Guiltless, and that all the Fault lay at the _Caddy_’s Door. In the mean time I sent my Interpreters to demand my Servants; but _Rustan_ thought fit to refer the Matter to the _Divan_, lest, if the _Sultan_ should hear of it, he might suspect, that a Bribe had made him partial and negligent in the _Caddy_’s Case. I had at this time some intimate acquaintance with _Haly_, to whom I sent my _Druggerman_ with a grievous Complaint, that I might not suffer Wrong to the end of the Chapter; _Haly_ undertook my Cause, and bid me rest confident that the Business would soon end to my Satisfaction. But _Rustan_ came not off so handsomely; he feared it might be thought that Money had inclined him more to favour me, and therefore had rather the Business were made up with the _Caddy_; he wished, therefore, I would offer him a few Ducats to appease him, 25 were enough. I gave him Thanks for his Advice, and told him, that if he desired me to throw so many Ducats into the Sea, I would willingly do it for his sake; but that Money was not so much to be considered in this case, as Example: _For_, said I, _if he that did my Servants an Injury, must be paid for his Labour, a larger Fund than mine would not suffice; for if a Man tear his Clothes, while he is intending to do my People an Injury, he knew where to have Money to buy new ones, which was an unworthy thing, and by no means to be indured by me._ Thus were my Servants, by the Mediations of _Haly_ sent home to me. When the _Bailo_ of _Venice_ heard of their Release, he sent for one of my Servants present, and desired to know of him, what that Business had cost me? _Not a Doit_, said he. Then said the _Bailo_, _It would have cost me 200 Ducats before I could have come off._ But the poor Judge suffered most of all; for he was put out of his Office, the _Turks_ accounting it an absurd and hainous thing to be beaten by a _Christian_, as he confessed he had been. As for the Release of the _Spanish_ Commanders, it was obtained by my Mediation; they were these, _De Sande_ Commander of the Land Forces, and _Leyva_, and _Requesne_, the one Admiral of the _Neapolitan_, the other of the _Sicilian_ Gallies. In short, I’ll tell you how I compassed their Release: The Peace made between the Kings of _Spain_ and _France_, did much trouble the _Turks_, as being inconvenient to their Affairs, especially considering that they were not comprehended in it, as at first they thought they should be; yet they dissembled the matter at present, but sought for an Opportunity to shew their dislike of it. _Solyman_ had writ to the King of _France_, that he agreed to the Peace, yet would have him remember, _That Old Friends are not easily made Enemies, nor Old Enemies, Friends_. This Disgust of the _Turks_ was of no small Advantage to my Affairs: To which _Haly Bassa_’s Affection, and _Ebrahim_’s great desire to shew his Gratitude to me, did very much contribute.