Their seruants and slaues that they brought with them at the same time, did dine in another hal nigh vnto the same, with so great abundance as their masters.
Oh what numbers of all degrees of English and Brittish were made slaues and bondmen, and bought and sold as oxen in open market!
Their slaues in like sort were glad, when it grew to the tenth foot, for then were they sure soone after to go to meat.
A harquebush takes one, another bends his bowe, Among the slaues then downe fals one and other hurt I trowe.
And they put vs in such extremity, that we had almost no more slaues nor other labouring people for to repaire that which they brake night and day, which was a great hindrance for us, and the beginning of our perdition.
How the captaine Gabriel Martiningo camee to the succor of Rhodes, and all the slaues were in danger to be slaine.
And in likewise there arose a great noise in the towne, that the slaues Turks that wrought for vs in the diches had slaine their keepers, and would haue fled, which was not so.
Then did the slaues draw neere, with dart and target thicke, With diuelish fixed eyes they peere where they their darts may sticke.
I thinke we be the dayly slaues of the fond and cruell fantasie of those Tyraunts, which say they haue puissance ouer vs: and that straininge our will to their tiranny, we be still bound to the chaine like the Galley slaue.
And O unhappy wee, that be the slaues of a waiwarde state, peruerted by corruption.
But Mustapha in no wyse would weare the sayd apparell before one of his slaues had assayed the same, whereby he preuented the Mischiefe of his vngratious Stepmother, opening to all men the deceipt of the poyson.
The slaues when they went to their sacrifice, were apparelled in the habite or deuise of the Idol vnto whom ech of them did commende himselfe: and moreouer they decked them with feathers, garlands and floures.
He answered that he woulde departe the nexte day followyng, and that he required but onely some of their slaues to carry his fardage, bycause his owne Tamemez or Carriars were weried: lykewise he requyred some prouision of victuall.
This man, whose name was Alimamos, dealt with the slaues to change their euill purpose, and returne with him to the Christians: which two of them did; and Alimamos and they ouertooke the Gouernour 50.
M634) Thus they possessed themselues of al the clothes and perles, and all that the Christians had, which their slaues carried.
There is in this countrie much gold, and few slaues to get it: For many haue made away themselues, because of the Christians euill vsage of them in the mines.
Domingo (which made a voyage to get certaine slaues to work in their mines) stole away by subtilty the inhabitants of this riuer, to the number of 40, thinking to cary them into their New Spaine.
Bill set downe[d], and registred of sundry kinds of these slaues of Sathan, all condemned, and God addeth in the same place the reasons of this his seuere and sharpe iudgement against them.
God had no greater curse to lay vppon the Israelites, than by leading them out of their owne countrey to liue as slaues in a strange land.
Did he not straight In pious rage, the two delinquents teare, That were the Slaues of drinke, and thralles of sleepe?
My thoughts do harbour with my Siluia nightly, And slaues they are to me, that send them flying.
Go shew your Slaueshow Chollericke you are, And make your Bondmen tremble.
Not any yet: But as th' vnthought-on accident is guiltie To what we wildely do, so we professe Our selues to be the slaues of chance, and flyes Of euery winde that blowes Cam.
Matrons, turne incontinent, Obedience fayle in Children: Slaues and Fooles Plucke the graue wrinkled Senate from the Bench, And minister in their steeds, to generall Filthes.
Make vse of thy salt houres, season the slaues for Tubbes and Bathes, bring downe Rose-cheekt youth to the Fubfast, and the Diet Timan.
Let their beds Be made as soft as yours: and let their pallats Be season'd with such Viands: you will answer The slaues are ours.
Good my Lord pardon me, Though I am bound to euery Acte of dutie, I am not bound to that: All Slaues are free: Vtter my Thoughts?
This salt as it lyeth in the pit is like so much ice, and it is sixe inches thicke: they digge it with axes, and cause their slaues to cary it to the heapes.
Tartars valiancy, aboue the Moschouite, or the Romanes slaues & outlawes, aboue their masters?
The Capitoll, a head fortresse, in a populous Citie, was taken by slaues and outlawes, anno vrbis, 292.
Michael of Culiacan, with commission to the Gouernours of those parts to pacifie the Indians, and not to make them slaues any more.
Yea, that he may the more viuelie counterfeit and scorne God, he oft times makes his slaues to conveene in these verrie places, which are destinat and ordeined for the conveening of the servantes of God (I meane by Churches).
As God by visiones, dreames, and extases reueiled what was to come, and what was his will vnto his seruantes; vsed he not the like meanes to forwarne his slaues of things to come?
Iuly hee sent one of our Gentlemen with some of his men and nine slauesabord our ships.
This Iland yeeldeth no spice, nor any other costly ware, onely victuailes and clothes which they weare about their bodies, and slaues that are there to be solde.
Portugales prisoners, of which we daily saw some going vp and downe the streetes of Bantam like slaues and captiues.
Whereupon we presently determined rather to seeke our liberties, then to bee in danger for euer to be slaues in the countrey, for it was told vs we should haue the strapado.
Then after ensued three other Bashas, with slaues about them, being afoote, to the number of three thousand men.
Yes worthy Sir, The Slauesreport is seconded, and more More fearfull is deliuer'd Sicin.
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