THE ADMIRABLE DELIVERANCE of 266. Christians by john Reynard Englishman from the captivity of the Turks, who had been Galley slaves many years in Alexandria.  
The number of the several Nations that were captives follow in the next page.  
LONDON Printed by Thomas Dawson, and are to be sold at the little shop at the Exchange 1608.   

Englishmen 03 266 Scots, 12 Irishmen. 10 Frenchmen, 18 Spaniards. 26 Venetians. 14 Genoese. 19 portugals. 35 Hollanders. 21 High Allmaynes. 08 Polanders. 23 Danes. 01 greeks. 39 Muscovites. 18 Hungarians. 19   

JOHN REYNARDS' Deliverance from the captivity of the Turks, and his setting free of 266. Christians that were Galley Slaves.  
OF such honour (amongst all nations) hath the trade of merchandising been ever accounted that Commerce (ever in the hottest flames of War against one another,) could find no better, or fairer means to unite them in amity, and to join them (as it were in wedlock) then by Commerce and Negotiation. This is that chain which binds Kingdoms in Leagues, begets love between princes far removed asunder, and teacheth nations, different in quality, in colour, in religion,) to deal faithfully together as brethren. Traffic (to speak of our own country) hath increased and strengthened our Navy, which is a second wall (besides that girdle of the Sea that encompasseth her body) to defend our Island. It is the breeder, and only bringer up of good Mariners, skilful Pilots and cunning Navigators, who to a state are as necessary in peace as husbandmen for the tillage, and in war, as serviceable as so many Captains for the field. Traffic is the carrier abroad of our own homespun commodities, and a bringer in of the fruits of foreign kingdoms, by which means the Merchant and Citizen grow up to wealth, and the tradeseman that lives by the hardness of his hand, is still kept and maintained in good doings. There is no coast be it never so dangerous, left unsought no language (be it never so barbarous or hard to learn) left unstudied, no people (never so wild) left unvenomed upon, nor any treasure of the earth or curious work of man left unpurchased, only for this end, to do honour to our country, & to heap riches to ourselves, both which benefits do only spring out of our Trading to foreign shores.  
For this cause therefore (A peace being concluded between the two greaf and opulent kingdoms of England and Spain) an english Ship (called the Three half Moons) being manned with eight and thirty Mariners and bravely armed with munition, was rigged, victualled, and ready furnished to take her voyage to Spain. The Gods of the Sea (the winds) knowing her intent, prepared themselves, to go along with her, and making the waves ready it becomed this Ship to hoist up sails & come on, So that which a merry gale she took her leave at Portsmouth, bending her course towards Seville, the greatest City in Spain. Gallantly did she for many days bear up her head, and danced even on the top of the billows: her masts stood up stiftly and went away like so many trees moved by enchantment, whilst the big bellied sails made haste to fly after (blustering and puffing either in scorn or in anger) yet could never overtake them: or rather as lovers roaming after young damosels at barleybreak, they took delight to see them make away before, and of purpose suffered them to use that advantage. But (alack!) how soon does the happiness of this world alter? In this bravery had she not carried herself long, but entering into the Sraights, Neptune grew angry with her, or else envying her glory, sent eight galleys of the Turks to beset her round. Now or never was both the courage and the cunning of the Mariner to be showed, for either he must by the wings of his sails fly away and so save himself, or manfully stand to it, and preserve all from danger or gloriously to suffer all to perish. Of flight was there no hope, for the winds & waves (that before were their friends and tempted them to set forth) grew now treacherous and conspired their destruction. Nothing therefore tebut the miraculous power of heaven, and their own resolutions is on their side: every man hereupon calls up his spirits, and as the suddaynes of the deadly storm would allow them, did comfort one another. It was a goodly sight to behold how to the very face of danger they did defy danger, and how in the midst of an overthrow which had round beset them, they wisely and stoutly laboured to work out a safety, nothing could be heard but noise and confusion, and yet even in that wild disorder was there to be seen an excellent method of policy. Their roaming up and down showed as if they had been all frantic, yet like so many dancers, that sometimes are here and anon anticly leap thither, fetching tournings and windings with strange and busy action, they closed up every work with a sweet and musical preparation.  
