Empires of the Sea - the Final Battle for the Mediterranean 1521-1580 (38 page)

“It’s an extraordinary thing”
ibid., pp. 67–9

“God in his mercy…except for some Turks who escaped by swimming”
ibid., p. 97

“out of spite…only answer we ever got”
ibid., p. 129

“much given to sodomy”
ibid., p. 127

“the tears, groans, and sobs”
ibid., p. 133

“the king of the sea”
Kâtip Çelebi, p. 69

“numerous salvoes from cannon”
Haëdo, p. 74

“They grabbed young women and children”
Davis, p. 43

“As to me”
ibid., p. 209

“the outrage done to God…dozens of years after death”
ibid., pp. 41–2

“Christian stealing”
ibid., p. 27

“as friends and Christians…boys and girls as slaves”
Maurand, p. 165

“the lady named Huma”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 840

“That least tolerable and most to be dreaded employment”
Davis, p. 77

“Turgut has held the kingdom of Naples”
Braudel, vol. 2, p. 993

“He is seen for days on end”
ibid., p. 914

“as pleasing to Turkish eyes…with the Turkish galleys”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 765

Part Two
EPICENTER: THE BATTLE FOR MALTA
CHAPTER
7:
NEST OF VIPERS

“We must draw strength from our weaknesses”
Braudel, vol. 2, p. 986

“for two months now, the said King of Spain”
ibid., p. 1010

“corsairs parading crosses”
Mallia-Milanes, p. 64

“The Turk is still alive”
Alan Fisher, p. 7

“You will do no good”
Bradford (1999), p. 17

“would redound to the harm of Christendom”
Guilmartin (1974), p. 106

“to enlarge the empire”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 493

“I intend to conquer the island of Malta”
Cassola (1995), p. 19

“a Sicilian character with a mixture of African”
The Great Siege 1565
, p. 4

“The question of grain is very important”
Cassola (1995), p. 325 et seq.

“furiously”
Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1015

“wanted more than once to go”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 845

“that he should treat Piyale”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 501

“I am relying on you…to help Malta”
Cassola (1995), p. 7

“lead, rope, spades…sails for making defences”
Balbi (2003), p. 33

“and different pictures in the Turkish style”
Cirni, fol. 47

“in an atmosphere of triumph”
Balbi (2003), p. 34

“Here are two good-humored men”
Peçevi, p. 288

CHAPTER
8:
INVASION FLEET

“On the morning of March 29”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 949

“He is tall and well made”
Balbi (1961), p. 29

“A people of little courage”
Spiteri, p. 117

“hoes, picks, shovels”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 499

“the Turkish fleet will be coming”
Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1015

“At one in the morning”
ibid., p. 1016

“has withdrawn into the woods”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 847

“must be coming to…the division of Christendom”
ibid., p. 852

“serious, of good judgement and experience”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 497

“on which the salvation…as long as possible”
ibid., p. 499

“The enemy could get in”
ibid.

“because experience has shown”
ibid.

“each man was required”
Bradford (1999), p. 48

“bringing with them”
Balbi (1961), p. 50

“At fifteen or twenty miles”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 512

“five to a bench”
ibid., p. 512

CHAPTER
9:
THE POST OF DEATH

“A well-ordered camp”
Balbi (2003), p. 49

“devoutly imploring”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 521

“I do not come to Malta”
ibid., p. 522

“that part of the island”
Cirni, fol. 52

“The Turkish army covered the whole countryside…rattle of our muskets”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 523

“not one man”
Balbi (1961), p. 53

“was so low”
Balbi (2003), p. 48

“the key to all the other fortresses of Malta”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 526

“on a very narrow site and easy to attack”
ibid., p. 525

“Their plan is to take the castle”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 842

“four or five days…all hope of rescue”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 525

“secure the fleet”
ibid.

“We could see ten or twelve bullocks”
Balbi (1961), p. 58

“no equal in the world at earthworks”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 539

“with marvelous diligence and speed”
ibid., p. 528

“a consumptive body”
Cirni, fol. 53

“In truth it was a remarkable thing”
Bosio, vol. 3, pp. 531–2

“in superb order”
ibid., p. 532

“a wise and experienced warrior”
ibid., p. 531

“that it was extraordinary”
ibid., p. 539

“even at the cost of many good soldiers”
ibid., p. 533

CHAPTER
10:
THE RAVELIN OF EUROPE

“a fortress without a ravelin”
Cirni, fol. 63

“as if he were still alive”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 540

“with the roar of the artillery”
ibid., p. 541

“The fort could not be held for long”
Balbi (2003), p. 68

“It was impossible to get the ravelin back”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 542

“for nothing pleases soldiers more than money”
Balbi (1961), p. 68

“by Vespers they had repaired it again”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 548

“there was not a safe place in St Elmo”
Balbi (1961), p. 69

“because their defences had been levelled”
ibid., p. 71

“so that it seemed as though”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 547

“For every one who came back”
ibid., p. 553

“in the language that…as dearly as possible”
ibid., p. 553

“all said with one voice”
Balbi (1961), p. 74

“These consisted of barrel hoops”
ibid., p. 75

“and hurled them into the ditch again”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 556

“baskets, mattresses and unravelled rope”
Balbi (1961), p. 76

“The pashas were reproaching the janissaries”
Balbi (2003), p. 79

“on the promise of his head”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 558

“so that the earth and the air shook”
ibid., p. 561

“painted with extraordinary designs…according to the devotion of each man”
ibid., p. 562

“with our minds split”
Cirni, fol. 65

“fighting like one inspired”
Balbi (2003), p. 82

“to enter the fort or die together”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 563

“Those who remained…crowned and encircled with fire”
Balbi (1961), p. 79

“crowned and encircled with fire”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 563

“so that the enemy”
ibid.

“Victory and the Christian faith!” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 564

“Keep quiet”
ibid., p. 564

CHAPTER
11:
THE LAST SWIMMERS

“We, for our part, did not”
Balbi (2003), p. 86

“the sun was like a living fire”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 571

“covered in flames and fire”
ibid., p. 570

“Victory! Victory!” ibid.

“everyone resolved with one accord”
ibid., p. 572

“God knows what the grand master felt”
Balbi (2003), p. 88

“made themselves ready…to have mercy on their souls”
Balbi (1961), p. 86

“At sunrise”
Balbi (1961), p. 86

“Kill! Kill!” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 571

“but as soon as they saw”
Balbi (2003), p. 90

“which made our hair stand on end on Birgu”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 573

“by your god”
Cirni, fol. 71

“some mutilated, some without heads”
Balbi (2003), p. 93

“drank the sherbet”
Peçevi, p. 289

CHAPTER
12:
PAYBACK

“It grieved us all”
Balbi (1961) pp. 88–9

“I had put all our forces”
Spiteri, p. 606

“without which we’re dead”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 596

“at the hour of vespers”
ibid., p. 581

“with all your people, your property and your artillery”
Balbi (2003), p. 97

“in a terrible and severe voice”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 581

“saying that he was only”
Balbi (2003), pp. 98–9