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An account of the present war between the Venetians & Turk with the state of Candie (in a letter to the king, from Venice) / by the Earl of Castlemaine.
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Castlemaine, Roger Palmer, Earl of, 1634-1705.
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1666
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Wing C1239; ESTC R7289
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The Right honble Roger Earle of Castlemayne Baron of Limbrick etc. AN ACCOUNT Of the Present WAR Between the VENETIANS TVRK WITH THE STATE of CANDIE In a Letter to the King from Venice By the EARL of CASTLEMAINE LONDON Printed by J. M. for H. Herringman at the Anchor on the Lower Walk of the New-Exchange 1666. TO THE KING Gracious Sovereign I Sent Your Majesty this Account at my Return from Candie emboldened by the Orders You were pleased to give me when I left England to acquiant You with all I found New abroad and this I could by no means call Old seeing to me the Cause and Progress of the War was altogether unknown From You Great Sir it had a gracious Acceptance and from You again it begs Reception since by Your Commands it is now made Publique Nor will Your People be unwilling to hear how miraculously Christendom is Defended against the Common Enemy of our Faith and Peace This is that Man of Sin that exalteth himself against all that is called God and that great Leviathan whose Teeth are thought so terrible yet in his Nostrils there is fix'd a Hook For certainly never did Providence more plainly appear then in giving Bounds to this Monster at Sea where had he been but ordinarily Victorious with terrour he had appeared at their Doors to whom now his Name is hardly known 'T is in the Deep he has seen Gods Wonders and where he never had the least Success though that be the Grand Argument of his Belief and Doctrine That Memorable Battel of Lepanto made him then know That our Vnited Force could stop his Fury But now the Victories at Fogies Nixia and the Dardanels have apparently proclaim'd his weakness and that the Venetians themselves are more then Match for him 'T is past my reach Sacred Sir to find in Humane Reason how Men so approvedly Stout as these Infidels are and not unacquainted with Maritime Affairs should always so degenerate at Sea as to seem contemptible to half their Number who have no extraordinary Traffique to make them more Experienc'd then themselves Nay which is yet more wonderful Why should the Apostates that command these Ships who were whilst Christians admired for their Valour and Conduct turn presently inconsiderable as if with their Faith they became Bankrupts of their Natural Talents too The Pyrats of Tripoli Tunis and Algiers do far excell all other Turks in Vessels nor put they one scarce out whose Officers are not Renegades of eminence in their respective Professions and drawn thither by the great assurance of Gain and Profit Yet about Ten Years since Sixteen of the best of these sent as Auxiliaries to Constantinople were ruined by Lazaro Mocinigo that thrice worthy General with the Armata Sottile his Fleet at Oars only when as one Ship of the Republiques has in a dead Calm destroy'd as many of the Enemies Gallies as he had then to oppose these Rovers Nothing Mighty Prince but this Christian State could ever Parallel You who have a Puissant Foe now on Your Hands and yet no noise of Drums within Your Streets Your Enemy must be acknowledg'd also much to resemble theirs in commencing a War when 't was least expected and presently forc'd to seek means of avoiding Fighting and Encounters May You then Both be for ever Victorious as hitherto in all Engagements You have been For as Religion compels me to wish the one so the Laws of God and Man obliges me to the other as bearing the indelible Character of Your Majesties faithful and most obedient Subject CASTLEMAINE London May 23. 1666. Reader YOu have here a very exact Map of Candie considering the bigness with all its remarkable Places and Fortifications and also the manner how the Turks Attaqu'd it two several times first on the East and South sides of the Town Anno 1648. Secondly because they found those places strong on the West in 1649. And lest you should confound the one with the other there is a â—â—rick'd Line that passes between them Nevertheless you must know That there was a Battery for a little while in the second Attaque against St. Demetrius Fort as you may see farther in the Explanation of the Map And if all the Figures in it be not successively set down you must impute it to the Gravers mistaking my Directions yet they will be sufficient to shew each Particular If you think fit carefully to peruse the Map and its Explanation you will find it much conducâ— to the History of the Siege Remember also that the part of New-Candie in the East corner of the Map is part of the New Town which the Turks have built and where they now lye closely Besieging Candie having transferred their Leaguer from their Tents to this walled Town which is commodious enough and reasonably well built The Explanation of the Map of Candie A The Castle to defend the Port. B The Port. C The Arsenal or Store-house to make and repair the Gallies D The Gate Sabionera E The Gate St. George F The Gate Jesus G The Gate Panigra H The Gate St. Andrea I The Gate Tramatta K The Gate of the Mole L The Bulwark Sabionera M Bulwark Vitturi N Bulwark Jesu O Bulwark Martinengo P Bulwark Bettelem Q Bulwark Panigra R Bulwark St. Andrea S Mount of Sabionera T M. of Vitturi V M. of Martinengo Out-Works 2 Fort St. Demetrius 3 Crepa Core 4 Palma 5 St. Maria. 6 Mocenigo 7 Panigra 8 Revelin St. Niccolâ— 9 Rev. Bettelem 10 Half Moon Mocenâ—go 11 Rev. Panigra 12 Rev. St. Spirito 13 Redoubt St. Andrew 30 The Turks Quarter in both the Attaques The first Attaque 1648. 31 Battery against the Port. 32 Battery against the City Bulwark Vitturi Jesus and St. Demetrius Fort. 33 Batt against St. Mary and Martinengo after removed to 34. 35 Batt against Palma and Vitturi after removed to 36. 37 Batt that made the Breach in St. Demetrius The Palma was taken and in it a Battery raised against Crepa Core There was a Battery raised on the Counterscarp which made the great Breach in Martinengo â— The Approaches of Cussaim Bassa Chief Commander â— The Aproaches of Assan Bassa Breaches made by Mines were in Palma S. Mary Jesus S. Demetrius and Martinengo In Jesu 5 Mines were Sprung and 9 countermined the breach was 54 Italian paces In Martinengo 7 were Sprung and 8 countermined the Breach was 84 Italian paces This place was taken by the Turks and maintained for seven hours The second Attaque was on the West side of the Town as the former was on the East and South This began Aug. 20. 1649. and ended Octob. 6. following and is distinguish'd from the first by a prick'd line between them The Batteries in this Storm were against Mocenigo's Out-work Bettelem and Panigra These Batteries are mark'd with Figures 62 63 64 65 66. There was in this Attaque also a Battery against S. Demetrius marked with fig. 61. but being repulsed there the chief