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A50000	Newes from Tvrkie, or, A true relation of the passages of the Right Honourable Sir Tho. Bendish, baronet, Lord Ambassadour, with the Grand Signieur at Constantinople, his entertainment and reception there also, a true discourse of the unjust proceedings of Sir Sackville Crow, former ambassadour there, against the English merchants, his contest with the present Lord Ambassador, and Sir Sackville Crow, former ambassadour there, against the English merchants, his contest with the present Lord Ambassador, and Sir Sackviles imprisonment, and in his returne, his wretched betraying the captain of the ship and some English merchants at Alicant in Spain, to the Inquisition : lastly his commitment to the Tower of London, where now he is.	Bendish, Thomas, Sir, d. ca. 1674.	1648 (1648)	Wing L94; ESTC R105	27,909	39

my Lord but came no further with him then the middle of the roome where at first my Lord found him Now the next worke my Lord indeavoured was to get to be Vested by the Vizeere and obtain Audience with the Grand Signeur to this purpose he sent his Druggerman to hasten it the Vizeere alwayes after this sent him good words as that all things should bee done to his minde and wished him not to bee troubled with any thing and so protracted time from day to day All this time my Lord Crow is not idle although he keeps his house yet he employes the French Agent and the Venetians whose Druggerman Gryllo is alwayes attending upon the Vizeere and feeds him with moneys and presents to work us out the French Ambassadour talkes with the Vizeere privately and but that my Lord Crow and the Vizeere told my Lord he had to doe in the businesse my Lord would scarce have taken him for his enemy yet one day he was heard to tell the Vizeere my Lord had offered my Lord Crow 30000 l. to be gone out of the Country by which said he you may judge the truth of his Message and withall told him that the King of France his Master would be much troubled if he should change this old Ambassadour for the new and this report that my Lord would give the Lord Crow money to depart hence was not only sent to him by the Vizeeres Jew but by the Kogag which my Lord to vindicate himselfe and make appeare to the world how much hee detested such by-wayes he was forced to write this Warrant in Italian and send it down to Gallatta by two Janisaries and a Druggerman pro forma and fix one upon the Treasurers house the other upon Mr. Pearles house that all Jewes Merchants might take notice of it FOrasmuch as we are Credibly informed that there are divers false lying and scandalous Reports cast upon us that wee should by our selfe or some other person offer to treat with the man-sold Ambassadour for a certain summe of money to send him out of this Country withall saying that we had rather give money to him then to Turks We doe hereby declare that wee doe so farre abhorre all such sinister and dishonourable proceedings and speeches that wee affirme them lyers that report it and doe hereby Command and Require that no person under our charge make any Treaty with any man in our behalf letting them know that if we shall find that any such Treaty or Contract directly or indirectly be made with any person whatsoever for the worth of one a' to establish us Ambassadour in this place we are resolved and do publish that we will forthwith not only severely punish but send them off this place for if by that power that sent us hither wee cannot bee established wee are resolved rather to returne from whence wee came then by such dishonourable tearmes both to the King of England my Master and our selfe to purchace it Given at Pera d' Constantinople this 2. October 1647. Thomas Bendish And because the French Ambassadour was so busie sent him this Letter SIR I Cannot see how it is consistent with the League between the two Crowns of England and France that you a French Ambassadour should intermeddle with much lesse oppose the actions of the King of England my Master Your opposing me in my Embassie and countenancing the man-sold Ambassadours proceedings against my Authority I hope you doe it not without Commission yet mee thinks if it dare looke upon the Sunne as all which comes from Kings dare it becomes you not so secretly privately to act Know that I am ready to meet you before any Minister of State here both to heare and as occasion serves to answer what you can object against me but be confident while I am in this place I must know as befits me that power which dares oppose my Master to whom a strict account must bee rendred by him who is as farre as with honour he may My Lord Your friend to serve you T. THe Venetian Baliffe being guilty of his neglects towards my Lord and perceiving he understood of his Merchants actions his Druggermans dilligence sent by my Lords Druggerman this private Message That he hoped my Lord tooke no distast at him who is confined to his house and had no notice of his comming and that he heard my Lord tooke distast at his Merchants as actors against him if my Lord pleased to let him know who they were he would make them or would himselfe give my Lord satisfaction My Lord sent him this answer That for his own person as hee was a Prisoner he could not expect his Visit yet if he had born respect to our King or love to our Nation he would have sent a salute to him before this time having been a fortnight in this Port. As for his Merchants that should oppose him he wished him to looke