AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1522. 



How the ambassadours of Rhodes spake with the 

 great Turke, and what answere they had. 



WHeii our ambassadours had made reverence to the 

 great Turke, they sayd that the lord great master 

 of Rhodes had sent them to his Imperiall majestie to 

 know what he requested, and desired that they might 

 talke together, and how the great master had received his 

 letter. The great Turke answered them by his truch- 

 man, that of demanding to speake together, nor writing 

 of letter to the great master he knew nothing. Howbeit, 

 sith the great master had sent to him for to know his 

 will, he bade say to them that the great master should 

 yeeld him the towne. And in so doing he promised by 

 his faith for to let him goe with all his knights, and all 

 other that would goe with their goods, without receiving 

 any displeasure of his people of the campe. And if he 

 accepted not the sayd treatie, to certifie him that he 

 would never depart from Rhodes till he had taken it, and 

 that all his might of Turkie should die there, rather then 

 hee would faile of it, and that there should neither great 

 nor litle escape, but unto the cats they should be all cut 

 in pieces, and sayd that within 3. dayes they should give 

 him an answere, for hee would not that his people should 

 loose time, and that during the sayd truce they should 

 make no repaires nor defences within the towne. 



When the great Turke had ended his wordes, our am- 

 bassadours tooke their leave of him, and returned to the 

 towne, and there was given to each of them a rich 

 garment of branched velvet, with cloth of gold of the 

 Turkish fashion. Then Acmek basha tooke sir Passin, 

 and led him to his pavillion, and intreating him right 

 well, caused him to abide all that day and night : and in 

 eating and drinking they had many discourses of things 

 done at the siege, questioning each with other. And 

 among all other things our ambassadour demaunded of 

 Acmek, and prayed him to tell for trueth how many men 

 died of the campe while the siege was laied. The said 



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