“ sto their timorous expectation ; and afterwands» for the
“ same causes, and with-the same «access,: spake with
“ another; hut after a delay oft Several days a small boat
“ made towards the pinnace; mdhaving sold some re®
“ freshing, sighs were madeto: carry some of the English
“ do Ganton, and bring them tothe speechof-4fc*Hilian*»
“ darines; which the boatmen acceptedof: hut the next
“ day,: the pinnace being under sail with f lair wind
‘ ‘ and tide» afterp having passed by a certain? desolate
“ castlhy a fleet of about twenty ^ sail of tall ,jounckes , com-
“ mandedby the admiral of tbe sea’s deputies,jj passing
“ down from Ganton, eacotmteaydsthetEnglish; and,
“ in courteous terms, desired them to anchor, wh]Khiad|.
“ cordingly they did; and presendyjohn Mounteney,
“ and Thomas Robinson, went aboard thechifef rfen-
“ darine, where werecertam Negnofs»,fugitives.of the
“ Portiigalls,that interpreted .
“ At first the Chinese began, somewhat roughly to dx-
“ postulate what moved them to/come thither, and
“ cover the prohibited goods; and cojacealedparts Midi
“ passages of so great a prince’s doimmons&Jalso, who
“ were their pilots? Thomas Robinson replied that they
« were come from Europe, to treat loft such capitulation,
“ as might conduce to the good of both princes, and sub-
p yeots, hoping that it might be lawful for them; as?well
“ as for the inhabitants of Maccow, to exercise a free
“ commerce, paying duties as the others; and as for
“ pilots they had? none ; but everyone was able, by his
“ art, to discover:p.Ore;difBcult passages: than they had
“ found. »The Chinese hereafter began toliemore affable,
“ and, in coaclusion, appointed a small jouncke to carry
“ up Captain Garter; John Moimtsney, amd Thomas Ro-
“ brason* or fwhomfre^^ they* pleased to the town (of
“ Canton), if the English would promise that the piii-
“ na^e should proceed no further; for though each of
M these, was well furnished with ordnance and
‘ ‘ treble manned, y etfdurst they dot all to opposé her in
“ any hostile j$gay. • Xk<t same night Captain Garter,
“ Thomas ftofrinsoap4 and John Mounteney, left the
“ pinnaige*'With order to expect their return;/ and,beiilg
“ embarked in a smalljoumeke o f thirty tonsi proceeded
“ü.tê’Wards Canton, with intent ;to deliver a petition to
i£ the viceroy , for obtareingof license : to settl&a trade in
P ’thqse parte. The next d a y h e y : arrived within five*
-ry.leagWSjpf Cantonjswhither it seems therumonr of their
i ‘ coming,>rand feat pfttbem* Vf'malready arrived ; so IhUt
“ they were .reqnfred. in a friendly manner to proceed
V- no further, but to repair aboard their own ships, with
“ promisf-M assistanéeTins jfche pracmfing\of lic e n s e ^
trade* if they would jüeyk it at Maccow by the soMcf-
•• t tation ci^SQine they should find there ; and woulddn-
P stantly abandon the river :; the which’(havingsst*tisfied
■ ‘ ‘rthemselv§s with, this disco vetry^arad- willing to remove.
“ the anxkty which their lou^ absence might breed
Occasion of
theEmbassy.