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•nianaged tolerably well^ b^t, as it \vas never tbe pra^lice to 

 niake a halt^ I was fo overcome with fatigue that I fell down. 

 TheMoors, my comrades, attempted to raife me up; but,belng 

 ntterly unable to concur with their efforts by helping niyfelf, 

 they took their trammels from the litter, and were going t6 

 be^t me. On this, I fet up a violent fcream, in order to 

 attra(9: the king's attention, who, immediately giving orders 

 to halt, inquired what was the matter, and commanded one 

 of the Moors who attended him on horfeback to difmdunt,'to 

 give me his horfe, and to take my place as one of tbe bearers. 

 This drew upon me the hatred of fome of the attendants, of 

 yi^hipl^j, hpivever, they let nothing appear, from reverence to 

 the king, particularly as they perceived that he behaved 

 Jcindly to me. After a ilay of fix days, the king returned to 

 the capital, previous to his departiire giving orders that t 

 fhould not acl as a bearer, but ride. I did as he had com- 

 manded, and, at our arrival, reftored the h9rfe to his owner 

 with many thanks. No employments being afligned me, 

 I took to fome of my own accord : in particular, I fomelimes 

 vifited a man who carved out various devices on wood, and he 

 was highly pleafed that I frequented him, in the hopes of 

 learning feveral things of me. While with him, I made a 

 fquarc frame and a cupboard, not indeed fo well as a European 

 joiner; but then I had not the neceflary tools, being obliged 

 to make ufe of a (harp knife inftead of a chifel, arid a (lone 

 was the only fubftitute I had for a fine plane. After having 

 viiited this man's houfe for about ten days, the king one 

 day fent for me, and forbade me to go for the future into the 

 town: the fa61: was, that attempts had been made to bring 

 me into fufpicion with him, by perfuading him that I enter- 

 tained f'jmc ill defigns. I vindicated myfelf by faying, that 

 I had done no harm; that I had only gone at times to a 

 workman in wood, becaufe I was alfo one myfelf. This 

 pleafed him ; and he told me, that, fince I was a workman 

 in wood, I fliould work for him. On my promifing him 

 that I would do fo, be immediately ordered wood to be 

 fetched, and likewife gave me permiffion to go every day, 

 for two hours, and look about the town. The fird thing I 

 made for the kinir was a cheil of eiiht drawers, and next a 



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