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DALLAM'S TRAVELS.
turninge in the nighte, the wynde came faire at southe
and by easte, and contenued the nexte daye.
The 9th daye we descried Mount Etnaye, but thare it
is caled Muntabell,1 the burninge mountaine in Cisillia. In
the Afternoone we came under the shore of the same
lande ; at the firste we did thinke to com to an anker
because the wynd was bad, yeate torninge up and downe
by the shore, we saw the watche toweres make lightes at
the topp of theire tours, to shew unto other watche toures
how many ships they saw that weare not theire frendes ;
for thare be of those touers round aboute-the iland, so that
yf one Touer do show so many lightes one after another
as they se ships, it will goo round aboute the iland in a
verrie shorte time. Yf we had com to an anker we feared
them note, but theye weare a frayed of us ; yeat doubt-
inge the wynde would be worse, or else no wynd at all,
we kept at sea. The next day we weare so neare the
shore that we saw a greate company of souldiers, bothe
horse and foote, gathered together.
For all that, towardes eyghtc we came to an anker neare
the shore. When the wynde came faire, everie ship sett
saile before our Anker was upe or wayed. The other 7
ships beinge under saile, they gave chase to a Spainishc
shipe which was goinge to Malta with wheate, and when
she saw so many Inglishe ships under saile she thoughte
it better for her to goo backe againe to Sesillia than to
keepe her courcc. Our shipc beinge the hindmoste of all
the 8, yeate we out wente them all, and touke that prise
There was but 10 men in her ; it was but a smale barke ;
she was lodcn with wheate. When our sailers had pillidged
her our Mr. gave the ship and wheate to Captain Coke,
a man of ware; we had out of her verrie fine whyte
1 Montebcllo. Cf. the Greek love of euphemism, which gave the
name of Kalliste, or the most beautiful, to the volcano of Santorin.
DALLAM'S TRAVELS.
turninge in the nighte, the wynde came faire at southe
and by easte, and contenued the nexte daye.
The 9th daye we descried Mount Etnaye, but thare it
is caled Muntabell,1 the burninge mountaine in Cisillia. In
the Afternoone we came under the shore of the same
lande ; at the firste we did thinke to com to an anker
because the wynd was bad, yeate torninge up and downe
by the shore, we saw the watche toweres make lightes at
the topp of theire tours, to shew unto other watche toures
how many ships they saw that weare not theire frendes ;
for thare be of those touers round aboute-the iland, so that
yf one Touer do show so many lightes one after another
as they se ships, it will goo round aboute the iland in a
verrie shorte time. Yf we had com to an anker we feared
them note, but theye weare a frayed of us ; yeat doubt-
inge the wynde would be worse, or else no wynd at all,
we kept at sea. The next day we weare so neare the
shore that we saw a greate company of souldiers, bothe
horse and foote, gathered together.
For all that, towardes eyghtc we came to an anker neare
the shore. When the wynde came faire, everie ship sett
saile before our Anker was upe or wayed. The other 7
ships beinge under saile, they gave chase to a Spainishc
shipe which was goinge to Malta with wheate, and when
she saw so many Inglishe ships under saile she thoughte
it better for her to goo backe againe to Sesillia than to
keepe her courcc. Our shipc beinge the hindmoste of all
the 8, yeate we out wente them all, and touke that prise
There was but 10 men in her ; it was but a smale barke ;
she was lodcn with wheate. When our sailers had pillidged
her our Mr. gave the ship and wheate to Captain Coke,
a man of ware; we had out of her verrie fine whyte
1 Montebcllo. Cf. the Greek love of euphemism, which gave the
name of Kalliste, or the most beautiful, to the volcano of Santorin.