Slaves.

Secondly, concerning their enforcing them, either to turne _Turke_, or
to attend their filthines and impieties, although it would make a
Christians heart bleed to heare of the same, yet must the truth not be
hid, nor the terror left untold. They commonly lay them on their naked
backs or bellies, beating them so long, till they bleed at the nose and
mouth; and if yet they continue constant, then they strike the teeth out
of their heads, pinch them by their tongues, and use many other sorts of
tortures to convert them; nay, many times they lay them their whole
length in the ground like a grave, and so cover them with boords,
threatening to starve them, if they will not turne; and so many even for
feare of torment and death, make their tongues betray their hearts to a
most fearefull wickednesse, and so are circumcised with new names, and
brought to confesse a new Religion. Others againe, I must confesse, who
never knew any God, but their own sensuall lusts and pleasures, thought
that any religion would serve their turnes, and so for preferment or
wealth very voluntarily renounced their faith, and became _Renegadoes_
in despight of any counsell which seemed to intercept them: and this was
the first newes wee encountred with at our comming first to _Algier_.

The 26. of the same moneth, _Iohn Rawlins_ his Barke, with his other
three men and a boy, came safe into the Mould, and so were put all
together to be carried before the _Bashaw_, but that they tooke the
Owners servant, and _Rawlins_ Boy, and by force and torment compelled
them to turne _Turkes_: then were they in all seven _English_, besides
_Iohn Rawlins_, of whom the _Bashaw_ tooke one, and sent the rest to
their Captaines, who set a valuation upon them, and so the Souldiers
hurried us like dogs into the Market, whereas men sell Hacknies in
_England_. We were tossed up and downe to see who would give most for
us; and although we had heavy hearts, and looked with sad countenances,
yet many came to behold us, sometimes taking us by the hand, sometimes
turning us round about, sometimes feeling our brawnes and naked armes,
and so beholding our prices written on our breasts, they bargained for
us accordingly, and at last we were all sold, and the Souldiers
returned with the money to their Captaines.

_Iohn Rawlins_ was the last who was sold, by reason of his lame hand,
and bought by the Captaine that tooke him, even that dog _Villa Rise_,
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