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 amounted to eightpeneeeightpence [sic] English Not crediting these words, the robbers, searched all his elothesclothes [sic] and budget, but found nothing exeeptexcept [sic] his linen and reeommendatoryrecommendatory [sic] letters from several princes, partieularlyparticularly [sic] the Doge of VenieeVenice [sic], whose subjects they were: this moved the Italian to eompassioncompassion [sic], and he earnestly intreated the others to save our traveller’s life, at length they restored to him his pilgrim’s clothes and letters, but kept his blue gown and byzantinos, and as a passport gave, him a stamped piece of clay, to shew to any of their eompanionscompanions [sic], if he met them, the band eonsistingconsisting [sic] of twenty. Travelling that day thirty seven miles, he reaehedreached [sic] at night the miserable village of Pickehorno, where he eouldcould [sic] find neither meat, drink, lodging, nor any refreshment. The Candiots, a barbarous people thronging round him, seeming amaxed at his wanting both eompanycompany [sic] and their language, a compassionate female having privately made him signs that his death was eoncertedconcerted [sic], he stole away from them in the night, and lay till morning in a eavecave [sic] by the seaside hungry and thirsty, and his heart fainting in him.

At sun-rising, he quitted his lurking plaeeplace [sic], and about noon reached Canea, the seeondsecond [sic] city of Crete, aneientlyanciently [sic] Cydon. While he was there, six gallies arrived Iron VenieeVenice [sic], in one of which