A.D. 

 1584. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



understand to be acceptable to your Imperiall Majestic, 

 which God, the onely maker of the world, most best and 

 most great, long keepe in health, and flourishing. Given 

 in our pallaice at London, the fift day of the moneth 

 of September, in the yeere of Jesus Christ our Saviour, 

 1584. And of our raigne, the 26. 



The Turkes letter to the King of Tripolis in 

 Barbarie, commanding the restitution of an 

 English ship, called the Jesus, with the men, 

 and goods, sent from Constantinople, by 

 Mahomet Beg, a Justice of the Great Turkes, 

 and an English Gentleman, called Master 

 Edward Barton. Anno 1584. 



Onourable, and worthy Bassa Romadan 

 Beglerbeg, most wise and prudent Judge 

 of the West Tripolis, wee wish the ende 

 of all thy enterprises happie, and pros- 

 perous. By these our highnesse letters, 

 wee certifie thee, that the right honour- 

 able, William Hareborne, Ambassadour 

 in our most famous Porch, for the most excellent 

 Queenes Majestie of England, in person, and by letters 

 hath certified our highnesse, that a certaine shippe, with 

 all her furniture, and artillerie, worth two thousand 

 duckets, arriving in the port of Tripolis, and discharged 

 of her lading and marchandize, paide our custome accord- 

 ing to order, and againe, the marchants laded their shippe 

 with oyle, which by constraint they were inforced to buy 

 of you, & having answered in like maner the custome for 

 the same, determined to depart : a Frenchman assistant to 

 the Marchant, unknowen to the Englishmen, caried away 

 with him another Frenchman indebted to a certaine 

 Moore in foure hundred duckets, and by force caused 

 the Englishmen, and shippe to depart : who neither 

 suspecting fraude, nor deceite, hoised sailes. In the 

 meane time, this man, whose debter the Frenchman had 



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