the Besieged their attempts have been frustrated Now the Turks Cannon had torne some houses and beat down some part of their Walls but the great number of Granadoes shot from the Enemies Morter-pieces did the greatest prejudice to the Town Now the Captain-general for prevention of all surprizes commanded all his Souldiers to keep their Posts allotted them by a very strict Proclamation and Ordered that all sorts of Victuals should be sold near the Walls of the Town to remove all pretences for their absence Then the Turks raised a Battery near the Post but to no purpose and bent the most considerable force they had against the Out-works of Mocenigo and Panigra and did them some damage by the often springing of Mines and chiefly that of Panigra At this time Signior Giustiniano Commissary of the Victuals with two other Officers were kill'd by the blowing up of one of them which wholly destroyed the Left-horn of Panigra and another Mine blew up the Counterscarp Upon an exact view of all the Souldiers in the City it was found that about 1500 had been killed since the Siege but that there were still above 10000 able men left to defend the place Now the Grand Visier being more intent then ever upon the taking of the City gave order that materials for building Huts and Lodges convenient for the Souldiers should be brought to the Leaguer intending to lye before the Town all the Winter resolving not to raise the Seige till he had either taken the Town or lost his whole Army in the Attempt And the Turks having made their approaches proaches to the Half-moon of Mocenigo and the Fort Panigra lodged themselves in the Trenches thereof and in a small time sprung several Mines under each Work which took so effectually that a wide breach was made in both places and the same night they immediately made a desperate assault appearing in great numbers upon the breaches distinguished by some white upon their Armes but the Besieged being very well prepar'd to receive them the Turks after a smart fight were forced by the Garrison to give over the Attempt with a great loss of men and some Colours So that the Enemy being so constantly defeated in their designs upon the Out-works have given over those places being much discouraged by their great losses The Visier therefore commanded the Pioneers to undermine the Town-ditch which the Christian Officers observing by their Counter-mines within endeavoured to defeat them and with great good success met with one of their Galleries which they absolutely ruin'd and buried the Turks therein that were imployed in that business The Candiots about this time received a recruit of 2000 Souldiers and 200000 Crowns for their encouragement In September the Grand Visier finding that his Souldiers especially the Janisaries were ready to break out into a mutiny and threatned to leave the Siege being impatient at the tediousness thereof resolv'd to put things to a speedy issue and therefore commanded a general assault to be made which was accordingly executed The Turks did storm the Breaches very furiously but were resisted so valiantly by the Besieged that after a fierce and bloody dispute they gave over with the loss of 7000 men The Christians loss was also great who had 1500 of their men slain among whom were five Noblemen of Venice who with great honour sold their lives in a defensive War against the Common Enemy of Christianity The Turks finding their labour fruitless notwithstanding their endeavours to lodge themselves in the breaches of Panigra and Mocenigo have since spent their time in filling the Trenches between the Bulwarks of those two Forts to hinder all communication between them and to that purpose they had brought thither a great quantity of earth though with considerable loss and danger and were in hopes to make a passage to the left Angle of the Fort Panigra where they had made the widest breach but the Besieged to frustrate their designes appear'd upon the breach with a party of select Souldiers and a certain number of Slaves taken out of the Gallies that rid then in the Harbour who behav'd themselves so couragiously that the Enemy retreated and the Christians in the interim cast up so strong a defence in that part of the breach clearing all to the Trench and throwing out the Earth they cast in that there was little encouragement for a second attempt besides they placed a Machine over against the Breach which was the invention of Captain-General Morosini which was Musquet-proof and could contain 20 Souldiers where they might safely manage their Arms to defend the Breach Many Mines were daily sprung and one of the Christians did notable execution where by blowing up twelve Barrels of Powder there happened a great slaughter among the Turks and many of their bodies were thrown into the Trench The Besieged also made many successful Sallies and to their great encouragement had receiv'd a supply of two thousand men with store of all necessary Provisions that arrived safe at Candia in their Convoy which consisted of twelve Ships This made them resolve upon a general Sallie out of the City which was performed with great loss to the Turks The Enemy being almost tyred out with the Siege especially the Janisaries and Spahi their Army bring reduced from 60000 to 20000 were resolv'd to quit the Siege yet the Visier by his great diligence and large promises perswades them still to continue at the Siege where they still beat the Town vvith their Ordnance But among other late adventures in October about four Gally-slaves belonging to the Venetian being imployed in one of the Out-vvorks discovered about 100 Turks dravving near them in a Body vvhereupon one of them vvhose name vvas Bressano making himself Captain encouraging his Companions and taking such vveapons as came next to hand issued out upon the Turks vvith great resolution kill'd 30 of them in a very small time vvounded many of the rest and put them all to flight for their safety Bressano having in this Sally given a sufficient