 | George Finlay - Greece - 1856 - 412 pages
...Cottington writes from Spain, in 1610, that the slaves were suspected of committing many murders. He adds, "and not unlikely, for that few did here serve themselves...captive Turks and Moors ; and so the multitude of them was very great." — Watson's Philip III., ii 385. 2 Hammer, viii. 206. 3 The ravages of the Cossacks... | |
 | george finlay, ll.d. - 1877 - 348 pages
...Cottington writes from Spain in 1610, that the slaves were suspected of committing many murders. He adds, ' and not unlikely, for that few did here serve themselves...captive Turks and Moors ; and so the multitude of them was very great.' Watson's Philip III., ii. 385. * Spon describes the ravages of the Christian corsairs... | |
 | George Finlay - Byzantine Empire - 1877 - 316 pages
...Cottington writes from Spain in 1610, that the slaves were suspected of committing many murders. He adds, ' and not unlikely, for that few did here serve themselves...captive Turks and Moors ; and so the multitude of them was very great.' Watson's Philip III., ii. 385. 3 Spon describes the ravages of the Christian corsairs... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1883 - 436 pages
...Sir Francis, whose portrait and staff are preserved at Claydon, in Mr. Bruce's Vemey Papers. 1 " Few serve themselves with other than captive Turks and...Moors, and so the multitude of them were very great." Cottington to Salisbury, June 9, 1610. When Buckingham was in Spain in 1623, he asked the Marquis of... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1895 - 458 pages
...Sir Francis, whose portrait and staff are preserved at Claydon, in Mr. Bruce's Verney Papers. 2 " Few serve themselves with other than captive Turks and...Moors, and so the multitude of them were very great." Cottington to Salisbury, June 9, 1610. When Buckingham was in Spain in 1623, he asked the Marquis Ot... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1895 - 446 pages
...Sir Francis, whose portrait and staff are \ reserved at Claydon, in Mr. Bruce's Verney Papos. - " Few serve themselves with other than captive Turks and Moors, and so the muititude of them were very great." Cottington to Salisbury, June 9, 161o. When Buckingham was in Spain... | |
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... this time the value of slaves was considerable, for it was the fashion in the south of Europe to have captive Turks or Moors, and frequently Greeks, in a foreign dress, as domestics. Sir Francis Cottington writes from Spain in 1610, that the slaves... 