Newes from Argeir, Of the proceedings of our Royall Fleete since their departure from England, and what happened betweene them, and the Turkish Callies vpon Christmas day last.
To the tune of,
King Henries going to Bolloigne.
GEntlemen, if you will heare
Noble tidings from
Argeir,
our worthy and our famous English Fléete,
[...]nd your eares a while to me,
And you shall heare how gallantly,
our royall Nauy with the Turkes did meete.
[...]rst, you must vnderstand,
[...]ouided from faire England,
our well approued Men of Warre did goe,
[...]auely manag'd to the Sea,
[...] their lusty bold a
[...]ray,
the valiant hearts of Englishmen to shew.
[...]ong the coasts of
Germany,
[...]y
Portugall and
Barbary,
through the
Straites, into the Turkish land,
[...]ur English Nauy fayled on,
[...]t found no prize to worke vpon,
nor any Ships that durst against them stand,
[...]ntill that in Nouember,
[...] wee may well remember,
we did arriue and lie before
Argeir;
[...]hilst we there at Anchor lay,
[...]arefull visions on the Sea,
did from a black and bloody Moone appeare.
[...]he Moone so wanne and dusky,
[...]hich is the armes of Turky,
there suffered such a black eclipsed vale,
[...]ith which the face of all the Sky,
[...]as darkned ouer sodainly,
with pitchy clouds all bloody, black, and pale.
This, in the Towne of
Argeir,
Rumor'd out a sudden feare
amongst the Turkes to see so strange a signe
As though this black Ecclipse did show,
To that Towne some following woe,
so fearfull shew'd the darkned Moone y
t night.
But when the Sunnes adorning
Gaue light vnto the Morning,
a Pinnesse came vnto our English Fleete,
To know the cause and reason why
They did so neere at Anchor lye,
whom they with courtesie did kindly greete
And said, they lay for shelter
There, vnder winde and weather,
and thervpon their Flags of truce hang forth
Which caus'd some Bashawes come aboord,
And to Lord Generall afford
such néedful things as was to thē much worth
And to preuent all dangers,
Thy proued friendly strangers,
and brought aboord some forty fatted sheepe,
Lyons, Leopards, and such things,
As are presents fit for Kings,
themselues in peace and safety to keepe.
Young Apes, with Cat-a-mountaines,
Fresh water from their Fountaines,
with Ruske in barrels, & such Turkish foode,
As Hogsheds fild with wine and Beere
With such like things thy brought in there,
to saue their Towne, and doe our Nauy good,