The Ambassadors by Jonathan Wright

Author:Jonathan Wright [Wright, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, World, Political Science, International Relations, Diplomacy, General
ISBN: 9780547536903
Google: 0dZIPtd1yj0C
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2006-06-05T22:14:48+00:00

We were commanded to wait in [a] guard room, till we could be introduced to an audience ... we were civilly received by two captains of the guard, who treated us with tea and tobacco ... From thence we were conducted up two other staircases to the palace itself ... Having waited here upwards of an hour, and the emperor having in the meanwhile seated himself in the hall of audience ... our resident [was conducted] into the emperors presence, leaving us behind. As soon as he came thither, they cried out "Hollanda Captain," which was the signal for him to draw near and make his obeisance. Accordingly, he crawled on his hands and knees to a place showed to him ... and then kneeling he bowed his forehead quite down to the ground, and so crawled backwards like a crab, without uttering one single word. So mean and short a thing is the audience we have of this mighty monarch.

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