A True Account of the Captivity of Thomas Phelps At Machaness in Barbary Electr
A True Account of the Captivity of Thomas Phelps At Machaness in Barbary Electr
Thomas Phelps
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He ordered us to he fent amongft the reft of our fellow Slaves ; as we went we were. (8) were cnlertain'd with the civilities of the place, and wel-^ corned by the joy full acclamations and complements of the Moors kicking and flapping us all along, which appeared very uncouth to me, who was but a Stranger, but that Night my fellow Captives allayed my wonder, by acquainting me, that what had pad was nothing, it was only a futablc Pro- logue to all the Tragical fufferings that Chrillians muft en...- dure there whilft they are Slaves, which were fo dreadful, that I could willin^^ly, that very Night have ventured my Life to endeavour an cfcape; they Painted out tome the Tyran- nical humour of the Emperour, both towards the Chriftians and Natives, in fuch Bloudy Colours, viz, how they had k^n him Butcher many Thoufands with his own hands, how that none can be fecure in his prefence for that the varying of a look, a fmall fpot in the Garment, or any fuch inconfidcrable circumftance, will raife fuch a caprice in the Emperours Nod- dle, without any other provocation, as to endanger all the Heads betore him, and it is very rare if the company efcape with One or Two only Beheaded, or Lanced through the Body.
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