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A29712	Barbarian cruelty being a true history of the distressed condition of the Christian captives under the tyranny of Mully Ishmael, Emperor of Morocco, and King of Fez and Macqueness in Barbary : in which is likewise given a particular account of his late wars with the Algerines, the manner of his pirates taking the Christians and others, his breach of faith with Christian princes, a description of his castles and guards, and the places where he keeps his women, his slaves and negroes : with a particular relation of the dangerous escape of the author and two English men more from thence, after a miserable slavery of ten years / by Francis Brooks.	Brooks, Francis.	1693 (1693)	Wing B4973; ESTC R2320	34,364	144

forty English-men Subjects of our Gracious King in this sore Captivity This Emperor as I have been informed touching his Birth or Descent was begotten of a Negro Woman by a white Man one of the noblest of their Quality in that time and is a Mollatto by his Colour but when he 's in a Passion he looks just as he is as black as an Infernal Imp which his Natives take notice of and can tell when he 's angry For his Apparel he wears a fine Holland Shirt with Sleeves so large that will make any ordinary Man a pair of Drawers besides a large pair of Drawers of the same with Breeches over them and next to his Shirt a Garment of as fine Stuff as can be had made of the fashion of a Wastcoat without Sleeves and over that a Coat of as fine Cloth as can be bought made almost of our fashion he wears over that a sort of Garment which they call a Shilham or Barnoose but we may call it a short Cloak being wrought all over with Silver and Gold with a Cap to go over his Head having at the top of it a great Bob with a Fringe and at the bottom a great Fringe all round it on the lower part from his Breast it is open and the upper part made fast and over that in cold Weather he wears a Cloak with a Cap to put over his Head upon his Head he wears sometimes a Turbet as they call it made of Silk and when it is hot Weather he wears a Garment made of a sort of Stuff like fine Crape and a Hat and on his Legs he wears fine red Boots but different from our Fashion he 's oftner on Horse-back than on Foot his Guard which are of different Stature wear some of them Shoes and have over their Shirts and Drawers only Cloaks with Caps some light coloured and some dark sometimes he has an hundred following him and at other times fifty and sometimes more he having thirty thousand Negroes of his own Slaves Every one of his black Guard have a Piece and he has three or four Launces carried after him and several Pieces ready charged to kill with at his Pleasure either the Christians or his own Natives When he falls out with his Guard he strips and takes their Clothes from them and puts them in Irons and sets them to work He seldom returns home after his going out in a Morning without killing one or other before he returns by running of them through with his Launce shooting them or dragging them at a Mule's Tail either Men or Women seldom repenting for what he has done Mahomet their great Prophet possessing them with a Belief that if he kills any one he merits Heaven by so doing but if any Person should kill him he cannot avoid going to Hell He has Water carried after him by a Boy which he drinks to make the People believe he drinks nothing else and likewise hath short Sticks carried after him daily to beat the poor Slaves at his Pleasure which is hourly to vex and punish them delighting in nothing more He was first made a Coyde or Governour of some part of the Country and by his Kindness and Affability to the People he gained Respect from them in that Country Mully Sheade being then King and living in the City of Fez there died and the Inhabitants there being all Whites and he a Mollato they cried up Mully Hammet Mully Ishmael being then beloved of his own People he raised a small Army and went against the said City and won it having conquered Fez he still strove to oblige the People and one Guillan raised a small Army against whom Mully Ishmael went Guillan being a great Friend to our Nation the Governour of Tangier offered him Assistance if he was pleased to accept it he returned him Thanks saying it was bad enough for himself and his own Army to be conquered and it would be worse for the Christians if they should go with him but engaging himself Mully Ishmael conquered him and his People carried his Head up to Macqueness When I was there the Emperor kept two of Guillan's Sons in his Castle and had them at School amongst his own Children because of their Father's Courage and Stoutness Our English Governour was concerned at the loss of Guillan and his People When the Emperor had won most of his Country and conquered Tarradant he soon after came to Macqueness and ordered all his Bashaws or Governours to build Walls and great Houses upon their own Charge