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A17485	A true historicall discourse of Muley Hamets rising to the three kingdomes of Moruecos, Fes, and Sus The dis-vnion of the three kingdomes, by ciuill warre, kindled amongst his three ambitious sonnes, Muley Sheck, Muley Boferes, and Muley Sidan. The religion and police of the More, or barbarian. The aduentures of Sir Anthony Sherley, and diuers other English gentlemen, in those countries. With other nouelties.	Cottington, R.; Sherley, Anthony, Sir, 1565-1635?	1609 (1609)	STC 4300; ESTC S107368	47,807	84

taken flyeth to Salie Muley Sidan commeth against Muley Hamet Bosonne who flieth and is poysonned by old Azus BUT whilest Abdela and Sidan were contriuing their owne ends there arised a storme in the Mountaines which fell in the plainēs of Moruecos the tempest driuer was one Muley Hamet Bosonne cosine to the thrée brethren which haue striuen for the kingdome This man gathering treasure and temporising with them all thrée so played their game that finding their weaknes which these quarrels had brought them vnto vppon a suddaine séeing his time went into the Mountaines to his mothers kindred mustered very neare 20. thousand able men the Muley being well prouided of treasure gaue them due pay and large winning them to his respect seruice so that in lesse then two moneths space hée gotte all thinges in readines descended from the Tessevon Mountaines towards Moruecos This news brought to Abdela was very vnwelcome yet calling his wittes and councell together it was concluded considering the Shraceis were gone his remnant of souldiers féeble and out of heart and the Moruecans daily fled to Hamet Bosonne whose vprising like a blazing starre drew their eyes vppon him that Abdela should trauell to Fes which he might well doe without a guide hauing heretofore vppon like necessities often measured the myles And though he was determined so to doe yet a small occasion hastened his iourney for some myle from Abdelas campe vpon a hill on the backside of Morruecos a man being séen with a speare in his hand and a white linnen vppon it as a flagge Abdela thought Hamet Bosonne to be with his whole forces behinde the hill when hee was a full daies march from Moruecos Therfore in all hast he tooke vp some of his tens but the greater part left standing in a manner being feared ranne away And afterward when this matter was discouered which Abdela held a token of his surprise it was nothing else but a poore More washing his napery and for the spéedier drying vsed this meanes which terrifyed Abdela from the seate of his Empire to Fes the safest place for his abode Lylla Isha Sidans Mother hearing of Hamet Bosonnes approach was perswaded his mouements were onely to defend her Sonnes right knowing Bosonne of late fauoured Sidans title comming into his pay and in person seruing the Muley at the last battaile when Sidan fled into Sus. Herevppon shée sent diuers captaines part of her owne Guard others of her freinds and kindred to his ayde thinking he would haue taken Moruecos for Sidan But Bosonne hauing entered the Citie peaceably proclaymed himselfe King dismissed all Sidans fauourers which were not willing to bee his seruants who returned to their Lady Mistresse certifying her error and their successe his treasure he imparted largely to his followers by strong hand desired no mans seruice but those who were willing Some thirtie english men remayning wearie of their sustained misery and the state of the country he gaue them licence to imbarke and writte to the Gouernour of Saphia to giue them their passe notice whereof being giuen to the Factor Marine for the English he disparted them into diuers Shippes with all conueniency though to his cost and charges charity to helpe the distressed soules and loue to his natiue country moouing him there vnto This Muley Hamet Bosonne during the time of his gouernment was a very good and iust man offered no discourteste or tooke away any mans goods but payed the marchants trulie for the same who liked well his currant and true dealing Bosonnes Mother hearing her Sonne was setled in Morruecos brought what strength shée could from the Mountaines and in her way knowing Boferes lodged in a fortresse whervnto he was fled not to be well guarded shée beset the house meaning to take the Muley prisoner who being doyde of meanes to resist in the night made a hole through the wall and so escaped priuately to Salie a Porte Towne within the iurisdiction of his Brother Sheck where at this day he remaineth On the morrow betimes Bosonnes mother with her men entered the fort mi●…ing Boferes cut off the head of Vmsed Benbela one of his chiefest seruants and Commanders then went shée forward to congratulate her Sonnes comming to the kingdome béeing then in Moruecos But an Empyre ill got is seldome séene of long continuance for within lesse than two moneths Muley Sidan came out of Sus with a great army for whose ayde Lylla Isha sould her Iewels and Plate to furnish her Sonne with Swords Pykes Horsemen Staues and other war-like munition On the other side Hamet Bosonne prepared to welcome his cousine the Muley Sidan so about the beginning of Aprill 1608. both their forces met hard by Morruecos where a chiefe of a kindred one Grufe which came out of Sus