Thomas Grolos Englishman Bishop of Astraphen. 
    Richard Silleum Prior Angliae. 
    Andreas Ludouicus Register to our Soueraigne Lord the Pope, which for
      the greater credit of the premises, haue set my seale to these
      presents.  At Rome, the day and yeere aboue written. 
    Mauricius Clement the gouernour and keeper of the English Hospitall in
      the citie.

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The King of Spaine his letters to the Lieutenant, for the placing of Iohn
  Fox in the office of a Gunner.

To the illustrious Prince, Vespasian Gonsaga Colonna, our Lieutenant and Captaine Generall of our Realme of Valentia.  Hauing consideration, that Iohn Fox Englishman hath serued vs, and was one of the most principall, which tooke away from the Turkes a certaine gallie, which they haue brought to Tarento, wherein were two hundred, fiftie, and eight Christian captiues:  we licence him to practise, and giue him the office of a Gunner, and haue ordained, that he goe to our said Realme, there to serue in the said office in the Gallies, which by our commandement are lately made.  And we doe commaund, that you cause to be payed to him eight ducats pay a moneth, for the time that he shall serue in the saide Gallies as a Gunner, or till we can otherwise prouide for him, the saide eight duckats monethly of the money which is already of our prouision, present and to come, and to haue regarde of those which come with him.  From Escuriall the tenth of August, 1577.

  I the King,
    Iuan del Gado.

And vnder that a confirmation of the Councell.

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The voyage made to Tripolis in Barbarie, in the yeere 1583. with a ship
  called the Iesus, wherein the aduentures and distresses of some
  Englishmen are truely reported, and other necessary circumstances
  obserued.  Written by Thomas Sanders.

This voyage was set foorth by the right worshipfull sir Edward Osborne knight, chiefe merchant of all the Turkish company, and one master Richard Staper, the ship being of the burden of one hundred tunnes, called the Iesus, she was builded at Farmne a riuer by Portsmouth.  The owners were master Thomas Thomson, Nicholas Carnaby, and Iohn Gilman.  The master was one Aches Hellier of Black-wall, and his Mate was one Richard Morris of that place:  their Pilot was one Anthonie Ierado a Frenchman, of the prouince of Marseils:  the purser was one William Thomson our owners sonne:  the merchants factors were Romane Sonnings a Frenchman, and Richard Skegs seruant vnto the said master Staper.  The owners were bound vnto the marchants by charter partie therevpon, in one thousand markes, that the said ship by Gods permission should goe for Tripolis in Barbarie, that is to say, first from Portsmouth to Newhauen in Normandie, from thence to S. Lucar, otherwise called Saint Lucas, in Andeluzia, and from thence to Tripolie, which is