THE Familie of the Mareines beeing Larbies , were long times Kings of Barbary : vntill a plaine Haly some hundred Any one which is not of the tribe of Mahemet is so tearmed . Or Drawe . yeres agoe , calling himselfe Muley Hamet Xarif , came out of the countrey of Dara , ( lying beyond the mountains of Atlas ) with a great number of Montaniers , called in their owne language Brebers : these with their strength got Moruecos from the Mareins . And going forwarde following the fertilnes of the soyle , draue the Mareins out of Fes : getting into his power all the flat countries comprised vnder the titles of Sus , Moruecos , and Fes , from the hilles of Atlas to the straits of Gybraltar . Being thus growne great , be would proue himselfe a Xarif , one of the kindred of the Prophet Mahome●… , desiring his birth might be held answerable to his new acquired fortunes : But within a little time after this his sodaine inuasion , Sus rebelling , refused his gouernment , wherefore he sent to the bordering Turkes for ayde , who fulfilled therein his request . Aided with these turkish auxiliary forces , he set forward , and at his enterance into that kingdome , the turkish souldiers through treason killed him , & cut of his head ; sacked Taradant , and running ouer the whole countrey , spoyled it by the space of twoo moneths , which done , they would gladly haue returned to Trimasine : yet fearing their owne strength to return the same way Hamet had brought them ; it was helde their better course and shorter iourney , to passe ouer the Mountaines : but the Montaniers knowing this their new done bloody fact , and séeing them haue good store of pillage , set vpon them , so that few or none escaped their handes , but were all slaine . After this Hamet Xarifs death , who raigned some eight yeares , succéeded his brother Muley Abdela , hauing all his life time great warre with the Mareins , to kéepe that his brother had conquered : hee hauing raigned some fiftéene yeares died , leauing behind him thirtéene sonnes , the eldest Muley Abdela ( who at his entrance to the kingdome , commaunded all his brethren to bee killed : ) but the second brother Abdelmelech fearing hard measure , fled presently vppon the death of his Father into Turkie , and so saued his life . The third brother Muley Hamet of whome we are hereafter to entreate , béeing held a great Church man , simple and humble spirited , not any way addicted vnto armes , was spared aliue as lesse feared . The other ten were all put to death in one day at Taradant in Sus , where they were kept in their Fathers life time . This Abdela raigned fortie yeares , and dying , left behinde him thrée sonnes , Muley Mehamet , Muley Sheck , Muley Nassar . Muley Mehamet beeing King , his twoo yonger brethren ranne away into Spaine , the elder wherof named Muley Sheck is yet liuing , and there turned Christian. The yonger brother called Muley Nassar returned into Barbary , in the fourteenth yeare of Muley Hamets raign , who died last . At this Muley Nassars landing in the country of Fes , much people fauoured him and his title , & two thousand of Muley Shecks souldiers ( who now liueth , and then gouerned Fes , for his Father reuolted from him to Nassar , insomuch as Muley Sheck was in mind to haue fled vnto his Father . But that Alkeyd Hamet Ben lau , being a very wise Captaine , and there placed to helpe Muley Sheck by his councell , who was very yong , ) kept him from running away : and Muley Nassar with a dilatory warre , with whome if the souldiers had staied , he might peraduenture haue gotten the country . But their Lent approaching , the souldiers tolde Nassar , they would go kéepe their Easter at their owne houses . Whervpon Nassar , thinking if they were once gone , they would neuer returne to him againe , would giue present battaile , & so was this Nassar slaine . Abdelmelech being second brother to Abdela , got such fauor in Turkie where he liued , as entering Barbary with foure thousand Turkish souldiers , he got the kingdome from his Nephew Mehamet the eldest sonne of Abdela , and their raigned two yeares . Muley Mehamet thus depriued of his kingdome , fledde for succour to Sebastian then King of Portugale , who came in person into Barbarie to helpe him with thirtie thousand men , giuing battaile , the Mores fled , and the Christians retired , hoping the Mores would returne , that so the Christians might make the greater slaughter of them . According to this expectation Abdelmelech with his armie returned , and the Christians charged the formost of their horsemen very hotly , who would haue fledde . But such was the aboundance of Abdelmelechs horsemen , following the foreward which were discō●…ted , as they could not haue field-roome to flie , but were forced to ●…ght it out . This was a bloody battaile wherin thrée kings lost their liues , Don Sebastian King of Portugale : Muley Mehamet vnto whose ayde Sebastian came ouer : And Abdelmelech who came out of Turkie being second brother to Abdela ▪ This Abdelmelech left behind him a sonne yet liuing at this day in Turkie , whose name is Muley Smime . After the death of these twoo , Abdelas third brother , Muley Hamet Xarif , was made King , raigned about twenty seauen yeares in great peace and felicity , vntill he went to take his sonne Muley Sheck at Fes , where the Father dyed , whose death hath caused all these warres , as yea may reade hereafter .

