Early Voyages And Travels in the Levant

Upon a sodon it seaste, and the water was gone, all savinge som which laye in hollow placis. Pasinge throughe this plaine, upon our righte hande we myghte se the seae, and upon the sandes an infinite company of wyld swans.1 Upon our lefte hande we sawe highe mountains. At nyghte we came to a Castell, caled Castell Turneaes,- the which dothe stand upon a verrie hie hill, posseste with a garreson of Turkes, and is 3 myles from the seae. It is a Castele that may be kepte with a verrie few men. The waye to it is so lade3 that ordenance cannot be broughte anythinge near it, On St. Stevn's Day we did thinke to have croste a parte of the sea to the iland Zante, but the wynde was so hie that we could not. On St. John's Day, the wynde beinge somwhat abatted, we carried our supportes and other Lugedge to the sea- sid, wheare we wearc in hoope to find som boats. Cominge thether, we founde a great markett of swyne and other cattell, and so thar is everie day, beinge faire weather. The iland Zante hathe all theire provition of vittell from thence. From this place it is but 12 or 18 myles by sea, yeate we had muche adow to hier a hogge boate to carrie us to Zante. For our passage and carriege of our stufe we payed seven Chickens (sequins), or 7 pecis of gould which weare nyne shillinges a peece. 1 Probably cranes. 1 Castel Tornese. 3 Ugly, Fr. laide. 4 Supportes, i.e., provisions. IN QUARANTINE. 89 Heare, at the sea sid, we parted from our drugaman, or the Tu...