For after the close fights were made ready above and that the devilish mouths of their ordinance were opening to spit hell fire out of the belly of the Ship: up comes the Master (whose name was Grove) armed with sword and target, waving his bright blade about his head in defiance of his barbarous and bloody enemies: his very looks were able to fright death from his company, and so well did his courage become him, that it served better than all their warlike music to hearten up the rest: close by his side (as vowed partners in all fortune good or bad whatsoever) stood the Owner, the masters mate, Boteswayne, Purser and the rest of the Mariners. All of them armed, all of them full of valour, all of them full of braves: they showed on the top of the hatches, like so many well guarded battlements on the walls of a besieged city, every man encouraging his next neighbour, to fight valiantly because they were Englishmen and to die honourably (because they were Christians) rather than stoop to the basecaptivitie of those, that were Christ's professed and open enemies.  
As the Englishmen were thus busy to defend themselves on the one side, so were the Turks active in their Galleys on the other side, their Semytaries glistered in the Sun, their steeele targetts received the fire of his beams upon them, and beat it back to dazzle the eyes of them whom they assailed: Showers of musketts with bullets charged stood ready to be powered down, some were preparing to toss balls of wild fire, as if the Sea had been their tennis court, others with bulls pizzells in their hands walked up & down between the Rowers, sometimes encouraging sometimes threatening, sometimes striking the miserable galley slaves, because they should be nimble at the oar who for fear of blows more than of present death, tugged with their arms, till the Sinews of them were ready to crack with swelling, & till their eieballs in stead of bullets did almost fly out of their heads.  
At length the drums, trumpets, & mischiefs struck up their deadly consort on either side: presently does the demi canon & culvering strive to drowned that noise whilst the Sea, roars of purpose, to drown the noise of both. In this conflict, of three elements, (Air water and fire) john Raynard (the Gonner) so lively. & so stoutly behaved hinselfe, in discharging his ordnance of their great bellies, that at length fire seemed to have the mastery, for so thickly did his bullets fly abroad, & were wrapped up in such clouds of lightning, that the sea showed as if it had been all in flames, whilst the Galleys of the Turks aswell as the English Ship, could hardly but by the groans and shouts of men been found out where about in the Sea they hovered. Many Turks and many galley slaves did in this battle lose their lives, and end their Captivity: but those who survived doubling their spirits at the horror of the danger with which they were environed fell upon the English Ship in such storms of haile-shot, which still like hammers on an Anvil) lay beating on the ribs of it, that at length, the Sea offered in many places to break into her, and to get the conquest, of which glory the Turks being envious, came flying with the force of all those wooden wings that bore them up, and of purpose to board her. But at this stirring feast, Neptune was made drunk which the blood both of Christians and Turks mingled together. Here came the galleys and the Ship to grappling, look how a company of hounds, hang upon a goodly Stag, when with their noise they ring out his death, So hang these Galleys, upon the body of her: nothing of her could be seen for Smoke and fire, she was half choked with the flames and half stifled in the waters. Yet as you shall often see a Bull, when his strength seemeth to be all spent, and that he is ready to faint and fall on his knees, casts up on a sudden his surly head, and bravely renews a fresh and more fierce encounter: So did this ship break from the Galleys, like a lusty Bear from so many dogs or rather like an invineible Lion from so many bears. The Turks leapt out of their vessels, and like rats nimbly climbed up to the taclings of the ship, But the English Mariners, so laid about them with swords, brown bills, haluebeards, and morris pikes, that in so tragical an act it was half a comedy to behold what tumbling tricks the Turks made into the sea backwards. Some of them catching hold of the upper decks, had their hands strick off, and so for ever lost their feeling, other clasping their arms about a cable, to fling their bodies into the ship, lost their heads, & so knew not which way to go though it lay before them. In this terrible insurrection in Neptune's kingdom it was hard to tell for a great while who should be the winners, albeit how soever they sped, both were certain to be losers, for the Turks would not give over, & the English scorned to yield, the Owner, Master and Boteswayne cried out bravely and with loud lusty spirits let us all resolve to die, but not a man be so base as to yield to a - Turk: especially did the Boteswayne show the noble courage of a Mariner, both in directing without fear, and in bestowing blows in scorn of danger, which hard alms whilst he was dealing amongst the Miscreants, a shot was sent from a galley as a messenger of his death, & there by a spoiler (though not a conqueror) of his valour, for it broke (with the vielent stroke it gave) his whistle in sunder, & left him an the hatches with these last words in his mouth, Fight it out as you are Christians, and win honour by death.  
His fall did not abate but whetted their stomachs to a sharper revenge, only the masters mate, showed himself not worthy of that name, or to be mate to so noble a master as he was, for cowardly he cried, yield, yield, pulling in his arm from striking in the hottest of the skirmish.  
