THOMAS SANDERS ad. 



1584. 

 perpetuall, except there were paiment made of the fore- 

 said summe of money. 



Then the king condemned all us, who were in number 

 sixe and twentie, of the which, two were hanged (as 

 you have heard) and one died the first day wee came on 

 shoare, by the visitation of Almightie God : and the 

 other three and twentie he condemned slaves perpetually 

 unto the great Turke, and the ship and goods were 

 confiscated to the use of the great Turke : and then we 

 all fell downe upon our knees, giving God thankes for 

 this sorrowfull visitation, and giving our selves wholy to 

 the Almightie power of God, unto whom all secrets are 

 knowen, that he of his goodnesse would vouchsafe to 

 looke upon us. 



Here may all true Christian hearts see the wonderful! 

 workes of God shewed upon such infidels, blasphemers, 

 whoremasters, and renegate Christians, and so you shall 

 reade in the ende of this booke, of the like upon the 

 unfaithfull king and all his children, and of as many as 

 tooke any portion of the said goods. 



But first to shewe our miserable bondage and slaverie. Every Jive 

 and unto what small pittance and allowance wee were ^}^^ allowed 

 tied, for every five men had allowance but five aspers of o^j^^/adal 

 bread in a day, which is but two pence English : and our 

 lodging was to lye on the bare boords, with a very simple 

 cape to cover us, wee were also forceably and most 

 violently shaven, head and beard, and within three dayes 

 after, I and sixe more of my fellowes, together with 

 fourescore Italians and Spaniards were sent foorth in a 

 Galeot to take a Greekish Carmosell, which came into 

 Africa to steale Negroes, and went out of Tripolis unto 

 that place, which was two hundred and fourtie leagues 

 thence, but wee were chained three and three to an oare, 

 and wee rowed naked above the girdle, and the Bote- 

 swaine of the Galley walked abaft the maste, and his 

 Mate afore the maste, and eche of them a bulls pissell 

 dried in their handes, and when their divelish choller 

 rose, they would strike the Christians for no cause: And [II. i. 188.] 



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