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srged in any fimllar atiempt againft him or his fuc- 

 cciibrs. 



The young Aralilan prince, the fon of Euteiri, was at 

 this time under the protccHon of the Marquis de Gomarez 

 at Oran. Eager to revenge the wrongs which his family 

 liad fuffered, he propofed to the Marquis a ven- practicahle 

 plan for putting the city of Algiers into the pod'cllion of the 

 Spanilh monarch, and this fchcme was laid before Cardinal 

 Ximenes. The Cardinal approved it, and fent a fleet, with 

 10,000 forces, to drive liarbaroffa and the Turks out of 

 Algiers, and to rellore young Selim Eutemi. Init the fleet 

 was difperfcd by a ilorm ; many of the Spaniards were 

 drowned ; and thofe who efcaped to (hore, were either killed 

 by the Turks or made (laves. The Algerines, in concurrence 

 with the Arabians and Moors, made their next application 

 to Hamidel Abdes, king ot Tene/, and requefted his aid 

 againil Barbaroflfa and his adherents. This prince cnnfented, 

 on condition that the kingdom of Algiers Ihoiild be fettled 

 upon him and his delcendants. When he entered the Al- 

 gerinc dominions at the head of 10,000 Moors, he was 

 joincJ -W- the Arabians of the whole country. Barbarof- 

 la, however, with 1000 Tm-kilh mulciueteers ar.d 500 

 Cranada Moors, defeated this numerous army ; purfued 

 Hamidel to the gates of his capital, took the place, and ob- 

 liged the inhabitants to acknowledge hnu ior their fovereign. 

 BarbaixiiTa, having taken pofTcnion of Tenez, received an 

 embaffy from the inhabitants of Tremecen ; who, dilTatisiied 

 with the reigning prmce, becaufe he had dethroned his 

 nephew, requefted liis aififtance to difpoffefs the ufurper, and 

 offered him the fovereignty. The invitation was readily ac- 

 cepted. BarbarofTa obliged the king of Tremecen, after a 

 fevere engagem.ent, to retire to his capital, where he was 

 inftantiy beheaded by his fubjetls, and the conqueror re- 

 ceived a frefh invitation to take pofleiTion of the kingdom. 

 \Vhen BarbarofTa, thus invelled with new power, began to 

 tyrannize over his fubjefts, the Tremecenians were exafpe- 

 rated ; and repenting of their having invited fuch a tyrant 

 to their afliftance, they deliberated on the beil means for 

 expelling him, and reiloring their lawful prince. Their 

 deiign, however, was difcovcred, and many of the con- 

 fpirators were cruelly maflaered. The prince had fort imately 

 made his efcape to Oran, and put himfelf under the pro- 

 teftion of the Marquis of (jomarez, who fent immediate 

 advice of his fituation to Ciiarles V., lately arrived in Spain 

 with a powerful fleet and anr.y. This politic monarch fore- 

 feeing the advantage that was likely to redound to hnn from 

 placing the prince of Tremecen on the throne, ordered for 

 him a fuccour of 10,000 men, under the command of Go- 

 marez or Comares, the governor of Oran. This army, in 

 its march, was joined by prince Sehm, and a great number 

 of Arabs and Moors from the adjacent countrie?. 'Iheir 

 firil enterprize was the attack of Calau, an important for- 

 treis fituated between Tremecen and Algiers. This place, 

 after a vigorous defence, was compeU<;>d to furrender, and 

 after a fevere plunder, dehvered into the hands of the king 

 of Tremecen. Barbarolfa, fearing a revolt on the pait of 

 his own fubjefts, and difappointed in his expeftations of 

 affiflance from the king of Fez, kept clofe in his capital. 

