THE LOSS OF RHODES ad. 



1522. 

 the people, which in great anger put them to death : so 

 that there were slain an hundred & moe the same day. 

 And if the lord great master had not commanded that 

 none should hurt them, they had bene all slaine, and 

 there were fifteene hundreth of them : which slaves did 

 great service in time of the siege : for they laboured dayly 

 to make our defences, and to cast earth out of the 

 ditches, and in all works they were necessary at our 

 needs. 



How the great Turke arrived in person 

 before Rhodes. 



THe 25 day of the sayd moneth many of our men 

 went out for to skirmish in the field and made great 

 murder of Turks, and in likewise did our artillery. And 

 it is to be noted that the 28 day of the same moneth the 

 great Turke in person passed le Fisco a haven in the 

 maine land with a galley and a fust, and arrived about 

 noone, where his army lay, the which day may be called 

 unhappie for Rhodes. For his comming, his presence 

 and continuall abiding in the fielde is and hath beene 

 cause of the victorie that he hath had. When the gallie 

 that he came in was arrived, all the other shippes of the 

 hoste hanged banners aloft in their toppes and on their 

 sayle yerdes. 



Soone after that the Turke was arrived, he went to 

 land, and mounted on his horse, and rode to his pavilion 

 which was in a high place called Megalandra, foure or 

 five miles fro the towne out of the danger of the gunne 

 shot. And on the morow, as it was reported to us, hee 

 came to a Church nigh the towne called Saint Steven, for 

 to viewe the Towne and fortresses, whereas they had set 

 up mantellets for to lay their ordinance. 



THe last day of July, one of our brigandines went 

 out with a good company of men arayed as Turkes, 

 and some of them could speake Turkish, and went by 

 night to lande through the Turkes hoste, and demaunded 



