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It happened in this way: El Uchali, the king of Algiers, a daring and

successful corsair, having attacked and taken the leading Maltese galley

(only three knights being left alive in it, and they badly wounded), the

chief galley of John Andrea, on board of which I andas was bound to do in such a case,

I leaped on board the ene off from that which

had attacked it, preventedme, and so I found

myself alone in the midst of my enemies, ere in such numbers that I

was unable to resist; in short I was taken, covered ounds; El

Uchali, as you know, sirs, made his escape with his entire squadron, and

I was left a prisoner in his power, the only sad being a so many free; for there were

fifteen thousand Christians, all at the oar in the Turkish fleet, that

regained their longed-for liberty that day

They carried me to Constantinople, where the Grand Turk, Seli done his duty in the battle and carried

off as evidence of his bravery the standard of the Order of Malta The

following year, which was the year seventy-two, I found alley with the three lanterns There I

saw and observed how the opportunity of capturing the whole Turkish fleet