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A69796	An historical and geographical account of the Morea, Negropont, and the maritime places, as far as Thessalonica illustrated with 42 maps of the countries, plains, and draughts of the cities, towns and fortifications / written in Italian by P.M. Coronelli .... ; Englished by R. W., Gent.; Memorie istoriografiche del regno di Morea e Negroponte. English	Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718.; R. W., Gent.	1687 (1687)	Wing C6342; ESTC R21598	73,597	239

Negropont Megara MEGARE During the Reign of Codrus those â—f Peloponnesus having declared War â—gainst the Athenians without gaining â—ny Fruit of their Attempts in their Return surprized Megara and so it â—ecame subject to the Corinthians for â—hose that took it gave it to the Corinâ—hians and others of their Confederates â—hat would go to dwell there from which time the Megareans changed their Customs and Dialect into the Dorique Authors speak diversly of the Original of the Name and there is an Opinion that it was called Megara in the Reign of Carus the Son of Phoroneus who were the two first that consecrated Temples to the Honour of the Goddess Ceres The Boeotians repoâ— that Megarus the Son of Neptune whâ— dwelt in Onchesto hasting with an Aâ—my to the Succour of Nisus beat â—â— Minos was killed in the Combat anâ— being buried in this place gave the namâ— of Megara to the City before calleâ— Nisa The Chronicles of the Megâ—rians otherwise relate the Story oâ— Megarus for they affirm that he succeeded Nisus in the Government having espoused his Daughter called Finoes So that 't is not strange theâ— should be named Megarians from their King they being once called Lelegianâ— from Lelegus another of their Kings who coming from Egoto was crowned King of this Place On the North of the Town in the Plain stand nine or ten Churches about which stood once a Village called Paloeochorio the old Village which is now forsaken and suffered to fall to ruin If time had not worn away all that anciently was great and beautiful we should yet see standing a great number of stately Edifices once the Glory and Ornament of Megara and whose broken Remains now surprise those that look on them Amongst others there was a Fountain where the Work-man had bestowed all the Delicacies and Beauties of Art. Not far from this Fountain was a Temple in which stood the Images of the twelve Gods the Work of Praxiteles together with the Effigies of the Emperors the stateliest Show in the World. Megara also boasted in the brass Statue of Diana by the name of Salvatrix by them erected to her in acknowledgment of the aid they believed they had from her when their City was dangerously attacked by the Army of Mardonius For it fell out that this General marching in the Night lost his way and in his errour taking a Mountain for his Enemies which he sought after he sent all his Arms and Warlike Machins that way So the Megareans falling upon him without Arms had the advantage that might be expected from such a mischance Near this was also the Magnificent Temple of Olympick Jupiter in which was the admirable Figure of that false God made of Gold Ivory and Clay though that Statue was not brought to its perfection the Megarâ—ans so unwillingly bearing the Athenâ—an Yoke that they could not thinâ— upon any Work of Glory and indeeâ— they were unable being so charged witâ— Subsidies and Impositions which thâ— Athenians laid on them to provide aâ— new for the Peloponnesian War. Thâ— rich Works that were to be the Ornaments of this Statue remained imperfect and were laid in the back part oâ— the Temple where hung as a Trophâ— the Rostrum of a Galley which thosâ— of Megara had won from the Athenians when they retook the Isle of Salamina which had been forced from them At Megara also one might have thâ— Curiosity to go into the Rock called Caria of Carus the Son of Phoroneus where one might discover the Temple of Bacchus Nitelius and at the same time that of Venus Epistrophia called the Oracle of the Night Port Lion. POrt-Lion or Porto-Lione is so named from a marble Lion ten foot high that stands on the Shore of the Port. The Modern Greeks call it Porto Draco and Cicero and Strabo Piraeus Portus It has likewise had the name of Athenarus Portus and is the Northern Part of the Gulf of Engia The entrance into this Port is narrow so that scarce two Galleys can get in at a time but when one is in there is every where a good bottom except in one of its Creeks which is almost filled up 'T is capable of a great Pl. l. 7. c. 37. Portolane is a Book in Folio of the description of the Ports number of Vessels Pliny says a thousand and Sirabo four hundred and the Portalane of the Mediterranean five hundred allowing it ten braces depth but Monsieur Spon an exact Author and of good reputation has remarked that as our Vessels are much larger than those of the Ancients so now scarce above forty or fifty can be ranged there