_ 102 _ and it really seems as though Our Lord permitted that in this man they should be punished for their sins and evils, Peribeque taking the artillery there was there, and six barrels of powder which were moreover, a good help to them against us. As I considered Your Worship would be pleased to know the origin of Peribeque, and the course of his life, I thought I would write it down in the way it was told me, to Your Worship: this Captain who is Captain in Chief of this fleet of the Turk, is called Peribeque, he is held as a great seaman and warrior, he is a minion of BarbaRoxa and now Rostao Baxaa acts for him; he is a relative of the Turk, he began life as a Corsair of the Eastern Sea, and as he says, was made a captive of those of Rodes, and remained nine years in captivity. When the Turks took Rhodes he remained free, and subsequently drawing lots they made him a captain and went on until he was made Captain of Galleys plying between Alexandria and Chipre guarding that sea, and from this the Turk sent for him to Cairo to give orders respecting the galleys that were being made in Suez, because he was a man who understood all this very well, and he bestowed on him the title of Beque which among the Turks is not far less dignity than Baxaa, lastly the Turk made him Captain
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTg0NzAy