a great wyne drinker alwaies a fauourer of Muley Sidan though little valuing any of the thrée kings presuming vppon his owne strength and valour desired the honour that hée might giue charge vppon the enemy with fiue Hundred Horse which was his owne regiment and of his owne kindred Sidan refused to graunt him his request therefore the Casima tooke his owne leaue and gaue the enemy a full charge vppon the body of his army which receauing him very brauely the Casima and his company were in great danger to bée ouerthrowen but Sidan to reléeue him sent fiue Hundred Horsemen of his owne so with these Thousand the Casima broke the ran●… of Bosonnes battalions then with their sables fell to execution vntil the whole campe séeing the field lost fled towards the Mountaines thus Sidan without further resistance entering Morruecos resting there in quiet thrée moneths vntill Hamet Boson recouering now forces in Iuly following presented himselfe before the Citie trusting as well vppon his owne strength as the loue of the Citizens hoping his good and gentle vsage when hee was amongst them would haue bred a liking in them of his milde and gentle gouernment but either the seruile minde of the multitude little respected his fore-passed kindnesse or the feare of Sidan made them loath to shewe any signe of good will for at his approach no man in the Citie was knowen to drawe a Swoord in his defence So on the eight of Iuly Bosonne was discomfited with the losse of some Thousand men fledde to the mountaines where within foure dayes after Alkeid Azus got him poysoned hoping thereby to winne the fauour of Muley Sidan This Azus is aged and subtill by his long experience best knoweth the secrets of that state was brought vp vnder Abdela Muley Hamet Xarifs Brother and for his counsell to Abdela willing him 〈◊〉 or to put out the eyes of Hamet Xarif or cut his throate was in daunger to haue lost his life when Hamet Xarif came to be King but the wisedome of the man wonne such respect with Hamet that of a prisoner he made him his chiefest councellor and master of his treasury during whose life time his behauiour was

the Basha before y● Muley Sidan had certain intelligence of his liberty and yet he entered the Almohalla but on the Tuesday the battaile being fought vpon the Fryday following Muley Sidan vnderstanding for certaine that his eldest brother was come into the Basha his Almohalla thought it no time for him to deferre giuing of battile least it shold be knowne amongst his souldiers many of whome in former times had serued the sayd Muley Sheck And therefore on Fryday the sixt of Ianuary 1604. the forces of each side met and ioyned together betwéen whom there was no long fight for vppon the discharging of foure Péeces of Artillery which Iudar Basha had with him some 3 or 4 times a great part of the souldiers of Muley Sidan beganne to flye except some choyce men which were in that part of the battaile where the Muley himselfe was by reason of y● resolution of their Commaunder continued somewhat longer but in the end fled when as y● canopy ouer Muley Sidans head was shot down with a Piece of Ordinance At which m●…chance not before the Muley himselfe began to leaue the field who in the managing of this battaile was some thing to be blamed for as he had vsed the celerity of a wise Generall comming with all spéed to Mustefa after he heard Muley Sheck should be set at liberty setting two souldiers vpon euery Mule and euery horseman for the spéedier march to take a souldier with his Piece vp behinde him being come to his Campe an houre before day ●…ee should not haue delayed two howers and more the present onset gazing in his enemies face and giuing them time to ready themselues to fight whome otherwise he might haue taken at the disper●…iew and his Fezzes whome he halfe mistrusted no premeditation to reuolte or runne away On Muley Shecks side few were slaine and of Muley Sidans side the greatest number was some 〈◊〉 hundred men or thereabout neither was it euer thought that the battaile would be sore or endure long but that the one side would presently flye First for that they were all Mores of one country and one religion and howsoeuer the Kings might be affected one to the other yet betwéen the cominal●…y of each side was no hatred onely for their paye came into the field to fight one against an other Secondly by reason of the olde Kings death in Fes there was almost no Alkeide of Muley Shecks side but had either his brother Sonne or chiefest friend on the other side as Alkeid Mumen Bocrasia was a chéefe Commaunder on Muley Sidans side and his brother Alkeid Gowie of the like Commaund on the other side Alkeid Absadok was chiefe counsellor with Muley Sidan his brother was the like with Muley Boferes to whome also was sworne Alkeid Absadocks Son Alkeid Hame●… Monsore was on Muley Boferes si●…e and his brother Alkeid Ally Monsore on the other side and so of diuers others Cap. VIII ¶ Sidans Iustice done vppon the Larbees forrobbing His flight after the battaile lost to Trimasine THe thrée brethren thus striuing for the golden Ball of Soueraignty iustice was trodden downe The Larbees robbed one an other the strongest carrying away all ●…uarrels betwixt Families and Tribes which durst not be talked of in old Muley Hamts time came