Im 14 3 1. déc Doctors Common: 1828, reformis in: Wilson, ARTES 1837 SCIENTIA VERITAS LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN EXPLURIOUS UNUM TUEBOR -AMŒNAM QUÆRIS PENINSULAM-A CIRCUMSPICE APARAGJARJAJAJAJAJAJAJKI GIFT OF REGENT LLHUBBARD ** One dite ´ect novels which have been written. novel. from チーズーマ ​e philosophusl Romance, rather than a rather in the style of Propelas. it is uphored to have been written by to have seen composed a inanuscript brought into England by Bishof Berkt et the Orcax lal Heral Lo жа notice of it in ellers in the Hubbard Imag. Voy. ре 3318 115 1748 THE ADVENTURES OF Sig. Gaudentio di Lucca. BEING The Subftance of his Examination before the Fa- thers of the INQUISITION at Bologna in Italy: Giving an Account of an UNKNOWN COUNTRY in the midft of the Deferts of AFRICA, The Origine and Antiquity of the People, their Religion, Cuſtoms, Polity, and Laws. COPIED FROM The original Manuſcript in St. Mark's Library at Venice. WITH Critical NOTES of the learned Signor RHEDI, fometime Keeper of the faid Library. To which is prefixed, A LETTER of the Secretary of the INQUISITION, fhewing the Reaſons of Signor GAUDENTI0's being appre- hended, and the Manner of it. THE SECOND EDITION. Faithfully Tranflated from the Italian. LONDON, Printed for W. INNYS in Pater-nofter Row, and R. MANBY and H. S. Cox on Ludgate-Hill. And fold by M. COOPER in Pater-nofter Row. MDCCXLVIII. THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER. "T IS very natural to think the reader would willingly be appriſed of two things relating to theſe memoirs: First, how this curious manufcript came to light, con- fidering the dark and deep fecrecy with which all things are tranfacted in the In- quifition. Secondly, how it came into the tranflator's hands. To fatisfy fuch a com- mendable curiofity, he is to be informed, That the manufcript was fent by the fecretary of the Inquifition at Bologna to the learned Signor Rhedi, keeper of the library of St. a 2 Mark iv PREFAC E. Mark at Venice, his intimate friend and Correfpondent, with the whole account how the author was taken up, and fecured in the Inquifition, as the letter of the fecretary to the fame Signor Rhedi will fhew: which letter, as it contains a great many curious par- ticulars in the examination of the criminal (for he was taken up as fuch, though no- thing very material was proved against him; for which reaſon, he received a more favou- rable treatment than is generally believed to be cuſtomary in that dreadful tribunal) fo it dif covers no indirect practices of the Inquifition, but, on the contrary, fhews they proceed with a great deal of circumfpection within their walls, though all things are involved in impenetrable darkneſs to thoſe without. Be- fide, the fucceffion of new popes, and, ge- nerally ſpeaking, the change of other offi- cers attending it, might make them be lefs upon their guard, as the fecretary ſeems to hint in his letter. Neither is there any thing that might do him any harm, in caſe he were diſcovered; eſpecially writing to a friend of his own communion, and a prieſt, as PREFACE. as Signor Rhedi was; which is likewife feen by the letter. As to the ſecond Quare, The manufcript came into the publiſher's hands, by the means of the fame Signor Rhedi, who is an ho- nour to his church, profeffion, and coun- try, and one of the moſt learned and polite men in the world. He is not fo bigotted to his religion or profeffion, as to fhun the com- pany of the Heretical Tramontani, a title the Italians generally give us; but loves and eſteems a learned man, though of a different perfuafion. One reafon for this may be, that he breathes a freer air at Venice, than they do in the other parts of Italy. The Inquifition has nothing to do in the Vene- tian territories. Though they are Roman- Catholicks, the ftate admits of no tribunal independent of itſelf. Befides, as they are a trading people, their commerce obliges them to be civil to perfons of all perfuafi- ons, eſpecially ftrangers. But of all others they ſeem to have the greateſt reſpect for the English; whether it be on account of their power at fea, or their franknefs in ſpending their money, ſo many of the Eng- a 3 lijb vi PREFACE. } lish nobility and gentry travelling that way; or from the candour and fincerity of our nature, fo oppofite to the Italians, and there- fore the more valued by them: be that as it will, the publiſher, who had feveral times made the tour of Italy, was not only intimately acquainted, but had contracted a particular friendſhip with Signor Rhedi, as well on account of their mutual inclinations for learning and antiquity, as for feveral reci- procal obligations paffing between them. The laft time he was at Venice, which was in company of a perfon of the firſt rank, who liked the place as well as he did, he ftaied there upwards of fifteen months during which time he had the opportunity of enjoying the converfation of his learned friend, with as much liberty, as if he had been of the fame perfuafion. But the pre- fent of a gold repeating watch, with fome other of our English curiofities, fo won his heart, that one day being together in the great library, he unlocks a little grate where he kept his rarities, and turning to me with a ſmile, Signor Inglefe, fays he, hold- ing a manuſcript in his hand, here is fuch a curi- ; PREFACE. vii a curiofity, as, I am fure, you never faw, and perhaps never heard of: 'tis the life of a perſon who is now in the Inquifition at Bo- logna, taken from his own confeffion be- fore the Inquifitors; with the account of a country in the heart of the vaſt deſerts of Africa, whofe inhabitants have lived un- known to all the world upwards of ?) 3000 years, and inacceffible to all the world, but by the way he was carried thither. The In- quifitors are fo far perfuaded of the truth of it, that they have promifed him his liberty, if he will undertake to conduct fome mif- fionaries the fame way, to preach the go- fpel to a numerous people, who by his ac- count have the greateſt knowledge of natu- ral religion and polity of any heathen na- tion yet known, even beyond the Chineſe. For my own part, I could fcarce have be- lieved it, had not the fecretary of the fame Inquifition, who, you may be fure, by his poft, is not a man to be impofed upon, af- fured me of the truth of it: nay, that he himſelf was prefent at his feizure and exami- nation, and ſent me a copy of als hie, a 4 viii PREFACE. which he was ordered to give in by the In quifitors; with the whole account of the occafion and manner of his feizure. It feems he had lived fome time in Bologna in quality of a phyfician, under the name of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca, which he fays is his true name, and confirms it by the place of his birth, the names of his pa- rents, time of his captivity, &c. He had dropped fome words of feveral ftrange fe- crets he was mafter of, with mutterings of an unknown nation, religion, and cuſtoms, quite new to the Italian ears; for which reafon the Inquifition thought fit to ſeize him, and, by ways and means made ufe of in that tribunal, obliged him to give an ac- count of his whole life, which is the moſt furprizing I ever read. Here is the fecreta- ry's