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A50000	Newes from Tvrkie, or, A true relation of the passages of the Right Honourable Sir Tho. Bendish, baronet, Lord Ambassadour, with the Grand Signieur at Constantinople, his entertainment and reception there also, a true discourse of the unjust proceedings of Sir Sackville Crow, former ambassadour there, against the English merchants, his contest with the present Lord Ambassador, and Sir Sackville Crow, former ambassadour there, against the English merchants, his contest with the present Lord Ambassador, and Sir Sackviles imprisonment, and in his returne, his wretched betraying the captain of the ship and some English merchants at Alicant in Spain, to the Inquisition : lastly his commitment to the Tower of London, where now he is.	Bendish, Thomas, Sir, d. ca. 1674.	1648 (1648)	Wing L94; ESTC R105	27,909	39

my Lord but came no further with him then the middle of the roome where at first my Lord found him Now the next worke my Lord indeavoured was to get to be Vested by the Vizeere and obtain Audience with the Grand Signeur to this purpose he sent his Druggerman to hasten it the Vizeere alwayes after this sent him good words as that all things should bee done to his minde and wished him not to bee troubled with any thing and so protracted time from day to day All this time my Lord Crow is not idle although he keeps his house yet he employes the French Agent and the Venetians whose Druggerman Gryllo is alwayes attending upon the Vizeere and feeds him with moneys and presents to work us out the French Ambassadour talkes with the Vizeere privately and but that my Lord Crow and the Vizeere told my Lord he had to doe in the businesse my Lord would scarce have taken him for his enemy yet one day he was heard to tell the Vizeere my Lord had offered my Lord Crow 30000 l. to be gone out of the Country by which said he you may judge the truth of his Message and withall told him that the King of France his Master would be much troubled if he should change this old Ambassadour for the new and this report that my Lord would give the Lord Crow money to depart hence was not only sent to him by the Vizeeres Jew but by the Kogag which my Lord to vindicate himselfe and make appeare to the world how much hee detested such by-wayes he was forced to write this Warrant in Italian and send it down to Gallatta by two Janisaries and a Druggerman pro forma and fix one upon the Treasurers house the other upon Mr. Pearles house that all Jewes Merchants might take notice of it FOrasmuch as we are Credibly informed that there are divers false lying and scandalous Reports cast upon us that wee should by our selfe or some other person offer to treat with the man-sold Ambassadour for a certain summe of money to send him out of this Country withall saying that we had rather give money to him then to Turks We doe hereby declare that wee doe so farre abhorre all such sinister and dishonourable proceedings and speeches that wee affirme them lyers that report it and doe hereby Command and Require that no person under our charge make any Treaty with any man in our behalf letting them know that if we shall find that any such Treaty or Contract directly or indirectly be made with any person whatsoever for the worth of one a' to establish us Ambassadour in this place we are resolved and do publish that we will forthwith not only severely punish but send them off this place for if by that power that sent us hither wee cannot bee established wee are resolved rather to returne from whence wee came then by such dishonourable tearmes both to the King of England my Master and our selfe to purchace it Given at Pera d' Constantinople this 2. October 1647. Thomas Bendish And because the French Ambassadour was so busie sent him this Letter SIR I Cannot see how it is consistent with the League between the two Crowns of England and France that you a French Ambassadour should intermeddle with much lesse oppose the actions of the King of England my Master Your opposing me in my Embassie and countenancing the man-sold Ambassadours proceedings against my Authority I hope you doe it not without Commission yet mee thinks if it dare looke upon the Sunne as all which comes from Kings dare it becomes you not so secretly privately to act Know that I am ready to meet you before any Minister of State here both to heare and as occasion serves to answer what you can object against me but be confident while I am in this place I must know as befits me that power which dares oppose my Master to whom a strict account must bee rendred by him who is as farre as with honour he may My Lord Your friend to serve you T. THe Venetian Baliffe being guilty of his neglects towards my Lord and perceiving he understood of his