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seven_o ship_n ibid._n he_o advises_n don_n john_n to_o make_v haste_n 222._o advise_v to_o avoid_v a_o meeting_n with_o don_n john._n 230._o his_o valour_n in_o the_o sea_n fight_n 250._o get_v in_o favour_n with_o don_n john._n 253._o he_o be_v against_o a_o wholesome_a advice_n and_o vex_v don_n john_n again_o 255._o make_a friend_n by_o colonni_n 256._o his_o vain_a counsel_n after_o the_o victory_n 263._o he_o in_o vain_a attempt_n to_o take_v leucade_n 266._o admiral_n of_o the_o navy_n displace_v 270._o command_a for_o his_o honour_n to_o have_v a_o care_n of_o the_o adriatic_a gulf_n 271._o his_o fortune_n and_o life_n ibid._n sedition_n in_o the_o navy_n 226._o selim_n solyman_n son_n and_o heir_n of_o the_o empire_n 16._o governor_n of_o adrianople_n and_o cilicia_n ibid._n his_o ill_a manner_n ib._n his_o drunkenness_n ibid._n his_o intemperance_n in_o all_o sort_n of_o pleasure_n ibid._n contemn_a by_o the_o soldier_n 20._o a_o favourer_n of_o the_o jew_n ibid._n he_o 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his_o praise_n ibid._n strophades_n 320._o suda_n burn_v by_o perteau_n 155._o supoto_n take_v by_o the_o confederate_n 57_o the_o turk_n re-take_a it_o 179._o take_v again_o by_o the_o christian_n 266._o restore_v to_o the_o turk_n again_o 362._o swedish_n prince_n 326._o salviati_n bishop_n goes_z legate_z from_o the_o pope_n into_o france_n 302._o school_n master_n make_v himself_o head_n of_o the_o cypriot_n 73._o spaniard_n disgu_v at_o the_o pope_n prefer_v colonni_n before_o don_n john._n 261._o they_o aim_v to_o turn_v their_o arm_n upon_o africa_n 280._o their_o counsel_n in_o war_n 282._o their_o delay_n give_v cause_n to_o suspect_v their_o fidelity_n 217._o their_o opinion_n of_o the_o reasonableness_n of_o the_o war_n 223._o dissension_n between_o they_o and_o the_o venetian_n 276._o spaniard_n general_o hate_v 303._o ship_n of_o burden_n not_o to_o be_v trust_v to_o 306._o a_o ship_n send_v to_o succour_v the_o christian_n wonderful_o prevent_v