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A08239	The nauigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie by Nicholas Nicholay Daulphinois, Lord of Arfeuile, chamberlaine and geographer ordinarie to the King of Fraunce conteining sundry singularities which the author hath there seene and obserued: deuided into foure bookes, with threescore figures, naturally set forth as well of men as women, according to the diuersitie of nations, their port, intreatie, apparrell, lawes, religion and maner of liuing, aswel in time of warre as peace: with diuers faire and memorable histories, happened in our time. Translated out of the French by T. Washington the younger.; Quatre premiers livres de navigations et peregrinations orientales. English	Nicolay, Nicolas de, 1517-1583.; Washington, Thomas, fl. 1585.; Stell, John, fl. 1580.	1585 (1585)	STC 18574; ESTC S113220	160,097	302

sent to the Ambassadour Pantalaree anciētly Paconie Oile made of Stinco The womē of this countrie are very good Swimmers Roade of S. Paule Goze saccaged 6300. prisoners taken A pitiful history A strange crueltie The zeale of king Henry to the religion of Malta The ambassador consenteth to go too Tripoli too perswade the Bassha to leaue the siege thereof Malta anciētly called Melita The castle of the grand master verye strong Many whores in Malta Sommer cloathing of the women of Malta Description of the citie Eeles with sharp teeth Sixtie villages in Malta Port of Saint Peter Acts. 28. ●● Cape of march Siroch Ignorance in Pilots is most dangerous Cape of Taiure The Ambassadour saluteth the Bascha The Bascha his answere founded on the periury of the knights of the religion A hardie enterprise of certaine knights Tripoli Extortions of officers cause sometimes the subiects to reuolt from their soueraine An heremit constrained to take gouernment vpō him Charles the ● gaue the keeping of Tripoly vnto the Knightes of the religion Maner to serch the christian slaues that come to bee sold. Raiz are captaines of the gallies Importunitie of the Argosin Cōditions proponed by the assieged Vaillier vpon the Baschas word goeth to him Vallier sent to the gallies with irons vpon him A good wise answere of Vaillier Faith and promise broken● The ambassadors care for the Prisoners An Arch tryumphal Munitions of warre resting within the castle A cruel sacryfice vppon the person of Iohn Chabas a gunner of the Castle The maister two gallie● slaues of our● gallie died Ingratitude of the grand maister Vaillier put vnder arest The Iles of Zefalonia and Zante A gift agreeable and necessary The yle of Sapience Cape Malee or S. Ange verye dangerous for Saylers The yle of Cerigo Port S. Nicholas The castle Capsali Curtesie of the Proueditor of Cerigo Cerigo Error of Pliny Strabon Wild asses hauinge in theyr head a stone of great vertue Ruine of the temple of Venus The stature and effig● of Helene Foundations of the castle of Menalaus Bathes cut in rockes Our comming to Chio. An oration made to the Ambassadour Pli. lib. 5. c. 30. Mount S. Helie Book 14. C. 15. Moūt Pelenee Port of Cardamille S. George Lithilimione Cape Mastico of the auncients Phane promoutoriū The maner of gatheryng of mastick The price and value of the mastick The Geneuoises do pay vnto the Turke 10000. crowne● for Chio. The Burse where the merchants doc assemble Prase of the women of Chio. Apparrel of the women of Chio. A sumptuous church of the Grecians Mahomies gētlemen Geneuoises Foure goue●●nors elected Twelue councellers Officers for victuals 4. Officers for the ouerseeing of the buildings Twoo Mahomies haue the gouernment of the mastic Tame partriges which are led brought to and fro the fieldes A tribute whiche the widdowes of Chio that wil not marry must pay The whoore● do pay a trybute vnto the captaine of the night for thyr lycence Io tragicque Theopompe the Historian Theocrite the Sophist Homere Bubal and Antherme brethren Hipponax the Poet Iambique Ile of S. Steph. Port Delphin Cardemille In his descriptio of Asia the lesse chap. 74. Cape of Lesbos Cairadni and Ariadne brethren Metelin vnder the puissance of the Turke Promontorie Sige● The fountayn Ephere Temple of Neptune The riuer Sca●●nder Mesaulon ●trei●e of Hel●espont Two castles ●byde in Asia A streame very dangerous Exaction of those of the gard vpon the passingers Maitō a great village VVindemilles with x. wings Tributes or head mony Macrotique Byzante or Rodesto Goulph Selimbrie Casal S. Stephano Iadicula Calcedon in Natolie Our arriuall at Cōstātinople The Ambassador being arriued goeth too salute the Rostan Bascha Byzance otherwise Constantinople Description of Constantinople Calcedon Phane The time of the building repayring of Constantinople Megariās why they are called blind Calcedō builded by the Megarians Ligos Diodore and Polibe contrary to Pliny Byzance ruyned by Seuerus the Emperour Troy begun to be new buylded A signe gyuen by Eagles The palladi● of Rome brought too Constantinople Mehemet the 2. spoyleth and saccageth Cōstantinople Constantine the emperour killed in a presse The emperesse with her daughters and maydens rauished defloured after cut in peeces The temple of S Sophia made a Stewes A marueilous prouidence Twelue kingdomes 200 cities by the Turks taken from the christians A Librarie of 120000. volumes The stature of of a dragon 120. foot long Hippodrome The sepulchre of Constantin mad of Porphyre 2 Sarail of Sultane wyfe to the great Turke 3 the Sarayl for the yonge Slaues The court vvhere the baschas 3. times in the week doe giue audience vnto all commers the porters of this Sarail are Eunuches The turke hath aboue 200 cōcubin● Iustinian foūder of the ●ēple of S. Sophia The Turks o●pinion of ima●ges 3 Mosques in Constantin●ple ●ewe vaca●oundes in Turkes Bathes publik● and priuate The Mahumatised maie not enter into the Mosques with out first being washed Herod Cleander The vsage of the baths hath byn anciently obserued of the Scithes Good cheap● Pelt●rie Slaues sold as horses are in markets The Friday is vnto the Turkes as the Sunday to the Christians the Saterday to the Iewes Pera Galata Cornubizance Pera signifieth beyond Description of Pera. Pera inhabited by three sundry nations An Arcenal of 