JOHN ELDRED a.d. 



1588. 



were joyfully received 20. miles distant from the towne 



by M. William Barret our Consull, accompanied with his WURam Bat- 



people and Janissaries, who fell sicke immediately and j^™ n 



departed this life within 8. dayes after, and elected before M.wll.Bar- 



his death M. Anthonie Bate Consul of our English nation ret. 



in his place, who laudably supplied the same roome 3. 



yeeres. In which meane time, I made two voyages more Two voiages 



unto Babylon, and returned by the way aforesayd, over m ° re , ™ t0 



the deserts of Arabia. And afterwards, as one desirous 



to see other parts of the countrey, I went from Aleppo 



to Antioch, which is thence 60. English miles, and from 



thence went downe to Tripolis, where going aboord a 



small vessell, I arrived at Joppe, and travelled to Rama, 



Lycia, Gaza, Jerusalem, Bethleem, to the river of Jordan, 



and the sea or lake of Zodome, and returned backe to 



Joppe, & from thence by sea to Tripolis, of which places 



because many others have published large discourses, I 



surcease to write. Within few dayes after imbarking my 



selfe at Tripolis the 22. of December, I arrived (God be 



thanked) in safety here in the river of Thames with 



divers English marchants, the 26. of March, 1588, in 



the Hercules of London, which was the richest ship of 



English marchants goods that ever was knowen to come 



into this realme. 



[The money 



