JOHN LOCKE A.D. 



1553- 

 men, and very good archers, and shoot neere the marke. 



This Ilande is from Zante 300 miles. 



The seventh we sayled all along the sayd Hand with 

 little winde and unstable, and the eight day towards night 

 we drew to the East end of the Hand. 



The 9 and 10 we sayled along with a prosperous 

 winde and saw no land. 



The 1 1 in the morning, we had sight of the Hand 

 of Cyprus, and towards noone we were thwart the Cape 

 called Ponta Malota, and about foure of the clocke we Ponta, 

 were as farre as Baffo, and about sunne set we passed ^^^^otn. 

 Cavo Bianco, and towards nine of the clocke at night /^^°' ^. 

 we doubled Cavo de la gatte, and ankered afore Limisso, ru^ [^ 105.]' 

 but the wind blew so hard, that we could not come Caz-o de Ja 

 neere the towne, neither durst any man goe on land, g^^^^- 

 The towne is from Cavo de le gatte twelve miles 

 distant. 



The 12. of August in the morning wee went on land 



to Limisso : this towne is ruinated and nothing in it Umhso. 



worth writing, save onely in the mids of the towne 



there hath bene a fortresse, which is now decayed, and 



the wals part overthrowen, which a Turkish Rover with 



certaine gallies did destroy about 10. or 12. yeeres past. 



This day walking to see the towne, we chanced to see 



in the market place, a great quantitie of a certaine vermine 



called in the Italian tongue Cavalette. It is as I can Cavaktte, ts 



learne, both in shape and bignesse like a g^rassehopper, for ^ ^ ^f^"^. 

 •1 1-1 ^' rr /^ r ^ i i ' vermine in 



I can judge but little difference. Or these many yeeres the hland of 



they have had such quantitie y^ they destroy all their Cyprus. 

 corne. They are so plagued with them, y^ alm.ost every 

 yeere they doe well nie loose halfe their corne, whether 

 it be the nature of the countrey, or the plague of God, 

 that let them judge that best can define. But that there 

 may no default be laied to their negligence for the 

 destruction of them, they have throughout the whole 

 land a constituted order, that every Farmor or husband- 

 man (which are even as slaves bought and sold to their 

 lord) shall every yeere pay according to his territorie, a 



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