100 Arches Artillery gotten of the christians Sarail of the Azamoglans Churchyards The Ambassadors of France Venice Florance were lodged in Pera The apparel of the Graecians and women of Pera is exceeding rich Excesse of apparrell procureth vnshamefastnesse Of 3. male children one leuied for tribute Compassion ought to bee had of these christiā slaues 200. Cōmissaries ordained for leuying of these poore children Snow preserued al the sommer long VVages and entertainment of the Azamoglans Tambora like vnto a Cittern The Azamoglans doe become deadlye enemies to the Christiās and their owne parents Vnnatural ingratitude of Rostan Bascha Georg Castriot called Scanderbegus being brought vp as an Azamoglan reuolteth against the great Turk and setteth his Cuntrie at libertie Vnhappie bringing vp Passeth nature The order of the Ianissaries instituted by Amarat the 7. Emperour of the Turkes Armure of th● Macedonians Armure of the Ianissaries Distribution of the order of the Ianissaries Wages of the Ianissaries The spoile of the Marchant Iewes and christians giuen vnto the Ianissaries by the new Emperour● Aduertisment for all princes The Ianissaries vnmarryed in time of peace do keep watch in Constantinople Euery Ambassadour hath 6. or 8. Ianissaties for his gard A commendable order for intertaining of the old Ianissaries Chechaia or Protegero The Ianissarie Aga doth somtimes marry the daughters or sisters of the greate Turke 300. Solaqu●● To turne the back toward the great Tur● is accounted great vnreuerence Sugar candie good for fain●nes They runne backwards on the way The ancient Peiz wer shod like horse● Peichz weare a bal in their mouthes like horses There are no ●nnes throughout al Leuant Pleuianders are Moores Indians or tartares VVhy wrestlers do anoint themselues many wrestlers in Alger Inuention of wrestling 4. Officers se● ouer the Cookes Great differēce betwixte the Turks vs in dressing of meate Meates of the Turkes Water is the moste commō drinke of the Turkis Opium wyll make them drunke Iewes excellēt in phisicke why● Amon ●● Hebrew Phisitiō Ten Phisitions for the commons of the Sarail Voinuchz neighbors vnto Bo●sinian A Baggepype 2. cadilisqu●● one for the ●●tolie and on● for Grecia Vages of the Cadilesquers Apparrell and ●anner of the Cadilesquers 4 orders of 〈◊〉 Religious G●●ma●ers Cale●●ders Doruis● Torlaquis beeing a Sectarie vile abhominab●● VVhy the G●●malers are ca●led men of 〈◊〉 religion of loue abstinence chastitie of the Calenders Apparrell of the Calender●● The first martir of these religious Apparrell of the Deruis Spoiles vnder pretext of religion Matslach an hearbe of pestilent operation a foolish temeritie of one of these Religious Apparel of the Torlaquis Beastlinesse of these Torlaquis The Torlaquis do vse also of the Matslach Mahomets kinsemen doe weare a garment Tulbant seueral to be known frō others VVine forbidden by Mah●met and why opinion of the Persians towardes their Kinge Arabia parted into three prouinces The smell of mirrhe vnwholesome Dellys Cilicia of Cilix A caue very strange Iewes great vsurers Tanais a goddesse worshipped by the Armenians A strange fashion of contracting marriage A generall description of Grecia Phalangue Heresie of Donatus

knight de Villegaignon in his treaty which he hath made of the warres of Malta doth recyte a history no lesse lamentable then full of dispayre and vnnaturall crueltye and is of a Sicilian whiche in that place hadde dwelled of longe tyme and there married a wyfe by whom hee had twoo faire daughters then beyng in state to bee marryed who seeing his laste calamitye approching because he woulde not in hys presence see his wife and his daughters rauished and violated and to bee brought in shamefull seruitude and too deliuer them from all shame and bondage hauing called them intoo his house firste slewe wyth hys swoorde hys two daughters and afterwardes their mother And this doone wyth a Harquebuse and a Crossebow bent as cleane bereft of sences made towardes his enemies of whom he slewe twayne at the first encounter afterwardes fighting a while with his swoord beeing inuyroned wyth the multitude of the Turkes broughte him selfe too the end of his moste vnhappye life Beholde the summarye of the miseries happened through the Turkes in fewe dayes in the yles of Sicilia Malta and Goze After whiche thynges the Bascha caused his armye with the whole bootie and preye to imbarke and remooued the twenty seuenth of Iuly towards Barbary to assiege the castle of Tripoli the dinner being ended the Ambassador in presence of that noble assembly declared the zeale good wil which the most Christiā king his maister had alwaies borne to their religion the great displeasure he would take when he should vnderstand the great dammage which the Turks had done to that yle assuring them that if in time he had bin there arriued too haue his remonstrance vnto the Bassha he wold neither haue spared his pains nor yet the fauour of the king his maister to haue caused them to remoue Whervpon the great maister after his great thāks said vnto him that there was yet time inough to pleasure them if that according to the good wil of the king offer which he had made it might please him to saile towards Tripoli which the Turkes were gone to besiege to the end too perswade them in so great necessity and before they should proceed further to remoue leaue the siege for he feared that the place being little and of smal force and moreouer for that by reason of the poore treasure of the religious as he affirmed coulde not haue bin fortified nor succoured and might not long hold out nor resist such a great army wherunto the Ambassadour did willingly consent although the charge of his voiage did commaund him to go another way And they of the religion hauing prepared a frigat to direct vs he assured thē that so soon as he could he would by the same giue them to vnderstand of al the newes we soiourned in the Ile of Malta onely two dayes aswel to make cleane our Gallies as too take in fresh water other things necessary And within this small time I indeuoured all paynes and study to see and vnderstand the things most notable and singular of this Ilād In which the knight of Villegaignon