These Rents are but little Money, but chiefly Corn, Rice, or what grows out of the Ground.
[The first is accompanied with a great Festival.] To speak a little of first time, Viz.

at the beginning of the New year, when the King's Duties are brought him.

Their New year is always either the 27th, or the 28th, or the 29th of March: At this time upon a special and good day (for which the Astrologers are consulted) the King washes his head, which is a very great Solemnity among them.

The Palace is all adorned with Tor-nes, a sort of Triumphal Arches, that make a very fine shew.

They are high Poles standing in rows before all the Gates of the Palace, either nine or seven in a row, the middlemost being the highest, and so they fall lower and lower on each side.