A.D. 

 1584. 



Master D'ler 

 condemned to 

 be hanged over 

 a bulwarke. 



A Frenchman 

 turned Turke, 

 in hope of his 

 life^ and after- 

 ward was 



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Then fell our other Factor (named Richard Skegs) 

 upon his knees before the king, and said, I beseech 

 your highnesse either to pardon our Master, or else 

 suffer me to die for him, for he is ignorant of this 

 cause. And then the people of that countrey favour- 

 ing the said Richard Skegs besought the king to 

 pardon them both. So then the king spake these 

 wordes : Beholde, for thy sake, I pardon the Master. 

 Then presently the Turkes shouted, and cried, saying : 

 Away with the Master from the presence of the king. 

 And then he came into the Banio whereas we were, and 

 tolde us what had happened, and we all rejoyced at the 

 good hap of Master Skegs, that hee was saved, and our 

 Master for his sake. 



But afterward our joy was turned to double sorrow, for 

 in the meane time the kings minde was altered : for that 

 one of his counsell had advised him, that unlesse the 

 Master died also, by the lawe they could not confiscate 

 the ship nor goods, neither captive any of the men : 

 whereupon the king sent for our Master againe, and gave 

 him another judgement after his pardon for one cause, 

 which was that hee should be hanged. Here all true 

 Christians may see what trust a Christian man may put in 

 an infidels promise, who being a King, pardoned a man 

 nowe, as you have heard, and within an houre after 

 hanged him for the same cause before a whole multitude : 

 and also promised our Factors their oyles custome free, 

 and at their going away made them pay the uttermost 

 penie for the custome thereof. 



And when that Romaine Sonnings saw no remedy but 

 that he should die, he protested to turne Turke, hoping 

 thereby to have saved his life. Then saide the Turke, If 

 thou wilt turne Turke, speake the words that thereunto 

 belong : and he did so. Then saide they unto him. Now 

 thou shalt die in the faith of a Turke, and so hee did, 

 as the Turkes reported that were at his execution. And 

 the forenamed Patrone Norado, whereas before he had 

 libertie and did nothing, he then was condemned slave 



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