4^4 WAR OP TIE TURKS 



by intreaties, and to make a merit of their fervices. 

 They promifed faithfully to pay all demands, and 

 never for the future to tranfgrefs their duty. 



They deputed to him the chiefs of their religion, 

 together with two fuperior officers of the fultan's mili- 

 tia, who had been of fome conlideration ; but the ka- 

 pudan pafha peremptorily refufed to admit them to a 

 hearing. 



All Cairo was in great commotion. An infurrection 

 was apprehended, and the Franks, well-nigh certain 

 that they fhould fall the firft victims to it, kept 

 themfelves under arms, night and day, for almoft a 



month. 



Carlo Rofetti took upon him to procure clemency 

 for the beys. They furnifhed him with 1000 patafhes 

 for the expences of his journey. He went to Alexan- 

 dria, and attached himfelf to the ruffian conful, a man 

 of great refpe (Stability. But the kapudan pafha would 

 not admit them to his prefence. 



> The beys now feeing that all their attempts were 

 fruitlefs, took up the refolution of making a ftout re- 

 liftance. It was not long, however, before they laid 

 it down again. 



The 15th. of July, 1785. they fent two beys into 

 the diftrict of Alexandria, with orders to prevent the 

 junction of the Arabs with the kapudan pafha. 



On the 17th. the kapudan pafha reached RofTetto. 

 The report had got thither before him, that he led with 

 iiim an army of 20,000 men. In fact, however, he 

 had no more than 300 Albanefes, 240 Greeks of the 

 clafs of the Idrioticr, with their Schiambechini, or Ga- 

 lengici, as they are otherwife called \ of whith latter he 



had 



