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lent him Word, that if he came with more 

 than two followers, we would not admit him : 

 lb he came with 2 Servants only j and in con- 

 clufion, we made him up in Money and 



«pods to the Value of t 500 Dollars. He va^ 

 ing our Things as we pteafed^ his Defiga 

 being not fo much to compleat* ttie Sum, as 

 to take from us all we had. After this^ a- 

 bout Sun Set, he returned us our two Friends^ 

 When the Sheck. of the Town invited us to 

 Lodge within the Town ^ which we found after- 

 tvards was with a defign to have forced fome- 

 thing from us : But we giving him to under- 

 ftand that the fimir had taken all already^ 

 and had left us only bur Arms and the 

 Cloaths on our Backs ; which if they would 

 have, they mufl; JFight for : That Refolutioa 

 daunted them, and away they went, pro^ 

 toiifing us Barley for our Horfes in the Morn- 

 ing. We kept good watch in the Kight, 

 and when Day broke, we began to confider 

 how to clear our felves we expecled the 

 Barly till Nine in the Morning, when it 

 came, and the Emir himfelf came and give 

 us the good Morrow : We feared leaft they 

 ihouid pretend to flop fome of us in the 

 Gate-way, fb we placed fix of our Company 

 to fecure the Palfage, 'till all the reft were 

 got out, under pretence of taking ^n ln-» 

 fcription that was over the Gate* Being all 

 got clear, we returned by the fame way W^ 

 came and arrived at Aleffo July 2$^. in the 

 Morning. This Melkam told us, That if 

 V/e had not fubmitted our felves to his De- 

 tnands, he was i-^efolved to Fight us after this 

 Methods Loading 50 C^els with Bag-gs of 



