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Turkish fleet* and our galleys blew the trumpets for battle,and all made forwarde, ready to set upon the enemy, whodrew hack far behinde ; the weather had, moch with rainand wind, which did us favor, in flying at them, and try-ing to bord them. Yet, after the battel, we had a gretestorm, and in my galley, we had a grete leke, grown allthis journey, with iiii pumpes, and good labor conteg-newally to kepe hyr above the water .... -with iiior more banderos of infantry, in one ship, which we past,and could see her mainmast was shot away, all lost. NearBrindisi, the Turks again gave us sharpe battel into themidnight. 6. Frenchmen of the Cross hurt. The En-glishmen, the first of these present went missinge. Weburned several of them of the Crescent. The night wesaw the fire of them burning. Sir, I thought, ere thisday, to have made pryze of some lytle Turk for you; butas the game syne that tyme, hathe gone aboute among us,the gaynes was forgotten, and many be very well contentto be here again free, themselves ; and soon I trust yourworship will be the same.”

Num. CCXIII.

Ex Cotton MSS. OtJio, C., 102 ,

The G. M. to Henry VIII.

Bex Serenissime atque felicissime.

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