When he came first to the Sophies presence at his court in Casbin, bringing his interpretour with him, and standing far off, the Sophie (sitting in a seat royall with a great number of his noble men about him) had him come neere, and that thrise, vntill he came so neere him that he might have touched him with his hand. Then the first demand that he asked him was from what country he came. He answered that he came from England. Then asked he of his noble men who knew any such countrey. But when Edwards saw that none of them had any intelligence of that name, he named it Inghilterra, as the Italians call England. Then one of the noble men said Londro, meaning thereby London, which name is better knowen in farre countries out of Christendome then is the name of England. When Edwards heard him name Londro, he said that that was the name of the chiefe citie of England, as was Teueris of the chiefe citie of Persia. He asked him many thinges more, as of the realme of England, maruelling that it should be an Island of so great riches and power, as Edwards declared vnto him of the riches and abundance of our merchandize, as he further vnderstoode by our traffike in Moscouia and other cuntries.