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A07788	The arrivall and intertainements of the embassador, Alkaid Jaurar Ben Abdella, with his associate, Mr. Robert Blake From the High and Mighty Prince, Mulley Mahamed Sheque, Emperor of Morocco, King of Fesse, and Suss. With the ambassadors good and applauded commendations of his royall and noble entertainments in the court and the city. Also a discription of some rites, customes, and lawes of those Affrican nations. Likewise Gods exceeding mercy, and our Kings especiall grace and favour manifested in the happy redemption of three hundred and two of his Majesties poore subjects, who had beene long in miserable slavery at Salley in Barbary.	Glover, George, b. ca. 1618, engraver.	1637 (1637)	STC 18165; ESTC S112908	9,637	29

Health that on the said fore-named Sunday his Maiesty was graciously pleased to give them Audience at his Palace or Mannour of White-Hall and to that intent these preparations following were ordered for the Accommodation of so Royall and Honourable a Designe The Orders that were observed upon Sunday the 5. of November 1637. by such Honourable and Worshipfull persons and others that were appointed to conduct the Embassadors to their Audience FIrst the Right Honourable the Earle of Shrewsbury was in the Privy Chamber at White-Hall at one of the Clocke in the After-noone and twelve Gentlemen of his Maiesties Privie Chamber were there at the same Houre and according as it was commanded it was accomplished Secondly the EarIes Coach with as many other as was held to be fitting waited and were ready at the Court-gate to carry his Lordship and the Gentlemen privately to the Embassadors Lodging or House in Wood-streete Thirdly the Foure Horses which were sent as Presents from the Emperour of Morocco to the King of Great Brittaine did stand ready at the Embassadors House at the Houre afore-said and all the Horses of those that came from the Court for the same Service were ready at the sayd House the same houre Fourthly a good Guard of Officers and other men with Halbards Bills and lavelins were at Wood-streete end in Cheap-side and the like was in Wood-streete below the Embassadors House to keepe the passage cleare from the presse of people now it follows that I relate somewhat of the greatnesse of the Emperour of Morocco that sent tham and some Causes why they were sent with some iust and true Remembrances of the good services that Mr. Robert Blake Associate with the Alkaid hath done for his captive and distressed Countrey-men our Kings Subiects English Scottish Irish and of the Isles of Garnsey and Jarsey and of other places of his Maiesties Dominions besides his goodnesse in relieving and helping of many Christians of sundry Nations both with his Word and Purse when they were in miserable thraldome and slavery hee never ceased to doe his best to comfort them This Mighty and Potent Prince Mulley Mahamed Sheque is Emperor of Morocco King of Fez or Fesse or Sus or Susa with many other Dominions of large extent some part of his Territories butting Northward upon the Mid-land or Mediterranean Sea over against part of Spaine and some large bounds of hundreds of Leagues South and VVest upon the Atlantick Ocean as also his Empire extends it selfe many hundred Miles upland Southward into Affrica The Citty of Morocco which is the Metropolis of his Empire as Atlas relates in his History of Affrica hath beene one of the greatest Citties in the world being once of that huge circuite that it had 100000. houses within it most strong and defencibly walled with 24 Gates to issue divers wayes out and in at but within these 100. yeeres past what with forraigne Warres and domesticall seditions the Citty is much ruined and abated of its ancient greatnesse yet by the Maiestick Valour and Prudency of this Emperor it begins to re-flourish and may re-assume the former Magnitude which once it had The Kingdomes of Fesse and Sus are vaste in extention and rich in divers Commodities as Chamelots Grograines and many other Stuffes made of the haire of Cammels and other Beasts besides the best Gold is found there in plenty with Oyles Sugars and many other sorts of Merchandize for which our Barbary Merchants doe traffique into those parts with our Iron Tinne Lead and other commodities which are vendible there As concerning any further Description of those Countries I am no Geographer and whosoever will know more of them let them looke in Pliny his Naturall History or in Mr. Purchase his Pilgrimage or in Atlas a compendious Worke well Translated lately or in Lithgows Travailes and there they may have more ample and satisfactory Relations there shall they finde that in these Dominions of Mauritania the great Battell of Alcazer was fought in the yeare of our Lord 1578. on the fourth Day of August when Don Sebastian King of Portugall came