Early voyages and travels in the Levant : $b I.—The diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.—Extracts from the diaries of Dr. John Covel, 1670-1679. With some account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants. — John Shaqi
Early voyages and travels in the Levant : $b I.—The diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.—Extracts from the diaries of Dr. John Covel, 1670-1679. With some account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants.Covel, John
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Early voyages and travels in the Levant : $b I.—The diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.—Extracts from the diaries of Dr. John Covel, 1670-1679. With some account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants.
Covel, John
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Comminge to Graves ende, I wente aborde our shipp, Called the Heckter,
and thare placed my chiste, my bedinge, and a pare of virginals,[19]
which the martchantes did alow me to carrie, for my exersize by the
waye. Other comoditis I carriede none, savinge one grose of tin spounes,
the which coste me nyne shillinges; and thirtie pounde of tin in bares,
which coste me 18_s._ The shipe beinge verrie unreddie, and no cabbins
appoynted for passingeres, I was constrainede to go into the towne for
my Lodginge and Diette, till the thirtenthe Daye in the After nowne, at
which time anker was wayed and we under sayle, untill we came to Deale
Castell.
Cominge to Deale Castell, thare we came to an anker, for the wynde sarved
not to pass by Dover. Thar our ship stayed fouer dayes for a wynde. In
the meane time we wente a shore into the towne of Deale, and also to
Sandwiche, to make our selves merrie. When the wynde came fayer, it was
in the nyghte, and diverse of us that weare passingers, and also som
saylers, weare in the towne of Deale, wheare som of our company had
dranke verrie moche, espetialy one of our five Trumpeters, who, beinge
in Drinke, had Lockid his Chamber dore; and when he that came from the
ship to call us went under his chamber wyndoe and caled him, he Came to
the wyndoe and insulted him; whear upon we wente all a waye a borde our
ship, and lefte that Dronkerde be hinde. Thar the wynde sarvinge well, we
sayled merraly by Dover, and so a longe the Sleve.[20]
But beinge aboute 30 leages at sea, sodonly thare cam a contrarie wynde,
the which did prove a marvalus greate storme for the space of eyghte and
fortie houres. In the nyghte we did not only louse our pinis caled the
Lanerett,[21] who was to goo with us to the gulfe of Venis, but we also
loste our selves, not knowinge whear we weare by Reason the fogge was
so greate that we could se no son. When it began anythinge to cleare,
we founde our selves to be harde upon the ponie stones[22] betwyxt
Ingland and Ierlande, a verrie dangerus place. Than our mariners did
Labur to gitte into the mayn otion againe, but the storme not altogether
seacinge, but the foge more Increasinge, we wear the next Daye at a non
plus againe, not knowinge wheare we weare, but beinge under sayle, and
the foge verrie thicke. Upon a sodon we saw the seae breake a gainste
the shore, the which was verrie greate Rockes, and we weare so neare the
shore that it was not possible to caste aboute in time to save ourselves
from shipwracke, but it pleased almyghtie God so to defend us from harme
that we weare juste befor the harbur at Dartmouthe, a verrie straite
entrie betwyxte greate Rockes that ar on bothe sides of that entrie. Than
weare we all verrie joyfull, and entred in thare verrie willingly. Thare
we stayed four dayes. In the meane time the Mr.[23] and Martchantes sent
postes aboute to all the haven townes upon that coste to inquier of our
pinis, the Lanerett. In the End word was brought that presently, after
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