to them himselfe for if he found them faulty as he believed he should he would take his time to make them repent it But for all his threats to them he knew not how lyes might worke with the Vizeere wherefore he sent to him this Arres and to divers great men about the Town that if possible it might reach the Grand Signieurs eares MY Lord I cannot out of my well-wishes to you and the good of this State but give you this timely information that the Venetians and the French doe endeavour both by moneys and all incouragements to maintain the Man-sold Ambassadour against me and that Regall power which sent me hither thereby to make a breach between this and the English Nation and so to advance their own designe which either by Peace or Warre will prove very prejudiciall to this Emperie besides the Consideration of the great Trade our Nation brings to supply the Emperie Whether you had rather have it by the hands of Enemies or Friends if they could maintain it I leave your wise consideration none obstanding that the said former Ambassadour being proved to be an oppressor the Grand Signieur deprived him from the Charge of the Embassie with his Hattesherife for which his Majestie of England with his Letters now sent by me his Ambassadour doth give him many thankes therefore From the Venetians he never heard word since nor from the French Ambassadour although he told my Lords servants he would answer him in writing but wee heare he is so troubled in mind the truth being so apparent that he cannot deny it and what title to give my Lord he cannot resolve if hee acknowledges him Lord Ambassadour he hath said the contrary to the Vizeere and so gives himselfe the lye if no Lord and he should be Confirmed he makes my Lord his enemie for ever But to our businesse whilst my Lord is thus deluded and fed with faire words all attempts are made and Traps laid how to get my Lord to compound himselfe by monies into his rights and

dues the Vizeeres Jew hath tempted us the Merchants the Kogag hath spoke to my Lords Drugerman many times that if he would not come off his businesse would never bee done My Lords Druggerman told him alwaies that my Lord would sooner lose his life then come in upon such dishonourable tearmes My Lords Drudgerman being sicke on Sunday the third of October he sent Master Juate and another Merchant to tell the Vizeere so and that he sent them to receive his Message he gave them no answer but this Bid the Druggerman come to mee on Tuesday This vexed my Lord but he was resolved to try another day on Tuesday the Druggerman went to him and then he told him plainly that he could not decide the Controversie between the two Ambassadours but must send a Chouze for England as soon as my Lord perceived he had delayed him all this time for this hee presently wrote him this Letter or Arrs and sent him the next morning My Lord I Am the first Ambassadour from England that ever presented Letters from the King and a present to a Vizeere that were returned with such dishonour as my selfe from you It becomes not mee neither came I hither to plead my own rights having Letters from so great and powerfull a King as the King of England and thousands of witnesses besides all the Merchants in these parts and hundreds of ships to maintain the Truth of this Embassie especially against such a man whom the Grand Signieur hath mansould with his Hattesherife and the Mufte declared that by your own Lawes you cannot restablish him Ambassadour And his Majesty hath discharged and you cannot believe any thing for truth hee speakes Your faire promises have of late overcome my patience I must not now be longer delayed the honour of my King and therein my own life and Reputation lye at stake wherefore if you will not honour me your selfe excuse me if I desire nay require your assistance for my speedy Audience with the Grand Signieur for to his justice do I appeale if you refuse me this then blame me not if I worke out my own addresses to the Grand Signieur my selfe although by such meanes as may be displeasing to your Lordship I desire your absolute answer for I shall trouble you no more with Messages neither need you trouble your selfe to send into England for if I shall not find that reception here which becomes the Honour of the King my Master I have ships enough attend me which shall convey mee back to Report my Entertainment As he read this he nodded severall times and when he had done called the Druggerman to him and said Did I ever deny your Lord to be a true Ambassadour I am not his enemy but must doe him courtesies to the Grand Signieur and if I doe him courtesies what shall I have for my paines The Druggerman told him that he knew my Lord would sooner lose his life then be admitted upon dishonourable tearmes Well said he Goe tell your Lord what I say and remember my kind love to him and bring mee his answer to morrow with a particular of the Grand Signieurs Present against which time my Lord had fitted this Arres for him My Lord THe Present you had from me was as large as ever was given to any of your Predecessors it was never known that a true Ambassadour made a Contract for other gifts to purchase his reception I may not I dare not Transgresse the accustomed Rules nor points of honour if I should your selfe might justly condemne me for a deceiver all the Princes in Christendome would scorne me and then how my Master would Resent it you may judge You are set in the place of Justice I require no more of you then Common justice