he length of the court was a gallerie arched ouer, and
borne vp with stone pillars, much like the Roiall Exchange, where stood
most of his guard in rankes from the one end to the other in costly aray,
with round head pieces on their heads of mettall and gilt ouer, with a
great plume of fethers somewhat like a long brush standing vp before. On
the left hand stood the Cappagies or porters, and the Chauses. All these
courtiers being about the number of 2000. (as I might well gesse) most of
them apparelled in cloth of gold, siluer, veluet, sattin and scarlet, did
together with bowing their bodies, laying their hands vpon their brests in
curteous maner of salutation, entertain the Ambassador: who likewise
passing between them, and turning himself sometime to the right hand and
sometime to the left, answered them with the like. [Sidenote: The
ambassador receiued by the Vizir with all kindnesse.] As he thus passed
along, certaine Chauses conducted him to the Douan, which is the seat of
Iustice, where certaine dayes of the weeke the grand Vizir, with the other
Vizirs, the Cadi-lesker or lord chiefe Iustice, and the Mufti or high
priest do sit to determine vpon such causes as be brought before them,
which place is vpon the left side of this great court, whither the
ambassador with his gentlemen came, where hee found the Vizir thus
accompanied as aforesayd, who with great shew of kindnes receiued him: and
after receit of her maiesties letters, and conference had of the Present,
of her maiesties health, of the state of England, and such other matters as
concerned our peaceable traffique in those parts: [Sidenote: Diner brought
in.] dinner being prepared was by many of the Courtiers brought into
another inner roome next adioining, which consisted of an hundred dishes or
therabouts, most boiled and rosted, where the ambassador accompanied with
the Vizirs went to dinner, his gentlemen likewise with the rest of his men
hauing a dinner with the like varietie prepared vpon the same side of the
court, by themselues sate downe to their meat, 40 or 50 Chauses standing at
the vpper end attending vpon the gentlemen to see them serued in good
order; their drinke was water mingled with rose water and sugar brought in
a Luthro (that is a goates skinne) which a man carieth at his backe, and
vnder his arme letteth it run out at a spout into cups as men will call for
it. [Sidenote: Diner taken away] The dinner thus with good order brought
in, and for