The greatest Trade of this Port is of the Velanede that is gathered from the green Oaks of Eleusis and of Goatâ— hair Before Themistocles was Prince of the Athenians they kept not their Vessels in this Port but in that of Phalerus because it was not far from their City And from this Port they say Menesteus set sail with a Fleet for Troy and before him Theseus when he went to revenge himself on Minos for the death of Androgeus But Themistocles being chosen Prince and judging that the Pireus was the most commodious for that it had three distinct Ports for Vessels he fell to work to make it teneble and made a wall three miles long which reached quite to the City these walls were called Macra Teichi which were thrown down by Sylla and of which yet the Foundations are to be seen On the great Port of Pireus once stood the Tomb of Themistocles the Place dedicated to Pallas and Jupiter being a very long Lodgment for those that dwelt along the Sea side and several other Antiquities as may be seen in Pausanias VILLE D'ATHENE ATEHNS AThens is one of the most Ancient Cities of Greece the Seat of an Archbishop and the Capital of Attica It s Situation is not far from the Gulf of Engia which makes part of the Ionian Sea. King Cecrops first laid the Foundations and called it from his own name Cecropia but its perfection was owing to Theseus who enlarged it obliging those in the Country to come and dwell there The Cittadel still kept the name of Cecropia till at last 't was named Acropolis 'T is built upon a living Rock precipitious on all sides except on the West where the entrance is The East and South walls make two sides of a Square the rest is not so regular but answers to the Points and Windings of the Rock 'T is a thousand two hundred ordinary paces round but at the bottom of the Hill plainly appear the Foundations of another wall which encompassed it almost round and rendred it the more difficult to scale The Souldiers of the Garrison are in pay during their whole Lives and dwell there with their Families They still are upon the watch against all surprise by reason of the frequent inroads of the Pirats The Cittadel is almost at an equal distance between two high Hills one of an equal height with

Lovâ— to the People of Patras he permitteâ— them to live as a free People enjoying all the Priviledges and exemptâ—ons as the true Citizens of Rome The Goddess Diana was Adored iâ— this City under the Title of Diaâ—â— Latria and a Grove and Temple waâ— there dedicated to Diana Triclaria â—â— whom every year a young Man anâ— Maid the most beautiful that coulâ— be chosen out of all the People werâ— Sacrificed in expiation of the Crimâ— committed by Melampue and Cimetâ—â— who also were first Sacrificed themselves for being married to one another in the time of Diana against the Will of their Parents This cruel Sacrifice had an end when Euripilâ— came to Patras and was there converted to the Christian Religioâ— by the preaching of St. Andreâ— the Apostle Patras at that time was very well peopled as at this day 't is not thin there are especially a great number of Jews who much proâ—ote its Trade and it is almost the â—nly Maritime Town on this side â—here the Greeks of the neighbouring â—slands the English and the French â—ome to Traffick The Air is not very â—holesome by reason of its nearness â—o Mountains that are covered with â—now and the great quantities of Waâ—â—r wherewith it is environed The â—erritories once comprehended under â—s Rule in the time of the Greek Emâ—erors bore the Title of a DuchÃ© â—hich it kept till the Prince that enâ—yed it in the year 1408. not having â—fficient Forces for its guard and deâ—â—nce delivered it for a great Sum to â—e Venetian Republick from whom â—e Turks took it In the Year 1533. the General Doâ—a attempted to make himself Maâ—er thereof which he easily gained â—rough the bad Condition of its Forâ—ications with an absolute Victory â—hen at the same time the Castle surâ—â—ndered which Commanded the â—ity though it once for a whole year â—â—sisted the Forces of Constantine Paâ—logus The Victor used great moderatioâ— towards the Garrison convoyinâ— them to Lepanto whither they desireâ— to go with their Wives not one oâ— them recieving the least ill Treatmenâ— from the Victorious Troops noâ— without their repining against the General for taking out of their hands â— Prey justly due to their Valour and Fortune Chiarenza ON the right side of the River Inachus by Ptolomey called Penaeâ— and on an Hill towards the Gulf oâ— Patras is seen the City Chiarenza thought to be the Ancient Cyllene thâ— Country of Mercury whom the Poâ—â— thence called Cyllenius Heros Thiâ— was the Capital City of the DuchÃ© oâ— that name and under the Government of its Princes it was as Illustrious as its name Chiarenza speaks it The Venetians justly possessed it and although at that time it was in a flourishing Estate yet it has now undergon so great a change that its Moats â—nd