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A08258	The three English brothers Sir Thomas Sherley his trauels, vvith his three yeares imprisonment in Turkie: his inlargement by his Maiesties letters to the great Turke: and lastly, his safe returne into England this present yeare, 1607. Sir Anthony Sherley his embassage to the Christian princes. Master Robert Sherley his wars against the Turkes, with his marriage to the Emperour of Persia his neece.	Nixon, Anthony.	1607 (1607)	STC 18592; ESTC S110177	34,437	82

the Court to procure his Release his Aduersarie beeing dead and no barre in the way to hinder it and this hee did with the greater instance importune because quoth hee I am not able to holde out long hauing endured so many grieuous and strange afflictions and beeing so much weakened with the tedious and miserable indurance of the same Howbeit the Embassadour returned him this discomfortable answere That hee coulde doe nothing till there were a newe Visior Bashawe ordained in his place and then he would doe what he could for him It was tenne daies before there was a new one made As soone as hee was installed the Embassadour as Sir Thomas was informed dealt with him for his libertie but to no purpose for the Bashaw answered him that it lay not in his power to doe him any good for that hee was a prisoner belonging to the great Turke and therefore could not bee deliuered without his consent Wherupon the Embassadour preferred a petition to the great Turke in his behalfe who presently gaue commandement hee should bee enlarged the day following which was Thursday and vndoubtedly had the Embassadour not slacked this matter but presently laied hold vpon the Turkes commaund it had beene an easie matter to haue set him at libertie that night But whether it was the too much confidence that hee had in the Turkes variable and vncertaine humour or that other businesse and intendements of his owne carried his thoughts other waies or that it was so ordained that Sir Thomas his miseries should not yet haue ende I cannot tell but the matter of his release was lingred till the Sunday following At which time vpon new aduertisements the commandement of his libertie was reuersed and hee retained stil in prison loaden with more cares and lesse hope then euer he had The maner of Sir Thomas Sherley his deliuery by the benefit of the King of Englands princely and gratious letters to the Turke THe Marchant after a long dangerous voyage hauing recouered with safetie the Hauen of his desire though vtterly lost the fruit of all his labours recounts with pleasure the perils past leauing a glad memoriall to be told in after times by his posteritie for Contraria contrariis magis elucescunt Contrary is best knowne by his contrary we should neuer know the excellencie of rest but by labour nor of plentie but by want nor of safty but by danger nor of libertie but by restraint And I doubt not also but sir Thomas together with the pleasure that he now conceiues in the remembrance of his forepassed miseries doth not forget in his daily prayers the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiuing vnto that diuine power that preserued him so wonderfully in all his troubles and deliuered him so happily euen from the very gate and gulfe of death and danger But to returne to Turkie for wee haue not yet brought him to England Within a fortnight after the countermaund of his deliuery the great Turke died-leauing his sonne a boy of some 14. yeares to succeed him sir Thomas in this new world retaines a new hope of his deliuery and not slacking to lay hold of any occasion writes againe to the Embassadour requesting him with much importunitie that it would please him to take the opportunitie of this tune for his release for that he had a hope the yong King whose mind was flexible might easily bee wrought to deale gratiously with him Howbeit the Embassadour sent him word that they boy King could do him no good he being by reason of his youth vnder gouernment and protection till either the Admirall came who was then vpon the confines of Turkie or the Protector who was shortly to returne out of Egypt At the arriuall of either of them whosoeuer was first he protested he would sollicite him in his behalfe and doubt not but hee should soone worke the meanes of his deliuery in the meane time hee willed him to comfort himselfe for he would not pretermit any occasion proffered to doe him good Sir Thomas lingered on this hope and bare out the brunt of many a cold and bitter houre vntill the first of December at what time the Admirall was returned who being importuned by the Embassador answere was made that hee would not deale with the Prisoner till the comming of the Protector Not long after the