AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1563-81. 



A very good of great value in those countreys, as 300, 400, 500 

 sale for hors-es. duckets a horse, and to 1000 duckets a horse. 



Bezeneger. 



THe city of Bezeneger was sacked in the yeere 1565, 

 by foure kings of the Moores, which were of great 

 power and might : the names of these foure kings were 

 these following, the first was called Dialcan, the second 

 Zamaluc, the third Cotamaluc, and the fourth Viridy : 

 and yet these foure kings were not able to overcome this 

 city and the king of Bezeneger, but by treason. This 

 king of Bezeneger was a Gentile, and had, amongst all 

 other of his captaines, two which were notable, and they 

 were Moores : and these two captaines had either of 

 them in charge threescore and ten or fourescore thousand 

 men. These two captaines being of one religion with 

 the foure kings which were Moores, wrought meanes 

 with them to betray their owne king into their hands. 

 The king of Bezeneger esteemed not the force of the 

 foure kings his enemies, but went out of his city to 

 wage battell with them in the fieldes ; and when the 

 armies were joyned, the battell lasted but a while not the 

 space of foure houres, because the two traitourous cap- 

 taines, in the chiefest of the fight, with their companies 

 turned their faces against their king, and made such dis- 

 order in his army, that as astonied they set themselves 

 to flight. Thirty yeeres was this kingdome governed 

 by three brethren which were tyrants, the which keeping 

 the rightfuU king in prison, it was their use every yeere 

 once to shew him to the people, and they at their 

 pleasures ruled as they listed. These brethren were 

 three captaines belonging to the father of the king they 

 kept in prison, which when he died, left his sonne very 

 yong, and then they tooke the government to themselves. 

 The chiefest of these three was called Ramaragio, and 

 sate in the royall throne, and was called the king : the 

 second was called Temiragio, and he tooke the govern- 

 ment on him : the third was called Bengatre, and he was 



382 



A most unkind 

 l5 wicked 

 treason against 

 their prince : 

 this they have 

 for giving 

 credit to stran- 

 gers, rather 

 then to their 

 ozvne native 

 people. 



