assented to. Thus an End was put to a long and tedious Business. ’Tis a Custom, that when Ambassadors depart from _Constantinople_ upon fair Terms, the _Bashaws_ do entertain them with a Feast in the _Divan_; but I was willing to wave that Badge of Esteem, because I would have all left in suspence, and referred to the good Will and Pleasure of my Master. I had a mind before my Departure, to buy some gallant Horses, and therefore, ordered my Servants to go often to the Markets, to see if they could find any such. _Haly_ being informed thereof, sent one of the best of his own Horses to the Fair to be sold; my Servants had their Eye presently on him, and asking the Price, they told them 120 Ducats; they offered 80, not knowing whose it was; but that was refused. A Day or two after, the same Horse, with two more quite as good, were sent me by _Haly_, for a Present; one was an _Arabian_ ambling Nag, exceedingly well shaped. When I gave him Thanks for my noble Present, he asked me, whether I did not think that Horse which my Servant’s offered 80 Ducats for, was worth more? Yes, a good deal more, said I; but my Orders were, that they should not exceed that Price, for fear of losing too much, in case of any hidden Defect afterwards shew that I had bought Horses too dear. He advised me also, how to manage their _Turkish_ Horses; as that I should give them but little Meat; that I should make but short Journeys at first, till they were us’d to the Roads; and that I should make nine or ten Days Journey to _Adrianople_, which used to be performed in five: He gave me also a curious Veil wrought with gold, and a Box full of _Alexandrian_ Treacle, the best in the World; and a Glass full of Balsam, which last he highly prized, complimenting me thus: _Any other Present_, said he, _are such as Money can procure; but this is a rare Gift, that my Master cannot send a choicer to the best Friend or Ally he hath. I got it_, said he, _when I was Governor of ~Egypt~, which Place I held some Years: There are two sorts of that juicy Substance; one which is drawn from the Oil of the decocted Leaves of the Shrub on which they grow, which is black and not much worth; the other distils from the Bark of the Tree when it is cut, which is yellow and genuine; and mine was of that sort._ He desired likewise, that I would send him some Presents, as a Coat of Mail fitted to his large and full Body, and a strong Horse that was sure-footed (for he was so big and pursy, that no Horse could be easily found, fit to carry him) and with all kind of varnishing Matter coming from the _Maple_, or any other Tree, wherewith our Artists use to inlay their Tables. As for _Solyman_, he gave me no Gifts but common ones, such as other Ambassadors have had at their Departure, and such as I received from him formerly at my Audience of Leave; only he inveighed against the _Heydukes_, and the Insolency of the Garrison of _Syeth_: To