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AT SCANDEROON.
31
morninge, as sowne as we weare up, we saw a marvalus
goodly show of tentes upon the sid of that mountayne,
stritchinge downe unto that fountainc which I spoke of
before; the which, when our mayster sawe, he sente a boate
ashore to know the cause ; and our marchantes sent him
worde that he should not, by any meanes, send any goodes
or any man a shore untill he did se all the tentes gone, for
thare was the souldieres of Damascus, a parte of the greate
Turkes armye, that weare goingc to the warres, and if
theye did finde any thinge on the shore that did lyke them,
they would tak it as theire owne. So at nyghte we saw
these tentes a takinge up, for, by Reason the contrie is
vcrrie hote, theye dow travell by nyghte, and not by daye ;
so for four dayes there came everie nyghte a fresche com-
panye, and we kept a borde our shipe. Everie daye thar
would com Ridinge to the seae side a great company of
brave horsmen, with their lancis. Som hade their neagors
to carrie their Lancis and other wcapeins. Som sayd that
they weare sent for to Constantinople, the which is 20 dayes
Jurnaye from Scandaroune.
The 30th daye the Franch Consell which is Rcsedcnt at
Alippo Dined aborde our shipp.
The same daye, towardes nyghte, our men begann to
unlood our ship of such goodes as was for Alippo, for
souner theye could not well, by Reason of the abbundance
of Jenesaris that passed that waye, and pitched thare tentes
within one myle and halfe of the Roode ; and it is a verrie
uncomfortable place. Thare is but 3 houstile,1 one Itallian,
one Franchc, and one Inglishe. Some litlc cottigis thare
be made of Reedes, lik a somer house, and tow smale
tentes.
Hostclries.
31
morninge, as sowne as we weare up, we saw a marvalus
goodly show of tentes upon the sid of that mountayne,
stritchinge downe unto that fountainc which I spoke of
before; the which, when our mayster sawe, he sente a boate
ashore to know the cause ; and our marchantes sent him
worde that he should not, by any meanes, send any goodes
or any man a shore untill he did se all the tentes gone, for
thare was the souldieres of Damascus, a parte of the greate
Turkes armye, that weare goingc to the warres, and if
theye did finde any thinge on the shore that did lyke them,
they would tak it as theire owne. So at nyghte we saw
these tentes a takinge up, for, by Reason the contrie is
vcrrie hote, theye dow travell by nyghte, and not by daye ;
so for four dayes there came everie nyghte a fresche com-
panye, and we kept a borde our shipe. Everie daye thar
would com Ridinge to the seae side a great company of
brave horsmen, with their lancis. Som hade their neagors
to carrie their Lancis and other wcapeins. Som sayd that
they weare sent for to Constantinople, the which is 20 dayes
Jurnaye from Scandaroune.
The 30th daye the Franch Consell which is Rcsedcnt at
Alippo Dined aborde our shipp.
The same daye, towardes nyghte, our men begann to
unlood our ship of such goodes as was for Alippo, for
souner theye could not well, by Reason of the abbundance
of Jenesaris that passed that waye, and pitched thare tentes
within one myle and halfe of the Roode ; and it is a verrie
uncomfortable place. Thare is but 3 houstile,1 one Itallian,
one Franchc, and one Inglishe. Some litlc cottigis thare
be made of Reedes, lik a somer house, and tow smale
tentes.
Hostclries.