OBtaining the Scepter , he first prouided himselfe of the grauest men he could finde in his Kingdomes , to be Counsellors of estate ; then of the most experienced , and valiant souldiers , for Commanders ouer his campe , and Garrison townes . And whereas hee was Monarch ouer two Nations , the Larbies , and Brebers , hee found it requisite to vse a two-folde gouernment . The Larbies dwelling in the best plaine champion Country of his three Kingdomes , Moruecos , Sus , and Fes , were easily gouerned , being of milde and peaceable nature , giuen to thrift and tillage of the ground , sought no alterations , but receiuing from him a due forme of iustice executed by his Ministers : protecting them from the Montaneirs which are robbers , willingly obeyed his Regall authoritie , and yearly payed their tenths towards their Kings maintenance . As for the Brebers , or Montaneirs , beeing of an vntamed and fierce disposition , speaking the Tamiset tongue , which is as much different from the Larbee , as Welch is from our English , dwelling in places by nature defencible , and almost inaccessible : He could not so well gouerne , neither had euer such absolute power ouer them , nor receiued the fift pennie of profite from them , as hee did from the Alarbeis . Therefore hee sought by all meanes to diminish their strength of people , drawing them alwayes into forraigne expeditions , especially into that warre , against the Negros , which continued a long time , thereby extending his Empire so farre that way , as by Camell it was sixe Moneths iourney from Morruecos , to the farthest parts of his Dominion . Likewise , he vsed this people to goe with the Carabans to Gago , to fetch A company of Marchants going together for trading , with a great number of Horses , Camels , and Mules , laden with Commodities . home his yearely tribute and custome , whereby manie were consumed in trauailing ouer the Saharas : for anie offence or robberie committed by them , his sword should punish seuerely , that the rest might feare : diuiding their Countrey into seuerall diuisions or Cantons , in euerie which hee placed an Alkeyd , with souldiers to suppresse any suddaine vprores , must like our Lieutenant set ouer our seuerall Countyes , but that the Alkeyd is continually resident , and hath greater power in executing Marshall law . And lastly , as pledges of their loyalties , hee would get their chiefest mens sonnes into his hands , bringing them vp in his Court to a more ciuill and delicate kinde of life . He was alwayes of minde to keepe peace with Christendome , with Spaine , who was his next potent neighbour , but aboue all loued the English Nation , and admired the late Queenes happie gouernement , willing to entertaine trading with vs , witnesse his manie letters , written to that worthie Ladie of happie memorie . And his Embassage sent vnto her , Anno. 1601. performed by Abdala Wahad Anowne , and Hamet Alhadg , their great trauailer to Mecha , and other places .

Towards his subiects he was not too tyrannicall , but sweetned his absolute power and will , with much clemencie . By diuerse wayes he got excessiue store of gold . First , by seeing his tenths truly payed from the Larbees : Secondly , by trading with the Negroe , taking vp the salt at Tegazza , and selling it at Gago , hauing from thence returne in good golde . Thirdly , by husbanding his Maseraws , or I●…genewes , where his Sugar Sugar gardens . Canes did growe , ( though nowe all spoyled with these warres , ) for it is sufficiently knowne , all of them about Morruecos , Taradant , and Magador , were yearely worth vnto him , sixe hundred thousand ounces at the least . I omit his loue he tooke in entertaining forraigne Artisans , the reedifying of his house in Morruecos , getting Italian Marbles , the richest that could bee bought for money , and workmen hired from thence at great wages . His sumptuous prouisions for the Saraile , The place where his women are kept . and maintenance of his women , not so much delighting in the sinne , as his predecessors had done before , as to shew his glorie , because the fashion of the Countrey is such , to shewe their riches and greatnesse vpon that fraile sexe , and their attendances . For his chiefest pleasures were to see the gallantrie of his kingdome , managing their good Barbarian Steedes , and the Falcons vpon their wing , making faire flights after the Heron : for these sports hee was prouided , no man better , from which hee was recalled by certaine discontents , which as clowds forerunned his owne Sunset .

