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Brother whom his Fahter lov'd entirely.
Son, and ſome Men and Women Servants. The ſame Day there
came aboard us a young Gentleman of that Country, who fled from his Father, having had the Misfortnne to kill his elder
The Wind coming up at Eaft, in the Evening we ſet Sail; but
5 about midnight it ſuddenly veer id about to South -Meſt, and riſing every moment, the Sea run ſo Bigh, thar the Waves often break-
ing over our Deck, began OY tus Our Sailers, being usd to ſuch Storms, laugh'd at us; however the Fury of it ſtill in- creaſing, oblig d us to leave the Road of Fecam, where we ply d
5 upon a Bowling, to get under the ſhelter of the Figliſßh Coaſt,
ſels ſonk, the Tops of whoſe Maſts {till appear q, ther continuing boiſterous, it Was thought fafer to weigh,
and came to an Anchor near Nye; but 8 ore two Veſ- » 'd, and the Wea-
and Sail to the Downs, where we ſhould be better ſhelter'd from
the Wind, which was then tome into the Weft, by the high
Hills on the Engliſh Coaſt.
There we Landed, and ſtay'd four Days aſhore. The Wind
coming about to North Eaft and by North, on the firſt of October, 2 Fleet of Dutch and Hamburgers bound for the Levant, and the Enzliſh Blue Squadron, ſet Sail, with whom we kept Company two Days, enjoying, during th 2 | Trumpets, and frequent firing of Guns. Near the. Ile of Wight wie parted from them, and ſtood our Courſe with a fair Wind,
at time, the Diverſion of their
till the ninth, when the Wind veer'd to the South-Weft, which
was right a Head of us, .caufing the Sea to run fo high, that
we were oblig'd till the twelfth to leave our Veſſel to the Mer- ey of the Wind and Waves. One Night when we were all upon
the Deck, except the Maſter and Pilot, who were in the Round- | houſe, a Sea breaking in over the Veſſe
el half over-ſet her, and muſt have infallibly ſunk us, had not Providence fo order d, that
another Wave rais'd the Head of her, which was the ſaving of
us. Feen the thirteenth. in the Morning the Storm a- 7
bated, and a Rainbow appearing, brought fair Weather. The fifteenth about Evening we met three tall Dutch Ships, coming from
the Coaſt of Barbary, where they told us they had burnt ſome
Pyrates, and ask d whether we had not ſeen a Flyboat belong.
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ing to thoſe Parts, which had eſcap'd them, and they warn d us to take head, for it was not far off. Having ſaluted one ano- 11 11-ther; each heldan their n | The next Morning, being the fixteenth, whilſt we were at
Prayers, a Boy, who was at the Main Top Maſt, cry'd out, he
ſaw two Sail a Head of us, and not above two Leagues diſtant.
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Shot, they bearing Turk;ſþ Colours, and we putting out ours. They ask'd who we were; and whence we came? and being anſwer'd we came from Diep, and were bound for America, they told us, they were Algermes, at Peace with us, and there- fore we needed not to fear ; but that our Captain muſt go aboard to ſhow his Paſs, and they would be ſatisfy'd. This was the Method the Sale Men us'd to take our Ships, and the fame is practic'd by the Algerines when we are at War with them; which makes them Maſters of their Prizes with much eaſe, and might be eaſily remedy'd, did Men but conſider what they * +3 en RRP he Gr rad or Rat Ping CE ares 5 5 Our Commander being either too credulous, or a Coward, Taken by would not take the Advice of the Pilot and Sailors, who ſhew'd the Moors. him, that one of thoſe Veſſels was the Flyboat the Dutch had | bid him be aware of but the Night before, and therefore ſaid, he had better defend himſelf than belieye them. He caus'd the Boat to be hoiſted out, and taking fix of our beſt Men with him, left us, ſaying, in Caſe thoſe were Enemies Ships, he would throw his Hat into the Sea, as a Signal for us to ſtand: upon our Guard, Inſtead of ſo doing, the Villain betray'd us; for ha- ving contracted ſtrictly for his Veſſel, ſo that he ehrich'd him- ſelf by the loſs, inſtead of performing his Promiſe, he writ a Note to the Pilot, bidding him to fear nothing; but to ſuffer the Mahometans to come aboard, for they would only ſearch, to ſee whether we had any Strangers conceal'd, The Pilot obey- ing his Orders, aſſoon as the Moors came aboard, they drew the Weapons they had conceal'd under their Cloaths, and fell upon all they met. When I perceivd they were in earneſt, and that no Man offer'd to oppoſe them, I dropt a Firelock I had, after diſcharging it, and got down as faſt as I could into one of their Boats, were a Devil of a Blzck, left to take Care of it, preently ſeiz'd me by the Collar, and held a Battle-Axe over my Head to ſcare me: However he made me underſtand by Signs, that I ſhould come to no harm, if I would be quiet and let him do his Will. Then he took all I had about me of any We and that done ſaid no more to ge.
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In the mean while there Was a dreadfal Havock on the Deck; the Moors meeting with no Oppoſition, kill'd a young Hugonot, about 13 or 14 Years of Age, ſhooting him in the Belly: The Knight of Malta, Son ro Madam de Montagne, had fome light. Wounds with a Cimiter. The Infidels being become our Ma- ſters, carry'd us over to their Ships, where we were all ſtripp'd, and ſearchd narrowly, for fear we had conceal'd any Money. Then counting 40 of us, great and — —— —
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divided us equally between the two Ships, as they did the reſt of the Booty. The Knight, and his Mother remain'd with the Reys of Courtebey ; and my Couſin and I were, with others,carry'd aboard Mahomet Reys, Captain of the other Corſair, being a
- Runaway from Algier, who had joyn'd Courtebey ſome Days after the Durch had chac'd the latter, who got clear of them in
the Night; for Caurtebey commanded the Flyboat the Dutch had Fm. ðͤ d hu ang ng
As ſoon as ever we came aboard, ten of us were ſetter'd in one Chain When they had examind what was in the Prize, and were ſatisfy'd, they made back for Sale, whence they came.
Me were in ſight of that Place on the 24th of Offober: An Engliſh Ship, that expected the Return of thoſe Veſſels, and then lay at Anchor before the Bar, ſpying them, immediately ſet Sail;
but having only 50 Men aboard, was ſatisfied with Cannonading, to oblige vs to ſurrender. However the Corſairs came up to the
Bar, and endeavour'd to get over it; but it being then Ebb, and
the Water too low, put to Sea again, and kept along the Coaſt. _ __ Man purſa'd fo cloſe, and tore them in ſo many p aces, t
the ſmall Port of Fidella, 12 Leagues from Sale. As we were land-
ing, a young and beautiful Norman Maiden Gentlewoman, that came with Madam de Montagne, fell into the Sea, as did her
Maid: The. Chriſtian Seamen haſtned to their Relief, yet copld
only ſave the Maid, the Miſtreſs having funk ander the Keel of
the Veſſel; and being drowned, at our coming aſhore we found her fta
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that Place.
THE Alcayds, VVV the | Caſtles,
and the two Towns of Sale, with Hache Abdelcader Marino, Intendant of che Murine, came the next Day, being the 25th, to
the Place where we were, to conduct us to the Town, from which we were about two little Leagues. It will not be here improper
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to give a ſhort Deſcription of Sale: It ſtands on the Banks of the Grerou, Which falls from the Mountains of Zaoviat, and divides it into two parts; That on the North {ide is properly call'd Sela in the Country Language, and Sue in ours ; and there live the richeſt Jewiſß and Mahometan Merchants: It is encompaſs'd with good Walls, about fix Fathom high, and two yards and a quar- ter, or a half, thick, made of Clay and red. Sand, knit together with Lime, after the manner of the Country. They have Battle- ments on them, and are flank'd with good Towers; and were almoſt ruin'd, before the Reign of Muley Archy, who caus'd them to be well repair d: That part of the Town which lyes to the Southward, is call'd Raval, and takes up a much larger Com- paſs than the other: There are abundance of Gardens. within the Circumference of this Town, and a great Field, where they. might ſow Corn enough to ſerve 1500 Men, Its Walls are very an- cient, and there is a Tradition in the Country, that they were built by one part of the firſt Chriſtians brought into Africk, by thoſe Generals of Jacob Almanzer, King of Arabia Felix, Who conquer'd Spain; the other part being carry'd to Morocco, to build thoſe famous Aqueducts, which are ſtil! to be ſeen there. On tbe South Eaſt and by South Quarter , ſtands a high Tower, call'd Haſans, Which ſerves as a Land mark for Ships to come in; and at the foot of it are Docks to build Ships, and for them to Winter. A Man may ride a Horſe-back up to the Top of this Tower, as eaſiiy{as if it were a Hill, becauſe the Aſcent has no Steps. It was built by the ſame King's Order, with a 7c/que, now all in Ruins, by the ſame Architect that rais'd the famous Tower of the Moſque, that is now the Cathedral at Sewzl, and that of the great Moſque at Morocco. 5 . This Town, which was for ſeveral Years a Commonwealth, firſt ſettled that Government ſome time after it receiv'd the A*. daluxians and Granadines, expell'd by. the King of Spain, on Ac- count of their frequent Mutinies. Thoſe Moors, who bad been | bred in Wars, and reſolv'd to live free, finding themſelves more numerous than the Natives of Sale, oblig'd them ro longer to own any Sovereign; and to caſt off the Obedionce they had pro- mis'd Fen-bucay When they came into his Country, beſieg'd his Son Prince Abdala, who commanded in the Caſtle, That Prince, who was then but fifteen Years of Age, bravely ſuſtain'd a Siege of ſeveral Years, being ſupply'd with Proviſions and Ammuni- tion, by the Dake of AMledina Celi, Lord of Port St. Mary, near Cadiz; and by the King of Portugal, who {ent him ſeveral Cara- vels loaden with all Neceſſaries for the Support of Life and War- like Uſes ; the Embaſſadors ſent for that purpoſe by Ben bucar,
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Harbour, which the Caſtle Commanded, and having all the
ſoliciting for it. The Inhabitants of Sale being excluded the
Country about for their Enemies, began to want all things: Se- veral Chriſtian Merchants brought them Corn, which was land- ed on the Coaſt between Mamora and Sale, where thoſe Mer-
chants made their Fortunes; for they carried off almoſt all the
into the Road, promifing to make him Maſter o
Gold and Jewels the Moors had brought ont of Spam with them, Prince Abdala growing weary of living in a continual Priſon, at laſt contracted with the Captain of an Engl; mn that was come the Caſtle, up- on Condition the King of England would give the King his Fa-. ther a Thouſand Quintals, or Hundred Weight of Powder, and the ſame number of Firelocks. The Engliſ Man readily com-
ply'd, and was in the Caftle with 200 Soldiers he deſign'd to leave with the Moors till he return'd from England, Having ftay'd
there Four or Five Days, and perceiving there were not Proviſions
enough for them, till he return'd from England, he told the
Prince he would go home and tranſact that Affair with his
_ Maſter, After he was gone Aboard again, the Inhabitants of Sale ſummon'd the Prince to Surrender the Caſtle, threatning if he did not, to Spring a Mine they had carry'd on in the Rock.
An Italian Captive was the Contriver of that Invention, who
found means to pierce into the Rock, and perfected that work in hopes of his Liberty which had been promis'd him. The Prince ſent two of his greateſt Favourites to view the Mine, who told him what it was, and that it had been carried on by the Direction of a Chriſtian. %%% 8
ted the very next Day granted him; among which, was the delivering up of the Italian
Abdala perceiving he muſt either de art or Periſh, Capitula- : and had all the Articles he demanded
to him, whom he put to a moſt Cruel Death. When he was de- parted the Caſtle, the Andaluxians kept their Divan in it: Ha- che Abaala Feniche, and Mahomet de Santiago, aſſembled there in Council to Govern the People, with the Marinos, Izquierdos, Oraras, Pantojas, Zebedez,, Tonſos, Courtebeyes, Valencianos, Blan- cos, Meninos, and many more of the Prime of both Towns.
Old Caſtle _ of Sale,
They order'd a Ditch to be carry'd round the Caſtle, at which Work above 500 Men were employ'd for ſeveral Months; but being made in the Rock, and very much Money {quander'd about it, they left the Work imperfect, as we ſee it at this Day, Ihere are at preſent two Caſtles at Sale, the old, I have laſt ſpoken of, is directly at the Mouth of the River Guerou, next to which, its Walls, ſtanding on Rocks, are very lofty, and ſhel-
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| ſhor, There is nothing regular in the ſtructure of this Caſtle, for it is neither Square nor Triangular; but they built it as the Ground would allow : The Walls fronting to the River, are for the moſt part of Square Stones, with ſeveral Towers newly built by Muley Semein. Within this Caſtle, and before its Prin- cipal Gate, which is almoſt all Rotten, is a Fort rais'd high, and on it ſeveral Culverins that Command the Town. Below, next the dea, on the Point of the Rock, facing the Bar, is a Baſtion, mounted with Five Pieces of Cannon, to ſecure the Veflels that Anchor in the Road, and cover the Retreat of the Pyrates, when purſu'd by any Chriſtian Veſſels. The Walls next the Sea are low, and very eaſy to be Scal'd; for as much as within they are fill'd up with Earth almoſt to the Top, and without there are many Heaps of Dung and Earth as high as they, which would render the entrance very eaſy : On that fide of the Wall, there are above Twenty indifferent pieces of Cannon, which ſerve alſo to defend the Road; and there is a Subterraneous Paſſage from the aforeſaid Baſtion into the Caſtle. Within, it has no Water to Drink but what is preſerv'd ina Ciſtern, which receives all that falls on the flat Roofs of the Houſes when it Rains, and is convey'd to it by ſeveral Spouts. There is alſo a Well, but the Water of it is brackiſh, and only ſerves for Cattel, .- The New Caſtle, on the South Weſt fide, was built by Muley New Ca- Archy, and is ſquare, flank'd with good Towers, and has Bat-/tic. tlements like the Walls. There is a Communication from the one to the other by a high Wall, flank'd with Two Towers, and built upon Arches, under one of which the People paſs, to go walk on the Strand. When I was at Sale, there were Twelve Pieces of Braſs Cannon of ſeveral ſizes. in this Place. On the Welt ſide, before the Breach in the Town Wall, on the Edge of the Sea, ſtands another Baſtion on a Rock; but neglected of late, which -renders the taking this Raval of Sale very eaſy, as well - becauſe of this large Breach, which Fifty or Sixty Men may en- ter abreaſt, as by Reaſon the Gates of this Town are never ſhut at Night. The Proper time for ſuch an Enterprize is in April, when the Pyrates are at Sea, who take all the belt Soldiers with * them, and there are none left to defend it, but old Men, Wo- gl men, and Children, unfit to make any Oppoſition, The Deſcent | might be made at Fidella, which lies Twelve Leagues South-Weft
from Sale, and the way thence to the Town is all plain. Tn The Country about Sale is very fruitful for Corn, and abounds County = in Cattel and Fruit-Trees. There is a great empty ſpace withe abon: =_ in the Walls fit to ſow Corn, and abundance of Gardens without; Sale. 4 and if when taken, a Garriſon of 500 Hoyle were kept in it, el
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this Place would be as conſiderable as that of Oran, held by the Spaniards in the Kingdom of Algier, whither they Banniſh young
Gentlemen that deſerve any Puniſhment, to ſerve at their own
Coſt for ſome years; for all the Province of Temeſona, which has
no Strong hold, and is one of the beſt in the Kingdom of Fez,
might be brought under Contribution. If it ſhould be thought fit to advance farther into the Country, to make any Conqueſts, it would be neceſſary to take the Field in Mirch, to drive the __Arais towards the Mountains, and fecure the Corn, which they begin to reap about May, lay it up under Ground, and Plow over it; for ſhould an Army go after the Harveſt, it muſt needs Starve, both Men and Horſes, becauſe they layup no ſtores of Hay, and all the Graſs is burnt up by the violent heat of the
Ww. Slaves are Sold.
