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A47555	The Turkish history from the original of that nation, to the growth of the Ottoman empire with the lives and conquests of their princes and emperours / by Richard Knolles ... ; with a continuation to this present year MDCLXXXVII ; whereunto is added, The present state of the Ottoman empire, by Sir Paul Rycaut ...	Knolles, Richard, 1550?-1610.; Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700. Present state of the Ottoman Empire.; Grimeston, Edward.; Roe, Thomas, Sir, 1581?-1644.; Manley, Roger, Sir, 1626?-1688.; Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700. History of the Turkish empire.	1687 (1687)	Wing K702; Wing R2407; Wing R2408; ESTC R3442	4,550,109	2,142

Black Sea lying from it Northward and two hundred miles from the Strait of Hellespontus or Calipolis from thence South Which noble City of all others most fitly seated for the Empire of the World and with great Majesty overlooking both Europe and Asia is by the Cosmographers accounted to stand in the height of 43 Degrees upon seven little Hills of no great but easie ascent and was there first built by Pausanias the Lacedemonian King and called Bizantium and so many years flourished as a populous and rich City until the civil Wars betwixt Severus the Emperor and Niger what time it indured the Siege of the Romans under Severus three years with such obstinacy that it yielded not until it was brought to such extremity that the Citizens did eat one another and then yielding had the Walls overthrown by Severus and the City it self destroyed and brought to the low estate of a poor Country Village and so by him given to the Perinthians In which base estate it continued until the time of Constantine the Great the Son of Helena whom some will needs have to have been an English Woman by whom it was new built and beautified with Buildings so stately and sumptuous that unto the strange beholders it seemed a dwelling place for Heavenly Wights rather than for Earthly Men. And to grace it the more translated his Imperial Seat thither and called it Nova Roma or New Rome and all that pleasant part of Thracia alongst the Sea Coast of Hellespontus Propontis and Basphor●s by the name of Romania of the fair Roman Colonies there by him planted which name it at this day retaineth and is of the Turks called Rumilia and Rum-Ili that is to say the Roman Country But as for the City it self the glorious name of the Founder so prevailed that the City was and yet is of him called Constantinople or Constantine his City and now of the barbarous Turks commonly but corruptly Stamboli It is as we said built in the form of a Triangle whereof the longest side which runneth from north-North-East to south-South-West is on the South-side washed with the Propontis and towards the ending of the point which is about the seven Towers is somewhat indented being commonly reputed to be eight miles long The other side lieth East and West five miles in length being washed with the Havon which is somewhat more than eight miles long before it meet with the fresh water and about a quarter of a mile broad on the suther side whereof standeth the City of Pera commonly called Galata sometime a Colony of the Genowaies This Haven is very deep and by that reason as commodious as deep bearing Ships full fraught close to the Shoar so that they may discharge their Burthens with the least trouble that may be and is of Strabo called Cornu Bizantij or the Horn of Bizantium The third side of this City towards the Continent lieth almost North and South five miles also in length those two sides that lie upon the Sea and the Haven are environed and girt with a single Wall built after the antique manner with many high Towers which strongly defend and flank the same Without which Walls especially towards the Haven there lieth a Street between them and the Shoar But the other side which is the third and regardeth the main Land beside the Ditch which is also fenced is defended with three Walls the first Wall standing upon the Ditch being but low and the second not far distant from the first raised somewhat higher but the third overlooketh and commandeth both the other from whence as from an high sortress both the other Walls and all the Ditch without may easily be defended But the two utter Walls with the whole space betwixt them are now by the Turks but slenderly maintained lying full of Earth and other Rubbish even as they were in the time of the Grecians some cause why they with less heart and courage defended the same against the barbarous Enemies In the East part of the City on that point which in the Reign of the Grecians was called the Cape of S. Demetria distant from Asia not much more than half a mile stands the Seraglio or Palace of the great Turk containing in it self a great part of an Hill enclosed round with a Wall as if it were it self a City in circuit more than two miles wherein amongst other stately Buildings near unto the Sea standeth a very fair and sumptuous Gallery built for pleasure with a private Gate well fortified and planted with great Ordnance and other Munition whereby the great Turk at certain times passeth when he is disposed in his Gally to take his pleasure upon the Sea or to pass over the Strait unto his Houses or Gardens of Delight on the other side in Asia In this great City are also many other most stately and sumptuous Buildings as well of late erected by the Turkish Sultans since they became Lords thereof as before by the Greek Emperors amongst all which the Temple of S. S●p●ia standing on the East side of the City nor far from the Scraglio now reduced unto the form of a Mahometan Moschie and