You may remember, I told you before, that, when _La Vigne_ did accuse me to the _Bashaw_, at the same time he forgot not _Ebrahim_, but told them, that he discovered all the secret Counsels of the _Turks_ to me. This _Ebrahim_ was the chief _Druggerman_, (_i. e._ Interpreter of _Solyman_) a _Polander_, and therefore more hated by _La Vigne_, because, in a deadly Feud with _Codognatus_, a former Ambassador of the same King, he seem’d to take _Codognatus_ his part. I shall not trouble you with the Contest betwixt them, it being little to my purpose: This is certain, that _La Vigne_ was mindful of the Affront, and could never endure _Ebrahim_; but when he had Access to the _Bashaw_, every third Word was against him; neither did he desist from complaining, till _Ebrahim_ was remov’d out of his Place. For my part, I was not much concern’d at _Ebrahim_’s Disgrace; I had never such an extraordinary kindness for him, as to lament his Loss, for I found him many times thwarting my Affairs; only it troubled me, that ’twas noised abroad, he lost his Place for my sake. Hereupon, I assisted him in his Privacy what I could; for I knew it troubled him, to be turned out of his Office, and therefore I us’d him as an Interpreter or Messenger, betwixt me and the _Bashaws_ in my Transactions about the Peace. And _Haly_ admitted him, out of Respect to me, and because he was degraded without any just Cause. In short, I never rested till I got him restored to his Place; and that piece of Service did so oblige him, that in Gratitude he returned me all the good Offices he could, in all Company, and upon all Occasions: And he had the greater Opportunity so to do, because of the Offence the _Turks_ had taken at the _French_, for making Peace with the _Spaniard_. On this Account, when the Noble _Salviatus_ was sent by the _Most Christian King_, to procure _de Sande_’s Liberty, he was wholly and absolutely refused. _De Sande_ was in great Expectation of that Embassy, believing he should never be released, if that Negotiation did not effect it; and, therefore, he was at a great Expence in Presents for the _Grand Seignior_, and other great Men upon his Release. All which signified nothing, for _Salviatus_ went away without doing any thing. When he was gone, the Servants and Solicitors of _de Sande_ came to me in a great Fright; and told me, they durst not acquaint their Master with the unsuccessful News of _Salviatus_’s Intercession for his Liberty; for all his Hopes depending thereon, they were afraid the Transaction would either make him desperate, or bring some fatal Disease upon him; and, therefore, they desired me to acquaint him first by Writing. I refused, alledging, That I had not _Common Places_ enough to draw Comfort from, for a Man in so deep Distress. For _de Sande_ was a Man of a great Spirit, full of Hope, and without any Fear; and Men of such Dispositions, hope for every Thing they desire; and if they meet with any