“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
“his heart touched…to the Catholic Faith” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 587
“Turks, Turks!” ibid., p. 586
“heavily armed and very fat” ibid., p. 589
“These poor creatures” Balbi (1961), p. 104
“With an enormous flash” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 597
“in cloth of gold…and magnificent bows” Balbi (2003), p. 111
“strangely dressed…and chanting imprecations” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 603
“if it had not been so dangerous” Balbi (2003), p. 111
“yet in spite of this” ibid., p. 112
“I don’t know…throwing one another back, falling and firing” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 606
“with pikes, swords, shields, and stones” ibid., p. 605
“wearing a large black headdress” Balbi (2003), p. 114
“but before giving up” Balbi (1961), p. 113
“Relief! Victory!” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 604
“the Greek traitor” ibid.
“Kill! Kill!…dispatched them” ibid., p. 605
“like the Red Sea…battle had been fought” ibid.
“a great deal of hashish” Balbi (2003), p. 116
“Saint Elmo’s pay” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 605
CHAPTER 13: TRENCH WARS
“I sent you over to Malta” Cassola (1995), pp. 26–7
“make sure that” ibid., pp. 26–7
“We realise in how great peril” Setton, vol. 4, p. 858
“mostly a rabble and” ibid., p. 855
“If Malta is not helped” Merriman (1962), vol. 4, p. 117
“Its loss would be greater” Setton, vol. 4, p. 869
“if he had not aided your Majesty” ibid., p. 866
“a bombardment so continuous” Cirni, fol. 85
“by the will of God” Balbi (2003), p. 133
“trying to amuse him” ibid., p. 130
“Omer has performed outstanding service” Cassola (1995), p. 147 et seq.
“When the admiral” Peçevi, p. 290
“He doubted that the water would hold out” Cirni, fol. 87
“like a moving earthquake” ibid.
“These we found in the same condition” Bonello, p. 142
“I can’t see any of these dogs” Balbi (1961), p. 137
“This is the day to die” Balbi (2003), p. 144
“pike in hand, as if he were a common soldier” ibid.
“Seeing it” Balbi (2003), pp. 144–5
“The assaults on this day” Balbi (1961), p. 138
“without heads, without arms and legs” Cirni, fol. 97
“Victory and relief!” Balbi (2003), p. 145
“to the affront to the sultan’s name” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 636
“The chaush Abdi” Cassola (1995), p. 32
“I have often left guards” Bonello, p. 142
“an enjoyable game hunt” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 645
“out of sheer joie de vivre” ibid.
CHAPTER 14: “MALTA YOK”
“Our men are in large part dead” Bonello, p. 147
“We were sometimes so close” Balbi (2003), p. 165
“some of the Turks…three loaves and a cheese” Cirni, fol. 114
“that God did not want Malta to be taken” ibid.
“Due to the urgent need” Spiteri, p. 635
“that their bolts could pierce” Balbi (1961), p. 160
“stick in hand” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 678
“They did not move” Balbi (1961), p. 158
“Four hundred men still alive…don’t lose an hour” Merriman (1962), vol. 4, p. 118
“providing it could be done” Fernandez Duro, p. 83
“from the water both from the sky and the sea” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 678
“They continued to bombard” Balbi (1961), p. 165
“miserable and horrible” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 687
“who by his clothing and bearing” ibid., p. 693
“And having done that” ibid.
“Relief, relief! Victory! Victory!…of the most holy reputation” ibid., p. 694
“Not even at the point” Balbi (1961), p. 184
“so great that I maintain…many died” ibid.
