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Alleppo, but reserved him to bring out yo things I was told of, I depossited him into the bands of Consull Delakoy [De Lannoy]eo & parson Frampton, 61 with whome I left full power to ackt on my behalfe, [they] ptending great kindenesse, not only for my sake, bat theire Deere frend, Mr. John [? Stephen] Mowers at Spawhawne.
The Padrey I had brought out of India wth me, 3 dayes after I had beene in Alleppo, caime to see me, & askt me when he might write On the Consull & Minister. I askt, & gaue him a tyme, but was in bopes, when I see him, he had saved some thinge & Was come to bring me them; for, from the tyme I was Robd, he never told me he had Saved ought, nor did I aske him ; But he see me weepe frequently & tooke notis of my heavy & disquieted spirrit, but gane me not yo lest hopes to expect ought I had given him ; Soe y! w: I had, I was to thanke my Bootes for.
But the next day comes The Padrey, wth ye Padrey Gouernedore of yo Scotiety of ye fathers ffrench in Alleppo, And askt me if it were seasonable to vizitt yo Consall and Minister. I carried them In, & left them all together. Sd the Padre Gouernedore. One of yot nation, now in yor bowse, hath beene at Greate Charges wth this father of ors, And to show to ya of honesty And thanks for his charge & Loue, We come to give him what is his, he trusting of padrey (& he hath saved them for him), & tooke theire leaue, leaveing the jewells on the table.
I was cald in, & noe sooner in the roome, I se. what I knew well, & laid at first dash my hands on them. Sa ye Consull & minister, yu said yu weere Robd. Heeres more than anie K in England hath. Besides we haue advice M flowers hath returned to yor father for yo 2700 pounds, wob if yu had noe more, is enough for anie honestman to live well on. Yes gd I, I was robbd,wch the padre witnessed & swore to, As before related.
I began to put vp my Jowells. Sa yo Consall & Min, Il ya please, we will lay them by for yu, ech I refused. Then, sd the Minister, theires a stone ye Consull thinks wilbe a fitt psent to his wife in England, & would by it. I said it was at his service; but, said he, he will not hane its gift, but will buy it; make yor price. 54 I, it cost me in India 2000 Ropees, besides ye hazard you know & loss I have had in getinge it bether; But he shall haue it as it cost me first penny. They told me out 100 Lyon Dollers, weh is 2016 English money. I looked coldly on it. Come, sd ye Consull, I will put him to it 50 Dollers more. I was ill pleased. Sa then the parson, can y denie the Consull; he is yr freinde & canbe serviceable to yo, & yu have enough and more. Yes, Sd the Consull, besides what Mr flowers bath writt. (Harry, bring my papers) Sd the Consull, be bath 2016 p' an [per annum) his father gave him, & 5016 p' an left him by his vokle Whitty; And soe bated me, yt I was whedled out of my Jewells.
They gave me 60 lb for what was worth 2001, & gave me a Bill payable by Ono Mr Chillingworth at Legorne, wch he could not pay; Bat I baue both theire hands & seales for it. And this theire vnkindness to me in ye ty me of my Anguish tor my loss hath disobliged me, & I hane revoked yo trust I gave them, & put it into the hands of MP John Sheppers, Marcbt in Alleppo, by writeing, the 24 Jany 1669,64 Dated from Roome (Rome), & witnessed by
Rich. Bell & Joseph Kent
in Roome.
(End of Part I.)
40 Benjamin De Lannoy was Consul for the Levant Co, at Aleppo at this time.
61 Robert Frampton was appointed as Chaplain at Aleppo on the 30th August 1655. He held the post till 1970. He was the seventh to fill the cffice, and was chosen for his "extraordinary merit." He paid a visit to England in 1663, when he gave an account of the abuses suffered by the English at Aleppo. After his final roturn from the East, he became Bishop of Gloucester. In 1991 he resigned his see as DODjuror, and died in retirement in 1705. For a fuller account, soe 4 Biographical Sketch of the Chaplains of the Lerant Company, by J. B. Pearson.
13 If Campbell wure really a destituto a Flower describes him to be (see note 19 on p. 103, anto), it is dificult to understand how he could have acquired so much property in a few months. 1.., £225, reckoning the rupee at 2. 31.
" ..., 1689-70.
