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\\ Q found we were not miftaken, and therefore we ftood back again with a 
South-weft Wind, which blew very frefh, and came to an Anchor at Bodron^ 
for we would not put back again to Stancbio, becaufe Velfels are not fecure there 
from the South eall; Wind. 
Bodrou is a Caftle on the Main Land , over againft the Ifle of Stamhio, Bodrou, 
» which is but Twelve Miles from it. There is a good Port there, fhut in on 
all hands, and the entry to it is by the South-weft, but the Turks have fuf- 
fered it ( with the time ) to be filled up with Dirt j fo that now there is no 
Water there for great VefTels. Next Morning, Friday the Firft of Decet72ber^ 
w e went a Shoar, and bought fome frelh Provihons in the Caftle. 
There are feven Gates to be pafled, before one can enter into this place. 
Over every Gate there are feverai Coats of Arms, which perhaps, are the 
Arms of thofe who Commanded in that place, whilft it belonged tothe Knights 
of Rhodes, for in fome of them there are CroITes of Malta, and the Walls are 
covered all over with fuch, there being ( as I take it^ above Three hundred 
Efcutcheons, which appear to be newly made. Having pafled the fécond Gate, 
there is on the Right Hand a Statue of an Armed Man upon the Ground, but it 
wants the Head,and upon the Wall over it fome Bafs- Reliefs very well cut. Over 
the third Gate, in the in-fide, under fome Coat of Arms is this Infcription, 
Trefter fidem CatholicamtenemMs locum iftiim^ and fome more which I could not 
read: Then on the Right Hand, there is cut on a lovely Stone in the Wall, 
Sarrcboure^i 130. There are many other pieces in Bafs-Relief,and Coats of Arms 
in feverai places upon the Wall that is beaten by the Sea j and among others, 
there is one bearing a Fortrefs, and under it thefe words : F. Conftanttiis de ope- 
ribns cardinalibus ; there are alfo three Demy Lions ifluant out of the Wall, 
from the Head to half the Body. Betwixt the fourth and fiftli Gates on the 
Right Hand, there are Bafs-Reliefs of Men fighting, among which there is 
fomething written in LingnaFranca^ but 1 could read nothing of it but 1510. 
Over the fixth Gate, on the out-fide there are three Efcutcheons, under which 
are thefe words : Salva nos Domine vigilantes, cuflodi nos dormientes^ ni fi Domi- 
vm adificaxierit civitatem frufira vigilat qui cuflodit cam. Then you come to a 
Platform, where there are fix Cannons that play towards the Sea. Over the 
feventh Gate alfo on the outfide, there are three Efcutcheons, and over the 
fame Gate on the infide, the fame three Efcutcheons, with two words written 
in Gothick Characters, which I could not read. Under this laft Gate, which is 
of Iron, there is a Court of Guard, of fifteen or twenty Men. This is a good 
ftrong Caftle, the Walls are very high, and built of a kind of Stone, Ithat 
great Guns cannot hurt it: It is beaten by the Sea on one fide, and there are 
Port-holes in the Wall along the Sea-fide, which being Mounted with Cannon 
could eafily hinder Ships from approaching it. It is very ftrong alfo towards 
the Land, and all the Walls are fo found, that they feem as if they had been • 
but lately built. Horfe cannot v^rong it, for it ftands upon a Rock, in a rifing 
place, where the Land is very narrow, being on two fides encompafTed by the 
Sea ;,which ( as I faid J on one hand wafhes the foot of the Caftle, and is not 
half a Mile from the other fide. This Caftle, however, might eafily betaken, 
by cutting off the Water that is brought to it by an Aquedud ; for though 
there be Cifterns in it, yet the Turks have fulFered them to be fo filled up with 
Earth, that they are ufelefs. Among the Houfes that are fomewhat Ruinous, 
there are a grest many pieces of Pillars. There are many Houfes alfo without 
the Caftle, but no bo'dy lives in them; in the Evening all and even the Cattle, 
retire into the Caftle. The Country about is very fruitful in Grapes, Figs, 
and fuch like Fruit. This is all that I could obferveof this Caftle, where I 
durft not eye any thing but in palfing, for fear of being taken for a Spie, for 
when I ftopt any where, the Turks took notice of me. 
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