ROGER BODENHAM 



a parlament betweene themselves, and he upon the same 

 came up to me with his sword drawen, swearing that 

 hee had promised the owner Sir Anthony Aucher, to live 

 and die in the sayde shippe against all that should offer 

 any harme to the shippe, and that he would fight with 

 the whole armie of the Turkes, and never yeelde : with 

 this fellow I had much to doe, but at the last I made 

 him confesse his fault and followe mine advise. Thus 

 with much labour I gat out of the Mole of Chio, into 

 the sea by warping foorth, with the helpe of Genoueses 

 botes, and a French bote that was in the Mole, and 

 being out God sent mee a speciall gale of winde to goe 

 my way. Then I caused a peece to be shotte off for 

 some of my m^en that were yet in the towne, & with 

 much a doe they came aboord, and then I set sayle a 

 little before one of the clocke, and I made all the sayle 

 I could, and about halfe an houre past two of the clocke 

 there came seven gallies into Chio to stay the shippe : 

 and the admirall of them was in a great rage because she 

 was gone. Whereupon they put some of the best in 

 prison, and tooke all the men of the three ships which 

 I left in the port, and put them into the Gallies. They 

 would have followed after mee, but that the townes men 

 found meanes they did not. The next day came thither 

 a hundred more of Gallies, and there taried for their 

 whole companie, which being together were about two 

 hundred & 50 sayle, taking their voyage for to surprise 

 the Hand of Malta. The next day after I departed, I 

 had the sight of Candia, but I was two dayes after or 

 ever I could get in, where I thought my selfe out of 

 their daunger. There I continued untill the Turkes 

 armie was past, who came within the sight of the towne. 

 There was preparation made as though the Turks had 

 come thither. There be in that Hand of Candia many 

 banished men, that live continually in the mountaines, 

 they came downe to serve, to the number of foure or 

 five thousand, they are good archers, every one with his 

 bowe and arrowes, a sword and a dagger, with long haire, 



75 



A.D. 



155I. 



The Turkes 

 Gallies come to 

 seeketheBarke 

 Aucher. 



Five thousand 

 banished men 

 in Candia. 



