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 City-Gates about Noon. The Emperor, and all his Court came out to meet us, but his great Officers would by no means uffer his Majety to endanger his Peron by mounting on my Body.

At the Place where the Carriage topt, there tood an antient Temple, eteemed to be the larget in the whole Kingdom, which having been polluted ome Years before by an unnatural Murder, was, according to the Zeal of thoe People, looked on as prophane, and therefore had been applied to common ue, and all the Ornaments and Furniture carried away. In this Edifice it was determined I hould lodge. The great Gate fronting to the North was about four foot high, and almot two foot wide, through which I could eaily creep. On each ide of the Gate was a mall Window not above ix Inches from the Ground: into that on the left Side, the Kings Smiths conveyed fourcore and eleven Chains, like thoe that hang to a Lady's Watch in Europe,