'The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added, the coronation of the present King of Persia, Solyman the III.' [‎45] (74/594)

ihmigh the Black^Sea^ and Country 0/Colchis*
' not kept your wwd- with liim, he declares exprefly: Tb7
'he recalls his own, and will grant you nothing at all
This Anfwer was like a Thunderclap. Kointel and
thole that were with him flood like Men in a Trance They
begg d to refume, and ratifie the Treaty, but it was impofli
ble, though they profFer'd upon the place to quit and re-
nounce the Article contefted. To which the Chancellor am
fwer'd. That he had no other Orders from the then
to deliver his Meflage, and that he had no Power to Treat
any f rther. The Ambaffador reply'd, That he had a Letter
from the TrimeMinipr of Fran which he defir'd only to
deliver into his Hands^ and fo to take his leave. The Chan
cellor made Anf^er, That for his Audience it might be eafily
obtain'd, but as for the Letter from the Prime of
France, the Grand Vizier car'd not a Straw to look upon it.
Monfieur deNointel returning to his Lodging with that vexa*
tion and perplexity of Mind which may be'Conceiv'd with
out any great difficulty, propounded to his Council, which
were the Abbot his Brother, the Diredor of the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
pany, and his two chief Interpreters, That lince the
and Hollanders had lately given Ten Thoufand Pounds Ster
ling apiece, far renewing their laft Capitulations, it would
be convenient for the French to give the fame Money for the
renewing ol 1 heirs. Upon which the two Interpreters had
order to propofe the Sum to the Chief Minifters: but it no
thing avail'd. For there are fome Favours obtain'd at the
by the Force of Money ; others which no Money will pro
cure. And fuch for Example was the Bufineis follicited by
the two CommiJJaries of the Holy who offer'd an Hun- 1
derd Thoufand Crowns to the to put 'em in p f»
feillon of the Sacred Tlaces, and to expend as much in Prefents
to the Grand Stgnior, and Minifters of the But their
Money was Orofs, the Divan not being to be brib'd in that
cafe.
By the way, I fhall lay this farther, in reference to thole
JveligioHs Fathers, that their making fuch large Offers was not
a thing to be wonder'd at. For they have affur'd me, that
the Devotion which Spaniards have toward thole SanSiifi'd
'Places is lo great, that they themfelves would expend whole
1 leafures for Liberty to enjoy 'em again. They affirm'd to
me moreover, That the Money expended in the
amounts to Eight Thouland Pounds Sterling a Year, of which
a tnird part goes in Prefents to the and that the Guar..
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