The Royal Secretaries
Endeavoured To Persuade Me That I Ought To Make The King A Present Of Any
Article That Might Strike His Fancy Among My Small Baggage; But I Got Off
Without Making Any Present, Except Compliments, And Requesting Him To
Appoint Some One To Conduct Me Through His Dominions.
This he was pleased
to promise, as likewise to give me a free passport, without paying any
duties, as I carried no merchandize.
Accordingly, I took my leave of the
king on the 14th of July, returning to the tree I formerly mentioned as my
lodging, where the secretary brought me the promised passport and a guide.
I then returned to my people at the village where they were kept in my
absence, and was received with much joy, as the priest had represented the
king as the cruellest tyrant in the world. My people could not contain
themselves for excess of joy at my safe return, and even the miserable
priest was so touched at the scene, that he provided us with something to
eat, and we slept there that night as well as we could.
Next day, being the 15th of July, we provided ourselves with some bread
and wine, to comfort ourselves on the way, and resumed our journey through
thick forests and terrible mountains, which continued for two days. In the
evening of the 16th, we stopt near a spring, where we remained during the
night in the open air, being obliged to light a fire on account of the
coldness of the weather, though in the middle of summer.
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