Chap, V. of Monfieur Tavernier. hi 



Baqdat, the Spaniard, and I , and our Arabian , who was afoot, walk'd about Pifroi 

 Shot before our Horfes. From thence to Anna we met with nothing remarkable , 

 but only that we faw a Lyon and aLyonefs in the Aft of Generation: Whereupon 

 our Guide believing we had been afraid , told us , that he had met them ottfn ^ 

 but that he never found them do any harm. 



The Spaniard according to the humour of his Nation , was very referv'd , 

 and contenting himfelf with an Onion, or ibrnc fuch fmall matter at meals , never 

 made much of his guide-, whereas I was mightily in his favour, in regard there was 

 never a day pafs'd wherein he did not receive of me ibme good bufinefs or other. 

 We were not above a Mufquet Shot from Anna when we met with a comely old 

 man, who came up to me, and taking my Horie by the Bridle ; Friend, laid he g 

 come and wafh thy feet and cat Bread at my Houic. Thou art a Stranger , and fince 

 I have met thee upon the Road , never refui'e me the favour which I defire of thee. 

 The Invitation of the old man was lb like the cuftom of the people in ancient times,of 

 which we read fo many Examples in Scripture , that we could not choo.ie but go 

 along with him to his Houfe , where he Feafted us in the beft manner he could 7 

 giving us over and above Barly for our Horfes -, and for us he kill'd a Lamb and ibme 

 Hens. He was an Inhabitant of Anna , and liv'd by the River , which we were 

 obli°'d to crofs to wait upon the GovernourforourPafTports, for which we paid two 

 Piaftcrs apiece. We ftaid at a Houle near the Gate of the City to buy Provifion^ 

 for our felves and our Horfes*, where the woman of the •Houle having a lovely 

 iprightly Child of nine years of age, I was fo taken with her humour, that I gave 

 her two Handkerchiefs of Painted Calicut, which the Child fnewing her Mother, 

 all we could do could not make her take any Money for the Provifions we had agreed 

 for. 



Five hundred paces from the Gate of the City , we met a young man of a good 

 Family, for he was attended by two Servants, and rode upon an Afs, the hinder 

 part of which was Painted reel. He accofted me in particular , and after fome 

 Compliments that pafs'd , 1$ it pojfible , laid he , that J Jlwuld meet a Stranger , and 

 have nothing toprcfent him withall ? He would fain have carry'd us to a Houfe in the 

 Country whether he was going •, but ieeing we were relblv'd to keep our way , he, 

 wouid needs give me his Pipe, notwithftanding all the excufes I could make , 

 and though I told him that I never took any Tobacco j Co that I was conftrain'd 

 to accept of it. 



About three Leagues from Anna , we were going to cat amd^the Ruines of 

 certain Houfes , and had thought to have lain there 'till midnight, when we perciv'd 

 two Arabians lent by the Emir , to tell us that he had fome Letters which he would 

 put into our own hands to the Bafia of Aleppo , to which purpofe he had order to 

 bring us back. There was no refufing , fo that at our coming into the Gity the next 

 day we faw the Emir going to the Mofque'e , mounted uponaftately Horfe , and 

 attended by a great number of people afoot, with every one a great Poniard Ituck; 

 in their Girdles. As foon as we faw him we alighted, and (landing up by the 

 Houfes, we falutcd him as he pafs'd by. Seeing our Guide, and thrcatning to rip 

 up his Belly *, Ye Dog, faid he , / will give ye your reward , and teach ye to carry 

 Strangers away before I fee them. Carry them , faid he , to the Governours Houle 

 'till I return from the Mofquee. Returning from the Mofyuje , and being feated 

 in a fpacious Hall , he fent for us and our Guide , whom *he threatn'd again for 

 carrying us out of the Town without giving him notice. But the Governour 

 pleaded his excufe, and appcas'd the Emir. After that he fent for Coffee for us, 

 and then caus'd us to open the Budget that we carry'd behind our Horfes , to ice 

 whether there were any thing that plcas'd him or no. In my Budget were two 

 pieces of Calicut exquifitcly painted , for two Coverlets of a Bed *, two pieces of 

 Handkerchief of Calicut*, two Pcrfian Stand ifhes beautify'd with Japon Varnifh *, 

 two Damafcene Blades , one inlaid with Gold , the other with Silver. All which 

 he Iik'd , and made me give him. In the Spaniards Budget he found nothing but 

 a few old Clothes : But afterwards being known to have had fome Diamonds about 

 him, the French Conful at Aleppo fentcne'd him to pay me half the charges of what 

 I gave the Emir. 



The Prince iatisfi'd with what he had tak'n , gave order that we fhould be fur- 

 nifh'd with all ncceffary Provifions for our felves and our Horfes : but being provided 



before , 