What city is not over come by the tyranny of Time, or the oppression of assaults? what shores though never so high can beat back the sea, when he swells up infury? what castles of flint or marble are not shaken with the continual thunder of the Canon? So was this poor English ship: whilst her ribs held out, and were unbroken, her Mariners held out and had their heart's sound. But when they felt her shrink under them that should bear them up in all storms and that such numbers of Turks did so oppress them with thronging in, and with beating them down, when they had scarce feet able to stand, than even then did they not yield, but yet then were they taken.  
Glad was the Turk that (though in this storm it rained down blood so fast) he was wet no farther: he looked upon his ill gotten commodity with a dull & heavy eye, for the foot of his account showed him that his gains of this voyage would not answer the treble part of his losses: Enraged at which, emptying the weather-beaten and the mangled ship both of men, and of such things as were worth the carriage, the one he took home with him to enrich the number of his spoils, the other were condemned to the Galleys.  
Near to the city of Alexandria, (being a haven town) & under the Turks dominion) is a Road, defended by strong walls, where the galleys are drawn up on shore every year in the winter season, and are there trimmed & laid up against the Spring. In this Road stands a prison where all those that serve in those galleys of Alexandria, are kept as captives, so long as the seas be rough and not passable for their Turkish vessels: hither were these christians brought the first villainy and indignity that was done unto them, was the shaving off of all the hair both of head and beard, thereby to rob them of those ornaments which all Christians make much of, because they best become them.  
It is well known to all nations in Christendom (by the woeful experience of those wretches that have felt it) what misery men endure in this thraldom under the Turk. Their lodging is the cold earth, their diet, course bread and (sometimes) stinking water, for if they should taste of the clear Spring, their drink were as good as the Turks, who never taste wine: their apparel, thin and course canvas, their stockings and shoes, heavy bolts and cold Irons, the exercise to put life into them, or to catch them a heat, is at the pleasure of a proud and dogged Turk for the least fault, nay for none at all, but only to feed his humour, to receive a hundred bastinadoes on the rim of the belly with a bulls dried péezle, at one time, and within a day after two hundred stripes on the back.  
In this most lamentable estate did these Christians continue, but it was not long ere the Master and Owner by the good means of friends were redeemed from this slavery: the rest lying by it, soon were starved to death, others with cold, and blows breathed out their last.  
But john Reynard, (the gunner) being enabled by the providence and will of God to endure this affliction with a stronger heart than others could out lived most of his fellows, only to be (as it after fell out) a preservation of his own life, with many other Christians. For having some skill in the trade of a barber, he did by that means shift now and then for victuals and mended his hard diet, whereupon growing (after a long imprisonment) into favour with the Keeper of the Christians that were galley slaves, he so behaved himself, that at length he got liberty to go in and out to the Road at his pleasure, paying a certain stipend to the Keeper, & wearing a lock about his leg: and this liberty did six more likewise purchase upon like sufferance, who by reason of long imprisonment, were never suspected to start aside, or that they had in their bosoms ever any thought to worketh Turk's any mischief, with whom they had stayed so long, that in a manner they were as brother's familiar together.  
But the wrath of winter driving all the Galleys into harbour, by which means they lay there unrigd and disfurnished of all their properties which set them forth: the Masters, Captains, and officers of the Galleys, retiring likewise either to their private affairs, or to some other employment of the State: behold there remained (at this season and part of the year) in this prison of the Road, 266. Christian prisoners, who were of fifteen several nations, and all of them taken and made slaves to the Turk.  
Amongst which there were (at this time) but only three Englishmen, & of them was this john Reynard one: who having worn out the misery of 13. or 14. years servitude under so barbarous a tyrant, began (as he full often had done before) to call to mind the happiness and freedom of his own country, which comparing to his present state, he wept to remember the one, and got up his manly courage and cast in his thoughts how to shake off the other.  
