others,
giving me to understand how much the King rejoyced of my safe
arrivall, coming from the Queens Ma'tie; and how that for my safe
conduct to the court he had sent four captaines, and an hundred
souldiers well appointed, with a horse furnished, which he used
himself to ride on, with all other furniture accordingly; they
wished me also to come on land in the best order I could, as well
for my self as my men, which I did, having to the number of ten
men, whereof three were trumpeters. The ships being four, appointed
themselves in the best order they could, for the best shew, and
shott off all theire ordinance to the value of twenty marks in
powder. At my coming, ashoare, I found all the souldiers well
appointed on horseback, the captaines and the Govern'r of the towne
standing as neer the water side as they could, with a jennet of the
Kings, and rec'd me from the boate, declaring how glad his Ma'tie
was of my safe arrivall, coming from the Queens Ma'tie my
496 Mistresse, and that he had sent them to attend upon me, it being
his pleasure that I should tarrie there on shoare five or six dayes
for my refreshing; so being mounted upon the jennet, they conducted
me through the towne into a faire fielde upon the sea side, where
there was a tent provided for me, and all the ground spread with
Turkie carpets, and the castle discharged a peale of ordinance, and
all things necessarie were brought into my tent, where I both tooke
my table and lodging, and had other convenient tents for my
servants. The souldiers inviron'd the tents, and watched about us
day and night as long as I lay there, altho' I sought my speedier
dispatch. On the Wednesday towards night, I tooke my horse, and
travelled ten miles to the first place of water that wee could
finde, and there pitched our tents 'till the next morning, and so
traveled till ten of the clock, and then pitched our tents 'till
four, and so traveled as long as day light would suffer, about
twenty-six miles that day. The next day being Fryday, I traveled in
like order but eight and twenty miles at the most; and by a
[293]river, being about six miles within sight of the Citty of
Morocco, wee pitched bur tents. Imediately after came all our
English Merchants, and the French, on horseback, to meete me; and
before ni