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 ¬had watched over me with so many signal deliverances from the beginning of my adven- turous life. ¬My ship now left the port, and in four days the accounts having reached us that she was anchored at the appointed place, we set out immediately to join her. ¬On our arrival next day I learned from Mor- ven, that the King was then at a palace near the sea, and that it was fit 1 should be pre- sented before I sailed. I had indeed, and with deep regret, gone through the same ceremony on taking leave of a Prince, the very pattern of hospitality and kindness, who from my first lauding had received me as a frequent and familiar guest. — His consort was a foreign Prin- cess, the daughter of a King, and all the kings of the earth, from her high qualifications, might be proud of such an illustration of royal birth. ¬I was now presented to the Sovereign, whom ¬I found ¬