Sun. For the. better ſecuring of the Conqueſt, it will be con- venignt to leave no Enemies behind that may be troubleſome; for the Moors, who daily expect either the Chriftians or the Turks
ſhould come into their Country, ſay, They had rather have the
Chriſtians, becauſe they are more Merciful, and will ſpare
their Lives; ſo that they may in Proceſs of Time get the better of, and expel them, which they do not hope for from the Turks,
Io return to our particular, as foon as: we eame to Sale, we
were conducted to the Merchant, that fitted out the Privatier, Who kept us till All. Saints Day, when we were fold, Our Cap-
tain was at firſt preſented to the Governour, who kept him for
the King. The Criers took each of us by the Hand, and walk'd us bare headed along the Market, which is kept under great Ar- ches, call'd Caranetres, being near the River, next the Caſtle. -
Thoſe who buy Slaves obſerve their Countenance, and look in- to their Hands to ſce whether they are Labouring Men or Welt Born : When they meet with one that has a curious Complexion,
and ſoft Hands, they conclude he is Rich, and that makes them
advance upon one another for the Poor Creature, hoping, when
they have him, to exact a conſiderable Ranſom and therefore
tis afterwards hard to get out of their Hands. Our. Knight of
Malta, and the Lady his Mother were fold. for 1500 Crowns, 1 being left the laſt of all the Company, after the Cryer had well
walk'd me about, and cry'd Herech, Herech, was bought for 360
Crowns, and deliver'd to my Maſters who were Four in Num- ber. One of their Servants carried me to a Publick Honſe, where Strangers are entertain'd, as in our Inns, and which they call
Fondaques, Three of my Maſters, who had only one half of me, came thither immediately to ſee me: The Eldeft of them
Was called Mahomet le Moraxchy, and was Farmer of the King's Weights, The Second, whoſe name was Mahomet Liebus, was
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2 Merchant of Wooll and Oil; and a very good Man, as I after- - wards found by experience. The Third was Rabby Temin à Jem. They bought me ſome Cloaths, and then Marauchy carried me home for his Wife to ſee me. She preſently brought me a. White Loaf, Batter, Hony, and ſome Dates and Raiſins of the Sun, ſaying, Coul, Coul, that is, Eat, Eat. Having not broke my Faſt before, I ſoon made an end of all ſhe brought me, and ſhe ſeemg I had done wou'd have given me more; but taking off
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Then Moraxchy carried me back tothe firſt Houſe, where the The Au- Jew came to me again, and made a Compliment in Spaniſh, lors Ad-
which 1 did not then underſtand, but know ſince, it was to this vengures effect; Courage Sir, God is Great and Powerful, He will deli- with his ver you from the Misfortune you are fallen into through the Perils Maſters.
and Hazards of the Sea, Then he ask'd. me, Whether I had a Father and Mother, and wherewith to. Ranſom my ſelf? Having been before inſtructed by the Chriſtian, Slaves that were aboard the Pyrate, how I was to. behave. myſelf towards my Maſters when they examin'd me, I told the Jem, he was much ' miſtaken in calling me Sir, for I was the.Pooreſt Fellow of all our Company, and not able to give him the Value of a Crown. He did not ſeem to believe me, and went on ſaying, He pity d my Youth, and therefore, if I would agree with him, he. —_ pre- vail with my other Maſters to give me my Liberty at a very eaſy Rate. I reply'd, That if a Penny would purchaſe my Liberty, J was not able}to give it. Well, aid he, if you have nothing, a yo pretend, you may at leaſt write 4 Letter to your Relations, for them to gather Alms to get you out of our. Hands: For, if you will not, we ſhall load you with four Chains, beat you Ike a Dog, aud ftarve you in 4 Dungeon. Having heard theſe diſmal Words, I ask'd for Pen, Ink and Paper, which a Renegado, who was our Interpreter, immediately. | rought me. I Writ a Letter in,
the moſt moving Words [ could think af, direQin; it to à Bro · ther, whom! I made a ee e e deg as far as, forty or fifty Crowns, and give them to the Fathers that go upon the Redemption of hes that they might remember me when they came into the Country. He caus d the Renegado
to read the Letter to him, Who thinking I had writ the Truth, told the Jem, they had certainly 1 7 deceiv d, in giving ſo ewe > for which reaſon they, ceas d perſecuting
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They gave me a good Breakfaſt, and after it a Basket of Corn, to'grind at a Hand-mill that was in their Kitchin. This is the moſt uſual Labour of the Slaves in the Sea- port Towns, there being no other Mills. This toilſome Exerciſe requires much ſtrength; and having never been us'd to work, I began to miſ- like it the firſt moment I was imploy'd, and made {ach courſe Flower that they could not mould it. This movd my Mi- ſtreſs to give me a young Child 'ſhe had, to carry about the Town: I made fo much of him, that he would not go to any Body elſe, nor lye from me. My Miſtreſs, who was young, and very handſome, and ſpoke excellent. Span, perceiving how fond her Son was of me, got me Liberty to walk abroad with him where I pleasd. She treated me with white Bread, But- ter mixt with Hony, and ſach Fruit as was in Seaſon; caus'd a Chain of twenty five Pound Weight her Husband had put on me, to be taken off; conjur d me to be patient under my n 0 from her Husbands beating and reproaches, and often preſſed me to turn Renegado, that ſhe might have it in her Power to give me greater Tokens of her Affection, by marrying me to a very beautiful and rich Niece ſhe had, whole - Father Abdul Caderamer, had been fifteen 'Years a Slave in the _ Captain Galley of Malta. The better to pleaſe her, L anſwer d, That were ſhe to be my Reward I could willingly incline to it; bur I could never admit of fuch a Thought for any other, Then Ladded the tendereſt and moſt moving Expreſſions I could think.
„ of, which prevail'd with her to extuſe me from going to lye
in N among the other Slaves Madam de Montagne Bain in fifteen Days coneluded for her
oWh, and her Son the Knight's Ranſome, for Three thouſand Crowns, the one half whereof the Sieur de Laubia, à Merchant
of 7 paid down; ſhe went aboard a Dutch Ship then ready to fail, which landed her on the Coaſt of England. Then ſue went over to France to raiſe Money, and ſolicite the Diſ- charge of her Son and Servants, Who were left behind; but
Cmueliy of ſoon after her Departure, Maley Ach, who then reign'd at Fez,
Shuey being inform'd that the ſaid young Knight of Malia was Cap- Arcly, tive at Sale, caus d him to be remov'd to Fez, with a Reſolu- 55 tion never to reſtore him to his Liberty, no more than he did any of thoſe that fell into his Hands; he alſo took from his Mäſter the Fifteen hundred Crowns he had receiv'd, and gave him Two hundred Baſtonades for having releasd his Mother. That noble Gentleman was, during all the Reign of the ſaid Barbarian, put to all the Hardſhips' of the meaneſt Captives; but after his Death, Auley Semein el Henſenin, his Succeſſor, fold CH | im
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him to certain Jews of Fez for Two thouſand Crowns, who to Viched oblige him to give Three thouſand for his Ranſome, employ'd Jews. him during Eighteen Months about the vileſt Employments in their Quarter, putting him to carry out the Dirt of their Houſes, and cleanſe their Privies, adding a thouſand Reproaches, which he bore with wonderful Patience: Vet at length he fell under
the weight of ſo many Sufferings, and of his Chains, into a dangerous Sickneſs, which brought him to the Brink of the Grave, and oblig'd thoſe Villains when he was recovered
to let him go for Two thouſand five hundred Crowns, in the
For my part, 'I liv'd eaſy enough with my Maſter Liebus, for a
year I was in his Houſe, and he never'preſs'd me for Money, the
| Renegado ] ſpoke of having prepoſſeſs'd him in my behalf. The Mouette Fear being expired, Hamet Ben Tencourt, Governour of the Slave 70 Caſtle, who was my Fourth Maſter, and had a half ſhare in me, the Go. -ask'd the other Three, Whether T had not Treated with them a- vernour, bout my Ranſom? They anſwer d No; and told him, they per- - ceiv'd they had been deceiv'd when they bought me. Mil you tale your Money, ſaid he, and reſign me your ſhare, and I'll find 4
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way to make him ſpeak? They readily conſented, and carried me ca the Caſtle, - where I was put to ſerve in the Stable; I ſoon found the difference there was between the Governour and Liebus; for with the latter I us d to eat as he did, and with the other had nothing but Brown Bread and Water; and was forc'd to lie in a Mar morra, that is, a Dungeon, i Filthy, Stinking, and full of Vermin, that itoblig'd me to get freſh Straw every Night; be- cauſe about Thirty Arabs were kept Priſoners in that Place, up- on all whoſe Ordure I was fain to lye at Night, with the other Slaves, as long as we cominu d chere Whilſt J Was at Sale, there came in a Dutch Ship from Aimſter- Story of dam, which brought the Jems of, the former Place, certain Pre- a Meſſias dictions ſent them from Holland The purport of them among 79 le born other things, was, That the Meſſias they had expected fo many l. JI ges, mould be born in Holland-at the Beginning of the following year, = Which was 1672. The Jews hearing this good News, made a ſe- _—_ ' cond Feaſt of the Tabernacles, and kept à general Rejoyeing and Treating for Eight Days together. BY The chief of them being met one Day, at the Houſe of Jacob Bueno de Meſquite, the Richeſt of | thoſe that were clad after the Chriſtian Faſbion,: having made his eſcape out of Spain from the : Inqu iſition ; the Sieur L 4ubia, a Merchant of B ayonne, went thi- ther to Conęratulate with them. He Drinking their Healths, and to the ſafe Arrival of — Meſſas ; Meſquita, SIO CO e Who
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who percei'vd he jeer d them, ſaid to him in Spaniſh, Well Ax.
I. Aubia, wi v {ay 400 Pieces of Eight with; me, that the King Meſſias we epect, will notbe horn in Holland within a year f L' Aubia, who deſired no better, gave Maeſquita his Hand before all the ether Jews, who took hold of it, to make good the Wager, de- elaring he oblig d himſelf in their Preſence to pay the 400 Dollars, in Caſe the 3 Meſſias was not born in Holland, within the Time he propoſed. Meſquita Swore before all the Company, that he would ſtand te his Word; and then invited L'Aubia to
proceed in their Mirth. The year expiredi in July, at Which Lime
I' Aubia went to Meſquita's Houſe to ask, Whether the Meſſias was born, and in Caſe he was, to offer him the 400 Crowns he had won. The Jew, who thought the Wager had been a
IF aaa meer Jeſt, was ſarpriz'd at this Viſit, and began to recant;
j | but Z'Aubia, without loſing any Time, went up-to:the Caſtle
' and gave the Governour a full account of what had-paſs'd be-
3 _ tween him and Meſquita the year before, naming. all the other
/ Fews that had been preſent, whom the Governour ſummon'd. Be-
ing inform'd by them how the matter ſtood, he order'd eſ-
qulta immediately to pay down the 400 Crowns he had loſt, a-
gainſt which Judgment no Intreaties were of Force. When the Jews were gone, the Governour and- L Aubia divided the 400 Crowns between them. | eien Sometime before this ha
pned, the Alcayde had demanded 1000 Crowns. of me for my Ranſom, I return'd him the ſame Anſwer
I had: given the others; but he being a Brute, who had all the
Authority in his own Hands, and conſequently not to be ſatisfyd
with Reaſon, beſid es that I had no other Maſter: to plead for me, Mouette he ſent me to Work as a Labourer to the Maſons, that were re- Labour. pairing the Caſtle Walls, who for Two Months and a half, never 1 ave over beating me anmercifully with their Trowels, without 5 mowing any other reaſon for it, but that I ſhould give my Ma- ſter a Tho Crowns, and I ſhould work no more. At length, the Blows and the 1 2 prevailing, I romis'd the Alcayde
five. hundred Crowns; who. anſwer d That he did not want
i Money, and that ſuch great Men as he did not part with their Slaves Without great Ranſoms; beſides that they ought to think themſelves much oblig'd to him to get off at that Rate, I con-
tinu'd ſome time longer upon the Work; till perceiving I was not able to hold out, I apply'd may ſelf to his Steward, telling him, I could, give but fix Hundred Crowns, and if e
me of at that rate, he ſhould have Twenty for himſelf. *
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little Reſt for ſome Months, which being expir'd, my Maſter ask'd me, whether the fix hundred Crowns were return'd? I told him, I had uſed all my Endeauours, but that the Merchant Ships durſt not repair ſo frequently to thoſe Coaſts, becauſe of the
Wars among Chriftian Princes, He waited a Month longer, when perceiving the Money did not come, he put me to work again, adding a Chain of twenty five Pound Weight to increaſe my Miſery. Z bs |
At this time Muley Semein, who was come to the Crown, by
the Death of his Brother Muley Archy, and return'd Victorious
from Morocco, being offended at the Governour of Sale, my Ma-
ſter, who had lighted him whilſt he was Prince, ſent him Or- ders to go to Fez with all his Soldiers. The Alcayde miſt ruſt ing
the King deſign'd him no good, was fo frighted, that he became like a mad Man, and not knowing on whom to vent his rips
on the Day before his Departure, he reveng'd himſelf on me an
my Companions. The firſt ſtroke he gave a Spaniard, broke his Head, and knock'd him down half dead; a Roman far d no better;
and I who came laſt under his Hands, and againſt whom he had
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_ ſome 7 7 and Alcaydes, that were his Friends, interceeding for him, the King ſpar'd his Life, taking away his Government and Soldiers, and ordering him to ſpend his Days in Old Fez, like a private Perſon. Hereupen he ſent his Couſin Hamet Ben Abdata to Sale, to remove all his Goods to Fez. He made us ſet out about
the end of July, only I of ſeven Chriſtians, having Irons on my
Feet, with which I was forc'd to tfavel-bareioot over the ſcorch- ing Sands the Road was full of. - L 4;
A Fortnight after I arriv'd at Old Fez, commonly call'd . Belle, the City revolted againſt Mule) Semein for the Reaſons I/
mention in my Hiſtory; and having call d Mule) Hamer Meherex, the King's Nephew, who was at Theſa, a ſmall Town, but Eigteen Leagues diſtant to its Aſſiſtance, they ſent him fifteen hundred
a Spleen before, had my Head batter d, and all my Body bruizd þ Blows, to cure which 1 had nothing but the white of an Egg and ſome Cobweb, The next Day he ſet out for Fez, where g,,, 70 the King would have cut off his Head with his own Hand, but Fez.
Horſe, and five hundred Foot, among whom my Maſter was
made a Captain. He left us in the Cuftody of a Black, who du ring the whole Siege, which laſted fourteen Months, gave us nothing but Bread made of Bran, and ſome boil'd Herbs, to eat; ſo that had not the other Chriſtians relieved us with Bread, and the Sieur Raymond, Conſul at Sale, ſent me ſome little Money, We Had periſh'd for Want. VV
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commonly call Fez, Gedide, till J was remov'd to Mequinez' with the other Captives. \
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King's Nephey, 'of
= of MAuley Semein, all the Slaves belonging to the Alca des, and other private Perſons, that had ſided with Muley 2
(iich Number 1 was; were remov'd to Fez, Gedide, to be put among the Kings. I might here deſcribe the
Cities of Fez, but having done that at large in another place,
count of
Fez.
have generally four Rooms below, eight or twelve Foot wide, and twenty five or thirty in length, ſome more, ſome leſs: The
I ſhall not repeat it, but only inſert what I there omitted con-
cerning the Buildings, and ſome other particulars, Some Ac
The Houſes in both theſe Cities, and in other Towns of Bar- bary, are ſquare, and terras'd at the Top: The Walls next to the Streets, or other Neighbours , have no Windows. They 'oot wide,
Doors of theſe Rooms are directly in the middle, that the Light
Which comes in at them, may.equally reach both ends of the
Chamber: The Courts are in the middle, in which there are commonly Wells, or if they be ones dab Met, which are
always very 23 there are Marble Baſons, with Spouts of Water, and {ome Fiſh-ponds, . about 'which they. have Orange
and Lemon Trees, with the Fruit hanging on them all the Year about. If the Houſes be two Stories high, they have Galleries ſupported by Pillars of Marble, Freeſtone or Brick, with turn d
ky
ooden Baniſters on them, painted of ſeveral Colours. The Joiſts and Girders are painted after the ſame manner, there be- ing an Ornament all round the Room three Spans broad under
them of Plaiſter Fretwork in Flowers, after the Moſaick manner. Under that is another Circle, about a Man's height, of cu-
rious Chequer Work painted of ſeveral Colours, and repreſent- ing all ſorts of Flowers. They have Folding Doors which are always open, there being colour'd Silk Curtains before them. At both ends of the Rooms there are Eftradoes, that is, a part raiſed about two ſpans above the Floor, made of Fir painted.
