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the vessel, should receive his liberty and a hun- 
dred crowns. A Spaniard undertook the task, 
and, with three shots, reduced the ship to such a 
condition, that she had no alternative but to re- 
turn 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 in- 
** fidel, 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 
hanged, one over the eastern, and the other over 
the western bulwark. The English, however, by 
earnest 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, 
" 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 
