A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1522. 



pleasure of our Lord was by evident miracle to have it 

 otherwise, and the enemies were chased and overcome. 

 And it is to be noted that the same day the raine was so 

 great and so strong, that it made the earth to sincke a 

 great deale that they had cast into the ditches, for to 

 cover them from the shot of Auvergne. And the sayd 

 earth being so suncken, the artillery of the sayde bul- 

 warke (unwares to them) smote them going and com- 

 ming, and made great murder of the sayd dogges. 

 The sayd day also the enemies came to the plaine of 

 Italy for to assault it ; but when they understood that 

 their fellowes had bene put backe so rudely, and with so 

 great slaughter, they were afrayd, and so they returned 

 againe to their trenches. 



How^ the Turks got the plaine ground of Spaine. 



ANd that done, Acmek Basha seeing their businesse 

 every day goe from woorse to woorse, and that at 

 the assaults were but losse of people, without doing of 

 any good, and that there was no man that willingly 

 would go to it any more, he intended to give no more 

 assaults, but to follow his trenches, and by them enter 

 covertly without losse of a man from the breach to the 

 other end of the towne. Semblably he intended for to 

 winne the plaine earth beside Spaine : the which to get, 

 he came at pleasure to the foot of the wall, & began to 

 beat downe the plaine ground, and to give many 

 skirmishes and conflicts to our folke that kept it. And 

 there were slaine many good men. And at the last, for 

 default of more helpe and of gunshot, it was left and 

 given up of our men, and so lost. That done, the 

 enemies came thither as in other places. And this is 

 the third place where they came nere to the foot of the 

 wall. And whoso wel considered in what estate the poore 

 towne was at that time, seeing their enemies have so 

 great advantage, might well say, and judge, that at length 

 it should be taken, and a lost towne. 



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