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the advise and counsell of his father. And therfore of 

 necessitie you must depart unto his father, leaving behind 

 you the two carts, which you brought hither yesterday 

 with vestiments and bookes, in my custodie : because my 

 lorde is desirous to take more diligent view thereof. I 

 presently suspecting what mischiefe might ensue by his 

 covetousnes, said unto him : Sir, we will not onely leave 

 those with you, but the two other carts also, which we 

 have in our possession, will we commit unto your 

 custodie. You shall not (quoth he) leave those behinde 

 you, but for the other two carts first named, we will 

 satisfie your request. I saide that this could not con- 

 veniently be done : but needes we must leave all with 

 him. Then he asked, whether we meant to tarie in the 

 land ? I answered : If you throughly understand the 

 letters of my lorde the king, you know that we are even 

 so determined. Then he replied, that we ought to bee 

 patient and lowly : and so we departed from him that 

 evening. On the morrowe after he sent a Nestorian 

 Priest for the carts, and we caused all the foure carts to be 

 delivered. Then came the foresaid brother of Coiat to 

 meet us, and separated all those things, which we had 

 brought the day before unto the Court, from the rest, 

 namely, the bookes and vestiments, and tooke them away 

 with him. Howbeit Coiat had commanded, that we 

 should carie those vestiments with us, which wee ware in 

 the presence of Sartach, that we might put them on 

 before Baatu, if neede should require : but the said 

 Priest tooke them from us by violence, saying : thou 

 hast brought them unto Sartach, and wouldest thou carie 

 them unto Baatu ? And when I would have rendred a 

 reason, he answered : be not too talkative, but goe your 

 wayes. Then I sawe that there was no remedie but 

 patience : for wee could have no accesse unto Sartach 

 himselfe, neither was there any other, that would doe us 

 justice. I was afraide also in regard of the interpreter, 

 least he had spoken other things then I saide unto him : 

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