letter, giving a fuccinct account of the whole affair. I have added, continued he, fome critical remarks in proper places, to fhew that this account is not fo incredible as it may appear at firft fight, and that it agrees with fome hints left us in the remains of ancient hiſtory. Beſides, the man ftands to the PREFACE. ix the truth of it with a ftedfaftneſs that is furprizing. He is a perfon of a very hand- fome preſence, well read, good ſenſe, and, as it appears to the Inquifitors (who are nice judges) of feemingly good morals. He pro- feffes himſelf a zealous Roman-Catholick, and that he always was fo; for which rea- fon, the Inquifitors are more civil to him than ordinary. He gives fuch a rational and cir- cumftantial account of his adventures, that I am of the ſecretary's opinion, as to the truth of it. But, added he, I won't fore- ſtal the fatisfaction you will find in the peru- fal: fo delivered the manufcript and the fe- cretary's letter into the publiſher's hands, who running his eyes over it for fome time, was fo ftruck with the novelty of the thing, that he afked Signor Rhedi, whether he might not take a copy of it. He was an- fwered, he could not permit the manufcript to be taken out of the library; nor could he, with fafety to himſelf, allow a ſtranger, and of a different religion too, the liberty of ftaying fo long in the library by himself, as the tranfcribing would take up. The pub- liſher X PREFACE, liſher ſaid he might put what guards upon him he pleaſed, provided he might but tran- ſcribe it. No, fays he, that's inconvenient too; but I will order one of my under-libra- rians, I can confide in, to write you out an exact copy, with the fecretary's letter, and my own remarks, if you think them worth your notice; which he did moſt faithfully ; generously commanding the tranſcriber, at the fame time, not to take any thing of me for his pains. Thus this curious manufcript came to hand, to the infinite fatisfaction of the publiſher, and he hopes it will prove no lefs to the readers, in the perufal of it. The character of Signor Gaudentio cannot be called in queftion; nor is the publiſher a perſon ſo little verfed in the nature and ways of the Italians, as to be impofed upon. The tranſlation from the Italian is as exact as poffible. This is the previous account the publiſher thought proper to give of this af- fair. N. B. Great part of the matters treated of in theſe Memoirs, being tranſacted in a Ro- man Catholick country, and among Roman Catholicks, PREFACE. xi Catholicks, the reader must not wonder, if they ſpeak of their religion, as if it were the only true one in the world. ; It will not be improper to admonish the reader, not to difcredit immediately fome of the relations contained in thefe Memoirs but to fufpend his judgment, till he has read Signor Rhedi's remarks; particularly, when he comes to the origine and antiquity of the people the author fpeaks of. The learned will find in them fuch a vaſt knowledge in hiſtory, and the most intricate remains of antiquity, as will render them very well worth their notice. The fame Signor Rhe- di told the publiſher, he had enquired into what happened at Venice; particularly what the author mentions of Monfieur Godart, one of the moſt improbable parts of his ad- ventures, and found the whole to be juft as he relates it. The publiſher is fatisfied the reader will be extremely forry, as well as himſelf, for the loſs of fome fheets belonging to the mid- dle part of this hiftory. How they came to be loft, he cannot tell; but he fuppofes, by the xii PREFACE. the incivility of the cuſtom-houſe officers at Marfeilles; for they tumbled over his effects at a very rude rate, and while he had an eye on other matters, they either took fome of the looſe ſheets, or they dropped out in the tumbling; he was very much troubled, when he came to mifs them in the courſe of the tranſlation. (1) INTRODUCTION. GIVING An Account of the Caufes and Manner of the Seizure of Signor GAUDENTIO DI LUCCA, and the firft Part of his Exa- mination : In a Letter from the Secretary of the INQUISI- TION to Signor RHEDI, * SIR, T HE prefent turn of affairs which fills the heads of other people with intrigues of ſtate, gives me an opportunity of returning my beft thanks, for the rich preſent you were pleaſed to ſend to a per- fon who was yours before by the strictest ties of gratitude.-The cabinet, with the other curiofities, came fafe to hand, and ſhew, that whoever is fo happy, as to ob- lige Signor Rhedi, fows a feed which re- * The Italian titles of Illuftriffimo, &c. are left out, as not uſed in our language. † He either means the death of fome pope, or ſome ex- raordinary crifis in the Romish economy. turns 2 INTRODUCTION. turns a hundredfold. The poverty of our profeffion, hinders me from being capable of making a ſuitable return for your mag- nificent prefent; but nothing ought to take from me the defire of expreffing my ac- knowledgments. In teftimony of it, and to fhew that poverty itſelf may be grateful, I fend you by the bearer, the account of a man, whofe life has filled our Inquifitors with wonder and aftoniſhment. He has been in the Inquifition at this place about two years: we have employed all our en- gines to find out the truth of what he is, and can find nothing material againſt him, un- lefs it be the unheard-of account he gives of himſelf. Our firft Inquifitor has obliged him to write his own life, with all the particu- lars, as fuccinctly as poffible, adding threats withal, that, if we find him in a falfe ftory, it ſhall be worſe him. He tells us ftrange ftories of one of the moſt beautiful countries in the world, in the very heart of the vaft deferts of Africa, inacceffible to all the world but by one way, which ſeems as ex- traordinary as the country it leads to. As you are a perfon of univerſal knowledge in antiquity, and an admirer of curiofities of this nature, I fend you a copy of the "Pac-frien. *The fecretary was a Dominican Frier; the Dominicans being mafters of the Inquifition. manu- INTRODUCTION. 3 manuſcript to have your opinion of it; and to give you as clear a notion of the man as I can, you must know, that about three years before he was taken up by the Inquifition, he took a neat houfe at Bologna in quality of a phyfician, paffing through fome flight examination for form fake, and paying his fees as is customary with ftrangers. His name, as he ſays, is Gaudentio di Lucca, originally of Lucca *, but born in Ragu- fat; he is a tall, handfome, clean-built man, as you fhall fee in a thouſand, of a very po- lite addrefs, and fomething fo very engag- ing in his aſpect, as befpeaks your favour at first fight. He feems to be near fifty; he is a man of good fenfe and fine difcourfe, though his accent is not pure Italian, from his living, as he fays, fo long in foreign countries. He ſpeaks almoſt all the oriental languages, and has a very competent ſhare of other parts of learning, as well as that of his profeflion. We fent to Ragufa and Lucca to enquire about him, but could not get the leaſt information of his being known in thofe places. The reaſon of which he has given in his life, as you will fee; only at Ragusa, fome people remembered there had been a merchant of that name, about five and * A