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AD THE ENGLISH V^OYAGES 



1522. 



his folke, to the reverend great master, the which 

 retained him, and set him in wages of the Rehgion. 

 And during the siege, the sayd capitaine behaved him 

 woorthily in his person, and put himselfe in such places 

 as woorthy men ought to be, spending his goods largely 

 without demanding any paiment or recompense for his 

 doing, of the Religion. 



How the corne w^as shorne downe halfe ripe 

 and brought into the tov^ne for feare of the 

 Turkes hoste. 



|Uring these things, the reverend lord great master 



carefuU and busie to have every thing necessary, 



as men and other strengths, sent vessels called brigan- 



tines, for to cause the wafters of the sea to come into 



Rhodes for the keeping and fortifying of the towne, the 



[II. i. 76.] which at the first sending came and presented their 



persons and ships to the service of the religion. 

 ^^;-£jj/ j After that the sayd lord caused to shere downe the 

 ^n an j^-^ ^^ j^-^ -^j^^ ^^^^ caused it to bee brought into the 

 towne, which was done in Aprill : and then in May in 

 some places, he made to shere the wheate halfe ripe, 

 howbeit the most part was left in the fields, because the 

 Turkes hoste was come out of the streights of Constanti- 

 nople. And doubting that any number of ships should 

 come before to take the people of the sayd Isle unawares, 

 the sayd lord made them to leave shering of wheate, 

 and caused the people of the furthest part of the Isle 

 to come into the towne. 



While that the great master provided for all things 

 after the course of time and tidings that hee had, there 

 arrived a Carak of Genoa laden with spicerie from 

 Alexandria, the which passed before the port of Rhodes 

 the eight day of Aprill, and rid at anker at the Fosse, 

 7. or 8. miles from the towne, for to know and heare 

 tidings of the Turkish hoste. Then the lord willing to 

 furnish him with people as most behoovefull for the 

 towne, sent a knight of Provence named sir Anastase 



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