The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, vol. 11 | Page 6

he fell starke dead to the ground. Whereupon Peter Vnticaro went
in, and certified the rest how the case stood with the keeper: who came
presently foorth, and some with their spits ranne him through, and the
other with their glaiues hewed him in sunder, cut off his head, and
mangled him so, that no man should discerne what he was.
Then marched they toward the roade, whereinto they entered softly,
where were six warders, whom one of them asked, saying, who was
there? quoth Fox and his company, all friendes. Which when they were
all within, proued contrary: for, quoth Fox, my masters, here is not to
euery man a man, wherefore looke you play your parts. Who so
behaued themselues in deede, that they had dispatched these sixe
quickly. Then Iohn Fox intending not to be barred of his enterprise, and
minding to worke surely in that which he went about, barred the gate
surely, and planted a Canon against it.
Then entred they into the Gailers lodge, where they found the keyes of
the fortresse and prison by his bed side, and there had they all better
weapons. In this chamber was a chest, wherein was a rich treasure, and
all in duckats, which this Peter Vnticaro, and two more, opening,
staffed themselues so full as they could, betweene their shirts and their
skinne: which Iohn Fox would not once touch, and sayde, that it was
his and their libertie which he sought for, to the honour of his God, and
not to make a marte of the wicked treasure of the Infidels. Yet did these
words sinke nothing into their stomakes, they did it for a good intent:
so did Saul saue the fattest Oxen, to offer vnto the Lord, and they to
serue their owne turnes. But neither did Saul scape the wrath of God
therefore, neither had these that thing which they desired so, and did

thirst after. Such is Gods iustice. He that they put their trust in, to
deliuer them from the tyrannous hands of their enemies, he (I say)
could supply their want of necessaries.
Nowe these eight being armed with such weapons as they thought well
of, thinking themselues sufficient champions to encounter a stronger
enemie, and coming vnto the prison, Fox opened the gates and doores
thereof, and called forth all the prisoners, whom he set, some to
ramming vp the gate, some to the dressing vp of a certaine gallie,
which was the best in all the roade, and was called the captaine of
Alexandria, whereinto some caried mastes, sailes, oares, and other such
furniture as doth belong vnto a gallie.
At the prison were certaine warders, whom Iohn Fox and his companie
slewe: in the killing of whom, there were eight more of the Turkes,
which perceiued them, and got them to the toppe of the prison: vnto
whom Iohn Fox, and his company, were faine to come by ladders,
where they found a hot skirmish. For some of them were there slaine,
some wounded, and some but scarred, and not hurt. As Iohn Fox was
thrise shot through his apparell, and not hurt. Peter Vnticaro, and the
other two, that had armed them with the duckats, were slaine, as not
able to weild themselues, being so pestered with the weight and vneasie
carying of the wicked and prophane treasure: and also diuerse
Christians were aswell hurt about that skirmish, as Turkes slaine.
Amongst the Turkes was one thrust thorowe, who (let vs not say that it
was ill fortune) fell off from the toppe of the prison wall, and made
such a lowing, that the inhabitants thereabout (as here and there
scattering stoode a house or two) came and dawed [Footnote: To
awaken: here to bring back to his senses. I know of no other instance
where it bears just this meaning. "The other side from whence the
morning daws." (_Polyolbion X._)] him, so that they vnderstood the
case, how that the prisoners were paying their ransomes: wherewith
they raised both Alexandria which lay on the west side of the roade,
and a Castle which was at the Cities end, next to the roade, and also an
other Fortresse which lay on the Northside of the roade: so that nowe
they had no way to escape, but one, which by mans reason (the two
holdes lying so vpon the mouth of the roade) might seeme impossible
to be a way for them. So was the red sea impossible for the Israelites to
passe through, the hils and rockes lay so on the one side, and their

enemies compassed on the other. So was it impossible, that the wals of
Iericho should fall downe, being neither vndermined, nor yet rammed
at with engines, nor yet any mans wisedome, pollicie,