On theſes Eſtradoes the great Men have their Beds, which con-
fiſt of a Mat of painted Ruſhes, and ſeveral Carpets like thoſe of Turky : On them they lay Quilts not above two Inches thick, cover d on the one fide with Silk cut in lips of ſeveral Colours, „ | .—n
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and on the other with Cotton Cloth, and Pillows ſtuffd with Wooll. By them they have Haiques of Holland, or French Lin-
nen, which are Pieces of that Linnen, in which, after ſtripping
to their Shirts, they wrap themſelves up to ſleep, and for the more Conveniency, they make their Wives Beds at the other end of the Room, whither they go to them when they have a
mind. The Common ſort have only the Carpets without Quilts, and the Poor, whoſe Houſes are for the moſt part of Reeds, like Cottages, Iye upon a Mat, with ſome Sheeps Skins on it in their Haiques of courſe Wooll, The Houſes never have any Windows, unleſs it be to ſome Cloſet, where the Light cannot come in at the Door. They have no Chimneys in their Kit- chins, but only ſeveral little Stoves made of Brick or Stone, under ſome part of the Roof, which is purpoſely left open for the Smoke to go out. The Entries into the Houſes are always winding to the right and left; and there are often three or four 7 ws FH between the Street and the Court, and as many Paſſages, . %
ich are very dark, Between thoſe Doors the Moori/ Great
L Men uſually feaſt with their Friends, or elſe they have ſome
Chamber for that purpoſe at their Stables. I ſhall not here
treat of their Manner of Eating, having elſewhere ſpoken of their moſt uſual Diſh, the Reader will be pleas'd to know What
the Kings, Which is much the ſame ; but the Conſcou it is, and how they- make it. Th
ter on it, Which they work well with their Fingers, every now and then ſprinkling it with Water, till it all runs into little
Lumps like ſmall Peaſe, and this they call Couſcouſou. As it rolls up they take it out of the Bowl and put it into the Steve to ſe- arate the Flower that may have remain d looſe; and there are e Women fo expert at making of it, that it is no bigger than Hail ſhot, which is the beſt. In the mean while, they boy! a great deal of good Meat, as Pullets, Beef and Mutton, in a Pot that is not above a Span over at the Mouth, They have another Copper Pot made on purpoſe, very wide at the top, and fo narrow at the bottom, that it may fink two Inches within the Mouth of the other, the bottom whereof is full of holes like a Cullender : Into this laſt Pot they put the Conſcouſau over the other Pot the Meat boils in, when it is almoſt ready, lea- _ ving it fo about three quarters of an Hour, cloſe cover'd with
a Napkin, and a wet Cloth with a little Flower, being N | | About
5 ey take a great Wooden Bowl, or Earthen Pan before them,
with a Poringer full of Flower, and another of fair Water, a _ Sieve and a Spoon: Then they put two or three Handfuls of the Flower into the Bowl, and pour three or four Spoonfuls of Wa
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about the Month of the other Pot, that no Steem may come out
they turn it out into-a Diſh, and ſtir it a — cling together, but lye looſe in Grains; then they Butter it, and
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that way, but all aſcend. to pierce” the S ' When ready, ut, that it may not
laſtly pour on the Broth and all the Meat.
Io return to my ſelf, having no Aequaintance in New Fez, fo that I muſt have lain on the Ground, the R. F. Gregory A of the Order of St. Francis, a Religious Man of ſingular and Charity, ſince Guardian of the Fauciſcans of St. Remy in Provence, and then a Captive, with the Sieur Caſſel a Surgeon, and Virtuous Perſon, gave mewhat was neceſſary to make me aà Bed of Canes, as the others had. The next Day after my Arri- val, 1 was put to the Labour that all the other Captives were about, which was Maſons Work, the hardeſt of any, for their way of building Walls differs much from ours in Europe. Tho never ſo high they are made of Earth, temper'd with Lime, and they are fo hard to raiſe, that I admire how it is poſſible to hold long at that Toil; beſides that the Water is to be brought ' a great way to mould the Earth. The difficulty ſtill lies in carrying it UP, for that they bannt, neither Scaffolds nor Lad - ders, it muſt P | which burns and cuts the Fingers of ſuch as pull at it. If thoſe
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be drawn up by a Pulley, with a ſmall Cord,
Who: work above, ceaſe but one moment pounding the Earth that is between the Planks with heavy Rammers , the Overſeers,
-who have quick Ears, throw Stones at them to continue their perperus) Labour; which they dare not give over to eat a bit of Bread, but are to hold it in one hand, and to work with the other, | Thus we toil'd all the Day till Night, and when the Stars began to appear, the Slaves were conducted back to their Priſon, and ſhut up after being counted over and over again: The next Morning at break of Day we were to return to our Labour, Some time after, I was awhile imploy d in grinding. of Colours
under a Painter, who was alſo a'Talbe, or Dr. in the Alcoran. This Talbe, whoſe Name was Bougimon, told me ſeveral Particu-
lars concerning the Manners and Religion of the Country, which 1 give an account of elſewhere. Then alſo was J acquaint-
ed with the Cruelty of Muley Archy towards the Chriſtian Slaves, and it being my main deſign to make known the Miſeries
the poor Slaves endure in that Country, I could not forbear rela-
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TH O' that Prince, at the beginning of his Reign, behav dd + himſelf mildly enough towards the Chriſtian Captives, yet he afterwards became extraordinary Cruel to them, on the follow- - ing account: The Soldiers that were in Garriſon in thoſe Places Occaſion the King of Spain was poſſeſs d of along the Coaſts of the King- of Perſe- dom of Fex, being very ill us'd, Deſerted in great Numbers to cution. Muley Archy When ae they there ſoon commit - ted many diſorders, which on a ſudden alter d the King ſo much, that he chang'd the Kindneſs he before ſhew'd to the Chriſtian Captives, into the utmoſt Rage; ſo that he order'd one Ardou- an, Son of a Spaniſh Renegado, to load them all with Irons, and appoint Guardians who ſhould not ſuffer them to go any where for the future, but make them Work continually: Thus they all receiv'd the Puniſhment due to ſome few, which is uſual enough %% 8 The King one Day ſuſpecting a young Spaniard call'd Francis
f kgs . A x * Murder of Carrion, was guilty of a very ſlight Fault, notwithſtanding all „ | the Captive could ſay to clear himſelf, he caus d him to be walk d? tre. | K. in ſhameful manner through all the Streets of Fez, to make ſport 3
for the Boys, who ſtrove to out-do one another in prieking him with ſharp-pointed Reeds, which he endur'd' with a true Chri- ſtian Forritnde; He was carried back half Dead to the Palace Gate, where the King order'd the [Butchers to Murder him, and bring him his Head to ſee, his Body being cut into Fourteen pieces, and then thrown to the Dogs. Another time, the Inhabitants of Tetuan nn petition'd him to deliver one of their moſt noted Pyrates, call'd Seth Ben Hen- don, out of the Galleys of Genoa, he _—_ been taken-by thoſe | People ;, he ſent a Jew to demand him, offering to give in ex- change, all the Captives that were of that Nation in his King- dom. The Genoeſes knowing there were very few of theirs, ſent him word, They would exchange him for a Dog; to ſignify, , That they valu'd a Mahometan no more than they did a Dog, e This ſo far incens'd the King, that he ſwore, He would never f, Perſe. give Liberty to any Chriſtian, for any Price whatſoever ; and at in-, the ſame time, ſent Orders to the Inhabitantsof Sale and Tetuan, | to make their Excurſions againſt — Chriſtians with more Vi- 5 5 | III
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© gour than ever: He built Two Veſſels himſelf to the ſame pur- poſe, and directed the Governours of the Two Places aforeſaid, to ſend him all the Captains and Officers of Ships, with the principal Paſſengers and Merchants they fliould happen to take, that he might deſtroy them in his Galleys at Fez; meaning the Works he emply'd them on EN Some time after, he had Thonghts of burning all his Slaves, *f which hapned upon this Account : A Moor came to him one
— Day, begging an Alms, and. ſaying, He was a poor Slave that
d made his eſcape from among the Chriſtians, and that in . t where he had been a long time, they had praftis'd many Crueities upon him; all Which he invented to put him in a Paſſion, The King pitying ſuch mighty Sufferings, -cry'd out, bs it poſſivle that my Brethren, ſhauld be fo ud in Euxope, and that theſe Dogs o Chriftians ſhould live ſo eaſy under me! What 1 ſay is fo true, anſwer'd the Wicked Fellow, that they knowing very Well we have an abhorrence for Swines Fleſh, and are forbidden to eat it by our Law; they compel us to it by main Force, and make us drink the Milk, and lie with thoſe Creatures. The King ealily gave Credit to all his Relation, and in that Fury eall d the Blacks of his Gnard, whom he order d to bring toge- ther all the Slaves into a large Square behind his Palace, call'd Aechonal; but before they came, to load them all with Wood. All thoſe Innocent Creatures being there Aſſembled, ty'd by two and 2 and the Fire ready to be ſet to the fuel they had brought, expected nothing every moment, but to paſs out of this Wretch⸗ ed Life, to another more Glorious, Bleſſing God, who that Day call'd them to the Crown of Martyrdom. Some of them who were more fond of Life, tho' theirs was but miſerable, were
concern'd to dye ſa Young ; hut reſolvd to ſuffer for their Reli-
ing him, He had
gion. The old Men exhorted the young to Suffer Manfully as other Martyrs had done, and after long waiting the Cruel
Execution, God deliver id them after this manner: A Cherif, or /Maoria Printe, upon the Report of what was doing, went to the King to 8 the Injuſtice of that Execution, tell- ing hir cen above Twenty Tears a Captive in Sain without receiving the leaſt ill Uſage; that on the contrary, many Mghometans he had ſeen there, look'd upon their Slavery as
very ſupportable; yet if he deſired ro be more fully ſatisfy'd, he
OO raight, give order that they ſhould let him know all Perſons that DO
en there as well as himſelf, who would convince him how falſly he had been isform'd by that Auer, only to get the better Alms from him. The King being ſomewhat appeas d, order d that Impoſture to be found out, that he might —
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him with the Cherif z but there was no meeting with him:
However the King fent for all thoſe that had been in Spain, to
enquire how they had been uſed, who aſſured him, That what the Cherif ſaid was true; ſo that coming a little to himſelf, he was ſenſible he had been too eaſily put into a Paſſion, and
therefore order'd the Chriſtians to be ſent back, and their Cap- tivity from that time forward began to be more tolerable,
There is nothing more remarkable among the Cruelties of Maley Archy, than the 1 and at the ſame time Glorions
pariſh Gentleman: He was Com- Bravery of mander in Chief of the Cavalry in Melilla, a Garriſon held by a Spaniſh his Chatholick Majeſty on the Borders of Alcaladis, which C
end of Don Pedro Lopez a
is at the Mouth of the River Melaya, that parts the Kingdoms
aptive.
of Fez, and Tremecen, This Gentleman making frequent Ex-
curſions againſt the Barbarians of this Province, had oblig d them
to retire for Safety to the higheſt Mountains, At laſt, having laid an Ambuſh for him, with the Aſſiſtance of the People of
Kiffe, a Neighbouring Province, they took him and his Brother, who was his Lientenant, after they had both bravely withſtood all their Power for Song time, He might have made his eſcape
of his Men did that were well Mounted;
if he would, as many
but could not think of leaving his Brother who was Wounded,
and whom he lov'd better than himſelf. The Barbarians were for Sacrifizing him upon the Spot, but the Governour of Riffe Interpos'd, and admiring Don Pedro's Valour, treated him in his "Tent, and caus'd his Brother to be carefully dreſs d. The very next day he ſent them towards Fez, to bepreſented to the King; Auley rely was very joyful for having that Commander in his had made ſo great a noiſe, and took ſuch a liking, as to make him a Thouſand obliging offers, and promiſe to adopt him for his Son, if he would change his Religion, Perceiving
Power who
after ſeveral Days that he was not to be mov d, he ſent him to the
Captives Priſon to be .employ'd at the common Works, think-
. would grow weary and alter his Tone; but the Hardſhips of Slavery only ſeryd to firengthen his Fait
and give greater
Proofs of his Conſtancy. The King pretended to be taken with
his Reſolution, and after other tokens of Affection, gave him
the Poſt of Alcayde of all his Captives, which Don Pedro
could never prevail with himſelf to accept of,
© "Daring the whole time of his Captivity, which laſted fix
Jausears, he gave a Thouſand Proofs of his Genercſity and Virtue -
for not Wanting Money, whether he had any given him by the of the
King, or receiv'd it of his own, he kept the Pooreſt Slayes in Cloaths, and his * were ſo private, that thoſe
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who receiv'd them, were a long time before they knew from whence they came. The ſick were reltiev'd by him and his Brother, with wonderful Charity ; for they ſpar'd nothing they had to comfort them; but the loſs of his Brother, who was ſnatch'd from him by a violent Diſeaſe, troubled him beyond all his other Sufferings. At the ſame Time, the Barbarians fearing leſt he ſhould recover his Liberty, and do them more harm af- terwards, than he had done before, ſent to entreat the King to deliver him up to them for a great Summ of Money, The King was amaz'd at their Fear, and that he alone ſhould be more dreadfal to them than all ain: However to pleaſe them, he promis'd to eaſe them of Hoe, Pre gs, and that they | ſhould ſoon either ſee Don Lopez Dead, or converted to their Re- ligion. From that time, he only waited an Opportunity to exe - cute his deſign with ſome ſhow of Juſtice: Meeting one day with one of the Keepers of his Graneries, Drunk with Brandy, he preſently order d his Brother Muley Semein, to go to the Pri- ſon, and beat Twelve of the firſt Slaves he met with, and then bring them to him with Don Lopez. The Prince obey d, and having Cudgell'd thoſe that came in his Ways deliver'd them to his Guard to bring along with him to the Palace. Being come thither, Auley Archy told him, he deſignd to put Lopez to Death, if he came before him as a Chriſtian; the Prince, who lovd the Gentleman, went out to the Palace Gate to acquaint him with it: He, nothing concern'd, lifted up his Eyes to Hea- ven, offering himſelf up to God, and returning the Prince Thanks with a low Bow, went on at the Head of his Compa- nions without giving him time to ſay any more, As ſoon as the King beheld thoſe poor Cripples, who were fo beaten that they could ſcarce ge, he roar'd ikea Lyon, and order'd them to be ty'd to the Orange Trees that were in the Courts of his Palace, except only T eee he call'd to him; and being inform id by his Brother, that he was reſolv'd not to renounce his Faith, ask d him, Why he ee the Slaves to ſell Brandy to the Moors, ſince he had plac d him over them? This ſaid, he gave him ſeveral ſtroaks with his Cymiter, which laid him Dead at his Feet. Then he proceeded to the otkers, to vent all his Malice, . - and had ſoon made an end of them, but that Check Louety, his Father · in- law, and greateſt Favourite, embracing him, took the Cymiter out of his Hands. He told him, That if the News of that Maſſacre were carried over into Spain, where there were Thirty Aoors for one Chriſtian they had in Barbary,. thoſe Peo- ple would not fail to ſhow their Reſentment of kis behaviour CCC | 2 =
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in the Kingdoms of Fez and Morocco. 21
towards Lopez and his Companions. Thus he mollified the King's Rage, and prevail'd that Lopez might be interr'd in the Chriſti- zn Burial Place, and his 83 nions ſent back to the others to have their Cuts dreſs'd, which were ſuch, that ſome of them JJ mr Eo A A Fortnight after this Action, Muley Archy went to ſee his | Town of Sale, and paſs the Month of Ramadan or Lent there. Having ſeen ſeveral young Chriftians about the Streets, he or- der'd Hamet Ben Yencourt, the Governor of the Town, and my Maſter, to bring them before him: There being Nineteen of them, and good likely Men, he ſent them ſome Days after to Fez, With orders that they ſhould he ſhut up till his Return. They were carefully kept at the Palace, and the King's Com- mand«s ſo punctually obey' d, that none of the Captives could e- ver come to talk to them. About the end of Ramadan or Lent, the King return'd to Fez, to Celebrate their great Feſtival, like our Eafter 3 and cauſing them all to be brought before him on that Day, Preach'd to them on the excellency of his falſe. Religion, telling them, They. would infallably be damn'd, if they did not follow the Law of Mahomet Then he promis d, That as ſoon as they were ſufficiently inſtructed in the Alcoran and Arabick | 4 Tongue, he would make them all Governors of Towns, and ⁶ Commanders of his Troops; That he would Marry them advan- W tageouſly, give them Rich Garments, fine Horſes, Gold, Silver, i and all they could deſire; and in ſhorr, that they ſhould be fl treated as his own Children, that he had begotten to Salvation” 3 Tuhoſe Young Men, being moſt of them Seryants and Cabbin 73, Ng Boys, and conſequently ill inſtructed in Religion, gave Ear to makes ma- tat Barbarous Prince's Promiſes, and all turn d Mahomerans, ny Rene- except Two. He caus d them to be immediately Richly Clad; gadoes. ave each of them a Cymiter and a Horſe, and thus ſent them to all the Meſques; whither they were attended by the Great Men of the Kingdom, and follow'd by all the King's Muſick, and Ca- valry, Marching with their Standards diſplay d: All the Peo- ple that ſtood in the Streets to ſee thoſe New Mahometans, gave them a Thouſand Bleſſings. The King having prepar'd a Sump- tuous Entertainment made them eat at his own Table, attended by the Prime Nobility. Then he gave them a Summ of Money, Ul. and after being heal'd of their Circumciſion, he Married ſuch as = were of Age to Rich Wives. Their Proſperity was not laſting, 3 * we ſaw moſt of thoſe Renegadoes die miſerably in the next. | eign.
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| Two Con- ſtant Chri.
— — 5 — 3 As for the other Two that world not renounce their Faith; one of which was an Exeliſb Proteſt ant, and the other a French
Catholick born at Diep, who came Aboard with us to learn 4 Navigation, the King practic'd all that Malice could dictate upon
them; perceiving that his Cruelty did not 8 upon their
Reſolution, he ſent them to ſerve in his Sta Alcayde, or chief of it, to allow them no Reft « This continual
le, ordering the
Fatigue ſoon threw them into a deſperate Sickneſs, which made
the King ſend them to the Priſon among his other Slaves, and
_ afterwards thought no more of them, The reſt of their Capti- vity was eaſy enough, till they recover'd their Liberty, in the
Cruelty ts omen Captives.
year 1676.
| © This implacable Enemy of our Faith, was not ſatisfied with Perſecuting thoſe of our wo would not . renounce their aids.