testimony of his great courage by killing 16 of them vvith his ovvn hand The Captain-General at this very instant standing upon the Walls and observing all passages sent for him and commending him his valour rewarded him with a Gold-Chain and the Command of a Company of Foot being very liberal in bestowing moneys upon the rest of the Slaves and enrolling them into a Company Much about this time an Aga with four Turks fled into Candia with a considerable sum of money and ten or twelve thousand Turks had quitted the service being wearied with expectation and tir'd out with the Siege which extreamly incensed the Visier yet he gave order for the repair of the Fort of New Candia which he at his first setting down before the City had demolished as altogether useless being resolv'd to spend the whole Winter in lying before the Town and in order thereunto sent out several dispatches into Egypt Barbary and all other
Cannon-shot June the fifth in the morning near the Works of St. Mary they raised a new Battery playing upon the Besieged with four great Guns and wrought very hard to cast up a Trench to secure a Passage for their Artillery in which they were defended by a great number of Musqueteers drawn thither for that designe but they had such a peal of Ordnance Small-shot and Granadoes from the Town that they desisted from their enterprize with an extraordinary loss of men the Besieged onely had some few Souldiers wounded but lost not one man that day June the sixth the Guns onely played on both sides The seventh the Turks plyed again their Works and made their approaches with greater preparation then formerly working under ground The eighth instant they raised another Battery against St. Andrews Bulwark and endeavoured the reparation of their old Battery at the Lazaretto but the Marquiss Villa ordered a Counter-battery well planted with Guns to be made to secure the place and in his retreat by the Mole received a slight hurt in his hand by the flying of the Stones occasion'd from Cannon-short that strook upon the Walls That night they made a Sally from the Half-moon of Mocenigo where there was a sharp fight which continued for many hours but concluded with great slaughter of the Enemy by the Cannon and Morter-pieccs from the City-works On the nineteenth of July Signior Baroni with two Gallies and not long after Signior Carenzo Pisani who was chosen Proveditor for Candia entred the Port with Succours for the City and the same Evening his Excellency Captain-General Morosini followed them Incognito with two Gallies more He was at his landing near the Arsenal received by Signior Barbaro with great joy and all the Martial Ceremonies usual upon such occasions who presented him with the Keys of the City and with a great Train of Officers and Souldiers accompanied with Signior Maro Proveditor to the Fleet and the Proveditor of the Isle attended him to his Coach and the Lodgings prepar'd for him He passed under a Triumphal Arch erected in the great Street for him being met also by the Cavalry at the Gates of the City and saluted by the great Guns the whole City testifying their extraordinary joy and satisfaction for his arrival by their loud Acclamations and rare Fire-works The next morning the Turks at break of day discharged a great Volley of Musquets and Cannon against the City which the Besieged scorning to be indebted to them return'd from the Walls The same morning Colonel Chateauneuf attaqued a Redoubt cast up by the Enemy near Panigra to give the Captain-General some signal testimony of the courage and resolution of the Besieged and very freely threw his Hand-granadoes among them but the Turks being prepar'd for their reception issued out and pressed very hard and close upon them yet they being seconded by another party commanded by the Captains Castelli Bonefort and a third whose name we have no certain knovvledge of renewed their assault and did considerable execution upon the Turks but the Alarm being by this time grown warm and great numbers coming to their assistance the Candiots retir'd to the Covert way of the Fort Panigra and the Enemy pursued them with great shouting and notwithstanding the Palisadoes and a Guard of forty Musqueteers that play'd upon them with their Vollies they were forc'd to leave their Colonel Chateauneuf behind them and shelter themselves in the Moat but he with an inconsiderable number of Officers valiantly beat off the Enemy twice or thrice together and was at last relieved by Serjeant Major Motta who Sallying out of the Fort beat back the Turks into their Redoubt with a great slaughter he himself receiving a shot in the breast but without hurt his Armor being well tryed and of proof In this attaque the Christians came off with the loss of one Serjeant two Souldies and two others wounded At the same time Colonel Martinom Commander of Panigra sent out twelve Souldiers with Granadoes and forty Foot-men commanded by Major Bricheras Lieutenant to assault another Redoubt cast up on the right hand of the Fort which they performed with great courage beating out the Turks and putting many of them to the Sword but the Enemy growing more numerous they retreated their Lieutenant being shot dead under the Redoubt but like true Souldiers resolving not to leave the Body of their Officer in the power of the Enemy they return'd upon them and with great valor forced them to give ground taking up the Body and retiring to their Works with much glory and renown The Savoyards also being but 60 Officers and Souldiers with Granadoes under the Command of Colonel Torre Sallied out from the Ravelin of Bethlem and fell upon the Enemies Line where a Body of Turks stood upon their Guard to defend the Pioneers and there hapned a very hot dispute but they sending out a recruit of Savoyards so assist them the Enemy was beaten from the Line and forced to seek their safety in some of their Redoubts leaving 60 of their party dead upon the place four of whose heads the Candiots brought with them