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I wondred to fee on board the Ship where we were, feveral Slaves, Men, 
Women and Children, and they told me that they had taken moft of them at 
Caflel Peregrino foiiie days before, having furprifed the Caftle in this manner. , 
When they had took this Sanbiquer, which Cas I faid) they turned into a 
Galliot, a Turk about Sca^d^reon who was taken in her, made a Propofal to 
them, that if they would give him his liberty, he would put them in a way of 
taking many Slaves: They prefcntly made him a Promife, but he not trulting 
to their Word (for all he was a Turk ) made them Swear it before an Image of 
our BlelTed Lady, and another of St. Francis. When they had given their Oath, 
he made them fteer their courfe toward CafteL Peregrino^ which is a pitiful 
little open Caftle betwixt jicre and Jaffa, ten miles below Mount Carmel, on 
the way to Jaffa. They took their meafures fo well, that they were not at all 
perceived, and having immediately landed, they went without any noife to the 
Habitation, where being come, they began to appear in their Colours, carry- The surpri» 
ing away all living Creatures, Men, Women and Children, and killing all, j"^.' 3" 
without regard to Age or Sex, that would not willingly go along with them ; San Co2 
infomuch that fome Soldiers told me, that they had killed young Maids, wlio fairs. 
Botwithftanding they had feen others that would not follow,killed before their 
faces, chofe rather to be put to Death, than to be made Slaves. They (hewed 
me one of their Officers, to whom a Soldier brought a Child four months 
old, telling him, Here is a Slave for you j who in a barbarous manner taking 
the innocent Infant by one foot, and faying, What would you have me to do 
with this, threw it from him ( as if it had been a Hone ) as far as he could on 
the ground. They made on this occafion above fifty Slaves, Men, Women and 
Children. 
The Turk who was their Guide, having brought them on board, they took 
cIF his Chain, and he went to look for more, never thinking gf making his 
efcape, either becaufe he trufted to their Oath, or elfe perhaps, becaufe he 
was afraid to have met in thatCountrey with the reward of his Treachery. 
They killed more than they took, and left not fo much as a living Soul in the 
place ; and that was the caufe of the great allarm they were put into on that 
Coaft, when we failed along it from ^cre to Jaffa. 
It was a fad fpedacle to fee on board this Ship fo many poor Women, with 
their Children at their breafts, having no greater allowance than a little mouldy 
Bisket and two glaifes of ftinking Water a day, which was all the Men had 
alfo i but among others, there was one Woman Slave on board, with her 
Husband, Brother, feven Children, and one in her Womb: All this together 
caufed a great clutter and naftinefs in the Ship ; nay, there was one little Child 
ill of the Small-pox, which made me afraid of catching the fame Difeafe. 
We were no better treated than the Slaves, for they were in great want of Entertain- 
Provifions, and had fo little Water, that they were obliged to diftribute it by j^J^" ^ 
meafure, giving every one two glalTes a day. Our Diet then, confifted of two corfairs. 
raeals a day, both alike, one at noon, and the other at night, and thefc were a 
little mouldy Bisket of all colours, which, to feafonand fofcen it, wasfteep'd 
in Water that ftunck fo horridly, that it fmelt all over the Cabin, and getting 
into our throat as we broke the Bisket with our teeth, was like to have turned 
our ftomacks : A little Cheefe we had alfo that might have kept along time, 
for it needed a Hatchet to cut it : Our Drink was the fame ftmking Water, 
with a very little coat of Wine upon it i and in the night-time we lay upon the 
deck, amidft the Vermine and filth of the poor Wretches-, our Monks were 
better accommodated, as they told us afterwards. However I was not alto- 
gether diftieartnedby this adverfity, on the contrary, was fain to encourage the 
reft, who thought themfelves half dead already, and apply'd ray felf to confider 
what wsy we might be delivered out of this mifery. With their two Ships 
they had a great Saique, which they had taken a few days before, and fome 
Greeks coming to redeem her, had offered a thoufand Piaftres for her ; but 
thefe Gentlemen demanding fifteen hundred, the Greeks went away, promifing 
however to come back again ^ which J having underllood from the Captain(who 
was as willing to be rid of us as we were to be gone, becaufe we leffened his 
Itinking Provifions,) we prepared to go to Damiettemth them : The Corfairs 
would willingly have fee us afhoar, if we had pleafed, but we would by no 
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