whither the great Turk goeth oftentimes to hear Service being indeed but the Sanctuary or Chancel only of the great stately and wonderful Church built by Iustinian the Emperor is most beautiful and admirable That which standeth of it now is both round and very high built after the fashion of the Pantheon in Rome but much greater fairer and not open in the top as is that the Walls thereof being of the finest Marble and the Floor all paved with fair Marble also In the midst there is a very great and large Circle compassed in with high and huge Pillars of most excellent Marble of divers sorts and these support a mighty Vault that beareth up as many more Pillars above standing after the very same order and in a down right line almost of the like greatness and goodness of the Marble with the other below upon which above the second Vault in manner of a Loovar resteth the great round Roof which coverth all that space of the Church which is compassed with the aforesaid Pillars being all enameled and fillited with the Pictures of Saints after the antient manner of some great Churches in Christendom but that the Turks who like not to have any Pictures in their Churches have put out their Eyes only as loath to spoil such a rare peece of work and utterly to deface it In like manner the Walls of the upper Vault are wrought painted or portraied after the same order though in some part decaied by reason of their long continuance and standing About this Church are eighteen or twenty Doors of Brass right fair and costly well declaring the magnifence and greatness thereof in more antient times when as it had as is reported more than two hundred Doors of like making and greatness and besides the hugeness of the Frame

in League with the Christian Princes repented that he had not before hearkned unto the wholsome Counsel of the Venetians and taught by his own harms wished in vain that the Christian Princes would again take up Arms and joyn with him against the Turk Mustapha the great Bassa and General of the Turks Army furnished of all things that could be desired for maintenance of his Siege and Souldiers in great number daily repairing unto him out of Cilicia Syria the Lesser Asia and the Countries thereabout beside great Supplies brought unto him by Haly Bassa from Constantinople insomuch that it was thought he had in his Army two hundred thousand Men began now that Winter was past in the later end of April to draw nearer unto Famagusta and with incredible labour to cast up Trenches and Mounts against the City of such height that the Defendants from the highest places of the City could scarcely see the points of the Turks Spears or tops of their Tents as they lay encamped which was no great matter for the Bassa to perform having in his Camp forty thousand Pioneers always ready at his command The City of Famagusta is situate in the East end of the Island in a plain and low ground betwixt two Promontories the one called St. Andrews Head and the other the Head of Graecia It is in circuit two miles and in form four-square but that the side toward the East longer and more winding than the rest doth much deform the exact figure of a Quadrant It is almost on two parts beaten upon with the Sea the other parts toward the Land are defended with a Ditch not above fifteen Foot broad a Stone-wall and certain Bulwarks and Parapets Upon the Gate that leadeth to Amathus standeth a six cornered Tower other Towers stand out also in the Wall every of them scarce able to contain six Pieces of Artillery It hath a Haven opening toward the South-East defended from the injury of the Weather by two great Rocks betwixt which the Sea cometh in by a narrow Passage about forty Paces over but after opening wider giveth a convenient Harbor to Ships whereof it cannot contain any great number and was now shut up with a strong Chain Near unto the Haven standeth an old Castle with four Towers after the ancient manner of building There was in the City one strong Bulwark built after the manner of the Fortification of our time with Palisadoes Curtains Casemets and such like in such manner as that it seemed almost impregnable All which although they made shew of a strong and well fortified City yet for that there wanted many things it was thought too weak long to hold out against the great power of the Turk but what wanted by reason of the situation and weak fortification that the Governor and other noble Captains supplied in best sort they might with a strong Garrison of most valiant Souldiers the surest defence of strong places There was in the City two thousand and five hundred Italians two hundred Albanois Horsemen before entertained by the Governour and of the Cypriots themselves were mustred two thousand and five hundred more all Men resolutely set down to spend their Lives in defence of their Country Mustapha with wonderful celerity having brought to perfection his Fortifications planted his Battery of sixty four great Pieces amongst which were four great Basilisks of exceeding bigness wherewith he continually without imtermission battered the Walls of the City in five places but especially that part of the Wall that was between the Haven and the Gate that leadeth to Amathus And with great Morter-pieces cast up hugh Stones which from high falling into the City with their weight brake down the Houses they light upon and fell oftentimes through their Vaults even in the bottom of their Cellars to the great terror of the besieged The Walls in divers places sore shaken and the Houses beaten down he began to assault the City which the Defendants their Forces yet whole valiantly repulsed and not only defended their Walls and drave the Turks from