and presented to the Captain-General whose valour in this noble attempt was rewarded with forty Reals and in this Service they were so fortunate as to come off with the loss of a single Souldier Colonel Arborio and Marino with the Count Brusano Captain of the Guard to Marquiss Villa sallied out of the Post of St. Mary with a party of fifty men forced the Turks out of two several Redoubts kill'd a considerable number of them and lost onely one Serjeant There was also great execution done upon the Enemy by a Squadron that issued from the Fort of St. Demetrius who slaughtred many of them The Turks being by this time sufficiently sensible of their successless procedings by Batteries and open force were wholly bent upon their Mines imploying constantly night and day ten thousand Pioneers to work in them whereupon they advanced greatly in their approaches the driness of the Season contributing very much to their designes and laboured extreamly to meet with the Mines from the Out-works some whereof the Christians did spring and blow up which proved very fatal and destructive to the Turks In the interim the great shot fly very liberally on both sides but with little damage to the City onely beating down the tops of some Churches and high Houses with the loss of four or five persons The Turks still plyed the City very close with their Guns from the Batteries and throwing Morter-pieces into the Town with little loss to the Besieged but great loss to the Besiegers The Christian Corsayres did very considerable service by cruising upon the Sea and in the Archipelago by which means they did infinitely inrich themselves having taken several great Prizes and intercepted the Enemies Vessels which were laden with Provisions intended for their Armies supply Now the Turks began to be very sparing of their Cannon-shot which was supposed
the Grand Visier being very apprehensive of the Christian succours from several parts was resolv'd to make a general assault on the Forts of Sabionera St. Andre and Santo Spirito ordering his Army which notwithstanding his recruits consisted but of 24000 into three Bodies to be imployed against those three places and for the better expedition of his designe did from several Batteries play for several days upon the Town and principally upon the Jews quarter upon which they had done some execution but he altered his minde as to the general assault for the present and call'd a Council of War being resolv'd if possible to oblige the Town to a surrender before the arrival of the Christian supplies and in order hereunto On the tenth of May two hours before break of day the Turks according to their usual custom fell upon the Bulwarks of Sabionera with great noise and fury but after a bloudy dispute of three hours continuance the Christians springing several Mines forced them to a rude and disorderly retreat leaving several scaling Ladders behind them and they lost in ' this service three Bassa's with several other eminent Officers besides a great number of men And about this time the Venetian Captain-General of the Armata having receiv'd intelligence that there were eighteen men of War belonging to Barbary enter'd into the Grand Signiors Service for that Summer and were set out from several parts of Alexandria Smyrna and Soria laden with Men Ammunition and Provisions bound for Canea divided twenty four Men of War under his Command into three Squadrons with orders to ingage the Enemy if discovered The Admiral himself sailing to the Eastward of Candia with ten Ships where he discovered them making all the Sail imaginable for Canea whom he immediately fell upon without any consideration of their number and a smart dispute was entertain'd for some time but the noise of the Guns brought in another Squadron of eight Venetian Ships to his assistance so that in a short time the Enemy was worsted six Vessels sunk and four taken the rest making away from him very much torn and in great disorder besides the number kill'd in that engagement they took 800 Turks Prisoners The Besiegers notwithstanding all these ill successes continued on Shore pressing the City on all parts plying it with their Batteries and Granadoes especially on the side of the Fort St. Andre where his Excellency Signior Cavalier Cattarin Cornaro Proveditor extraordinary of the Armata was kill'd unhappily by a Granado which wounded him in the flanck who receiv'd the Sacrament and dyed an hour after On Monday June the seventeenth S. N. the Senate made Election of his Excellency Signior Alvise Mocenigo to succeed in the place of the deceased Cavalier Cornaro and conferred the Dignity of Knighthood upon his Brother Signior Girolamo Cornaro in testimony of the high esteem they had to the party slain ordering a solemn Funeral to be celebrated for him upon the publick account and a stately Tomb to be erected to his memory On Saturday June the twenty second there arriv'd at Venice a Ship from Candia with the Body of the late deceased Proveditor extraordinary Cavalier Cattarin Cornaro The Venetians had now received several Recruits under the Command of Signior Priuli as well as the Turks who with somuch assiduity continued their Batteries Storms and Mines that they made themselves Masters of the most part of the Fort planted there a Battery of ten pieces of Cannon intending to play upon the Retrenchment of the Christians with the which they dismounted several of the Defendants Cannon and did great execution in the Town In these late actions Signior Giacomo Contarini receiv'd a very dangerous wound in the Arm Colonel Pini an experienc'd Officer was kill'd and Monsieur de St. Andre had a slight hurt in the Arm by the breaking of a Granado The French Succours put to Sea in June and arriv'd at Candia in his most Christian Majesties Fleet commanded by the Duke de Beaufort the Land-Forces being under the Command of the Duke de Navailles And the Duke de Beaufort went in person to visit the City of Candia who was receiv'd with the discharge of