keeping the highway; where, incontinent, I encountred two English souldiers, John Smith and Thomas Hargrave, comming of purpose to informe me of an iminent danger, shewing me that all the officers of the gallyes, with a number of souldiers, were in searching the city, and hunting all over the fields for me. After which relation, consulting with them what way I could come to the Italian monastery, Saint Salvator, for there I lay (the vulgar towne affording neither lodging nor beds); they answered me, they would venture their lives for my liberty, and I should enter at the easterne (the least frequented) gate of the city, where three other Englishmen lay that day on guard, for so there were five of them here in garison; where, when wee came, the other English, accompanied with eight French souldiers, their familiars, came along with us also; and, having past the market-place and neare my lodging, four officers and sixe gally souldiers runne to lay hold on mee; whereat, the English and French unsheathing their swords, valiantly resisted their fury, and deadly wounded two of the officers. Meane while, fresh supply comming from the gallyes, John Smith runne along with me to the monastery, leaving the rest at pell mell, to intercept their following. At last, the captaines of the garrison approaching the tumult, relieved their own souldiers, and drove backe the other to the gallyes. A little thereafter, the generall of the gallyes came to the monastary, and examined mee concerning the fugitive; but I clearing myselfe so, and quenching the least suspition hee might conceive (notwithstanding of my accusers), hee could lay nothing to my charge. Howsoever it was, hee seemed somewhat favourable partly, because I had the Duke of Venice his pasport; party, Ibecause of my intended voyage to Jerusalem; partly, because he was a great favourer of the French nation; and, partly, because he could not mend himselfe, in regard of my shelter and the governours favour. Yet, neverthelesse, I detained myselfe under safeguard of the cloyster untill the gallyes were gone." He gives a pleasing account of the police of Candia. "In this time there was no vice-roy, the former being newly dead, and the place vacant. The souldiers kept a bloody quarter among themselves, or against any whomsoever their malignity was intended; for in all the time I stayed there, being ten dayes, it was nothing to see every day foure or five men killed in the streetes. Neither could the rector nor the captains helpe it, so tumultuous were the disordered souldiers, and the occasions of revenge and quarrelling so influent. This commonly they practise in every such like vacation, which otherwise they durst never attempt, without death and severe punishment; and, truely, me thought it was as barbarous a governed place, for the time, as ever I saw in the world, for hardly could I save my owne life free from their dangers, in which I was twice miserably involved." On his return to Canea, he meets with a moralist, whose tenets were not uncommon in those barbarous days. "I was forced to returne to Canea the same way I went. When come, I was exceedingly merry with my old friends the English-men. Meane while there arrived from Tunnis, in Barbary, an English runagate, named Wolson, bound for the Rhodes; where, after short acquaintance with his natives, and understanding what I was, he imparted these words:-I have had my elder brother, said hee, the master (or captaine) of a ship, slaine at Burnt Iland, in Scotland, by one called Keere; and, notwithstanding he was beheaded, I have long since sworne to be revenged of my brothers death on the first Scotsman I ever saw or met, and my designe is to stab him with a knife this night, as he goeth late home to his lodging, desiring their assistance. But Smith, Hargrave, and Horsfeild refused; yet Cooke and Rollands yeelded. Meanwhile, Smith knowing where I used sometimes to diet, found me at supper in a suttlers, a souldiers house, where, acquainting me with this plot, the host, he, and three Italian souldiers conveighed me to my bed, passing by the arch-villaine and his confederates, where he was prepared for the mischiefe; which when he saw his treachery was discovered, he fled away, and was seene no more here. 66 Remarking the fidelity and kindnesse that Smith had twice shewne me, first from freeing me from the danger of galley-slavery, and now in saving my life, I advised to do him a good deed in some part of acquittance, and thus it was.-At his first comming to Venice, he was taken up as a souldier for Candy; where, when transported, within a small time, he found the captaines promise and performance different, which inforced him at the beginning to borrow a little money of his lieutenant. The five yeares of their abode expired, and fresh companies come from Venice to exhibite the charge. Smith not being able to discharge his debt, was turned over to the new captaine for five yeares more, who paied the old captaine his mony; and his time, also, worne out, the third captaine came, where, likewise, he was put in his hands, serving him five yeares longer. 