THE LETTER Which the King of Morocco Wrote and sent to the King, BY Monsieur de St. OLON.

THis is to let your Majesty know, That as soon as your Servant, the Embassador, arriv'd on the blessed Lands under our Dominion, we had Information gi∣ven Page  198 us of it by our faithful Coun∣sellor and Servant the Alcayde Aly, the Son of Abdalla, who desir'd us to give him Leave and the neces∣sary Orders to cause him to be con∣ducted to our Court: This we wil∣lingly granted, believing that he only came to treat of Affairs of the greatest Consequence, such as wou'd be a means for us to obtain what∣ever we should desire of you, and for your Majesty all that you could desire of us.

But after he was come to our High Throne, and we had spoken to him, and ask'd him many Que∣stions about this, we found that he had only some Proposals to make relating to the Slaves, and we did not find that he had the Power which is requisite to treat with us of other Affairs; so that what he came about, having not seem'd to be of Consequence e∣nough, we did not think fit to treat with him about it; for 'tis Page  199 certain that what was the Subject of his Embassie, might as well have been done even by the manage∣ment of a Merchant, whose De∣gree were very much inferior to his.

As soon as he withdrew out of our Royal Presence, we left the dispatch of his Business to our faith∣ful Servant the Alcayde Aly, the Son of Abdalla, on the score of the ge∣neral Command and Authority with which he is intrusted by our sovereign Order in all our Ports, Cities, Towns, and Tribes of our Sea-Coasts: We have given him leave to Negotiate with your Em∣bassador, and he has sufficient Pow∣er and Authority to treat and transact with him about Affairs of the greatest Consequence, in case this Embassador have also some full Power that may be thought as un∣questionable and unalterable as is that which we sent to our Servant, who will treat with him as he Page  200 shall think best, both now and hereafter.