for the old acquaintance he had with me and the good wil he bare towardes me was a great helpe vnto me And therfore before I proceed any further I thought it not to vary from my purpose to make here a succinct description of the yland memorable things therof following therin as well the writings of the auncient and moderne Geographers Historiographers as that which with mine eies I haue seene Description of the Ile of Malta Chap. 16. MAlta which by the auncientes was called Melita is an yle in the Sea Mediterrane betweene Sicilia and Tripoli in Barbary which from the West to the East containeth in length two and twentie miles in breadth xi and in circuit threescore It is an Iland low and stonie and hath fiue faire large ports all issuyng at one mouth at the entrie of which Ile is the castle where the graund master keepeth by arte and nature almoste inexpugnable beeing furnished wyth good quantitie of ordi●nance and cituated vppon a high rocke of three parts enuironed with the Sea and on the side towardes Cande separated with a large chānel from the Bourg which lyeth vnderneath it very great and well inhabited full of fayre houses and pallaces well builded euery one with a Cesterne for they ●aue neither there nor in the castle neyther wells nor fountains There be also many fayre Churches both Greek Latine and in the middest of the great place a great piller erected wher the malefactors are punished True it is that this Bourg is not defensible agaynst any great siege because it is enuironed with great hilles vnto which of all sides it is subiect shee is inhabited peopled with a great number of Commaunders Knights and Merchants of all nations and aboue all there is great aboundaunce of Curtisans both Greeke Italian Spaniards Moores and Maltez The common sort weare none other cloathyng because of the extremitie of the heate then a longe linnen whyte smocke gyrded vnder their breastes and ouer the same a fine whyte woollen mantle by the Moores called Barnuche as in the end of this chapter I haue liuely set foorth vnto you The citie is distaunt sixe myles from the castle cituated vppon the toppe of a mountaine enuironed on the three partes with great valleyesfull of grauel and large stones very painful too goe vpon On the South side about two miles from the Citie is a great fountain bringing forth such a marueilous number of Eeles that it is a matter hard to be beleeued which haue so sharpe teeth that there cānot be a string so good but they wil bite it asunder so as such as wil take them are forced to strengthen their lines about the hooke with a silke or cotten threed as soone as they feele them taken be very redy to pul thē vp out of this fountain our gallies took their fresh water There are in this Iland 60. castles or villages all wel inhabited very abundant of Barlie Cunego which is a graine which they mingle amongst their corne to make bread Cotton Citronnes Oranges Melons other frutes of excellent goodnesse but for wheat wine they do furnish thēselues out of Sicile there are bred very good mulers horses of the rase of Spaine The sir Villegaigon led me into a garden which the grand M Omede caused to be made beyond the port neare vnto the Bourg which garden is beautified with a goodly lodging conteining chāber warderobe hal kitchin the court is pauid with Mosaique stone the fountaines very fresh good to drink the gardiners house chappell ponde for to water the horses all cut out by marueilous industrious art out of a great rocke which is of a very faire white stone and neere the entraunce of the gate out of the same rock

king which they could not do for he woulde neither see them nor heare them speak and they finding the whole towne in armes were greatly amased All which being seene and vnderstanded by the Ambassadour to eschew the perill wherin he saw him selfe his to be caused him to be set a shoare went straight to the pallace to seeke to speake to the kings owne person but it was in vaine for the accesse vntoo him was denied which was worse the king sent his lieuetenant other captaines into our gallies to haue the captain Coste his nephew Erasme to be put vnto the chain in steed of his other nephew whiche was stollen away notwithstanding that the euening before he was sent back againe to his master by a Turk who gaue to him his Tulbant his gowne because he shuld not be knowē of others for that he had promised him that none shuld do him any harm al this notwithstanding the vttermost remedie to appease them was to deliuer vnto them Erasme whom forthwith they condemned to be hanged stifled vpon the maste of the gallie which presently they would haue done if the Ambassadour through his prudence as of long time knowing the insatiable auarice of these barbarous people hadde not appeased theyr force and rage with great summes of money promising thē moreouer y t in their presence Erasme should bee put to the chaine not be let out before they came to Cōstātinople By these meanes like promises hee was rēdred vnto thē hauing receiued many Bastonados of the Turke and incontinent according to the conuentions put vnto the chaine where he remayned not long All this notwithstanding they were not appeased for the number of the souldiers and armed men did stil increase which made vs too feare that they would do some iniurie to the Ambassadour being yet a land or at the least keep him prisoner which they would fayne haue done and in deed with all rigour forced him to ascend into the gallie royall from which they woulde not suffer him to depart without first ouer and aboue all that it had cost him hee shoulde giue them for theyr losses and interest two hundreth crownes whiche were paide downe in readie money Nowe the brute Barbaries were not so soone departed but wee weighed our ankors too escape theyr handes and dyned in the Rhode and afterwards by force of oares we came surging along by the East and by South beyond the cape of Matafus which is thirtie miles from Alger where we tarryed vntill the morning attending a good wynde But before I passe further I thought it good to make a briefe rehearse of the foundation force and situation of the citie of Alger wyth the manner religion and apparrell of the inhabitantants thereof