Merchants actions his Druggermans dilligence sent by my Lords Druggerman this private Message That he hoped my Lord tooke no distast at him who is confined to his house and had no notice of his comming and that he heard my Lord tooke distast at his Merchants as actors against him if my Lord pleased to let him know who they were he would make them or would himselfe give my Lord satisfaction My Lord sent him this answer That for his own person as hee was a Prisoner he could not expect his Visit yet if he had born respect to our King or love to our Nation he would have sent a salute to him before this time having been a fortnight in this Port. As for his Merchants that should oppose him he wished him to looke to them himselfe for if he found them faulty as he believed he should he would take his time to make them repent it But for all his threats to them he knew not how lyes might worke with the Vizeere wherefore he sent to him this Arres and to divers great men about the Town that if possible it might reach the Grand Signieurs eares MY Lord I cannot out of my well-wishes to you and the good of this State but give you this timely information that the Venetians and the French doe endeavour both by moneys and all incouragements to maintain the Man-sold Ambassadour against me and that Regall power which sent me hither thereby to make a breach between this and the English Nation and so to advance their own designe which either by Peace or Warre will prove very prejudiciall to this Emperie besides the Consideration of the great Trade our Nation brings to supply the Emperie Whether you had rather have it by the hands of Enemies or Friends if they could maintain it I leave your wise consideration none obstanding that the said former Ambassadour being proved to be an oppressor the Grand Signieur deprived him from the Charge of the Embassie with his Hattesherife for which his Majestie of England with his Letters now sent by me his Ambassadour doth give him many thankes therefore From the Venetians he never heard word since nor from the French Ambassadour although he told my Lords servants he would answer him in writing but wee heare he is so troubled in mind the truth being so apparent that he cannot deny it and what title to give my Lord he cannot resolve if hee acknowledges him Lord Ambassadour he hath said the contrary to the Vizeere and so gives himselfe the lye if no Lord and he should be Confirmed he makes my Lord his enemie for ever But to our businesse whilst my Lord is thus deluded and fed with faire words all attempts are made and Traps laid how to get my Lord to compound himselfe by monies into his rights and

NEWES FROM TVRKIE OR A true Relation of the passages of the Right honourable Sir Tho. Bendish Baronet Lord Ambassadour with the Grand Signieur at Constantinople his entertainment and reception there ALSO A true discourse of the unjust proceedings of Sir Sackvile Crow former Ambassadour there against the English Merchants his contest with the present Lord Ambassadour and Sir Sackviles imprisonment and in his returne his wretched betraying the Captain of the ship and some English Merchants at Alicant in Spain to the Inquisition Lastly his Commitment to the Tower of London where now he is LONDON Printed for Humphrey Blunden and are to be sold at his shop in Corn-Hill next to the Castle Taverne 1648. To the Reader SIR Sackvile Crow a quondam servant and favourite to George Duke of Buckingham was of late yeares sent over by his Majesty as Ambassadour to the Great Turke for transacting the affaires of our English Merchants in his Dominions residing Of his good or evill Deportment before our Domestique quarrels began wee have no will to inquire but shall begin our discourse from that time when our Merchants were most sensible of his injurious oppressions of them and of his Deviation from that especiall trust which was reposed in him by the King his Master for their protection and advantage At first Sir Sackvile began to burthen their goods with heavy and unaccustomed impositions which they not resenting hee to aggravate a more full mischiefe upon them imprisons their persons threatens their lives c. But well knowing these tyrannicall actions would be questioned by his Majesty the King of England and that the Merchants being men of active spirits and able performances would seeke redresse and complaine Hee most abusively pretends a new Letter from his Majesty to the great Turke dated Newcastle 24. Septemb. 