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on the mod -proper means of driving tl,iem away, and 
bringing back their lawful prince-Abuchen Me-n : but,, 
their cabals being difcovered, a great number of the con- 
fpjrators were malTaered in the moil cruel manner. The 
rince had the good luck to el'cape to Oran, .and was ta- 
en under the protection of the Marquis of Gomarez,’ 
ivho lent immediate advice t 6f it to Charles V. then lately 
arrived in Spain, with a powerful fleet and army. That 
monarch immediately ordered the young king a fuccour 
of 10,000 men,-under the command of the'governor of 
Oran; who,, under the guidance of Abuchen Men,,began 
his march towards Tremecen ; and in their way they were, 
joined by prince.Selim, with a great number of Arabs and 
Moors. The brlf thing they refoived upon .was, to .attack 
the important fortrefs of Calau, fituated between Treme¬ 
cen and Algiers, and commanded by the corfair Efcander 
at the head,of about 30,0 Turks.. They inv.e’fted it clofely 
on all flics, in hopes Barbarofla. would come put of 
•Tremecen to its relief, which woi ld ; give the Tremece- 
nians an opportunity,of keeping ..him out. The tyrant, 
however, kept clofe in his capital, being emb'arrafled by... 
his fears of a revolt, and the politic’delays of the '.king 
of Fez, who had not fent the auxiliaries he promifed. 
Thegarrifon of Calau, in the mean time, made a brave 
defence ; and, in a fally they made at night, cut off near 
300 Spaniards. This encouraged-them to venture a fe- 
cond time; but they were now repulfed with great lofs, ; 
and Efcander himfelf wounded.:. Toon after which they 
furrendered; but were all malTaered by the-Arabians, 
except fixteen, who clung dole to the.llirr.ups of the king, 
and of the S.panifli general. 
Barbarofla being now informed that Abu.chen Men, with 
his Arabs, accompanied by the Spaniards, were in full 
march to lav liege to Tremecen, thought proper, to march 
out, at the head of 1500 Turks and 5000 Moorifli horfe, 
in order to break his .way through the enemy ; but lie 
had not proceeded far fr.om -the city, before bis council 
advifed him to return and fortify himfelf in it. This ad¬ 
vice was now too late ; the inhabitants, having refoived to 
keep him out, and open their gates to their own lawful 
prince as fooih as he appeared. In this diftrefs Barba- 
r.ofla faw no way left but to retire to the citadel, and 
there defend himfelf till he could find an opportunity of 
Healing out.with his men and all his treafure. Here he 
defended himfelf vigoroufly; but, his provifions .failing 
him, he took advantage of a fubterraneous way, which lie 
had caufed to be digged for that purpofe, and, taking.his 
immenfe treafure with him, Hole away as fecretly as he 
could. His flight, however, was foon difcovered ; and 
he was fo clofely purfued, that to amtife, as he hoped, 
the enemy, he caufed a great deal of his money, plate, 
jewels, &c. to be fcattered along the road, thinking they 
would not fail to flop their purfuit to gather it up. This 
ftratagem, however, failed, through the vigilance of the 
Spanifli commander, who, being himfelf at the head of the 
purfuers, obliged them to march on, till he was come up 
clofe to him on the banks of the Huexda, about eight 
leagues from Tremecen. Barbarofla had juft crofted the 
river with his ..vanguard, when the Spaniards came up 
with his rear on the other fide, and cut them all off; and 
then, crolTing the water, overtook him at a Tmall diftance 
from it. Here a bloody engagement enfued, in which 
the Turks fought like lions ; but, being overpowered by 
numbers, they were all cut to pieces, and Barbarofla 
ftain, in the forty-fourth year of his age, and four years 
after he had railed himfelf to the royal title.of Jigd’, two 
years after he had acquired the fovereignty of Algiers, 
and'fcarce a twelvemonth after the .reduction, of Treme¬ 
cen. His head was carried to Tremecen on the point of 
a fpear.; ,and Abuchen Men proclaimed king, to the joy 
Of all the inhabitants. 
The news of Barbarofla’s death fpread the utmoft con- 
fternation, amo t ng the Turks at Algiers; however, they 
caufed his brother Hayradin ip be immediately proclaimed 
king.. The, yp;milh.-ccmmander now lent back the em*. 