Faith: Several Women and who had been unfortunate-
ly taken at Sea, or in their own Houſes on the Coafts of Spain and
ortugal, were ſhut up in the Seraglio, and put to the meaneſt Employments, being ſubject to the Inhumanity of a Thouſand
Black Women that are the Queen's Slaves, as the Men are the King's: Thoſe Poor Creatures were to be Servants to them all
ned to complain to him of their ill uſage, he gave them no other. Anſwer, But that they muſt change their Religion if they had
nd if they were not able to go through whatſoever was enjoyn'd them, the King had order'd they ſhould be beaten. If they hap-
a Mind tobe better usd. He promis'd ſuch as were Handſome enough topleaſe him, That, if they would become Mahometars, he would raiſe them to a high Pitch, and they ſhould be his
chiefeſt Favourites, However, God be Prais'd, he could not
prevail 155 any of them; but they all rather choſe to Suffer ro
or the
Riches and Pleaſures, by imbracing the Abſur d Law of Mahe-
met, Which is ſo full of Fables, and Follies, that I admire
how any Men can ſuffer themſelves to be deluded,
feſſion of their. Faith, than to enjoy all ſorts of
CHAP,
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in the Kingdoms of Fez and Morocco. 23
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Of the Perſecutions and Troubles we went through at Mi-
quenes, which the Ring caus'd to be rebuilt to keep his Court there. The Deſcription of Morocco and. pens 3
| Me Archy, having given Miguenes to his Brother AMuley AYE Semein, for his Appanage or Support; that young Prince made it his uſual Place of Refidence, tho? he had the fineſt Palace in all New Fez. Thar City being ſeated in a delightful Plain, ſhaded with abundance of Olive Trees, he reſolv'd tore- move his Court thither; but the buildings being all old, he would have them rais'd anew, before he went to ſettle there. Jo this purpoſe, the Structures he had began at Fez being now finiſh'd, he caus'd his Slaves to be ſent thither to Work. We werereceiy'd there at the Caſtle Gate, by a Black of a Prodigi- Cet ous tall Stature, of a frightful Aſpect, and a Voice as dreadful “ Mique- as the Barking of Cerberus: He had a Staff in his Hand pro- portionable to his bulk, with which he Saluted every one of us, and then led us into the Store Houſe, to chuſe Pickaxes of an extraordinary Weight, which when every one was furniſh'd with, we were conducted to old Walls to pull them down. This was our firſt employ there, which began at break of Day, and held on till dark Night; and if any Man ceas'd but never ſo little, he receiv'd his reward immediately. That Black would not allow us time to Eat, and never went from the Work, with- out leaving one in his Place, Which chagge was always to our . Diſadvantage; for thoſe new Execytiofers, did not only beat us themſelves, but when the Black came again, told him who had not work'd to their Mind, and he thereupon redoubled the Strokes, which he always took care to beſtow on thoſe parts where he thought they would do moſt hurt. He ſtruck moſt at the Head, and when he had broke it, Counterfeited the charitable Surgeon, applying ſome unſlack'd Lime to ſtanch the Bleeding, When he perceiv'd any one had been ſo beaten, that he could not go, he had a dreadful way of enabling him, by re- 1 the Stripes, ſo that the new ones made him forget the old. 3 EY Nos The King coming one Day to lay the Foundation of the Se- raglio, ſome that had yet the Blood of their Harts about as, ca
24 The Travels of the Sieur Monette,
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caſt themſelves at his Feet, offering their Complaints in the moſt moving Manner, to incline him to Compaſſion, He look d earneſtly oo them, but afforded us no Redreſs; which made the Black ſtill more cruel. After the King was gone to make War on his N -phew Muley Humet, who had been choſen King of Morocco, where he continu'd three Years, the Black grew ſo inrag'd, that he never gave over, till he had ſent above twenty to their Graves. Nothing was to be heard at Night in our Pri- ſons, but diſmal Groans, occaſion'd by the violent Pains pro- ceeding from our 5 The very ſight of that Devil made us quake; his Voice put ſuch Life into us, that the moment we heard him in the Morning, cry out at the Door, Eona- y. alla cruſion, that is, come out quick; every one throng'd to be pow peru for the hindmoſt always felt the Weight of his Cudge %%% ͤ ] 1 „„ "In ſhoe, our Miſery was ſo great, that we reſolv'd to make away with him, tho it coſt us our Lives, He uſing to come to our Quarters at Night to get drunk with Brandy, at our Coſt, it was reſolv'd to make an end of him the firſt Night he was there alone; but when it came to the Point, no Man would Slave? at. ſtrike firſt: However we prepar'd for the Execution, and the ” zempt to Spaniards advis d the other Nations to provide Knives to cut him kill :heir in Pieces: He underſtanding a little of their Language, drew Keeper. his Dagger, fled, and never came again at Night. This Defign failing, we thought of another Way, and got ſome Arſenick to give him in his Brandy. We know not whether he had Notice H given him, but from that Time he never drank any, till he that gave it him had firſt taſted. Theſe Attempts of ours againſt is Life, only ſerv'd to make him the more our Enemy, and to redouble his Cruelty z beſides,that he was put on by the Over. ſeer, and rewarded by the Governour of the Place, who were earneſt to ſee the Worli advance, We complain d again to the King, who was then in the Kingdom of Morocco, by Letter, and that it might not fail of being deliver'd into his own Hands, ſent it by an Expreſs to the Chriſtians, that ſerv'd in his Train of Artillery, who gave it him: It produc'd no Effect, tho' at his Return we again went to pray he would do us Juſtice, and he promis d it. On the contrary, a few Days after, he with his own Hand kill'd ayoung Spaniard, whoſe Name was Bartholomew Tio: He had appointed him Chief of thoſe who ſerv'd in his Stable, and cut off his Head, becauſe he was not quick enough in bringing him a Pail of Water he-had call'd for to one of his Companions. Tho' the King refas'd to do us Juſtice on our Black, God did it ſoon after, delivering us from him, by means
of
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in the Ringdoms of Fez and Morocco. 25
of the Plague, which began in the Year 1678, and deftroy*d the one half of thoſe Barbarians 3 4 Ee Some of us were not exempt from that Contagion, which Plague in ſeiz'd about fifty, of about two hundred we were, the third part Barbary. of which eſcap'd 3 for tho' we were all ſhut up together, the others were all well, whereas when it enter'd any Moor's Houſe, it left no living Creature there, which is a plain Demonſtration of God's Goodneſs towards the Faithful. We doubled our uſual Prayers at that time, and for eight Days, ſaid the whole Ro- ſary, inſtead of the third Part we repeated before; beſides other Prayers during the whole time of the Contagion, which laſted three Lears. VVV „„ I) be firſt Year 1 was choſen Treaſurer of the Brotherhood, CHarita- that had been erected under the Title of, Our Lady of Mercy. le Bio-, The Deſign of this Brotherhood was to relieve the Sick, and the ***1*99% Fund was rais'd out of a Duty taken for every Kettle of Aqua Vite we made, and ſold privately to the Moors, and what the Brothers begg'd every Night after Prayers. The Charge of the Light in our Chappel was alſo defray'd by the Brotherhood, which conſiſted of a Treaſurer, a Clerk, and twelve Brothers, Who were chang'd every Year, and the Treaſurer was accountable to his Succeſſor. This Brotherhood began in the Reign of Mu. ley Archy, after the following manner: That Prince coming one Day to ſee ſome old Walls. beaten
down, wonder'd that the Chriſtians did ſo little Work, and ask'd _ the Reaſon of thoſe about him? The Alcayde Cidon told him, © That BY © the Chriſtians being us'd in their own Country to drink Wine .
e and Brandy, and then reduc'd to only Bread and Water, it made ce them weak, and unfit for hard Labour: That if he would have
ce the Pleaſure of ſeeing them work to the Purpoſe, he need only cc order every one of them three or four Glaſſes of” Wine, and he
cc would ſee how they Labour'd. The King ſmil'd, and ſent for the Clerk of the Fews, whom he order'd to bring four great Pitchers
8, of Wine, which being diſtributed among the Captives, the King
n went a Walking, and at his Return, was amaz d to ſee, that the it Chriſtians had done more in two hours he had been gone, than 1 : wy d in three Parts of the Day before. This made him give an Or- 3 5 üs der under his Seal, enjoyning the Jews to furniſh every Week 3, %. 0 ten Quintals, ora hundred Weight of Raiſins, and as many Figs, ** us for the Chriſtians to make Brandy; forbidding them, at the
zh ſame time, under ſevere Penalties, the ſelling any of it to the
is Moors. This was at the Time when he made Den Pedro Lopez,
ur before ſpoken of, Chief of the Captives, and laid hold of the Pre-
ms tence of their having tranſgreſs d his Prohibition, to murder him.
of . 5 Whilſt.
26 £
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and Don Pedro Lopez, having furniſnid Money to buy Figs an
Whilſt the King was at Fez, the Jews continu'd what he had
order'd; but as ſoon as he took the Field, they got themſelves off, by means of a Summ of Money they gave Ar
7 ouan, the Alcayde of the Chriſtians. However, fome Engliſb and French 3
Raiſins, they continu'd the making of Brandy. appointing a cer-
tain number of Perſons for that purpoſe, and the Keepers, and _. Ardounn himſelf, notwithſtanding the King's Prohibition, for a little Money ſuffer'd it to be fold to the Mahometans The Profit
of it being confiderable enough, the Brotherhood I have ſpoken
of was erected, To advance the main ſtock, the S Br dy gr
were moſt numerous, and the Directors in all Affairs, ſet up a
the Winners ſhould pay the Tenth Penny to the |
all which was a great Relief to the Sick; who ſoon after receiv' it otherwiſe, by means of a Religious Prieft, the Divine goodneſs
ſent them in this manner. os
Table to pay at Dice, and another for Cards; and ppointed that e hrar'f
Certain Recolets ſettled at Morocco by the Kings of Portu-
gab, went one Day to Compliment Auley Archy, when he was in that City: They preſented him with a little Portable Organ, which the King took, without conſidering what it was, At his return to Fez, looking into that Preſent, and ſeeing it was an Organ which no Body knew how to play on, he ask'd a Captive | Spaniſh Gentleman, call'd Don Rafael de Veras, whether he under-
ood any thing of it, becauſe he play d well on the Harp and
| Lute? He tol him, He did not; for in his Country none but
Chnrch-men play'd on it, Some of the King's Guards, who were lately come from Tetzar, hearing talk of Church-men, ſaid,
They had ſeen a Religious Man, who was a Slave in that Town.
ther; which continud in the fame manner, till the *
Mule Arc hy order d them immediately to go for him. They re- turn'd Eight Days after with the R. F. Gregory Rippert, a Franciſ- can : The King ask d, Whether he could play on the Organs? And he anſwering, He could not; was immediately ſent to work among the other Slaves with a Chain at his Heels. When the
King took the Field, he was exempted from Labour for Two
Crowns a Month given to Ardouan. He ſaid Maſs every Night, and thofe who would live like good Chriſtians, had the opportuni. ty of Confeſſing and doing Penance, He continu'd in Captivi
till the year 1674, when the Religious Mercenarians came to Sal and pay d part of his Ranſome, which was very conſiderable; the reſt being ſent by his Monaſtery, Two years before his depar-
ture, the Recolets of Morocco came to ſettle at Fez, in our Priſon,
and one of them ferv'd us at Miquenex when we were remov'd thi-
1005s are-
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ne
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Barefoot Trimtarians of Madrid took their Place, in the year 1676, the Recolets returning to Spain, whence they afterwards retired to Amina of Cxuru. Thus from the coming of F. Gregory, till my de- parture in 1681, their never wanted Priefts to Adminiſter the Sa-
In May 1678, the King, to avoid the Contagion, retired with his Crueliyio Wife and Children up tothe High Mountains, that run along the Saves.
River Meluya, and are part of the Atlas: There it was he medi- tated to take all the Slaves N ee upon a Report ſpread abroad, That the Fathers of the Redemption would 85 come. In ſhort he took up about Two Hundred, whom he employ'd at his Tents, his Stables, and Artillery, and deſignd they ſhould ſerve as Pioneers, to demoliſh the Gaſt les of the Barbarians he ex- pected to take. Being one Day near the high Mountain of Tata, which is one of the higheft part of the Atlas, he ſent for Forty Chiſtians, who had the Care of the Tents, to put them to the Sword ; among whom was my Couſin Claude Loger la Garde, and this, becauſe his ordinary Tent was not ſet up as it us'd to be. They were come to the Place of Execution, and the Blaeks were loading their Firelocks to ſhoot them, when ſome Alcaydes fell at the Kings Feet and begg'd their Pardon : He recall'd them, but to ſatisfy his Rage in ſome meaſure, took a Mallet, that ferv'd to drive the Tent Pins, and bruiz'd alltheir Heads, and ſome of their Bodies. My Couſin avoided being ſtruck, by being cloſe to one that was all over Gore, with which he Blooded his Hands, and daub'd all his Face, ſo that the King ſeeing him ſo Bloody did not ſtrike him. He after- wards ſent theſe Forty Chriſtians, and the reſt he had taken from private Perſons, to Trading People at Fez Belle, who kept them a Fear, exerciſing a Thouſand Cruelties on them; for being moſtly Renegado Jem, there is no ſort of Torment they do not invent to opprels a Chriſtian. After this, Maley Semein et out to return to Fe, and thence to Migquenes. He 'pais'd by Morocco, but enter'd not, becauſe the Plague was there, which ſwept away the greateſt part of the Inhabitants of that City, the largeſt and beautifulleſt In all thoſe Parts. Tho' Thave not been there, I have had the De- ſcription of the whole Kingdom from Perſons of Credit, which
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I will deliver in this Place. WEE i ie OE -: The City of Morocco, which gives its Name to all the King- Morocco dom, as does that of Fez, is ſeated in a large Plain, covef d City de- with abundance of Palm-Trees, bearing very good Dates. /cr:5'd. According to the Moors, it was founded by Aſuley 2 Alman-
Tor Miramamolin, King of Arabia Felix, who Conquer d Spain,
„by his Generals, It is two T W than Fer in Compals,
and has Sixteen Gates; but is not ſo Populous as Great, the
J Om Tons ! Plague
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Plague and War having deftroy'd moſt of the Inhabitants; It has a good Caſtle, in which is the Seraglio for the King's Wo- men, and the ſtatelieſt in all Africk. Muley rad vas i all the Gold he had to be beaten out into Leaves to cover the Walls and Cielings of the Rooms: The Nails, Hinges, Bolts and Locks were all of Silver Gilt. On the Top of the Great Tower, there are Three very large Golden Apples, ſhot through with Musket Balls in ſeveral Places, and thought to be enchanted, In the Seraglio there are ſuch ſpacious Rooms, that they have large Fiſh-Ponds in them, and the Fiſhes may be ſeen Swimming about in the Great Looking -glaſſes fix d on the Roof. All the Ce- leſtial Signs are ſo lively Repreſented in one of thoſe Rooms, that the beholders think they look upon the Firmament: The Moors believe, that God Condemn'd that Muley Hamet who
made this Work, to ſuffer the Pains of Hell till the end of the
World; for having endeavour'd to imitate him in the Structure of the Heavens. That Magnificent Palace is embeliſh'd with a- bundance of Columns and Shells of White Marble, with much delicate Plaiſter Fret-work, and Chequers Painted and Carv'd. The Gardens are the fineſt in the World, and full of Orange and _ Cypreſs Trees. The Caſtle, Palace, and Gardens, are all en-
clos'd with ſtrong Walls, flank'd with good Towers and Baſtions,
but without any Cannon. The Famous Aqueducts, which bring Water to the City, from a large Days journey Diſtance, paſs by the Caſtle, to ſupply it as well as the Town,
| This Kingdom contains only Five Provinces, which are Morocco, Tadela, Duquella, Haha, and part of Mount Atlas: This Country a- bounds in 7 and Cattle, and is hotter than Fez, as being more Souther ly. The other Towns beſide Morocco, are Azamor, Vala- dil, and Saphye. There are ſeveral Caſt les where the Arabs live in common, as the Barbarians do in other Places. The Twin-Rivers call'd Goudets, ſwallow up thoſe of Raſſeleyne and Louidin, coming from the North. Eaſt fide of Morocco, with thoſe of Mephis, Mel, Lequera, and Meſenes, which fall into the firſt of them; and thoſe of Fiſtella, or Tadela, Taſaut, Derna, Oumana, Louet, and Sero, in-
tothe other: The Portugueſes have the Town of Matagam, on the Coaſt of this Kingdom, and is but Two Leagues from Azamor. The Principality of Sus, was formerly a part of this ſame Kingdom, from which it is divided by a long Chain of Moun- tains running from the Edge of the Sea to the Atlas: On the South Eaft of it is the Province of Prat; the Kingdom of Su- aan on the South - Weſt; the Sea on the Weſt, and North-Weſt y and the Kingdom of Morocco from the North to the Eaft, It contains but Two Provinces, Which are Sus and Sehel, the anne Z
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he ſlips into the Pit, the head foremoſt. On the fide of this Fit. - is another, made like a Ditch, and as deep as the firſt, in which is a great Cheſt like a Mouſe Trap, and in it a Quarter of Mut- ton: There being a Communication fromthe one Pit to the o- ther, by means of a Hole or Paſſage made on purpoſe, the open end of the Cheſt is ſet right beſore that Gap or Opening, to the end, that when the Lion is Hungry, he may go in, where he is taken as a Mouſe is in a Trap. There are great Iron Rings at the Four Corners of the Cheſt, for the Cords it is to be drawn up with to run through, and then to faſten it upon a Horſe, fo to carry the Lion to the next Alcayde, who takes the Pleaſure of Kill- ing him; or if they have a mind todeſtroy him upon the Spot, do it with their Spears in the firſt Pit he falls into. Ex
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Africk,for him to receive the Money of our Ranſom : We reach'd
that Place on the 15th of June, 1680; but Amar Hadou reſol-
ving to make his own Advantage, would not let us go for the | Summs we had promis'd the King, and demanded a Thouſand -
| Crowns of every one. Perceiving we would not give it, that
Barbarian put Two great Chains of Eighteen or Twenty Pounds
Weight upon each of us, linking us by Two and Two with ano-
| ther accroſs : In this Condition he ſent us to work at the Com.