some slight Traces of it are all â—at is visible The Port belonging to â— called likewise Chiarenza which â—as near to it a very commodious â—aven capable of receiving many â—eat Vessels is now quite choaked up â—ith Sand. Caminitza â—N the middle of the way between â— the Cape of Chiarenza and Patras â—â— the right hand of the River by â—e Ancients called Pirus we see â—â—minitza which Strabo and Ptolomey â—me Olenus and Pliny Olenum 't is â—ree Miles from the Gulf of Patras â—enus the Son of Vulcan founded it â—t though 't was once a great City â—th a Bishop who was Suffragan to â—e Archbishop of Patras yet it is â—w reduced to a little Borough Castle of Torneze CAstel Torneze is a Fortress built â— on the outmost Promontory â— the DuchÃ© of Chiarenza on that side tâ— looks towards the Province of Belâ—â—dere between the Gulfs of Chiareâ—â— and Arcadia 't was called as Baudrâ—â— says Chelonates the same name whiâ—â— StrÃ¡bo gives to the Promontory wheâ— on it stands The Turks call it Oâ—mourzi 't is on a very high place â—bout three miles from the Sea as â—â— be plainly seen by the Draught â— have here given of it taken upon â— place by the Illustrious Neovin a Geâ—tleman near the Person of his Higâ—ness Prince Maximilian William Dâ—â— of Erunswick Zunchio or Navarin ZUnchio which Ptolomey calls Pylâ— Steven of Byzantium Coryphasâ—â— and Navarin Ten miles distant froâ— Coron is built upon a rising Grounâ— NAVARIN CASL. TORNESE at the foot whereof is its The 21. of June 1245. Selistar Bassa was taken the Port of Navarin with a great number of Ships which he commanded for the Siege of Candia Port wherein two thousand Vessels may ride at Anchor on the right hand of the same stands the new Navarin The Ancient is a Fortress which lying so much in the Eyes of the Enemies has been no small Temptation to them upon which account it has more than once changed its Master In the Year 1498. while subject to Baudrand calls Navarin Albaxinus Nelea Albarinos Javarin 't is thought to have been the Country of Nestor the Venetians it underweâ—â—â— furious assault of the Turks who sound there such resistance that far from triumphing as they had flattered themselves they were forced to put off their Enterprize to another Opportunity when they might succeed better by surprise as indeed they did some time after for being made Masters of Modon the Inhabitants of Zunchio rendered themselves as soon as they had Encamped before it But the Venetians soon regained it from the Turks by the means of one Demetrius of Modon who with one of his Friends an Albanian undertook to put the Garrison to the Sword by opening the Gates of the Fortress yet the Turks stood obstinately to the defence of a place they had so lately gained came with a re-inforcement on the side toward the Land with a great Detachment of Cavalry and with fourteen Gallies and five Fustes under the Command of a Turkish Officer called Gamali The Republique had before ordered three Gallies for the guard of the Port. But those who ought to have been watchful never thinking the Enemy would have taken the first opportunity of repossessing the place and being in a great uncertainty what to do when they saw themselves just ready to be attacqued left the Entrance free to the Turk who with a great deal of frankness declared himself the Patron and Defender of any that would submit themselves to his discretion But those who seemed to be of his Party in great consternation at the change of their Fate exposed themselves to the hazard of their Lives embarquing themselves in little Boats and they were happy that got aboard five great MODON Gallies that returned from Baruty laden with Merchandizes and had cast Anchor within sight of the Port. The news of so strange an Adventure gave them the alarm to provide for their safety by an hasty flight The Inhabitants of Zunchio were Spectators of all this Catastrophe and finding themselves attacked by Land found no other expedient but to deliver themselves up to the Enemy Modon IN the Frontiers of the Province of the so fertile and

of the Morea beginning at the mouth of the said Gulf quite on to the Promontory of Castel Tornese On the West over against it at a distance from each other with a Strait of seven miles Sea between them are seen the Isles of Cephalonia and Santa Maura this of fifteen the other of forty miles length The end of the Isle of Cephalonia comes within twelve miles by Sea of the Isle of Zant and this is separated from the utmost Cape of the Morea by a space of twenty five miles The Gulf called that of Chiarenza from the name of an Ancient Maritime Town has its length from the Cape of Chiarenza to Castel Tornese The Gulf of Arcadia which Ptolemy calls Chelonates or Chelonites Sinus and others Locardian reaches from the Cape of Tornese to Cape Jardan The Gulf of Zonchio otherwise Cyparisius Sinus extends it self from Cape Jardan to the Cape of Sapienza The Gulfs of the Sea of Sapienza THe Gulf of