A REPORT OF A WORTHY FIGHT a.d. 



1586. 

 Levant, to hinder the passage of all English ships, and 

 to endevour by their best meanes, to intercept, take, 

 and spoile them, their persons, and goods : they here- 

 upon thought it their best course to set out their fleete 

 for Turkie, in such strength and abilitie for their 

 defence, that the purpose of their Spanish enemie might 

 the better be prevented, and the voyage acomplished 

 with greater securitie to the men and shippes. For 

 which cause, five tall, and stoute shippes, appertaining 

 to London, and intending onely a Marchants voyage, 

 were provided and furnished with all things belonging 

 to the Seas ; the names whereof were these : 



1. The Marchant Royall, a very brave and good 



shippe, and of great report. 



2. The Tobie. 



3. The Edward Bonaventure. 



4. The William, and John. 



5. The Susan. 



These five departing from the coast of England, in 

 the moneth of November 1585. kept together as one 

 fleete, til they came as high as the Isle of Sicile, within 

 the Levant. And there, according to the order and 

 direction of the voyage, each shippe began to take 

 leave of the rest, and to separate himselfe, setting his 

 course for the particular port, whereunto hee was 

 bounde : one for Tripolie in Syria, another for Con- 

 stantinople, the chiefe Citie of the Turkes Empire, 

 situated upon the coast of Romania, called of olde, 

 Thracia, and the rest to those places, whereunto they 

 were privatly appointed. But before they devided them- 

 selves, they altogether consulted, of and about a certaine 

 and speciall place for their meeting againe after the 

 lading of their goods at their severall portes. And in 

 conclusion, the generall agreement was to meete at 

 Zante, an Island neere to the maine continent of the 

 West part of Morea, well knowen of all the Pilots, & 

 thought to be the fittest place of their Rendevous. 

 Concerning which meeting, it was also covenanted on 



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