4 Crue] Ounces of Barley Bread a day; appointing Twelve Guardians, 1 | Alcayde or rather Executioners, who beat us unmercifully, telling us for 1 ſtops and our comfort, That if we ene e the Thouſunii Crowns demand- 1 opbreſſes eu, we muſt expect to die under their Cudgels. When the Sewers bien. were finiſh'd, they made us empty all the Privies, and remove all | the 'Dunghills in the Town, carrying all the Filth in Wicker | Baskets, fo that it ran through and fell upon us. Our Guardi-
wa. nl Men died = in a few Days, and all the reſt were in a miſera
- roken with a Hoe by the Alcayde's Order, and had been Kill'd, were. it not for his Brother-ia-Law | Hamadou, who interceded in his behalf. At Night they made
us go down a Ladder of Ropes into a deep Dungeon, Where we | ſuffer'd all forts of Miſeries, and had no other Comfort, but
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At this time, the Meſſengers ſent by the Chavalier de Chateau Re- naud, one of the King's Admirals, came to Alcaſſar to treat of Peace: Amar Hadou would never ſuffer us to ſee them, for fear we ſhould make our Complaints. We had no way to let them hear from us, but by writing a Letter, which Idid, and a French Captive, who made the Bread thoſe 1 from the Jews, ot it into the middle of a Leaf. Whent 5 Jes it they found the Letter, which inform'd them what a miſerable Condition we were in, and they offer'd as many Moors of Sale, they had taken, in exchange for ns. Only my Couſin prov'd fortunate, being at the laſt Audience of our Envoys taken out to ſerve as an Interpreter, inſtead of a Jem, who had impos'd upon them in all their former Audiences, 4 ful ſe explaining what they ſaid, quite contrary, to the Alcayde Amar. Jeww. A Merchant of Maꝛrſeilles, who had his Ranſom, being among thoſe Meſſengers, pleaded ſo well for him to the Alcayde, ſhowing how long he had been a Captive, and that it was impoſſible for him to give the 1000 Crowns demanded, that the Alcayde at laſt complying, diſmils'd him for 200, which the Merchant paid down. He went aboard the Chavalier de Chateau Renaud's Ship, where he met the Chavalier de Mont. louet, who was Son to his Godmother, and furniſh'd him with all he wanted. The King growing weary of expecting the Money of our Ran- ſoms, ſent Cid Celemin Quetip, his firſt Secretary, to Alcaſſar, to re- ceive it; with Orders, that in caſe the Alcayde Amar had not yet been * it, he ſhould lay down 14000 Crowns of his own Money, which was the Summ they amounted to; and Amar was fain to comply. The next Day after the Secretary was gone back to Ai- quenes, he ſent us word, That being now his, we muſt either reſolve to 2% Al- die, or to give him a 1000 Crowns a 25 Then he ſent us a great caydes In- Das Journey from the Town, to dig Ditches in Fields that were humanit-y. all Scorching Sands, where for Eight Days we had nothing to ea, but what we ound by chance. We lay on the bear Ground in the open Field, and tho we had Bolts on our Legs, and were fetter'd ; by Two and Two, yet at Ag — they link'd us all together in one long Chain about our Necks. Our unmerciful Keepers dayly preſs'd
ſome Youths that were among us to turn Renegadoes, but in vain ;, and as it was plain that we coyld not live in that manner above
Three Days longer, having ſcarce any Blood left in our Veins, and the Skin extended on our Backs, we ceas d not to pray for our Per-
ſecutors, and to reſign our ſelves up to Providence, Which did not
forſake us in that Extremity; for the Secretary, who came from the
King to Alcaſſar, having told him what we had ſuffer d, and were
ſtill'd doom d to endure 5 Muley Seme in, who thought moſt of us had been at liberty, was ſo enrag d, that he immediately *
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hlacks of his Guards to Alcaſſar, to ſeize the Alcayde Amar, and
carry him to his Preſence in Irons. They arriv'd there on the 14th = of September, and allow'd him no more time, than to mount a
Horſeback,and give orders to go fetch us. We ſet out for Migquenes Three Days after him, where being brought before the King, he found us in ſuch miſerable Plight, that he ask d the Alcayde Amar, Whether we were the ſame Chriſtians he had ſent him? Then giving
him a ſevere Check, he ſaid, He would not ſend us any more to his
Governors to pay our Ranſom: but that, when we had Money, we
ſhould have it ſecur'd at Miquenes, and he would ſet us at Liberty.
Thus Amar Hadou loſt his Money for tormenting us, which was no |
ſmall Affliction to ſuch a Covetous Man, I have not given an Ac- count of this Perſecution, out of Vanity, becauſe I had ſo much | ſhareinit; but to ſhow the Miſeries the Captives endur'd in my
Time, and what thoſe who ſtill remain there, are expos'd to; that
the Reader may be mov'd to relieve them. _ 5 | Before I conclude this Chapter, it will be proper to ſay ſome-
Alkaffar- 1
thing of Alcaſſar, having had Time to view it during my three Months ſtay there; for there is no Place I have more cauſe to re-
member, on Account of my many Sufferings in it: This Town, which is the Capital of the Algar ves, was founded very long ſince
by a Shepherd, call'd Bacharou Rey : It ſtands on the North fide
of the River Loucours, in a marſhy Ground, five Leagues from La- rache, which is at the Mouth of the ſame River; zo Leaguesfrom
Sale, 25 from Miguenes, 37 from Fez, Na etuan, 20 from Tangier, and 7 from Arzilla, They reckon it 110 Leagues from
Fer to Taſilet, Ioo to Morocco, 60 to Tetuan, 18 to Fez, ia to Meque- nex, 35 to Sale; from Sale to Azamor 30 Leagues, to V aladye 40, to
Safhye 60, and to Agader Aguer, or Santa Crux go, About Alcaſſar
there are abundance of fine Meadows; as alſo many curious Gar- dens on both Banks of the River, which overflows them and the Townin the very rainy Seaſons. The Walls of it were old and de- fenceleſs ; the Inhabitants are all Straglers brought together, who have noReſpe for Strangers, and may amount to about 6coo. The . Houſes are ill built, intermixt with many Cottages of Reeds, in which the Poorer Sort live. There is a conſiderable Number of Jews dwelling about Prince Gayland's Palace, which is now a Store- houſe, and the Habitation of the Sieur Meſſonnier, a Merchant Tra-
ding to Cadiz. There is great Plenty of Corn, Butter, Wooll, Ho-
ney, Hides, Wax, Fruit and Fleſh. The Rivers of Taguedar and Ma- gain, are not far from it to the Northward. On the latter of them
which falls into the Loucous, above Larache, Sebaſtian, King of Por-
5 8 tugal, loſt the great Battel againſt Mule Abdelmelec, King of Fez. . Foe in which both thoſe. Princes periſh'd, and th. prime
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The Town of Alcaſſar is only conſiderable, for having been the Reſidence of Prince Gaylan, who had uſurp'd it and all that Province from Ben Bucar, King of Zaovias, the rightfol Sovereign. He had been that Prince's General, againſt the Barbarians of tbe Mountains of Tetuan, who had revolted from him; and whom Gaylan, after Conquering and Diſarming them, caus'd to own him for their King. Ben Bucar being inform'd of the Trea-
chery of his General, March'd againſt him, with an Army from Zaodias; and in a few Days came upon the Banks of the River
2 where he found Gaylan, Encamp'd on the other Side, and expe
loſs of which Battle, he left him the Province, with the Towns
of Alcaſſar, Tetuan, and Arzila, retiring to Algier, where he
livd as & private Perſon, till the Year 1672, when he was re-
call'd by the People of the Country. This was at the time when MMuley Semein, King, of Fez, was buſy at the Seige of Theza, He was receiv'd with much Joy; but ZAuley Semein marching.
againſt him with an Army, they baſely forſook him in Time of
Battle, where he was flain after having given Proofs of an in-
vincible Courage, and 5 Horſes killd under him. His Head was cut off by a Black, who preſented it to Muley Semein, and he
immediately ſent in to his Brother Mule Achen, Victory of Fez,
as an authentick: Teſtimony of his Victory. Thus ended that
brave Prince, after many Heroick Actions perform d. He was by
Birth an Andaloux, that 18, deſcended from the Moors, ho came
out of Spun, after the Conqueſt of Cranada; as to his Perſon,
well ſhap'd, his Countenance pleaſaut, and his Behaviour affable to all Men, wearing large fair Whiskers, was a good Soldier, and brave Commander, of the noble Family of the Zegris, ſo re-
-nowned in the Civil Wars of that Kingdom, on Acount of
their Oppoſition to the Aben· Cerrages, thier irreconcileable Ene-
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ing him, which oblig'd Ben Bucar to return, without doing any thing. It was Prince Gaylan, Who gave the famous Aſſault to Larache, which I ſhall ſpeak of in the Adventures of Don Raphael de Veras. He was overcome by Auley Archy, after the
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Containing the Story of Bernard Bauſſet, who was expos?d to four hungry Lions, on the 15th of Fe- „ 1-5 a ng
"T"HO!' it may ſeem incredble, I cannot forbear inſerting in 8 this Place a moſt wonderful Accident, which happened ſome Months after our Return from Alcaſſur, which the incredulous may perhaps look upon as fabulous; yet having been my ſelf an Eye Witneſs to it, and got it atteſted by ſo many more then ' Preſent, as will appear at the End of the Chapter, it may ſeem authentick to ſuch as can be fatisfy'd with any thing they have not ſeen themſelves; there being nothing in it impoſſible tho” it may be reckon'd improable; but let every one believe as he C Þ ed RS Bernard There was, among the other Captives, one Bernard Bauſſes Baufſet a Youth about 25 Years of Age, of the Family of the Bayſers, whohewgs ancient Conſuls of Marſeilles, and born in the Town of Aubaigne, in Provence, He had the keeping of the Kings Pages Cloaths, and Arms, and of the Stores laid up at the firſt Gate of the Ser- raglio; befides which, he taught two of the King's Children to ſpeak Spaniſh. That Prince having taken a liking to, and defiring to raiſe him higher, than the Chriſtian Religion would allow 574 he try'd all poffible Means to oblige him to become a Mahome- tan, and perceiving he could not prevail by fair Means, very often had Recourſe to Severity, and ill ny Long one Day highly provok'd at his Conſtancy, and laying hold of the Pretence [ of two, or three Bits of Straw he ſaw lying before him, and of | n Bauſſets neglecting to cauſe the way between the two Gates of j the Serraglio to be ſwept; he caus'd him to be ſtripp'd ſtark Naked, and two Blacks, with each of them a handful ef Leather Straps to give him above $00 Stripes, ſo that his 2 was all cover as black as a Shoe, In this Condition, he ſent him with two heavy Chains to be cur'd in our Priſon, and ſeveral Days after call'd for, and ask d him, wy he ſtay'd in the Bitte, ſo = they call the Slaves Priſon, whilſt his Meal was ſtolen. It ſeems that Day a Sack had been taken out of one of the Magazines, that are near the Gare of the Serraglio. Sir, ſaid Bauſſer, I ſtay'd there - ever ſince you ſent me, and durſt not come away, ay mu 1 ä rders.
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Orders. Hereupon the King ſtruck at him with a Spear, and hurt him under the right Eye, and then order'd his Guards to caſt him into the Lions Walk. That Walk is like a Court, between four high Walls, joining to the Caſtle, and was parted
from our Bitte, or Priſon, by a Wall, but three Hands in
Thickneſs, which the Lions once undermin d and had like to get
in to us. | 8 | 1. The Youth hearing that Sentence pronounc d, ran to the Ladder that went up to the Place, intending to throw himſelf
in, before any other came to do it. The King diſmounted from
his Horſe, and went up after, bidding him change his Reli- gion, or he ſhould be immediatly Devour'd by the Lions. Bauſa fet reſolutely anſwer'd, He was not at all concern d at it, ſince
that was the way to make him happy ; for they could take but one Life from him, which would end Glorioufly, and he had rather the Lions ſhould devour his Body, than that his Soul
| ſhould become a Prey to Devils. Hereupon the King drew near the Edge of the Wall, to caſt him down headlong ; but
Bauſſet, who obſery'd him narrowly, perceiving his Deſign, leap'd himſelf amidſt 4 Lions, of a monſtrous Size, who had not been fed in three Days. Thoſe Creatures beholding their Prey,
roſe up, and roaring put themſelves in a Poſture to fall on
him, whilſt he offer'd up his Prayers to Heaven. But they as if with-held by ſome ſecret Power, preſently lay down again. Yet ſome of them ſoon after got up, and made towards him,
and when near paſſed by, without touching him. Among the
reſt, one that was moſt Ravenous came up to him ſeven Times,
and paſsd by as often. Thus the Captive, like another Daniel, prais d God amidſt thoſe fierce Creatures, which had not the
[Power $0 burr Mo, 1-5: OA _ The King, who withdrew, as ſoon as he fell in, ſent twice
to ſee whether he was Devour'd, and in Caſe he was not to
offer to take him out, if he would turn Mahometan; but he return'd them the ſame Anſwer, he had given to the King him-
ſelf. We were all at our Prayers to implore the Divine Aſſi- ;
fiance upon him, and having made ſome Holes through the Wall,
that parted us from the Lions, to ſee, we encourag'd to him be re- | ſolute and dye, rather than Renounce his Religion, which he
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the leaſt Immodeſty, ſhe had gain'd the King's Affection, who gran- ted her whatſoever Favour ſhe ask d, either for Moors or Chriſtians. She was call'd the common Mother of all Perſons in Diſtreſs, for ſhe never thought much to ſue for them. Her Hugband, whoſe Name was John de Carmona, and ſhe, had the Charge of the King“ | Pigeons, and fed the Lions. The King having a Kindneſs for Ba. ſet, was pleas'd ſhe ſhould intercede, and gave Orders immediately to have him taken out. No ſooner had he ſpoke the Word, than aall the Pages ran, ſtriving who ſhould be foremoſt, and left the yum - King alone, at the firſt Entrance into the Serraglio, which fo high - ni. ly offended him, that he call'd them back, and laid eight of them on the Floor, all bloody and wounded with his Cimeter. _ However, when his Wrath was appeas'd, the Captive Woman redoubled her Intreaties ſo earneſtly, that he could not refuſe her, but order'd that ſhe ſhould go with her Husband and one Prieur, a Surgeon of Poitiers, to take ng a from among the Lions; which Naho- was accordingly done, when he had been there five Hours; for metans des he leap'd in at four, and came out at nine. Some Days after, the v8urd. TJ ions ſhew'd not the ſame Reſpeck to three Fequers or Doctors of the Law of Mahomet, who took upon them to reprove the King for his Cruelty, and were therefore caſt into the ſame Place, and immediately torn in Pieces by the Lions I thought this Accident well worth having an Authentick Atteſta- tion made of it, the Original whereof was brought into France, which J put into the Hands of the Reverend Fathers, the Aer- cenarians of Paris, to ſatisſie fuch as may call the Truth of it in Queſtion. It was taken at Tetuan in Africk, on the 18th of April, 1681, and ſignd by Bernard Bauſjes of Aubagne im Provence, Bro- ther Bernard Monel, a Religious Mercenarian; Brother Ignatius Bernede, a Mercenarian; Toufſaint Boyer, Merchant of Tetuan; | Nicholas Boyer, Merchant; G. Meonette ; Noel Pinot of Canalle; Marc. Baudouin, of the ſame Place; Nicholas Gaillard, of 8. Ma- Jo; Peter Havort of Rouen; M. Milland of Rochelle; N. Blague- tot of Rouen; M. de Romigni of Nantes; C. Penamen of Audierne; Ci. Lanurel of Breſt ;. Joſſeline Mingard of S Malo; Paul le Vaſ- ſeur of. Pontoiſe 5, John Le Comte of Rouen; Francs; Paſquier of Har- fleur; and Julian Chevalier of Paris, Thoſe who have * me, were all Captives at Miguente, when the thing happen d. | Bauſſet was eight Days after deliver'd with us by the RR. FF. = the Mercenarians, and ſince my Return, I have been inform'd by * E. Monel, that he had deſir'd to take the Habit, in a Monaſtery _ of their Order, which was promis d to be given him, as ſoon as he retarn'd from Monſieur Amand, the Kings Embafſador to him of. Afvrocco, Who took him for his Interpreter. 3
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HE Story abovemention'd, and moſt of the Contents of this ,, tert Book, plainly thew the miſerable Condition of the Slaves in Captives.
