THOMAS SANDERS ad. 



1584. 

 that it was the Janizaries who would have the oyle a 

 shoare againe, and willed us to make haste away, and 

 after that he had discharged three shots without ball, 

 he commaunded all the gunners in the towne to doe 

 their indevour to sinke us, but the Turkish gunners 

 could not once strike us, wherefore the king sent presently 

 to the Banio : (this Banio is the prison wheras all the 

 captives lay at night) and promised if that there were any 

 that could either sinke us, or else cause us to come in 

 againe, he should have a hundred crownes, and his libertie. 

 With that came foorth a Spaniard called Sebastian, which 

 had bene an old servitour in Flanders, and he said, that 

 upon the performance of that promise, hee would under- 

 take either to sinke us, or to cause us to come in againe, 

 and therto he would gage his life, and at the first shotte 

 he split our rudders head in pieces, and the second shotte 

 he strake us under the water, and the third shotte he 

 shotte us through our foremast with a Colvering shot, 

 and thus he having rent both our rudder and maste, 

 and shot us under water, we were inforced to goe in 

 againe. 



This Sebastian for all his diligence herein, had neither 

 his liberty, nor an hundred crownes, so promised by the 

 said king, but after his service done was committed againe 

 to prison, whereby may appeare the regard that the Turke 

 or infidell hath of his worde, although he be able to per- 

 forme it, yea more, though he be a king. 



Then our merchants seeing no remedie, they together 

 with five of our companie went a shoare, and then they 

 ceased shooting : they shot unto us in the whole, nine 

 and thirtie shootes, without the hurt of any man. 



And when our marchants came a shoare, the King 

 commaunded presently that they with the rest of our 

 companie that were with them, should be cheined foure 

 & foure, to a hundred waight of yron, and when we came 

 in with the ship, there came presently above an hundred 

 Turks aboord of us, and they searched us, and stript our 

 very clothes from our backes, and brake open our chests, 



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