2 28 Travels into the Ley ANT. Parti. 
means accept of that offer, for fear of having been taken for Corfairs, and fo 
immediately burnt alive ^ and it was too frefh in my memory what I had been 
told of other Franks, who having efcaped from Shipwreck, and coming a-lhore, 
thought they came very well off when they were only made Slaves. Intime 
mean time, the Galliot came up with the Ships, Tuefday morning, the eight 
and twentieth of May ; fhe had taken a Saycot, which was the fail we had feen 
with her, but (he let it go, as not worth their while to flay for it. 
On Wednefday the nine and twentieth oïMay-, about an hour before day, a 
Polaque fell in among us, and running foul of our Sanbiquer that was towed 
at the ftern of one of the Ships, made a hole in her fide: The Corfairs were 
immediately allarmed, and firing fome fraall Shot into the Polaque, manned 
their Boats to take her. On the other hand, thofe on board the Polaque, who 
were either drunk or afleep, awaking at the knock which their Polaque gave in 
ftriking againft the Sanbiquer, and being fenfible of their fault, betook them- 
felves in all hafte to their Caique, and endeavoured to make their elcape by 
rowing, but being clofely purfued, they were foon come up with , and of 
one and twenty Turks that were in it, twelve leaped into the Sea to fwim, 
though the neareft land was above fix miles off", and the nine that remained, 
were brought on board the Ship : I asked them how they came to be fo neg- 
ligent in looking after their Veflel, and they told me, that thinking themfelves 
to have been near the mouth of the Nile before Damtette^thty were fallen afleep, 
which was the worft excufe they could have made, feeing they ought to have 
been afraid that their Polaque might have run a-ground. There were fome 
Bales of Soap in that Polaque. 
The fame day, the Corfairs finding that the Greeks (to whom the Saique 
that they had taken belonged,)came not again, refolved to burn her ; but know- 
ing that the more milchief they did,the harder it would be for us to get a-fiiore, 
I prayed the Captain not to burn her, and at my requeft, having taken away all 
her Sails and Rigging, they let her go a drift, and not long after,we faw her run 
a-lhore. In the fame manner they unrigg'd our Sanbiquer, and having fet her 
a drift aifo, (he was caft away in our fight. 
After that , we fleered our courfe toward Damiette , to take in frelli 
water at the mouth of the Nile : This refolution made us greatly rejoyce, 
for good frefli water would have been ( at that timej a great Treat for 
lis, befides that, being near to the place where we defired to be, we hoped 
ftillto find fome expedient of getting fafe a-lhore: We flood in as near as we 
could, and next day, being Thnrfday the thirtieth of May, about ten a clock 
in the morning, we were got before the mouth of the Nile, and the Galliot 
went in to take frefh water, in fpight of the Guns of the Fort : Our Ships had a 
mind to do the like, and put out a white Flag, that they might fee whether 
they would let us come a-lhore,or ranfome any of the Slaves they had on board : 
We expeded with great impatience that they Ihould have put out a white Flag 
on the Caille, and were making ready to go quickly to Damiette with all fafety, 
when (as ill luck would have it) he that look'd out from the main top-mafl: head 
made four Sail : Immediately they changed their white Flag into a red, though 1 
offered to tell them, that it was ill done to fall foul of thofe Sails,which perhaps, 
only ftood in becaufe they had feen white Colours abroad ^but they made anfwer^ 
that feeing the Caftle had not put out a white Flag, they were no ways obliged ; 
fo that they gave chafe to thofe four Veffels, and the Caftle fired feveral Shot 
at us, without any elFedt, unlefs perhaps they ferved to give warning to thofe 
Saiques to make away as faft as they could : Three of them made their efcape, 
and the fourth (wich was a Saycot) run a-ftiore,and all that were on board, got 
to land and faved themfelves : Our Caiques were manned out, who finding in 
her nothing but W^ood, wherewith (he was loaded, and the all alone (who 
was a Greek j they left her there, and him in her, and fo came back to the 
Ships. 
Next day, being Friday the laft of ^day, having by break of day made a 
Saique, we gave her the chale alfo till about noon : While we were in purfait 
of her, we heard four Guns, and our Corfairs thinking it might be fome other 
Ccrfair come upon the Coaft, who was in chafe of fome Saycot, made all the 
fpecd they could with Sails and Oars after the Saique j for our parts, our wiflies 
were 