Coron which washes the City of that name is likewise named that of Calamata from a place not far distant from its Shores. Ptolemy and Pliny call it Meseniacus Sinus because it was contiguous to the Ancient Province of Messenia Strabo Messenius and others Coroneus and Asineus Sinus It is between Cape Gallo and Cape Matapan The Gulf of Colochine or of Castel Rampani or of Fleos which Strabo and Ptolemy entitle Laconicus Sinus beats upon Luconia with its Waves and reaches from Cape Matapan to Cape Malio Though this Gulf be usually compreâ—ended in the Sea of Sapienza yet â—audrand places it to the Sea of Canâ—ia The Gulfs of the Aegean Sea on the side of the Morea THe Gulf of Napoli di Romania named from the Town so called extends it self a great way along the Morea between the Capes of St. Angelo and Schilli It once bore the name of Argolicus Sinus washing the Ancient Argia The Gulf of Engia is divided from that of Lepanto by the Isthmus It comprehends a great number of Isles and Rocks 'T is named Saronicus Sinus from the River Saron that discharges it self into it Ptolemy and Pliny call it Salaminiacus from the Isle of Salamis By Strabo 't is named Eleusinus and if we credit Pintianus 't was also called Hermonicus Sinus at last 't was named Egena from an Isle of that name that lies about the midst of the Gulf and is extended North and South between Attica and Saccania of twenty four miles circumference according to M. Spon This is bounded by the Capes of Colonne and Schilli Of the Isles and Rocks that are round the Morea and in the Ionian Sea. The Isle of Corfu AMongst the Isles of the Ionian Sea that are under the Venetians the Island of Corfu is not the least considerable It lies at the extreamity of the Gulf of Venice in the Ionian Sea. ISLE DE CORFV This Isle is divided into four Parts which those of the Place call Balie The first towards the East is named Lefchimo by Marmora Leuchino by Porcacchi and Leucimne by Thucidides The second towards the West is named Laghiro or Agiru The third Mezzo The fourth Loros or Oros Each of these Parts has its Territories There is spread over all a very pure clear Air and exceeding wholesome as may be gathered from the Forests of Oranges and Cedars that there flourish And with some reason the Poets sung so much of the Gardens of Alcinous who dwelt in this Isle The Country is also very fruitful in all kinds of Grain and Honey and Wax with Wine and Oyl of an extraordinary goodness nor does it want pleasant Flats in its Northern Parts In the first Territory of Lefchimo where yet remains some Tracts of the Ancient and Episcopal City of Gardichi at two miles distance from the Sea of Garbino there is a Fountain which made it famous which after making a small River runs down to the Sea on which Stream are several Mills This Territory contains about ten thousand Inhabitants in twenty five Burroughs the biggest whereof is named Potamos from a Canal that divides it in two It is inhabited by very civil and gentile People From thence is a Canal for Vessels down to the Sea. The Territory of Laghiro or Agiru on the East of the Isle abounds in all sorts of necessaries It has eight thousand Inhabitants in twenty Villages It had had more if the Africans had not come and demolished a City built in a Peninsule where at present stands a Monastery with a good number of Religious whose Church is dedicated to the Holy Virgin and is called Palio Castriza The Castle called Angelo Castron built by the Emperour Michael Comnenes upon the Promontory Palachrum is at this time named St. Angelo The third Territory called Mezzo in which stands the City of Corfu had once a larger City In an extent of sixty miles Possession there are thirty Castles or Lordships and Villages which together with the Capital contain twenâ—y five thousand Persons The fourth Territory called Loros â—r Oros in forty five miles Country and â—wenty five Towns has about eight â—housand Inhabitants Cassiopa now â—assiopo a very famous City was ancientâ—y its Capital The whole Isle has properly no Rivers for though on the â—ide of Garbinio there seems to be one which they name Mesongi that takes â—ts source near the Fortress Cardicchi yet it ought rather as well as all the rest to be reckoned a Brook than a River Historians agree not as to the Original of the Inhabitants of this Isle as may be seen in the History of Corfu writ by Marmora yet all or most of the People at this day are Greeks and observe the Rites of the Greek Church One Historian observes that this Isle was once of a considerable force Eustachio Sopra Dionigi by Sea and that in the time of the War between the Greeks and Persians it put thirty armed Galleys to Sea. The Greek are not the only Historians that make honourable mention of this Isle for besides what Thucidides sayâ— of it speaking of the Wars of the Moreae in which the Corcyreans had often their part we find that Titus Livius makes them to receive Orders in the Army of Q. Fulvius