MVley Sidan , by reason his Mother Lilla Isha gouerned the old Kings house , vnderstoode of his fathers death , before it was noysed abroad , whereupon he presently went forth into his fathers campe , and tents , from whence he carried away all such Iewels and treasure as he found there . And after his fathers death , he caused himselfe in Fes to bee proclaimed King of Barbarie , as lawfull heyre of his deceased father . Lilla Iohora , mother to Muley Sheck , and Muley Boferes ; seeing her eldest sonne in prison , and voide of all meanes to helpe himselfe at that instant , was not vnmindfull of her second sonne Boferes , whom the old King had left to gouerne Morruecos during his absence . To whom shee dispéeded presently letters by one of the kings Eunuchs , who made such hast , that in foure dayes he came from Fes to his Tents , which were some two leagues from Morruecos , where he had lien all the Summer ▪ before to auoyd the infection of the plague , which had béene that Summer in Morruecos , and with him was his younger brother Muley Nassar , and his eldest brothers sonne Muley Abdela . Muley Boferes vnderstanding of his fathers death , presently entred Moruecos , and ga●… possession of the Alcasaua , his fathers house . Before the newes of The King●… house . his fathers death was noysed abroad , and generally knowne , fearing how the Alkeyds , and people of Morruecos might stand affected vnto him , and knowing that if he had once possession of the Alcasaua , & of his fathers treasure , he had the best part of the Kingdome . And the next day after his entrance , hee caused to bee published generally thorow the whole Citie , the newes of his fathers death , and withall himselfe to be proclaimed king : Writing letters to the Uizeroy of Sus , to doe the like in Taradant , the chiefe Citie of that Kingdome , the which he accordingly performed .

Muley Nas●…ar the fourth sonne of the deceased King , hauing beene all the Summer abroad with his brother Boferes ; when now hee vnderstood of his fathers death , followed his brother a farre off , as though hee meant to haue entred Morruecos with him . But comming to the gates of the Citie , in companie with Muley Abdela his Nephew , being sonne to Muley Sheck , with whom hee was familiar , conferred with him about their flying into the Mountaines , perswading Muley Abdela that hee might no wayes put any trust in Boferes , since his father and he were the chiefest impediments , that hindered Boferes from claiming the Kingdome by course of iustice , his father Muley Sheck being the old Kings eldest sonne , and he the eldest sonne of his father : Besides , his father being in prison so neere Fes , where Muley Sidan was , it was to be doubted that Muley Sidan had alreadie gotten him into his power , and it might be , had made some agréement with him alreadie , to ioyne both against Muley Boferes : which if it should so fall out , would cause Boferes to deale more cruelly with him . But these perswasions moued not Abdela , who rather chose to enter the Citie , and follow his Uncle , on whose curtesie he would relie . Though Nassar fearing how Boferes would deale with him , with all speede fled into the Mountaines to the kindred of his mother , from whence after a few daies with some eight hundred , or a thousand of those people ▪ whome he ioyned together , he passed into the plaines of Sus , sending to the Alkeyd in Taradant to proclaime him King , or else to suffer him quietly to depart . But the Alkeyd hauing alreadie proclaimed Muley Boferes , withstood him , and he hauing no meanes wherewith to pay his souldiers and people that he had gathered togither , was soone left of all , & so returned againe to his mothers kindred , and liued priuatly there about seuen Moneths , and then dyed of the plague , or as some reported , secretly poysoned , was brought to Morruecos , and there buryed .

