TRAVELS IN BARBARY. 
return into the harbour. The Spaniard, however, 
received neither his liberty nor his crowns, but was 
forthwith remanded to his prison, " whereby may 
" appear the regard that the Turke, or infidel, 
" hath of his worde, though he be a king." 
The English were immediately led before the 
royal tribunal, and after a very short examination, 
the master and factor were condemned to be hang- 
ed, one over the eastern, and the other over the 
western bulwark. The English, however, by ear- 
nest entreaty, procured the life of their master, 
and he was sent to the Banio along with the rest. 
Meantime, some of the king's officers represented 
to him, that, unless the master were hanged, the 
vessel could not, by law, be made prize, nor the 
crew converted into slaves. The king, therefore, 
sent for him again, opened a new trial, and pro- 
nounced the sentence of death, by which, says the 
author, " all true Christians may see what trust to 
<' put in an infidel's promise, who, being a king, 
" pardoned a man now, and, within an houre after, 
c< hanged him for the same cause before a whole 
" multitude." The master, however, resolved to 
save his life by becoming a Mahometan. Pro- 
ceedings were immediately stopped, and all the re- 
quisite ceremonies were performed for his com- 
plete abjuration of the Christian faith. Instead, 
however, of being dismissed, as he expected, the 
king only congratulated him on the felicity he en-* 
joyed, of dying in the true faith, and going direct 
