A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1569. 



the service of king Philip against the Turke. Moreover, 

 whensoever the Turke made out any army, he perceived 

 that no nation did him more hurt then those Genouois, 

 who were his tributaries. Likewise at the Turkes siege 

 of Malta, before which place he lay a great while, with 

 losse of his men, and also of his gallies, he found none so 

 Juanette troublesome unto his force, as one Tuanette Doria a 



uona. Genouois, and divers others of the Hand of Chio, who 



were his tributaries. At which sight, he tooke such dis- 

 pleasure against them of Chio, that he sent certaine of 

 his gallies to the Hand, for to seise upon all the goods 

 TheMauneses of the 24 Mauneses, and to turne them with their wives 

 ^IkndofChio ^^^^ children out of the Hand, but they would let none 

 b^ the Turke. Other depart, because the Hand should not be unpeopled. 

 So that now the Turke hath sent one of his chiefe men 

 to rule there : whereby now it will be more easie for us 

 to obtaine our safeconduct then ever it was before. For 

 if the townesmen of Chio did know that we would trade 

 thither (as we did in times past) they themselves, and 

 also the customer (for the Turke in all his dominions 

 doth rent his customes) would be the chiefest procurer 

 of this our safeconduct for his owne gaine : which is no 

 The custome small matter : for we can pay no lesse then ten in the 

 tJwrowout all \^^^^^^^ thorowout the Turks whole dominion. Hiso- 

 in^vln ^^^ iTiuch, that if one of our shippes should go thither, it 

 hundreth. would be for the customers profit 4000 ducats at least, 

 whereas if we should not trade thither, he should lose 

 so much. Also the burgesses, and the common people 

 English men would be very glad of our trade there, for the Com- 



do buy more niunaltv do get more by our countreymen then they 



commodities of ^ , -' 1 ^- -l ^ r j 



Chio then am ^° ^7 ^"7 Other nation whatsoever: tor we do use to 



other nation, buy many of their silke quilts, and of their Scamato and 



Dimite, that the poore people make in that towne, more 



then any other nation, so that we would not so gladly 



trade, but the people of the countrey would be twise 



so willing. Wherefore they themselves would be a 



meanes unto their governour, by their petition to bring 



this trade to passe : giving him to understand that of 



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