ceremony of coaches and persons as I had waited on her Majesty twice
before.

Upon the 20th, my husband took his leave of Don Pedro, his Majesty's
brother. The 21st of August, the Secretary of State came to visit me
from the King and Queen, wishing me a prosperous voyage, and presented
me with a very noble present. The same day I took my leave of my good
neighbour the Condessa de Palma, as I had done of all the ladies of my
acquaintance before, who all presented me with fine presents, as did
my good neighbour the Countess Santa Graca, who had with her, when I
went to take my leave, many persons of quality, that came on purpose
there to take their leaves of me, and from whom I received great
civility, and the Countess gave me a very great banquet.

On the 23rd of August 1663, we, accompanied by many persons of all
sorts, went on board the King of England's frigate, called the
Reserve, commanded by Captain Holmes, where, as soon as I was on
board, the Conde de Castel Melhor sent me a very great and noble
present, a part of which was the finest case of waters that ever I
saw, being made of Brazil wood, garnished with silver, the bottles of
crystal, garnished with the same, and filled with rich amber-water.

Lisbon with the river is the goodliest situation that ever I saw; the
city old and decayed; but they are making new walls of stone, which
will contain six times their city. Their churches and chapels are the
best built, the finest adorned, and the cleanliest kept, of any
churches in the world. The people delight much in quintas, which are a
sort of country houses, of which there are abundance within a few
leagues of the city, and those that belong to the nobility are very
fine, both houses and gardens. The nation is generally very civil and