Not far from the Road, somewhat near to one side of the City, was a victualling house which one Peter Vnticaro had hired, paying also a certain fee for his liberty to the keeper of the Road, this Peter Vnticaro being a Spaniard borne, and a christian, had been prisoner under the Turks by the space of 30. years, yet never (though many times the forelock of occasion was thrust into his hands did he practise any means for his enlargement, but lived so quietly & so contentedly in outward appearance as if he had forgotten that he was borne amongst christians, or that he ever desired to be buried amongst them. Notwithstanding which, did john Reynard open his intent to this Spaniard, who consented to put it in act, & within few days after a third person (of their fellow prisoners) was drawn into the conspiracy: which there so often as they could without suspicion held conference together, laid several plots for their escape and at the end of seven weeks or there about, their counsels had fully begot the means of their present delivery. Five more therefore are made acquainted with the business to all whom liberty being sweet, (especially out of so base and in famous a slavery,) these eight resolved (in three nights following) to free not only themselves but all the rest of the Christians that were in prison. In that prison do these eight meet (at a time convenient) and there did Reynard & Vntecaro deliver to all the rest what was intended: every man was glad of the news, every man vowed to assist them, & in the action to win freedom or to end their lives. Upon this confident trust put each upon other, Reynard and Peter secretly furnished them with files, which they had as secretly provided for the purpose, charging every person to bestir himself nimbly, and to have his heels at liberty from shackles by such an hour of the following evening.  
The night approaching, Reynard and Vnticaro with the other six, being at the spaniards house, spent their time merrily, to blind the eyes of suspicion, till darkness had taken hold of the world, at which time Peter Vnticaro was sent to the Master of the Road in name of one of the Masters of the City, with whom the keeper of the Road was acquainted and at whose request he would gladly come: who desired him to meet the other at Peter's house presently, promising to bring him back again to the Road.  
The keeper upon delivery of this message, agreed to go with Vnticaro, commanding the warders not to bar the gate, because his return should be speedy.  
In the mean season had the other seven who stayed in Peter's house, furnished themselves with such weapons as the time and place did afford them, amongst whom john Reynard had gotten an old rusty sword blade, without either hilt or pummel, which not with standing by bending the hand-end of the sword in stead of a pummel, to serve his turn, the other had spits and glaives etc.  
The keeper of the Road being with Vnticaro entered into the house, the lights were of purpose put out and no noise of any living creature to be heard: At which the keeper of the Road being astonished, and suspecting some villainy, stepped back, but john Reynard having hid himself in a corner next to the door, stepped forth unto him and stopped his passage, who perceiving it to be john Reynard, and that he was armed (as he might well fear) for mischief, said thus O Reynard what have I deserved at thy hands, that thou seekest my death. Marry this hast thou deserved (quoth Reynard) and struck him on the head, that he cloven his skull, thou hast been a sucker of much Christian blood, and therefore die like a villain, no sooner was his hands lifted up to give his fatal blow, but the rest (being at his elbow) came forward, & quickly dispatched him, cutting of his head and so mangled him that he could not be known.  
This prologue to the Tragedy going off so well, heaven was by this time hung all over with black to add a grace to that which was to be acted: no time therefore do they lose, but steal softly and yet resolutely to the Road, where entering they found sire warders only, who asked who is there: All friends replied yt-other & were let in, But instead of welcomes blows were given and the six warders in a short time left dead on the floor.  
Upon this, (taking their enemy's weapons to defend themselves,) were the gates presently barred up strongly and the mouth of a Canon planted full upon it, ready charged and one appointed with a linstock to give fire if any assault were made upon them. Then entered they into the jailers lodge where they found the keys both of the fortress and of the prison, by his bedside, and in his chamber were they armed, with better weapons. In this lodge of the keepers, found they likewise a chest, which Vnticaro and one or two more opening, found well lined with Ducats: the Spaniard and some others neglecting the business in hand, stuffed their bosoms and pockets with this gold, but Reynard dissuaded them from that covetousness which was likely to be the overthrow of them all, wishing them to provide for their liberty which should return to the honour of God and of their countries, rather than to sell their lives yea perhaps their souls for the treasure of Infidels. But the Spaniard and his companions liked the colour of the Ducats better than john Reynards' doctrine, and therefore they hastened away to the prison, whose doors being opened, It appeared that they with their files had plied their work aswell within, as the other had with their weapons abroad for every man's legs were delivered from his Irons: whereupon having first put certain warders (that were to look to the prison) to silence for ever speaking more, they all fell roundly to labour, some to ramming up the gates, some to launch out a certain Galley which was the best in all the Road, and was called the Captain of Alexandria, some carried masts, others fetched Sails, others laid in oars, all of them were busy, all of them sweat hard, yet none of them were weary.  