little republick in Italy. A republick in Dalmatia, and tributary to the Turbs. twenty 4 INTRODUCTION. twenty or thirty years ago, who was either loft, or taken by pirates, and never heard of more. pro- The Inquifition, as you know, Sir, has eyes every where, eſpecially on ftrangers; we kept an eye upon him from his firft fet- tling at Bologna: but as we proceed with juftice as well as caution, we could not dif- cover any fufficient reafon to take him up. His life was as regular as that of others of his profeffion, which he did not follow very cloſely, but only for form fake, being chiefly confulted at his own houfe, on account of fome extraordinary fecrets he pretend- ed to be maſter of, without making any vi- fits but to ladies, with whom he grew in digious requeſt. They faid he had a fweet- neſs and eaſe in converfation, that was al- moft bewitching. This unaccountable fond- nefs of the ladies gave us the firft fufpicion, left he ſhould inftill fome ill notions into that ſex, ſo credulous where they are fond, and ſo incredulous where they diſlike. He profeffed himself a Roman Catholick; feem- ed to have a competent knowledge, and even veneration, confidering he was a phy- fician, for our holy myfteries: So we had nothing against him on that account. We could not find that he wanted for mo- ney, though he lived rather genteely than magnificently: We found on feveral occa- fons, that money, the idol of other people, was T INTRODUCTION. 5 was the leaſt of his care; and that he had ſome ſecret ſprings we could not fathom. His houſe was but decently, though com- pleatly, furniſhed for one of his rank; he kept two fervants in livery and a valet de chambre; who, being of this town, knew no more of him than we did. There was an elderly lady we thought had been his wife, but it prov'd ſhe was not; a foreigner, for whom he ſeemed to have a great refpect, and her maid a foreigner alfo; and an elderly maid-ſervant of the town. We have them all ſecured in the Inquifition, though he does not know it. The lady has the remains of a wonderful fine face, and an air of quality; ſhe ſpeaks a broken Italian, ſo that we can get very little out of her, but what agrees with his account. I am confident you will rather be pleaſed with theſe particulars than think them tedious. There is fomething fo extraordinary in the man, I ought not to o- mit the leaſt circumſtance; we had feveral confultations about him in our Inquifition, as well as our Leiger intelligences, but could diſcover nothing of moment. We examined what intercourfe he had in other parts, by ordering the poſt-maſter to ſend us all his letters, which we could eafily open, and feal up again with the greateſt nicety. But we found he had only two correfpondents, one poffeffed of a moderate income of about four thouſand crowns in the bank of Genoa; the other b 6 INTRODUCTION other a lady of your city of Venice, whom we difcovered to be a celebrated curtezan, who fubfcribes herfelf Favilla. We find by her laft letter, that he had given her very good advice, and perfuaded her to become a penitent; you'll oblige us if you will enquire what the is. Amorous intrigues not falling under our cognizance, we let him alone for fome time, having a perfon under our examination on fufpicion of be- ing a few in mafquerade, and a ſpy from the Grand Signor, who kept us employ- ed for fome time. Befides, the good advice he gave the curtezan, and he being paft his prime, made us lefs fufpicious of the ladies; we fuppofed they had recourfe to him on ac- count of fome female infirmities. Though the young ladies were moft fond of him, his behaviour to them was more an endearing fweetneſs and courtefy, than love, with very little figns, at leaſt he had the addrefs to con- ceal them, of more kindnefs for one than another. In fine, perfons of the beſt rank, of both fexes, began to have a prodigious liking for his company; he ftole upon them infenfibly. As he increaſed in this good opinion, he opened himſelf with greater freedom; he made no fhew at all at firſt, more than a fine prefence and a polite ad- drefs: but after further acquaintance, they diſcovered he was mafter of moſt ſci- ences, and fhewed a fuperior genius in any thing INTRODUCTION. → thing they could difcourfe of. We employ- ed proper perfons to infinuate themſelves in- to his good liking, and confult him as a friend on feveral nice points; but he had fuch a prefence of mind, yet appeared fo unconſtrained in his difcourfe, that they owned themſelves novices in compariſon to him. If they talked of politicks, he faid very judiciouſly, it was not for men of his rank, to meddle with affairs of ſtate, or ex- amine what perfons did in the cabinet. If of religion, he ſeemed to underſtand it very well for one of his profeffion; fo that no- thing came from him but whta was confonant to the catholick faith; expreffing on all oc- cafions a great deference for the authority of the church. But ftill the more fagacious were perfuaded fomething more than ordi- nary lay hid under that fpecious cover. length, talking one day with fome of our fpies about the cuſtoms of foreign countries, he faid, he had met with a nation in one of the remoteſt parts of the world, who, though they were Heathens, had more knowledge of the law of nature and common morality, than the moſt civilized Chriftians. This was immediately carried to us, and explained as a reflection on the Chriftian religion. Another time, as he had a great knowledge in philofophy, he dropt fome words as if he had fome ſkill in judiciary aſtrology; which you know, Sir, is a capital crime with us. We were as good as refolved to b 2 At feize 8 INTRODUCTION, feize him, when we were determined to it by the following accident. Two of the moſt beautiful women in all Bologna had fallen in love with him, either on account of the handſomeneſs of his perfon, or, by a whimſicalneſs peculiar to fome women, becauſe he was a ſtranger, or thinking he might keep their fecrets better under the cloak of being a phyfician; or, in fine, drawn in by fome love potion or other, we can't tell; but the matter grew to fuch a height, that on his ſhewing more diftinguiſhing fa- vour to one of them, as it is natural for our women to be violent in their jealoufy, as well as love, the other to be revenged, ſaid he had bewitched her; which fhe was fure of, for that, fince the very firſt time ſhe fav him, he thought there was fomething more in him, than ever fhe faw in any man in her life. Befides, fhe faid, he had often found him drawing circles and figures on paper, which to her looked like conjura- tion. Her friends immediately informed our fathers of it; fo we refolved to feize him, if it were but to find out his fecrets, and ſee what the man was. There was ano- ther reaſon induced us to it, which the world will hardly believe, though it is mat- ter of fact that is, we were afraid, the man would be affaffinated by fome fecret means or other, for being fo great with our ladies; fo, to fave his life, and not lofe the difco- INTRODUCTION. 