Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	battle_n	left_a	wing_n	1,482	5	9.1514	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14317	Letters sent from Venice. Anno. 1571 Containing the certaine and true newes of the most noble victorie of the Christians ouer the armie of the great Turke: and the names of the lordes & gentlemen of the Christians slaine in the same battell. Translated out of the Frenche copie printed at Paris by Guille[...]d Niuerd, with the kings priuiledge.	Preuost, Fleuri.	1571 (1571)	STC 24634; ESTC S101788	5,424	30

LETTERS sent from Venice ANNO. 1571. Containing the certaine and true newes of the most Noble victorie of the Christians ouer the armie of the great Turke And the names of the Lordes Gentlemen of the Christians slaine in the same battell Translated oute of the Frenche Copie Printed at Paris by Guille●● de Niuerd with the Kings Priuiledge Imprinted at London by Henrie Bynneman And are to be sold in Paules Churchyard by Anthonie Kitson The ouerthrowe of the Turkes armie THE Christen armie being in Thessalonia in the Hauen of Argostelly and the enemy in the goulf of the Pante they tooke aduise what was best to bée doone The Lorde Don Iean of Austrie thoughte it not good to enter into the goulfe but the generall Biuier and the Lord Iustinian Barbaric thought that beste earnestly exhorting and persuading to go into Bisterlo For by this meanes say they they shoulde obteyne the victory and they concluded that Barbarico with eyght galeys shoulde goe to the entrie of the goulf to assay if he could trayne out the enemie And whiles this was resolued the Generall Biuier was aduertised that fiftie of the Turkishe Galeys had lefte the armie and were gone into Lenant Whervpon the Lord Don Iean resolued fully too enter the goulfe and the sixt of this moneth being carried in Pregates wente in persone to take order and encourage all men to bée ready on the morow to the battayle On Sunday the seuenth of October was all the Armie in a readynesse the generall béeing in the middest with fifty galeys on the right hande the Lord Barbarico vpon the lefte the Ioerin and the Dorian in the arreregard behauing him selfe verye valiantly The sixe greatest Galeys rowed thrée on front with .ij. little Galeys after them Thus marched they in order helped somwhat forwarde with a small breathe more fauourable to the enemie and in good tyme discouered the other army whiche came clustering lyke a wood withoute any order For they thought as after was known that so soone as they shoulde haue bene discryed our armie would haue fled and that they woulde be ready to spoyle and take some of our Galeys But seing that the Christen armie made forwarde so boldly they began to put them selues in aray in fashion of an halfe Moone Thus bothe the armies béeing approched within Cannon shot the syxe greate galeys did breake foorth and pierced cleane thorough the Turkishe armie whiche they put in greate disaray with their artillerie whiche acte may be accompted the onely and chiefe cause of the victorie In the discharge of the great shot the Turkes were more galled than the Christians The Catholyke Generall and the Venetian general hauing betwene them the chiefe Bassa boorded his Galey and tooke it and hauing cutte off the Bassaes head put it vpon a pyke which Don Iean helde in his hande as a trophée Ochiali Bassa with his galeys pressed sore the left syde and all the bodye of the enemies charged the body of the christian battail when Dorian with the arriergard ayded the sayd body and on the other side Don Iean sente to succour the lefte wing an other number of Galeys where there were alreadye seauen or eyght Venetian galeys In this maner foughte they continually from morning til night But in the ende the Chrystians obteyned the victorie There were taken Clxxx. Galeys of the enimies xxv were burned xv soonke xviij fled whom the Christians pursued The great Bassa of Argier Gitride of the great Turke was founde dead The Bassa Ochiali fled with a fewe galeys Fortua Bassa was not found dead nor aliue And the Bassa whiche came in steade of Prely is he whome before I haue shewed to haue ben taken kylde There are slayne .xx. thousande Turks v. thousand Scarataui and .xiiij. thousand Christians prisoners set at libertie And they had taken into their armie to relieue them .xiiij. thousande Spachi whom they had leuied in Morea The Christians of Grece seing that smal number of Turks left the whole ouerthrow giuen to the Turkishe armie began to ryse And so soone as the Christian armie turned to Corfu they with the victorie of Seigneur Don Iean béeing accompanyed with a Fregate came to the generall offring to follow what part soeuer shall please him to go saying to haue very wel knowne that the Venetians are chiefe lords of the sea but that neuer so wel tried as at that present It is maruellous that in the six galeys which made the fyrst point were slayne but thrée persons And generally thankes be to God the whole fléete hath had small losse in respect of the great victorye God fauoured the Lord Barbarico so much that he liued til night when being aduertised of the assured victorye hie lifted vp hys handes too Heauen in token of ioy and therewith yéelded vp hys ghoste being hurt in the eye with an Arrowe The names of the christian Lords and Gentlemen slaine in the battaile The moste excellent Lorde S. Augustine Barbarico The Magific Lord S. Benet Laurence The Lord Andrevv Barbarico S. Iohn Coruaro The magnific Laudo The Lord Marin Contarin S. Cattauino Mallipirro The Lord Ierome Contarin vvith three of his Cousins The Lord Frances Bion. The Lord Anthonie Pasquin The Lord Theodore Balbi The Lord Iohn Baptist Benoist The Lord Iaques de Mezo The Lord Anthonie de Mallogani Candiot The Lord Alexander Littico de Affrani The Trissan Vesantin THe magnifique Lanfran Iustinian brought the first tidings of this glorious victorie this day at .vij. of the clocke in the morning landing from oute of his galley at S. Markes The Prince wente to méete him and at the firste gréeting the Lord Iustinian knéeling saide Moste excellente Prince I bring vnto you the tidings of the Noblest victorie that euer christian men had The Prince with his hands stretcht vp to heauen thāked God without any stay with all the Nobilitie which clustered togither went towarde the Church questioning with the sayd L. Iustiman by the way and there caused songes and Himnes to be sung praysing God and with greate deuotion remained aboue two houres in the Churche The people and all the Nobles assembled on euery side embrasing one an other vttering all signes possible of vnexpresseable ioy From Ancone THere is newes broughte that there is a shippe of Ragusa that left Candie the thirtienth of September which broughte newes that the Galliotte of Famagousta in which was layde the munition reported for certaine that the sixte of that presente Moneth the towne was in good estate and helde out lustily Which if it bée so the aduise of Messino of the fyfte day which sayd that the towne was lost from the beginnyng of Auguste is not true Therfore Vnto God be all honour and glorie The French King to the Bishop of Paris vvith expresse commaundement for Publike thankes to be giuen to God for the happie successe of the Christians againste the Turke MY Lorde I am aduertised from my Embassador