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cumftahces of the Place, was very fplendid, though it 
was nothing but Pilaw at laft, a little diver fify'd by the 
dreffing ; and, to fpeak truly, I judge we could not 
have lefs than a Buftiel of Rice fet before us. His Palace^ 
indeed was not very ftately, there being few Cottages 
in England but might vye with it. To the Room wherein 
we were entertained, which, doubtlefs, was the beft, ijf 
not the only one he had, we were forced to clamber^ 
rather than afcend, by broken Steps made of Stone and 
Dirt. When we were got in, and commodioufly feated 
after the Turkifti mode, it feemed large enough for about 
a dozen or fourteen People : At the upper end was a 
little fpace ftparated from the reft by a ridge made up 
of Earth, within which, I fuppofe, he flept. The Walls 
were mean ; but the Roof much worfe, having no other 
Covering but Faggots ; fo that certainly it could not be 
Proof againft a Shower of Rain which fell that night, 
and forced us out of our Tents, into an old ruinous Cane^ 
for iheiter : However, it ferved v/ell enough for our Af- 
ternoon s Collation,- and we had come away with a 
good Opinion of the Gentleman's Civility, had he not 
afterwards endeavoured to make a Pretence upon us, and 
fo would have forced us to pay dear for our Rice : He 
pretended to a cuftomary Duty of a Chequeen a Head 
of all Franks that paft that Road though probably nei- 
ther he, nor his Grandfather before him, had ever feen 
a Frank there before. But when he underilood by our 
Guide, that we were not fo eafily to be im poled upon ^ 
and withal,that we were JJfyne's FriendSjand in our way 
to his Tents and efpecially our Treafurer a Perfon he 
very much efteemed, who therefore would be fure to 
acquaint him with any ExacStion or Injury ofFer'd us, his 
M :ath was quickly ftopt, and he grew fo fenfible of his 
Error, ^hat he fent to excufe it, and prefented our Trea- 
furer with a Fan of Black Oftrich Feathers ; and not 
only fo, but in the morning came himftlf^ and begging 
Pardon.> 