9 ¿ diſcoveries we expect from him, it was de- termined he ſhould be feized immediately. Accordingly, I was deputed, with three un- der-officers, to do the buſineſs, but with all the caution and fecrefy ufual in fuch cafes. It was done about midnight, when we had watched one of the two ladies he fa- voured moft, into his houfe. We went in a clofe coach, and myfelf and one of the officers ſtopping at the door, as ſoon as the fervant opened it, ftepped in, telling him what we were, and charging him, at his pe- ril, not to make the leaft noife. The fervants being Italians, and knowing the confe- quence of the leaft refiftance, ftood as mute as fiſhes. We immediately went into the inner parlour, and, contrary to our expecta- tion, found our gentleman, the young lady with her governante, and the elderly lady that belonged to him, fitting very decently at an elegant collation of fruits and fweet- meats, brought, as we fuppofed, by the fair lady as a prefent. At our first appearance, he feemed more furprized than terrified; as we make no ceremonies in thofe cafes, we told him our errand, and commanded him to come along with us without the least re- fiftance, or elſe it ſhould be worfe for him. Then we turned to the young lady, whofe friends and perfon we knew, and told her we wondered to find her in fuch company, at fuch unfeaſonable hours; but on account b 3 of IO INTRODUCTION. of her friends, would not meddle with her, but bid her for her own fake, as fhe tender- ed her life and honour, never to take the leaft notice of the affair. She trembling, and ready to faint away, after fome heſita- tion, was able to fay, that fhe was come to confult about her health; that he brought her governante along with her to take off all fufpicion, and as fhe was miftrefs of her- felf and fortune, it was not unuſual for per- fons of her rank to be out at that time, confidering the heat of the feaſon. She had fcarce pronounced thefe words, when ſhe fell directly into a fwoon. Her governante having things proper for fuch occafions, revi- ved and comforted her as well as fhe could. But when we were going to take the gen- tleman along with us, the elderly lady, to whom we fuppofe he had told his misfor- tune, inſtead of falling into fits, flew at us like a tigrefs, with a fury I never faw in any human creature in my life; tearing at us with her nails and teeth, as if he had been in the moſt raging madneſs. We, not ac- cuſtomed to refiftance, confidering our cha- racter and cloth, and the a woman, were almoft motionlefs, when the fervants at the noiſe came up. We commanded them, in the name of the Inquifition, to ſeize her: the gentleman interpofed in our favour, ſay- ing INTRODUCTION. 11 ing fome words to her in an unknown lan- guage, which he affured us, were to beg her to be pacified, as fhe tendred his life as well as her own; then the violence of her paffion turned another way, and threw her into the ſtrongeſt convulfions I ever faw. By this time the other two officers were come up, wondering at our delay, and to find re- fiftance againſt the officers of the Inquifition. The gentleman, with a becoming fubmif fion, rather than fear, yielded himſelf a prifoner, and begged us to pardon the fud- den tranfports of a perfon unacquainted with our cuſtoms, whofe life in fome manner depended on his. That he was a Perſian lady of quality, brought into this country by great misfortunes, who had once faved his life, as he had been afterwards inftru- mental in faving hers. That fhe was dif poſed to turn Chriftian, with intention af- ter fome time to end her days in a con- vent. That for his own part, relying on his innocence, he readily fubmitted to our authority, and offered himſelf to be carried wherever he pleaſed; he uttered all this with an air of conftancy that was furpriz- ing. We immediately took him into the coach, leaving two of the officers with the elderly lady, and commanding them and the gentleman's fervants not to ftir out of the room till further orders. As foon as b 4 We 12 INTRODUCTION. we arrived at the Inquifition, we lodged him in a handſome ftrong room; not fo much like a criminal, as like a perfon for whom we had fome refpect. There we left him to his own thoughts, and return- ed to his houſe to ſeize the elderly lady and his papers, having difmiffed the young lady and her governante before. I forgot to tell you, that Signor Gaudentio, by our permif- fion, had ſpoke to the elderly lady coming out of her fits in Italian (for we would not let him ſpeak to her in the unknown lan- guage, for fear of a combination) and with much pains made her underſtand, that he begged her by all that was dear, to fubmit to whatever we fhould enjoin her; affuring her by that means all would be well for her fafety and his own: Which laft words. feemed to give fome calm to her tempeftu- ous fpirits. You may believe, Sir, we were much furprized at the novelty of the thing, and the account he gave of her quality. But as we often meet with falfe ftories in our employment, that did not hinder us from doing our duty. So I took her by the hand with a great deal of reſpect, and put her into the coach between myfelf and my companion; not without apprehenfi- ons of fome extravagant follies, confider- ing the violence of her temper. But fhe continued pretty fedate, only feemed to be over, INTRODUCTION. 13 ovewhelmed with grief; we brought her to the Inquifition, and lodged her in a very handſome apartment feparate from the convent, on account of her fex; with two waiting women to attend her with all refpect, till we were better apprized of the truth of her quality. This obliged me to take another journey to Signor Gauden- tio's houfe, to fecure his papers, with whatever else might contribute to further our diſcovery. I found all things in the fame order I left them; but being extremely fatigued, I fat down to the elegant colla- tion that was left, and after a fmall repaft, went to bed in his houſe, to have the morn- ing before us for fecuring his effects. I fealed up all the papers I could find, to examine them at more leifure, took an in- ventory of all the moveables, that they might be reſtored to him in cafe he were found innocent; and fent for a proper of- ficer to remain in the houfe, who was to be refponfible for every thing. There were two little cabinets of curious work- manſhip; one of them, as it appeared, be- longed to him, the other to the ſtrange lady; but being full of intricate drawers or tills, we took them both along with us. Theſe and the papers we delivered to the head Inquifitors, not being willing to proceed in either of their examinations, till we had got 14 INTRODUCTION. got all the light we could, to find out the the truth, for that was all our aim; then we could tell what courſe to take with them. We placed two cunning lay-bro- thers, in the nature of fervants, for Signor Gaudentio, who were to infinuate them- felves into his favour by their kind offices, compaffionating his misfortunes, and advi- fing him to diſcover the whole truth, in the account of his life, quality, profeffion, opinions, and, in fine, whatever articles he was to be interrogated on, to confefs inge- nuouſly what he knew that that was the only way to find favour at the hands of the inquifitors; that they pardoned almoſt all faults on a fincere confeffion, and an af furance of amendment. I vifited him my- felf feveral times before his examination, and gave him the fame advice and affu- rance; he promiſed me faithfully he would, and ſeemed fo fteddy and confirmed in his own innocence, with fuch an agreeable, yet fincere way in his difcourfe, as really furprized me, and caufed me already to be prejudiced in his favour; adding with a fmile, that the hiftory of his life would ad- miniſter more caufe of wonder than indig- nation.