Right and Title, and gave the PofTcffion of tangter to 
the Crown of Englandy by the Canons Regulars, btIo ;g- 
ing to It, which is very ftately, and adorned with rich 
Images, and fupported by Marble Pillars. Toward one 
end of the Englijh Church, jjft by the Veftiary, which 
had been formerly a turkijh Mofch , and afterward the 
Chappel of a Convent of DominkanSy is a Monumental 
Stone-Table in Arabick Characters, containing an ac- 
count of the Houfes, Lands, and other Revenues belong- 
ing to it, fee up in the 743 year of the Hegira , that is, 
oj- Chrift 1 3 41. The Mole is in good torwardnefs , 
ihey having gained above xoo yards m the Sea, in or- 
der to the making of a good and fafe Harbour for Ships 
to ride in. which lye open to Wind and Waves ; the out- 
ward fide ro the Sea-ward fomewhat floping. The Gar- 
rifonis in Pogood a pofture of Defence, that they defie 
Taffiletta and all his Forces. Here we met with great 
Civilities from Colonel Norwood Deputy-Gouernour , 
and the Gentlemen belonging to theGarrifon. Sir Har- 
ry Mtldmay and Mr. Goodiand^ tu o of King Charles the 
Firft nis Judges, are hex ; but who have the Liberty of 
the Town. Now, at our being here, come in feveral 
Moors from Arzilla, and among the reft, the Father of 
one of Gay land's Wives, to get a PafTagefor ^/gwj. 
Old Tangier lyes at fome little diftance,where they fnd 
very frequently in diggmg feveral pieces 01 Roman Coin. 
But for the above-mentioned, and the other Curiofities 
and Antiquities of Tangier, ot which I forbear to make 
mention, from the imperfed and hafty Obfervaticns of 
two days, the greateft part of which being taken up by 
the Eiitercainment of our obliging Countr) -men^you may 
confult with great pleafure and iatisfadtion, a little Book 
called The prefent State of Tangier, written by a very in- 
genous Gentleman, and printed in the Year 1676, 
