AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1522. 



from the great power of the enemies that had besieged 

 them. 



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[II. i. 79.] How the women slaves would have set fire 



in the towne. 



He eight day of July it was knowen that the Turkish 

 women being slaves and servaunts in many houses of 

 the towne, had appointed to set fire in their masters 

 houses at the first assault that should be made, to the 

 end that the men should leave their posterns & defenses 

 to go and save their houses and goods. And it was found 

 that a woman of Marchopota being a slave, was first 

 moover thereof, the which was taken and put to 

 execution. 



The same day some of our men went out for to 

 skirmish with the Turkes, and many of them were slaine 

 with shot of our artillerie, and of our men but one. 



How the Turkes layd their artillerie about the 

 towne, and of the maner and quantitie of 

 their pieces and gunshot. 



THe 18. day of July, for the beginning and first day 

 they set up a mantellet, under the which they put 

 three or foure meane pieces, as sacres, wherewith they 

 shot against the posterns of England and Provence. But 

 the mantellet was soone broken and cast downe, and their 

 pieces destroyed with the shot of the wall, and they that 

 shot them were most part slaine. As this first mantellet 

 was broken, by the great and innumerable people that 

 they had they set all their ordinance on land, and caried 

 it to the places where it should be bent, or nigh thereby. 

 And the 29. day of the same moneth, they set up 

 two other mantellets. One beside a church of saine 

 Cosme and Damian, and another toward the West. And 

 from these mantellets they shot great pieces, as Culver- 

 ings, double gunnes, and great bombards agaynst the 

 wals of England and Spaine, to the which mantellets the 

 ordinance of the towne gave many great strokes, and 



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