A.D. 



1569. 



1569. 



JASPER CAMPION 



A discourse of the trade to Chio, in the yeere 

 1569. made by Caspar Campion, unto master 

 Michael Locke, and unto master William 

 Winter, as by his letters unto them both 

 shall appeare. Written the 14. of February. 



Orshipfull Sir, &c. As these dayes past 

 I spake unto you about the procurement 

 of a safe conduct from the great Turke, 

 for a trade to Chio : The way and maner 

 how it may be obtained with great ease 

 shall plainly appeare unto you in the 

 lines following. Sir, you shall under- 

 stand that the Island of Chio in time past hath bene a 

 Signiorie or lordship of it selfe, and did belong unto the 

 Genowaies. There were 24. of them that governed the 

 island which were called Mauneses. But in continuaunce 

 of time the Turke waxed so strong and mightie, that 

 they, considering they were not able to keepe it, unlesse 

 they should become his tributaries, because the Island 

 had no corne, nor any kind of vitailes to sustaine them- 

 selves, but onely that which must of necessitie come out 

 of the Turkes dominions, and the sayd island being 

 inclosed with the Turks round about, and but 12. miles 

 from the Turks Continent, therefore the said Genowaies 

 did compound and agree to be the Turkes tributaries, 

 and to pay him 14000. thousand ducates yeerely. 

 Alwayes provided, that they should keep their lawes 

 both spirituall and temporall, as they did when the Hand [II. i. 115.] 

 was in their owne hands. Thus he granted them their 

 priviledge, which they injoyed for many yeeres, so that 

 all strangers, and also many English men did trade 

 thither of long continuance, and went and came in safety. The Prince 

 In this meane time, the prince Pedro Doria (being a P^dro Doria 

 Genouois) became a captaine to serve the Emperour with ^^ ^^/^^^»^ <lf 

 30 or 40 gallies against the Turke. And since that time ^°^f^/J^ 

 divers other captaines belonging to Genoa have bene in Emperor. 