“Kill them!” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 701
“We could not estimate” Balbi (2003), pp. 185–6
“arid, ransacked, and ruined” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 705
“could not walk in the streets” Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1020
“who fought during the Siege of Malta” Cassola (1995), p. 36
“He has given orders” Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1021
“Sultan of Sultans” Alan Fisher, p. 4
“This chimney is still burning” Hammer-Purgstall, vol. 6, p. 233
Part Three ENDGAME: HURTLING TO LEPANTO
CHAPTER 15: THE POPE’S DREAM
“by nature irascible” Lesure, p. 56
“Turkish expansion is like the sea” Crowley, p. 35
“too high an estimation of himself” Lesure, p. 56
“He is extremely skillful” ibid., pp. 57–8
“a slave of wickedness” Beeching, p. 135
“a good man” Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1029
“We should like it even better” ibid.
“No one alone can resist it” Setton, vol. 4, p. 912
“The Turk is only interested” Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1045
“To carry out war” Bicheno, p. 103
“It is better to treat all enemy rulers” Mallett, p. 216
“to give heart and help to the Moors of Granada” Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1066
“It was the saddest sight in the world” ibid., p. 1072
“with a fine present” Setton, vol. 4, p. 934
CHAPTER 16: A HEAD IN A DISH
“an island thrust into the mouth of the wolf” Setton, vol. 4, p. 1032
“All the inhabitants of Cyprus are slaves” Hill, p. 798
“Selim, Ottoman Sultan” ibid., p. 888
“the forces of his Catholic Majesty” Setton, vol. 4, p. 955
“His Holiness has demonstrated the truth” Parker (1979), p. 110
“It is clear t
hat one of the principal reasons” Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1083
“He is one of the greatest dissimulators” Parker (1998), p. 33
“If we have to wait for death” ibid., p. 65
“please the Pope and provide always for Christendom’s need” Capponi, p. 130
“You shall obey Marc’Antonio Colonna…would bring upon Christendom” Bicheno, p. 175
“that there would be no combat” Setton, vol. 4, p. 973
“the king commands and wishes” Capponi, p. 133
“obligation of preserving intact the fleet of Your Majesty” Setton, vol. 4, p. 978
“and all this was done” ibid.
“the eye of the island” Hill, p. 861
“the finest and most scientific construction” ibid., p. 849
“had neither muskets nor swords” Excerpta Cypria, p. 129
“Would to God we had lost him too!” ibid., p. 128
“No liberty did they get” ibid., p. 132
“We were anxious to harass” ibid., pp. 133–4
“I saw but little charity” ibid., p. 136
“Everyone shall know at this crisis” ibid., p. 133
“acquire honour by my goods” Capponi, p. 153
“Though he pretends he is willing” Hill, p. 922
“who had on a breastplate” Excerpta Cypria, p. 138
“our men were cut in pieces” ibid.
“The Coadjutor fell killed by a musket ball” ibid.
“You dogs, enemies of God” ibid.
“but with no kind of order” ibid., p. 139
“we took a great cross and exhorted them…and a few escaped” ibid., p. 140
“here I say, we have the traitor” ibid.
“Then a drunken Greek hoisted” ibid.
“but the change was a sad and mournful one” ibid.
“The victors kept cutting off the heads” ibid.
“I have seen your letter” Bicheno, pp. 167–70
CHAPTER 17: FAMAGUSTA
“the loss of Nicosia” Setton, vol. 4, p. 990
“God knows whether Famagusta” ibid., p. 999
“to render the Venetians more satisfactory service” ibid., p. 993
“I have no doubt” ibid., p. 1009
“A very fair stronghold” Hill, p. 857
“as long as there was a drachm of food” Setton, vol. 4, p. 999
“to find and immediately attack” Inalcik, pp. 187–9
“as a sign of joy and gladness” Setton, vol. 4, p. 1015
“with lively and loving words” ibid.
“as the League is now” Parker (1979), p. 110
“It will look very fine on paper” Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1092
“Long live St Mark” Setton, vol. 4, p. 1013
“I shall make you walk” Morris, p. 110
“The wine is finished” Setton, vol. 4, p. 1032
“I, Mustapha Pasha” ibid.
