AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1583. 

 The shippes dome, but it proved farre otherwise. The first man 

 men goe on ^^ ^^^ qj^ i^^^^ ^^5 ^ simple Shepheard, of whom we 

 Tq ^[ p!Sf! demanded whether we might have a sheepe or such 

 hke to refresh our selves, who tolde us yea. And by 

 such conference had with him, at the last he came 

 aboord once or twise, and had the best cheare that 

 we could make him : and our Ambassadour himselfe 

 talked with him, and still he made us faire promises, 

 but nothing at all meant to performe the same, as the 

 end shewed. In the meane time came in a shippe of 

 Marseils, the Master whereof did know our Ambassa- 

 dour very well, with whom our Ambassadour had 

 conference, and with his Marchants also. They came 

 from Alger in Barbarie, which is under the governe- 

 ment of the Great Turke. They did present our 

 Ambassadour with an Ape, wherefore he made very 

 TheJmbassa- much of them, and had them often aboord. By them 

 dour betrayed. \ suppose, he was bewrayed of his purpose as touching 

 his message, but yet still we had faire words of the Shep- 

 heard aforesayd, and others. So that upon their words, 

 our Purser and another man went to a Towne which 

 was three or foure miles from the port, and there 

 were well entertained, and had of the people very faire 

 speeches, and such small things as could be gotten 

 upon the sudden, and so returned to the shippe that 

 day. Then wee were emboldened, and thought all had 

 bene well, according to their talke. The next day, 

 February the being the sixth day of Februarie, two of our Gentle- 

 sixth. men, with one of our Marchants, and the Purser, and 



one of the Ambassadours men went to the Towne 

 aforesayd, thinking to doe as the Purser and the other 

 had done before, but it prooved contrary : for at their 

 comming thither they had faire wordes a while, and 

 had bread and wine, and such necessaries for their 

 money, untill such time as they were beset with men, 

 and the Majorcans never shewed in their countenance 

 any such matter, but as the maner of all the people 

 in the dominions of Spaine is, for the most part to 



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