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not all Lances. But on Receipt of this Letter, and the 
Servants telling us, that they would certainly be cut off, 
if we endeavoured their Refcue, we begun to exam in 
what Moneys we had, Cloaths and other Trad^, and 
found we could not near make up that Summ. In this 
Confufion came two Arah to receive the things, and 
immediately word was brought that the Emir would 
come and Vifit us ; we fent him word, that if he came 
with more than two followers, we would not admit him : 
fo he came with two Servants only ; and in conclufion, 
we made him up in Money and Goods to the Value 
of 1 500 Dollars. He valuing our Things as we plea- 
fed ; his Defign being not fo much to compleat the Sum, 
as to take from us all we had. After this, about Sun 
Set, he returned us our two Friends, when tht S heck 
of the Town invited us to Lodge within the Town ; 
which we found afterwards was with a defign to hive 
forced fomething from us : but we giving him to under- 
iland that the Emir had taken all already, and had left 
us only our Arms and the Cloathes on our Backs,- which 
if they would have, they muft Fight for: that Refo- 
lution daunted them, and away they went, promifing us 
Barley for our Horfes in the Morning. We kept good 
watch in the Night, and when Day broke, we began 
to confider how to clear our felves ; we expeded the 
Barley till Nine in the Morning, when it came, and 
the Emir himfelf came and gave us the good Morrow : 
We feared leaft they Ihould pretend to (top feme of us 
in the Gate- way, fo we placed fix of our Company 
to fecure' the Paflage, till all the reft were got out,, 
under pretence of taking an Lnfcription that was 
over the Gate. Being all got clear , we returned 
by the fame way we came and arrived at A/eppo 
fuly 251, in the Morning. This Melkam told us, that 
if we had not fubmitted our felves to his Demands, he 
was refclved to Fight us, after this Method : Loading. 
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