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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19936	A true relation of the travailes and most miserable captiuitie of William Dauies, barber-surgion of London, vnder the Duke of Florence VVherein is truly set downe the manner of his taking, the long time of his slauierie, and meanes of his deliuerie, after eight yeeres, and ten moneths captiuitie in the gallies. Discouering many manye landes, ilandes, riuers, cities, and townes, of the Christians and infidels, the condition of the people, and the manner of their countrey: with many more strange things, as in the booke is briefely and plainely expressed. By William Dauies, barber-surgion of London, and borne in the citie of Hereford.	Davies, William, barber-surgion of London.	1614 (1614)	STC 6365; ESTC S109386	26,244	42

double quilt very costly with many curious Cushions in stead of Pillowes whereon he lieth downe in his shirt and linnen britches onely without any other couering by reason of the heat of the countrey Also in the same roome he hath another Table laid after the same fashion very richly whereon his wiues doe lie but she that likes him best he will take to accompany him for the night A Turke may haue as many wiues as he pleaseth so he be able to buy them and by the number of his wiues most commonly his substance is knowne for the richer he is the more wiues he hath the poorer the fewer yet neuer married to none of them but onely the first but maintaining of them all It is very dangerous for a Christian to be found in the company of any Turkes woman for being found together he shall be forced to turne Turke or else be put to death and the said woman also shall be put into a sacke which being made fast she shall be flung into the Sea whether they commit the sinne or not These Turkes are very zealous in their religion acknowledging God and Mahomet a soliciter for their sinnes A Turke will kéepe his word if he sweares by his head putting his hand vpon his forehead In this countrey there is great store of gold and rich Marchants the manner of their Churches and comming to Prayer is thus The Church is very faire within with many hundreds of Lampes burning therein all matted vnder foote without any kinde of picture or seats also most of them doe pray vpon Beads In the morning on the top of the Church they hang out a white flag and in the after noone a blew one for a signe of their comming to Church then goeth eight or tenne of them on the very top of the Church and crie with a loud voice Volla volla hamdrulla and shalla that is to say God God helpe vs at thy pleasure and this is their ordinary warning to come to Church as we vse Bels in Christendome for they abhorre the ringing of Bels being contrary to their Prophets command A Turke chooseth his first wife after this maner He neuer séeth his wife till she come to the Church to be maried for the match is made by their friends neither is a Turkish womans face to be séene because their faces are continually couered going through the stréets both young and old neither shall a man-childe after he is tenne yeeres old euer sée his mother A Turke is Circumcised after this manner The better Gentleman he is the longer he stayes afore he be Circumcised but the time being come then is he put vpon a very faire white horse being very costly attired and before him goeth two or three hundreth by two and two in purple coates bearing waxe candles in their hands and after them followeth a great many playing on diffused Instruments making of a great noise then followeth a Bull couered with very faire Arras and his hornes gilded and next rideth he that shall be Circumcised with all his friends following and thus he rideth to the place of Circumcision where they cut off the foresa●ne of his yard naming of him Morat Shebane or Hosan or some such like name then will they take the Bull and turne his head to to the East-ward then cut his throat saying this day wee haue done a good déed then they cut the Bull in yeeces and distribute it among his friends and kindred and so they returne home where they doe feast with great ioy The manner of a Christian turning Turke is thus He is put vpon a horse with his face towards the tayle and a Bow and an Arrow in his hand then the picture of Christ is carried before him with his feete vpwards at the which he drawes his Bow with the Arrow therein and thus he rideth to the place of Circumcision cursing his father that begate him and and his mother that bore him his Country and all his kindred then comming to the place of Circumcision he is Circumcised receiuing a name denying his Christian name so that euer after he is called a Runagado that is a Christian denying Christ and turned Turke of which sort there are more in Turkie and Barbary then of naturall Turkes The manner of their iudgement for offending of the Law touching death eyther for theft or murther is thus within foure houres after he is taken he is condemned by certaine chiefe Souldiers and presently put to death after this manner viz. ganshed s●aked or beat to death Their ganshing is after this manner He sitteth vpon a wall being fiue fadomes high within two fadomes of the top of the wall right vnder the place where he sits is a strong Iron hooke fastned being very sharpe then is he thrust off the wall vpon this hooke with some part of his bodie and there he hangeth sometimes two or thrée daies before he dieth Staking to death is thus Around péece of wood thrée yards long and as big as a mans leg being sharpe at one end is taken and driuen in at the fundament of the offender and out at his shoulder and so they let him lie till he be dead which sometimes will not be in a day or two The manner of beating to death is thus They take the offender and lay him down vpon his backe being naked and with two double ropes two seuerall men one on the one side and the other on the other side of him beate on his belly till he is dead But these deaths are very seldome vsed because they are so fearefull to the offenders yet I haue séene them all executed III. The Description and discouery of Tunys TVnys is a great Citie in Barbary inhabited by Moores and some Turkes and Jewes This City is spacious and lieth in low ground eight miles from the Sea there belongs to this Citie a verie fayre Castle named the Galletta This Castle is very strong of Ord●ance and gouerned by Turkes betwixt the Citie and this Castle lyeth the ancient Citie of Carthage sunke by the report of all the Inhabitants thereabouts but this did I sée my selfe going vp to Tunys in a Boate the foundation of many houses for the space of foure or fiue miles the water being very cleare and in depth a fadome and a halfe The Moores of this Countrey are altogether in Religion like to the Turkes and also in habite they are verie light of foote and gallant horsemen they cannot indure Hogs flesh nor the drinking of Wine for they drinke water altogether except it be sometimes Aqua-vitae The manner of their liuing in the Countrey is thus They will goe fiue or sixe hundred together Men Women and Children with their Cammels Asses and Shéepe together with all their Poultrie vnder the side of a Mountaine where euery man pitcheth his Tent liuing euery man to himselfe hauing his Wife and Children about him with his Seruants and Cattell thus many Tents are pitched together to