whether I did vnderstand him: I answered, yea, and tolde the
Frier himselfe, thus you saide in your sermon, that we were not all good
Christians, or else it were not possible for vs to haue such weather: to
which I answered, be you well assured, that we are not indeede all good
Christians, for there are in the ship some that hold very vnchristian
opinions: so for that time I satisfied him, although (they said) that I
would not see, when they said the procession, and honoured their images,
and prayed to our Lady and S. Marke.

There was also a Gentleman, an Italian, which was a passenger in the ship,
and he tolde me what they said of me, because I would not sing, Salue
Regina and Aue Maria, as they did: I told them, that they that praied to so
many, or sought helpe of any other, then of God the Father, or of Iesus
Christ his onely sonne, goe a wrong way to worke, and robbed God of his
honour, and wrought their owne destructions.

All this was told of the Friers, but I heard nothing of it in three daies
after: and then at euening prayer, they sent the purser about with the
image of our Lady to euery one to kisse, and I perceiuing it went another
way from him, and would not see it: yet at last he fetched his course
about, so that he came to me, and offered it to me as he did to others, but
I refused it: whereupon there was a great stirre: the patron and all the
friers were told of it, and euery one saide I was a Lutheran, and so called
me: but two of the friers that were of greatest authoritie, seemed to beare
me better good will then the rest, and trauelled to the patron in my
behalfe, and made all well againe.

The second day of August we arriued in Cyprus, at a towne called Missagh:
the people there be very rude, and like beasts, and no better they eat
their meat sitting vpon the ground, with their legges a crosse like
tailors, their beds for the most part be hard stones, but yet some of them
haue faire mattraces to lie vpon.

Vpon Thursday the eight of August we came to Ioppa in a small barke, which
we hired betwixt Missagh and Salina, and could not be suffered to come on
land till noone the next day, and then we were permitted by the great
Basha, who sate vpon the top of a hill to see vs sent away. Being come on
land, we might not enter into any house for victuals, but were to content
our selues with our owne prouision, and that which we bought to carie with
vs was taken from vs. I had a paire of stirrops, which I b