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which thing was most false. So that hee being angry 



therewith, suddenly stept foorth, and commaunded them 



to bee bound. Thus they being unarmed (not suffered 



at that time to enter into his pavillion, with their former 



weapons) and bound, were led one by one into the market 



place, before his pavillion, being presently cut and hewen 



in sunder in his presence, and last of all from that 



woorthy and noble Bragadino (who being bound as the 



rest, and being commaunded twise or thrise to stretch 



The propertie foorth his necke, as though hee should have bene 



of true font- beheaded, the which most boldly hee did without any 



be broken with sparke of feare) his eares were cut off, and causing him 



sudden ter- to bee Stretched out most vilely upon the ground, Mus- 



rors. tafa talked with him, and blasphemed the holy name of 



Mustafa,costn ^^^ Saviour, demaunding him, where is now thy Christ, 



fhiefe^^which^ that hee helpeth thee not } To all the which no answere 



hong on the at all was given of that honourable gentleman. The earle 



left side of our Hercole Martinengo, which was sent for one of the 



hostages, who was also bound, was hidden by one of 



Mustafas eunuches untill such time as his furie was past, 



afterward his life being graunted him, hee was made the 



eunuches slave. Three Grecians which were under his 



pavillion were left untouched. All the souldiers which 



were found in the campe, and all sortes of Christians to 



the number of three hundred, were suddenly slaine, they 



nothing mistrusting any such treason, or tirannie. The 



Christian souldiers which were embarked a litle before, 



were linked and fettered with iron chaines, made slaves, 



all things being taken from them, and stripped into their 



shirtes. 



The second day after this murther was committed, 

 which was the 17. of August, Mustafa entred the first 

 time into the Citie, and caused the vaHant and wise 

 governour Tiepolo to bee hanged, who remained behind, 

 waiting the returne of Signior Bragadino. I being in the 

 citie at that present, when other of my countreymen were 

 thus miserably slaine and made slaves, hid my selfe in 

 certaine of the Grecians houses the space of five dayes, 



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Saviour at his 

 Passion. 



