6.
A
69
Aways respected us,
We
rather
as
an
as
they have looked on powerful subjects than
independent and allied nation
From the records
of
the brilliant
Embassies which we sent to China,
Fore
were thor
I which the principal were
of
7
D. João V., and
Metello in the reign
Sampais in that of I. Iné, it
is incontestable that all were received with
consideration much greater
than that which those of England,
Pussia and Holland obtained in those
days; but it is not less certain
us
a
single
that they have not left document whereby the international
relations of
the two countries were
guaranteed, and that their negotiations
were limited to biscussing the
more or less rumiliating
ceremonies more
which they
Presence
of
were to observe in
the
the Emperor, and to the
delivery of presents which the Chinese called tribute._ In the only Frenment, which we possess of that nature, documents which passed between the Authorities of Incas and the Chinese movement, and which in this Treaty happily considered we only see humble supplications and petitions. and on the other haughty orders and decrees, concluding some times with the well known Chinese formula - Tremble and obey.
on
the
as
one
are
non-existent,
hand