-Not to be too particular, the chief of the Inquifition, with myſelf along with them, fet to the fcrutiny of his papers: We examined them with all the care imagina- ble, INTRODUCTION. 15 ble, but could find nothing to ground any material accufation, except fome imperfect memoirs of the cuftoms of a country and people unheard of to us, and I believe to all the world befide, with fome odd cha- racters, or words, which had no affinity with any language or characters we ever faw. We difcovered he had a great know- ledge in natural philoſophy, with fome re- marks that were very curious. There was a rough draught of a map of a country, with towns, rivers, lakes, &c. but no cli- mate marked down. In short, all his pa- pers contained nothing but fome fmall fketches of philofophy and phyfick, with fome pieces of poetry of an uncommon tafte. Neither could we find any footſteps of judiciary aftrology, or calculations of nativities, of which we had the greatest fufpicion; only a pair of globes, a fet of mathematical inftruments, charts of navi- gation, forms of unknown trees and plants, and fuch like things, as all gentlemen who delight in travelling are curious to have. There were indeed fome lines, circles, feg- ments of circles, which we fuppofed the informing lady meant; but looked like an attempt to find out the longitude, rather than any magical fchemes.-His books were of the fame nature; nothing of he- refy that we could fee, but fuch as belong- ed 16 INTRODUCTION. ed to a man of learning. There were fe- veral common books of devotion, fuch as are approved by our church, and feemed pretty well uſed; by which we judged him to be really a Catholick, and a perſon of no bad morals. But as nothing looks fo like an honest man as a knave, this did not take away all our fufpicion. When we came to open the cabinets, in the firſt of them, which belonged to him, we found in one of the drawers about four hundred and fifty Roman crowns, with other ſmall money, and fome foreign coin along with it, as Turkish fequins, and fome we knew nothing of. The fum not being very ex- traordinary, we could conclude nothing from thence. In another drawer we found ſeveral precious ftones, fome fet, fome un- fet, of a very great value, fo far from be- ing counterfeit, that we never faw any fo brilliant. Befides, feveral pieces of native gold, of fuch fineness, as nothing with us can come up to it. In a third, we found a ſmall heap of medals moft of gold, but of an unknown ſtamp and antiquity. There were outlandish ftones of odd fi- gures enough, which to others might look like talifmans, but we took them for fome out-of-the-way curiofities. In a private drawer in the center of the cabinet, there was fomething wrapt up in a piece of green filk INTRODUCTION. 17 filk of wonderful fineness, all embroidered with hearts and hands joined together, wrought in gold with prodigious art, and intermixed with different flowers, un- known in our part of the world; in the midſt of it was an azure ftone, as large as the palm of one's hand, fet round with rubies of very great value, on which was moſt artfully painted in miniature, a wo- man at length, holding a little boy in her left hand, the moſt beautiful creature that ever eyes beheld; clad likewife in green filk spangled with golden funs: Their com- plexion was fomething darker than that of our Italian ladies; but the features, eſpecially the woman's, fo uncommonly beautiful as if he had been of another fpecies. Underneath was engraved with a diamond in a modern hand, Quefto folo. You may be fure, Sir, this raiſed our ideas of the man; at first we thought he had the ſecret of the philofopher's ftone: But in all his inventory we could find no im- plements of that art. Then we thought he muſt have been fome famous pirate; or one who had robbed the cabinet of fome great prince, and was come to live at Bologna in that private manner, under the diſguiſe of a phyſician. But having been three years in the town, if it had been any European prince, the world would have 18 INTRODUCTION. have had an account of it before now: So we concluded that either what he ſaid of that unknown country was true, or that he had robbed fome of the Eastern princes, and got off clear with his prize. But the picture of the woman made us incline to think, he had married fome outlandish queen, and on her death had retired with his ef- fects. The reft of the drawers were full of natural curiofities of foreign plants, roots, bones of animals, birds, infects, &c. from whence very likely he took his phyſical fecrets. The other cabinet, which belonged to the elderly lady, was very rich, but nothing equal to the firft; there were a great many fmall jewels, and fome very fine pearls, with bracelets, pendants, and other curious ornaments belonging to women; and a little picture of a very hand- fome man about thirty, nothing like our gentleman, in a warlike drefs, with a Tur- kiſh ſcymitar by his fide, who by his mien man of note. feemed to be a But we could find nothing that could give us any knowledge what they were: fo that we were at a lofs with all our fagacity what to think of the matter, or to find any juft cauſe to keep them in the Inquifition: for though we don't diſcover our motives to o- ther people, we never proceed againſt any one but on very strong fufpicions. ſuſpicions. On which INTRODUCTION. 19 which account we were refolved to make his confinement as eafy as poffible, till we could fee further into the affair. We had thoughts of examining the woman firft, to get what we could from her for to interro- gate him upon; but the not underſtanding Italian enough, we fent to Venice with our accuſtomed privacy, for ſome of your peo- ple, that trade to the Levant, to be our in- terpreters. In the mean time we refolved to try what we could get out of him by his own confeffion; fo we fent for him be- fore us. He came into the room with a modeft unconcernednefs, that rather argu- ed wonder than fear: we had the cabi- net and jewels all before us, fhewed them to him all together, with the inven- tory of his goods, affuring him they should be forth-coming, in cafe we were apprized of his innocence; but withal adviſing him, as well as commanding him to confefs the truth, and then not a hair of his head ſhould be touched. But if ever we caught him in a falſe ſtory, all fhould be confifca- ted, and he never fee fun or moon more. He affured us with great refpect, he would own the truth to every thing we ſhould in- terrogate him about, in an accent that would have perfuaded any one of his fin- cerity, humbly defiring to know what ac- cufations we had againſt him. We anſwer- 2 ed, 20 INTRODUCTION. ed, that was not the method of the Inqui- fition; but that he fhould anſwer directly to our interrogatories. As the holy office chiefly concerns itfelf about religion, we aſked him firſt, what religion he was of. The reafon of this was, becauſe, though he profeffed himſelf a Catholick, we were to keep up the forms: neither did we know but that he might be fome Jew or Turkiſh fpy in maſquerade: then his name; place of his birth; where he was educated; how he came by thofe jewels; what was the occafion of his ſettling at Bologna; who that elderly lady was; in fine, every thing in general and particular we could think of at first, the better to compare his anfwers. afterwards. He told us he was a Catholick bred and born; always profeffed himſelf fuch; and in that faith would live and die, let what would happen to him. He explain- ed himſelf on the chief heads, to fhew that he was well inftructed in his religion : He appealed to all the enquiries we could make, whether he had not behaved as a Catholick on all occafions, naming a Capuchin in the town, who was his father confeffor; to whom, he faid, he gave leave to declare all he knew on that head. As to his name, he ſaid, his true name was Gauden- tio di Lucca, though born at Ragufa. That his father was a merchant trading to the INTRODUCTION. 