When The King Came Near,
Several Noblemen Were Admitted, Together With The Persian Ambassador;
All Of Us Making A Kind Of Lane, The Ambassador Being On One Side, And I
On The Other.
As the king came in, he cast his eye on me, whereupon I
made him a reverence, to which he answered by bowing and laying his hand
on his breast.
Turning to the other side, he nodded to the Persian. I
followed close at his heels till he ascended the throne, every one
calling out, joy, health, and good fortune. The king then called for
water, with which he washed his hands, and then retired into an interior
tent, to join his women, who had entered by another gate to their own
quarters; there being about thirty divisions with tents within the royal
inclosure. His son I saw not. All the noblemen now retired to their
quarters, which were all very handsome, some having their tents green,
others white, and others again of mixed colours, all handsome in form
and arrangement, and all as orderly inclosed as their houses in the
city, so that the whole composed the most curious and magnificent sight
I had ever beheld. The whole vale seemed like a magnificent city, no
mean tents or baggage being allowed to mix among these splendid
pavilions. I was utterly unprovided with carriages or tent, and ashamed
of my situation, for indeed five years of my allowances would not have
enabled me to take the field any thing like the others; every one having
a double set of pavilions, one of which goes before to the next station,
where it is set up a day before the king removes.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 511 of 910
Words from 138700 to 138982
of 247546
