AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1581. 



upon the ground, with their legges a crosse like tailors, 

 their beds for the most part be hard stones, but yet 

 some of them have faire mattraces to lie upon. 



Joppa. Upon thursday the eight of August we came to Joppa 



in a small barke, which we hired betwixt Missagh and 

 Salina, and could not be suffered to come on land till 

 noone the next day, and then we were permitted by the 



The Basha of great Basha, who sate upon the top of a hill to see us 



Joppa. ggj-^^ away. Being come on land, we might not enter 



into any house for victuals, but were to content our 

 selves with our owne provision, and that which we 

 bought to carie with us was taken from us. I had a 

 paire of stirrops, which I bought at Venice to serve me 

 in my journey, and trying to make them fit for me, when 

 the Basha saw me up before the rest of the companie, he 

 sent one to dismount me, and to strike me, whereupon 

 I turned me to the Basha, and made a long legge, saying. 

 Grand mercie Signior : and after a while we were horsed 

 upon litle asses, and sent away, with about fiftie light 

 horsemen to be our conduct through the wildernesse, 

 called Deserta foelix, who made us good sport by the 

 way with their pikes, gunnes, and fauchins. 



Rama. That day being S. Laurence day, we came to Rama, 



which is tenne Italian miles from Joppa, and there we 

 stayed that night, and payed to the captaine of the castell 

 every man a chekin, which is seven shillings and two 

 pence sterling. So then we had a new gard of souldiers, 

 and left the other. 



The house we lodged in at Rama had a doore so low 

 to enter into, that I was faine to creepe in, as it were 

 upon my knees, & within it are three roomes to lodge 

 travellers that come that way : there are no beds, except a 

 man buy a mat, and lay it on the ground, that is all 

 the provision, without stooles or benches to sit upon. 

 Our victuals were brought us out of the towne, as 

 hennes, egges, bread, great store of fruite, as pom- 

 granates, figges, grapes, oringes, and such like, and 

 drinke we drue out of the well. The towne it selte 



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