Africt, and the Dangers they are daily expos d to of renouncing © their Faith, or periſhing by the Cruelty of their Maſters and Keepers. Nothing can be more deplorable than their Caſe; for the preateſt Penalties inflicted in France on the worſt of Crimi- nals, can ſcarce equal the Sufferings of thoſe innocent Creatures. Our Galley Slaves are nothing near fo unfortunate as thoſe Who
work in the Caſtle of Miquenes. The Dungeons of Sale, Alcaſ- far, and Tetuan, are worſe than the darkeſt and moſt loathſome of our Priſons; and the Puniſhments the Law appoints in France for Murtherers and Aſſaſſins, are not to compare to thoſe the Moors invent, either to make the Captives renounce their Faith, JJ . They are no better us d in Sickneſs than Health. The common ige of Allowance to the King's Slaves, is only a Porringer of black Meal, Sick. and a little Oyl. No Reſt is allow'd them, till they ſee they
are not able to wag Hand or Foot; for their mercileſs Keepers, encourag'd by the chief Overſeers of the Work, who are for ad- vancing apace, never excuſe them from the daily Labour till they cannot rife thro' Weakneſs, and as ſoon as they can go, they are oblig'd' to do like the reſt. All the Favour ſhewn them, is that at firſt they put them upon the leaſt toilſome Employments, as ma- king of Mortar, ſweeping the Streets, and ſerving in the Stables. If any dye, they value it not; for thoſe who have the Charge of them, only give the King an account, at the Year's End, that ſuch a Number is dead, and both he and his Subjects being Pre- deſtinarians, believe they could not have liv'd any longer, tho' ne- ver ſo: much. Care had been-taken of chen When in Health, they never have any Reſt, but ſeven Days in bree M4: the Year, which are the three firſt of Mahomét's rcat Feſtivals, ni, The firſt is call'd Ede Serein, being the Day after their Ramadan ff tvals, or Lent ends. The ſecond, which is two Moons and ten Days after the other, they call Eide Cubira, or the Great Eaſter, when they ſacrifice as many Sheep to Mahomet, as there are Male Chil- dren in every Family, in Commemoration of Abraham's Sacrifice. The third cail'd Monlut, or the Birth of Mulomet, is three Moons-
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and two Days after the ſecond, All theſe Feſtivals are moveable» and: ſo go round the Year, which with them conſiſts but of 12 Moons. As for the other four Days, which are Chriſtmaſs, Ea. ſter, Whitſuntide, and the Nativity of our Lady, we begg'd them to ſerve God, ſinging Pſalms and Hymns, and they were granted us. The reſt of the Year, whether Summer or Winter, they muſt work inceſſantly, unleſs prevented, as has been ſaid, by ex- treme Sickneſs, or too much Rain in Winter, when the Earth is 100 ſoft to make any thing of it; and even when that happens, that the Captives may not be idle, they make them clean the Streets, carry Stones, and the like, alledging that if they were not employ'd, they would think of nothing but of making their Eſcape, whereas being always haraſs'd, they do not mind to at-
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When they had got enough, we bury'd thoſe Perſons in Ditches,
along the Walls, without the Caſtle of Aiguenes, all but their Heads, which we cover'd with Weeds, that they might breath,
and then all of us went to eaſe our ſelves round about them, that the Moors might loath to come near the Place. At Night they
ſet out, recommending themſelves to God, Fridays being the 52 pereſt Days to do this; becauſe then the Moors that work'd with us, went at two in the Afternoon to the Moſques, to their Sala, or Prayer, leaving only one of the Keepers with us; and whilſt
thoſe who intended to fly were bury'd, two or three kept him in Diſcourſe, gave him Tobacco, or told him ſome Story, fo that
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ner, in a Pit or Dungeon behind the Seraglio, and out of the Way. One of their Comrades, Who alone was privy to it, cover'd the Pit over with a Board, and Earth upon it, leaving a Hole to give them ſome Air; but the Weather being exceſſive hot, and the Air that came in not ſufficing, it weaken' d them ſo much, that wen they would have come out, their wat” na fail'd, and fal- ling back, they were ſtiffd in the Place. The next Day their
Comerade went to ſee whether they were gone, and perceiving the Hole half open'd by them, concluded they were fled, without
looking down. Eight Days after, another Chriſtian looking for Wood to boil his Pot, and ſpying the Board, pull'd it off, and | ſmelt a terrible Stench, and drawing near to ſee whence it pro-
ceeded, diſcover'd thoſe two Carcaſes, cover'd with Rats and
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RPE | 2» ry, a Spaniſh Religious Man of the Order of the Bare-foot Trinirars ans of Madrid, who liv'd with us, and thought fit they ſhould be left in the ſame Place, filling it up immediately with Earth, that the Moor: might know nothing of it, for fear if they did, they might ſearch all ſuch Places for the future, when any happen d to be miſling.
When any Slave fled, the Governour preſently ſent Horſemen to 3 ſcour the Country, and order the Arabs and Governours of the Search 4. Places near thoſe the Chriſtians poſſeſs, whither they muſt of ne- . Fu- ceſſity repair, to ſtop and examine all they found making towards es. them. Thus ſo many Sentinels were poſted in all Parts, and the
Ways ſo ſtrictly guarded for a Fortnight, that it was a fort of Miracle when any eſcap d; and generally they were retaken in ſight of thoſe Chriſtian Towns, becauſe there the ſtricteſt Guard was kept. As ſoon as taken, they were brought back to the Place from whence they fled; and tho' the King would not have thoſe ill us d, who endeayour'd to get their Liberty, and commonly pardon'd all ſuch as were brought before him; when he was not there, the Governour who had charge of us, and was oblig'd to pay the King for any that eſcap'd, would cauſe thoſe Wretches to receive two hundred Baſtinadoes, in the Preſence of us all, for a Terror to us, then he put two great Chains on their Feet, and an Iron Bar fix'd to thoſe Chains, betwixt their Legs, which did fo obſtru& their going, that they would be commonly a Quar- ter of an Hour advancing twenty Paces, and yet they were pat to the hardeſt Labour. I have ſeen Chriſtians at Sale, who had their Ears cut off for attempting to get away; and at Fez, Don Raphael de Veras and ſeveral others, had Pieces of dead Fleſh ta- ken from their Backs, as big as a Man's Fingers, occaſion'd b five hundred Baſtinadoes they had receiv'd. To ſhew how diff- cult it is, even for Renegado Slaves to make their Eſcape out of that Country, 1 will here give an Account of the Flight of two I knew in the Caſtle of Sale, when 1 was there, how they were retaken, and the Puniſhment inflicted on them «© * The Names of theſe Renegado's were Ramatlan and Ahdalla 3 Renezada's the firſt a Spaniard, and the other, tho' brought out of Hain, attempting a Moor by Birth. He had in his Yonth been taken by the to Eſcape Spaniards, with his Father and Mother, and having been fome ei, hard Time in Spain, was inſtructed in Chriftianity, and Baptiz d. Late. He belong'd to an Inhabitant of Gibraltar, who had put him into a Farm, near the Sea. The Moors of Terra making deſcents on thoſe Coaſts frequently, by Night, they went to this Farm, where there were but 4 Spaniards, this Moor become a Chri- ſtian, and two Women, who were all taken, after a vigerous- Reſiſtance, and wounding ſeveral MAoorc, who carry'd them to | | | Tetnan.,
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and fome Dates. Returning towards the River he met a
Moor, with whom he fell into Diſcourſe, and told him, he
lad a Companion, on the other Side of the River, who was a
ley are Turk, that was going to Morocco to make ſome Complaint to the betray' d. King of Fe, but durſt not come to paſs the Ferry, becauſe he
ſpoke no Avrabick, and was afraid he might be affronted ; if
e on he would go along, and help them to paſs the River
in Safety, they would leave him two good Horſes they bad.
The Moor pretended to agree, and went along with Ab4alla, to
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Companion they were loſt, if they did not kill him. Abd alla appeas'd him, ſaying he had ſwore to him by the Alcoran; that no Harm ſhall come to them. They refreſh'd themſelves with what Abdalla brought, and then went to the Ferry, to croſs the River. As ſoon as they were in, the Moor told the Fe Mien, thoſe two were the Renegado's that fled from Sale, which he ſpoke by Gueſs, for as ſoon as a Chriſtian, or Renegado flies is are ſent all about to give Notice of it, as has been ſaid *——— ole ng ee ne TE To Og In ſhort, they were ſeiz d, carry'd to the Caſtle of Azamor, and thence ſent back to Sale. There the Alcayde Order'd his Soldiers to beat them, then ſindg'd their Faces with Wiſps of | Straw, and Ramadan crying out in Spaniſh upon the Bleſſed Vir- gin; ſome Anduluzian Moors that were by, inform'd the Go- verour, what he faid, who believing before, they had fled only to make themſelves the King's Slaves, and now perceiving they had Chriſtian Thoughts and defign'd to return to Spain, not ſd- tisfy'd with what they had ſuffer d, caus'd them to be kick'd a. bout the Ground for above 50 Paces, after which they were de- | liver'd up to the Boys to be tormented, who us d them ſo barbarouſly, that they were left for Dead in the Street. At Night there being ſome Life in them, they were caſt into our Dungeon, and con- tinu'd there above two Months, without any Relief, but what we could afford them, and mult have ſtarv d, had not they been brought out, when my Maſter ſent us to Fez, after Muley Semein had taken away his Government. At Fez, their Maſters pre- | ſented them to the King, who put them into a Baſtion on the Eaſt South Eaſt of Fez Belle, whence they deſerted to Prince Gayland, at Alcaſſar, and Abdalla endeavouring to make his EC 1 cape to the Spaniſh Garriſon at Larache, was taken and brought 5 , 3 back to Gayland, before whom he boldly own'd he fled to Em- ſc _ | | brace Chriſtianity. Neither Threats nor fair Means prevailing . Ido alter his Reſolution, he was burnt on the Bridge that is before : the Market of Alcaſſar, in April 1673. His Companion Ramadan | fied to Tetuan, and thence to Alzter. i Ret PO,” Io return to the Chriſtian Slaves, thoſe that belong to pri- vate Perſons, being moſt Seafaring Men, in the Towns along the Coaſt, are generally put aboard the Pyrates, where they conti- . nually abuſe them, and expole their Lives, employing them in Employ Time of Fight on the Maſts, and Yards, to hand the Sails, and ment of ſplice any of the Riggings, that is cut, Thoſe that ſlay at e ar home, are always Grinding Corn for the Family, carrying Water, S“ To. Working in Gardins, and Vineyards, cleaving Rocks, to make Lime, and have flender feeding. I IO ſeen Slaves in Sale har-
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to eat Barley, with thoſe Beaſts, being ſhut up 15, or 20 tope-
5 ther at Night, in Dungeons Theſe Dungeons, Which they call
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"5 Die Diameter with a very narrow Mouth, which they ſhut up with {:r ibd. an Iron Grate. They generally go down into them by a Ladder
of Ropes, and draw it up every Night. The Beds are of Mats,
made of Ruſhes, and have ſuch a noifome Scent caus'd by the
. rh of the Earth, that the Place becomes intolerable, when
all the Slaves are in, and it grows warm. Some of the. moſt
fortunate have a Sheep's, or a Goat's Skin, Which ſerves inſtead
of a Quilt. They lye all round, with their Heads to the Sides
of the Dungeon, and their Feet in the Middle, where commonly
there is no more Space left, than to hold an Earthen Veſſel, to
| eaſe themſelves in, cover'd with a Lamp. In theſe Places every
Man tells, what he endures under his Maſter, or what News
he hears from Europe. Beſides theſe little Dungeones, which are on the South Side, there is a great one at an Inn, on the North
Side of Sale, where they ſhut up all the Captives of the Town. by
It is made like a Cellar, with two Rows of Brick Pillars to ſup-
port it. In this the Chriſtians for the moſt part, cannot lye on
the Ground, as they do in the. others, becauſe there is Water in it knee deep, ſix Months in the Tear, and therefore they make a Sort of Hammacks, or Beds of Ropes, hanging by great
Nails one above another, in ſuch Manner, that the lowermoſt
almoſt touch, the Water with their Backs. Sometimes the upper- moſt drops down, and then he and all under him certainly fall
into the Water, where they muſt>continue the reſt of the Night. | Eſcape of This Dungeon was undermin'd by the Slaves, in the Year 16723, Haues. in Order to make their Eſcape, and 75: Chriſtians got out of the Topn, making for Mamora and had all gone off, but that a Dutch Man, getting down from the Town Wall, unfortunately broke his Leg and cry'd out. Being near the Sea, ſome Fiſhermen ran to ſee what was the matter, and being told, what had happen d, they gave the Alarm, and all the Inhabitants made ready. Some of. them Mounting a Horſeback, ſuch Care was taken, that all the Chriſtians were ſecur'd, except 12 that went out firſt, and got
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Eu. Private Men's Slaves have this Advantage over the Kings, that dent cue, they are better look d after, when Sick, becauſe their Maſters, | who buy them for their Profit, are afraid to loſe them. Yet the Medicines they uſe are very ſtrange; for if the Slaves complain of any Pains in their Body, they have Iron Rods, with Buttons of the ſame Metal. at the. End, as big as Walnuts, which hey
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make red hot, and burn the wretched Patient in ſeveral Parts, as we do Horſes, which they force him to endure; and for this Reaſon, they are often very ill, before they dare complain for Fear of that Cure, which the Moors reckon as wholeſome, as it HERS So goo %%% Re HON When there happens to be a Wedding, they take ten of theſe Mooriſh Slaves of private Perſons to carry the Bride about in her Litter, edding- which is made like a little Throne, cover'd with Silk, and thus they bear her on their Shoulders through the Streets, with Drums beating, and Hautboys playing. The Pridegrome, attended by all the Gueſts, goes at the Head of them behind his Spouſe. Then they erty tor Home, where all the Women, Friends and Relations on both Sides are met. Theſe Women ſhut them- ſelves up in a Chamber and come not out till ſome Hours after, during which Time, the Husband receives his Wife, and con- ducts her into the Apartment ſhe is to poſſeſs. Then he returns to the outermoſt Door, to treat his Friends with a ſmall Colla- tion, which they take between the Doors, and that ended, with- draw. When they are gone, the Husband returns to ſee bis Bride, and try whether he finds her as Chaſt as ſhe is repreſented dy the Articles of Marriage. After which, having given his Female | Friends, who are at the Door a Signal, that he receives her for his Wife, they ſpend the reſt of the 1. in Dancing and Sing- ing, at the ſaid Door, whilſt the New Marry'd Couple lyes abed. F he finds her not a Maid, he takes off the Cloaths he has given ber, and without ſeeing her Face, reſtores her to the Kindred, who conduct her back to the Father, and it is in his Power to Strangle her, if he will go to the Rigour. When the Matches are among Relations, thoſe Ceremonies are ſeldom practis'd, for Fear of diſgracing the Family; but for faving of the Formalities, the Husband kills a Pigeon upon a Pair of Drawers, which he throws out, and then unveils his Wives Face, to take the Satisfaction of admiring her Beauty. As for the Slaves that carry'd the Bride, zs ſoon as they have left her at home, every one has a white Loaf. and a Porrenger of Soupe and Fleſh given him for his Pains.