which if I find I shall not be ingratefull Pardon me if in particular as unusuall I doe not tell you the Grand Signieurs Present in the Generall it consists of fine Cloth Velvet Sattins Gold and Silver Stuffes c. being not inferiour to any that hath been presented formerly Upon this he said looking upon the Letter what here is nothing and would have had some body gone with the Drugerman to treat with my Lord untill the Druggerman told him 't was in vain well then said he tell your Lord if hee will come to morrow I will vest him and to morrow morning will send a Chouze to know who he will have Vested and indeed was as good as his word and when my Lord came to him he was very pleasant and did Vest his Lordship and seven more the usuall custome being but five with so much chearfulnesse as all admired at it and presently told him that the Grand Signieur would be impatient untill hee were with him and asked him if he were Ready My Lord told him 't was impossible without three or foure dayes warning hee pitched on Monday and after some Debate as the urgency of the Affaires of the State the necessitie of the ships speedy comming in c. My Lord consented to it but withall made him promise him that according to the honour and dues of Ambassadours he should be entertained and feasted at the publique Druanine which he did very willingly agree unto Monday morning being come The Vizeere sent Hyssan Aga one of the principall Chouzes with two Chouzes more to attend My Lord who conducted him to the water side and upon his landing on Constantinople side the Chouze Basha with fourty two Chouzes more on horseback conducted him thence to the Vizeeres house where he stayed in his Yegays Chamber till the Vizeere sent to the Grand Signieur to tell him his Lordship was ready for Audience his Majestie sent word he would receive him at the Keske being a kind of a Banqueting-house or for Repose very stately by the water side in his Seraglio whether the Vizeere went before him and his Lordship followed with the Chouse-Bassa and fourty two Chouzes attending him besides all the Merchants and all his own Gent. and attendance no Ambassadour heretofore ever having the like he came to a gate which opened into the Garden where the Keske stood there my Lord with 18. more were Vested but none suffered to goe in but only my Lord who was led by the Chouze-Bassa on his right hand and the Bustange Bassa on the left Signieur Dominico his Secretary who carryed the Letter in a gold and silver bag led by two Chouses more and Master Vernon his Druggerman led by two other Chouzes When my Lord came within sight of the Grand Signieur they suffered him not to goe forwards but side-waies untill he came just against him hee being set upon an Ivorie and mother of Pearle Couch the seates being lined with Lusin Furres and then brought him forwards untill he came within the space of 20. paces where my Lord made a low obedience to him and the Grand Signieur which was never seen before bowed very much and saluted my Lord at which my Lord bowed very

goods to the value of 40000. pounds This Message was so in pieces delivered as the Vizeere though he did yet hee would not understand it but asked if he had Letters for him yes said the Agent let me see them said he that I may know what to doe and you shall have Audience with the Grand Signieur Upon this answer my Lord resolves to visit him next himselfe Now you must know that when my Lord came first to Smyrna a Letter was conveyed into his sons hands to give him this came from Sir Sack Crow and was verbatim as followes SIR BY Report from his Majesties Rebell-subjects under my Charge your comming into these parts hath been long Voted and said that you were to come with Commission from his Majesty to succeed me in this Embassie to this State to which when I shall understand his Royall pleasure in such forme as agreeable to Custome in Cases of like nature is usuall and I am to expect as well for my warrant as discharge you may be assured of a hearty welcome from me with that obedience I owe his Majesties commands and all faithfull endeavours for his service and this as well in my care for your introduction as your accommodation in what I may else be capable to serve you in the mean time to this day having neither order from his Majestie nor the least intimation from any of his Secretaries to any such effect you cannot blame me if hither unto I have not credited it nor yet otherwise take notice thereof upon due consideration rather conclude as accustomed and assured me by the Vote of all publike Ministers that I had reason finding any subject of his Majesties of what qualitie soever negotiating ought of like or what nature soever within my Charge without me during my Commission in force to protest against him and give him such contradiction as I have been occasioned to give Mr. Venron whose over confidence want of civilitie or instructions I know not which or whether by the ignorance of his Patrones that sent him merrited to have been made an example being confident to affirme that there was never president of the like irregular proceedings before for supposing those Letters as pretended which they may or may not be for ought I know or that I had been the veriest Traytor in the world which his Majestie hitherto declares me not and that his Majestie for such cause had disclaimed or recalled me untill some signification of his opinion or pleasure either under his own Royall hand as ever accustomed or at least Copyes