Before I left _Constantinople_, I sent one _Albacarus_, a _Spanish Physician_, into _Lemnos_, on the sixth Day of _August_, to be present at the digging out that famous Earth, desiring him to write me the Certainty of its Place, Origin, manner of Extracting and Use; which I know he will do, if he is not hindered. I had a Mind to go thither my self to be an Eye-witness of it; but, the _Turks_ not giving me leave, I deputed him in my Stead. I have brought back also abundance of old Coins, the chief of which I shall present my Master with. Besides, I have whole Waggon-loads, if not Ship-loads, of _Greek Manuscripts_, and about 240 Books, which I sent by Sea to _Venice_, from thence to be carried to _Vienna_: I design them for _Cæsar_’s Library; there are many of them common, but some choice; I rummaged every Corner to procure such Kind of Merchandize, as my last gleaning. I left one very old Manuscript behind me at _Constantinople_, all very well written in large Characters; it was _Diascorides_, with the Figures of Plants, wherein there were some few Things of _Crativa_, and the Book of Birds; ’tis in the Possession of a _Jew_, the Son of _Hammon_, who in his Life-time was _Solyman_’s Physician: I desir’d to buy it, but the Price frightned me; he rated it at 100 Ducats, a Price fit for _Cæsar_’s Purse, not mine. However, I will not cease to press _Cæsar_ to redeem so famous an Author from that Bondage: ’tis very much injur’d by Time, and so eaten with Worms on the out-side, that a Man would hardly take it up, if it lay in the Streets. But to conclude, you may expect me in a very short Time. I shall reserve what remains, till we meet: In the mean Time, do you take Care to provide some good and learned Men, by whose Conversation I may drive away the dull Thoughts remaining in my Mind, from my long Aboad among the _Turks_. Farewell! _FINIS._