the Breaches but furiously sallied out upon them and having slain and wounded many wonderfully disturbed their Fortifications and abated their Courage neither did the Enemy with greater fury maintain the battery or assault than did the Christians the defence of the City still sending their deadly Shot into the thickest of that great Multitude insomuch that in few days the Bassa had lost thirty thousand of his Men and the Captains themselves wondering at the Valour of the Defendants as if they had not now to do with such Christians as they had before so oftentimes overthrown but with some other strange people began to despair of the winning of the City The Turks thus doubting and almost at a stand the Christians in the mean time made up their Breaches with Earth Baskets Wool-sacks and such like not sparing their very Beds and Bed-clothes Chests Carpets and whatsoever else might serve to fill up the Breach Among many wants they feared the greatest was the want of Powder which with continual shooting began greatly to be diminished wherefore to reserve some part thereof against all extremities they thought it best whilst yet some store was left to use the same more sparingly and to shoot more seldom But the Turks still drawing nearer and nearer the City and casting up Mounts higher than the Walls of the City with Earth and Faggots filled up the Ditch which done they of the broken Stones made Walls on either side to save themselves from the flankering Shot of the Christians then giving a fresh Assault they used not only their Shot and other missive Weapons but came foot to foot and notably fought in the Breach hand to hand Which manner of fight as if it had been so agreed upon they every day maintained for the space of six hours And although the Turks by reason of their multitude were divided into many parts and fresh Men still succeeded them that were weary yet such was the Courage of the Defendants that every Man requested to have the places of most danger and from thence with couragious hand repulsed the Turks with exceeding great slaughter But for all that the furious Enemy maintaining the Assault not only by day but by often Alarms in the night also kept the Christians continually in doubtful suspence and readiness as if they should have received a present Assault and as soon as it was day with fresh Men that had slept their fill desperately assailed the Christians almost spent and meager for lack of sleep and rest Force not prevailing the restless Enemy leaving nothing unattempted by a queint device was like to have taken one of the Gates of the City There was growing in the Island great plenty of a kind of Wood much of the nature of a Firre or Pitch-Tree easie to be set on fire but hardly to be quenched but differing in this that in burning it gave forth such a

and so leaving the Ships and Galeasses at Zacynthus went with the rest of the Fleet to Cephalenia whether Don Iohn was not yet come but had sent word thither That if they had any desire to joyn their Forces with his they should yet come further back unto him in Corcyra This Message which they had rather feared than expected much troubled the Venetians who readier to suspect every mischief than to hope for any good began to fret and complain That the Spaniards could very well tell the Venetians what they had to do and forget in the mean time what was on their own part to be performed A hard thing it was to say and yet to be said that now they had more to do with those their dallying Friends and Cofederates than with their Enemies for with their Enemies they were to fight but in time of Battel but with them they were to wrestle at all times and in all places They were by them as th●y said drawn from the fight of their Enemies when as they might have been overthrown not to the intent that with their united Forces they might more safely ●ight against them or under the conduct of Don Iohn gain the Victory but rather lest any thing should have been done which might be to the honour or profit of the Venetians and that time which was to have been bestowed in the managing of the War spent in lingring and delaying and vain going forward and backward to no purpose One only way there was as they said to have dispatched with the Turk which was by overcoming him in another notable Battel and so to have utterly broken his strength at Sea which Course the Confederates made no less difficult by their backwardness and delays than the Enemy by declining of Battel That they had long ago by many secret signs probably conjectured that the Spaniards had more care to hinder and cross other Mens doings than to do any thing of themselves That their endeavours were to frustrate those great hopes which promised unto the Christian Common-weal the greatest Felicity and Happiness together with immortal Glory and That the Turks of late discouraged with the fortunate proceedings of the Christians might again rejoyce at their mishaps The Venetians notwithstanding all these their murmuring Speeches loath to fall off from the Spaniard kept still on with the rest until they came to Don Iohn at Corcyra who then lay with 53 Gallies and 18 Ships at Sp●lca in the uttermost end of the Island At their first meeting Don Iohn shewed himself not a little offended that they had not with more duty before attended his coming and they again not a little complained of his long stay with many other their grievances which were tedious here to rehearse The Fleet now all with much ado at length met together which consisted of two hundred Gallies nine Galeasses and thirty six tall Ships It was by general consent agreed That they should again set forward toward the Enemy They were not