66 Thus, having served three captains fifteene yeares, and never likely able (for a small trifle) to attaine his liberty, I went to the captaine and payed his debt, obtaining, also, of the rector his licence to depart, and the allowance of the state for his passage, which was wine and biscot-bread. Thereafter I imbarked him for Venice, in a Flemish ship, the master being a Scotsman, John Allen, borne in Glasgow, and dwelt at Middleborough, in Zeland. His debt was onely forty-eight shillings sterling." Arriving at Angusa, in Paros, he seems to have been unfortunate in meeting with unfurnished lodgings. His abode, such as it was, the Greek Islanders were unwilling that he should make the best of. "In Angusa I stayed sixteene dayes, storme-sted with northernely winds, and in all that time I never came in bed; for my lodging was in a little chappell, a mile without the village, on hard stones, where I, also, had a fire, and dressed my meate. The Greekes visited mee oftentimes, and intreated me, above all things, I should not enter within the bounds of their sanctuary, because I was not of their religion; but, in regard of the longsome and cold nights, was inforced every night to creepe in the midst of the sanctuary to keepe myselfe warme, which sanctuary was nothing but an altar hemb'd in with a partition wall, about my height, dividing the little roome from the body of the chappell." After encountering various difficulties, he arrives at Constantinople, and receives one of those welcomes with which he is so familiar. "But (by your leave) I had a hard welcome in my landing, forbidding farewell to the Turkes, who had kindly used me three dayes, in our passage from the Castles, the master of the boate saying adio Christiano. There were foure French Runnagates standing on the Cay; who, hearing these words, fell desperatly upon me, blaspheming the name of Jesus, and throwing me to the ground, beate me most cruelly; and if it had not beene for my friendly Turkes, who leaped out of their boat and relieved mee, I had, doubtlesse, there perished. The infidels standing by, said to mee, behold what a Saviour thou hast, when these that were Christians, now turned Mahometans, cannot abide, nor regard the name of God; having left them, with many a shrewd blow, they had left mee. I entered a Greek lodging, where I was kindly received, and much eased of my blows, because they caused to oint them with divers oiles, and refreshed mee also with their best entertainment, gratis, because I had suffered so much for Christ's sake, and would receive no recompence againe. The day following, I went to salute, and doe my duty to the right worshipfull Sir Thomas Glover, then lord ambassadour for our late gracious sovereigne king James, of blessed memory, who most generously and courteously entertained mee three moneths in his house, to whose kindnesses I was infinitely obliged: as hereafter in my following discourse of the fourth part of this history, shall be more particularly avouched; for, certainly, I never met with a more compleat gentleman in all my travels, nor one in whom true worth did more illustrate vertue." Leaving Constantinople, after various wanderings, of which a particular narrative is recorded, we find him in Syria. This is one of his adventures in Palestine. "We hired a Christian guide, named Ioab, and agreed with him to take us to Lidda, which was two dayes journey. But before we advanced to our passage, Ioab had sent a privie messenger before us, to warne about three hundred Arabs (who had their abode on the south side of Mount Carmell,) to meete him at such a place as he had appointed; giving them to know, wee were rich and well provided with chickens and sultans of gold, and piasters of silver, and that he should render us into their hands for such a recompence and consi deration, as their savage judgement should thinke fit; according to the spoyles and booties they should obtaine, together with the miserable murder and losse of our lives. This being done, and unknown to us, we marched along, travelling faster then our ordinary pace, some on horse, and some on foot, for my pilgrimage was ever pedestrial; which our guide suspecting that by our celerity wee should goe beyond the place appointed for his treacherous plot, began to crosse us grievously; leading us up and downe amongst pools and holes, whither he listed, where many of our camels and asses were lost, and could not be recovered, because wee all began to suspect and feare; which was the cause that the owners durst not stay to relieve their perished beasts. "In the end, the captaine and Ianizaries, intreated him earnestly to bring us in the right way; but the more they requested, the more obdurate was his heart, replying, he was mistaken, and could not finde it till day light; upon the which words, the company was stayed; and in the meanwhile, there came a Turke, one of our souldiers, unto the captain, saying; hee saw the guide, before our departure from Nazareth, send a Moore before him, for what respect hee knew not, being long