A.D. 



1584. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



The beginning 

 of their 

 troubles, and 

 occasion of all 

 their miserie. 



king demaunded of him custome for the oyles : Sonnings 

 answered him that his highnesse had promised to deliver 

 them custome free. But notwithstanding the king 

 weighed not his said promise, and as an infidell that 

 hath not the feare of God before his eyes, nor regarde 

 of his worde, albeit hee was a king, hee caused the sayde 

 Sonnings to pay the custome to the uttermost penie. 

 And afterwarde willed him to make haste away, saying, 

 that the Janizaries would have the oyle ashoare againe. 



These Janizaries are souldiers there under the great 

 Turke, and their power is above the Kings. And so the 

 saide Factor departed from the king, and came to the 

 waterside, and called for a boate to come aboorde, and 

 he brought with him the foresaid Patrone Norado. The 

 companie inquisitive to know what man that was, 

 Sonnings answered, that he was his countreyman, a 

 passenger : I pray God said the companie, that we come 

 not into trouble by this man. Then said Sonnings 

 angerly, what have you to do with any matters of mine } 

 if any thing chance otherwise then well, I must answere 

 for all. 



Nowe the Turke unto whom this Patrone Norado was 

 [II. i. 186.] indebted, missing him (supposed him to be aboorde of 

 our shippe) presently went unto the King, and tolde him 

 that hee thought that his pledge Patrone Norado was 

 aboord of the English ship, whereupon the King presently 

 sent a boat aboord of us, with three men in her, com- 

 manding the said Sonnings to come a shoare, and not 

 speaking any thing as touching the man, he saide that 

 hee would come presently in his owne boate, but assoone 

 as they were gone, he willed us to warpe foorth the ship, 

 and saide that he would see the knaves hanged before 

 he would goe a shoare. And when the king sawe that 

 he came not a shoare, but still continued warping away 

 the shippe, he straight commaunded the gunner of the 

 bulwarke next unto us, to shoote three shootes without 

 ball. Then we came all to the said Sonnings, and asked 

 of him what the matter was that we were shot at, he said 



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