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European adventurers (whom he accuses of irreligion). He<br />
continues to worry about the Renegado problem:<br />
But the feare is some maie abuse their comissions<br />
and turne pirattes, and Englishmen goe out to sea in<br />
their shippes. the shippes of Sallye. and serve under<br />
them and turne renegadors; so His Majestie looseth<br />
subjectes and God so many soules. which alIso I<br />
submitt to further consideracion to be restreyned by<br />
some severe proclamacion. yea. rather to be wished<br />
(thoughe I have ben ymploied and in that respect<br />
maie seme a frinde to Sallye. yet. U magis amica<br />
patria" the honour of my countrey and generall<br />
good of Christen dome is neerer and deerer to me), I<br />
saie. thoughe I have ben a meanes of that treutie of<br />
peace thereby to redeme Your Majesties subjectes<br />
oute of captivitie (as I have ben this time allso for<br />
the Frenche), yet nowe that. both the one and the<br />
other, all the English and French captives are<br />
cleared from thence, I could wishe, I saie. Your<br />
Majestie and brother of Fraunce wolde joyne yor<br />
forces for the suppressing of all the shippes belonging<br />
to that place. and Argier likewise, to prevent<br />
both theis and other inconveniences or rather indignities,<br />
Lastima! a pitifull case, so many Christians<br />
daylie taken by their shippes and made slaves, yea,<br />
a greate nomber forced to forsake their faithe. turne<br />
Turkes and renegadors. which maie easelie be remedied.<br />
if it please Your Majestie to take into consideracion<br />
the motives hereunto annexed. [ww., p. 114]<br />
In his final report, composed in 1631, Harrison has lost<br />
a bit of his earlier enthusiasm for "Saints":<br />
172<br />
'Within a year or two after arose out of the Sahara,<br />
or deserts towardes Guinie, a levantado or rebell,<br />
one oftheir morabittes or saintes (as they call them),<br />
who for the most part are negromancers, yet pretending<br />
great holines and austeritie of Iyfe, fasting<br />
some of them everie day throughout the whole<br />
yeare. yet all the night. so long as they can see a star,<br />
may both eate and drinck: and so all the Moores are<br />
bound by their law, once everie yeare. to observe<br />
their Romedan, in nature of our Lent, for a<br />
moone togither but the preciser sort ofthese saintes<br />
doe it for a whole yeare, yea. from yeare to yeare<br />
during their lives. by which meanes (as the Popish<br />
clergie) they get to themselves a great opinion<br />
among the simple people and are reverenced as pettie<br />
Popes or rather demy-gods, thinking they know<br />
all things and can doe all things what they please;<br />
and by that reason also stand in great awe of them.<br />
Especiallie this Saint. above all the rest (called by a<br />
nickname Bumhalli, his right name Hamet), abused<br />
most the credulitie ofthe simple people, pretending<br />
and making them believe he was sent of God to<br />
reforme the whole countrie misgoverned by Muley<br />
Sidan. fww.. p.<br />
But even now Harrison has not lost aU his romantic<br />
notions. He's still trying to persuade the King that the<br />
Moriscos are ripe for conversion to Christianity or Englishism<br />
or both:<br />
Especiallie the Moriscoes overjoyed, grounding<br />
upon an old prophecie which they told me their<br />
auncestors found written instead in Monte Santo,<br />
neere Granada, fortelling that their banishment out<br />
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