into Barbary with a great Army in a wrong quarrell to ayde an usurping Rebell against the true Heire to the Empire of Morocco for the which Ayde the Rebell had promised to Sebastian to give him the Kingdome of Fesse But in that fatall Battell King Sebastian seeking after the shadow lost the substance and instead of obtaining Fesse he was slaine that Day and there lost both his Life and Kingdome of Portugall by which meanes the King of Spaine got it and holds it and in the same Fight was slaine the lawfull King of Fesse and the Vsurper with our Country-man Thomas Stukeley to whom the Pope had largely promised the Kingdome of Ireland so that 3. Kings fell in that one Battell This Emperor now Reigning is the Sonne of Xeriffe Mulley Cidan deceased who was a valiant and victorious Prince and his Grandfather was Xeriffe Mulley Hamet a Prince that held good League and Amity with Queene Elizabeth of blessed and most famous memory and this Emperor as soone as he came to the Crowne he most lovingly desired the Friendship and Royall Amity of our Gracious King Charles He is a white man of a goodly proportion and a Maiesticall Aspect he is not above 18. yeeres of age and yet of such surpassing strength that he hath taken a new Horse-shooe and with both his hands hath writhed and inforced through extremity and want to retire the Army without any designe accomplished And indeed it prooved no otherwise but still Laishi held Friendship with our Generall and made many shot out of the Towne of old Sally into new Sally so that they were sore distrest in the Towne with Famine and the battering of our great Ordnance from our Ships by Sea which did sink and teare their Shipping and beate their houses about their eares as also Laishi beate upon them on the Land-side that by Sea and Land they had lost so many men that they began to talke of yeelding The Emperor hearing of the perfidious dealing of Laishi towards him for Laishi still stands out and holds Old Sally from the Emperor he sent his Alkaid and Mr. Robert Blake his Associate in Commission with him to command them of New Sally to surrender to him the Towne and deliver the Captives that were the King of Great Brittaines Subiects But before the Alkaid and Mr. Blake came the Towne being unable to hold out longer against the force of our English Ships that they were in a manner neere yeelded before the Embassadour came thither so that under God our Ships were the meanes to reduce Sally to the obedience of the Emperor the right Lord and owner thereof and also to redeeme all the poore Captives that were there Christians So on the 28. day of July the Alkaid with Master Blake went into the Towne and in the Emperors name did place there their old Governour and all the Captives were sent a

The true Effigies of y e Alkaid or Lord Jaurar Ben Abdella Embassador from y e high and mighty Mully Mahamed Shegue Emperourr of Morocco King of Fess and Suss etc. G Glouer fe THE Arrivall and Intertainements of the Embassador Alkaid Jaurar Ben Abdella with his Associate Mr. Robert Blake From the High and Mighty Prince Mulley Mahamed Sheque Emperor of Morocco King of Fesse and Suss With the Ambassadors good and applauded commendations of his royall and noble entertainments in the Court and the City Also a Discription of some Rites Customes and Lawes of those Affrican Nations Likewise Gods exceeding Mercy and our Kings especiall grace and favour manifested in the happy Redemption of three hundred and two of his Majesties poore subjects who had beene long in miserable slavery at Salley in Barbary LONDON Printed by I. Okes dwelling in little Saint Bartholmewes 1637. with the commodities of another For though every Countrey doth not yeeld every commodity yet by the meanes of Merchandize and transportation almost every Countrey in particular enioyes the fruition of all things needfull in generall Thirdly it conserves and makes peace love and amity with Princes and Potentates though they are far remote from each other in Religions Realmes Regions and Territories yet they are conioyned in leagues and friendship together and by the meanes of Negotiation may and doe send Letters Ambassadors Messuages and rich gifts Magnificent presents Aides of Armies and Navies by Land and Sea for the expression of their greatnesse and supportation of peace and unity one with another Fourthly it is the strength of Kings Kingdomes in the encrease of Shipping and Marriners whereby either in peace or warre they are furnished upon all occasions And what thing is there more in the World so great or so to be esteemed whereunto love will not stirre and animate the mindes of mortall men Lastly it acquaints each Nation with the Language Manners Behaviour Customes and carriage of one another so that by these meanes men are made capable of understanding and knowledge and therefore preferre