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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My frende Myghell Watson, when he saw this, he seemed to be verrie
fearfull, and would have perswaded us to go no farther, tellinge us that
surly those that did inhabite thare weare savidge men, and myghte easalye
wronge us, we hauinge no sordes or dageres, nether any more Company; but
I tould him that yf thei weare divers, I would, with Godes help, be as
good as my worde. So, with muche adow, we gott him to go to that storie
wheare we sawe the man with his club; and than we saw that that man was
a heardman. Yeate, for all this, Myghell Watson swore that he would goo
no farther, com of it what would. Edward Hale sayd somthinge fayntly that
he would not leave me, but se the end. So we tow traveled forwarde, and
when we cam somthinge neare the topp, we saw tow horsis grasinge, with
packe sadls on ther backes, and one man cominge downe the hill towardes
us, having nothinge in his handes. Cothe I to my fellow: Nede, we shall
see by this man what people they be that inhabit heare. When this man
came unto us he lay his hand upon his breste, and boued his head and
bodye with smylinge countinance, makinge us a sine to go up still. Yeat
than Ned Hall began to diswade me from goinge any further; but I tould
him it would not stand with my othe to go backe untill I had bene as
farr as I could go. Cominge to the top thare was a prittie fair grene,
and on one sid of it a whyte house bulte of lyme, and some square, the
whyche had bene the house of an ancoriste, who, as I harde after wardes,
Died but a litle before our cominge thether, and that she had lived five
hundrethe years. Ryghte before us, on the farther side of the greene, I
saw a house of som 20 pacis longe, and waled aboute one yarde hie, and
than opene to the eaves, which was aboute a yarde more. And I se a man
on the inside reatche oute a coper kettell to one that stood with oute
the wale. Than saide I to Ned Hale: I will go to yender house and gitt
som drinke, for I have greate neede. The wether was verrie hote, and I
was fastinge. But Ned Hale tould me that I had no reason to drinke at
there handes, nether to go any nearer them. Yeate I wente bouldly to the
sid of the house, whear I saw another man drinke, and made a sine to
him within that I woulde drinke. Than he touke up the same ketle which
had water in it, and offer it me to drinke. And when I did put out my
hande to take it, he would not give it me, but sett it further of, and
than cam near the wale againe, and lifte up a carpit which lay on the
ground, and thar was six bottels full of verrie good wyne, and a faire
silver cupe, and he filed that silver boule full of a redeishe wyne,
which they do cale Rebola, and he gave it me to drinke; and when I had
it in my hande I caled to my frende Nede Hale, who stood a far of, for
he was a fraide to com neare. Hear, Nede, cothe I, a carrouse to all
our frendes in Inglande. I pray you, cothe he, take heede what you dow.
Will you take what drinke they give you? Yeae, truly, cothe I; for it
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