21 the Levant; which employment he de- figned to follow himfelf; but in his firſt voyage was taken by an Algerine pirate, who carried him a flave to Grand Cairo, and fold him to a merchant, of what coun- try no-body knew, which merchant took him along with him, through the vaft de- farts of Africa, by a way he would def cribe to us if we required it, till he came to a country, perhaps the moſt civilized and polite in the whole univerſe. In that country he lived near five and twenty years, till on the death of his wife, and his only furviving fon, whofe pictures were in that cabinet, the melancholly difafter made him induce his father-in law, who was the mer- chant that had first bought him, to take another journey to Grand Cairo, from whence he might be able to return to his native country. This the merchant, (for he paffed for fuch, though he was a great ruler in his own country) complyed with: but happening to come thither when the plague raged in the city, his father- in-law and feveral of his attendants died of it; leaving him heir to moft of his effects, and part of the jewels we faw before us. That being now entirely at liberty, he re- turned in a French thip trading from Mar- feilles to the Levant, the mafter's name François Xavier Godart, who by agree- C ment 22 INTRODUCTION. ment was to land him at Venice; but touching at Candy, they accidentally faved the life of that elderly lady, and brought her off along with them, for which they were purſued by two Turkish veffels, and carried prifoners to Conftantinople, but re- leafed by the order of the fultanefs mother. That Monfieur Godart was well known at Venice; particularly by Signor Corridani, an eminent merchant there, who could af fure us of the truth of what he faid. That in fine, having ftaid fome Time at Venice, to fee the curiofities and the carnival, an affair relating to the young lady we faw with him, when he was feized, and the love he had for learning, Bologna being a famous univerfity, induced him to ſettle there, where he prefumed we had been very well informed of his behaviour ever fince. This, faid he, is the moſt fuccinct account I can give to your Reverences, on the interrogatories you have propoſed to me; though my life has been chequered with fuch a variety of incidents, as would take a great deal of time to defcend to par- ticulars. We looked at one another with fome furprize at this ſtrange account, which he delivered with fuch an air of fteddineſs, as fcarce left any room to doubt of the truth of it. However, our fuperior turn- ing to him, faid, Signor Gaudentio, we neither INTRODUCTION. 23 neither believe, nor diſbelieve, what you tell us; as we condemn no man without a full conviction of his crime, fo we are not to be impoſed upon, by the accounts people may give of themſelves. What is here before us, fhews there is fomething extraordinary in the cafe. If we find you to be an im- poftor, you ſhall fuffer as fuch; in the mean time, till we can be better informed, we enjoin you to give in your whole life, with all occurrences, except your private fins, if you have any, any, in writing; which you fhall read to us, and be crofs-examin- ed, as we think proper. It will concern you therefore to be very exact, for nothing will pafs here but innocence, or a fincere repentance. This, Sir, is the manufcript I fend you, given in by himself as ordered; with the Inquifitors interrogatories as we examined it, article by article. Which interrogato- ries I have inferted as they were propoſed, with a further account at the end, for the better clearing of the whole. We beg you to inform yourſelf of the facts, which his memoirs fay happened to him at Venice, particularly about Monfieur Godart. Be- fides, Sir, you that can trace all the branches of antient history to the fountain head, are able to form a better judgment of the pro- bability of his relation. He is ftill in the Inqui- 24 INTRODUCTION. Inquifition, and offers himſelf to conduct fome of our miffionaries, to preach the Gof- pel to thofe unknown people. The length of this only gives me leave to affure you, that I am with the greateſt eſteem imagi- nable, Bologna, July, 29, 1721. Sir, &c. F. Alifio de St. Ivorio. THE (I) THE ADVENTURES OF Sig. Gaudentio di Lucca. I SHOULD be infenfible, reverend Fa- thers, if I were not highly concerned to find myſelf under any accufation be- fore this holy tribunal, which I revere with all the powers of my foul: but eſpecially´ if your Reverences fhould harbour any fini- fter opinion of my religion; for I was born and bred up in the bofom of the moſt holy catholick church, as well as my parents before me; in the defence of which my anceſtors ſpent part of their blood, againſt the infidels, and enemies of our faith; and for which faith I am ready to lay down my life. But I am as yet a ſtranger to your Reverences, and on feveral accounts may be liable to fufpicion. Wherefore, I blame not the juftice of your proceeding, but rather extol your goodnefs in allow- ing me the liberty to clear myſelf, by a true and fincere declaration of my whole life, wherein, I own, have happened feveral afto- nishing and almoft incredible occurrences; B all 2 The Adventures of all which I fhall lay before your Reve according to the commands impos'd on with the utmoſt candour and fincerity. me, My name is Gaudentio di Lucca: I was fo called, becauſe my anceſtors were faid to be originally of that place; though they had been fettled for fome time at Ragufa, where I was born: both which places are not ſo far off, but they may be very weli known to your Reverences. My father's name was Gafparino di Lucca, heretofore a merchant of fome note in thoſe parts; my mother was a Corfican lady, reported to be defcended from thofe who had been the chief perfonages in that ifland. My grand- father was likewiſe a merchant: But my great grandfather, Bernardino di Lucca, was a foldier, and captain of the great Ve- nerio's own galley, who was general for the Venetians in the famous battle of Le- panto against the Turks. We had a tradi- tion in our family, that he was Venerio's fon by a Grecian lady of great quality, fome fay deſcended from the Paleologi, who had been emperors of Conftantinople. But fhe dying in childbed, and they having been only privately married, Venerio bred him up as the fon of a friend of his who was killed in the wars. That famous battle, in a This part of the account is certainly true; there was ſuch a captain in the lift of the officers in that famous battle. which $ Signor Gaudentio di Lucca. 