truchman

When the sayd two ambassadours were departed out of the towne, there did enter two men of authoritie of the campe; one was nephew or kinsman of the sayd Acmek, the other was the great Turkes truchman, which the lord master caused to be well receiued, and they were lodged nigh the sayd gate of Quosquino.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Menetow went thither, and had with him the clarke of the gallies named Iaques truchman, the which vnder shadow to speake with him, was withholden of the Turkes.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

The great Turke answered them by his truchman, that of demanding to speake together, nor writing of letter to the great master he knew nothing.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

And, lastly, it is most needful and expedient for us that we search for and find out some sibyl to serve us for a guide, truchman, and interpreter.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

And, lastly, it is most needful and expedient for us that we search for and find out some sibyl to serve us for a guide, truchman, and interpreter.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

When he came before him, he greeted him, and the truchman accosted him, saying, "Verily, King Jamhur hath heard of thy report, that thou art a pleasant cup-companion and an eloquent teller of night tales, and he would have thee company with him o'nights and entertain him with that which thou knowest of histories and pleasant stories and verses."

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

An I hire a truchman [FN#182] to tell my tale * The lover's plaint is not told for pay:

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

‘Truckman’, or more commonly ‘truchman’, familiar to all readers of our early literature, is only another form of this, one which probably has come to us through ‘turcimanno’, the Italian form of the word.

English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

And certaine dayes afore they had made another, that is to weet, when the ship of a knight named Menetow went thither, and had with him the clarke of the gallies named Iaques truchman, the which vnder shadow to speake with him, was withholden of the Turkes.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584

The great Turke answered them by his truchman, that of demanding to speake together, nor writing of letter to the great master he knew nothing.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584