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Of the Food | allow'd the Slaves, their Habit and N fg So agg with what belongs to us the Kings Slaves, our 1 Food, as has been faid, conſiſted in a ſmall Porringer of black Meal, and an Ounce of Oile each every Day, both in
Sickneſs and in Health, and great, or ſmall, Our Habit, was a Voollen Sack, with a Hood to it, and Sleeves like an Anchorites Habit and this ſerv'd us for a Cap, Shirt, Coat and Breeches,
with four Pair of wretched Pumps, which in eight Days working
among Lime and Mortar, were worn and burnt away, and con- ſequently our Feet for the moſt part gaul'd, yet nothing muſt be abated of the Work, on that Account. We made Bread of
our Meal, and one in 30 of us was allotted to go to the Stores
for the Meal, to make the Bread, Bake and Diſtribute it. All that were of the ſame Nation herded together, the better to
Freadl.
help one another. We French had 3 Bakers, the Spaniards and Portugneſes 6, and the Engliſh and Dutch 4. Our Bread was
made into little Cakes, half Bak d; becauſe the Oven was heated only with Bean Straw, or ſmall Reeds. Our Bakers brought us
the Bread thus bak'd to the Works, where we devour'd it hot, for it was often 10 of the Clock before we. broke our Faſt, ex- pecting the Bread, and having none left from the Day before,
or in that Country they Bake every Day. We generally eat
ten or twelve together, and fold our Oil, to buy ſomething to
Cooks.
to make us Pottage at Night, which was commonly the Fat of
Salt Beef, or ſome ſmall matter of Meat and Herbs. We had two Cooks, the Spaniards two, and the Engliſh two. They were
| like the Bakers, allow'd by the King, at our Choice, continu'd in their Poſts, as long as they behav'd themſelves well, and when they were faulty we appointed others. It was the Duty of the Cooks,
5 to ſweep the Bitte, or Priſon, to keep the Pitchers full of Wa-
ter to drink at Super, and dreſs the Pottage, againſt we came at Night. Thoſe poor Cooks were ſubject to be affronted by all the Gang, becauſe ſometimes the Pot was too Salt, or too Freſh, or not well Boil'd, and every one had ſomething to ſay
do ven them, ſo that ſometimes, no body would ſerve the Of.
fice.
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which we laid ſome Mats and Sheeps- Skins, inſtead of Quilts. The
Rooms we lay in being very lofty, and terraſsd at the Top, we made four of theſe Bed- ſteads or Ranges, one above another. For
my part, I was one of the beſt accomodated; for when we came
us, and they gave us a Chamber, in which there was Room enough for above 60. One John Colombet and I plac'd our ſelves at the very Top, and made us a little Chamber, reſting on a ſubſtantial
our ſelves corde little Money, fav'd me ſeveral Days Work, keeping my ſelf up
for when the Door, which our Keepers did not know, was ſhut down, there did not ſeem to be any or the leaſt Separation. Be- ſides I had a Communication by a Window into the Spaniards Quar-
as ſoon as they had done. ws There were Chriſtian Surgeons among us, who look'd to the Sick ; Bleeding, and giving them Phyſick; and moſt of thoſe that were taken at Sea, being ſent to the King, we never wanted. I was particularly oblig'd to one above the reſt, a good, virtuous,
give conſiderable Alms, and pay Part of his Ranſom. His Name Was William, now Joſeph Caſſel, generally belov'd by all Men, for
till, having perform'd ſeveral conſiderable Cures, and particularly
one upon Abdrahaman Fillely, the King's firſt Secretary, whom Mu- ley Mi mon Amborque, Uncle to Muley Archy had made an Eunuch,
gain'd the Favour of the King and all the Great Men, and was ex- empted from the Work. When Muley Semein made his firſt Cam.
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ter Wards gave me an Account. He was ranſom'd by the Fathers
elſe he had been brought back, and never obtain'd his Liberty, Abdrahaman Fillely, then Prime Vizier and Viceroy of Fez, being angry that he had been diſmiſs d, and ſending after to ſtop him, bur by good Fortune he was gone. Returning to France, he left the
Cenarians, to labour for the Redemption of thoſe he had left be-
Our Beds were made of thick Canes interwove together, on
into the new Bitte at Miquenes, there were but 35 French-men of
Piece of Timber I brought, with ſome other Bits of Wood, fo
that we laid a good Floor, and had a Trap-door to it, and made d Beds, which were ſofter than what the others
had. That little Room, which coſt me much Labour and ſome
cloſe in it, with ſuch of my Comerades as I thought fir to let in;
ters, whether I withdrew whillt they ſearch d ours, and return d
and charitable Man, He got Money enough by his Practice to
his Goodneſs and Charity. He Work d ſome time among the reſt, -
| becauſe he lay with a Maiden he committed to his Cuſtody ; he
aign in Morocco, after his Brother's Death, he attended him, as urgeon to the. Army, and faw all that happen'd, whereof he af-
of the Redemption in 1676, -and got off in time from Sale, or :
orld, and enter'd himſelf into the Religious Order of the Mer.
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Religious Kedeemers.
hind, as he did very effectually. I cannot here but admire the Charity of that Religious Order, whoſe Members endure ſo ma- ny Tolls, and run ſuch Hazards, both by Sea and Land, out of meer Charity to redeem thoſe unfortunate Captives in Diſtreſs, without knowing any thing of them. So great is this Charity of
_ theirs, that when their Money falls ſhort, they often remain them- ſelves as Hoſtages for the Ranſom of ſuch Perſons as they under-
ſtand may be in danger of renouncing their Faith, or upon other
| Occaſions, During that time they are ſubject to all the Miſeries of the Slaves, being often loaded with Chains, made to work, and ſometimes upon falſe Accuſations of the Renegadoes, who are their mortal Enemies, they have ſuffer d Death,
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De RR. Fathers Mercenarians come into Barbary,
Friers come to ranſom
they redeem the Captives. The Author's Return into France, and Deſcription of Miquenes.
"NN the 19th of February 1681, the RR. EF. Bernard Monet, Bernard Mege, and Joſeph Caſſel, French Mercenarians, ar-
riv d at Miguenes, and were Preſented to the King, bringing con- fiderable Preſents, without which nothing would have been done.
They had a favourable Reception, and Were put into the Hands of Amar, Alcayde of Alcaſſar : He with much Haughtineſs ask d them, how much Money they brought; to which they anſwer'd, 10000 Crowns : Next he inquir'd whether that Money was given by the King of France, or collected by Charity; for if given by the King, his Maſter he would afford them a good Reception, and ran-
ſom the Slaves they deſir d; but that he could not believe ſo Great a King would beſtow ſo ſmall a Sum, conſidering how many Slaves
he had formerly deliver'd from Algier. F. Monel bold ly g's That the King of France did not give Money to ranſom his Sy
2 ub- jects, but did'it with bis Canon, and that the Money they brought
was all rais'd by Alms. After ſome other Diſcourſe, he ſent them to lodge at a Jew's Houſe, that was hung with Cobwebs, where
| had promis d to allow a Sum of Money, if they could procure
I went to viſit them, with two of my Comerades, and was in- form'd that the Biſhop of Chartres, a ſpecial Friend to our Family,
my
In the Ringdom of Fez and Morocco.
my Liberty, which he paid the next Day after my Arrival in France, On the 23d of February, in the Afternoon, the King came
on Horſeback to our Priſon, where he ask'd the Fathers, what was
their Requeſt ? Who anſwer'd, they came to ranſom Captives, if he
leas d. He call'd our Keeper, and ask'd him what Number of French
laves there was ? Who told him 130. Then he demanded of the Fa- thers whether they would buy them all'? And they reply'd, they had but 10000 Crowns in ready Money; but if he would re- teaſe them all for 20000, they would leave one of their Number, as a Hoſtage for the other 10000, whilſt they went to France to raiſe them. The King demanded 30000 Ducats, as the Spaniſh Redemption Friers had given for 200 of their Nation, After much
Haggling it was agreed they ſhonld have 50 Slaves for their 10000
_ Crowns, His Guards were ſent to bring the French from the Works, and being drawn up in a Line, he choſe himſelf ſuch of us as God directed him, 7 1 to part with thoſe that were moſt unfit for the hard Labour he
not take me ont to be ranſom'd, I made bold to creep on my Knees to his Horſes Feet, kiſſing. the Ground, letting him know
that I had been 11 Years in Captivity, and was of a longer Stan-
ding than any in the Company, and being poor could expect no
Relief, but from God and himſelf, He heard, 55 order'd me to
be put away; yet Ireturn'd again in the ſame Manner: Then he call'd the Keeper, and ask d him what I did? Who told him 1 ground Colours and ſometimes made Plaiſter for the Painters. What, fays the King, has he learn'd no other Employment in 1: Tears, he is a Dunce, a new one will do as much in a Week. Go thy way, ſaid he to me. I kiſs'd the Ground to return Thanks, and went over to thoſe he had cull'd out before. Preſently after he came to me again, and order'd his Guards to take off a Hand- kerchief 1 had pu on my Head, becauſe it. was cold, and I had but little Hair, an
ask d ſome Queſtions about me, and then let me go.
When the King had pick'd out thoſe he deſign'd to 2 with he made us walk before him to the great Gate of the Caſtle, and counted us over again, being but 45, tho' he had promis'd 50, and
then play'd a pleaſant Game, tho' it put me into a Fright, to ſave
parting with any more. He ſet by 5 of us who had begg'd moſt earneſtly, of which Number Bernard Bauſſet was one; and ſaid to the Fathers; Reſtore me theſe 5 Slaves 1 have made over to
vou,
put us upon: But Benecha,
whom he had by him on purpoſe, becauſe he had taken moſt of us, pick d out ſeveral, who he told the King were Captains and
Merchants, and able to pay a greater Ranſom. Perceiving he did
then order'd me to be carry'd back among thoſe that were to ſtay ; yet Ifalling down again before his Horſe, he again
Fraud of the & ing.
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3.
you, and-are the eldeſt, and I will give you 10 others for them,
to make up the 50 I promis d. The Fathers knowing this was a
' Wile, to avoid delivering any more, told him they would be fa. | * tisfy'd with us, ſince he was fo pleas d. Hereupon he quitted us, after asking Bauſſet to ſtay, and he would make his Fortune; for
' Which he returnd Thanks, and fo he and we went with the Fa- thers. The next Day the King refus'd to releaſe ſome others that had been well recommended to the Fathers, under 500 Crowns a
Man, and ſeveral of thoſe that were left behind, being in Deſpair,
treated thoſe Religious Men very rudely. We departed Muenes on the 25th of February 168 1, with Father Monel and Brother + Caſſel; F. Mege going with Beneſcha to Sale, where he ſtay d a
Month to ranſom 16 Slaves, whom he afterwards carry'd to Te-
tuan. Before we depart Miquenes, I will give an Account of the
_ *Miquenes
Condition 1 left it- in.
Aliguenes is 12 Leagues from Fez, 3 from the high Mountains of v which lie North from it; 6 from thoſe of Safaro, being
Part of the Atlas; and South from it, and 25 from Sale, which is
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to-the Weſtward. The Soil is fertile, and abounding in all forts of Grain, Cattle, Olive Trees, and Gardens. The Air is tempe- rate, and much more healthy than at Fez; for which reaſon A. ley Semein now reigning, has built cloſe to the City a Caltle, a Pa-
lace, and Seraglio, after the Model of thoſe at Fez, They are . adorn'd with ſeveral Stately Square Towers, cover d with green
Tiles, which make the Proſpect very delightful at a Diſtance, This Caſtle on the North Eaſt Side has '3 Walls; the firſt is 6 Hand-
-fuls broad, and above 6 Fathom high without, flank d with ſquare Towers with Battlements: Between this Wall and the ſecond is a
large ſquare Spot of Ground, call d Roua ezir. The ſecond which is 30 Handfuls Tick upon the Level, is 8 Fadom high and made with a Talus, ſo that at the Top it is but 10 Handfuls thick, and on the Edges
of it there are 2 little Walls, 3 Handfuls thick each, and above
the Height of a Man, and ſerving to cover the Blacks of the Ga-
riſon, who live in the Towers, both within and without, fo that
they may walk round the Caſtle without being ſeen. The third
| ſerves for a Wall to the Seraglio, and is much higher than the - Cthers, being at leaſt 12 Fathom, and having Battlements and -Embraſures, and the Eunuchs ſtand Sentinel at Night. The other Sides have but one Wall 6 Handfuls over, flank d all about with ſtrong, lofty and ſquare Towers, and two Baſtions on the Eaſt and South Eaſt. There are 3 Gates: The greateſt, which is on
the South Eaſt Side, they call Bebe. El. Cala, or the Field Gate, on
the Sides whereof there are 2 lofty ſquare Towers and on each of them 3 Flower de Luces, (ct up there by us in the Year 1677
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the Burial Place being right before them. The ſecond call'd Behe- le- Hajar ;, that is, the Stone Gate, becauſe made of ſquare Stone, ves out to Rona Mezir. And the third opening to the City bears the Name of Bebe-del. Medina, or the City Gate. They are all guarded by Blacks, except the great one, which the King commits to the Care of his Renegadoes, when he is not in the Field. This Caſtle is not ſo broad as long, and much narrower on the South Weſt Side than on the North Eaſt. Here are bury'd the Treaſures of Muley Semein and Muley Archy, being very conſiderable. On the South Eaſt, beyond the burial Place is another ſmall Caſtle, built in the Year 1680, and call'd Ludeya, the Walls whereof are ſix Handfuls thick, flank'd with ſquare | Towers, having Battlements on them. | ; „ The City of Miquenes is directly under the North Weft Side of the Miquenes great Caſtle, about the bigneſs of Chartres, and ſtands in a very de City. lightful Plain, in the Province of Aſceis, as well as that of Fez, Its chief Trade is in Corn, Hides, and Wax, of which Sorts the Inhabitants have great Stores, as alſo of Wool. The People are very Peaceable, and more Loyal to their Princes than thoſe of Fez and Sale. The River Beth, which is ſix Leagues from it, on the Way to Sale, and that of Bouamazre running about a Musket Shot North Eaſt from the City, mix their Waters in a Lake, on this Side the Province of Algarve, near the Sehon. Cloſe by, on the Side next to Fez, is a pleaſant Wood of Olive Trees, with abun- dance of Gardens on both Sides of the River, which employ the People in looking to them, and produce Plenty of the following Fruit and Plants. Oranges, Pomgranates, ſweet and ſower Le- mons, and Citrons, Quinces, Nuts, Almonds, Olives and Figs, grow without any trouble, becauſe they need no Watering ; as . the Pear, Apple, Plumb and Apricock Trees, as alſo Cab- | bage, Coleworts, Turneps, Carrots, Raddiſhes, Purſlane, Parſley, Melons, Cucumbers, Pompions, Onions, Beans, Peaſe, Garlick, and other ſorts too tedions to mention. The Neighbouring high Mountain of Serhon, produces abundance of Raiſins of the Sun and Olives, which are the principal Commodities the Barbarians inhabiting three or four Villages at the Foot of it, drive a Trade . ꝑũ ꝑñ ddr x Whilſt we are ſtill at Migquenes, where the King's Court is, it be Em. will not be mene to ſpeak a Word concerning that Prince's f 2 5 Mu- Perſon, whom 1 had but too much leaſure to obſerve, as alſo his emen Train. Muley Semein el Heuſenin, King of Fez, Morocco, and Tafilet, is thirty ſeven Years of Age, indifferent tall, but very lender, the his Cloaths make him look more ſpread. His Face, is of a bright Cheſtnut 3 longiſh and the Features not amiſs. SHES 7 | He
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5s ie Travels of the Sieur Mouette, He wears a long Beard, a little forked. His AſpeR; tho ſeeming» - iy mild, is no Token of his Goodneſs, for he is cruel to ſuch a Degree, that his own Subjects ſay, they never had any Prince like him; beſides that he is one of the moſt-Covetous that ever reign'd, and takes himſelf an Account of the Horle-ſhooes, Nails, Spice, : Drugs, Butter, Honey, and other inconfiderable things that are in Huis Stores, more like a poor Trader than a great Monarch, In: other Reſpecds, he is well Skill'd in War, brave in his Perſon, always marches at the Head of his Troops, draws them up him- Telf, is always the firft at charging his Enemies, and never flyes. He is extraordinary undaunted in Adverſity, and tho' he has been feveral times upon the very Brink of loſing all is Dominions, he never ſaid any thing when talk d with concerning his Misfortune ; but, that if God had appointed him to be a King, and to have a long Reign, no Man could obſtruct it: He has a peculiar Dexterity in mounting a Horſeback, and managing a Spear, and I have ſeen him ſeyeral times, run a long Carrier, holding one of his Sons in one Arm, with a Spear in the other Hand, without ſuffering his Horſe to commit the leaſt Fault. There are always above two hundred Perſons about him, as well Cherifs as Alcayds;. handfomly clad in the Faſhion, who attend him a Horſeback Night and Morning, when he rides out, befides 4000 Blacks that are his Guards, and. P. OO a Fx. To continue our Journey, F. 2 having joyn'd us again at 24 Te. Tetuan, where F. Ignatius Bernede had ſtayd with the Money, an. helonging to the Redemption; it was there deliver d to Mahomet 8 Lehache Tomin, Lieutenant to the Alcayde, Hali Ben Abdalla el Hlamemin, Governor of that Town, who was this Year the Kings Embaſſador at Paris, When we had ſtaid there three Weeks, and bought up all the French of the Governor, that wicked Man: kept. us all Prifoners, and would not releaſe either Fathers, or Captives, till we had paid him the Duty of. the Gates, after the Rate of 26 Crowns a Head. Having receivd that Money, he banniſh'd us to a Place on the Shore, call'd Martin, above a League from the Town; forbidding both Fathers and Captives to return an more upon Pain of being made Slaves. Thus were we expos'd: for 20 Days to the Inclemency of the Weather, without any Shel- ter againſt the Rain, which then fell in abundance, but only Huts cover d with Grag, Which were wet through in a Moment, and AI that time, we had no other Suſtenance, but a very little Bread. This covetous Governour, who is Brother to Amar Hadou, came one Day to demand of the Fathers 300 Crowns, for; Months they had been in the Country; Which they refuſing he made us immediatly go n Board a ſcurvy Veſſel, and the Tide being ont and an Eaſt Wind i 0 | coming
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coming up on a ſudden, we muſt have been loft upon the Bar, bad we gone out, which oblig d the Fathers to give him the 300 Crowns he demanded, to fave us from periſning. | firſt aboard the Bark that was to carry us off,
I was one of the | | _ take ſome Notes, he
where a Jew ſent by the Alcayde, ſeeing n went away and told the Governour what he had feen, perſwa-
ding him I muſt be ſame Perſon of Note, that could give a grea -
ter Ranſom, Hereupon I was brought before the ſaid Governour "who examin'd me, and finding I had been 11 Years a Captive, and there was nothing to be expected, he left me and I return'd
aboard. We departed Tetuan on the 13th of May, of which Place
I will give ſome Account before we leave it. Tetuan is built on
a Rock along the Side of a Hill, the Walls are not very ſtrong r
of. themſelves; but the Rocks they ftand on render them more Defenſible than they would otherwiſe be. The Town is in the
Shape of a St. Andrew's Croſs, and the Caſtle ſeated on the midſt of the Hill to the Weſtward, has full Command over it. The Inhabitants are Wealthy, both on Account of their following Pira-
cy, and the Trade they drive in the Kirgdom of Algier and the
"Towns of Targier and Ceuta. Below the Town is a curious Plain, about 5 Leagues in compaſs, enclosd with bigh rocky Mountains,
fruitfol at the bottom, as bearing all Sorts of Fruit, and in the
Plain there are many Gardens and Vineyards. A conſiderable Ri- ver runs through the midſt of it, into which their Brigantines,
Frigats and Galſiots draw up. From this Town great Quantities of Wax, Leather, and Raiſins of the Sun are tranſported into Ex»
rope; and in the middle of it is a large Marmorra or Dungeon,
which ſerves to flut up the poor Chriſtian Captives, and has al- ways a conſiderable Number cf them. The Inbabitants are for the moſt part thoſe they call Andaluxians, being the Moors expell'd
Spain, with many Fews, who live towards the Sea Gate, Being 2 Leagues-from the Sea, when any Ships appear on the Coaſt, the Inhabitants have notice given them by Beacons, or Fires made on Towers, that they may Arm and come down to the Shore, The next Day after our Departure, we arriv'd at Malaga on the Coaſt of Andaluzia, where we made the uſual Preceſſion of.