Protector returned whome the Embassador belike finding vntractable soone gaue ouer his suite The first day the Protector sate in Iudgement was Christmas day before whome Sir Thomas was sent for to appeare this day also the Embassadour had no Interpreter there The Visior Bashaw hauing called him before him askt him why hee was committed to prison Sir Thomas answered boldly that his fortune and the mistaking of his attempt and enterprise in the Island was first the cause of his restraint but the malice and ill opinion that Hashan Bashaw conceiued against him without cause had held him so long a poore and miserable prisoner Honorably desiring the Protector that sith there was nothing questionable that might touch his life except the enforc't power and extent of authoritie and that if any fault were committed his punishment was greater then the cryme That it would please him now at last to giue him his liberty But here was no such grace seated in the Protectors heart for without any reply processe or order of law he gaue a present and peremptory command That hee with his two men should bee hang'd It booted him not to aske why but hauing prepared his mind before to such an horror and liuing long in a continuall expectance thereof hee yeelded himselfe willingly thereunto for he knew wel that nought but his death would satisfie the doome Hereupon was sir Thomas his two men bound all together and lead presently away towards the place of execution what could he wish in such a case besides his diuine meditations but that his mind thoughts might suddainly bee transported into England to execute his tongues office that is to commend his humble dutie to his Father and his kind remembrance to his friends and allyes to let them vnderstand the miseries of his imprisonment and the vildnes of his death occasioned by the trecherie and cowardice of his own men from thence he might wish them sodainly posted to Spaine and Persia that his honorable brethren might vnderstand the manner of his life and death that in their hostile imployments against the Turkes they might bee sufficiently reuenged of his death But God did suddainly possesse the heart of one of the Interpreters to the Venetian Embassador with a Christian pittie regard of his estate who sodainly repaired for otherwise that had bin too late to the Protector beseeching him that hee would not in his furie take away the life of so gallant a gentleman vpon bare surmises that if he held him worthily a prisoner and that but supposed being no greater it might please him rather to take his ransome then his life At the

THE THREE ENGLISH BROTHERS Sir Thomas Sherley his Trauels vvith his three yeares imprisonment in Turkie his Inlargement by his Maiesties Letters to the great Turke and lastly his safe returne into England this present yeare 1607. Sir Anthony Sherley his Embassage to the Christian Princes Master Robert Sherley his wars against the Turkes with his marriage to the Emperour of Persia his Neece LONDON Printed and are to be sold by Iohn Hodgets in Paules Church yard 1607. TO THE RIGHT HOnourable Thomas Lord Howard Earle of Suffolke Lord Chamberlaine of his Maiesties houshould and one of his Highnes most honorable Priuie Councell WEaknes Right honorable hath need of helpe and supportance as wel in Politick as naturall bodies the like in studies labors of the mind Caesars commentaries needed no Apologie because his power was able to defend thē Nor his Triū verborū literae to the Roman Senate Veni vidi vici craue any other inlargement because his fame went stil before him to dilate his acts In priuate inferior studies that want countenance in themselues the extensiue power of greatnes and authoritie giues strength and encouragement to intensiue weaknesse when our indeauours though vnworthy of acceptation are suffered in their minoritie and insufficient age to grow vp and prosper in the defensiue bulwarke of protection against the stormes of enuious and calumnious tongues that by continuāce through vse and practise they may happely afterwards proue worthie of regard In the want therefore of mine own worth I haue presumed to shield my selfe vnder your worthines and finding cause to distrust mine own strēgth I haue aduentured to shrowd my selfe vnder your power Humbly desiring your Honour so farre to grace these my labours as to vouchsafe them a passage vnder your Patronage that therby though happily they haue nothing in them to deserue your priuate reading and account they may yet the better by your countenance finde admittance and respect to publique view For I must confesse they come much short as well of the worthynes of the Subiect that they treat of as also of your regard and estimation If therefore out of your generall