on pain of losing their Lives Some finished their Houses and some could not having not wherewith to do it being brought so low he causing it to be so that they might not rebel against his chief Son called Mully Sedan for whom he hath the greatest Esteem above all his Sons thinking he may succeed after his Decease but I hope in God and wish it may never be for the young Tyrant imitates his Father too much in cutting and killing the Slaves as bad as he almost that the People begin to dread him as well as the old one The Emperor's Castle hath four Gates belonging to it The City of Macqueness is an old decay'd place the Castle standing distant from it and walled in some places double and has a few old Iron Guns mounted upon them For the Brass Guns that were taken from the King of Spain he 's afraid to leave them with any of his Governours lest they rise against him and had them brought up to Macqueness plac'd within the Castle Gates betwixt two Walls flat upon the Ground The Buildings within the Walls are very high and several small Forts round the Castle-Walls And lately he set the People to build two new Towns with which to plague his Country People to bring them as low as he can which I think will never be finished in his time and if he did it on his own Cost and Charge he would not have so many Buildings When Taxes are brought him in he treasures it up taking but little out again The common Diet the Emperor uses to eat is made like a kind of Grain they call it Cus●ozoo being boiled and mixed with their Butter which is far more loathsome and strong to us than our Butter in England being put into Platters they put thereon Mutton cut in small pieces So he sits down and thrusting his Hand into it he shakes it a little to and fro crambing it in his Mouth together When he has done he calls his Negroes to take what 's lest to eat while he stands over them and they are in great fear left he kill them which he certainly would do if one should eat more than another Their Drink is commonly Water 't is said he 'l drink Wine wherein he makes invalid the Doctrine of their great Prophet Mahomet who told the People It was a great Sin to do it yea and he 'l often be drunk too to the sorrow of his poor Slaves

Condition that I was kept daily in which I cannot at large insert here came to me speaking his own Language being Arabick knowing I could understand him and he asked me if I would go to my Native Country I replied Are you in earnest or not he answered Yes and would direct me and go along with me himself to Marsegan a Garison belonging to the King of Portugal I told him if he expected any Reward or Satisfaction from me for his Pains I had nothing to give him he said he knew that by my Condition So I enquired of him where he lived he answered at a place called Assimore which is not far from the Christian Garison and he said he would trust to the Benevolence of the Governour of that place provided I would speak to the said Governour for a Gratuity for him when we should arrive there I told him I should be worse than a Jew if I did not do that and they themselves count the Jews the worst and falsest of all People Then I asked him in what time we should provide for our Journey he said as soon as I could find convenient opportunity and I farther prevailed with him to take in two more English-men along with us whose Names were Tristram Bryan born in Plymouth and Edward Tucker who came from New-England And in five days time after we were fitted with a small quantity of Bread for the Journey supposing we might accomplish our Journey in ten Nights time for we must of necessity hide our selves in the Day for fear of being discovered yet we found it difficult enough to perform in two and twenty days in which time we were put to great Hardships and Necessities on the way The Particulars are as follow On the 26 th of June 1692 in the Evening we set forward from Macqueness and travelled as far as we could that Night in great fear of being pursued with our Moor to direct us in the way knowing that if they had found us we had been killed if not burnt which would have been the Moor's Lot had we been taken towards day we had a great River to pass when we were got over we found a small Coppise or Wood where we rested the Day following being the 27 th In the Evening when the Sun was set our Guide was forward to be going not knowing how the Event would prove and I had much ado to perswade him from going before 't was dark When we came into the Road out of the Wood we met ten Moors and Mules and Asses laden with Goods for the Emperor being Iron which they had taken from one Savage an English Master that came from Bilboa so we followed our Guide the Moor who gave them the time of the Night and they him likewise and so we passed that time without any further trouble they supposing us to be Moors being we had on their sort of Apparel So we travelled that Night making what haste we could and still in great fear