all their Artillery and with great acclamations who taking a view of the Enemies posture receiv'd a slight wound by a Hand-Granado About this time one Andrea Borazzi fleeing to the Enemy profer'd his service to the Visier promising to inform him which were the weakest parts of the Town who was sent accordingly with some Turkish Officers but he leading them to an Eminencie near the Walls that they might the better survey the Town the besieged fired a Mine under him which blew up the Officers he onely escaping but the Grand Visier commanded him at his return to be put in Irons suspecting his designe to be a meer piece of Treachery Still the Turks employed their whole strength against the Bulwark St. Andre and made a considerable Breach in the Retrenchment but the Christians oppos'd them undauntedly and repair'd by night what they beat down by day and sprung a Mine of 150 Barrels of Powder under the Enemies Battery upon the ruines of the Bastion which blew up a great number of the Turks and four of their Guns but the Besieged lost a person of great Resolution and Conduct the Noble Pietro Querini by a Bomb which breaking gave another Officer a mortal wound the Captain-General who flood between them observing the Enemies remaining untoucht The Sultan upon advice of the arrival of the French supplies proposed terms of peace as he had formerly done oftentimes onely to amuse them he being absolutely averse to any such thing in reality and to gain upon them the better by such fair propositions The Turks now had by their frequent assaults and mines made themselves Masters of the ruin'd Bastion of St. Andre except a part of an Orillon which was still in dispute But the General with a party of flout men made a sally upon the Turks who not being able to stand in opposition with them quitted their Posts This vacant time the Besieged spent in casting up a small Defence there which kept the Enemy at a farther distance Now that the French Forces were arriv'd and the Duke de Navailles had consulted with the Captain-General the Turks were advanced and had taken up their Posts upon the Bastions of St. Andre and la Sabionera upon this Consultation with the French and Venetian Officers it was thought very proper to attaque them upon the Sabionera and the Duke de Navailles the General of the Forces desir'd to have those Souldiers out of the Garrison that could be well spar'd which they condescended unto and farther order was given for five or six hundred Pioneers to be imployed in throwing down the Works made by the Enemy and a Sally to be made at the same time to divert them from sending relief to the other side The Duke de Beaufort unwilling to be an unactive spectator offer'd them
Semitecolo and twelve Gallies laden with Bisket were sent into Candia by the Admiral of their Fleet riding at Paros whose Squadrons were continually cruising about the Sea to intercept the Provisions design'd for the Turks The Grand Visier was now indispos'd at Retimo but ordered the strengthning of New Candia intending to raise a Battery near the Lazaretto to hinder the passage of the Republique's Vessels for the relief of the City against which the Venetian Forces cast up a strong Fort to beat them off and prevent their nearer approaches The Sultan then sent fresh commands to the Visier to imploy the utmost of his power and endeavours for the gaining of the Metropolis The Visier being dissatisfied with the former proceedings of the Bassa's of Canea and Candia Nuova he beheaded them both and used the like serverity to several Officers under pretence that they were wanting in the performance of their Duties the last Summer He hath always along with him the Aga of the Janisaries as Pay-master to the Army whose advice sways extreamly with him in all matters of Importance In the interim the Senate is studious to defend their Territories against the common Enemy Now the Treaty that was set on foot by the Prime Visier is wholly broken off being resolv'd to prosecute the Siege vigorously The Visier about the latter of January or the beginning of February departed from Retimo to Candia Nuova intending to go back to Canea The Turks laboured hard at the Batteries before Candia and chiefly that near Lazaretto but with little success for the besieged plyed them very closely from their new Fort and made a Sally forcing the Turks from their Batteries killing five hundred upon the place and taking forty six Prisoners with the loss of forty men onely The Prime Visier now return'd to Canea as 't was thought to continue there as a place of security during the Infection the Plague raging so violently in the Camp and their Admiral Bassa to the Dardanellos with the major part of the Fleet. In February the Grand Visier in person with a party of Turks took a view of the Posts the better to form his Leaguer against the City but he was so warmly entertained with Cannon Morter-pieces and Granadoes that they fell into some disorder which the Garrison perceiving made a smart Sally upon him forcing him to quit the place and flee to Candia Nuova leaving his Nephew slain by a Cannon-shot from the Walls dead upon the place with other considerable persons At Canea he remain'd in expectation of his Succors of twenty thousand men from the Grand Signior and in the mean time the Garrison threw down all the Works cast up by the Turks against the Town and levelled all their Trenches The Turkish Army was now very much visited with the Plague and destitute of Victuals so that the Visier dispersed his Forces about the Island And much about this time Signior Nicola Lyon Commander of one of the Venetian Ships met with a Turkish Vessel laden with Provisions under the Conduct of six Gallies who after an hours dispute took her at which the Visier was so highly incensed that he took off the heads of six of the Captains as being too remiss and wanting duty and courage to defend her Towards the latter end of this Month the Turks with a considerable party Marched hear Candia but