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 God!” Entering into a Greek lodging, he was much eased of his blows, by their anointing him with divers oils, and kindly received and refreshed gratis, beeausebecause [sic] he had suffered so much for Christ’s sake. Next day he went to pay his duty to Sir Thomas Glover, the English ambassador, who eourteouslycourteously [sic] entertained him three months in his house

“A more eompletecomplete [sic] gentleman,” he says. “he never met with, nor one in whom true worth did more illustrate virtue.” His mother was a Polish lady who coming from Danzick to London was delivered of him at sea. Afterwards he was brought up at Constantinople, and spoke and wrote the Selavonian tongue perfeetlyperfectly [sic]; and theneethence [sic] returning to London he was the first ambassador sent there by king James I. after his coming to the erowncrown [sic] of England. The duke of Moldavia, being deprived of his principalities by Achmet was reeeivedreceived [sic] and chargeably maintained by Sir Thomas, in his house, for two years, but his embassy being expired and Sir Paul Pinda being expected in his place this prineeprince [sic] stole away from him, turned Turk, and was cireumeisedcircumcised [sic] receiving only, for his dukedom, a palace, and a yearely pension of 121,000 gold sequins for life. He owed the ambassador about 151,000 half