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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10493	The famous and wonderfull recoverie of a ship of Bristoll, called the Exchange, from the Turkish Pirates of Argier With the vnmatchable attempts and good successe of Iohn Rawlins, pilot in her, and other slaues; who in the end with the slaughter of about 40. of the Turkes and Moores, brought the ship into Plimouth the 13. of February last; with the captaine a renegado, and 5. Turkes more, besides the redemption of 24. men, and one boy, from Turkish slauerie.	Rawlins, John.	1622 (1622)	STC 20769; ESTC S102577	19,518	40

THE FAMOVS AND WONDERFVLL RECOVERIE of a Ship of Bristoll called the Exchange from the Turkish Pirates of ARGIER WITH THE VNMATCHABLE attempts and good successe of Iohn Rawlins Pilot in her and other slaues who in the end with the slaughter of about 40. of the Turkes and Moores brought the Ship into Plimouth the 13. of February last with the Captaine a Renegado and 5. Turkes more besides the redemption of 24. men and one boy from Turkish slauerie LONDON Printed for Nathaniel Butter dwelling at the Pide Bull at Saint Austins Gate 1622. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE GEORGE Marquisse of Buckingham Vicount Villiers Baron of Whaddon Lord high Admirall of England Iustice in Eyre of all his Majesties Forrests Parkes and Chases beyond Trent Master of the Horse to his Majestie and one of the Gentlemen of his Majesties Bed-Chamber Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and one of his Majesties most honourable Priuie Councell of England and Scotland Right Honourable SEeing it hath pleased God by so weake meanes as my poore selfe to haue his power and goodnesse made manifest to the world as by this following Relation may appeare I thought it my dutie to present the same vnto you whom the Majestie of England hath presented vnto vs as our Patron and chiefe Commander of our Sea-affaires Accept it then I humbly beseech you as an vnpolished worke of a poore Sailer and the rather for that it exemplifies the glory of God for by such men as my selfe your Honour must be serued and England made the happiest of all Nations For though you haue greater persons and more brauing spirits to lie ouer our heads and hold inferiours in subiection yet are we the men that must pull the ropes weigh vp the anchors toile in the night endure the stormes sweat at the Helme watch the Biticle attend the Compasse guard the Ordnance keepe the night houres and be ready for all impositions If then you vouchsafe to entertaine it I haue my desire For according to the oath of Iurors it is the truth and the very truth If otherwise you suppose it triuiall it is only the prostitution of my seruice and wisdome is not bought in the market Your Honours humbly to be commanded John Rawlins THE FAMOVS and wonderfull recouery of the Exchange of BRISTOVV from the Turkish Pirats of ARGIER THe Psalmist saith that he that goeth to sea shall see the wonders of God and I may well say that hee that conuerseth with Mariners and Saylers shall heare of the wonders of men as by this following discourse shall appeare not that I am willing to be the author of nouelty or amaze you with incredible reports but because I would not let slip so remarkeable an accident and so profitable a relation remarkable as extending to manifest the power and glory of God who hath variety of supportation in store to sweeten affliction make all endurances subiect to fortitude and patience profitable as being thus farre exemplary to teach all men of action and imployment not to dispaire in distresse and to know thus much that braue attempts are compassed by resolution and industrious imployment and whether they thriue or no yet shall the enterprise be Charactered with a worthy exploit and if it end with successe oh how shall the Actors be remembred to posterity and make their fame immortall that either purchased their liberty euen out of fire or deliuered themselues though by death it selfe from slauish captiuitie or the thraldome of barbarous Infidels who glory in nothing more then the perdition of our soules and derision of our Christ Hearken then I pray you to this following relation and learne hereby as I said both to giue God the praise of all deliuerances and to instruct one another in the absolute duties of Christianity By the one the power and prouidence with all the attributes belonging to so immense a deitie shall be made manifest by the other the weake brother shall bee comforted the strong confirmed the wauering reduced the faint hearted erected and the presumptuous moderated By both religion shall haue a sweet passage in the consciences of men and men made the happy instruments of Gods glory and their owne increases of good example and imitation And thus much for preamble or introduction now to the matter it selfe In the yeere 1621. the first of Nouember there was one Iohn Rawlins borne in Rochester and dwelling 23. yeere in Plimmoth imployed to the strait of Gibralter by Mr. Richard and Steuen Treuiles marchants of Plimmoth and fraighted in a barke called the Nicholas of Plimmoth of the burthen of 40. Tunne which had also in her company another ship of Plimmoth called the George Bonauenture of 70. Tunne burthen or thereabout which by reason of her greatnesse beyond the other I will name the Admirall and Iohn Rawlins barke shall if you please bee the Viceadmirall These two according to the time of yeere had a faire passage and by the 18. of the same month came to a place at the entring of the straites named Trafflegar but the next morning being in sight of Gibralter at the very mouth of the straites the watch descried 5. saile of ships who as it seemed vsed all the meanes they could to come neere vs and we as we had cause vsed the same meanes to goe as farre from them yet did their Admirall take in both his top sailes that either we might not suspect them or that his owne company might come vp the closer together At last perceiuing vs Christians they fell from deuices to apparent discouery of hostility and making out against vs wee againe suspecting them Pirats tooke our course to escape from them and made all the sailes we possibly could for Terriff or Gibralter but all wee could doe could not preuent their approach For suddenly one of them came right ouer against vs to winde ward and so fell vpon our quarter another came vpon our luffe and so threatned vs there and at last all fiue chas'd vs making great speed to surprise vs. Their Admirall was called Callfater hauing vpon her maine top-saile two top-gallant sailes one aboue another But whereas we thought them all fiue to be Turkish ships of warre we afterwards vnderstood that two of them were their prises the one a small ship of London the other of the West countrey that came out of the Quactath laden with figges and other merchandise but now subiect to the Fortune of the sea and the captiuity of Pirats But to our businesse Three of these ships got much vpon vs and so much that ere halfe the day was spent the Admirall who was the best sayler fetcht vp the George Bonauenture and made booty of it The Vice-admirall againe being neerest vnto the lesser barke whereof Iohn Rawlins was Master shewed him the force of a stronger arme and by his Turkish name called Villa-Rise commanded him in like sort to strike his sailes and submit to his mercy which not to be