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ropcs of dl kinds, and bcsitles these tlouble wllntcvcr a ship can
WLII~, exccpt ~IICnx~st n.11,l tll~ ship's bont. Tllcrc i* :~ppoia ted
to the slrip's co~nr~lnnd a nlost espcricnccd stuelm:l,u, nnd
fourteen s11bori1in:ite atlcn,lnl~ts piclce~l for the service nre
:Lssignctl 11in1. Tl~e sl~il) is t'rc!igl~tccl with forty IIU~SCSof
v:duc, trninc~l to nlmI3, :bnJ wit11 nrnlu of :dl i;iat.ls fur many
Ilol.se~uen, and forty foot, snd fiftccn sailors, and with an
entire yenr's provisions, for ;IS rimy men and borses. There
was Gne appointrncr~t for dl the ships, but ench of the Lusses
received n double nl)l,ointrrrent ad freight. The king's trcnsure,
which W:LS very grc:~t :~nd inrstimnble, w:w divided
~ I I I O Ithe I ~ ~ ships nncl Lusscs, that if one part sl~ouJd erljericnce
danger, the rest nligl~t Le snvcd. AJI thing beiua thus
arrnnpl, the king I~imdf', wit11 n s~nnll housel~oltl, and the
&icf rlien of his army, with his nttcudnnts, Inving quitte4l the
shorc, nclvnnccd bcforc tlrc fleet irr gdluys, :~nd being daily
c~rtertxi~~ed by the inaritir~rc towns, ti11ii11g nlorrg with tlleru
the Iqcr sl~il)~ and busscv uf that scn, arrived ~n~~q.~ero~~sIy
nt Mess~na.* So gre:~t wnu tl~n ~plentlour of the : L~J~I-O:LI:~I~II~
nrmament, such the clashing :ud brilli:~~~cy of tl~cir ~~IIIS, YO
noble the so~~ud of the tr11111l)cts and clwil~na, tht tl~c city
qu:~l;ed and was grc:~tly ~~IJLIII~CII, and tl~erc cnluc lo 111cct
the 1ci11g n multituclu of all ngcs, ~~oplc without IIIIIII~JCL', won-
dering and procl:~in~ing with \v11:~1 cscccding glory all11 rnngnificcnce
t11:lt Icing I d :~rrivctl, surp:~ssitlg tlte king of I~KLIICL:,
wlu) wit11 his forccs 11;1d al.ri\,ccl seven clays Lcfore. i111d
furns~nuch ns tl~c Iciyg of Frnnce 11n1l bccn nlrendy riw:iv~!tl
illto the pslnce of Ta~~crcd, king of Sicily, within the w:~ll,r,
tl~c king of En$nn~L pitcl~ed llir cnnlp witllot~t the city. Tlle
enrllc cI;~y the lcmg of 1hmq I;nowi~rg of the nr~ival of lliv
co111rnl11:n~cl brotl~cr, iiics to his reccl)tion, nor ~0111~1tllcir
geatlncs snfticicntly csp~~>.~ ill c~l~l)r:~ccs arrcl Liascs l~vw nlucll
e:dl of tl~c~n rqjoiccd iu the otlm-. The nrn~ics cl~eeretl one
nnoll~cr wit11 nintl~nl nppl:~r~sc :LIIL~ interco~rrsc, as if' so m:lny
.tl~orrsnnd rnen I d been nll of one 11c:trt. :111(1 onc miud. 111
such p;~stirncs is tila Lo1id:l.y qrcrrt ont.il the evening, nnd tlle
we:?ry kings ilepnrti~~~, altl~ougl~ uot mti:~lctl, return every
OIE to l~is own qnartcrs. C)n tlie nest Jay lllc of
Er~glnuclpresently cnuscd gibLct.s to be erectcd without -the
* He arrives at Mrssinu, Sept. 23.