yet under Sail when two of their Espials brought them news that the Enemies Fleet weakly furnished both of Mariners and Souldiers was come to Navarinum which filled them all with good hope that the Turks Fleet so evil provided might in that place upon the suddain be easily oppressed and the rather if they came upon them unexpected Wherefore because they would not be descried they kept not their Course on right forth but sailing by night kept aloof upon the right hand and having passed Zacynthus came with great silence unto the Strophades where they lay at Anchor all that day In the evening they loosed thence so casting their Course that the more to terrifie the Enemy they might before day fall upon him and be seen in the mouth of the Haven where he lay before there could be any report made of their coming thither But this Course so well set the time was so evil cast that it was fair day long before they could come to the appointed place when the Turks out of their watch Towers discovered a far off the coming of the Christian Fleet gave warning thereof unto their Fellows whereupon an Alarm was presently raised in the Town and all Men in Arms ran headlong to the Walls and to the Haven But the Turks out of hope with their evil rigged Fleet to be able to withstand the Christians and not daring to trust to that weak Habor and all now in a great hurly burly ran confuseded hand over head Souldiers and Mariners aboord and whilst they had yet time got them in hast out of that Habor and as Men chased by their Enemies got them into safe Harbor at Modon a strong Town of Peloponnesus about six miles off Columnius was sent before the rest of the Fleet to have pursued them but they were got so far before him that they had recovered the Harbor before he could overtake any of them The Christian Fleet coming before the Harbor and leaving a space as it were of purpose for the Enemy to come out into there lay in the face of the Town daring the Turks Battel But when they had so lien almost all that day and no Man durst come out and now towards the evening certain signs of Tempest appeared the Christians fearing to be by force of Weather driven on ground put farther off again to Sea. Then at length Uluzales sent out certain light Gallies to follow in the tail of the Fleet when the Confederates suddainly staying their Course and turning their Prows upon them drave them headlong again into the Harbor and afterwards retired themselves with the whole Fleet into the Islands Oenusae now called Sapientia right opposit against Modon The next day wanting fresh Water they removed unto the Bay of Messina there to water in the mouth of the River Pamisus which there falleth into the Sea where in passing by Corone they were oftentimes shot at out of the Town and landing their Men to water were encountred by certain Troops of Horsemen sent for that purpose by Uluzales There was Water dearly bought with the Lives of many there slain on both sides in the end the Christians prevailing watered and so again returned unto the Oenusae from whence they came Metho●e or Modon for it is by both Names known standeth almost in an Island stretching far into the Sea where towards the West runneth out a long point of the Land a great way into the Sea in the uttermost part thereof standeth a great round Tower. The Town it self is on the one side enclosed with the Sea and toward the Land so strongly fortified as that it seemeth almost impregnable Towards the South cometh in a fair Bay about three miles wide safe from all Winds except the Northerly Wind only and shut up by a little Island in the mouth of the Bay maketh a safe and quiet Harbor with two entrances thereinto on either side of the Island Within this Bay lay the Turks Fleet

for them to dwell in with the Temple of the Sepulchre of our Saviour and Mount Sion not for any devotion either unto them or those places but for that it yielded them a great profit by the recourse of devout Christians travelling thither reserving in the mean time unto themselves the other two parts of the City with the Temple of Solomon before re-edified by the Christians Now whilst the Sarasins thus triumph it in the East and not in the East only but over a great part of the West also contenting themselves with such Tributes as they had imposed upon the subdued Nations and Countries up start the Turks a vagrant fierce and cruel people who first breaking into Asia as is before declared and by rare fortune aspiring unto the Kingdom of Persia subdued the Countries of Mesopotamia Syria with the greatest part of the lesser Asia and Iudaea together with the Holy City who both there and in all other places held the poor oppressed Christians in such Subjection and Thraldom as that the former government of the Sarasins seemed in comparison of this to have been but light and easie Neither was there any end or release of these so great miseries to have been expected had not God in mercy by the weak means of a poor Hermit stirred up these most worthy Princes of the West to take up Arms in their defence who having with their victorious Armies recovered the lesser Asia with a great part of Syria were now come unto this Holy City The Governour of Ierusalem understanding by his Espials of the proceedings of the Christians had before their approach got into the City a great garrison of right valiant Souldiers with good store of all things necessary for the holding out of a long Siege The Chrstians with their Army approaching the City encamped before it on the North for that toward the East and the South it was not well to be besieged by reason of the broken Rocks and Mountains Next unto the City lay Godfrey the Duke with the