Flavus to guard the Coast of Calabria and that they went in pursuit of the Ambassadors of Carthage who at the sollicitation of Hannibal were sent to make a League with Philip King of Macedon and that these Ambassadors having been brought before the Captain General he seâ—â— them to Rome The People of this Isle after having been long subject to the Kings of Naples weary at last of being still subject to the frequent Commotions of that Kingdom offered to put themselves under the Obedience of the Venetian Republick This their Design they communicated to Giov. Penelasco then residing at Corfu in quality of Consul for the Venetians who gave advice thereof to the Senate and because the Prince of Tarentum made some pretences they sent to him the Secretary Pietro Compitelli

situated in that Part of Thessaly which is most joyned to Magnesia a small Country of Maoedonia nine miles from Dimetrias or as Livy and Pliny Demetrias and at the edge of the Gulf commonly called del Volo Pliny names it Pagasiâ—cus sinus Pelasgicus sinus Ptolemy Pagasiâ—licus Strabo Pagasaeus Mela Jolciacus Oâ—vid Demetriacus Lucio Macedonicus Oroâ—sius Golfe d' Armiro The Fortress is built after the old fashion and takes up a great space a few paces from the Sea where it has a largâ— Port and of good Anchorage Iâ— is according to * Bleau vol. 2. l. 7. pag. 9. Bleau at 31 deg 31 min Lat. and according to Cast aldoâ— at forty deg fifty min. lat and forty eight deg forty min. Longitude VEUE DE VOLO FORTERESSE DE VOLO The Gulf and City of Salonichi or Thessalonica THE Gulf of Salonichi has an Extent of 140 Miles length it is bounded by a very beautiful Plain whence it is necessarily exposed to the Winds and therefore very dangerous to the Sea-man In that Place where it most wears away the Land is a very advantageous and spacious Port. There is situated partly on an Hill and partly on a Declivity as the Ground goes the famous City of Macedonia called usually Salonichi or otherwise Thessalonique near it on the West side glides down the River Vardar which Ptolemy and Strabo call Axius Fluvius others Bardarus and Bardarius Fluvius very full of Fish and its Banks covered and adorned with goodly Trees The Walls of the City are flanked with several Towers and as to its circuit some make it ten others twelve miles It has three Forts to defend it the first being the least comes first in view at the Entrance or Landing-Place at some distance from the old City 't is Mouted with 20 great Guns The two others are situated within View of the Sea at the highest Part of the Wall furnished with 30 or 40 Cannon on the Land side is a Fortress like that of the seven Towers at Constantinople this commands the whole Town being built on a little Hill at the Foot whereof is a very great Number of Houses making a Suburbs encompassed with a Wall apart but which joyns to the City There are in this place a numerous People and the great Number of Habitations that are built in the Plain are but low and base and not sufficient to contain the great Numbers of Jews that dwell in them Besides they are not a little incommoded by the horrid stink that is in the Streets they are so narrow There is a considerable Trade as well from the commodiousness of its Situation as for the great Quantity of Silk Wool Skins of all sorts Wax Gun-powder Corn Cotton and Iron The Jews most busy themselves in Traffick and have to themselves the Manufacture of Stuffs to cloath the Janizaries and by this means they find a Way to employ the Tribute they are obliged to pay the Grand Seignior There are in it 48 Mosques in which is comprehended the Church of St. Demetrius of three Iles born up with very fair Pillars where St. Paul Preached once and that of St. Sophia built by the Emperour Justinian thirty Greek Churches thirty six great Synagogues and many other small ones The Governour has the Title of MulÃ and his Place makes him very considerable at the Port. LES DARDANELLES DE LEPANTHE In the Year 118 when Andronicus would have got the Empire Thessalonica was taken by William King of Sicily but at the end being returned under the Dominion of its lawful Soveraign the Emperour of Constantinople Andronicus Paleologus he to unite himself the more nearly to the Venetian Republick gave them all the Right he had to this City But scarce two years past e're the Turk seized on it without much Difficulty by reason of its Distance and the ill State of Affairs in Italy and the small Defence the Inhabitants were able to make The Gulf and the Dardanelles of LEPANTO THIS Gulf reaching on the North to the Shores of Achaia and on the South to those of the Morea divides from each other these two great Parts of Greece It has had several Names which Authors have given it according to the different Times and particular Occasions they had to speak of it The Ancients called it Criâ—sus Strabo the Sea of Alcion Sophianus Golfe de Pedras some Corintiacus Sinus from the City Corinth the Mariners