Thankſpiving, being receiv'd in triumphant Manner by the RR.
2 Fathers Mercenarians and all the Spaniards in general, and after
where there were above 2000 Peopl
| | People with ©, ok apers,.'the- Sighs and Tears of thoſe who had any Friends or Relations in Barbary afflifting us amidſt fo Los Joy. In fine wWe travell d
thence
being well treated, we ſet Sail again for France, on the 't5th and
came te Marſeille on the 26th of the fame Month. © After our
private Proceffion, we met in the great one 5 "Pp "af | 5 1 8
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charitable Perſons. After the Proceſſion made in Paris and re- turning Thanks to God for our Deliverance, we were Conducted to Verſailles to ſee the King, whence I return d to Bonelle, where
1] was born and found all my Relations alive and in Health.
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The Story of « French Captive; who after ſroeral Ir
of F or tune, fled fi YOM Tripoly, aiſguts?d like A Mora- bite or falſe Anchorite, was taken at Morocco, ſent to Fez, and made his Eſeqe 10 Tangier.
Hs given an Account of the Sufferings that were common
to me with all the other Slaves, I will now deliver the Adventures of ſome particular Perſons, as I had them from their
_ own Mouths. In order to it, the Reader is to underſtand that
after Muley Archy had made himſelf Maſter of the high Moun- tains, being a Part of the Atlas, he ſent a conſiderable Preſent
the Cheque of a Part of them call'd Zaimby. This Preſent conſiſted of 8 Chriſtian Slaves, and ſeveral Pieces of Engliſh Cloth, ſome of it Scarlet, and this to aſſure him of his Friendſhip.
Among thoſe Chriſtians there was a Spaziard, the Son of a Gaf con, Who had been Naturaliz d at Cordova, This Man was the | Cheques Miller, an Employment not over laborious; however the eaſieſt Servitude being diſagreeable, and all Men having a natural 'Defire to return to their own Country, the Spaniard refolv'd to attempt making his Eſcape, which he thought would be the ea - ſier, in regard that having liv'd 10 Years in thoſe Deſerts he was perfectly acquainted with the ways. F One Day, as he went up to his Maſters Caſtle, which was at ſome diſtance from the Mill, thinking on what he intended to
do, he met hard by the Caſtle a Morabite or Hermit, who was
* railing in French at ſome Dogs that would have bit him. The
Spaniard, who underſtood that Language indifferently well, as being the Son of a Gaſcon, was ſurprizd to hear it ſpoken in thoſe Parts, and by a Man that did not look as if he had learnt
it there. To end all Doubts, he ask d him why he offer d to beat
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„ his Maſter's Dogs, and what made him go in that Diſguiſe, The The falſe orabite believing him to be ſome Renegado, was a little daunted Morabite | but ſoon recovering himſelf from the Fright conceiv d, becauſe he had been heard to ſpeak any Language but Arabick, anſwer'd in | theſe very Words, A ben queleb liache , queta lia, anan Morabite, That is, Thou Son of a Dog, how durſt thon affront me who am an Anchorite. No ſuch Matter, anſwer'd the Spaniard, in French, you muſt not think to lurk under that Diſguiſe ; I know what you are, and unleſs you own it frankly, I'll cauſe you to be puniſh'd. You do not know who I belong to, ſince you call me Son of a Dog; but you muſt underſtand that the Checque of the Mountains is my Maſter, who upon a Words ſpeaking of what I have ſeen, will put you to Death: Confeſs you are but an Impoſtor, that wander about in that manner to deceive the Mors; and if you do, I promiſe on the Faith of a Chriſtian, as I am, that no Harm (hall come to you, which if you fail of, you ſhall certainly die, The Morabite was over joy d to meet with a Chriſtian in thoſe Deſarts, and having - recover'd himſelf and look'd about, for fear that oy Body ſhould hear, declar'd to the Spaniard that he was a Chriſtian, and then they embrac'd. After ſome other Queſtions on both Sides they agreed to ſpeak Spaniſh, and to tell one another all their Adven- ' tures; for the better doing whereof, the Spaniard conducted the falſe Morabite to his Mill, gave him to eat and drink, and after ſome Repoſe, led him into his little Garden, defiring he would proceed to his Relation, which he did to this effet, RED Sir, ſaid he, 1 am a Chriſtian by the Grace of God, as I told 7he Mora- © You upon our firſt embracing, and was born at Bourdeaux, where bites Story. . * Youth in the Study of Humanity. At 18 Years of Age, my Father who was a Merchant, and would breed me up to it, ſent me to live at Malaga in Spain, where I ſtay'd a Year, and then went to Granada; in which Place, during my 7 Years abode, I had a great Affection for a beautiful Widow, but it ended un- | fortunately, That young Lady who had more Wit than Wealth, tho' of good Quality; and knew that I wanted not a Fortune, firſt expreſs'd a Kindneſs for me, and knew ſo well how to ma- i mage my Heart, that ſhe gain'd an entire Aſcendant over it, being before altogether diſengag'd. For a long time we had no Com- munication but by Letters ; for ſhe being cloſely obſerv'd by her Kindred, and particularly by Don Emanuel Manrique, her Couſin German, I could never get Admittance into her Houſe. She ne- ver went abroad but to Church, and that with Don Emanuel's 2 5 Daughters, and therefore made uſe of a Mooriſh Woman Slave to | SE - convey her Letters to me, and receive my Anſwers, To be ſhort, 3 the Iautrigue went on fo far, that it colt the poor Lady her Life,
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tting no French Ship, 1 went aboard an Engliſh Fly-
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and 1 to ſave mine was forc'd to fly to e e mee⸗
t that was
to touch at Aalta, and then proceed to Marſeilles. We arrivd
ſafe at Malta in 15 Days, and being grown no wiſer by my late
. Eſcape, I there began an Amour with my Landlady, and engag'd 0 fat in it, de wd Fly- boat having diſpatch d what it came a ont,
fail'd away, and left me behind. Soon after a Veſſel of Provence
; calld le Cheval marin, or the Sea Horſe, happen'd to come into the Road, being bound for Alexandria; and 1 having a Curi-
dodſity to ſee Grand Cario, went aboard her, We had an indiffe. rent Paſſage, and in a few Days reach'd our deſir d Port, where our Conſul oblig'd me to lodge at his Houſe, and walk'd. about
Alexan- dr ia in E- © £9Þh»
to ſee what was remarkable in the City, with the Sieur Barthele- my, an honeſt Youth of Marſeilles, his Secretary, who ſhew'd me
a very tall Pillar which ſeems to be made of caſt Pebbles, and we ſtruck Fire againſt it with a German Steel, Next we went to
to ſee the Baths, which are generally under Ground, for the grea-
ter Conveniency. Half the Rooms in the Houſes are alſo under Ground, becauſe of the exceſſive Heat, which reigns for the moſt part at Alexandria. When we came into the Baths, two clever
\ youre Turks met and conducted us into a large Room floor'd with Iqua
re Tiles, varniſh'd and painted of ſeveral Colours, in the
midſt whereof there were two large Pieces of Marble, for thoſe dtat bath to lie on. There we took off our Cloaths, which were given into the Cuſtody of a ag £06, who was in a little Cham
er cloſe by, and I making fome Difficulty to let mine be out of
my Sight, the Sieur Barthelemy affur'd me, that thoſe People might 1 Cafe! 5 with any > that I needed not to fear.
Thoſe
ths being always hot, by reaſon of the continual Fire in
them, we began to ſweat that it ran down in great Drops, and then the two young Turks coming with clean To made us
| he down on the Marble Tables, where they ftretch'd the Sinews
of our Hands and Feet ſeveral times, which I thought extraordine- 2 pleaſant. Next they rubb'd all our Bodics over very well with
hic
ir Towels, and being throughly cleans d, we went into a Tub of Luke warm Water, which concluded our Bathing, When dreſs d
| war we gratify'd each of them with a Quarter of a Piaſtre,
of Ceremonies, and I was not a little ſurpria d, to ſee ſo much _ Civility among a People we look upon as Barbarians.
to go up to Grand Cairo, I took leave of the C aboard her. This famous River divides it ſelf into ſeveral Brant
A Bark being loaded with the Commodities our 2 brought I, and wen-
ches a
is half a French Crown, Thoſe Twrks who did not uſe to be ſo well paid, conducted us back out of the Bath with abundance
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In the Kimdoms of Fez ehes, which appear in ſailing up it, departing from the main Bo- dy, to fall into the Sea in different Places, and contribute much to fertilize the Country, helping the Inundation, which happens every Year. Having no Acquaintance at Cairo, I went to the Con Nile x- ſul's, who was then Monſieur de Berume. Two Days after my Ar- ver. rival, Oſman Baſſa, coming to ſucceed Amurat, then removing to, be Governour of Aleppo, made his publick Entry into Cairo. All. the Troops and FJaniſaries with Colours flying and Martial Mu- fick, went out to meet him, about a League from the City: The Turks ſhut up their Shops, and made Lanes in the Streets he was to pals through, to expreis their Joy for his Coming, becauſe he Entry of 4 had the Reputation of a good Man, whereas Amurat was covetous Balla. _ and cruel, for which they hated him. I faw this Solemnity and thought it very Gallant, all the Turks being finely clad. - When Oſman came to the Palace Gate, he diftributed ſome Bounty, and e Tyrks continu'd beſtowing Bleſſings, and wiſhing him a happy J))... OT DOTS The following = I walk'd into the Gardens that are on the Banks of Nile, in which there are whole Woods of Palm, Orange, Lemmon, Fig, Olive, Almond, and Pomegranate Trees; and 1 went a hunting the Wild Boar with the Conſul's Secretary. The fourth Day after the Baſſas Arrival, the Conſul attended by all the French Merchants, among whom I made one, went to the Pa- Jace to welcome and make him the uſual Preſents, The Baſſa, who was a Man of a good Preſence, receiv'd us courteouſly, and after ſome Complements we all return'd to the Conſuls, who treated us. Before I. leave this City, I will ſpeak a few Words of it in my Way: I ſhall not pretend to give an -ample Deſcription ei- ther of the Lakes or Palaces, which ennoble and make it one of the moſt conſiderable in the World; it may ſuffice to let you know it, CairoCi- - | is divided into three Towns with a flight Encloſure, but ſo large, 79 that one of them contains 80000 Houſes: That in the middle, ſeated on an Eminency, is call d Caire or Maſſar; one of the others is according to ſome the ancient Memphis, or in the Opinion of others Babylon in Egypt; and the third, that formerly calłd Ba- bucum. This City, which for many Ages had been the Capita! of the Egyptian Empire, was reduc'd under the Obedience of the _ Turks, by the Emperour Selim the firſt, after three bloudy Vi- Qories gain d over the Mamaluc ls, in which two of the Sultans periſſid, the laſt whereof was Thomun Bey. After the Conqueit, the Ottoman Monarch made it a Beglerbegſhip, which is a general Government over ſeveral Sangiacſts, who are ſmaller Governours. - This was the Poſt Oſman Baſſa came to take Poſſeſſion off, inſtead of Amurat remoy d to Aleppo, - 3 8 5 Vac. 2 ur
The falſe Morabite 4 Haus.
Sail which had lain under the I wards us. It was not queſtion d but that they muſt Tripoh, and therefore all things were made ready for Fight. They
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The Travels of the Sieur Mouette,
Our Bark being ready, I return'd to Alexandria, and aboard our Ship, which ſaild with a fair Wind till we were in Sight of Candia. Then the Boy at the TODO Head gave notice, that ou
land, were making directly to- e Rovers of
came up, and after ſome Broadſides, which carry'd our Maſts by the Board, enter d us, when we held out till 55 out of 100 of us
were kill d, and abont 20 wounded, When taken, the Enemies Admiral diſtributed thoſe that were unhurt among his Ships,
leaving us that were wounded in our own Veſſel, which he fur- - niſh'd with Maſts, and gave the Command of her to an Engl; | Renegado. who carry'd us to Tripoly. When cur'd of our Wounds we Were fold, as you know is practis d in Barbary. | Mahomet Bey, Governour or Checque of the remoteſt Arabs, in the King-
dom of Tripoli; bought, and carryd me into thoſe Deſerts,
- where I had much Trouble to make the Place familiar to me; but being the only Chriſtian, and oblig'd by. Neceſſity to ſpeak Arabia, that they might underſtand. me, 1 learnt the Language
ſo perfectly, that all Men take me for a Native. ©
By Degrees I gain d ay Maſter's Favour, telling him our way ol Living, and Form. of
overnment, which he much delighted
= in, therefore I was employ'd in carrying his Spear after him, and fo continu'd 5 Years together, without any thing to do, but to eat and drink, and walk after him. A Black, Who was my
Maſter's Steward hap ning to dye then, my Maſter gave me that
Employment, by which I had the Liberty of going into his Tents,
to know. what was wanting, and conſequently. of ſeeing, and tal- king to his Women. He had 30 large Tents, making a half Moon,
at ſome Diſtance from one another, and encompaſs d with a great?
Ditch, The Bey's Wives, and Kinſwomen liv'd in the ftatelieſt
of thoſe Tents, which were lin'd with red Velvet, and Bro-
card, and ſome Widows of his Kindred, liv'd in the leſſer with
mn Loves.
one Day told her, how muck | B quainted with my Iuclination, ſhe advis d me to renounce my
only their Daughters. In one of thoſe Tents, was a Widow that had a Young and Beautiful Daughter, who took a kindneſs to me. As often as I paſs'd by, ſhe calld me to do ſomething ; and 1
being no Enemy to that Sex, was very willing to go and obey
11 her C ds, and being my ſelf ſubdu'd by her Charms, 1
Faith, that I might Marry her, and 1 never flatly denying, ſhe
_ often allow'd me ſome private Liberties, _
Being one Day in her Tent, when her Mother was gone to ſee
one of the Bey's Wives, that lay in, and he to Tripely, to car ry ay 7” <7 | „„ tg OY” Wits e e
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| the Tribute, I drew near to make much of her, to which ſhe readi- ly. conſented, and allowing me to hold my Mouth to hers a con- Herabl time. Whilſt we were in this Poſture, a pleafing Silence beſt expreſſing our Affections, a black Woman coming in ſurpriz d and put us out of Countenance, We earneſtly intreated, ant brib'd her, not to make any Diſcovery; but as ſoon as ever ſhe had got what ſhe came for, and receiv'd two Ducats in Gold I gave her, ſhe ran to the Bey's Aunts, to tell the Widow the Bette d. Poſture ſhe had found us in. That Woman taking her Leave of the Company, came away in great Haſt, and