Germans and Lorains near unto him lay the Earl of Flanders and Robert the Norman before the West gate lay Tancred and the Earl of Tholouse Bohemund and Baldwin were both absent the one at Antioch the other at Ediss● The Christians thus strongly encamped the fifth day after gave unto the City a fierce ass●ult with such chearfulness as that it was verily supposed it might have been even then woon had they been sufficiently furnished with scaling ladders for want whereof they were glad to give over the assault and retire But within a few days after having supplied that defect and provided all things necessary they came on again afresh and with all their power gave unto the City a most terrible assault wherein was on both sides seen great valour policy and cunning with much slaughter until that at length the Christians weary of the long Fight and in that hot Country and most fervent time of the year fainting for lack of Water were glad again to forsake the assault and to retire into their Trenches only the Well of Siloe yielded them water and that not sufficient for the whole Camp the rest of the Wells which were but few being before by the Enemy either filled up or else poysoned Whilst the Christians thus lay at the Siege of Ierusalem a Fleet o● the Genowaies arrived at Ioppa at which time also a great Fleet of the Aegyptian Sultans lay at Ascalon to have brought relief to the besieged Turks in Ierusalem whereof the Genowaies understanding and knowing themselves too weak to encounter them at Sea took all such things out of their Ships as they thought good and so sinking them marched by Land unto the Camp. There was amongst these Genowaies divers Engineers men after the manner of that time cunning in making of all manner of Engines fit for the besieging of Cities by whose device a great moving Tower was framed of timber and thick planks covered over with raw Hides to save the same from fire out of which the Christians might in safety greatly annoy the Defendants This Tower being by night brought close to the Wall served the Christians instead of a most sure fortress in the assault the next day where whilst they strive with warlike Valour and doubtful Victory on both sides from morning until midday by chance the wind favouring the Christians carried the flame of the fire into the face of the Turks wherewith they had thought to have burnt the Tower with such violence that the Christians taking the benefit thereof and holpen by the Tower gained the top of the Wall which was first footed by the Duke Godfrey and his Brother Eustace w●●h their followers and the Ensigns of the Duke there first set up to the great encouraging of the Christians who now pressing in on every side like a violent River that had broken over the Banks bare down all before them All were slain that came to hand Men Women and Children without respect of Age Sex or Condition the Slaughter was great and the sight lamentable all the Streets were filled with blood and the bodies of the dead Death triumphing in every place Yet in this confusion a wonderful number of the better sort of the Turks retiring to Solomons Temple there to do their last Devoir made there a great and terrible Fight armed with dispair to endure any thing and the victorious Christians no less disdaining after the winning of the City to find there so great resistance In this disperate conflict fought with wonderful obstinacy of mind many fell on both sides but the Christians ●ame on so fiercely with desire of blood that breaking into the Temple the foremost of them were by the press of them that followed after violently thrust upon the weapons of their Enemies and so miserably slain Neither did the Turks thus oppressed give it over but as men resolved to dy desperately fought it out with invincible courage not at the gates of the Temple only but even in the midst thereof also where was to be seen great heaps both of the Victors and the vanquished slain indifferently together All the Pavement of the Temple swam with blood in such sort that a man could not set his foot but either upon some dead man or over the shooes in blood Yet for all that the obstinate Enemy still held the Vaults and top of the Temple when as the darkness of the night came so fast on that the Christians were glad to make an end of the Slaughter and to sound a Retreat The next day for Proclamation was made for mercy to be shewed unto all such as should lay down their weapons the Turks that yet held the upper part of the Temple came down and yielded themselves Thus was the famous City of Ierusalem with great bloodshed but far greater honour recovered by these worthy Christians year 1099. in the year 1099 after it had been in the hands of the Infidels above

them at Calipolis and that therefore they should beware how they encountred with the Turks Fleet but upon equal strength It was also at the same time commonly reported That King Philip chief of the Confederates careless of the Wars against the Turk in the East was about to turn his Forces upon the Kingdom of Tunes or Algiers nearer unto him as indeed he did the year following The Venetians intangled with so many difficulties were even at their wits end and day by day the Senate sat from the rising of the Sun to the setting of the same consulting how all these mischiefs were to be remedied But for as much as the greatest danger was to be feared from the Turks Fleet as then hovering even over their heads they by Letters commanded Fascarinus their Admiral That whether the Confederates came unto him or not he should forthwith take his Course toward the East and there according to the Enemies designs and his own discretion and valour to do what he