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peror’s forces, without making any attempt upon Algiers ; 
by which he loft tire opportunity of driving theT-yirks out 
of that, country ; while Hayradin, jqftly dreading the con- 
feg.uences of the tyranny of his officers, fought the pro¬ 
tection.of the .Grand Signior. This .was readily granted,• 
and himfelf appointed ba(ha\y or. viceroy of Algiers ; by 
d’hich means he received fuch confiderable reinforce-- 
meats, that the unhappy Algerines durft not make the. 
lepft complaint; and fuch numbers of-Turks relorted to 
hijn, that he was not only capable of keeping the Moors 
and Arabs in fubje.Ction at home, but of annoying the. 
Chriftians at lea. His firft ftep was to take the Spanilh. 
fort abovementioned, which was a great nuifance to his : 
metropolis. The Spaniards held out to the laft extremity;. 
but, being all (lain or wounded, Hayradin eafily became; 
mailer of the place. 
Hayradin now fet about building a ftrong mole for the - 
fafety of his (hips. In this lve employed 30,900 Chriftian- 
Haves, whom he obliged to work without intermiffion for 
three years; in which time tire work was completed. He 
then.caufed tire for.t lie had taken from the Spaniards to r 
be repaired, and placed a ftrong garrifon in it, to pre¬ 
vent foreign veflels from entering the harbour without, 
giving an account of themfelves. By thefe two important 
works, Hayradin foon became dreaded not only by the 
Arabs and Moors, but all'o by the maritime Chriftian 
powers, efpccially the Spaniards. The viceroy failed not- 
to acquaint the Grand Signior-with his fticfels, and ob¬ 
tained from him a frelh luppl'y of money, by which-.he- 
was .enabled to build a ftronger fort, and to creed batteries 
on till places, likely to be invaded by qn enemy. 
In the mean time the Sultan, railed Hayradin to the dig- - 
nity of balhaw of the empire, and appointed Haflan Aga, 
a Sardinian renegado, an intrepid warrior, and an expe¬ 
rienced officer, to fucceed him as balhaw of Algiers. 
Haflan had no fooner taken po lie (lion -of his new govern¬ 
ment, than he began to purlue his ravages on the Spanilh 
coaft with greater fury than ever, extending them to the 
acclcliaftical Hate, and other parts of Italy. But pope 
Paul III. being alarmed at this, exhorted the emperor 
Charles V. to fend a powerful fleet to fupprefs thofe fre¬ 
quent and cruel piracies ; and, that nothing might be 
wanting to render the enterprise fuccefsful, a bull was. 
publilhed by his holinefs, wherein a plenary absolution of 
fins, and the crown of martyrdom, was promifed -to all 
thofe who either fell in battle or were -made Haves ; the 
emperor on his part needed no fpur ; and therefore fet- 
fail with a powerful fleet, confiding of one hundred and 
twenty Ihips and twenty galleys, having on-board 30,000 
chofen troops, an immenfe quantity of money, arms, am¬ 
munition, &c. In this expedition feveral young nobility- 
and gentry attended as volunteers, and amongthe-fe many 
knights of Malta fo remarkable for their valour againft 
the enemies of Chriftianity. Even ladies of birth and> 
character attended Charles in his expedition, and the wives 
and daughters of the officers and foldiers followed -them, 
with a defign to fettle jn Barbary after the conquelt was- 
finilhed. 
By this prodigious armament, the Algerines were thrown: 
into the utmoft confternation. The whole garrifon con¬ 
fided of 800 Turks and 6000 Moors, without fire-arms, 
and poorly difeiplined and accoutred ; the reft, of their 
forces being difperfed in the other provinces of the king-, 
dom, to levy the ufual tribute on the. Arabs and Moors.. 
The Spaniards, landed without oppofition, and immediately 
built a fort, under the cannon of which they, encamped, 
and diverted the courfe of a fpring which fupplied the city 
with water. Being-thus reduced to the utmoft diftrefs, 
Haflan re.ceived a fummons to furrender at diferetion, on 
pain of being put to the fword with all the garrifon. The 
herald was ordered to: extol the vaft power of the emperor 
both by fea and land, and to exhort him to return: to the 
Chriftian religion. But to this- Haflan only replied, that 
he mull be.-a madman who would pretend to -advife a Ir¬ 
ene my > and that the advifed muft lhll aT more madly who: 
would 
