March xviii.
My Lord Paget had this day his audience of leave of the grand vizír, where, besides the ordinary forms and ceremonies of coffee, sherbet, incense, and caftans, the letters of the vizír and Sultan were brought in by the reis effendi; and being by him reverently kissed and delivered to the vizír, were by the vizír kissed in the same manner, and delivered to the ambassador, by whom they were kissed again, and committed to Mr. Paget, who bore them respectfully on his two hands during the whole procession to his Excellency’s palace. The Sultan’s letter was enclosed in a cover of cloth of gold, about a foot broad, and a yard long, being wrote on fine Persian paper made of silk.