CHAPTER 18: CHRIST’S GENERAL
“I see that, where naval warfare is concerned” Parker (1998), p. 72
“The domination of the Turk must extend as far as Rome” Lesure, p. 61
“You must keep yourself” Bicheno, p. 156
“With due humility and respect” Petrie, p. 135
“He is a prince so desirous” Bicheno, p. 208
“brave and generous” Peçevi, pp. 310–1
“coming from and growing up” ibid., p. 311
“The original sin of our court” Setton, vol. 4, p. 1021
“Everybody was surprised and delighted” Stirling-Maxwell, p. 356
“Today at 23 hours” Setton, vol. 4, p. 1024
“Take, fortunate prince” Stirling-Maxwell, p. 359
“You must know that by the commission” Setton, vol. 4, p. 1034
“having discharged our debt” ibid.
“Up to that hour” ibid., p. 1038
“Since the Divine Majesty has determined” ibid., p. 1039
“You shan’t have a noble” Peçevi, p. 346
“Those Muslim captives…broken the treaty” Gazioglu, p. 65
“Do I not know…in my army” Hill, p. 1029
“Tie them all up!” Setton, vol. 4, p. 1040
“Behold the head” ibid., p. 1030
“I am a Christian” ibid., p. 1042
“Look if you can see your fleet” ibid., p. 1032
CHAPTER 19: SNAKES TO A CHARM
“Thank God that we are all here” Stirling-Maxwell, p. 377
“Your Excellency should always try” Colección de Documentos Inéditos, p. 275
“If I were in charge” ibid., p. 8
“For the love of God…to destroy it” Bicheno, p. 211
“You should be warned” Colección de Documentos Inéditos, pp. 13–14
“In reality it’s not possible” ibid., p. 25
“but rather have the enemy” Bicheno, p. 215
“Not everyone willingly agrees to fight” Capponi, p. 239
“like snakes drawn by the power of a charm” ibid., p. 224
“Although their fleet is superior” Stirling-Maxwell, p. 385
“he fasts three times a week” Bicheno, p. 224
“If the [enemy] fleet appears” Lesure, p. 80
“Now I order that” Inalcik, pp. 188–9
“In the embarkation of these men” Stirling-Maxwell, p. 235
“By the Blood of Christ” Thubron, p. 137
“a man pessimistic by nature” Peçevi, p. 350
“The shortage of men is a reality” ibid.
“What does it matter if…my life” ibid.
“God showed us a sky and a sea” Capponi, p. 247
CHAPTER 20: “LET’S FIGHT”
“like a forest” Capponi, p. 254
“We felt great joy” Lesure, p. 120
“Sir, I say that” Brantome, p. 125
“Gentlemen, this is not the time” Capponi, p. 255
“if this happens” Colección de Documentos Inéditos, p. 9
“One could never get” Lesure, p. 123
“lived in virtuous and Christian fashion…what we can” Beeching, p. 197
“Victory and long live Jesus Christ!” Lesure, p. 127
“My children, we are here to conquer” Stirling-Maxwell, p. 407
“with pork flesh still stuck” Capponi, p. 258
“Friends, I expect you today” Stirling-Maxwell, p. 410
“Blessed be the bread” Capponi, p. 258
“like drowned hens” Thubron, p. 145
“inspired with youthful ardor” Lesure, p. 129
“Hurtling towards each other” Caetani, p. 202
“It was so terrible that” ibid., p. 134
“God allow us” Capponi, p. 266
“and already the sea” Setton, vol. 4, p. 1056
CHAPTER 21: SEA OF FIRE
“Shuluch and Kara Ali” Thubron, p. 46
“In this vast confusion” ibid., p. 150
“It was an appalling massacre” ibid.
“In war the death” Bosio, vol. 3, p. 499
“and all our shots” Caetani, p. 134
“So great was the roaring of the cannon” ibid.
“a mortal storm of arquebus shots” Capponi, p. 273
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