to be decided with the Swoord After this battaile alwayes were stopped with robbers no trading from the Port●… Townes to Moruecos without great strength of men Muley Boferes who had the imperiall seate was neither so fit for action or to do iustice as Muley Sidan who had lost the day And that the kindred called Weled Entid well knew which presuming vpon the soft nature of Boferes and their owne strength which consisted of Fiftéene Thousand horse ●…oraged vp to Moruecos gates fore-closed all passages for trauellers making Marchants goods their prises Whereas an exemplary punishment executed vppon them for their robbing in Fes by Muley Sidan whilest hee raigned there made them thinke the countrey too hot For Sidan commaunded Alkeid German with Twoo Thousand souldiers in hostile manner to fall vpon the next Dwarre of tents belonging to that Tribe to burne Man Woman Childe Kyne Shéepe and whatsoeuer belonged to them not to spare it vppon his owne life from Fire and Sword which fully executéd and so bloodily that Sidan●…ghed ●…ghed hearing the true report yet it made Fes the peaceablest part in Barbarie But returne we to Sidans fortunes after he lost the field hauing the ouerthrowe retyred backe to Fes and forthwith was Alkeid Azus the onely man in the latter daies of the old King fauoured by the whole countrey dispéeded towards Moruecos to treate of a peace and himselfe beganne to make head againe to resist such forces as should follow him but before hee could bring his forces together againe newes was brought vnto him that his brother Muley Sheck was neare at hand with certaine companies of Horsemen and that the whole Almohalla of the Basha was not farre behinde So that then hee was rather to consider of and to prouide for his escaping by flight then any wayes to resist and hauing before put some Nyne Hundred Thousand Duckets in Allarocha for the which money he had sent one of his Alkeids after his returne from the batta●… he thought it is his best course to passe that waye and to take that money along with him but he was followed so hardly by Alkeid Abdela Wahad and Alkeid Vmsoud Vmbilie Boferes seruants that hee was forced to flye directly towards Trimasine and to leaue that treasure behinde him which was taken by his brother Muley Sheck In these his frowning fortunes the most of his Alkeids left him and amongst others Mumine Bocrasia flying to Moruecos in whome hee put no small trust and more then the seruants of his house he had no man of accompt but forsooke him onely Alkeid Absadik Had●… Tabid and Mustepha the twoo latter of them being his houshould seruants and belonging to him in his Fathers time left him not in his aduerstie So that any Alkeid of the Cassas or Castes in Barbarie hee had no more then Absadicke who rather then he would leaue him although allured by the perswasions of his brother Alkeide Abdela Wahad and entreated by ●…he teares of his Sonne to returne both of them then b●…ing in the pursuite of Muley Sidan and in a playne o●…ertooke the sayde Absadocke yet hee left his house an●… chil●…ren at the mercie of Mul●…y Bo●…eres his Maister an●… enemie The Alkeids who followed in pursuite of Muley Sidan ●…ollowed him so hard that besides the treasure of Allarocha they likewise tooke much of the Muleys treasure that hee carryed along with him although with that small companye of Horses which were no more then Twentye Horsemen or thereabout hee ●…eturned many times and fought with those who pursued him in person béeing still one of the foremost in th●…se s●…shes vn●… A●…keide Vmbil●… who persued him admiring his res●…lution and pittying his miserable estate

there to stay and expect the euent of his Sonne if it passed well with him then Affricke should hold him otherwise to visite the great Duke of Thuscane on whose courtesie he much rested But the christian Gunners so well obserued their times of shooting and placing their Ordinance as they gotte Abdela the field hoping thereby to haue obtained both libertie and pillage of which most of them poore men fayled as afterward you shall read When Sheck heard Abdela had gotte Moruecos hee grew careles to send prouision or supplie the wants of his thrée Italian Shippes wherefore they set saile from Mamora homewards taking such treasure for their pay as were in their custodies Boferes lost in this battaile about Sir Hundred men fled into the Citie to saue his treasure and his women but for feare of being surprised durst not tarry to take his treasure away with him but in all hast poasted toward the Mountaines willing the Alkeids and chiefest men of his court to bring it after him with the rich Swo●…rd the like whereof is not in the world committing also to their conduct his daughter and the ch●…isest of his women amongst whome was the wise of Ben Wash the Kings Marchant At the entrie of the hilles a kindred of the Larbies being fiue hundred horsemen seized vppon these people pillaged their cariages rifled and dishonoured the women not sparing Boferes Daughter whome Abdela determined to haue married but hearing diuers Mores to haue lyen with her also y● shée was suspected to haue liued in incest with her father after his enterance into Moruecos he neuer enquired farther after her The Alkeids being well mounted by the swiftnesse of their Horses