A.D. 

 I55I 



[II. 



1. 100. 



Mallon 



Messina. 



The Turke 

 prepareth an 

 army to be- 

 siege Malta. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



10 miles to take the tide in the morning, which happily 

 I did, and that night came to Dover, and there came 

 to an anker, and there remained untill tuesday, meeting 

 with the worthy knight sir Anthony Aucher owner of 

 the saide ship. 



The II day we arrived in Plimoth, and the 13 in 

 the morning we set forward on our voyage with a pros- 

 perous winde, and the 1 6 we had sight of Cape Finister 

 on the coast of Spaine. 



The 30 we arrived at Cades, and there discharged 

 certaine marchandise, and tooke others aboord. 



The 20 of February we departed from Cades, & 

 passed the straights of Gibraltar that night, and the 25 

 we came to the lie of Mallorca, and staied there ^yq 

 daies with contrary windes. 



The first of March, we had sight of Sardenna, and the 

 fift of the said month wee arrived at Messina in Sicilia, 

 and there discharged much goods, and remained there 

 untill good Fryday in Lent. 



The chiefs marchant that laded the sayd Barke Aucher 

 was a marchant stranger called Anselm Salvago, and 

 because the time was then very dangerous, and no going 

 into Levant, especially to Chio, without a safe conduct 

 from the Turke, the said Anselm promised the owner 

 Sir Anthony Aucher, that we should receive the same 

 at Messina. But I was posted from thence to Candia, 

 and there I was answered that I should send to Chio, 

 and there I should have my safe conduct. I was forced 

 to send one, and hee had his answere that the Turke 

 would give none, willing me to looke what was best 

 for me to doe, which was no small trouble to me, con- 

 sidering I was bound to deliver the goods that were in 

 the ship at Chio, or send them at mine adventure. The 

 marchants without care of the losse of the ship would 

 have compelled me to goe, or send their goods at mine 

 adventure, the which I denied, and sayd plainely I would 

 not goe, because the Turkes gallies were come forth to 

 goe against Malta, but by the French kings means, he 



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