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Rh hundred years; and that the Turks coming once to ransack the convent, seeing this glass, told the Fratres, if he could drink off that full of pure wine he would save the convent; which one of them doing, the Turks went away, admiring what sort of people they were. May 16th, we took our leave of the patriarch, and presented him with some money, also the poor Fratres, and others belonging to the convent, and so took our journey to Tripoli, having had a review of those mountains and the country adjacent, overspread with many fair villages, and fruitful valleys sown with corn, and a great quantity of mulberry gardens; it being the general employment of the inhabitants to make silk.

May 25. In the morning, we mounted to take our journey for Jerusalem, and halted at St. Jerom’s church about twelve, to eat what small provision we had with us; and the heat of the day being passed we proceeded on our journey; and about four in the afternoon we tarried till the druggermen of the convent went to the cady for license for us to enter the city; which having obtained, and delivering up our swords, and what other arms we had to be carried to the convent, we entered the city on foot, and were conducted by