lest we should have been discovered by the Moors when we rested it was towards Day in some Brambles or Bushes seeing them pass along by us driving of Sheep and Bullocks but through Mercy they did not see us And the next Night being the 28 th we travelled all Night and when Day appeared we could not find a convenient place to lodg in which we sought for and about Sun-rising we found a place betwixt two Mountains where were Holes made with the Winter Rains coming off the Hills near a Path-way to which we made and espied several Moors who went along the Road that had Mules and Asses loaden with Iron who saw us not Some part of the Day we slept and the Moor and I watcht in which time the Moor gathered Palm and made a Sling to sling Stones at Lions and other wild Beasts that appeared So in the Evening after Sun-set being the 29 th we travelled till we came to a River-side where were a great parcel of Moors and Mules a baiting that had Bail-Goods which the Sally-Moors had taken in Prizes to carry to the Emperor at Macqueness who strictly enquired of our Moor from whence we came and whither we were going He made answer To Salley and came from Macqueness and so our Moor bad them Good-night and we travelled on without further enquiry along the River-side before we could get over When we were over there were a great many Bramble-bushes and Rush-bushes and our Moor feared there were Lions in that Place so we made what haste we could up a Hill on the top of which was a great Plain and being very thirsty we travelled on a good way further and heard a noise of Frogs and Toads to which Place we came and found a standing Water which stunk however we drank thereof to stay our Thirst and 't was sweet to us and so went on till we found a ruined Castle which had formerly belonged to the Portugues at which our Moor would fain have rested but I told him there might happen to be Moors there because they usually rested in such Places in the Night So we went further till we came to a place where grew a great parcel of high Weeds and there we rested that Day The 30 th at Night after Sun-set we set forwards but were very thirsty the Sun having shone hot upon us that Day having lain without shelter only the Weeds I asked our Moor how long it would be e're we could find any Water He said A little further there was a small River but we thought it a long way to it our Throats being so parch'd with Drought so we drank Water and eat a little Bread which did greatly refresh us and we went forward till near break of Day where we rested in some Weeds till about two in the Afternoon at which time three Women disturbed us two or three times but saw not our Faces So we three went forward and our Moor stood and enquired of them the way to Salley Then the Women asked from whence we came Who answered From Tapholet which was a City in that Country They further asked if he had lain in that place all Night and asked what they were that were with him He told them Three of his Neighbours and that they had lain there all Night being Strangers They said It was a wonder that the Lions had not destroyed us there being so many in that place they devoured some of their Cattel almost every Night and they told him it was about four Leagues to Salley After Sun-set July 1. we travelled till we came to a Wood where the Moor would have had us to rest but seeing of Lights which the Country People had in their Tents and hearing a Lion roar thereabouts we went further and came to a ruined Tower where was a good Spring of Water we drank and refreshed our selves but durst not stay for fear of Moors being in that place and going a little farther we came into a Valley where

was a Hole the Winter Rains had made there we rested and after the Sun was risen two Moors came to cut Palm At which I awaked our Moor who spoke to them and gave them the time of Day and they likewise to him They enquired of him from whence he came and whither he was going He told them he came from beyond Tapholet and was going to visit a great Saint at a Town called Temsnah and asked further if there were none with him He answered there were three more They asked if we had lain there all Night He said we had They said it was to be wondred that the Lions had not devoured us and came to look at us where we lay speaking Arabick but the Moor told them we could not speak that Lingua and we were covered all over with our white Blankets being such as the Moors commonly wear So they went away and left us telling us We did well in going to visit the Saint So we got up and espying a parcel of Bushes a little distance off we removed thither lest the two Moors should have informed of us at Salley and so have come back to the place and found us The Bush where we were hid was near a River-side but we durst not go to drink thereat by reason of People which passed to and fro there by us all Day long July 2. After Sun-set we attempted to go over the River but it being so strong