2 lO 
Travels into L e v a n t. 
Part. I 
gave me hh'> Bed, the next day, the fixth of May^ he took a great deal of pains 
to make us recover our things again, but all in vain ; only he got my C^fot^ a 
pair of Drawers, and fome other Trifles, to be reftored unto mc, and at that 
the Rafcals murmured too, faying. That if they had killed us, they would 
not then be obliged to reftore any thing. Then the Captain told us, that he 
muft needs fet us afxioar, becaufe he had not Provilions enough for us; we 
thereupon prayed him to let us go in our Bark, which v. as loaded whoJly for 
Frenchmen^ but he told me that he was accountable to his Owners for that 
Bark, fo that he refolved to turn us afhoar, though I told him, that was the 
way to puc us in danger of being burnt alive, if the Arabs fhould but fancy 
us tobePirats; he ordered his Caiqne then to be made ready, but feeing it 
could not »carry us all at a time, was refolved Ihe fhould do it at twice. For 
my part, I would not go off with the firft, judging theworft of every thing. 
And the trui^h is, this firft Voyage fucceeded as I had imagined ; for being 
i/>k. pretty near Land, off of a fair Village called Caipha, at the foot of Mount 
Carmel^ they put out white Colours, but inftead of anfwering them with the 
fame Colour, t hey fired a Volley of fmall fhot at them, fo that they were 
forced to comC' back again. The reafon why they anfwered not with a 
white Flag was, t hat there was a French Merchant in the Village, who came 
from Acre to buy C'Oods, and he being informed by our Reys^ that there were 
French PafTengers on board of that Bark, he went to him that Commanded in 
the Village, telliog Mm that if he put out a white Flag, they would fee us 
afhoar, and carry off* tiHe Bark and Goods, whereas if he did it not, they would 
be obliged to let both Z^ark and Men go, not knowing what to do with us : 
It happened fo, indeed, thr the Captain finding himfelf in great Perplexity, 
and not knowing what to r îfoive upon, made us give a Certificate under our 
Hands, atteiling that the G oods belonged to Frenchmen- When wehad fign- 
ed this, he let us go in our Bi^rk, giving us three Gvecks^ whom he had taken 
before he met with us. Wt* left him about Noon, and came to Acre about 
an hour after, being every way in bad Equipage, and much out of Order, not 
having fo much as a Caique to ^'lome afhoar in. Monfieur de Bricard^ the French 
ConfuJ, fent us one, and did me the favour to offer me both Money and Cloaths, 
for I had loft both Cloaths, Money and all, except a Bill of Exchange for 
Acre^ which by good luck they le ft me in an old Cloak-bag, having torn and 
thrown overboard fome Papers, wherein I had written my Obfervations of 
Jerufalcm. All our Relicks were broken, miflaid, or thrown into the Sea, and 
the Gourd that li had filled with the Water of Jordan was emptied, and then 
filled with Wine ; for when I asked them news of it, they fhewed it me full 
of the Wine, wlhich they had taken from us. So foon as we came afhoar, 
the Balha fitted out four French-Merchants Ships, that were in the Harbour, 
to fall upon that Corfeir, for they had feen us taken from thence-, and all the 
French Merchants knew their own Bark, having a Sail ftriped with Blew. He 
put an hundred Turks on board every one of thefe Ships,but the Conful (whom 
it would have troubled to have feen fo many Frenchmen made Slaves) having 
recommended the matter to the Prayers of the Monks, ordered the Captains 
of thefe Ships, t;o ufe all means they could not to take him, and prayed me 
to difiiearten the Turks that went on board ; which I did the beft way I could. 
For the Turks having asked me before they went, what number of Men they 
were? I told them they were betwixt three and four hundred, though they 
were not fixfcore ; and that they were well Armed, and refolved to defend 
themfelves to the laft. In fhort, the Bafha himfelf went on board one of the. 
four Ships, and made towards the Corfeir , who was lying at Anchor much 
about the place where he had taken us. He had a defign ( as We were fiuce 
informed ) thinking them to have been Fr encb Merchantmen, to have met 
them, and got Provilions from them, ( for they were all ready to ftarve ) and 
if the Baflia had had the skill to have put out French Colours, he might have 
taken them without flrikinga blow ; but the Captains not fleering right upon 
th€m,and firing purpofely at themata difl:anc e,made them know that they were 
-> coming to take them, wherefore they quickly cut their Cable, and getting un- 
der Sail, ftood prefently away j and the Bafha being very well fatisfied that he 
had m;ide them leave his Coaft, returned to Aore. 
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