere that after they fet fail from thei in grea? {incerity Port, and were far off at Sea, they found thefe things in the Ship,; which they kne Happ not of before, and therefore they had difpoled them for their Majefties Argonantes are thefe, to find Silk and Purple Woven in their Ship without thei own labour, Corral and Amber, with all manner of Pretious things, withou their knowledge! Let no man think their anfwer falfe or equivocal, becauf {uppofing they did find them in the Shipsof fome Portuguefe Merchants or othe in the way, which they can do without any {cruple of Confcience, or Terrour o Divine Vengeance No Man can doubt, buta Nation fo Forreign as this is, which had never befor of our Ships t e 2 Trade wit been heard of in the Empire of China, coming now to-it with the fpecious pretence of being Tributaries,their hands full of Prefents (which though they had bee of ordinary quality, and things commonin Chiza, yet might have been f{ufficien for the multitude of them) whereby they would Conquer the Emperour b rovidencean,d a tha o fur mak al abov an Mand rine th corr p Canto o ViceKing th 'PmC{S and b ro[: e that your Ma ue to your Maje soeiye from usth e fent two antien ur Majeltie Jience, and percon serfedt health, an Chief of the Coli, Son-in-law (as I have f{aid) to the eldeft King of Canton, an bribe the Tartar Prefident of the Tribunal of Hofpitality (which was not hard t di chi al bu dou ca ma n fa ch wre tou cov an i for f o faft Bu ion tia neg thei t l fucc romife to thofe Hollanders a very prevailin gift tha efl con b muf i Lor th o han th i 1 Kin th o the hear ha wh( God o ant Ser th o er Pra u dev will do much but much, more th unan e wea t es ori Man f Chin th o min th fi fort t le ple bee you o hear th fi t f ; ar Tar th o thof ben sour Gener y Mll"")l'\ d oerhatim, OUL o e n m a ou i Friends an g datt 3P , yere the Lette ‘u b Maximili Emperour, that h l rka rem wit an ht fou the c me Co th r and Hol th (hould den e hit r ret thei if pro the mak t enc Pru an ilit Affa Ingenuity ute Tri thei pa t year once every eigh the ha c ,wh cit fca n hav r and Hol th eo whe are ther Three thing fic Har is firf Th the fo cat adv rfu pow bee hav brought, woul "with a skilful Player on it. The fecond, A Dutch Trumpeter The third th thin The s die Sou cif exe an u trai t er Offi Some Engineers an the bri t the f{uff no wou Go ou bu for lon muc dot Emperou th o goo h for nds Fri ou b gh bro b ma that for the future the lik wa i tha ide con (hi Lor you Ma y Laft gio Rel oli City and Cat grea thei (wi r aud Hol thef o eye th blin t Go o a peculiar Grac Titl fin ple pu no l fho the tha o Can i ter rpr Int an Favourer to their Memorials -that thereby the Chinefes taking difguft at thefe innovatin fes ugu Por oli Cat th t e lin l clof mor th b mig Hereticks |