List of Illustrations | p. vii |
Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Note on Editorial Method | p. xv |
Introduction: England and Mediterranean Captivity, 1577-1704 | p. 1 |
Narratives | |
"The Worthy Enterprise of John Fox, in Delivering 266 Christians Out of the Captivity of the Turks," in Richard Hakluyt, Principal Navigations (1589) | p. 55 |
Strange and Wonderful Things Happened to Richard Hasleton ... in His Ten Years' Travails in Many Foreign Countries (1595) | p. 71 |
The Famous and Wonderful Recovery of a Ship of Bristol, Called the Exchange, from the Turkish Pirates of Argier (1622) | p. 96 |
News from Sally of a Strange Delivery of Four English Captives from the Slavery of the Turks (1642) | p. 121 |
Ebenezer; or, A Small Monument of Great Mercy, Appearing in the Miraculous Deliverance of William Okeley (1675) | p. 124 |
A True Account of the Captivity of Thomas Phelps (1685) | p. 193 |
A True and Faithful Account of the Religion and Manners of the Mohammetans, with an Account of the Author's Being Taken Captive (1704) | p. 218 |
Appendixes | |
Two Ballads | p. 341 |
The Algerian Slave's Releasement; or, The Unchangeable Boatswain | p. 341 |
The Lamentable Cries of at Least 1,500 Christians (Now Prisoners in Algiers Under the Turks) | p. 344 |
Letters from Captives to Their Families in England | p. 347 |
Samuel Harres to His Father (1610) | p. 347 |
Robert Adams to Captain Robert Adams (1625) | p. 349 |
Thomas Sweet and Richard Robinson (1647) | p. 350 |
Letter and Depositions Describing "Turkish" Corsair Raids on the West Country Sent by Thomas Ceely to the Privy Council (1625) | p. 354 |
Letter to the Privy Council | p. 354 |
Deposition of William Knight | p. 355 |
Deposition of William Draper | p. 357 |
Deposition of William Court | p. 357 |
Petition Sent by English Captives in Morocco to King Charles I (1632) | p. 359 |
Laudian Rite for Returned Renegades (1637) | p. 361 |
Parliamentary Ordinance for Collections to Be Made for the Relief of Captives in Algiers (Issued April 25, 1643) | p. 367 |
Letter from Philip Lloyd, the English Factor in Tunis, to King Charles II (1680) | p. 369 |
Bibliography of English Captivity Narratives from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries | p. 371 |
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