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the Moors who were in rebellion against the em- 
peror. During his residence in Glimi, having 
better diet and clothes, he recovered his strength, 
which had been exhausted in the desert ; and re- 
lates, that when he asked victuals from the women, 
he never was refused. The French merchants at 
Mogadore, having been informed of the distress 
of their countrymen, with the English merchants 
resident in that place, employed an Arab to pur- 
chase the liberty of as many as could be found. 
Six were accordingly redeemed ; but, upon their 
arrival at Mogadore, they found themselves ex- 
posed to the childish petulance of a barbarian 
prince. As the Emperor of Marocco, only two 
months before, had given the most positive orders 
to his governors of provinces, in the vicinity of the 
desert, to use every method of extricating them 
from the wandering Arabs, he was extremely cha- 
grined, that, in his own dominions, Christians had 
been able to accomplish what he had found im- 
possible to effect. He therefore threatened to 
burn the first person alive, who from that time 
should dare to interfere in the redemption of a 
captive of any nation ^ and, repaying the money 
which had been advanced, obliged the merchants 
to resign M. Saugnier and his companions, and 
caused them to be conducted to Marocco. Upon 
their arrival they were treated with unexpected 
kindness by the emperor, who immediately grant- 
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