knowledge before wealth and riches for the one soone fadeth the other abideth for ever for amongst all Naturall and Terrestriall things onely wisedome is immortalll and for that maine reason knowledge and understanding ought to bee imbraced before ignorance and especially for that in all other things which are odious yet there is some profit to bee found but ignorance onely is ever noysome and hurtfull to the ignorant and doth make them bare the paine of those offences which they commit by their imbecillity and want of knowledge Therefore study for knowledge whilst thou hast time and leisure to learne and be diligent to give care to those that are wise and learned for by this meanes thou shalt easily obtaine understanding and knowledge of that which others have invented with great labour and difficulty But to the matter in hand concerning this Alkaid or Lord Ambassador for the word Alkaid is Lord in the language of the Morocco the Larbies or Barbarie I onely meane to relate his arivall in England his abode and entertainment with his comming up from Gravesend to London the manner of his receiving into the City and how he was conducted to his house his manner of riding to the Court at White-Hall where he had royall entertainment and audience his magnificent and rich Presents his returne from the Court his estate and condition and lastly a short description of the Emperor of Morocco and his Empire with his Kingdome of Fez or Fesse and his Kingdome of Sus and other his Dominions with something of old and new Salla or Sallie with the late proceedings there The Ambassador is by birth a Portugall a Gentleman borne in a Towne called Mondego who was taken Captive in his Child-hood at the age of almost eight yeares he was as the misery and fortune of Captives is bought and sold and by command as the manner of those barbarous Nations is hee distesticled or Eunuch'd and as he grew in yeares hee by his acceptable services was daily more and more in favour with the Emperor of Morocco insomuch that his Maiesty was pleased to take him into his especiall grace making him his chiefest favorite and trusty councellor of State dignifi'd him with the high stile or title of Alkaid or Lord than which there is not a degree higher under the Emperor endowed with Lands and revenewes fit and correspondent for so eminent a calling gave him the two most honourable places of Lord great Chamberlaine and Lord Privy Seale and to his prudent care and honourable mature wisedome was committed the maine charge and management of the most important affaires of his whole Empire and in suffering him to make Lawes and Edicts And he which is in an Office or place of command and maketh Lawes for other men ought appointment Sir John Finnet Knight Master of the Ceremonies was sent downe to Gravesend to conduct the Embassadors to London They had no sooner taken their Barges and were launched but an expression of Love and Welcome flew in thundering manner out of the mouths of the great Ordnance from both the Block-houses of Gravesend and on Essex side and the Tyde being reasonable calme they pleasantly past to Woolwich where they saw his Maiesties new great Ship the Eighth Wonder of the World with pleasing and much contenting Admiration After which they past to Greenewitch where they landed and stay'd at the Rose and Crowne foure Houres because the Kings Barge with the Lord Kenwell and 12. Gentlemen of his Maiesties Privy Chamber and other were appointed to come to Greenewitch to bring them to the Tower-wharfe in State as was fitting and honourable So they tooke Barges at Greenewitch almost an houre before Night with their Trumpets sounding before them all the way And after an Houres Rowing they landed at the Tower where they were attended by Thousands and ten Thousands of Spectators and welcomed and conveyed with his Maiesties Coach and at the least 100. Coaches more and the chiefest of the Cittizens and Barbary-Merchants bravely mounted on Horsebacke all richly apparrelled every man having a Chaine of Gold about him with the Sheriffes and Aldermen of London in their Scarlet Gownes with such abundance of Torches and Links that though it were Night yet the Streetes were almost as light as Day And in this brave and noble way the Embassador with his Associate Mr. Blake were accompanied from the Tower-wharfe to their Lodgings in Wood-streete at the House that was Sir Martin Lumley's Knight and Alderman of the Citty of London and where he kept his Honourable Office of Maioralty in the yeare 1623. The Alkaid having reasonable well recovered him of his Health after hee had taken rest fifteene or sixteene dayes till Sunday the fift Day of November our Kings Maiesties Physitians all this while by his Maiesties Command attending and using their approved best skill whose paines and industrious Knowledge tooke such good effect for his