so muche as by sight I could comprehend and vnderstand of the inhabitauntes other that haue written thereof Description of the citie of Alger Chap. 8. ALger is a citie in Africa very auncient first builded by a people of Africa called Mesgana of whom shee tooke her first name afterwardes was called Iol and was the seate royal of Iuba in the tyme when the Romanes bare dominion in Africa in honour of Caesar it was called Iulie Caesare since the Moores called it Gezeir Arab Eleagair whiche in their language signifieth yles because she is cituated neere Maiorque-Minorque Ieuise and Fromentierre but the Spaniardes nowe do call her Alger howbeit she is situated vpō the Mediterane Sea vpon the hanging of a mountaine euuironed with strong walles ramperdes ditches platformes and bulwarks in forme almost threesquare the largenesse which goeth towardes the Sea side stretcheth narrowly almost vntoo the highest parte where as ther is a great building made in forme of a Citadelle to commaund the towne and entrie of the heauen As for the buildings being beyond the pallace royall are very fayre houses belonging too particular men with a greate number of bathes and Cookes houses The places and streetes are so well ordeined y t euery one in his occupatiō apart there are about three thousand hearthsteedes At the bottom of the citie whiche is towards the North ioynyng too the walles whiche are beaten with the surges of the Sea in a great place is by great artifice and subtill architecture builded theyr principall head Mosquee and a little below that is the Arcenal whiche is the place into which are hayled vppe and trymmed the gallies and other vessels This citie is very merchantlike for that she is situated vpon the Sea and for this cause marueylouslye peopled for her bignesse she is inhabited of Turkes Moores and Iewes in great number which with marueilous gaine exercise the trade of merchandise and lend out money at vsury They haue two market dayes in euery weeke to the which resort an infinite number of people of the mountaines plaines and valleies being nighbours therabouts which do bring thither all sortes of frutes corne and foule of very cheape price for I haue seen a Partridge sold for a Iudit whiche is a small peece of siluer money in manner foure square and is in value of our money foure pence and a myte but true it is that their partridges be not so big nor delicate as ours are the hennes and chickins be also very good cheape for that they haue in most partes of theyr houses furnaces made in maner like vnto the hothouses or stoues of Germanie in the whiche with a small heate they do breed and hatch their egges without help of the Henne and therefore it is not to be marueiled at thogh they haue great plentie of such pullen They also haue a great number of Camels and Oxen which they doe shoo lade and ryde vppon as vppon horses And going through the streetes because of the multitude of people which there is marueilous they goe crying with a loude voice Baluc Baluc which is too say beware beware I haue also seene diuers Moores mounted on Barbarie horses without saddel bridle stirrops or spurres hauing only a string in the mouth to stay them withall And as for the men they are altogether naked hauing onely aboute theyr midle part to couer their priuities som peece of a white sarge or blanket in maner of an apron and about their head a linnen cloath rowled which they bring about and vnder their chinne Their weapons are three dartes or long Iauelins whyche they carry in their right hand and doe shoote and throw with wonderfull dexteritie and vppon their left arme is fastened a large dagger made a little croked after the fashion of a woodknife which they call Secquin and vse to fight at hande strokes withall and to anoy their enemies comming to the close The most part of the Turkes of Alger whether they be of the kings houshold or the Gallies are Christians renied or Mahumetised of al Nations but most of them Spaniards Italians and of Prouence of the Ilands and Coastes of

the castle with great furie which was not leaft vnanswered euery houre some slaine whilest this was a doing the Bascha sent to pray the Ambassador that he wold suffer none of his mē to com a land least the Turks might do them some outrage in mistaking them to bee of those of the castle This battery cōtinued vntill about noon but not without receiuing great damage of the besieged who without ceassing shot into the trēches so as that day they slue foure of the best gunners of the armie two Chiaous certain Raiz of the Gallie they also shot off the hand of the clarke generall of the armie being a man of great estimation greatly beloued of the Bascha and to be short there were a great number of Ianissaries slayne and hurt Moreouer they burst one of their best peeces and dismounted foure other which for that day made them to leaue of the battery which they of the Castle did not but shot without ceasing to endamage the enemy the night following the Turkes approched more neare vntoo the castle vpon whom they of the Castle about the breake of day gaue an assault euen to their trenches and being retyred the Turkes at the Sun rysing which they haue in great reuerence renued their batterie with great force and 8. peeces at once vpō the euening the fire by mischāce got into their ponder with the which were burnt 30. Turkes many hurt and one peece broken The Ambassadour on the other part sued with great instance for licence too prosecute on his iourney which was graunted vnto him but as wee were vpō our departure the Bascha being almost mad sent to him by an Eunuch his Dragoman that he would stay 2. dayes longer within whiche time he hoped to win the castle This message so greeuous put the Ambassador in no lesse perplexity of mind thē choler aswel because of the retarding of his voiage as for the diminishing of our victuals which began to scanten but there was no remedie but to dissemble the matter The 11. of the monethe the Sieure Wirail I went too see the trenches of the Salaris beeing not passing 150. paces from the Castle where hee was battering with 8. great peeces Morataga beeing behinde the Artillery sent for me by a renied Spaniard called Casa matta who hauing