thereof authentick under the hand of one of his Secretaries I dare not give way no not to the Prince himselfe nor doe otherwise then oppose him Wherefore and as well for my own better discharge though hereunto neither obliged by any Ordinance or former usuance as in civility towards your Person and for the avoyding of all misunderstandings further scandall or prejudice to his Majesties service upon apprehension only and the consideration of his Majesties present estate that his Majestie may have condescended to the request of the Levant Companie I send these at Rosigoe to attend your arivall at Smyrna in case his Majestie should send you as reported to assure you of a contradiction in most of what you may have heard by the way and of my readinesse to serve you comming warranted as I presume you will if you expect acceptance hereof and that so by a timely good intelligence began at least Offers of it on my part all misunderstandings and prejudicate opinions may be prevented and that endeavoured on either side which may best sort with his Majesties Commands and intrests of his faithfull subjects which the worthy report I have of your civilitie moderation wisedome and constant good Offices to all his Majesties well wishers and Loyall people assure me of your agreeing to and give me confidence though unknown to you to write my selfe as in such case you may be assured to find me Pera of Compll the 25. May 1647. Sir Your ready friend and most humble servant Sackvile Crow Excuse me if in your stile untill otherwise advised I spare to give you other title then you are usually known by If you have occasion to send me any advises or Copies for my better government as expected you may please for their more security to send them by the hand of this noble Gentleman whose Person I recommend to your favour To which my Lord returned this answer following SIR I Shall not lessen my selfe in your opinion by not giving you that due respect you by your courteous Letters merit I acknowledge what therein is expressed touching the honour of the King my Master with all love and honour to your selfe for it and that respect you bear me as his Ambassadour with much thankfulnesse assuring you upon mine honour and by the word of a Gentleman that I come not within your Verge with lesse power and Authority from the King of England my Master then that by which you first assumed the place notwithstanding any neglects of his ministers of State towards you which I shall make appeare upon my arrivall at Pera letting you know in the mean time that I doe not nor shall trust so farre to the reports of any as to make me prejudicate or mistake any action past or to come especially where Civility and love playes their parts no not of those Gentlemen the Merchants your present and my future charge God blessing mee whom you doe but I dare not call Rebells since my Master the King tearms them no otherwise in his Letters then his Subjects and Merchants As for the misdemeanour of my servant Varny whom I sent with Letters from his Majesty to justifie the truth of them to whom they are directed what he hath said in the justification of them if by any opposed I must maintain as being from me so Commanded what other misbeseeming carriage or speech he hath expressed against your person I doe not only dislike but shall upon hearing punish him according to merit for I so farre honour the very shadow of my Master where ever I find it that I am resolved no unworthy act dishonour or disgrace shall light upon it which can be prevented by My Lord Your most humble servant Thomas Bendish Smyrna August 18. 1647. I suppose by the ancient date of your Letters you want no informations now both of my comming and power I bring therefore no need to send you Particulars or Copies It was delivered by Master Ayloffe who receiv'd this answer by word of mouth that he was very sorry Sir Tho Bendish did give so little credit to his Letters and was so discourteous in the long deferring his answer and gave him so little satisfaction in the strength or vertue of his comming and if he did not give him that honour he pretended hee had it was his fault that would not send him a Copy of the Letter The next day therefore after

summoned by my Lord according to the Kings Command to depart for England In stead of obeying the summons sent him an unworthy and unbeseeming answer An Overture at this present was afforded to us by Arononcone the Vizeeres Jew that he would undertake that all the forenamed Propositions should be granted and for the sending my Lord Crow to Smyrna he required but seven dayes time but for the compleating hereof till which time hee would not receive an asper doe what the Merchants could hee would 35000. pounds And indeed considering the vast expences delayes would bring upon the Company and to settle the Trade in a more secure way then ever out our enemy and recover our owne Debts it was ajudged by my Lord and us all a very good bargain yet my Lord must not take knowledge of it but as made between us and the Jew privately only his gratuity to the Vizeere must seeme to doe the businesse This Bargain concluded the Jew so wrought the businesse that within the space of six dayes he got by meanes of the Vizeere a Hattesherife to send my Lord Crow out of Turky which was presently put in execution and two Chouzes sent to take him out of his house and put him into a Boat for Smyrna hee made no resistance at all but went presently with him upon Wednesday morning the three