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it, he was Mafter of a paHTage, by which he would (end fifty thoufand men 
TheMufco- that (hould put all Mufco'vy to fire and fword. Thefe M</cowm left be- 
vites are na- hind them in Verfia fùch a reputation of filthinefs and naftinefs in their 
"y- feeding, that a Verjîan Lord told the Reverend Father Raphael a Capttan^ 
that the Mafcovites were among the Europeans^ what the Tartars were a- 
mongft them. 
The Civilleft of thefè two Ambafladours died at Iffahan, and the 
_ other being ready ço depart, would needs leave in that Countrey a 
^''^^^^^ of memorial of his Avarice: Seeing it is the Cuftom of the King of Verjia 
LLx to defray the Charges of all Ambafladours, from the time they enter his 
Territories, they give them daily a certain allowance of Bread, Meat, 
Butter, Candle, and of all Neceflaries, nay and of Money too : This Am- 
balTadour who was not ignorant of the proportion that was appointed 
him, and who found fome fault with the diftribution of it, prefented a 
complaint to the King againft the Meimandar, who is the Officer that 
takes care of Ambaffadours, wherein he declared that this Minifter had 
not faithfully delivered him his allowance, and fpecified in his Memorial, 
day by day, how many C^sheghis or Schais he had received left than the 
Summ which the King had ordered him. This the Perjhns lookt upon 
to be infamoufly bale, as well as the fordid and nafty way that the Am- 
bafladour and all his train lived in ; for fo great was his Coveteoufnefs, 
that moft commonly he fed his Domefticks with bread fteeped in water 
inftead of Pottage, which being the beft of their Diet, he almoft ftarved 
them. 
CHAp. 
