The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04

sent him on embassies? The sorry Is long
cNea nUIrizcd Tor CDe cannot men
l.on Robert "i hone abiding TO his elder
O.',hers Among English adveu-ureTs
~it\ stand in me first rank. Thomas, the
atad o has ancient family and heir to a
large fortune, served in the low countri s.
with great distinction. Then he fitted out
three vessels 10 make private war upon
me Turks; but his reckless courage Ia at
lacking an enormous ship-Which he cap
tured, howeVer-convinced his men that
ne was not business-like leader, and they
mutinied. Finally Sir Thomas was taken
prisoner and confined for four years in
dungeon at Constantinople, treated with
horrible barbarity and ordered to execu-
ton al least three times. AT length his
father ransomed him But the man was
lncorrigiblc. A letter TO tho Earl Of
Shrewsbury states Sept Z, 1907: young
Sir Thomas Shirley is committed to the
tower. Some say it was for over-busyiug
himself with the traffic of Constantinople
to have brought 1t into Venice and the
tlorentine territories, etc. That Is the
last we hear of him
Anthony, the second son, graduated at
oxford, fought in the low countries and
in France where Henry of Navarro deco
rated him. II was on this occasion that
Elizabeth declared; II will not have my
sheep marked with a strange brand, nor
suffer them to follow the pipe Of a strange
shepherd" Sir Anthony was committed
to the fleet. Then he went buccaneerng,
captured st. Jago and Jamaica, served
with Essex a Cadiz and In Ireland, where
he was knigihted and presently led force
of picked English soldiers to Venice TO
support Don Cesare d'Este. Upon arrival,
however he found that the disputants
had come to terms. and from Venice he
started for Persia
Essex and the company of Aleppo mer-
chants supplied him with funds, for what
object we do not see clearly, but the adj
Venturer's resources all through life were
mysterious. He travelled in prodlgious
state. At length he reached 1spahan, and
gained the Shah's favor at once. He was
first named lieutenant of the imperial
army. but presently the Shah dispatched
him to Europe on a rowing mission 10 stir
up the Christian powers against the Turk.
Through Muscovy, Germany, Italy and
Spain this astonishing man travelled like
a prince, receiving the highest honors
everywhere. The German emperor sent
him as ambassador 20 Morocco. In Spain
he was made Knight OF st. Jago and APP
pointed captain general of feet compris
ing two hundred great ships besides gal
leys and small vessels, manned by thirty
thousand sailors and soldiers. The purpose
of this armament Is not divulged, but 1t
caused such alarm that James / ordered
MS subject TO return TO England at once
on peril Of his life. Sir Anthony dlsobeyed
the summons. but he thought It prudent
to resign his high command. He died In
Spain in 1880. magnificent to the last,
though his only visible income was a pen
sion Of 1000 ducats as a count of the Holy
Roman empire.
Robert. the third son. accompanied his
brother to Persia and became a great ia
vorite with the Shah He commanded the
a paunnafuua AGAINST the
Turks, always victorious. When the Shah
discovered that Anthony was making no
progress in the organization OF the league
against Turkey. he sent Robert on the
same errand. Thus the special envoy came
to England. as has been told.