had acquaintance with me in our gallies had told him that I was an Engener of the king and therfore enquired of me many things appertaining vnto the siege and strength of a place I made him a short brief answere and clean contrary to that whiche by the reason of warres and experience I did know which hee well per●eiued and smiling tolde mee that he saw wel that I dissembled Thys Morataga was an Eunuche of nation a Ragusey but for the feates of warre of good spiri●e and iudgement then had the gouernment of Taiure all the countrie Tripoli hauing no grater enemies then the knightes of the religion who dayly warred against him Dorgot was fiue twentie or thirtie paces beyond Salarais also beating with eight great peeces the Ianissaries Azapis were on the left hand in their trenches with their harquebusies redie bowes and arrowes targets and bucklers And thus being placed they had so well continued the batterie that they had beaten it downe euen to the very edge of the ditch but that whiche was beaten downe in the day time the assieged made vp againe in the night notwithstanding the end was such that an vnhappie souldier of Prouence borne in Cauaillon being the Popes countrie which by the long frequentation he hadde had in those countries had learned the language and serued as a spie vnto the enemie seeyng the occasion to be come to that passe which his knauery and dissimuled treason hadde wished for and being corrupted with money found the menes to fle● vnto the campe where he declared vnto the Turkes the weakest places of the castle by the which it might be battered and soone taken it was against the gouernours lodging which standing towards the ditch and hauing vnderneath it the cellars to retyre the munition could not be repayred nor fortified which the Bascha hauing vnderstanded caused the battery there to be planted laying the peeces so lowe that easily they dyd beat the vautes and cellars in suche sorte as in small time they did pearse the walles wherupon folowed that the height being charged with rampardes through the cōtinuall battery beganne greatly too sinke which amased the souldiers for that they knew no means to repayr the same that setting al honor aside quyting thēselues of their weapōs cōcluded together to take some party giuing their captayne to vnderstande that hauing vnto that instant quited themselues as good men and valiaunt souldyers seeing theyr matters too be in despaire of succour and not able to holde out any longer he would not thynke euill of them if they thought to practise some way for theyr suretie Whereof the Gouernour called Vallier a knight of Daulphine beying aduertised and by Argosin a Spanyshe souldier one of the eldest and most authorised solicited to come too a composition wyth the enemie before the walles were further endamaged was greatly dismayed which seeing a sage and valiaunt knyght of Fraunce named Poisieu as the most auncient in the name of the other knightes declared vnto them that the breache was not so great nor profitable for the enemie but that it was defenceable too suche as would diligently repayre the same And moreouer that it was more honourable to knights of honour and lustie souldiers to die valiauntly fighting against the Barbaries for the maintenance of the lawe and true Christian religion then so fainte heartedlie to surrender themselues to the mercie of those at whose hands was nothing to be looked for but miserable seruitude and all kinde of crueltie But rather to preuent these dāgers it were necessarie too refresh the xxx knightes which were there offering himselfe to sustayne the assaulte and to succour the first that hee should see wearie or hurt and therefore exhorted the Gouernour to fight as long as hee coulde Notwithstanding all these his remonstrances were of no effect because the Gouernour was without ceassing solicited vnto and as it were constrained by Argosin other of his partie to surrender which with vehemencie declared vnto him the eminent daunger they and so many women and young children were in findyng hymself bereafte of hearte and fortune and forsaken of his souldiers wythout further consideration consented that a whyte banner should be erected vpon the walles too call the enemies too a Parle And a Turke presenting hym selfe they prayed him that he would vnderstande of the Bascha if he wolde receiue certaine of them to treat of some good accord touching the giuing ouer of the castle whereunto the Bascha lightly consenting was in all diligence dispatched a braue Spaniard named Guiuare and a knight of Maiorque to offer vnto the Bascha the

great losse vnto vs beyng a good Pilot and a very honest man The day before there died also two gallie slaues and foure in the patrone all whiche were cast into the sea to feede fishes Vppon the Sunday beeyng the 23. approching neere vnto Malta wee sent the frigate on before along the coast of Gosse to discouer whither the sea were cleere of gallies galliots and other vessels of the enemies For we something doubted the gallies of Genua after hauing long looked for their returne discouering thē a far off they gaue vs a signe that there was no dāger towards so sayling betwixt Goze the yle of Malta we arriued there very late the entrance of the hauen being shut the Ambassador sent his Lieuetenaunt with his skiffe towardes the grand maister to signifie vnto him our ariual to desire him to cause the hauen to be opened for vs and too giue him also to vnderstand that he had within his gallies the Gouernour and other knights of Tripoli But he vnderstanding of the taking of Trypoli was in such a rage and anger that he sent word back again that he would do nothing vntil the morning that he shuld haue all his counsel together to vnderstand of them what were too be done and afterwardes would let him vnderstande his pleasure The knight Parisot sent foorthwyth certayne refreshinges of bread wine and sweet water which were accepted in better parte then the answeare of the grand maister Vaillier other knights went to lye within the Bourge The next daye in the morning the hauen was opened into which we entred without any welcome bidden And neuerthelesse the grand maister sent Parisot and certaine other auncient