were repulsed with no inconsiderable loss in which encounter two Renegadoes of note were taken prisoners and carried into Candia In the beginning of March Signior Padavino the Venetian Ambassador arriv'd at Canea upon whose approach the Turkish Forces by order from the Grand Visier being about 40000 in number were drawn together in his view also a Body of Turks a little after came up to the Walls of Candia in a bravado but were receiv'd so stoutly by a party that Sallied out against them that they were forced to quit their station in confusion and great disorder In this Month about the middle thereof a Turkish Gallie carried off by the Christian Slaves aboard of her was brought into the Fleet the manner of the surprise was as followeth There were 180 Turks and upwards aboard this Gally with their Officers among whom there hapned to be a Renegado Grecian who proving a penitent Apostate contriv'd this plot to free himself and the Christian Slaves condemn'd to the Oars He went down privately into the Hold and made several holes to let in the water and having so done came hastily upon the Deck crying out that the Vessel had sprung so many and so great Leaks that it was irrecoverably lost hereupon the Turks made immediately to a Rock not far off them where they ran ashore the Slaves laying hold of this opportunity rowing off the Gally stopped the Leaks brought her to Paros and presented her to the Captain-General who presently sent two Gallies well arm'd and man'd to the Rock where they took all the Turks who were old Souldiers and persons of Eminency five or six onely excepted who were drown'd endeavouring to save themselves by swimming In March some of the Venetian Ships successfully engaged with the Caravan or Convoy from Alexandria the Admiral whereof had 300 stout Souldiers aboard of him brought out of Barbary the Vessel belonging to Tunis which was commanded by the Sansack of Grand Cayro or Viceroy of Egypt who was by Orders from the Grand Signior to go to the assistance of the Grand Visier and to take upon him the command of the Bassa of Canea he brought with him 2000 Souldiers raised upon his own account to that purpose with several Officers who had made a solemn vow to the Grand Signior to do their utmost in the War and to lose their lives rather then to quit the Siege This Vessel during the dispute took fire and was consum'd with its fraught to the value of 200000 Reals and 50000 Zecchins designed to pay the Grand Visiers Army besides the private Gold of the Officers Many of the men seeking their safety in the Boat were taken and made slaves and several other Vessels of that Convoy fell into the Christians hands with a considerable Booty and one among the rest laden with noble Horses for service was taken by a Christian Privateer that commanded a Pink. The Visier hearing of this ill success cut off the heads of three Captains that arriv'd at Canea and commanded ten fresh Gallies to rescue the rest of the Convoy and conduct them safe to Canea upon pain of death About this time there was a Truce between them for a season for the repair of the Ruines on both sides occasion'd by a dreadful Earthquake that hapned on Holy-Thursday and several others since in the former a great part of Albania suffer'd it threw down many Houses in Cattaro with a great part of the Wall towards the Sea destroying 600 persons at least and Buda was wholly swallowed up in which there perished the like number of people both these places being subject to the Republique
places in the Ottoman Empire threatning the Bassa's with severe and present punishment if not absolutely and speedily obey'd The Grand Signior was now arriv'd at Morea in person to hasten the transportation of fresh forces intending to summon together the whole strength of his Empire rather then desert the Siege dishonourably Yet notwithstanding the great losses of men the tediousness of the Siege the frustrating of their designes in their assaults above and the successlessness of their Mines under ground the impatience of the Grand Signior maugre all discouragement whatsoever they still engage in many warm disputes and endeavour to fill up the Trenches but the Besieged still beat them off and throw out what they cast in but the Christian Officers lookt upon this as prejudicial and time ill spent seeing the Enemy from one of his Batteries planted upon the Counterscarp destroyed their Blinds and laid them open to their Small-shot therefore they resolv'd to destroy the Battery and imployed the Pioneers to that purpose who sprung a large Mine which blew it up wholly with a great number of Turks burying all their Cannons in its ruines together with the Mustapha Bassa Beilerbeg of Anatolia one of the most considerable persons among them and who chiefly advis'd the carrying on the Siege on that side of the City Several other Mines were sprung the day following on both sides by which the Panigra was totally destroy'd and reduc'd to a heap of rubbish though still defended with infinite valour the Christians appearing in white Armor to the terror of the Enemy After this the Besieged made many Sallies and in their retreat drew the Enemy over Mines which were prepar'd for them and when the Christians saw their opportunity fir'd them with great execution and in little time beat them to their second Redoubt returning with Arms and Baggage in all their Sallies Yet the Turks by the approaches of their Galleries made their advances with great obstinacy springing divers Mines upon the Trenches of the City with great damage to the Palisadoes of the Falsbray near adjoyning but the Christians by their industry placed new Palisadoes on the Falsbray The Turks still working their Mines with all the subtilty imaginable one whereof they sprung which was under the Half-moon at the right-hand of the Panigra which almost fill'd a part of the Trench near the Front of the Bulwark Bethlem with its ruines of which the Turks were resolv'd to make the best advantage they could and that