BUt to returne to Fes and those parts : after the death of the old King ( Sidan being now proclaimed king in Fes , Boferes in Morruecos , & Sus ; & Muley Sheck prisoner in Mickanes , in the keeping of Basha Iudar ) the souldiers being abroad in their tents , without Fes gates , began to be in a mutenie , as well for sixtéene Moneths pay , which the old King owed them , as also about their returne to Morruecos , where the most of them had left their wiues and children . To appease this mutenie , Muley Sidan sent out of Fes vnto them Alkeyd Hamet Monsore , their chiefe Commaunder in the olde Kings time , to promise them as well content in payment , as also a speedie returne to Morruecos with Muley Sidan himselfe . But Monsore in stead of pacifying , laboured to encrease their mutenous humours , and at last agreed with them , suddainly in the night to take vp their tents , and to march with him to Morruecos , alleadging vnto them both the vncertaintie of Muley Sidans pay , and the small likelyhoode of any speedie iourney he meant to take to Moruecos . And being to passe within a little of Mickanes , where the Basha kept Muley Sheck prisoner , hee wrote vnto the said Basha to know his intent , whether hee would goe to Moruecos or no , with him . To whom the Basha came , and brought Muley Sheck with him , whom they brought along as prisoner to Moruecos , and deliuered him vp to his brother Boferes , who kept him close prisoner in his house some 4. or 5. moneths , vntill the comming of Muley Sidan against him in battaile , by this meanes thinking to haue established the whole kingdome to Muley Boferes : who now , besides the possession of the city of Moruecos and his Fathers treasure , had brought vnto him the greatest part of his Fathers forces , 〈◊〉 his elder brother put prisoner into his hands . Muley Sidan being thus deceiued by Monsore , and likewise by diuers other principall Alkeids ( who had secretly departed from Fes , and left him ) forthwith dispeeded one Mustefa a Reneg●…do of his owne whome hee made a Basha , with two thousand shot , and some companyes of horses to Tedula , aswell to receiue from the Alarbies those duties which they alwayes pay vnto their King : as also to stoppe and returne to Fes , whomsoeuer he should finde flying from thence to Moruecos , kéeping possession of that prouince for his vse . He made likewise great preparations both of horse and foote in Fes , to bee alwaies ready , to accompany himselfe in person if néede should so require , hauing with him in Fes of principall Alkeids , Azus chéefe counsellor to the late deceased King , and Lord ouer his Bitlemel : Bocrasia , Absadiks , and diuers others . Treasurie .

Muley Boferes likewise in Moruecos , foreslacked no time in making preparation to send forth against him , sending first Alcaide Gowi●… with some six hundred men to make prouision of corne and other victuals amongst the Alarbies , and after he had certaine ne●…s of Muley Sidans forces to be in Tedula , he sent out his Basha ●…dar with fiue thousand shot choyst men , foure Péeces of Artillary , and certaine companies of horse to enter T●…dula , and to giue battaile to Mustefa the Generall of Sidans forces , or perforce to driue him out of that country . At whose comming thither , Mustefa séeing himselfe no waies strong enough to encounter with Iudar , retyred backe againe with his armie out of Tedula : and Iudar destroyed the foundation of Sidania , ( which Muley Sidan at his being in Tedula , had begunne to build vpon the riuer of Morbaie and called it Sidania , after his owne name ) likewise wasted and destroyed the country thereabout , at least so many of the kindreds of the Alarbies as he knew to be friends to Muley Sidan , or those that would not acknowledge Boferes for King . Sidan vnderstanding what Iudar had done in Tedula , and likewise of the great preparations that his brother in Moruecos daily made to send out against him , forthwith put forth his tents , and ioyned together his whole forces , which were some eight or nyne Thousand shot , and some twelue Thousand horse , with two and twentie Péeces of Artillery , himselfe in person going along with them . And because he was altogether vnprouided of skilfull Gunners for his Ordinances , he procured from Salie out of certaine english men of warre , who at that instant were there , twoo english Gunners , to whome hee committed the charge of his Artillery , but by reason of much raine that had fallen , it being in the moneth of Ianuary 1604. the ground in many places was so soft , that they could not march with their Artillery so fast as néede required . So that his Artillery neuer came at the battaile , which was thought to be a chiefe cause of his ouerthrow .