496 VARIOUS LETTERS 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 daylight 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 river, being about six miles within sight of the Citty of Morocco, wee pitched our tents. Imediately after came all our English Merchants, and the French on horseback, to meete me ; and before night there came an Alcayde from the King with fiftie men, and divers mules laden with victuall and banket for my supper, declaring p The Tensift.