as Niger reports the Shores of the Bostria and now commonly Lepanto It contains four Rocks in it and receives its Water from the Ionian Sea by an Entrance between two Promontories standing far out from the Continent whereof one joyning to the Morea is by Strabo called Anthirium Promontorium and usually Cape Antirio upon the top of which is a Fortress called of Morea or of Patras the other joyning to Achaia which Strabo calls Rhium Promontorium and the Vulgar Cap de Rhio or Rio this also is provided with a Fort called Romelie These two Castles are otherwise called the Dardanelles of Lepanto They are both built of a square Figure encompassed with good Walls and a strong Battery level with the Water there is no Fault to be found with them but that the Ground being Sandy they admit of an easy Approach from the Enemy There is no landing any Forces on the side of Romelie within two Italian Miles of the Fortress but it may be approached in small Barks within 100 Paces The Plain to the little Hill is very large but it grows less and less as you come nearer to the Castle At the Foot of the Mountain is a great Valley where those that design to attack the Fort may march forward undiscovered All Merchandises brought out of the Gulf as Skins Oyls Tabaco Rice and Barly pay three per cent to the Emin who is likewise obliged to disburse six thousand Crowns a year into the Coffers of the Grand Seignior Once all Merchandises that came from the West as likewise those from the East after having passed the Gulf of Engia were brought into this Port but at this time the Entrance is forbid to all stranger Ships which upon that Account are obliged to stay at Patras and the most of those that put in here are Corsairs and indeed one calls Lepanto the little Algiers The greatest part of the Inhabitants of this Place are Moors that have black Children like those of Barbary The City of Lepanto THE City of Lepanto is by the Latins called Naupactus by the Vulgar Epactos and by the Turks Einebachti 't is situated in the Country of Livadia on the Edge not far from the Mouth of the Gulf of the same Name invironed with an high conical Mountain on the Top of which is built a Fortress with four strong thick Walls round it separated from each other by little Distances where the Inhabitants have their Dwellings the Port is not above 60 Foot big and which may be shut up with a Chain being but narrow at its Entrance upon which Account but a few Vessels can lie there and at sometimes also they cannot get out of it for want of Water And if the famous Pirate Durach Bey used to shelter himself there with his Galleys he must have taken a special Care to keep it clear LEPANTHE Under the Empire of the Turks 't is governed by a Vaivode There are seven Mosques two Greek Churches which are held in great Disdain by the Turks and three Jewish Synagogues If the Inhabitants want pleasant Places within the Town they have without on the East side near the Sea a plentiful Stream of Water which after having served the Powder-Mills and the Tanners of Leather in which consists the Riches of the Place waters about a dozen very great Plains and makes the Place very delightful There is likewise round about very pleasant Gardens and Fields covered with Limons and Orange Trees The Soil produces a Wine that surpasses all the Greek Wines in Goodness The taking of this Place was very Difficult before the Use of great Guns In the Year 1408 it was subject to the Emperour of Constantinople but the Emperour Emanuel finding it too hard a Task for him to keep it delivered it into the Hands of the Republick of Venice Under this new Dominion it received a new Form and was fortified so as to be able to resist a powerful Army and indeed being besieged anno 1475 it destroied thirty thousand Turks and their Army was forced shamefully to raise the Siege after having sate down before it above four Months The Inhabitants could not be better pleased with their Rulers nor ever made more ardent Vows to be kept there and preserved from the barbarous Tyranny of the Turks when Bajazet 2. came to attack them by Sea and Land with an Army of an hundred and fifty thousand men and brought them to the most deplorable State that can be imagined There is yet to be seen St. Mark of Venice to shew us that the Rights of the Republick are as well founded there as its Arms ineffaceable and to give us Hopes that triumphant Republick will add to the Conquests it has made these last Years that of this Place which will be crowned with Glory and immortal Fame FINIS ADVERTISEMENT ANgliae Notitia or the present State of England compleat with Reflections on the ancient State thereof by Edward Chamberlain Doctor of Laws the sixteenth Edition with Additions and Alterations down to this time Printed for Matt. Gillyflower at the Spread-Eagle in Westminster-Hall and James Partridge at the Post-house between Charing-Cross and White-Hall

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