SIX IN THE MORNING
I lay down on my face to kiss his hand , which he very graciously gave me ; so did the empress and young princes of the blood . His majesty presented me with fifty purses of two hundred _ sprugs _ a-piece , together with his picture at full length , which I put immediately into one of my gloves , to keep it from being hurt . The ceremonies at my departure were too many to trouble the reader with at this time . -LSB- Illustration : `` I SET SAIL AT SIX IN THE MORNING '' P. 98 . -RSB- I stored the boat with the carcases of a hundred oxen , and three hundred sheep , with bread and drink proportionable , and as much meat ready dressed as four hundred cooks could provide . I took with me six cows and two bulls alive , with as many ewes and lambs , intending to carry them into my own country , and propagate the breed . And to feed them on board , I had a good bundle of hay and a bag of corn .