Part I. Travels into /^é? L e v a n t. 117 
cd to the Main-Land, whereon there is a Caftle builc, called in time of the 
Knights, the Caftle of St.Erme. This is a good Harbour, and able to con- 
tain many Galleys, but the Mouth of it is fo narrow, that one Galley only can 
enter at a time -, it looks to the Eaft North-caft. it's every Night (hut with 
a Chain, that is faftned to a little Tower, at the farther end of a Mole which 
runs out Five and twenty or thirty Paces into the Sea, over againfl the Gaftie 
^t.Erme-^ the other end of the Chain is made fait to a piece of Rock on the 
Shoar, feven or eight Paces from the Caftle St. Erme. This Mole I have been 
fpeaking of, hath another little Tower on the end of it towards the Land, 
and hard by about fifty Paces further up on Land ; there is a Burying-place, and 
in it fifteen or twenty Domes cf Free-ftone well built, moll of them fupported 
by four Arches ; and thefe are the Sepulchres of the Beys^. and other Perlons of 
Quality in Rhodes^ who have been killed in the Wars. There is a Tiaz^z^a^^ or 
place on the fide of the Galleys Port, with fome Trees and a Fountain in it, 
and at the end of that place near the bottom of the Port, is tlie Arfcnd^ 
where the Galleys and S4?<j«f/ are built. The Town (as I faid) is final], but 
very ftrong -, towards the Port it hath high and flrong Walls, well planted 
with Faulcons on the top, and below there are Port-holes for great Cannon, 
There is befides over againft the Baftion, that is betwixt the two Ports, a 
good Tower with a Ditch, which hath three great pieces of Cannon mounted 
aloft, that hinder any Veflels from coming near the Port. In the middle of 
the Frontifpiece of this Tower, there is a little Statue of St. Taid^ with his The statue 
Sword, as the Infcription by his Headftiews^ underneath this Statue is the of st'Pi«/ at 
Mitre with thetwoKeys, which are the Arms of the Church, then underneath ^^'^ 
that there are three Efcutcheons, onej^f a plain Crofs, another of a Crofs An- 
chred, and a third in the middle, bearing a Tree, which I know not ; It is 
as ftrong on the Land-fide, but Grangers have lefs liberty to view it on that 
fide, becaufe they have lefs to do there. This Town hath three Gates, one 
towards the Sea where Corn is fold, and two on the Land-fide, through one of 
which I paffed, and it looks towards the Den of the Dragon which was flain by 
the Knight Deodat dc Goz^on-^ as may be feen intheHiftory of the Knights oCDeoixt de 
St. John ; the Head of the Dragon was heretofore upon that Gate, but forne 
Years fince, the Turks removed it to the Water-gate. On this fide it was alio 
that tht Tr^.'^tov j4ndread''At}iaral, (hot fecretly from the Houfe of the Great 
ÎVIafler that looks that way, a Letter faftned to an Arrow into the Camp of 
the Turks, wherein he gave the Turks notice, that they could not take the 
Town but on that fide., by filling up the Ditches with the Earth of a Hill that 
was clofe by ; which they did, and fo took Rhodes, from the fame place thé 
Traytor continued to acquaint the Grand Signior with the refolutions of the 
Council: Near to this Gate within the Town, are the Pits where the Knights 
put their Corn, fjch as they have at prefent ïïiMJtaj for the fame ufe. i\s 
you enter the Town by the Water-gate, you go firfi: through a little Gate, 
over which are two Efcutcheons of two CroiFes, the one plain and the other 
Anchred -, then to the Left hand you enter by a great GatB, over which is the 
Dragons Head , which is much Thicker , Broader , and Longer than a a Dragons 
Horfes Head, the Jaws of it are flit up to the Ears, with very great Teeth head at 
on each fide ^ it is flat above, hath Eyes fomewhat bigger than thofe of a-^^'''^"" 
Horfe, the hole of the Noftrii full round, and the Skin of a greyifii White 
Colour ( perhaps becaufe of the Duft that flicks to it ) and appears to be 
very hard. There are three Efcutcheons over that Gate alfo, as there are 
many others on feveral places of the Walls, but one dares not ftop to look at 
them. One of thefe Efcutcheons bears a plain Crofs, and the other a Crofs 
Anchred ; and betwixt thefe two there is a third, bearing the Arms of France. 
On the very top of this Gate, there are three Statues in their Niches, with 
three Lines written underneath them , whereof I could only read the firft 
Word, which is Z). Vetnis^ and under that Infcription are the three above- 
mentioned Efcutcheons. This Gate is betwixt two great Towers, well plan- 
ted with Faulcons. The Streets of the Town are pretty broad, all Paved with 
little Stones, and for the raoftpart covered with Pent-houfes, which the Turks 
have made 5 thefe Pent-houfes jet out fo far into the Street, that they almoft 
touch one another in the middle of it: There are feveral fair Buildings in it, 
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