ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Likewise on the tuesday by three of the clocke he sent 

 for me into his garden, finding him layd upon a silke 

 bed complayning of a sore leg : yet after long conference 

 he walked into another Orchard, where as having a faire 

 banketting-house and a great water, and a new gallie in 

 it, he went aboord the gallie and tooke me with him, and 

 passed the space of two or three houres, shewing the 

 great experience he had in Gallies, wherein (as he said) 

 he had exercised himselfe eighteene yeres in his youth. 

 After supper he shewed me his horses and other com- 

 modities that he had about his house, and since that 

 night I have not seene him, for that he hath kept in with 

 his sore legge, but he hath sent to me daily. 

 June. The 1 3 of June at sixe of the clocke at night I had 



againe audience of the king, and I continued with him 

 till midnight, having debated as well for the Queenes 

 commission as for the well dealing with her marchants 

 for their traffike here in these parts, saying, he would do 

 much more for the Queenes majesty and the Realme, 

 The offers of offering that all English ships with her subjects may with 

 *E Ih* °° Ur & ooc * secur ^^ e enter into his ports and dominions as 

 merchants. well in trade of marchandize, as for victuall & water, as 

 also in time of warre with any her enemies to bring in 

 prises and to make sales as occasion should serve, or 

 else to depart againe with them at their pleasure. 



Likewise for all English ships that shall passe along 

 his coast of Barbarie, & thorow the straites into the 

 Levant seas, that he would graunt safe conduct that the 

 said ships and marchants with their goods might passe 

 into the Levant seas, and so to the Turks dominions, 

 and the king of Argiers, as his owne, and that he would 

 write to the Turke and to the king of Argier his letters 

 for the well using of our ships and goods. 



Also that hereafter no Englishmen that by any meanes 

 may be taken captives, shall be solde within any of his 

 dominions : whereupon I declared that the Queenes 

 majesty accepting of these his offers was pleased to con- 

 firme the intercourse & trade of our marchants within 



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