returned backe to Moruecos and there tooke sanctuarye Abdela vppon their submission promised them pardon on whose Princelie word they relying came foorth the Foker of the place presenting them But Muley Abdela whether incited by enuious counsell or on his owne bloody minde putteth them so secretly to death that sending all their heads in one sacke to Fes for a present to his Father Their deaths was not fullie known in the Citie of Mo●…uccos before their heads were set vppon Fcs gates Here was the end of Basha Iudar a great souldier in olde Hamets time a faithfull Commaunder during his life to Boferes accompanyed with Sedy Gowie Alkeid A●… his Sonne Alkeid Moden the Cassemie and some foure great men more Cap. XIII Muley Sidan commeth against Muley Abdela getteth Moruecos from him killeth Eight Thousand of his men and vpon colde blood causeth 3000. Thousand F●…zees to bee slaine yeelding vppon good composition THis tyranny of Abdela shewed vppon these valiant and woorthy men and the spoyle which the Fezees had made aswell in robbing the Alkeids houses as in ry●…ing the Citizens goods and committing aloutrages which follow war caused many flie to Muley Sidan and the rest which remained in Moruecos grew●… discontented so that the Sunne-●…hine of Abdelas happines scarse lasted two moneths for Sidan resting in the halfe way between Moruecos and Fes taking oportunity of this vproare of the Townsemen marched toward Moruecos on the North side of the Towne determining to giue present battaile hearing by the scow●…s that Muley Abdela his campe was looged in the great Garden or Orchard called the Almowetto being some two English myles about The first night of Sidans approach the prisoners were released and prisons broken open so that these men getting liberty ran halfe mad vp and downe the Cittie crying long liue Sidan which troubled the citizens not a little And in this vproare Sidans faction let into the Citi●… at a secret gate many of his souldiers which made a sally vpon the regiment of Zal●… meaning to haue surprised Abdelas campe but himselfe comming to the rescue with two Thousand men continued a hotte skirmish against the Sidanians in which the christians fought valiantly to recouer their Péeces of Artillery which were lost vntill the Sidanians were forced to retyre The next day being the 25 of Aprill Stilo nouo Abdela remooued towards Muley Sidan who was encamped on the North side of the Citie not daring to come on the south-side for feare of the shot which galled his men from the battlements of the Kings house Therefore he hearing of Abdelas remoue and intending to venture his fortune vpon a present battaile set forward to méete him with a regiment of his best horse Abdela perceauing this caused his Canoni●… to march formost which could but place fiue Pieces of their Artillery in a ●…rest because the Orchards and Gardens made the passages ●…ery narowe and straight where as the armies should m●…te Sidan●… horsemen gaue 〈◊〉 very gallant charge but the Canonier●… made them retyre Which Abde●… hors●… men perceiuing being encouraged and too eager of the chase some Thousand Horse galloped before their own Ordinance and followed their enemie close to Sidans campe their Péeces of Artillary being drawne after them Muley Sidan well knowing the aduantage of the place séeing his enemies depriued of the benefit of their great Ordinance which he most feared encouraged his men to kéepe their ground and bringing with his owne person fresh supplies to second them gaue his aduersaries the Abdelians so hotte a charge that they were faine to retire in great disorder vpon the mouths of their owne Artillary This dis array perceiued by the Christian Gunners it put them in minde to discharge vppon their owne men the Abdelians holding it better to kill Fiue or Sixe Hundred of their owne side then to loose the battaile But the More who was Captaine ouer the Canoniers and other Commaunders would not suffer it Wherefore the Sidanians following in good order and very close fell to the execution with their swords surprised the Artillery and flew the men The slaughter continued some foure houres betwixt seauen or eight Thousand killed and fewe to speake on left aliue for what the souldiers spared the Citizens in reuenge of their disorders pillages and villanies done to their women bereaued them of their liues who being dead were not suffered to bée buried but lay aboue the ground as a prey to the dagges and sowles of the ayre Heauie likewise was the Conquerors hand vppon the Christians which tooke Abdelas part most of them for their fiue moneths seruice to Abdela were either slaine in the fury of battaile or after had his throat cut And this was the ende of them who had liued in the streights of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea not as Marchants by honest trading but hauing committed spoyle vpon diuers Seafaring men felt the bloody hande of a barbarous Nation as a deserued punishment sent from God to execute iustice for their manifold committed wrongs and outrages This battaile being lost with the greatest bloodshed that any hath béen since these warres beganne Muley Abdela fledde to Fes a Hundred persons of his whole armie not left aliue to beare him company And Sidan Maister of the field entered the Citie of