'P BARBAROSSA'S VICTORY NEAR PREVESA. 297 rossa went out from Prevesa with a strong hand. And Andrea Doria and two of the captains of the host went out to meet him nigh unto the shore, to bring him out unto the place where the large ships were. And there came the large ships of the lords of Venice, and two of the ships of Andrea Doria, and gave the signal for battle; and they put fire into the rams, and their smoke went up toward heaven. And the Lord led the sea to go back by a strong north wind*, and they were at their wit's end, and reeled to and fro like a drunken mant; and the wind abated; so that the large ships upon which their soul trusted, could not move. 997. And Barbarossa said, "This is the time to laugh+;" and he drew nigh, and discharged guns against them all that day; and also the men in the ships filled their hand at that time. And the Lord put faintness into the heart of the viceroy of the emperor, and into the heart of Andrea Doria, and of the captains of the host, so that they did not come to help them; but turned their neck, and returned unto Corfu with shame. And against the large ships which remained there, Barbarossa made war; some of them he took, and two of them he burned with fire; and those who escaped from the burning were taken alive. And also some of * Exod. x. 13; xiv. 21. + Ps. cvii. 27. § Lev. xxvi. 36. 298 STRATAGEM OF THE RAGUSANS. קיא them returned back; for the Turks could not prevail against them by reason of the multitude of the rams; and the soldiers who were upon them could withstand one against a hundred, and one hundred against a thousand. And also some of the galleys, which were feeble behind them, he took, and pursued after them until sunset, and it was a reproach unto the uncircumcised. 998. Yet the men of Ragusa did not remember their covenant with the Turk, but forgot it*, and said, "Come on; let us deal wisely, lest the men of the confederates lick up all that are round about ust; and we all become servants unto tribute for ever." And they chose men, and sent a present by their hands. And they put a word in their mouth‡, saying, "Thus shall ye speak unto the viceroy, and unto the officers of the host. Behold, this city belongeth unto the Turk, Castel Nuovo§, which is on our side of the Adriatic, her merchants are princes, and also silver and gold she has multiplied, and many garments||, beside the fifty loads of money which belong to those who do the king's work, which bear rule over the people¶. Make haste** to come thither, and ye shall eat its preytt. Neither * Gen. xl. 23. + Num. xxii. 4. ,in Dalmatia קאסטיל נובו 5 ¶ 1 Kings v. 30; xi. 23. 66 PDORIA SAILS FROM CORFU TO CATTARO. 299 shall there be any that can deliver it out of your hands*. And unto the chief captain of the host which the Turk had therein, they sent with subtlety, rising up betimes and sending, saying, Behold, a people cometh out of Corfu; and behold, it covereth the face of the seat, and they come against you: consider what ye shall do§.” And now we advertise thee to march out into the field¶, thou and the horsemen who follow thee, lest thou be consumed [p] in the city** and suffer them not to go on shore, and thou shalt save the city. And he hearkened unto their voice; for he knew not that they did it with subtlety. And he went out, and the money he sent out before him; and there were no more left in the city than four hundred Turks, who drew the sword+t. 999. And Andrea Doria, and the viceroy‡‡, and the officers who followed them, journeyed from Corfu in the month of October, and went unto the seas of Cattaro§§, and remained in the • Deut. xxxii. 39. + 2 Chr. xxxvi. 15. i. e. continually and carefully. 300 CASTEL NUOVO SURRENDERED. קיב galleys over against Castel Nuovo until morning, and went on shore. And the captain of the horsemen could not withstand them, and escaped unto the mountain. And they encompassed the city round about, and cast up banks against it, and took the suburbs of the city on that day*; and they set up five rams on the sabbath-day, and battered its walls until they were come downt. And on the first day of the week, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, they came into the city with a mighty hand, and besieged the fort which was nigh unto the sea; and the Turks delivered it into their hand, and made a covenant with them. And the fort, which was above the city, was delivered unto Don Ferrand Gonzaga on the next day, and he made a covenant with them also. By reason of the multitude of the whoredoms of the men of Ragusa, they delivered the forts, for they sent letters unto them from the part of the captain of horsemen, saying, "Go ye out to them for peace, and ye will deliver your lives from death." But he knew nothing of it, and this never came into his heart§. The men of Ragusa also, who were in the city, * Comp. Num. xxxv. 4, 5; Neh. ix. 25. + Deut. xxviii. 52. § Jer. vii. 31; xix. 5; xxxii. 35. ‡ Jos. ii. 13. קיב CASTEL NUOVO SACKED, A.M. 5299. 301 made a conspiracy* with one of those who were placed by the rams† which were in the midst thereof to destroy them. And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out‡, and they burned both him and them with fire, so they went down into the pits. And the officers of the uncircumcised put into the midst of the city about four thousand Spaniards and weapons of war, and greatly strengthened themselves. But they remembered not their covenant, and that which came forth from their lips they violated, and took the men and the goods on the third day of the month Tebeth two hundred and ninety-nine, and drave them away captive unto their own country, and sold them for bondmen and bondwomen in the four corners of the earth. And of the fairest of the women, Andrea Doria sent unto the emperor a present; and he clothed them in silk and they remained there until this day. Also a Jew who was there, was taken in their destruction; and they brought him into Italy, and he was ransomed there after the ransom of the captives. Also the uncircumcised of the inhabitants of the city they afflicted much, and made their lives bitter¶. * 1 Kings xvi. 20; 2 Kings xi. 14; 2 Chr. xxv. 27. i. e. With an artillerist. Esth. ii. 23. || Is. xi. 12. § Num. xvi. 36. ¶ Exod. i. 14. |