WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

lo4 for our Men o f War (that call'd in ) to purfue the Pirate: And laftly, fatisfi'd every body i n the main Point, t o wit, o f having Infidels, an d Enemies on Board; For he not only let them fee , the Determination, and Practice o f th e State o f Venice, th e Grand Duke, and others, upon Com- plaints o f ours i n like cafes, bu t ihevv'd them, how th e contrary Procedure, would be a won- derful prejudice to All Chriftendom ; for ieeing our Merchantmen, carry a hundred Forreign Chriftians, t o on e Turk, i f Turks, an d their Goods, were lawful Prize t o the Chriftians, they alfo muft be fo to the Turks, and confequently, run the fame Rifque in their Perfons, and EiFedfcs, which now (as 'twas evident t o every body) they were abfolutely out o f danger of , tho' the Bar- hrj -Virates, o r the Grand Signiors Fleet, fhould meet them a t Sea , an d even knew, wh o they In fhort, after much Negotiation, hi s Excellence made Tclori (as a Bandit or Out-Law) totally