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 him into the sea. Nothing was saved but his eoffercoffer [sic] made of reeds in which he earriedcarried [sic] his papers and linen, and held it always in his arms. In this eavecave [sic], which was 30 paeespaces [sic] long, they abode three days without meat and drink, till, on the fourth, the tempest eeasingceasing [sic] some fishing boats relieved them. Seventeen other boats were cast away on this coast and not a man saved. Through this island Lithgow travelled with a thankful heart to Sio the eapitalcapital [sic], where, passing by an old castle, he was told that Homer’s sepulchre was still extant there; and being desirous to see it, hedeseendeddescended [sic] by sixteen steps into a dark cell, and through that to another square room, where he saw an aneientancient [sic] tomb on which were engraven some aneientancient [sic] Greek letters, which he eouldcould [sic] not understand. By Mitylene, or Lesboa he next sailed in a earmoesalocarmoesalo [sic] to Negropoint (of old Euboea,) and in their way they were ehasedchased [sic] by two Turkish galliots into a long creek, where the Turks were deterred from attacking them, by bonfires made by the Greeks for six sueeeedingsucceeding [sic] nights, our traveller, as a stranger, being exposed every night to stand eentinelcentinel [sic] in the midst of frost and snow, on the top of a high promontory whiehwhich [sic] however invited his mule to bewail his toilsome life, his solitary wandering, and his long distance from his native eountrycountry [sic].