RICHARD WRAG 



rankes from the one end to the other in costly aray, with 

 round head pieces on their heads of mettall and gilt over, 

 with a great plume of fethers somewhat like a long brush 

 standing up before. On the left hand stood the Cap- 

 pagies or porters, and the Chauses. All these courtiers 

 being about the number of 2000. (as I might well gesse) 

 most of them apparelled in cloth of gold, silver, velvet, 

 sattin and scarlet, did together with bowing their bodies, 

 laying their hands upon their brests in curteous maner of 

 salutation, entertain the Ambassador : who likewise 

 passing between them, & turning himself somtime to 

 the right hand and sometime to the left, answered them 

 with the like. As he thus passed along, certaine Chauses 

 conducted him to the Dovan, which is the seat of Justice, 

 where certaine dayes of the weeke the grand Vizir, with 

 the other Vizirs, the Cadi-lesker or lord chiefe Justice, 

 & the Mufti or high priest do sit to determine upon such 

 causes as be brought before them, which place is upon the 

 left side of this great court, whither the ambassador with 

 his gentlemen came, where hee found the Vizir thus 

 accompanied as aforesayd, who with great shew of kind- 

 nes received him : and after receit of her majesties letters, 

 & conference had of the Present, of her majesties health, 

 of the state of England, and such other matters as con- 

 cerned our peaceable traffique in those parts : dinner 

 being prepared was by many of ye Courtiers brought 

 into another inner roome next adjoining, which consisted 

 of an hundred dishes or therabouts, most boiled & rosted, 

 where the ambassador accompanied w* the Vizirs went to 

 dinner, his gentlemen likewise with the rest of his men 

 having a dinner with the like varietie prepared upon ye 

 same side of the court, by themselves sate downe to their 

 meat, 40 or 50 Chauses standing at the upper end attend- 

 ing upon the gentlemen to see them served in good 

 order; their drinke was water mingled with rose water 

 & sugar brought in a Luthro (that is a goates skinne) 

 which a man carieth at his backe, and under his arme 

 letteth it run out at a spout into cups as men wil call for 



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A.D. 



I 593- 



The ambassa- 

 dor received 

 by the Vizir 

 with all 

 kindnesse. 



Diner brought 

 in. 