knights to receiue the Ambassador who greatly disdayned at the message that in the euening before was sent vnto him which the knights would fayne haue cloaked and excused but could not with honesty doe it being come to the castle he was receiued of the grandmayster with smal countenance as a recompence for that he had at hys great charges and costs besides the losse of his men that were dead and diseased safely brought away the knightes and souldiers from Tripoli who if it had not byn for hym and his gifts had all remayned as Slaues to the Turkes wherein the grande maister could not be perswaded which against al right truth mainteined his opinion that without the good willes of the knights they would neuer haue Surrendred And as for the 30. Turkes being slaues which Vaillier vppon caution assuraunce of the Ambassadour had promised too bee redeliuered vnto the Bascha he would by no meanes thereuntoo consent The counsell of the religion were three times assembled where the ambassadour by good reasons spared not to reprooue the false opinion of the grand maister from the which he was by no manner of remonstrances to be perswaded But to the contrary maliciously suborned the spanish and Italian knight agaynst vs so farre that some sayde wee were come to Malta to espye and view the place to cause it to be brought vnder the Iurisdiction of the Turks other said that after we had caused Tripoli to be lost we would returne againe to the army And generally and aboue al that we were the very chiefe authors of all the mischiefes that were happened vnto them by the Turks Such was their vnthankfulnesse for all the good wil and seruices whiche the Ambassadour and his company had doone to them of the religion Departing from the castell he went to dine wyth the Knight Parisot where Vaillier was vnder arest attending that his processe should be declared against him all the rest of the day there was preparation made too dispatche and sende away the knight de Seure towardes the court too aduertise the king of al that which during our voyage was happened vnto vs. And in the mean space the grād maister sent away three frigats towarde Sicilie Affrique and Naples too aduertise them of the losse of Tripoli or rather as the cōmon voyce was to aduertise Andre Doria which was tarrying for vs at the passage with 5 principal gallies of the day of our departure the course we meant to keep for we vsed al diligence to escape his hands Neuerthelesse we made some smal prouision for our gallies and with much difficulty got certain victuals and wood for our kitchin Moreouer we got a pilote being of the yle of Chio in place of him that was dead the knight de Seure did also no lesse diligence in preparing his galliot too returne into Fraunce being imbarked with him the Lords of S. Veran Montenard the knight of Magliane Vestrie Flamerin certain others who hauing heard that Andre Doria lay in wayte for vs at the passage woulde not put themselues in hazard to fight nor to fall into the handes of their enemies the 26. of August in the euening their ankers being weied hauing a good wind directed their course towardes Marseilie A woman Moore of Tripoli in Barbarie The second Booke of the Nauigations and peregrinations Orientalles of Nicholas de Nicholaij of Daulphine chamberlaine and Geographer ordinary to the king of Fraunce The dep●rture of the Lorde of Arramont Ambassadour for Kinge Henrie the seconde towardes Soliman Emperour of the Turkes from the Ile of Malta to proceed on his voyage towards Leuant Chap. 1. THE Knight of Seure hauing with a very fauourable winde taken hys course towardes Marseille wee with our gallies after wee hadd taken in fresh water the rest of our men that were a shore about the beginning of the night beeing shot to the Seawards about 25. or 30. miles found the wind to be at Northwest which serued vs so wel that hauing set our course southeast we sayled that night 60. miles further following the same course we sayled so with that wind that vpon sunday being the last of August wee had on our left hande the sight of the Ilandes of Zefalonia aunciently called Zephalonia and Zante sometimes called Iacintha being both subiect vnto the Venetians and contributory vnto the Turke as I hope to declare in mine other treatie of our returne from Constantinople The same day about noone we descryed a great ship of Cādia laden with malmsies Muscadels and other marchadises being boūd for Venice And yet notwithstāding wee had giuen them a shot of assurance yet left not to set vp a redde flagge in which were painted the armes of Candia and began to prepare themselues to the fight thinking we had bin Coursaries which the Ambassadour seing made them beleene that he was of Sicilia vpon which occasion they foorthwith stroke their sailes the maister with his barke came to salute the Ambassador whō he straightwaies knew for that he had oftētimes furnished him of wines at Constantinople and therfore presented him wyth a great barrell of muscadel a mutton diuers other pouncils citrons and oranges desiring him too helpe him with a barrell of

hanging downe behind euen to the calfe of the legge but the widdowes weare the same coloured yeallow with saffron marching with great grauitie as ye may at large discerne by the three figures folowing A Gentlewoman of Pera Franque A Gretian woman of estate of Pera Franque A Mayden of estate of Pera. The thirde booke of the Nauigations and peregrinations orientall of N. De Nicolay of Daulphine Chamberlaine and Geographer ordinarie of the king of Fraunce Of the origin life and bringing vppe of the Azamoglans beeing children of tribute leuied vppon the Christians being Subiectes and tributaries too the great Turke The first Chapter AZamoglans are children which the Turk sendeth for to be leuied in forme of tribute frō 4. yeres to foure yeeres throughout al Grecia Albania Valaquia Seruia Bossina Trebisonda Mingrelia and all other prouinces of his Dominion of the Christians dwelling within the same taking away by tyranny more then barbarous of euery three male children one at the choise and will of the Cōmissarie and notwithstanding that all christians dwelling in these countries are not subiect vnto this kinde of tribute