A.o. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1586. 



witches. The same day also wee passed by the Castle 

 of Tino, standing upon a very high mountaine, and 

 neere unto it is the Island of Diana. 



Sio. The 15. of May, wee came to Sio, where I stayed 



thirtie and three dayes. In it is a very proper Towne, 

 after the building of that Countrey, and the people are 

 civil : and while we were here, there came in sixe Gallies, 

 which had bene at Alexandria, and one of them which 

 was the Admiral, had a Prince of the Moores prisoner, 

 whom they tooke about Alexandria, and they meant to 

 present him to the Turke. The towne standeth in a 

 valley, and a long the water side pleasantly. There are 

 about 26. winde-mils about it, and the commodities of 

 it are cotton wooll, cotton yarne, mastike, and some other 

 drugs. 



As we remained at Sio, there grew a great controversie 

 betweene the mariners of the Hercules, and the Greekes 

 of the Towne of Sio, about the bringing home of the 

 Turkes, which the Greekes tooke in ill part, and the 

 boyes cried out, Vive el Re Philippe : whereupon our 

 men beate the boyes, and threwe stones, and so a broile 

 beganne, and some of our men were hurt : but the 

 Greekes were fetcht out of their houses, and manacled 

 together with yrons, and threatned to the Gallies : about 

 fourtie of them were sent to the prison, and what became 

 of them, when we were gone, we know not, for we went 

 thence within two dayes after, which was the 19. of 

 June. 



Singonina. The 20. day wee passed by the Island of Singonina, 

 an Island risen by the casting of stones in that place : 

 the substance of the ground there is brimstone, and 

 burneth sometimes so much that it bloweth up the 

 rockes. 



The 24. of June wee came to Cyprus, and had sight 

 in the way of the aforesaide sixe Gallies, that came 

 from Alexandria, one whereof came unto us, and required 

 a present for himselfe, and for two of the other Gallies,. 

 which we for quietnesse sake gave them. 



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