should think best to be done for the common good of his Country and not to refuse to joyn with the Enemy in Battel if he saw any good hope of Victory Neither ceased they at the same ●●me both by their Embassadors and Letters earnestly to call both upon the Pope and the King to hasten their Forces to encounter the Enemy before he should come out of his own Seas and to carry the terror of the War home to his own doors rather than to receive it at their own The like Message was also done to Don Iohn putting him in mind what his place what the time and what the danger of the time required entreating him if it were possible of himself to add something unto that ha●t which the necessity of so important a cause required Who nevertheless for all the Messengers and Letters to him sent which were many went still on fair and softly delaying from day to day telling That he would by and by come and that the Spaniards would always be so good as their word Which was so far from his thought that afterwards finding one excuse after another he not only staied his coming but called back again Requisenius also whom he had sent before with twenty Gallies to Corcyra Now were two months fittest for the Wars vainly spent when Superantius grieved to see time to no purpose so slip away and fearing lest the rest of the Summer should to as small effect in like manner pass also with great instance importuned him to hasten his journey Then at length Don Iohn answered That the Venetians requested but reason neither that he wished for any thing more than to satisfie their desires but that a greater care hindred the less which was first to be prevented He was advertised as he said that the French King pretending the suppressing of certain Pyrats had assembled a great Fleet at Rochel with purpose indeed to invade Spain now that the King was busied in these Wars against the Turk and that therefore they must pardon him if he pr●ferred the regard of Spain before others being expresly commanded from the King not to depart from Mes●●na until he had other commandment from him But whether this excuse by France proceeded of a true fear or otherwise the Venetians much doubted and the rather for that the French King understanding thereof by the Venetians was therewith as reason was exceedingly offended protesting that he was ever so far from that purpose of hindering any the Confederate Princes in that their Religious War that if the troubles of his own Country would have so permitted he would gladly have given them aid therein Many there were also that thought Envy the ancient Enemy of Vertue and Valour to have had a great power in his delay doubting whether the Spaniards would more rejoyce of the Victory well hoped for if they should joyn with the Venetians or grieve if the same should by the Venetians be obtained without them Superantius weary of discourses and long expectation and almost out of hope of any help in time from the Spaniard how untowardly soever things went thought better yet warily to moderate his grief than in so dangerous a time to give any occasion for the Spaniard to fall quite off Yet spake he not fauningly or flatteringly of the matter but with a certain modest gravity declared That he had thought Heaven would sooner have fallen than that Don Iohn would not at the appointed time have come to Corcyra And withal besought him and wished him to beware that he brought not the common State into some great danger if they had to do with such an Enemy as might be delayed with then he said he could easily abide delay but now for that the War and the Enemy was such as wherein or with whom never any General had delayed without loss to what end did he longer defer or trifle out the time Or what other Fleet did he expect If they should divide their Forces then were they all too weak but united together strong enough to defend the common cause The nearer the Enemy came the more haste were to be made to joyn with the Venetian Fleet. And what could be as he told him more honourable or glorious than for him a noble young Gentleman royally descended of whom the World had conceived a great hope that he would in Martial Honour exceed the glory of his most famous Ancestors again to vanquish the proud Turk the greatest and most mighty Monarch of the World to fight the Battel of the Highest to assure the Christian Common-wealth against so puissant an Enemy and to purchase unto himself immortal Glory and Renown As for the French there was no such thing to be feared as was pretended who with such slender preparation not worth the name of a Fleet was not so unadvised as to set upon a Kingdom of such strength and power as Spain Furthermore he said that it concerned not the Venetians more than the King himself to have the Turks repressed whose Kingdoms of Naples Sicilia and Spain were no less than their Territory exposed to danger by Sea. The good success of their Affairs in the East would open the way to the Conquest of Africk but if the Turk should prevail then were they to despair not of Africk but of all Italy Sicily yea and of Spain it self The time he said and necessity of the War with the extremity of the danger of the whole and common State required that he should with all his power and speed possible take upon him the defence of the common cause or to say more truly of the Christian Common-weal then so dangerously impugned These reasons drawn from the common good and the truth it self much moved the General but the Kings pleasure was to be preferred before all reasons or dangers that could be alledged But hearing afterward what resolute command the Venetian Senate had sent unto their Admiral he became exceeding careful for he feared