3 which the Chriftians and Venerio got fo great renown against the Turks, inftead of raifing my great grandfather's fortune, was the occafion of his retiring from the wars, and turning merchant. The reafon was this: Venerio the Venetian admiral had cauſed a Spanish captain to be hung up at the yard-arm for mutiny"; which fevere diſcipline fo difpleafed Don John of Au- ftria, Generaliffimo of the whole fleet, that, after the battle, the Venetians, to ap- peafe Don John, and not to be deprived of b'Tis likewife true, that there was fuch a quarrel between Don John of Auftria, the generaliffimo, and Venerio admiral of the Venetian gallies; which had like to have put the whole Chriſtian Fleet at variance together, before the battle, and ruined the hopes of all Christendom. The occafion, was, as he relates it; Don John, as generaliffimo, viewing the whole fleet before the fight, and finding the Venetian gallies too thinly mann'd, ordered four thouſand Spaniards to be put on board the laid gallies. But one Mutio Tortona, a Spaniſh cp- tain. proving mutinous, after a great many injurious words, came to blows with the captain of the Venetian galley where he was; upon which the whole fleet tell to it. Venerio, hear. ing the uproar, fent his own captain to ſee what was the mat- ter; but the proud Spaniards treated him no better than they did the reft; ſo that Venerio himſelf was forced to come to appeaſe them; but feeing the Spanish captain perfift in his mu- tinous temper, and the affront he had put upon his captain, who was reported to be his fon, ordered Tortona and his enfign to be hung at the yard arm. At this all the Spaniards in the fleet were up in arms, and threatened to cut the Venetians to to pieces; but, by the interpofition of the other generals, the matter was made up till after the fight; when Venerio, who had behaved with incomparable valour, and, according to Don John's own confeffion, was the chief occafion of the victory, to appeafe the haughty Spaniard, had his commiffion taken from him, and was recalled by the ſenate. B 2 the 4 The Adventures of the fuccours of the Spaniards againſt the Turks, were forced to facrifice Venerio's ho- nour to the refentment of the Spaniards, and put him out of commiffion. After this difgrace, Venerio retired; and my great grandfather, whofe fortune depended on his having been bred up to the ſea, turned merchant, or rather privateer against the Moors; and, with the knights of Malta, not only did great fervice against them, but made a confiderable fortune in the world. But, to return to myfelf: my father, having a plentiful fortune, took particular care of the education of his children: he had only two fons, of whom I was the youngeſt, and a daughter, who died young. It was Fufcarini, who was made general of the Venetians in Venerio's ftead. Every one who is the leaft acquainted with hiſtory, knows that the battle of Lepanto was the greateſt fea-fight that ever was fought between the Chriftians and Turks; and the victo- ry on the Chriftians fide the moft fignal. The Spanish gallies were commanded by Don John of Auftria, generaliffimo : The Pope's gallies, by the famous Colonna: the Genoeſe by old Dorio, who had gained fo much renown againſt the Turks and French, under Charles V. the Venetians by the great Ve- nerio, one of the braveft foldiers of his time. Haly the Turk, great baffa of the fea, was flain, and almoſt all the Turkish commanding officers kill'd or taken. Among the priſoners, were Haly's two fons, nephews to the grand Signor. Of the common foldiers of the Turks, were flain two and thirty thou- fand a hundred and forty-one of the enemies gallies were taken, forty funk or burnt; of galliots and other fmall veffels were taken about fixty. Vide the Turkish hiftory, and other accounts of this famous battle, and the whole affair as is there related. The battle was fought on the 7th of October, 1571. Finding Signor Gaudentio di Lucca. 5 Finding I had a great inclination to learning, he promoted it, by providing me with the beſt maſters, till I was fit to go to the uni- verfity. The knowledge of languages be- ing of great ufe as well as ornament to young gentlemen, he himſelf, by way of recreation, taught me that mixed language called Lingua Franca, fo neceffary in East- ern countries. It is made up of Italian, Turkish, Perfian, and Arabian, or rather a jargon of all languages together. He ſcarce ever ſpoke to us but in that language, faying We might learn Latin from our maſters, and our mother-tongue from our play fel- lows. The fame reafon induced him to fend me to the famous univerfity of Paris, to learn French at the fame time with my other ftudies. I lived in the college des Quatre Nations, and maintained my thefes of univerfal philofophy under the celebrated monfieur Du Hamel, who was one of the firſt in the univerfity, who decried Arifto- tle's philofophy, and leaned towards the opinions of Deſcartes. [Secretary. Here the inquifitors muttered a little, fearing he was inclined to the Copernican ſyſtem, which has been con- demned at Rome. But, fince it regard- ed philofophical matters only, they paſ- fed it over.] I was entring into my nineteenth year, and had fome thoughts of taking to the B 3 church, 6 The Adventures of church, when my brother wrote me the melancholy account of my father and mo- ther's death, and the unfortunate occafion of it; which in fhort was, that having loft his richeft hip, with all his eff cts, by pi- rates, and his chief factor at Smyrna being gone off, his other correfpondents came upon him thick; and not being in a con- dition to anſwer their calls, it threw him and my mother into a deep melancholy, which fhortened their days, both dying in three weeks of one another. My brother told me he was not able to maintain me longer at the univerfity, as before; but acquainted me, he had made a ſhift to fit out a fmall veffel, wherein he had put his all; and in- vited me to join the fmall portion that fell to my fhare along with him, with which, he faid, we could make a pretty good bot- tom; and fo retrieve the fhattered fortune of our family. Not to be too prolix, I followed his advice: he fold his houſe and gardens to pay his father's creditors, and put what was left, together with my little ftock, into that unfortunate bottom. We fet fail from Ragufa the third of March, Anno Dom. 1688, very inaufpiciouſly for my dear brother, as will appear by the ſe- quel. We touched at Smyrna, to fee if we could hear any thing of my father's factor: and were told, that he was turned Turk, and gone off, very magnificently dreffed up in Signor Gaudentio di Lucca. 