mention he was beheaded as I remember at Capua, for
insurrection. And his wife hauing got his head
and right arme, (which was brought to Rome to the
Emperor) went from Rome, and came to Zante, and there
buried his head and arme, and wrote vpon his tombe
this style M. T Cicero. Haue. [Marginal note:
Or, Aue.] Then followeth in other letters, Et tu
Terentia Antonia, which difference of letters
declare that they were not written both at one time.
[Sidenote: The Description of the tombe.] The
tombe is long and narrowe, and deepe, walled on euery
side like a graue, in the botome whereof was found
the sayd stone with the writing on it, and the said
glasse of ashes, and also another litle glasse of the
same proportion, wherein, as they say, are the teares
of his friendes, and in those dayes they did vse to
gather and bury with them, as they did vse in Italy
and Spaine to teare their haire, to bury with their
friendes. In the sayde tombe were a fewe bones.
After dinner we rested vntill it drew towards euening
by reason of the heat. [Sidenote: Sant Elia, but
one Frier.] And about foure of the clocke we walked
to another Frierie a mile out of the towne called
Sant Elia, these are white Friers, there were two,
but one is dead, not sixe dayes since. This Frierie
hath a garden very pleasant, and well furnished with
Orenges, Lemons, pomegranates, and diuers other good
fruites. The way to it is somewhat ragged, vp
hill and downe, and very stonie, and in winter very
durtie. It standeth very plesantly in a clift
betweene two hilles, with a good prospect. From
thence we ascended the hill to the Castle, which is
situated on the very toppe of a hill. [Sidenote:
The description of the Castle of Zante.] This Castle
is very strong, in compasse a large mile and a halfe,
which being victualed, (as it is neuer vnfurnished)
and manned with men of trust, it may defende itselfe
against any Princes power. This Castle taketh
the iust compasse of the hill, and no other hill neere
it, it is so steepe downe, and so high and ragged,
that it will tyre any man or euer he be halfe way
vp. Very nature hath fortified the walles and
bulwarkes: It is by nature foure square, and it
commandeth the towne and porte. The Venetians
haue alwayes their Podesta, or Gouernour, with his
two Counsellours resident therein. The towne is
welle inhabited, and hath great quantity of housholders.
The Iland by report is threescore and tenne miles
about, it is able to make twentie thousand fighting
men. They say they have alwayes fiue or sixe hundred
horsemen readie at an houres warning. They saye
the Turke hath assayed it with 100. Gallies,
but he could neuer bring his purpose to passe.
It is strange to mee how they should maintains so
many men in this Iland, for their best sustenance
is wine, and the rest but miserable.
The first of August we were warned aboord by the patron, and towards euening we set sayle, and had sight of a Castle called Torneste, which is the Turkes, and is ten miles from Zante, it did belong to the Venetians, but they haue now lost it, it standeth also on a hill on the sea side in Morea. All that night we bare into the sea, because we had newes at Zante of twelue of the Turkes gallies, that came from Rhodes, which were about Modon, Coron, and Candia, for which cause we kept at the sea.


