The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation Volume V Part 17

The captaine Francesco Troncauilla.

The captaine Hannibal Adama of Fermo.

The captaine Scipio of the citie of Castello.

The captaine Charles Ragonasco of Cremona.

The captaine Francesco Siraco.

The captaine Robeto Maluezzo.

The captaine Caesar of Aduersa.

The captaine Bernardin of Agubio.

The captaine Frances...o...b..gon of Verona.

The captaine Iames of Fabiana.

The captaine Sebastian del Sole of Florence.

The captaine Hector of Brescia, the successour to the captaine Caesar of Aduersa.

The captaine Flaminio of Florence, successor vnto Sebastian del Sole.

The captaine Erasmus of Fermo, successor to the captaine of Cernole.

The captaine Bartholomew of Cernole.

The captaine Iohn Battista of Riuarole.

The captaine Iohn Francesco of Venice.

The names of Christians made slaues.

The Earle Herocles Martinengo, with Iulius Caesar Ghelfo a Souldiour of Bressa.

The earle Nestor Martinengo, which fled.

The captaine Marco Criuellatore.

The lord Herocles Malatesta.

The captaine Peter Conte of Montalberto.

The captaine Horatio of Veletri.

The captaine Aluigi Pezano.

The Conte Iames of Corbara.

The captaine Iohn of Istria.

The captaine Soldatelli of Agubio.

The captaine Iohn of Ascoli.

The captaine Antonie of the same towne.

The captaine Sebastian of the same towne.

The captaine Salgano of the citie of Castello.

The captaine Marcheso of Fermo.

The captaine Iohn Antonio of Piacenza.

The captaine Carletto Naldo.

The captaine Lorenzo Fornaretti.

The captaine Barnardo of Brescia.

The captaine Barnardino Coco.

The captaine Simon Bagnese, successour to the captaine Dauid Noce.

The captaine Tiberio Ceruto, successor vnto Conte Sigismond.

The captaine Ioseph of Lanciano, successour vnto captaine Francesco Troncauilla.

The captaine Morgante, successor to captain Hannibal.

The Lieutenant, successour vnto the captaine Scipio.

The Standerd bearer, successour to captaine Roberto.

The captaine Ottauia of Rimini, successour to the captaine Frances...o...b..gon.

The captaine Mario de Fabiano, successour to captaine Iacomo.

The captaine Francesco of Venice, successour vnto captaine Antonio.

The captaine Matteo of Capua.

The captaine Iohn Maria of Verona.

The captaine Mancino.

The Fortifiers.

Iohn Marmori, slaine.

The knight Maggio, slaue.

Turkish Captaines at Famagusta.

Mustafa Generall.

The Ba.s.sa of Aleppo.

The Ba.s.sa of Natolia, slaine.

Musafer Ba.s.sa of Nicosia.

The Ba.s.sa of Catamania.

The Aga of the Giannizers.

Giambelat Bey.

The Sangiaccho of Tripolis, slaine.

The Begliarbei of Greece.

The Ba.s.sa of Sciua.s.si and Marasco.

Ferca Framburaro.

The Sangiaccho of Antipo, slaine.

Soliman Bey, slaine.

Three Sangiacchos of Arabia slaine.

Mustafa Bey, General of the Venturers, slain.

Fergat, ruler of Malathia, slaine.

The Framburaro of Diuerie, slaine.

The renuing and increasing of an ancient and commodious trade vnto diuerse places in the Leuant seas, and to the chiefest partes of all the great Turks dominions, by the meanes of the Right worsh. citizens Sir Edward Osburne Alderman, and M. Richard Staper marchant of London.

This trade into the Leuant (as is elsewhere mentioned) was very vsuall and much frequented from the yeere of our Lord 1511, till the yeere 1534, and afterwards also, though not so commonly, vntill the yeere 1550, when as the barke Aucher vnder the conduct of M. Roger Bodenham made a prosperous voyage vnto Sicilia, Candia, Sio, and other places within the Leuant. Since which time the foresaid trade (notwithstanding the Grand Signiors ample priuilege granted to M. Anthony Ienkenson 1553, and the strong and weighty reasons of Gaspar Campion for that purpose) was vtterly discontinued, and in maner quite forgotten, as if it had neuer bene, for the s.p.a.ce of 20 years and more. Howbeit, the discreete and worthy citizens Sir Edward Osborne and M. Richard Staper seriously considering what benefite might grow to the common wealth by renuing of the foresaid discontinued trade, to the inlarging of her Maiesties customes, the furthering of nauigation, the venting of diuerse generall commodities of this Realme, and the inriching of the citie of London, determined to vse some effectuall meanes for the reestablis.h.i.+ng and augmenting thereof.

[Sidenote: The voyage of Iohn Wight, and Ioseph Clements to Constantinople.] Wherefore about the yeere 1575 the foresaid R. W.

marchants at their charges and expenses sent Iohn Wight and Ioseph Clements by the way of Poland to Constantinople, where the said Ioseph remained 18 monethes to procure a safe conduct from the grand Signior, for M. William Harborne, then factor for Sir Edward Osborne, to haue free accesse into his Highnes dominions, and obtained the same.

[Sidenote: The first voyage of M. William Harborne to Constantinople.]

Which businesse after two yeres chargeable trauell and suit being accomplished, the sayd M. Harborne the first of Iuly 1578 departed from London by the sea to Hamburgh, and thence accompanied with Ioseph Clements his guide and a seruant, he trauelled to Leopolis in Poland, and then apparelling himselfe, his guide, and his seruant after the Turkish fas.h.i.+on (hauing first obteyned the king of Poland his safe conduct to pa.s.se at Camienijecz the frontier towne of his dominions next vnto Turky) by good means he obteined fauour of one Acmet Chaus the Turks amba.s.sadour then in Poland, and readie to returne to Constantinople, to bee receiued into his companie and carouan. And so the fourth of September 1578 he departed with the said Acmet from Leopolis in Poland, and trauelling through Moldauia, Valachia, Bulgaria, and Romania, gratifying the Voiauodes with certaine courtesies, he arriued at Constantinople the 28 of October next insuing.

Where he behaued himselfe so wisely and discreetly, that within few moneths after he obtained not onely the great Turkes large and ample priuiledge for himselfe, and the two wors.h.i.+pfull persons aforesaid, but also procured his honourable and friendly letters vnto her Maiestie in maner following.

The letters sent from the Imperiall Musulmanlike highnesse of Zuldan Murad Can, to the sacred regall Maiestie of Elizabeth Queene of England, the fifteenth of March 1579, conteyning the grant of the first priuileges.

In greatness and glory most renowmed Elizabeth, most sacred Queene, and n.o.ble prince of the most mightie wors.h.i.+ppers of Iesus, most wise gouernour of the causes and affaires of the people and family of Nazareth, cloud of most pleasant raine, and sweetest fountaine of n.o.blenesse and vertue, ladie and heire of the perpetuall happinesse and glory of the n.o.ble Realme of England (whom all sorts seeke vnto and submit themselues) we wish most prosperous successe and happie ends to all your actions, and do offer vnto you such pleasures and curtesies as are worthy of our mutuall and eternall familiaritie: thus ending (as best beseemeth vs) out former salutations.