7 in borrowed feathers, to fettle at Conftanti- nople; however, we pick'd up fomething of fome honeft Chriftian merchants, with whom he had lodged a part of his effects. This encouraged us to proceed to Cyprus and Alexandria; but, as we were purſuing our voyage one morning, in a prodigious fog, as if the fea was fatal to our family, we fpied on a fudden two Algerine rovers bear- ing down upon us, one on each fide. We had fcarce time to clear our little veffel, when they fired upon us, and called to us to ftrike, or we were dead men. My brother and I, confidering that our all was at ſtake, and that we had better die honourably than be made flaves by thofe unbelieving mifcre- ants, called up our men, who were but twenty-three in all, of whom five were young gentlemen who had engaged to try their for- tune along with us. We were armed only with fwords, and piftols under our girdles. After a fhort confultation, it was agreed to fight it out to the laft man; and we turned back to back to make head againſt both fides, my brother in the middle of one rank, and myſelf in the other. The enemy boarded us in great numbers, looking on us as madmen to pretend to make any refiftance; but they were foon made to leap back, at leaſt all that were able; for being clofe up with them, and they crowded together, we fired our pi- ſtols fo luckily, that fcarce one miſſed doing B 4 execu 8. The Adventures of execution. Seeing them in this confufion, we made a puſh at them on each fide, ftill keeping our ranks, and drove the remainder headlong off the deck. This we did twice before any of our men dropt. We were grappled fo cloſe, they had no ufe of their cannon or muſkets, and ſcarce thought of firing their piſtols at us, expecting we ſhould yield immediately, or to have borne us down with their weight. I am more particular in deſcribing this petty fight, fince there are but few examples, where a handful of men made fuch a long refiftance. The arch-pi- rate, who was a ftout, well-built, young man, raged like a lion, calling his men a thouſand cowards, fo loud that his voice was heard above all the cries of the foldiers. The edge of their fury was a little abated af- ter the dropping of fo many men; and they began to fire at fome diftance; which did us more harm than their moſt furious attacks. My brother, feeing his men begin to drop in their turn, ordered me to face the one fhip, while he with his rank leaped in amongſt the enemies in the other. He did it with fuch a noble intrepidity, that he made a gap among the thickeſt of them immediately. But their numbers clofing together, their very weight drove him back in ſpite of all he could do, and he loft feveral of his men before he could recover his poft. The ene- my would neither board us, nor leave us; but Signor Gaudentio di Lucca. 9 but firing at us continually, ftill killed fome of our men. There were now only eleven of us left; and no hopes of victory, or of quarter after fuch obftinate refiftance. They durft not come to a clofe engagement with us for all this; when my brother, to die as honourably as he could, once more leaped into the pirate's fhip, and feeing their cap- tain in the midst of them, made at him with all his might, calling on the few he had left to fecond him. He foon cut his way through; but juſt as he was coming up to him, a cow- ardly Turk clapt a piſtol juſt below his two ſhoulder blades, and, I believe, fhot him quite through the heart, for he dropped down dead on the ſpot. The Turk that hot him was run through the body by one of our men, and he himſelf with the others that were left, being quite over-powered, were all cut in pieces. I had yet four men left on my fide againſt the leffer fhip, and had till then kept off the enemy from boarding; but the pirates giving a great ſhout at my brother's fall, the captain of the ſhip I was engaged with, who was the arch-pirate's bro- ther, cried out to his crew, that it was a fhame to ftand all day firing at five men; and leaping on my deck, made at me like a man of honour, with his piftol fteddily poi- fed in his hand : I met him with equal refo- lution. He came boldly up within fword's length, and fired his piftol directly at my face; 10 The Adventures of face; he aimed his fhot fo well, that one of the balls went through my hair, and the other grazed the fide of my neck. But before he could fecond his fhot, I gave him ſuch a ſtroke with my broad fword, be- tween the temple and the left ear, that it cut through part of his fkull, his cheek-bone, and going cross his mouth, almoſt ſevered the lower part of his face from the upper. I had juſt the fatisfaction to ſee him fall, when a mufket-ball went through the braw- ny part of my right arm, and, at the fame time, a Turk hit me juft in the nape of the neck with the butt end of his mufket, that I fell down flat on my face, on the body of my flain enemy. My companions, all but one, who died of his wounds foon after, fell honourably by my fide. The Turks poured in from both fhips like wolves upon their prey. After their barbarous fhouts and yelling for the victory, they fell to ſtripping the dead bodies, and threw them into the fea without any further ceremony. All our crew, befide myſelf, were flain, or gafping, with threefcore and fifteen of the enemy. The reaſon why we fought fo defperately was, that we knew very well, having killed fo many at the first attacks, we were to expect no quarter; fo we were refolved to fell our lives as dear as we could. When they came to ftrip me like the reft, I was juſt come to myfelf, being only ſtunned by the ftroke of the Signor Gaudentio di Lucca. 11 the mufket. They found by my cloaths, that I was one of the moſt confiderable per- fons of the crew. I was got upon my knees, endeavouring to rife, and reaching for my fword to defend myſelf to the laſt gafp; I found I could not hold it in my hand, by reaſon of the wound in my arm, though if I could, it had been needlefs; for three of them fell down upon me, and preffed me to the deck, while others brought chords. and tied my hands, to carry me to the cap- tain. He was dreffing a flight wound he had in his leg with a piftol fhot; and four women in Perfian habits were ſtanding by ; three of whom ſeemed to be attendants to the fourth, who was a perfon of the largeſt ſize, about five or fix and twenty, a moft exquifite beauty, except that he had an Amazonian kind of fiercenefs in her looks. When I was brought thus bound to the captain, they af fured him I was the man that had flain his brother, and done the most harm of any. Upon which, ftarting up in the greateſt fury a barbarian was capable of, and calling for a new ſcymitar he had in his cabin, he faid, "Let me cleave, if I can, the head of this r Christian dog, as he did my poor brother's: "and then do you chop him into a thou- "fand pieces." With that he drew the fcymitar, and was going to ftrike, when, to the aftonishment of the very Barbarians, the ftrange lady cried out, " O fave the "brave I 2 The Adventures of "brave young man !" and immediately man!" falling down on her knees by me, catched me in her arms, and claſping me cloſe to her bofom, covered my body with hers, and cried out, "Strike, cruel man, but ftrike GC through me, for otherwife a hair of his "head thall not be hurt." The Barbarians that stood round us were ftruck dumb with amazement; and the pirate himſelf lifting up his eyes towards heaven, faid, with a groan enough to break his heart, How, cruel "woman! fhall this ftranger in a moment "obtain more than I can with all my fighs