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 e. An hour before day, we left the port, and filed along the coaſt before the wind; about noon e diſcerned three veſſels, wher upon we gave them hale : in leſs than two hours we got up to them, And then we could eaſily perceive that they were Turkiſh galleys; whereof we were no ſooner aſſur- d, but we betook ourſelves to flight, making to and with all ſpeed poſſible. The Turks underſtanding our deſign, preſently hoiſted up all their ails, and having the wind favourable, bore up ſo loſe, that they diſcharged their ordnance on us, herewith they killed eight of our men, and ſo battered our ſhip, that we were forced to throw a great quantity of our lading over-board. The Turks in the mean while loſt no time, but grappled is; and we, knowing that on our velour and courage depended our lives, or loſs of libery, reſolved o fight it out. With this determination we boarded one of them, but being overpowered with numbers, and ſo overpreſt and wearied, that we deſiſted from making any further reſiſtance: for of 35 men we had at first, we only had remaining 10, whereof two died the next day, whom the Turks cut in quarters and hung at their main-yards, as a ſign of victory. Being taken, we were carried to a town called Mocca. We were chained all together, and in that manner were we led in triumph; and as we paſſed along, we had our heads waſhed with women's roſe-water, thrown down upon us from balconies, with other filth, in derifion and contempt of the name of Chriſtian. Having tired themſelves in tormenting us, bound as we were, they clapped us into a dungeon, where we remained 21 days, expoſed to all kind of miſery, having no other proviſion allowed us than a little rice and water, which was diſtributed to us every morning: for variety ſake, we had ſome times a ſmall quantity of peas ſoaked in water. Being tired of puniſhing, they brought us into