all, which we did. And about three moneths after
our deliuerie, Master Barton, with all his residue
of his company departed from Tripoli to Zante, in a
vessell, called a Settea, of one Marcus Segoorus, who
dwelt in Zante, and after our arriuall at Zante we
remained fifteene dayes there aboorde our vessell,
before wee could haue Platego, (that is, leaue to come
a shoare) because the plague was in that place, from
whence wee came: and about three dayes after
we came a shoare, thither came another Settea of Marseils
bound for Constantinople. [Sidenote: Two Englishmen
shipped to Constantinople with M. Barton.] Then did
Master Barton, and his company, with two more of our
company, shippe themselues as passengers in the same
Settea, and went to Constantinople. But the other
nine of vs, that remained in Zante, about three moneths
after, shipt our selues in a ship of the said Marcus
Segoorus, which came to Zante, and was bound for England.
[The souldiers of Tripolis kil the king.] In which
three moneths, the souldiers of Tripolie killed the
said king. And then the kings sonne, according
to the custome there, went to Constantinople, to surrender
vp all his fathers treasure, goods, captiues, and
concubines, vnto the great Turke, and tooke with him
our saide Purser Richard Burges, and Iames Smith, and
also the other two Englishmen, which he the said kings
sonne had inforced to become Turkes, as is aforesayd.
And they the said Englishmen finding now some opportunitie,
concluded with the Christian captiues which were going
with them vnto Constantinople, being in number about
one hundred and fiftie, to kill the kings sonne, and
all the Turkes which were aboorde of the Galley, and
priuily the saide Englishmen conueyed vnto the saide
Christian captiues, weapons for that purposes.
And when they came into the maine Sea, towards Constantinople
(vpon the faithfull promise of the sayde Christian
captiues) these foure Englishmen lept suddenly into
the Crossia, that is, in the middest of the Galley,
where the canon lieth, and with their swordes drawne,
did fight against all the foresaid Turkes, and for
want of helpe of the saide Christian captiues, who
falsly brake their promises, the said Master Blonkets
boy was killed, and the sayde Iames Smith, and our
Pursser Richard Surges, and the other Englishman,
were taken and bound into chaines, to be hanged at
their arriual in Constantinople: and as the Lordes
will was, about two dayes after, passing through the
gulfe of Venice, at an Island called Cephalonia, they
met with two of the duke of Venice his Gallies, [Marginal
Note: Two Gallies of Venice tooke the King of
Tripolie his galley, and killed the kings sonne, and
all the Turkes in it, and released all the Christians
being in number 150.] which tooke that Galley, and
killed the kings sonne, and his mother, and all the
Turkes that were there, in number 150. and they saued
the Christian captiues, and would haue killed the
two Englishmen because they were circumcised, and become


