The first that visited incognito there, for he was not
to own any till he had made his entry, was the King of Portugal's
Secretary, Antonio de Sousa: there came about that time also the Earl
of Inchiquin, and Count Schomberg, to visit us. The 28/18th day, my
husband went privately on board the frigate, in which he came with all
his family; to whom the King sent a nobleman to receive him on shore,
with his own and Queen-mother's, and very many coaches of the
nobility. As soon as they met, there passed great salutations of
cannons from the ships to the frigate in which my husband came, and
from our ships to the King's forts, and from all the forts innumerable
shots returned again.
So soon as my husband landed, he entered the King's coach, and the
nobleman that fetched him, whose name I have forgot. Before him went
the English Consul, with all the merchants; on his right hand went
four pages; on the left side the coach, by the horses' heads, eight
footmen all clothed in rich livery; in the coach that followed went my
husband's own gentlemen, after the coach of state empty, and those
that did him the favour to accompany him: thus they went to the house
where my husband lodged. The King entertained him with great plenty of
provisions in all kinds, three suppers and three dinners, and all
manner of utensils belonging thereunto, as the custom of that country
is.
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