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fountain head, with abundance of spring water,dropped anchor at once, but in such a manner asindicated a design to proceed on, since without asignal for the landing of any body, nor showedthe smallest movement during the remainder ofthe day, but kept quietly reposing; the marshal tooalways standing with his troops openly drawn upuntil dusk; and at night shutting in, left videttesand sentinels, and a good guard in observation, toinform him every now and then of what was occur-ring, and drew otf his little army to refresh atCitta Vecchia, whose citizens, seeing the Turkishfleet had anchored there, apprehending the firstattack would he on themselves, sent to the grandmaster for either permission to abandon their city,and with their families and chattels retire intoBorgo; or that he would send to Citta Vecchia agood guard of knights and hired soldiery, with re-quisite powder and artillerymen for the cannonswhich their walls had already, in which case thecitizens to a man promised to do their duty. Atthat very moment the grand master was readingthe rolls, and found his whole force, all comprised,came to eight thousand five hundred in roundnumbers: