THOMAS SANDERS 



Master Barton, with all the residue of his company, 

 departed from Tripolie to Zante, in a vessell, called a 

 Settea, of one Marcus Segoorus, who dwelt in Zante, and 

 after our arrivall at Zante wee remained fifteene dayes 

 there aboorde our vessell, before wee coulde have Platego 

 (that is, leave to come a shoare) because the plague was in 

 that place, from whence wee came : and about three 

 dayes after we came a shoare, thither came another Settea 

 of Marseils bound for Constantinople. Then did Master 

 Barton, and his company, with two more of our company, 

 shippe themselves as passengers in the same Settea, and 

 went to Constantinople. But the other nine of us that 

 remained in Zante, about three moneths after, shipt our 

 selves in a shippe of the said Marcus Segoorus, which 

 came to Zante, and was bound for England. In which 

 three moneths, the souldiers of Tripolie killed the said 

 king. And then the Kings sonne, according to the 

 custome there, went to Constantinople, to surrender up 

 all his fathers treasure, goods, captives, and concubines, 

 unto the great Turke, and tooke with him our saide 

 Purser Richard Burges, and James Smith, and also the 

 other two Englishmen, which he the said kings sonne 

 had inforced to become Turkes, as is aforesayd. And 

 they the said Englishmen finding now some opportunitie, 

 concluded with the Christian captives which were going 

 with them unto Constantinople, being in number about 

 one hundred and fiftie, to kill the kings sonne, and all the 

 Turkes which were aboorde of the Galley, and privily the 

 saide Englishmen conveyed unto the saide Christian 

 captives, weapons for that purpose. And when they came 

 into the maine Sea, towarde Constantinople (upon the 

 faithfull promise of the sayde Christian captives (these 

 foure Englishmen lept suddenly into the Crossia, that is, 

 into the middest of the Galley, where the canon lieth, and 

 with their swordes drawne, did fight against all the fore- 

 said Turkes, and for want of helpe of the saide Christian 

 captives, who falsly brake their promises, the said Master 

 Blonkets boy was killed, and the sayde James Smith, and 



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A.D. 



1585. 



Two English- 

 men skipped to 

 Constantinople 

 zcith M. 

 Barton, 



The souldiers 

 ofTripolis 

 kil the King. 