very night were making preparations for a storm but there fell such violent rain in the night that they were forced to desist Afterwards they sprung another Mine in the Graft which removed many Palisadoes and endangered the person of the Marquiss Villa Another Mine of the Enemies which was ready to spring was happily discovered by the Christians and the Powder remov'd the Enemy afterwards when they thought it convenient fir'd the Train being big with expectation of the issue but they were set upon by a party of the Besieged who also gave fire to two Mines of their own near Mocenigo and one of 35 Barrels of Powder which overwhelm'd many Turks in the ruines and disordered their Mines in those places Now the Garrison having receiv'd a considerable supply of fresh Souldiers and some Horse they made a resolute Sally and the Turks drawing up all their forces maintain'd the dispute two hours together but they were at last beaten into their own Trenches with great loss of their chief Captains and Commanders besides private Souldiers the Grand Visier himself escaping not without great hazzard of his life or imprisonment The Turks Army being now reduced to 18000 were resolv'd upon a dernier effort and to make a general Sally but were repuls'd with great slaughter Now since the Turk had made several experiments of the valor of the Candiots by Assaults and Skirmishes which prov'd unsuccessful he endeavour'd to obtain by stratagem what he could not do by force to which end they shot several Arrows into the City to which they had fastned Letters both in French and Italian which contain'd many Arguments to perswade the Christians to a surrender bragging of their Supplies they suddenly expected resolving not to quit the Siege menacing them upon their refusal with all the extremities us'd by an incensed Enemy On the fifteenth of November in the Evening the Grand Visier discharged all his Cannon which were seconded with five Volleys of Musqueteers three of them with Bullets and two without accompanied with great shouts and setting up many Lights about the Camp which made the Christians jealous of some large Succours sent them or some extraordinary expectation from their Mines but they drew up their men and commanded them to stand all night to their Arms and in the morning they found it onely to be a Turkish Rodomontado a meer Artifice of the Grand Visiers by throwing out reports of Succours and Supplies to raise the drooping spirits of the Souldiers The sixteenth of November being the Anniversary of St. Giustina on which in the year 1570 the Christians gain'd a glorious Victory against the Turks was celebrated by the Besieged with as much true zeal and joy as that of the Turks the day before was counterfeit and feigned Some few days after the Grand Signior sent the Visier a Vest and Scimiter as a present which he receiv'd with some Moneys for the Souldiers pay which made them repeat the like Triumphs throughout the whole Turkish Camp After this the Christians made a large Mine without the Raveline di Samo Spirito divided into three parts which they sprung so prosperously that it ruin'd their Redoubts and Lines blew up their Bodies in the Air and entomb'd others of them in its ruines which was followed by a stout Sally to the destruction of many Turks and some Commanders of Eminencie At which the Visier was so much inrag'd that he resolv'd to win the Town or lost his life in the attempt sending to all his Bassa's throughout the Grand Signiors Dominions for all supplies of Provisions they could possibly furnish him withal The Turks having gain'd the ruin'd Out-works of Panigra advanced with their Mines and Galleries towards the great Trench but a considerable slaughter hapned among the Turks by the frequent springing of the Mines and numerous Sallies that were daily made but Signior Lorenzo Pisani the Proveditor of Candia was slain by one of their Morter-pieces and that Noble Venetian Bertolo Pisani unfortunately kill'd by a shot Yet the rains falling so excessively upon them the Grand Visier withdrew leaving about 6000 men behind him to defend the Batteries and other Works Much about this time Secretary Giavarina Minister of State to the Venetians who had continued some time in the Grand Visiers Camp lodged in the Tents of Caterzogolo which was a place of bad air died and five or six of his Family which might be occasion'd by the Contagion that raged so violently among the Turks The City was now
succours from the Captain Bassa was very much encouraged to continue the Siege raising Terrasses about his own Tent and had taken 2000 of his stoutest Souldiers as a Guard to his person General Morosini about this time dispatched Colonel Machierotti a Candiot with Letters to the Visier desiring him to accept of an exchange for Signior Lascaris General de Bataille formerly taken Prisoner who went in a Felucca with a white Flag before Giofiro but receiv'd this short answer from the Visier That he came thither to take the City and not to treat about Prisoners whereupon Cavalier Grimani was imployed in the vacant charge The Turks continue the Siege with great eagerness notwithstanding their numerous and signal defeats and the vast inconveniences of the Winter-Season and press very shrewdly upon the Bastion of St. Andre playing upon it with their Cannon by one of which the Sieur du Prc Major to the Brigade belonging to the Count de St. Paul had his head taken off and the Sieur de Chamilly and Lare was hurt with the stones beaten out of the Parapet by the same shot the Sieur de Marianval of the same Brigade was slain the Chevalier de Merinville wounded by a Granado and the Sieur de Sabloniere hurt with an Arrow The Grand Signior being willing to supply the Visier as much as was possible commanded 6000 men to be levyed out of the neighbouring places sending them to Salonica but before the Captains could ship them they rais'd a mutiny and betook themselves to their heels to avoid the service On the twenty-eighth of November