Druggermen railing upon my Lord and calling him Devill wished the Devill to take him and us all My Lady and the rest of the Family stayed behind to pack up their houshold-stuffe till Saturday following in the mean time shee made much moan that she had not an asper in the house left her besides wages of Nurses and divers other servants came to 500. l. and upwards which were unpaid This good Lady only worthy of pitty being by the evill disposition of her husband brought to this misery was thought no wayes accessary to his bad designes Wherefore my Lord moved us in way of pitty to consider her condition upon which wee sent her 1000. l. which she kindly accepted although her Husband was offered by some of us not long before 20000. l. to be quiet and depart the place in peace Strange were the Plots and designes this man had to ruine us besides the seizing of our estates lending away our ships and imprisoning our perpersons and some in chaines at one time he pretended that wee owed him 100000. l. of which to be established hee offered the Grand Signieur 50000 l. and to the Vizeere the other 50000 l. when the Estate would not give him credit in this hee workes upon the Venetians to supply him and they hoping and not without ground by this meanes to make a breach between the Turkes and us or to undoe the Merchants which might be very beneficiall both to their Wars and Trade doe furnish him both with money and presents the French Ambassadour hee had made sure to him and it is verily believed by money and therefore hee 's commonly called Sir Sackvile Crowes Broker this man sweares and saies any thing Sir Sackvile Crow would have him but being of a wretched and miserable condition and of so poore and hen-hearted a spirit was able to get no Credence in this Court Sir Sackvile Crow was to us a roaring Lion threatens nothing but Ruine and destruction and since my Lord came told some of us that he would be as Sampson if they forced him hence hee would pull the house upon them and for my Lord that dared to come against him to send him and his Followers home in Chaines he thought to light a punishment but had decreed him a perpetuall prisoner in Rhodes or Ciprus Oh how poore miserable and weake are the imaginations and fancies of man when God leaves him that this man that over-night despised the authority of his King bid defiance to his Ambassadour and scorned all men in respect of himselfe was the next day by two Chouzes without further help led into a Boat and carryed whither he never intended Here ends his story in Turky God send him more honesty in England whither wee wish him a good voyage A translate of the Imperiall Commandement directed to the Vizeere-Bassa of Egypt and to the Cadee of Egypt to the Beghs of the scales of Egypt Alexandria and Damiate to the Cadees of Alexandria Damiate and Dossetto AT the arrivall of our Imperiall Signature you all take notice That the honoured amongst the Lords of the Messia Christians the Ambassadour of England Resident at our Imperiall Port have sent a memoriall of his to the most glorious our Gatte saying That whereas the King of England is in perfect Amitie with our most happy Port And that from England doth continually come into our Imperiall Dominions severall kind of necessarie and profitable Commodities And that in the Country of England doth not grow any Rice of which Commoditie they have great need In respect of their said good friendship for the sole service of the King the said Ambassadour having requested that they might have with an Imperiall Command Licence to buy with their money yearly in these Scales 500. Erdepps of Rice To the end they may have the said quantitie of Rice without the molestation or hindrance of any body This present our Imperiall Command is granted unto them And hereby doe Command that at the arrivall hereof all you shall observe accordingly viz. that in consideration of the good and profitable Commodities which the English Nation doth bring into our Imperiall Dominions and in respect of the said Kings friendship for his own service onely yearly they buying with their money in these Scales 500. Erdipps of Rice none of you all pretending that Rice is a prohibited Commoditie shall give them any lett or hinderance neither shall you permit any our Officers Farmers or other commanders to take from them one Asper for the Custome Reft Reeme or Bagge of them neither any what man or officer soever shall molest or disturbe them nor consent that any body doe any Action contrary to the tenour of this our Imperiall Command and doe take notice accordingly And after you shall read this our Command you shall Render it back againe into the English mens hands giving alwayes full faith to our most happy Signature Written in the latter part of the Moone Regeb Anno 1050. which is anno Domini 1640. Given in the preserved Citie of Constantinople To the most Powerfull Invincible and Just Great Emperour of the Ottoman Empire Sultan Ibrachim Han unto whose Imperiall presence Charles by the Grace and Mercie of God King of England and of the Kingdomes thereunto subjected sendeth health and prosperity Beseeching the Almighty God for the preservation Glory Honour and Prosperitie of your Imperiall State IN the time of the Glorious Memorie of Sultan Murad Han. We having occasion to Revoke from the Imperiall Port where was Residing Our former Ambassadour neverthelesse intending alwayes that our Ancient Friendship Confederation and Correspondencie with the Ottoman Port should