AD THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1571. 



battery to all places, and into our retreats, so that 



they labouring more speedily then ever they did, made 



seven other forts more, under the castle, and taking 



away the artillery from them which were farther off, 



planting of it somewhat neerer, to the number of 



fourescore, they battered the holde with so great rage, 



that on the eighth day of July, with the same night 



also were numbred five thousand Canon shot, and after 



that sort they overthrew to the ground the vaimures, 



that scarsely with great travell and paine we could 



repaire them againe, because our men that laboured 



about them were continually slaine by their Ordinance, 



and by reason of the endlesse tempest of the shot of 



their Harquebuzers. And our men beganne to de- 



// is accounted crease. For the Turkes caused us to retire from our 



""shiffTlelt^e ^^^y^S' ^7 t^^ violence of their artillery and mining, 



that to our ^^ ^\xQ}i\ sort, that there being no more standing left 



enemies with for our Souldiours, because we making our vaimures 



hinderance, more thicke, our standing began to waxe narrower, the 



which we can ^\(^^\^ presently we of necessitie enlarg^ed with boords 



not an\ longer rrij 1 • 11 -ii 



keepe and use ^^ ^ scartolde to the vaimure, whereby we might have 



to our owne more elbow roome to fight. Captaine Maggio also made 

 commodity. one mine under the said Brey, to the intent, that we 

 being not able any longer to keepe it, the same might 

 be left to our enemies to their great hinderance. 



The third assault. 



TO the said Brey the ninth day of July they gave 

 the third assault, to the Turrion of Santa Nappa, 

 to that of Andruzzi, to the Cortaine, to the Keepe of 

 the Arsenall : the which assault having continued more 

 then sixe houres, they were beaten backe in foure 

 places, but we left the Brey to their great losse, and 

 ours also : because we being assaulted, our company 

 being not able to mannage their Pikes in good order, 

 by reason of the narrownesse of the standing where 

 they were, being willing to retire in that order, as the 

 L. Baghone had prescribed unto them, and could not, 



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