Part I Master Thomas Dallam’s Diary
1599.
In this Book is the Account of an Organ Carryed to the Grand Seignor and Other Curious Matter.
Nessecaries for my voyege into Turkie, the which I bought upon a verrie short warninge, havinge no frend to advise me in any thinge.
| Imprimis for one sute of sackcloth to weare at sea | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Item for another sute of Carsaye10 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Item for tow wastcotes of flanell | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Item for one hatt | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Item for an arminge sorde | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Item for a chiste | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| Item for 3 shirtes | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| Item for one doson of bandes | 0 | 12 | 8 |
| Item for half a doson of bandes | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Item for one bande | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Item for sixe shirtes more | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Item for one doson of hand chirthers (handkerchiefs) | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Item for one pare of garters | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Item for one doson of poyntes11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Item for another doson | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Item for 2 pare of stockins | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Item for one pare of lininge britchis | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Item for one pare of pumpes and pantables12 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Item for 3 pare of showes | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Item for a girdle and hangers13 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Item for a gowne | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Item for a pare of virginals | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Item for a pare of fustion britchis | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Item for a hatbande | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Item for another hatbande | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| For a seller and glassis | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| Item for Rosa solis14 and a compostie15 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Item for oyle and vineger | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Item for prunes | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Item for Resons of the son (sun-dried raisins) | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Item for cloves, mace, and peper | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Item 2 pounde of suger | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Item for nutmuges | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Item for gloves | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Item for knives | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Item for 30ˡⁱ of tin in bars | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Item for a grose of Spownes (spoons) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Item for otemeale | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Item for carreing my chiste to Blacke wale | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Item for my passige to Graves end | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Item my staying there 4 dayes—it coste me | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Item at Deale Castell | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Item at Dartmouthe | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| At Plimmouthe, stayinge thare seven Dayes it coste me | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| At Argeare16 in Barbarie | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| At Zante in Gretia | |||
| At Scandaroune in A17 |
From the Landes end of England to the straites mouthe is 4 hundrethe leagues.
Betwixte the straites mouthe and Argeare in Barbarria is one hundrethe and fiftie leages.
From Argeare to Cisillia is 2 hundrethe leages.
From Cesillia to Zante is 90 leages.
From Zante to Scandaroune is 2 hundrethe and fiftie Leages.
| 400 | L. |
| 150 | |
| 200 | |
| 090 | |
| 250 | |
| 1090 | Leages. |