In killing those Turks that were warders about the prison, eight other Turks hearing a noise, and suspecting mischief, got up to the top of the prison, between whom and the prisoners, (who could not come near them but by ladders) was a hot skirmish. Some were wounded on both sides, some slain outright. john Reynard was thrice shot through his apparel but not hurt: Peter Vnticaro and the rest that shared in the Ducats being not able to carry their bodies in this danger, by reason of the gold about them, which wearied them with the weight were there first mortally wounded, and afterwere stricken down dead.  
Amongst the Turks was one thrust through, who falling from the top of the prison wall, made so horrible a noise that the Turks who dwelled within hearing (for here and there stood a house or two scattering) came to take him up ere he was full dead, and by him understood, how the Galley slaves were reckoning with the Turks about their ransom without paying any thing but cracked crowns towards it: hereupon they raised both that part of Alexandria which lay on the west side of the Road, and a Castle which was at the end of the City next to the Road, also another fortress which lay on the other side of the Road.  
The alarum thus on every side being given, danger and death did round about beset the poor Christians: there was but one only passage to escape forth, and that lay between the very jaws of destruction: yet not withstanding no man's heart failed him, the nearer death came towards this company of wretches, the less seemed they to care for his threatenings, for the Road is still replenished with lusty Soldiers, with stout labourers and with tough Mariners, all whose hands are full of helping one another in this great work of life and death, some to victual the galley that must save them, others to hang up the tacklings, others to line it with shot for defence against enemies, but the most part were busy in keeping the Turks from the wall of the Road. In the end all things being in a readiness, every man leapt into the Galley joyfully, hoist up sails lustily, and launched into the Seas merrily, submitting their lives, and fortunes to the mercy of him, that commands both sea and land.  
The vessel floats on the waves like a goodly pageant, she flies away by the help of oars as if she had borrowed so many wings, and in a moment is she gotten safe out of the Road, but having escaped one danger, she encounters a greater, for now on both sides of her, do the two Castles send out their vengeance: the Canons roar, and shoot to sink them, the waves watch that advantage and gape to devour them: forty and five bullets, (dreadful as thunder) fell about these Christians ears, yet not one of them bruised their heads: they came out of the Road safely, and went from the danger of the Castles securely, for joy whereof, they gave a lusty shout, that echoed and rebounded back again between the clouds and the shore.  
On they went, and though the winds began to grow angry, and to threaten storms, yet with cheerful hearts did they choose rather to perish in the eye of heaven, and by the hand of God, then to be fetched back again and bear the yoke of Infidels. For casting their eyes back, they might behold the Turks, (for by this time the sun was a good way on his forenoon's journey) coming down to the Seaside in swarms like locusts to devour a country: all of them laying their hands to launch out Galleys, and follow the Christians. But such a spirit of rage, madness, disorder, and fear, fell upon them, that what one set forward, three hindered. And as in a City fired in the night time, men are so astonished, that they scarce can find the common ways by which they may save themselves, no more could the Turks in this wild & giddy tumult, know how to further themselves. After much labour therefore, and nothing prospering, after much crying out upon Mahomet, and more cursing the Christians, they quieted there spleens, & looked about them how to make good what was in this battle and battery of the Christians defaced, whilst in the mean time, the poor Captives, were both out of their sight, & out of their jurisdiction.  
For away went they rowndly, one company still and anon leaping to the oar, as another felt themselves weary. All their prayers being powered out, that the hand of heaven would so guide them, that they might land upon some Christian shore. A long time did they thus wander in those incertain paths of the Sea, the winds sometime blowing gently on their faces and sometimes angrily: In so much that at length, victuals began to fail them, And then Famine (a more cursed enemy then him from whom they escaped, yea then death itself) opened her unwholesome jaws, and with her stinking breath blasted their cheeks, by which means in 28. days, (wherein they were tossed up & down from billow to billow) their died for want of bread eight persons, to the astonishment of all the rest, that looked still for their turn, and to be flung over board after their fellows.  
But with a more merciful eye (when he beheld how patiently they endured his trials) did God look down upon them. And on the 29. day after they set from Alexandria, they fell upon the Island of Candy, & so put in at Gallipolie, where the Abbot and Monks of the place gave them good entertainment, warmed them, and gave them food, not suffering them to depart till they had refreshed their bodies & had gathered strength to proceed on their journey. The sword with which john Reynard, had slain the Turkish jailor, did they hang up for a monument, in remembrance that by so weak an instrument so many Christians were delivered from so barbarous a thraldom  
From hence they sailed alongst the coast till they arrived at Tarento, where they sold their Galley, divided the money amongst themselves, every man having a part of it to relieve them: for so hardly were they pursued by the Turkish Galleys, that often times they came to that place at night, from whence the Christians went away but the morning before. So that it behoved them to use all the diligent speed they could, and not to tarry long in one country, From Tarento therefore do they travail by land to Naples, & there did they separate themselves & break company, every man shaping his best course to get to his own home.  
