From Alexandria to Cairo is three daies journey, but you must take a Ianissarie with you:  and to go vp thither by water it is 8. dayes journey.  Roials of Spaine are currant mony there, and are the best money you can cary.  And 4. roials are worth 13.  Medins, and 2.  Medins, are 3.  Aspers.  Pistolets and crownes of France and Dollers will goe, but of all Roials are best.

Rice is not permitted to goe out of the land, but is kept for a victuall.  But with a present to the Bye and Ermine some may passe.

All sortes of spices be garbled after the bargaine is made, and they be Moores which you deale withall, which be good people and not ill disposed.  And after you be searched and haue leaue to passe, you must presently depart out of the port, and if you doe not, they will search you againe.  And you must depart in the day, for in the night the castles will not suffer you to depart.  The duetie to the Consul is 2 in the hundred, for his aide, and meate, and drinke and all.  And the port of Alexandria is good when one is within it with good ankers and cables.  Silver is better currant then gold in Alexandria, but both are good.

Commonly the Carauans come thither in October from Mecca to Cairo, and from thence to Alexandria, where the merchants be that buy the spices, and therefore the spices are brought most to Alexandria, where each Christian nation remaineth at the Consuls houses.  Yet oftentimes the Christians go vp to Cairo to buy drugs and other commodities there, as they see cause.  And the commodities there vendible are all sorts of kersies, but the most part blewes, and of clothes all colours except mingled colours and blacks.  Pepper is usually sold for 24. ducats the quintal, Ginger for 14. ducats.  You most take canuas to make bags to put your commoditie in from Alexandria, for there is none.  There is also fine flaxe, and good store of Buffe hides.

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A letter of the English ambassador to M. Edward Barton.

Master Barton I send you 3. commandements in Turkish, with a copy thereof in English, to the ende our ships might not come in danger of breach of league, if they should shoote at the gallies of those of Algier, Tunis, and Tripolis in the West:  which after you haue shewed the Bassas, receiue againe into your hands, and see them registred, and then deliuer one of them to our friend M. Tipton, and the like you are to do with the priuilege which you cary with you, and see them iointly registered in the Cadies booke, deliuering the copy of the said priuilege sealed by the Cadi, also to the sayd our friend M. Tipton, taking a note of his hand for the receipt thereof, and for deliuerie at all times to vs or our assignes.  And require them in her maiesties and the grand Signors name, that they will haue our ships passing too and fro vnder licence and safeconduct for recommended in friendly maner.  Touching your proceedings in Tripolis with