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INTRODUCTION
gained further insight into mercantile affairs. He " re-
mained" with Lawrence Greene for nearly two years, but
whether he was acting in the interests of the Wyche
family or as clerk to Greene, or in both capacities, it is
difficult to determine.
Mundy's account of Constantinople is very meagre.
With his usual strict adherence to truth, he owns that
the memory of his early years is somewhat indistinct, and
he therefore contents himself with referring his readers
to "the relation of others1" and only comments on those
things of which he took " particuler notice." Between
1610 and the time when Mundy revised his MS. in 1650,
many travellers had visited Constantinople and had re-
corded their impressions in print. With some of these
works Mundy had made himself familiar, and they prob-
ably served to refresh his memory as to the scenes in which
he had passed his early manhood.
Of the objects which had remained imprinted on his
memory, the "haven2" at Constantinople holds the chief
place. As is natural in one bred up in sight of Falmouth
Harbour, it draws forth more commendation than do all
the great buildings of Constantinople. The saving of
labour in the lading and unlading of vessels and the
extent and. safety of the sheltered basin also appealed
to one trained from boyhood to estimate the possibilities
of trade in English commodities with European ports.
Mundy's other remarks on the chief points of interest
in the city where he spent nearly four years are, as he
says himself, but " course and Coursary3."
On the arrival of Sir John Eyre to succeed ' Paul
Pindar as the Levant Company's representative at Con-
stantinople, Mundy obtained permission to return to
England in the train of the retiring ambassador. He was
present at the ceremonial reception of Sir John Eyre by
the Grand Signior, at which time Pindar bade his official
farewell to the Turkish monarch.
1 See p. 30.
See p. 37 f.
3 See p. 25.
INTRODUCTION
gained further insight into mercantile affairs. He " re-
mained" with Lawrence Greene for nearly two years, but
whether he was acting in the interests of the Wyche
family or as clerk to Greene, or in both capacities, it is
difficult to determine.
Mundy's account of Constantinople is very meagre.
With his usual strict adherence to truth, he owns that
the memory of his early years is somewhat indistinct, and
he therefore contents himself with referring his readers
to "the relation of others1" and only comments on those
things of which he took " particuler notice." Between
1610 and the time when Mundy revised his MS. in 1650,
many travellers had visited Constantinople and had re-
corded their impressions in print. With some of these
works Mundy had made himself familiar, and they prob-
ably served to refresh his memory as to the scenes in which
he had passed his early manhood.
Of the objects which had remained imprinted on his
memory, the "haven2" at Constantinople holds the chief
place. As is natural in one bred up in sight of Falmouth
Harbour, it draws forth more commendation than do all
the great buildings of Constantinople. The saving of
labour in the lading and unlading of vessels and the
extent and. safety of the sheltered basin also appealed
to one trained from boyhood to estimate the possibilities
of trade in English commodities with European ports.
Mundy's other remarks on the chief points of interest
in the city where he spent nearly four years are, as he
says himself, but " course and Coursary3."
On the arrival of Sir John Eyre to succeed ' Paul
Pindar as the Levant Company's representative at Con-
stantinople, Mundy obtained permission to return to
England in the train of the retiring ambassador. He was
present at the ceremonial reception of Sir John Eyre by
the Grand Signior, at which time Pindar bade his official
farewell to the Turkish monarch.
1 See p. 30.
See p. 37 f.
3 See p. 25.