A copie of thi [...] last aduertisement that came f [...] Malta, of the miraculous deliuerie of the Isle from the longe sieg [...] of the Turke, both by sea and land together with the nūbre of the en [...] mies slaine, and of the numbre of a [...] tillery that they lefte behinde ther [...] with the numbre of Christians sla [...] during the siege, and also of the la [...] skirmishe betwixt the Christian armie and the Turkes, at the fountayne of Marza.

Translated out of ye Italian tongue, into En­glish.

¶Imprinted at London by Thomas Marshe. AN. 1565.

The deliuery of Malta

MY right hono­rable Lorde and gossip, it hath pleased the goodnes of God to suffer me to lyue with twoo hargebushe in my body, & one seale or pece stone by the force of the great ar [...]ie shotte into my legge: one of [...]argebushe shott is at the pulse [...]y ryght arme, whiche hath we­ [...]d and almost mayned my right [...]e, whiche is to a man of warre [...]atter of importance: the other is in my left thie: a smal matter, frute haue the [...] fedde of that are [...]. The two shot I receiued at [...]ynt Ermo Castell, and the [...] or peece of the stone in my [...]e here in the Borgo in an as­ [...] alwayes bearing the office of [...] [Page] I did at S. Ermo: for (my and gossip) it is the maiestie d [...] that hath fought for vs: for we not els able to haue resisted force, & great assaultes of the k [...] tes. There are slayn. 30 [...] in the castell of S. Er [...] [...] in the Borgo vntill th [...] [...] there is more hurte w [...] [...] die of their woundes [...] are mayned men. Th [...] [...] September being t [...] [...] of the natiuitie of o [...] [...] Turkes began to ray [...] [...] [...] [...]attrie, [...] [...] before d [...] [...] [...] [...] conduc [...]d. [...] the [...] trench [...] S. Michael, [...] diches, mynding to [...] genneral and great assaulte of [...] [Page] [...]n haue gone their waye, we all in armes, and ready to re­ [...]em at the breaches: but at the [...]ninge or breake of the daye, came a Turke a horsebacke, & all the .5000. from the diches Michaels forte, & the .3000. he Borgo trenches to retire, & [...]ures after ye breake of the day, [...] army was discouered, and [...]on incontinently the Turkes [...]ne to rayse their artillery, and [...]rme their bastiliōs or moūtes, whiche they battered the for­ [...] of Borgo and S. Michaell: [...]hen they heard that our men [...]anded, & marching towardes [...]hei hastely imbarked their ar­ [...] apparell, robes, and ryches, [...]hem selues. They of S. Mi­ [...] [...]aue had fyue assaultes of the [...]s, the first generall assaulte [...] sea and lande, in the whiche [Page]

  • The Seignior Don Frācesco de Seg­nera and his nephewe.
  • The knight of Biusi.
  • The knight of Bleigni,
  • The knight of Montebell.
  • The knight of Tenanse.
  • The knight Guardaupe.
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  • The Colonello de Mas, & his brother.
  • The knyght Monsieur de la Mota of Prouāce in Fraūce, captain of a galey.
  • The knight Simon de Suse, a Portus gale capitaine of a galey.
  • The knight de T [...]reglas, nephewe to the great maister Homedes.
  • The knight Fra Scipion Durre.
  • The knight Fra Liugi Raymondo.
  • The knight Fra. S. Marin, de counti Romano.
  • And finally, all the knightes of ye great priory of Nauarra, except one, are slain. Of Italiane knightes .93.
  • All the knightes of Almayne are sauin [...]

Notes [...] of a leter dated at Siracu [...] sain [...] [...] the▪ [...] September [...] to Rome the .2 [...]. day of the same Moneth.

THis night past, ariued here foure galleys of the religiō and order, two whiche wēt with our army to Malta, and twoo other galleis whiche remayned all the siege time in the Isle, these foure galleis were put in order and fur­nished to set forth towardes our ci­tie of Siracusa: as son [...] as the Tur­kyshe [...] from Malta, thei [...] [...] A [...] [...] [...] other [...] with [...] Span [...] [...] had is [...] [...]dy, [...] [...]ounded [...] wish [...] be to Malta agayne, and to bring thither the souldiours that remaine [Page] here at Siracusa. They also say, yt the battrie of ye Turkes hath so spoyled the walles of the Borgo, and saint Michaels fortresse, that cartes and chariottes may passe in at the brea­ches, and that it is great meruayle that euer our men could kepe them. Moreouer, they reported howe that Don garcia de Toledo, did imbarke 4000. souldiours of the bandes of Sicilia, Naples, and Corsica, and departed from Malta with 58. galeis after the Tur­kysh army: God send hym good suc­cesse.

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