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84 Travels- into thehEw a-nt. Part 
CHAP. LVL 
The Arrival and Audience of an Arnbajfadour ' 
^ ^ from the Mogul 
An Ambaffa- ' | ^Here came to Conflamimfle in the Month of May^ an AmbafTadour from 
dour from the the Mogitl-, who had been two and twenty Months by the way, and came 
Mogul. by the Red-Sea^ which much retarded him, becaufe of contrary Winds ; and 
be]ldes he had flayed three or four Months at Mecha, and ftop'd alfoat feveral 
other places: he brought not fourfcore Men with him to Conftai^timfe^z great 
many of thefe being Sick too, and moft part Naked, having no more but 
a Rag to cover their Nakednefs. There was no great Ceremony at his entry 
into Conflamimfle. On the fifteenth of May.y he had a private Audi- 
ence of the Grand Signior^ at the Kieusk^ upon the Port by the Sea-fide. I 
was told, that at this Audience he made a very confiderable Prefent to the 
A Prefent Grand Signior^ to wit, a Girdle, all of Diamonds, aChaplct of the fame, and 
made by the a Cangiur or Dagger, whofe Pommel was a Diamond weighing eight Chcqmns 
^ffa"oiif Tt ^'^ hundred Grains, which was valued at five hundred Purfcs^ or two hun- 
his firft^udi- ^^^^ ^"^^ ^ït'j ^ thoufand Piaf res ; feveral added more, a Bo.x full of Diamonds 
ence. vvell Sealed, with a Writing upon it, bearing that it fhould not be opened 
Can^iar. but by the Gnend Sigmor j but there was no certainty of this ^ however, that 
Prefent was valued at fix hundred thoufand P«^?/?m. The Grand Stgnior pre- 
fented him with a if/^^^ or furred Veil. Tucfday the fixteenth of A^ay was 
pitched upon for his publick Audience, and I had a great defire to fee his entry 
into the Serrraglio and Prefent, but was told that I could not have Accefs, 
becaufe Franks, were never fuffered to come in, but when Ambafladours 
made their entry ; and at the entry of any other AmbafFadours no Franks were 
admitted: However I refolved to try my Fortune, and for that end went be- 
times in the Morning with a Janinary and Spahi to the Serraglio: I was in 
company of a French Gentleman, called Monfieur A fefe^mn, who hath fince been 
fent to Conftaminople by the King of Poland in quality of Internmcio,he having 
for feveral Years lived at the Court of Poland: when we were come near the 
Serraglio^ we faw a grea t Guard of C^p/^?^-^' freely beftowed Blows on 
all hands, as v^dl on Chriftians as Turks that came in their way, and fuf- 
fered none to enter, buta few whom they durfl not refufe.- having ftopM 
there a little, our Janiz^ary told us that we had bell return again, for that cer- 
tainly we could not get in -, and my Spahi told me as much j neverthelefs, this 
French Gentleman having fpoken inTurkilli to one of the Capidgis^ met with no 
rude ufage, only he told us that he could not let us in, which gave us feme hopes 
that for all that we might enter. I began alfo to fpeak Turkifii to the fame 
Capidgi^^ud though I could hardly pronounce two right v>'ords, yet I hammered 
out that I was a Stranger, and that! had a great defire to fee the Ceremony ; 
jieilill told me that I fnould not enter-, and fometimes being troubled with 
my importunity, feil into fome PaiTion, but feeing he offered not to ftrike 
me, I Perfifted, and holding my peace when I faw him vexed, I Juft did as a 
bafhful Beggar does when he beggs an Alms ; and when he bid me ftay till 
the Ambaitadour came and that 1 fhould come in with him, I made anfwer, 
that I was afraid of being abufed by the Croud, as being a Chriflian and a 
Frank: at length having itunned him with my Gibberilh language, which was 
almofl wholly made up of thefe words, ylllat feverfen^ which is -to fay, for 
God's fake; he fent one of his coraerades to his Colonel, who was under the 
Perch, to ask his leave to let us in, which the Colonel eafily granted -, fo that 
we entered, and om Spain being at fome diftance from us could not get in: 
we were very glad that we were got into the firft: Court, but durft not offer 
to prefent ourfelves at the Gate of the fécond, for fear of harfh ufage, and 
of being punifhed for our faucinefs, and therefore chofe rather to wait for 
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