john Reynard took his journey to Rome, where he found good and friendly entertainment at the hands of an English man, by whose means the Pope gave him a liberal reward, and sent him with commendatory letters to the King of Spain, who for that worthy exploit upon the Turks gave him in fee 20. pence by the day. But the love of his own country calling him from thence he forsook Spain, and his preferment there, and returned to England. ⸫   

❧ The Copy of the Certificate for john Reynard and his company, made by the Prior and the Brethren of Gallipoly, where they first landed.  
WE the Prior and Fathers of the Covent of the Amerciates of the city of Gallipoly, of the order of Preachers, do testify that upon the nineteenth of januarie, there came into the said city a certain Galley from Alexandria, taken from the Turks with two hundred fifty and eight Christians, whereof was principal Master john Reynard an English man a Gunner, and one of the chiefest that did accomplish that great work, whereby so many christians have recovered their liberty. In token and remembrance whereof, upon our earnest request to the same john Reynard, he hath left here an old sword wherewith he slew the keeper of the prison: which sword we do as a monument and memorial of so worthy a deed hang up in the chief place of our Covent house. And for because all things aforesaid are such as we will testify to be true, as they are orderly passed, and have therefore good credit that so much as is above expressed is true, and for the more faith thereof, we the Prior and Father's aforesaid have ratified and subscribed these Presents. Given in Gallipoly.  


I Friar Vincent Barba Prior of the same place, confirm the premises as they are above written.  
I Friar Albert Damaro of Gallipoly Subprior, confirm as much.  
I Friar Anthony Celleler of Galli, confirm as aforesaid.  
I Friar Bartilmew of Gallipoly, confirm as abovesaid.  
I Friar Francis of Gallipoly, confirm as much.     

❧ The Bishop of Rome his Letters in the behalf of john Reynard.  
BE it known unto all men to whom this writing shall come, that the bringer hereof john Reynard Englishman a Gunner, after he had served Captive in the Turks Galleys by the space of fourteen years, at length thorough God his help taking good opportunity the third of january, slew the keeper of the prison, whom he first struck on the face, together with four and twenty other Turks, by the assistance of his fellow prisoners, and with two hundred sixty six Christians, (of whose liberty he was the author) launched from Alexandria, and from thence arrived first at Gallipoly in Candie, and afterwards at Tarento in Apulia: the written testimony and credit of which things as also of others, the same john Reynard hath in public tables from Naples.  
Some few days since he came to Rome. and is now determined to take his journey to the Spanish Court, hoping there to obtain some relief toward his living, wherefore the poor distressed man humbly beseecheth, and we in his behalf, do in the bowels of Christ desire you, that taking compassion of his former captivity and present penury, you do not only freely suffer him to pass throughout all your cities and towns, but also succour him with your charitable alms, the reward whereof you shall hereafter most assuredly receive, which we hope you will afford to him, whom with tender affection of pity we commend unto you. At Rome.  


Thomas Grolos Englishman Bishop of Astraphen.  
Richard Silleun Prior Angliae.  
Andrea's Ludovicus, Register to our Sovereign Lord the Pope, which for the greater credit of the premises, have set my seal to these presents.   At Rome the day and year above written. Mauricus Clenotus, the Governor and keeper of the English hospital in the City.   

❧ The King of Spain his Letters to the Lieutenant, for the placing of john Reynard in the office of a Gunner, etc.  
TO the illustrious Prince, Vespasian Gonsaga Colona, our Lieutenant and Captain General of our Realm of Valentia. Having consideration that john Reynard Englishman, hath served us, and was one of the most principal which took away from the Turks a certain galley, which they have brought to Tarento, wherein were two hundred, fifty, and eight Christian captives:  
We licence him to practise, and give him the office of a Gunner, and have ordained that he go to our said Realm, there to serve in the said office in the Galleys, which by our commandment is lately made. And we do command, that you cause to be paid to him eight ducats pay a month, for the time that he shall serve in the said Galleys as a Gunner, or till we can otherwise provide for him, the said eight ducats monthly of the money which is already of our provision present and to come, and to have regard of those which come with him. From Escurial.  
I the King. ivan del Gado. And under that a confirmation of the Counsel.