respect to all your Lordshippe shall bee pleased to vouchsafe mee this particular fauour I shall hereafter admit all times and pretermit no occasions to manifest my dutie Euer remaining Your Honors in all seruice Anthony Nixon Sir Thomas Sherley his Trauailes together with his three yeares imprisonment in Turkie his Inlargement by his Maiesties Letters to the great Turke and lastly his safe returne into England this present yeare 1607. IT is a naturall qualitie both customarie commendable in all Countries to enlarge their fames by divulging the memorable Actes of such worthy personages whose Noble Spirits showne by their honourable attempts and atchieuements haue drawne other Nations into admiration of their valours and emulation of their vertues It were then a fault vnpardonable in vs of the English Nation whose acts and high attempts haue not giuen place to any people to burie in obliuion the vertues of those our country Men whose noble deedes deserue for euer to liue vpon the tongues of men with honorable mention Amongst whom the Three Heroes of our Time the hopefull issue of a happy father haue so glorified their names by their honourable Actes and hostile imployments against the common Enemie of Christendome that honour by them hath added to her glory and Enuy lost the sting of her Detraction And here am I drawne into a deepe meditation of the Minde of man how infinite it is in opinion and weening and vnquiet by Nature that where it is once set vpon the desire of honour nothing can stay or limite her aduentures But as the Clowds are harried by the windes from one part of the Hemispheare to the other so the Body is carried by the Minde euen through the world by land by sea with toyle and danger making it to suffer hunger watching and cold where at home it might slepe with peace and feed with plenty The manifestation wherof is knowne in the tedious Trauailes dangerous Aduentures of these three excellent spirits that hauing no other Motiues but the honourable desire and pursuit of Glorie which indeedeis the Spurre to euery noble minde haue iustly by their deserts obtained her both for themselues and for their Countrie whose fame and renown being by them made known me thinkes they were vnkindly vsed by vs to be made strangers here at home Hauing therefore receiued some particulars of their trauels and their Occurrents in them though I must confesse I am but lame as well in the instructions of their Aduentures as also in mine owne worth to display their worthinesse I haue neuertherlesse attempted though not to satisfie yet in some sort to make knowne to expectation which euer gapes after Nouelties their variable fortunes and honorable imploiments in strange Countries and vnder great Kings so farre as my knowledge of them and hability in my selfe will giue me leaue And first to begin with Sir Thomas Sherley the yonger who as hee was eldest by the Fortune of his birth so is he not inferiour to the rest in the commendable parts and honorable qualities of his minde though happily not so succesfull in his Trauels as his other brethren Hee began his last voyage in Anno 1602. who hauing long time kept the Seas vnprosperously and with vnequall fortune to his hopes and deseruings at length landed in Italie and was for a time highly respected in the Duke of Florence his Court where hee carried himselfe in that honourable port as became both a Souldier and a Courtier in all those commendable qualities that serue both for vse and ornament But to stay there long was no life for him the State beeing setled and no imployments forraine or domesticall fit for the leuell of his thoughts and purposes which ayming at a higher proiect grew soone weary of the pleasures of Italie Which the Duke perceiuing and knowing the wants that his long vayage by Sea had before bronght vpon him did honourably furnish him with such necessaries as for his purposed imployments did fully satisfie his longing expectation Beeing thus once more at Sea full of hope and courage he lay houering too and againe a long time vpon the Straites of Giblater in a cōtinuall expectation of some purchase or other to satisfie the desires both of himselfe and of his company In whom of late hee found a strange alteration both in their countenances and behauiours towards him sauouring of Discontent the dāgerous disturber of any setled state whether it was deriued from a despaire they had of the successe of the voyage or from a desire of returne to England I know not but afterwards it turned to a mutinous reuolt He first perswaded them with faire words of hope and comfort and afterwards for the time appeased them by applying himselfe in many things to their humors but as fire cannot be hidde whose smoke betraies it so this