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A12471	The true travels, adventures, and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Affrica, and America, from anno Domini 1593. to 1629 His accidents and sea-fights in the straights; his service and stratagems of warre in Hungaria, Transilvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia, against the Turks, and Tartars ... After how he was taken prisoner by the Turks, sold for a slave ... and escaped ... Together with a continuation of his generall History of Virginia, Summer-Iles, New England, and their proceedings, since 1624. to this present 1629; as also of the new plantations of the great river of the Amazons, the iles of St. Christopher, Mevis, and Barbados in the West Indies. All written by actuall authours, whose names you shall finde along the history.	Smith, John, 1580-1631.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver.	1630 (1630)	STC 22796; ESTC S111906	69,204	79

found him and had examined with his friendly letters sent him by Zumalacke to Caragnaw whose Governour in like manner so kindly use him that by this meanes he went with a safe conduct to Letch and Donka in Cologoske and thence to Berniske and Newgrod in Seberia by Rezechica upon the river Niper in the confines of Littuania from whence with as much kindnesse he was convoyed in like manner by Coroski Duberesko Duzihell Drohobus and Ostroge in Volonis Saslaw and Lasco in Podolia Halico and Collonia in Polonia and so to Hermonstat in Transilvania In all his life he seldome met with more resp●ct mirth content and entertainment and not any Governour where he came but gave him somewhat as a present besides his charges seeing themselves as subject to the like calamity Through those poore continually forraged Countries there is no passage but with the Carravans or Convoyes for they are Countries rather to be pitied than envied and it is a wonder any should make warres for them The Villages are onely here and there a few houses of straight Firre trees laid heads and points above one another made fast by notches at the ends more than a mans height and with broad split boards pinned together with woodden pinnes as thatched for coverture In ten Villages you shall scarce finde ten iron nailes except it be in some extraordinary mans house For their Townes Aecopolis Letch and D●nko have rampiers made of that woodden walled fashion double and betwixt them earth and stones but so latched with crosse timber they are very strong against any thing but fire and about them a deepe ditch and a Palizado of young Firre trees but most of the rest have only a great ditch cast about them and the ditches earth is all their rampier but round well environed with Palizadoes Some have some few small peeces of small Ordnance and slings calievers and muskets but their generallest weapons are the Russe bowes and arrowes you shall find pavements over bogges onely of young Firre trees laid crosse one over another for two or three houres journey or as the passage requires and yet in two dayes travell you shall scarce see six habitations Notwithstanding to see how their Lords Governours and Captaines are civilized well attired and acoutred with Iewells Sables and Horses and after their manner with curious furniture it is wonderfull but they are all Lords or slaves which makes them so subject to every invasion In Transilvania he found so many good friends that but to see and rejoyce himselfe after all those encounters in his native Country he would ever hardly have left them though the mirrour of vertue their Prince was absent Being thus glutted with content and neere drowned with joy he passed high Hungaria by Fileck Tocka Cassovia and Vnderoroway by Vlmicht in Moravia to Prague in Bohemia at last he found the most gracious Prince Sigismundus with his Colonell at Lipswick in Misenland who gave him his Passe intimating the service he had done and the honours he had received with fifteene hundred ducats of gold to repaire his losses with this he spent some time to visit the faire Cities and Countries of Drasdon in Saxonie Magdaburgh and Brunswicke Cassell in Hessen Wittenberg Vilum and Minikin in Bavaria Aughsbrough and her Vniversities Hama Franckford Mentz the Palatinate Wormes Speyre and Strausborough passing Nancie in Loraine and France by Paris to Orleans hee went downe the river of Loyer to Angiers and imbarked himselfe at Nantz in Britanny for Bilbao in Biskay to see Burgos-Valiadolid the admired monasterie of the Escuriall Madrill Teledo Cordua Cuedyriall Civill Cheryes Cales and Saint Lucas in Spaine CHAP. XVIII The observations of Captaine Smith Mr. Henrie Archer and others in Barbarie BEing thus satisfied with Europe and Asia understanding of the wa●res in Barbarie hee went from Gibralter to Guta and Tanger thence to Saffee where growing into acquaintance with a French man of warre the Captaine and some twelve more went to Morocco to see the ancient monuments of that large renowned Citie it was once the principall Citie in Barbarie situated in a goodly plaine Countrey 14. miles from the great Mount Atlas and sixtie miles from the Atlanticke Sea but now little remaining but the Kings Palace which is like a Citie of it selfe and the Christian Church on whose flat square steeple is a great brouch of iron whereon is placed the three golden Bals of Affrica the first is neere three Ells in circumference the next above it somewhat lesse the uppermost the least over them at it were an halfe Ball and over all a prettie guilded Pyramides Against those golden Bals hath been shot many a shot their weight is recorded 700. weight of pure gold hollow within yet no shot did ever hit them nor could ever any Conspirator attaine that honor as to get them downe They report the Prince of Morocco betrothed himselfe to the Kings Daughter of Aethiopia he dying before their mariage she caused those three golden Balls to be set up for his Monument and vowed virginitie all her life The Alfantica is also a place of note because it is invironed with a great wall wherein lye the goods of all the Merchants securely guarded The Iuderea is also as it were a Citie of it selfe where dwell the Iewes the rest for the most part is defaced but by the many pinnacles and towers with Balls on their tops hath much appearance of much sumptuousness and curiositie There have been many famous Universities which are now but stables for Fowles Beasts the houses in most parts lye tumbled one above another the walls of Earth are with the great fresh flouds washed to the ground nor is there any village in it but tents for Strangers Larbes Moores Strange tales they will tell of a great Garden wherein were all sorts of Bi●ds Fishes Beasts Fruits Fountaines which for beautie Art and pleasure exceeded any place knowne in the world though now nothing but dung-hils Pigeon-houses shrubs and bushes There are yet many excellent fountaines adorned with marble and many arches pillers towers ports and Temples but most only reliques of lamentable ruines and sad desolation When Mully Hamet reigned in Barbarie hee had three sonnes Mully Shecke Mully Sidan and Mully Befferres be a most good and noble King that governed well with peace and plentie till his Empresse more cruell than any beast in Affrica poysoned him her owne daughter Mully Shecke his eldest sonne borne of a Portugall Ladie and his daughter to bring Mully Sidan to the Crowne now reigning which was the cause of all those brawles and warres that followed betwixt those Brothers their children and a Saint that start up but he played the Devill King Mully Hamet was not blacke as many suppose but Molata or tawnie as are the most of his subjects everie way noble kinde and friendly verie rich and pompous in Sta●e and Majestie though hee sitteth not upon a