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FRIEDERICH WERNER The Templars in Cyprus

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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 106



THE TEUTLAKa IK CTPSFI. [A TrSlKUS PRIVATEER (frùh klarfsiSaf ëhimll.i) ù brmtjht in by a Ksi HT ; behind, a TE"' UU-tK tritk a *•"/, AluI.BI KT Of Avjol, ami two other PEI-OXKK» if th Tuminamt). MoLAT (ti the Tl'MSlAX). W'h it ixro you ? TISISIAN. I ? A "-allant officer Of Turku, confessing moat unwillingly Unto a Chriiitian dog. MOLAT. The abusive term II it docs mo honour—Who are theso with you ? TUNISIAN. A couplo o' hounds of no account, unless To be spiked up upon tho walls of Tunis. MOLAT. How came they in thy hands ? TUNISIAN. At Cadiz, I Had come across a Spanish frigate, laden With a whole cargo of such knaves ns thee. Tho Captain yielded like a caitiff slave, Albeit his forco was thrico the strength of mine, So took 1 them ; but soon that ballast proved Too heavy a load, therefore at Trijxilis I trafficked all tho worthless trash away, Reserving theso four to amuse myself And win diversion from their foolish ways. Thus towards Aleppo I had turned my course, Intending them as gifts for tho Pasha ! Rut then I thought I'd also take with me A few white hides of theso your Templar dogs. I climliod to land ; but there my e\il star Launched on me quite the best of thy sleuth-hounds ;


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