the succours from Malta arriv'd safe at Candia and were nobly receiv'd by the Generalissimo and the Marquiss St. Andre Montbrun who was then recover'd of his hurt he lately receiv'd but the Duke de Roannez was somewhat displeas'd he being disappointed of his hopes of commanding them Now a party of 350 French Volunteers with 50 more of the Garrison sallied out upon the Enemy but the former lost thirteen of their number and the others three but they kill'd some of the Enemy brought off four of the Turks heads and the General made another Sally with sixty choice men who cleared the Trenches killing fifty time with the assistance of two Christian Privateers took five Saiques off of Canea laden with Provisions and Ammunition intending for that Port and in the ingagement sixty Turks were slain with their Captain a Renegado of Calabria and fifty four Prisoners taken who were put to the Chain and the Provisions sent into Candia The Pope now ordered preparations to be made by his Chamber for the honourable Interment of the Marquiss Villa Commander of the Popes Forces in the Church of St. Maries the great who was kill'd in a Sally by a Cannon-shot with the same Funeral State and Pomp that was made for Signior Mutio Mattei who had the same Charge and dyed in the same Cause The Grand Visier having intelligence that the French Forces were re-imbarqued and homewards bound made a furious assault in the night upon the Bulwarks of the Sabionera and St. Andre at the same time with 4000 men at each place and obstinately disputed with the Besieged for two hours space but they were forced to retreat to their Posts leaving the ground covered with their dead and carrying off many that were wounded the Christians losing not above forty men in this service About the latter end of February or beginning of March Morosini the Captain-General or Admiral of the Armata landed at Candia with 2000 able Souldies from Zante 1700 Barrels of Powder and a great quantity of Provisions arid Ammunition The three Regiments of Lunenburghers consisting of 2500 stout well-disciplin'd men were in March imbarqued for Candia being very well satisfied with their noble reception at Venice the Senate bestowing gold Chains upon their Officers and a Ducat apiece was given to the Souldiers as a Donative About this time the Christians sprung a Mine and fired it by the which was destroyed a great number of the Enemy with a Turkish Engineer who was in great repute among them and whose directions they observ'd in all their attempts The Visier to revenge his death and the loss of his men sprung a Mine too but it had not that effect which was expected and then the Turks by his command attempted the Bulwarks of St. Andre with Ladders but they were beaten off with great loss and many of their Ladders were by force drawn up from them into the Town Upon the Popes request his Imperial Majesty granted him 3000 men for the succour of Candia who were privately listed without beat of Drum out of the Imperial Hereditary Countries onely On Saturday March 30 1669 S. N. the noble Giacomo Cornaro was chosen Proveditor General of the Armata and Signior Pietro Diedo an experienc'd Senator as Commander of a Convoy of many Ships laden with all manner of Provisions and wherein also were many Souldiers Chyrurgeons Gunners and Labourers to be imployed about the Works and in the Mines Colonel Giovanni Battista Zano endeavouring to take a Gallery from the Turks near Santo Spirito was buried in one of their Mines but the General sent out a strong party who beat off the Turks and recovered his Body out of the ruines of the Mines and carried it into the Town Signior Pietro Diedo by reason of his extraordinary indisposition of Body was upon his request excused from his Voyage into the Levant and the Senate made choice of Cavalier Zozzi Cornaro in his room In April 1669 the Turks made three desperate assaults upon the Town but were in all of them beaten off and the Besieged by the successful firing of one of their Mines totally ruin'd the Enemies Mount and Battery rais'd before the Fort St. Andre In this Month the Grand Signior sent a Bassa to the Visier who in his name condemned the Visier for the little advantage he had made in the Siege trifling away three years time with an expence of so much Treasure and the loss of such numbers of men as might suffice for the Conquest of intire Kingdoms The Visier being very much disatisfied with this message gave a furious assault to the Bulwark of St. Andre and Ravelin di Santo Spirito but the Turks after an hours hot dispute drew off and about 5000 of them hoping to pass over one of the Mines of the Besieged of 150 Barrels of Powder it was fired and blew up 3000 of the Enemy wounding and disordering them and taking hold of this advantage made a sally upon the Besiegers and returned to the Town with 1000 Prisoners or thereabouts On Saturday May the twenty sixth S.N. the Holy Sacrament was in St. Marks Church in Venice pablickly and solemnly expos'd and on the Tuesday following the Duke Senate and the greatest part of the Nobility went in Procession publick Prayers being made in all Churches to crave a blessing upon the succours and supplies intended to be sent to Candia by the Republique Now