of soules yet are they so ouer charged with such excessiue Subsidies and exactions of money that oftentimes not hauing wherwith to pay him they are also constrained to giue deliuer their owne children into bodily seruitude eternall perdition of their soules a tyrannie I say again most cruell lamentable which ought too bee a great consideration compassion vnto all true christian princes for to stir prouoke thē vnto a good peace christian vnitie to apply their forces iointly to deliuer the children of their christiā brethren out of the miserable seruitude of these infidels which by outragious force rauish these most deare infants bodies free by nature from the lappes of their fathers mothers into a seruitude of enmity more then bestiall from baptisme to circumcision from the companie of the christian faith to seruitude Barbarous infidelity frō childly fatherly kindnes to mortal enmity towards their own blood for the executing of these lamentable leuyings are ordeined more then two hundred Commissaries which returning to Constantinople bring with them an incredible number of these chyldren amongest which the most fayrest are chosen to be put into the Sarail of the great Turke where they are nourished and brought vp in the law of Mahomet by diuers masters being Eunuches are instructed well to ride horses shooting and all other exercises of armes agilitie to the intent in processe of time to make them the more obeysant and apt too support all paines and trauailes of the warres or els they doe teach them to learne some art or occupation according to the capacitie of their spirit and such as amongst them are found to be the most grossest they are put some to carry water wood into the offices some other to make cleane the Sarail or in the winter too gather the snow which falleth from heauen for to carry the same vnder the grounde into a place called Carlich where it preserueth all the whole Sommer in hys accustomed nature and coldnesse without melting this being reserued in these colde places serueth in whotte weather too refreshe the great Turke his drinke the other are made gardiners or cookes or are put to serue the Ianissaries Spachis or captains vnto which degrees by succession time as fortune and vertue directeth thē they may attaine vnto themselues they haue for their wages two or three Aspres a day and are apparrelled and hosed twise a yeere with course blew cloth wearing on their heads a hygh yealow hatte made after the fashion of a suger loofe and are vnder a captaine called Agiander Agassi whiche hath for his prouision thyrtie Aspres a day clothed and apparrelled at the charges of the great Turke The finest of these Azamoglans are kept pretilie apparrelled according to their fashion And although they haue no skill of the art of musicke they do neuerthelesse giue themselues to play on diuers instrumentes and most commonly going in the steetes they doe sound vpon a thing very like vnto a Cittern which they call Tambora too which sound they do accord their voices with such an euill fauoured and vnpleasant harmonie that it were bad enough to make a Goat to daunce Of these instruments and of their apparrell yee may see the fourme naturally set forth as al the other are by the figure following Azamoglan or Iamoglan a childe of tribute Of the Azamoglans rustique Chap. 2. THE Deputies and Cōmissaries appointed for the leueing of the christian children after they haue put the fayrest pretiest of them into the Sarail of the great Turke send the other being the most rustique into the Natolie being little Asia towards Bursie and Caramanie to labour and till the ground and keepe the cattaile in the fieldes to the end to vse them to labour indurance in heat cold wether and to learne the turkish language And afterwardes at the end of 4 yeeres against which time others are leuied they are brought to Constantinople and deliuered to the Aga of the Azamoglans or Ianissairots which distributeth them in the seruice of the Ianisses or els causeth thē to be taught in som art or occupation seruing for the warres thus exercising in diuers places their apprentiships of Ianissairots are entertained brought vp as the others are at the charges of the great Turk except for the time y t they are in the Natolie wher they are nourished apparrelled at the charges of those whom they do serue Of these Azamoglans christian childrē Mahometised the venemous nature is so great mischieuous and pernitious that incontinent after they are taken from the lappes of their parents and instructed in the lawes of the Turkes they do declare themselues aswell by words as deedes mortal enemies vnto the Christians so as they practise nothing els then to doe vnto them all iniuries wrongs possible and how great or aged soeuer they become they wil neuer acknowledge theyr fathers mothers nor other friendes for by example I haue seene in Andrinople The great Turke being there a naturall vncle of the late Rostan first Bascha brother in lawe of the said Lorde which his poore vncle and certaine his nephewes christian men went openly a begging through the Citie without that the said Rostan beeing sprong vp of the rase of the Azamoglans wold vouchsafe once to know them and much lesse too doe them any good and yet some are found amongst them but very seldom that by their owne goodnesse vertue and noblenesse of hearte haue not so vnnaturally forgotten their blood natiue countrie nor humanitie and true religion but haue enclined finally returned vnto their naturall and primitiue vertue as of late the most valiant knight George Castriot by the Turkes called Scanderbegus which is to say the Lorde of Alexandria the most

