This Was Chiefly Occasioned By A Desire Of
Revenge, As His Own Standard Had Been Given To The Portuguese By A
Sanjak.
Upon this, one of these Christian gunners at the third shot
broke down the standard, which stood on the top of a great tower, on
which the Turks made great rejoicings and published the news with much
exultation throughout the fleet.
The gunner was rewarded with a silken
vest.
The artillery belonging to the Turks was planted against the castle all
in one line, but in six separate batteries. In the first was an iron
culverine carrying a ball of 150 pounds, and a paderero of 200
pounds. At a small distance was an iron passe-volant of 16 pounds,
which discharged cartridge shot. In another place was a paderero of
300 pounds, and a culverine of 150; and in this second post was a
passe-volant like the former, both belonging to the great gallies. In
another place was an iron saker of 12 pounds, a small cannon of 16
pounds, a falcon of 6 pounds, and a mortar throwing a ball of 400
pounds. In another post was a culverine of 100 pounds. By this
prodigious train of artillery, the Turks had battered down one tower, so
that they could easily mount the breach, the tower not being very high,
and the ditch not having been dug to a sufficient depth: But as fast as
the Turks ruined the defences of this tower, the besieged repaired the
breach as well as they could with earth and rubbish.
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