A.D. 

 1553 



The Famagus- 

 tans observe 

 the French 

 statutes. 



Caz'O Bianco, 



Another Ci on, 

 A ship called 

 el Bonna, 



A great tem- 

 pest. 



Candia, Gozi, 



Antonie Gel- 

 ber departeth 

 this life. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



They take great quantitie of them, and they use to pickle 

 them with vineger and salt, and to put them in pots and 

 send them to Venice and other places of Italy for presents 

 of great estimation. They say they send almost 1200. 

 Jarres or pots to Venice, besides those which are con- 

 sumed in the Island, which are a great number. These 

 are so plentiful! that when there is no shipping, you may 

 buy them for 10. Carchies, which coine are 4. to a 

 Venetian Soldo, which is peny farthing the dozen, and 

 when there is store of shipping, 2. pence the dozen, after 

 that rate of their money. They of the limites of Fama- 

 gusta do keep the statutes of ye Frenchmen which some- 

 times did rule there. And the people of Nicosia observe 

 the order of the Genoueses, who sometimes also did rule 

 them. All this day we lay in the sea with little wind. 



The 16. we met a Venetian ship, and they willing to 

 speake with us, and we with them, made towards each 

 other, but by reason of the evil stirrage of the other 

 ship, we had almost boorded each other to our great 

 danger. Toward night we ankered under Cavo Bianco, 

 but because the winde grew faire, we set saile againe 

 presently. 



The 17. 18. 19. and 20. we were at sea with calme 

 sommer weather, and the 20. we had some raine, and 

 saw another Cion in the element. This day also we 

 sawe, and spake with a Venetian ship called el Bonna, 

 bound for Ciprus. 



The 21. we sailed with a reasonable gale, and saw no 

 land until the 4. of November. This day we had raine, 

 thunder, lightening, and much wind and stormie weather, 

 but God be praised we escaped all dangers. 



The 4. of November, we had first sight of the Island 

 of Candia, and we fell with the Islands called Gozi, by 

 South of Candia. This day departed this present life, 

 one of our company named Anthonie Gelber of Prussia, 

 who onely tooke his surfet of Cyprus wine. This night 

 we determined to ride a trie, because the wind was con- 

 trary, and the weather troublesome. 