of yeeres and age they should also bee greene of sense and iudgement which so commonly is not found to be amongest olde men rype of age yeres vnto whom the number of yeres and long experience ought to haue brought more wisedome and rype doctrine wel and duly to administer Iustce which ought not to bee peruer●ed nor corrupted by any friendshippe fauour kinred or any other alyaunce and muche lesse through insatiable auarice The estate therfore of these worthie Cadilesquers is very stately and honourable besides that they dayly and ordinarily doe followe the court of the great Lord which they call the gate and through the honour reuerence and dignitie they doe goe before the Bascha for all that their authority is not so greate They are executors of the lawes with the consent of the Baschas they do constitute and depose the Cadis which are Iudges of the prouinces and also take acknowledgement vpon the appellations interposed vpon the sentences iudgements of the saide Cadis according to their prouinces and circuites to wit the one for whole Graecia and the other for the Natolie which is very Turkie Their annuall wages for their estate and office aswell for the Churche as administration of iustice is about seuen or eight thousand duccats besides their ordinary gaynes euery of them entertayning for hys seruice two or 3. hundred slaues and besides haue giuen them and kept at the charges of the great Lord ten Secretaries and twoo Moolurbassis whiche are busied about the horses As for their apparrel they loue to be cloathed in chamblet satten or damaske of sad colours and more honest as russet browne tawny or darke purple The sleeues of their gownes be long and streit vppon their heades they doe weare a Tulbant of a marueilous widenesse and bignesse hauing the middest which they doe call Mogeuisi more lower and streight then the other ordinarie are going through the Countrie or Citie they doe ryde most commonly on Mules or Mulets or sometimes on gelded horses couered vpon the croup●r with a cloth of purple colour garded with silk fringes as in the picture following ye may see and if it happē that they do go on foot they go with a graue fayre soft pace wearing their beard long fierce shewing in thē a great grauitie ioyned with a fained holinesse casting foorth but few words but suche as are of theyr lawe and religion altogeather with euident and meare hypocrisie Cadilesquier a Iudge in spiritual and temporal matters Of foure sundrie religions of the Turkes their maner of liuing and pourtracts of the religions and first of the Geomalers Chap. 15. YF the beliefe and faith of the religious Hermites and Pilgrimes both Turkes and Moores Mahometistes were as good holy and true as it is in false appearance coloured with most euident hypocrisie damnable superstition they might a great deale better assure themselues of their saluation then they do for their maner of liuing is so beastly and farre from the true religion vnder colour of their fained holinesse and vaine deuotion that by comparable reason it might better be called a life of brute beastes then of reasonable men wee will therfore discouer here a little of their foure hypocriticall religiōs of the obseruatiōs therof of which in the end of euery description ye may see the figures naturally drawē out These foure orders of false Mahumeticall religion are in their language called Geomalers Calenders Deruis and Torlaquis The life of the Geomalers to beginne first with them is not much different from that of the worldly sort for that the most part of them are fayre young men and of ryche houses whiche willinglye doe giue themselues to runne about the countrie and to trauel through many and diuers regions prouinces as through Barbarie Egypt Arabia Persia the Indies and the whole land of Turkie for to see and vnderstand the world with great pleasure at other mens charges vnder colour of their pilgrimage and religion the most parte of these are good artificers the other giuē to reading to describe all their voyages the lands and countries which ●hey haue runne through and trauailed Duryng these blind straying peregrinations they carry none other apparrell then a little cassock without sleeues being of purple colour made and fashioned like vntoo a deacons coate so short that it commeth but to aboue theyr knees gyrt in the middest with a long and large girdle of silke and gold of no small beautie and valour vpon the endes wherof are houng certaine Cimbals of siluer mixt with some other cleare sounding mettall and they doe ordinarilie weare sixe or seuen of these aswell about their girdle as vnder their knees And besides the coote in steede of a cloke they are couered aboue the shoulders with the skinne of a Lion or Leopard being whole and in his naturall haire which they doe make fast vpon their breast by the two former legges All the rest of the partes of their bodies are bare sauing that in their eares they doe weare great rings of siluer or of other mettal and on their feet a kinde of shoes made after the fashion of those which the Apostles did weare bound togeather with coardes and to bee the more disguised and appeare more holy they let their haire grow very long and weare the same spread out vppon their shoulders as the brides doe in these Countries And to make them grow to shew the more longer they vse by continuall artifice Terebinthe and vernish laying somtimes for to make it the thicker goates haire whereof the chamblets are made And in such superstitious apparrell raunging about the countrie they doe beare in one of their handes a booke written in the Persian language full of songes and amarous sonnets compounded after the vsage of their rime And being many of thē in a companie their belles and cymballes both neare and afar of make such a pleasant tune that the hearers do therein take very delectable pleasure And if by fortune these iolly louing religious do in the streetes meete with some faire young strippling streightwayes they doe set him in the middest of them cherishing him with a faire and sweete musicke of their voyces and sounde of their cymballes which to hearken vnto euery one runneth and true it is that whilest they do sing they doe sound onely with one of their belles or cymballes euery man keeping measure and time vntoo the voyce of the other and then afterwardes doe sounde all their belles togeather and in this order they doe runne about visiting the artificers and other people for to allure them to giue them some peece of money Amongest these deuout pilgrimes of loue there are some which secretly and vnder pretext of religion doe of a feruent loue draw vnto them the hearts of many faire women likewise of the fairest yonglings of which they are no lesse amarous then they are of the woman kind so much