1500 men out of the Fleet and put himself in the head of the French Forces being ready to receive Orders from the General though very much urg'd to the contrary And thus he entred upon action June the twenty fourth first 400 commanded men marched out and 50 others with Granadoes at the head of them after them three Troops of Horse under the command of Monsieur Dampier then the Regiments of Gaures St. Valier Lorrain and Bretagne followed with four Troops of Horse upon the Wings besides a party of the French Kings Musqueteers and 100 Reformed Officers placed between the first and second Line to be ready upon any occasion The Forces that came from the Fleet were at the same time to fall upon the left-side of the Sabionera and Monsieur Marshal of the Camp appointed to assist them In this Order they marched silently and undiscover'd and drew up in Battalia in a little plain near the Enemies Camp the commanded men coming within Musquet-shot were fired at by the Turks and then Monsieur de Dampier was commanded by the General to fall upon two Redoubts in the head of their Quarters being assisted by some of the Guards which was so couragiously and successfully managed that they took them immediately and put every men to the Sword and then their Lines were entred and the Regiments of St. Valier and Lorrain possest them the commanded men with the Companies of Guards beat the Enemy out of their Trenches and Works Thus far their designes prospered though they had but 300 of the 1500 expected from the Ships nor were any Venetian Forces nor Pioneers sent out to their assistance as was promised The Turks having thus deserted the Camp drew up into a Body upon a rising on their right-hand which being observ'd by the General he in the head of his Forces marched towards them and beat them twice from their Station but he charged them so home upon the third rally that he gain'd the place whereon they first drew up their men Then hapned a cross accident that ruin'd that whole days designes for some Powder Morter-pieces and Granadoes taking fire by chance upon a Battery which the Guards were possest with they forsook the place in disorder and confusion though Monsieur Castellan used all art imaginable to bring them back and the 300 men that came from the Navy fell into the same disorder notwithstanding all the endeavours of the Commanders to rally them This made the Turks begin a fresh charge whereupon the Admiral Monsieur Colbert and the fifty Musqueteers joyned with the first Battalion and manfully opposed them but this accident had imprinted such a general terrour upon the Souldiers that they were oblig'd to retreat which was much favour'd by a Courtin made good by the General The Body of Reserves was invested by several Forces which after a slight skirmish at the Bastion of St. Andre were sent to assist their fellow-Souldiers at the Sabionera who also retreated disorderly at last The General gave signal testimonies of his Courage and Conduct in this days disaster and made good his Retreat passing through a party of the Enemy with three or four Gentlemen onely that assisted him but if all things had been performed as was intended this day might in all probability have put an end to the Siege The Venetians had in all 600 men which were kill'd and disabled A Trooper escaped from the pursuit of the Enemy found the Duke de Beaufort so wounded that he had not strength to get up behind him and he drew him a while by the Arm thinking to bring him off but being so closely followed by the Turks that he was compel'd to flee he left him to the Enemy who kill'd him presently upon the place Yet the next day being the twenty fifth of June about 200 of the French made a Sally out of the Bastion of St. Andre which gave such an Alarm to the Turks that they came to make good their Posts but the Besieged firing three Mines blew up many of the Besiegers with some Commanders of Quality and destroyed a very considerable Battery On July the fifth S. N. the Count de Vivonne arriv'd at Candia with the French Gallies who took possession of the charge of Admiral finding the Fleet destitute of one The same day also arriv'd the Squadron of Malta Gallies with eight hundred Souldiers On the sixth the Duke de Navailles being over-heated in the late engagement fell into a violent Fever On the twelfth of July arriv'd a Convoy at Candia with 1600 Souldiers Ammunition and Monies The Baron de St. Marre Captain of the Guards to the Duke de Beaufort hearing as yet no news of his Master by Spies or any other means whatsoever went in person to the Visier's Camp where being admitted by him into the Tent he gave him a view of all the Heads that were cut off in the late fight but he could not finde the Admirals among them at which the Visier was very much dissatisfied and afterwards gave him liberty to discourse with several Prisoners in the Camp but he could learn no news of him that was satisfactory On the twenty fourth instant all the French Malta and Pope's Squadrons were ordered to lye before the Turks Post at St. Andre where they fir'd upon the Enemies Camp and did them great damage but when the Generals had drawn out their Forces and were ready to fall upon the Besiegers the Terese which was the French Vice Admiral blew up by some unfortunate accident or a shot from the Enemy with 400 men aboard to the damage of several Vessels the Admiral particularly that lay next her and the Captains Gally that took fire also but was quenched which made the whole Fleet put out to Sea and hindred the Generals designe of making a Sally but the Turks receiv'd great hurt by the firing of the Fleet and lost an Aga the Visiers great favourite On the thirtieth instant a Sally was made by Monsieur Colbert at the Sabionera with some execution upon the Enemy but Monsieur Colbert was slightly hurt in the head with a stone which fell from the Gate broken by a Morter-piece The General Girolamo Battaja was mortally wounded in three places by a Morter-piece breaking near him which was discharg'd from the Enemies Batteries he being then busied about the Sabionera and giving Orders to his Officers against some fresh approach intended by the Besiegers The Turks continue still imploying their greatest force against St. Andre having raised a Battery and planted eight Guns thereon firing upon the Retrenchments made by the Besieged to supply the ruines of that Fort but were valiantly oppos'd and repuls'd however the Enemy took an advantagious Post near the Scozzese which made Signior Navaglier a Noble Venetian sally out with a party of Souldiers intending to dislodge them but he received a dangerous Musquet-shot in the neck The Turks still plyed the Town with showers of Stones Morter-pieces and Granadoes and Count Waldeck