a Stream and deep we could not pass over it And in our going a great way further up the River-side there happened to be several of the Moors yet being Night they saw us not save only one Man of the Natives which had tied up a bundle of Canes fast together to pass over the River with them to whom our Moor gave the time of the Night and he answering with the like to us we parted and going higher up we found a place not so deep as the other part of the River so got over and travelled up a Hill on the other side where we found some Bushes and there we rested and our Moor lay on the out-side of them In the Morning when the Sun was risen came by us two Moors with two Asses who said one to the other it was wonder the Lions had not devoured that Man meaning our Moor who they saw lying by the side of the Bushes On the third Instant after the Sun was set we set forward endeavouring to get to the Sea-side but there being several People in the way watching with their Dogs to keep the wild Beasts from their Gardens which we hearing were fain to flee further from them so we travelled a little further and rested among some Rushes The next Night being the 4 th of July we travelled after Sun-setting as far as we could being weary and faint and rested On the 5 th on which Day after Sun was set we set forward and travelled till we came to a place where was a standing Water being thereto led by a noise of Frogs which although the Water stunk yet drinking thereof it was sweet to us with that and a little Bread we were much refreshed but at this time our Bread was gone so we travelled a little further and rested The 6 th Instant after Sun-set we went forward and discovered a great many Lights which the Natives had in their Tents where they lodg So we parted a while one from another to find out the Roads At length I came to a place where the Country People use to go to Market where we again met together and travelling awhile we heard some Dogs as I thought did scent us and near that place we met with a Lion lying by the Way-side which the Moor seeing before he roused he struck him fair over the Head So the Lion roared at him and followed us half a Mile or more but our Moor kept slinging of Stones at him so fast that he left us Then we came to a Valley where was a Wood on each side When Day appeared we rested in the Wood having no Bread to sustain us but we durst not enter the Wood till it was Day-light for fear of the Lions We then found a piece of Pot in the Wood with which our Moor brought us some Water out of the Valley for we durst not fetch it our selves lest the People saw us so when the Moor had brought us a Pot full of Water but in the mean time we were lamenting our sad Condition for want of Bread having then no Sustenance but Palm-Berries Grass and Weeds and any thing we could eat which was sweet to us he said in his own Language God was great So went from us about the space of four Hours in which time he sold his Sash and bought us a small quantity of Bread about a pound and an half therewith and brought us a little of it which we ate and he fetch'd us a little more Water in the Pot After we had eaten and drank of the Water we went to sleep two of us watching On the 7 th after Sun-set we travelled on and the Moor slung Stones whilst we passed through the Wood lest there should be Lions lurking thereabouts having refreshed our selves with the Bread and Water we rested amongst some Brambles but could find no more Water that Night Then on the 8 th Day at Night we came to another Wood in which we travelled a great way and kept two of us awake to watch against Lions and other wild Beasts On the 9 th we set forward and travelled in the same Wood and still had no Water The 10 th after Sun-setting we went till we came to an Hill of Rocks at the bottom whereof we found a Spring of Water and drinking thereof we were greatly refreshed and there was a little River from which we went till we came to some Trees or Bushes and there rested About eight a Clock in the Morning July 11. it raining fast we ventured to travel that Day after we had rubb'd out a little Corn and eaten that the Moor had brought us having no Bread to eat so went to the top of an Hill on which grew a Tree which we climb'd upon and espied the Sea at a great distance from us We travelled all that Day and the Night following till towards Day that we rested but had neither Bread nor Water On the 12 th at Night after Sun-setting we travelled a good way and heard a noise of Frogs and Toads to which we made and found Water which we drank of and although it was very brackish yet it was pleasant to us by reason of our sore Drought A little from thence we met with a Person of Quality as we judged by his Habit and Attendance having ten Men with him to whom our Moor paid his Respects and gave him the time of the Night He answered him again in his own Language and asked him whither we were going Our Moor answered To Santa Cruse So he bid us