Chap. V. of Monfieur Ta vernier, hi 



Bagdat; the Spaniard, and I , and our Arabian , who was afoot, walkM about Pi%>{ 

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

 bat only that wefaw a Lyon and aLyonefs in the Ad of Generation: Whereupon 

 our Guide believing we had been afraid , told us , that he had met them oft'n , 

 but that he never found them do any harm. 



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

 and contenting himiëlf with an Onion , or lome i'uch 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 lome 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 Horl'e by the Bridle ; Friend, laid he v 

 come and wafh thy feet and eat Bread at my Houle. Thou art a Stranger , and fince 

 I have met thee upon the Road, never re fuie 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 lb many Examples in Scripture , that we could not choole but go 

 along with him to his Houle, where he Feafted Us in the belt manner he could , 

 giving us over and above Barly for our Hories ; and for us he kilPd a Lamb and fome 

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

 oblig'd to crofs to wait upon the Governour for our Pafiports , for which we paid two 

 Piafters apiece. We ftaid at a Houle near the Gate of the City to buy Provifions 

 for our felves and our Horfes \ where the woman of the Houle having a lovely - 

 fprightly Child of nine years of age, I was lb taken with her humour, that I gave 

 her two Handkerchiefs of Painted Calicut, which the Child (hewing her Mother 7 

 all we could do could not make her take any Money for the Prôvifions 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 Als, the hinder 

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

 Compliments that pafs'd , Is it pojfible , laid he , that I fhould meet a Stranger , and 

 have nothing to pre fent him wit hall ? He would fain have carry'd us to a Houle in the 

 Country whether he was going - but feeing we were refolv'd to keep our way , he 

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

 and though I told him that I never took any Tobacco", fo that I was conftrain' i d 

 to accept of it. 



About three Leagues from Anna , we were going to eat among 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 Bafhaoï Aleppo, to which purpofe he had order to 

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

 day we faw the Emir going to the Mofijuee , mounted upon a ftately Horfe , and 

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

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

 Houfes, we faluted him as he pafs'd by. • Seeing our Guide , and threatning to rip 

 up his Belly Te 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 Govérnours Houle 

 'till I return from the Mofyuêe. Returning from the Mofqiie'e , and being feated 

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

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

 pleaded his excufe, and appe?t'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 fee 

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

 pieces of Calicut exquifitely painted, for two Coverlets of a Bed^ two pieces of 

 Handkerchief of Calicut:, two Perfian Standifhes beautify'd with Japon Varnifh ^ 

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

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

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

 him, the French Confd at Aleppo fentene'd him to pay me half the charges of what 

 I gave the Emir. 



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

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



before , 