1646. to assist the sayd Sir Sackvile in his further unjust proceeding against our Merchants But neither did his Majesty send any such new Letter unto the Grand Signieur or give unto the sayd Sir Sackvile Crow under his Royall Signature any other Commission so to abuse and undo his loyall subjects For His Majesty most graciously upon Complaint from the Merchants of Sir Sackviles misdemeanours revoked the Credentiall Letters formerly given unto him and newly elected and admitted as his Ambassadour unto the Grand Signieur a person of fortune and honour by name Sir Thomas Bendish Baronet The many disturbances which this worthy Gentleman encountred with at his first Arrivall in Constantinople by meanes of Sir Sackvile his disobedience to his Majesties Letter of revocation and his scandalous aspersions upon the Actions and person of the Lord Ambassadour were I say enough to have disheartened even an assured resolution and inforced a Recesse from so hazardous an employment among such rigid and harsh people as the Turkes are but his Lordship being of an invincible spirit and maturely considering how farre his Majesties and the Nations honour and welfare of the London Merchants were concerned herein by admirable resolution at last obtained the person of Sir Sackvile Crow and then shipt him for London where at present he stands committed to the Tower His Lordship since his happy investure lives amongst the Turkes in great estimation and honour equall if not superiour to any former Ambassadour continually as occasion is offered assisting the industrious Merchants betwixt whom and his Lordship there is a very amiable Compliance I might justly by way of aggravation unfold the great incivility of Sir Sackvile Crow in inciting his Lady at Alicant in Spaine as they returned for England there to complain unto the Inquisition that shee and her husband were Catholiques and inforced against their wills to become Protestants whereupon the honest Captaine and his Mate who civilly went ashore with her were detained Prisoners and so also many of our English Merchants not yet released But the discourse will best manifest the truth thereof attested by the hands of those Merchants now suffering W. L. A true Relation of the Cariage of the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Bendish Barr. Lord Ambassadour with the Grand Signieur at Constantinople together with his Letters and Arres he sent abroad to severall of his Opposers in his Embassie TWo dayes before his Lordship came to Brushia for he came from Smyrna overland Mr. Lancelot the Agent sent him a Letter that hee Vizeere was cut off withall telling him that hee had sent to this new one to congratulate him in his place and did intend by his leave to visit him within three or foure dayes and Distill our Case into him with the best Oratorie he had withall telling him that he was a Rugged harsh man and not likely to favour our Cause Hereupon my Lord considering how little need the Company had of this unnecessarie charge did forthwith dispatch a Post to him with a few lines to this purpose That he would not have him upon any tearmes to make a Visit nor act in any businesse further for it was not fitting nor would be expected his Lordship being so neer the Port he told him that the distilling the Case into his head was crosse to his Lordships designe who came peremptorily to demand justice and cared not whether the Vizeere were good bad or indifferent But before this Messenger could arive him he had not only visited him with a good present but to my Lords great vexation future trouble had delivered in the Hattecherife which cost us not lesse then 40000 l. to intangle Sir Sac. Crow for the words of the Hattecherife under the Grand Signieurs hand which is as the Law of the Medes and Persians were these let the Ambassadour have no more to doe with the English Nation while this was in our hands he could never stirre against us nor durst publike ministers suffer him but just now without if not contrary to advice against my Lord should set foot on this shore our chained enemy is let loose upon him and indeed but that my Lord could not find any designe he had in it but meere want of resolution and judgement the world could never have perswaded him but that the Agent had done it on purpose for Sir Sack Crow straightwayes provides a very great present and with full attendance goes to the Vizeere the day before my Lord arrived with confidence hee should bee yested which had been re-establishment but was deceived The next day being the 16. September my Lord early in the morning having come all night by Sea in a Boat arrived here and after hee had reposed himselfe some houres went together with the Agent in his Coach attended by his Retinue and us to that house the Agent had provided for him The next day my Lord calls a Court and resolved there to send Mr. Agent to the Vizeere to demand Audience for him of the Grand Signieur and to tell him hee could not expect justice from him who had broke open the Merchats houses but three dayes bofore his comming and had taken out