_Don John_ of _Cordona_ fared better; for, by the care of _Adam a Ditrichstein_, Baron of _Austria_, who married his Sister, and by my engaging for him, he returned safe into _Spain_. As for _de Sande_, he was brought into the _Divan_, and there _Rustan_ demanded of him, what his Master meant by invading other Men’s Rights, when he could not maintain his own? _De Sande_ answered, the Question belonged not to him to answer; ’twas his part only to execute his Master’s Commands as faithfully as he could, wherein Fortune had been against him. However, he begged the _Bashaws_ upon his Knees, that, in regard he had a Wife and Children at Home, they would speak a good Word for him to _Solyman_. _Rustan_ answered, that their Emperor was of a merciful Disposition, and that they would intercede for him. Thus was he sent Prisoner to the Castle called _Caradenis_, that is, _of the Black Sea_: He was not gone far, before he was sent for back again, because the Chief of the Bed-Chamber had not seen him; who, I have find before, is a Man of great Authority with his Prince. Upon this Countermand, some say, that, though otherwise undaunted, he was a little faint-hearted, as fearing he was brought back to his Ruin; but it proved otherwise. As for the other Prisoners, the chief of them, as _Sancho de Leyva_ with his two natural Sons, and _Don Bellinger_ himself, were sent into the Castle of _Pera_, or _Galata_. As soon as I was made acquainted with their Condition, and in what want of all Things they were, I thought it my Duty to do my best to relieve them; and thereupon I sent some to comfort them, and to promise them all the good Offices that lay in my power: And, from that Day forward, my House was a common Receptacle for all the Prisoners; and I did them all the Kindness I could. For, you must know, the _Turks_ think their Prisoners well enough provided for, if they allow them Bread and Water. They have no regard to any Man’s Age or Constitution, or to the time of the Year; whether they be Sick or Well, Strong or Weak, Old or Young, ’tis all one to them; they are all treated after one and the same manner. Hereupon, I was forced to provide several sorts of Relief for several Necessities, different Diseases requiring different Cures. There lay a multitude of sick Persons in a certain Temple of _Pera_, a Town over against _Byzantium_, whom the _Turks_ cast out as Abjects; and many of them perished for want of convenient Broths to relieve their sick Stomachs, and recover their lost Strength by degrees. When I was told thereof, I dealt with a Friend of mine, a Citizen of _Pera_, desiring him to buy some Weather-Sheep every day, and boil them at his own House, to distribute the Flesh to some, and the Broth to others, as their Stomachs could bear; which was a great Relief to abundance of them: But those which were in Health, required another sort of Assistance. My House was full from Morning to Night with several Complaints. Some were used to