[1] In this wiſe hee reſted three yeares togither in the Cardinall his houſe, and by that tyme ha|uing ſtept ſo farre in yeares (for hee was pric|king faſt vpon ninetene) as he began to knowe himſelfe, the Cardinall put to his choyſe, eyther to continue his learning, or by trauayling to ſeeke his aduentures abroade. The yong ſtrip|ling (as vſually kinde doth creepe) rather of na|ture addicted to valiantneſſe, than wedded to bookiſhneſſe, chooſed to be a trauaylour: and pre|ſently with the Cardinall his licence,Fitz Giralde trauayleth to Naples. repayred to Naples: where falling in acquaintance with Knightes of the Rhodes, he accompanied them to Malta,Tripoly. from thence he ſayled to Tripoly (a Fort apperteyning to the aforeſayde order, cou|ſting vpon Barbarie) and there he aboade ſixe [page 104] weekes with Mounbryſon,Mounbriſon. a commander of the Rhodes, who had the charge of that holde.