 But upon the approach of the enemy he marched out of 

 Tremecen, and determined to force his way through the 

 hoilile army which was preparing to lay fiegeto the city, to 

 the field. He was advifed, however, by his council to return 

 and to fortify himfelf in the city ; but the inliabitants re- 

 fufed him entrance, and he was therefore under a necelfity of 

 retiring into the citadel, and of there waiting for an oppor- 

 tunity to tfcape. Here lie defended himfelf valiantly, and 



made fevcral fnccefsful failles during a long ficge ; but ap- 

 preiienfive of famine from the failure of his provifions, he 

 took the advantage of a fubterrancoiis pallagc, througii 

 which he privately conveyed himfelf and his treafure. His 

 flight was difcovered and he was purfued ; but ordering a 

 confiderable quantity of his money, jewels, and plate to be 

 feattered in the way, he hoped by this llratagcm to divert 

 the attention of his purfuers. The artifice failed ; for the 

 Spanifh general obliged the army to march on, till at length 

 they overtook the fugitive on the banks of the rivi.r Haexdn, 

 about tiglit leagues from Tremecen. A bloody engage- 

 ment enfued ; but the Turks were overpowered by numbers ; 

 they were all inalfacred hy the Spaniards, and BarbaroflTa, 

 among the reft, in the 44th year of his age. This defeat 

 oceafioned great confteraatlon at Algiers. The Turks to 

 whom the defence of the city was committed were much 

 alarmed ; and ihcy foon agreed, as the bcft meafure for pre- 

 venting a revolt, to caufe Hayradin, the brother of Baiv 

 baroffa, to be proclaimed king of Algiers, and high ad- 

 miral of the fea. In order to lecure himfelf from an infur- 

 redlion, which his tyrannical and oppreffive conduft had 

 given him reafon to appreiiend, he difpatehed an anibaffador 

 with magnificent prefents to Selim I. then emperor of Con- 

 ftanlinojile, to notify the death of his brother, and to make 

 him an offer of fubmitting the kingdom to his protection, 

 and to pay him an annual tribute in return for his afliftance. 

 The Sultan v/as pleafed with tills propofa! ; received Hay- 

 radin, called alfo BarbarofTa, under his proteftion, and ap- 

 pointed him his bafhaw or viceroy over the kingdom of 

 Algiers. Thus powerfully protected and aided with troops, 

 he prepared for executing two grand projefts which he had 

 for fome time in contemplation. The firil was the deftruc- 

 tion of the Spanilh fort, which was a great nuifancc to his 

 metropolis ; and the other was to render Algiers a commo- 

 dious harbour by building a mele from thence to the ifland, 

 in order to fhelter them from the weather and the north fea, 

 as well as from the guns of the Spanifli fort, to avoid which 

 the Ihips were obliged to lie about a mile weft of the town, 

 where the anchorage was \mfafe. Having fucceedcd in 

 taking the Spanifh fort, he employed no lefs than 30,000 

 Chrillian flaves in the accomplishment of his fecoiid projefl, 

 fo that his llrong mole for the accommodation and fecurily 

 of his fhips was completed in lefs than three years. 'Jrlie 

 execution of thcfe two impo'-tant prt)jc£ls added fo nmch 

 ftrength and wealth not only to the city but to the kingdom, 

 that Hayradin became an objecl of tciror, not only to the 

 Moors and Arabians, but to the maritime Chriillan powers, 

 and more particularly to the Spaniards. The Sultan, cither 

 grateful for the fervices performed by Hayradin, or jealous 

 of his power, advanced him to the dignity of captain bafliaw 

 of the emjiire, and appointed f-lalTan, or Hafccn Aga, a 

 SardlnLin renegado, to fuececd him as bafliaw of Algiers. 

 The depredations of HafTau on the coafts of Italy and of 

 Spain rouzed the refentmcnt of pope Paul HI. and of the 

 emperor Charles V. The pope publlftied a bull, with a 

 plenriry abfolution of all I'uis, and the promife of the crown 

 of martyrdom, to all who ihould fall in battle againft the in- 

 fidels of Barbary ; and the emperor equipped a powerful 

 fleet, which he determined to conimand in perfon, in order 

 to fubduc them. Accordingly Charles, with a fleet of 120 

 fliips and 20 gallies, and 30,000 chofeu troops, accompanied 

 by a great number of noblemen and gentlemen, who ferved 

 at their own expcnee as volunteers, from motives of religion 

 and glory, fet fall towards the end of Summer in 1541, and 

 after a tedious and perilous voyage from Majorca to Africa, 

 appeared on the coaft of Algiers. The fleet anchored at 



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