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remained alive, and none of these few or of theirhired soldiery but were severely wounded; not onesingle one of them but had several ghastly evidentwounds: nor has that writer the least allusion to thefineeulogrumbyMorosini, who in deep grief declaredhe much preferred their small corps to all the othermilitary he had ever been sent. Nor content withsaying it, wrote it also to his government, and hiswords are now before my eyes . 1 Yet he did notask them to remain, for he saw it useless ; yet theyseem to have lovingly deferred till the very lastmoment, to judge by the extract about to be given fromone, who is reputed most trustworthy, particularly onthis subject; and who by grand master may havemeant the Hospitaller commanding there; for I findno proof that Cotoner was there in person, andconsidering his great age, suppose he was not; butam far from affirming he was not. “Thus wasthe end of Candia. Morosini and Noailles had everagreed from the beginning in this, that Candiawas in a most desperate state and could not hold out,but for the French succours; and that a regulardefence was not enough, for that the enemy hadalready advanced his works within theirs, so it became

1 Perdo, piu dalla partenza di quei pochi ma bravissimiguerrieri, che da quella di tutte le altre truppe.”—Pozzo: