Travels to Tana and Persia : $b A narrative of Italian travels in Persia, in the 15th and 16th centuriesBarbaro, Giosofat
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Travels to Tana and Persia : $b A narrative of Italian travels in Persia, in the 15th and 16th centuries
Barbaro, Giosofat
Iran -- Description and travel; Voyages and travels
The next morning about iiij houres of the day, Theminga
tolde me there came one out of the castell to him, offering to yelde the
castell if we wolde save their persons and their goodes, which I declared
to oʳ capitaigne; and so was commanded by him to promise, by means of
Theminga, that they and all theirs, wᵗʰ their goodes, shulde be saufe,
and that in case they were not disposed to contynewe there they shulde be
saufely conducted whither they wolde. Having declared this to Theminga,
he wolde I shulde go speke wᵗʰ the lorde of the castell; and so went to
the gate, wheare, through a little square wyndowe, I spake wᵗʰ him, and,
aftre many woordes, he concluded that vpon this condicion rehearsed he
wolde deliver the castell. Whereupon, the promise being made, he opened
the gates and suffered me wᵗʰ oʳ Admyrall and three of oʳ galeymen, wᵗʰ
oʳ interpretoʳ to enter. I asked him wheare he wolde be, he answered that
he desired to go into Soria; and for his more suretie to be conducted wᵗʰ
his wife, children and goods by one of oʳ galeys, which I promised him.
And so incontinently he caused his goodes to be packed, whereof a great
deal was made readie before, and he issued out of the gate wᵗhall, and
the rest of those that were in the castell aftre him, which were to the
nombre of clⁱᵉ ꝑsons in all, and descending downe the hyll mett wᵗʰ oʳ
capitaigne that was comyng up wᵗʰ a good nombre of galeymen to receaue
the castell, which galeymen, neither for the capⁿᵉˢ commandement nor yet
for thretenyng, wolde forbeare the spoyle of those goodes and persons,
being not a litle grief to the capitaigne and proveditoʳ, and to all
them that had vnderstanding, considering the faithful promise that had
been made in their name. Thus having receaued the castell I retoʳned
to the galey, and that evenyng late the capⁿᵉ sent for me, lamenting
wonderfully the chaunce that was happened, willing me to go to the
capitaine of the Caramano to excuse him, and to declare what I thought
convenient touching the disobedience and rage of the galeymen; and what
he further mynded to do, as well in their favoʳ that had been robbed as
against them that had com̄itted the roberie. Thus being retoʳned to the
seaside, I founde myne interpretoʳ wᵗʰ an asse laden wᵗʰ these goods,
which I not only caused incontinently to be taken from him, but also
made him to be well beaten. Than went I to Theminga, capⁿᵉ to caramano,
and whan I had excused the matter as I was appointed, in conclusion I
promised him the next daye following all thinges shulde be restored. He
receaued me thankfully, saieing that it greved him that the lorde of
Sigi wᵗʰ all his (being rebells vnto his lorde) had not been slayne,
wherefore seing he passed so litle vpon that which was happened, I salued
the matter, saieng it was convenient we shulde observe oʳ promise made
vnto them, and that the thing so chaunced proceaded of the galeymennes
furie sore against the captaignes, proveditors, and all the sopracomitos
willes.
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