And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Ver. 11. And it came to pass, when they saw him.] His stature, strength, countenance, carriage, &c.
That they brought thirty companions to be with him.] Honoris quidem specie, sed cautionis ergo: under a pretence of doing him honour, but indeed to secure themselves, they set a guard upon him. So the Turks at this day suffer no stranger to come into the presence of their Emperor, but they clasp him by the arms, under colour of doing him honour, but indeed lest he should offer the Emperor any violence, as Miles Cobelite, a poor wounded Christian soldier, did Amurah III, whom he slew under pretence of coming near to crave his life of him. a
a Turk. Hist., p. 200, 715.