AND LOWER EGYPT. 13^ 



" illustrisslmam doininationem, meconfusio faciei 

 *^ meas prohibebal ; interim gratiosis suis favori- 

 " bus me perennice commcndans persisto illustriS- 

 *' simae dominationis sn^e hurailliraus in Christ'o 

 ** servus, 



" Fr. JosEPHUs A Bavaria *." 



If I had reason to complain of men who are fit 

 for no good purpose, to whatever part of the world 

 they are transported, and from whom I might, 

 nevertheless, have expected the simple marks of a 



* Translation. 



" Achnim^ the "jth of July. 

 " As soon as the master of the boat arrives here, I will send 

 *' him without delav to Farschout, because to sisrve vbur most 

 " illustrious lordship is, I will not say a duty, but an honour. 

 *' If your most illustrious lordship was not received with the 

 *' honours due to your condition f, it did not proceed from un- 

 " politeness on my part, but from chance, and a mistake |, 

 " for which I have demanded pardon before the interpreter of 

 " his most illustrious lordship; and his innate goodness, as 

 *' well as generosity, will not permit me to doubt that I haveob* 

 " tained it. If I did not come to present myself before your 

 " most illustrious lordship, the confusion with which mycoun« 

 " tenance ought to be covered, deprived me of the honour or 

 *' the power of doing so. However, recommending myself 

 *' earnestly to your favour, I am invariably of your most illus- 

 " trious lordship, the very humble servant in Jesus Christ, 



" Brorher Joseph of Bavaria." 



Y I was not received at all. 



X It was impossible for me to comprehend or to imagine a mistake in a 

 thing so clear and so simple. 



K 4 civility^ 