at private conference. Whereupon, they straight bound him with ropes, on a horseback, threatning him with death, to cause him confesse the truth. : "In the midst of this tumult, I having got sight of the northstarre, (which seem'd exceeding low to me,) considered thereby, that the villaine had led us more to the southward then to the westward, which was our way to Jerusalem. Whereupon I intreated the caravan to turne our faces northward, otherwise we should be cut off, and that suddenly for although (said I,) it may peradventure be that we are three or foure miles short of the place intended for our massacre, yet they missing us, will, like ravening wolves, hunt here and there; wherefore, if wee incline to the north, (God willing,) we shall prevent their bloody designes. To the which advice, being duely pondered, they yielded; and so I became their guide, in that darke night, till morning; for none of them knew that starre, neither the nature of it. At last, this desperate wretch, considering that either by our vanquishing, or the enemies victory, hee could not escape, sith his treason was revealed, began to beg pardon of the caravan, saying, that if he could have any surety of his life, he would sufficiently inform us how to eschew the iminent dangers, for we were all in extream perill of our lives; and not so much courage nor comfort left us, very smallest hope of any relief. as the "The captain being distracted with feare, replied, hee would, and thereupon swore a solemne oath; so did the Ianizaries sweare by the head of Mahomet, for the like effect: Which being done, he was untied, and confessed, that if we had continued in our way he led us, we had been all put to the edge of the sword; and falling downe on his knees, cried, oft with tears, mercy, mercy, mercy. "All that night we went with that starre, and, against morning, wee were in the westerne confines of Phoenicia, and at the beginning of Palestine, close by the Marine, and within half a mile of Tyrus." He traverses the Holy Land, and ultimately joins a caravan which is crossing the desart to Cairo. They encounter dreadful fatigue, and every species of privation. 66 Advancing in our course, wee fell down from the hils in a long bottome of sand, above sixe miles in length: Wherein with sore wrestling against the parching sun, and could get no ground to pitch our tents to overshade us, three of our Germans, the two barons, Signior Strouse, and Signior Crushen, with one Signior Thomasio, tumbled downe from their beasts backes starke dead, being suffocated with the vigorous sunne; for it was in May, choaked also with extream "drowth, and the reflection of the burning sand; and, besides, their faire was growne miserable, and their water worse, for they had never been acquainted with the like distresse before, though it was always my vade mecum. Whereupon the caravan staied, and caused cast on their corpes againe, on their owne beasts backes, and carried them to the side of a hard hill; wee digged a hollow pit, and disroabing them of their Turkish cloathes, I did with my owne hands cast them all three, one above an other, in that same hole, and covering the corpes with moulding earth. The souldiers helped mee to role heavy stones about their grave, to the end, that the bloody iackals should not devour their corpes; and to conclude this wofull and sorrowfull accident, the other Germans alive, bestowed on mee their dead friends Turkish garments, because of my love and diligent care I ever did empty shew them; which one of their mules carried for me to Grand Cayro." In Cairo, the remaining Germans die, and make Lithgow their heir. "Arriving, at last, in this little world, the great Cairo, and biding farewel to our caravan, the three Germans and I lodged with one Signior Marco Antonio, a consul there for Venice. The other four Frenchmen going to their own consul, a Marsellian born, and there stayed. Here with this Venetian for three days, the Dutchmen and I had great chear, but they farre greater, a daily swallowing downe of strong Cyprus wine, without mixture of water; which still I intreated them to forbear, but they would not be requested. The season being cruell hot, and their stomacks surfeited with burning wine, upon the fourth day, long ere noon, the three Dutchmen were all dead; and yet mee thought they had no sicknesse, the red of their faces staying pleasant, their eyes staring always on mine, and their tongues were perfit to the last of their breath. "He who dyed last, and lived longest, was William Dilerganck, who left mee all his owne golde, and what the former five had left him; delivering me the keyes of their three cloak bags, before the consul declared, by his mouth, that he left mee absolute heire, to intromet with all and whatsoever they had there. But eftsoons the treacherous consul knowing that I was a stranger to them, and by accident met together at Ierusalem, and that they were gentlemen, and well provided with gold, forg'd a reason to himself, and for his owne benefit, that hee would meddle with all they left behind them, under |