The
whole
and
certein
Discourse
of
the
victorie
that
it
hath
plesed
God
to
giue
to
the
Christians
against
the
Turkes
.vij.
Octob.
ANNO.
1571.
THE
diuine
goodnesse
and
clemencie
of
the
mercyful
Lorde
and
God
,
hathe
alwayes
ben
so
pitifull
and
fauourable
to
suche
as
in
their
afflictions
haue
acknowledged
him
,
that
the
remembrance
thereof
,
dothe
altogither
make
vs
as
it
were
perplexed
and
astonyed
:
for
in
all
our
actions
and
dooings
wée
haue
tasted
and
felte
his
clemencie
and
maruellous
mercies
,
euen
at
the
very
houre
when
wée
haue
had
least
hope
thereof
,
as
the
wyse
man
doth
shew
vs
by
these
words
:
Men
shall
bee
tickeled
with
an
horrible
fear
,
and
euen
when
they
haue
least
hope
they
shall
maruel
of
their
safetie
.
Wherof
wée
haue
good
experience
,
when
that
(
besides
the
innumerable
graces
wée
receyue
dayly
)
he
dothe
make
vs
more
and
more
to
knowe
his
puissance
by
such
effectes
as
to
vs
séemeth
altogether
impossible
,
whiche
oughte
so
muche
the
more
to
make
vs
prompt
and
ready
to
magnifie
his
greatnesse
,
to
prayse
and
exalt
his
holy
name
euerlastyngly
.
And
therfore
his
maruellous
woorkes
ought
not
to
bée
suppressed
or
kepte
in
silence
,
but
rather
to
bée
published
from
nation
to
nation
,
that
wée
which
depende
vppon
his
goodnesse
and
mercie
,
maye
render
vnto
him
all
honoure
and
prayse
for
euer
.
The
newes
that
is
come
to
our
knowledge
,
of
the
miraculous
victorie
that
it
hath
please●
his
diuine
Maiestie
,
to
giue
vnto
the
Armies
o●
the
Emperour
,
of
the
Catholyke
king
,
and
of
the
Seigniorie
of
the
Venetians
,
againste
the
maruellous
and
insupportable
armie
of
the
Turkes
,
for
that
cause
is
to
be
published
to
giue
euery
man
aduertisement
therof
by
the
discourse
that
followeth
.
By
a
Letter
written
from
the
Venetians
bearing
date
the
nynth
day
of
October
laste
,
it
was
aduertised
that
the
Sunday
the
seuenth
of
the
sayd
moneth
the
armie
generall
of
the
Emperour
,
the
Catholike
Kyng
and
of
the
Seignorie
of
the
Venetians
,
were
in
Chesauian
,
within
the
portes
of
Argostoly
:
and
the
armie
of
the
Turkes
was
within
the
gulphes
of
Velapante
,
looking
when
the
Christians
shoulde
come
oute
that
they
myght
giue
them
battaile
,
and
fight
with
them
.
The
Christians
béeing
but
a
few
in
numbre
in
respect
of
so
great
and
insupportable
an
armie
as
the
Turks
was
(
the
which
séemed
rather
lyke
a
Forest
than
a
nauie
on
the
sea
,
being
well
nigh
two
hundred
shippes
and
fiftie
Foysts
,
)
made
it
séeme
dangerous
to
enter
within
the
goulfe
to
fight
with
them
:
for
they
were
not
equall
in
force
to
them
.
The
noble
Don
Iean
de
Austriche
,
(
brother
to
the
Catholike
Kyng
,
and
Lieutenant
generall
of
his
armie
)
was
aduertised
,
that
Fiftie
of
his
greate
Galeys
were
vnfurnished
there
where
one
parts
of
his
force
was
:
whyche
gaue
hym
greate
occasion
to
haue
the
better
wyll
to
fyghte
with
the
reste
:
To
come
to
whiche
purpose
,
hée
sent
oute
eyghte
good
Galeys
to
drawe
oute
the
Turkes
to
fight
:
After
the
which
●yght
〈◊〉
the
reste
of
our
armie
dyd
follow
in
verye
good
order
well
furnised
(
with
good
hope
by
the
helpe
of
GOD
to
come
to
good
effecte
.
)
They
did
discouer
the
Armie
of
the
Turkes
,
who
perceyuing
the
Christians
dyd
approche
,
came
in
great
disorder
to
assayle
them
,
trusting
onely
in
their
forces
:
But
the
Christians
putting
themselues
in
battayle
in
forme
of
a
Cressent
,
did
compasse
as
well
as
they
coulde
,
the
Armie
of
the
Turkes
,
and
they
did
it
in
suche
sorte
,
(
that
by
reason
of
the
sayde
disorder
)
after
they
hadde
fought
valyantly
from
eyght
of
the
clock
in
the
mornyng
vntyll
an
houre
after
dynner
,
they
béegan
to
obteyne
victorie
,
whyche
continued
vntyll
nyght
:
and
if
it
had
not
bene
for
the
darknesse
of
the
pouder
and
shotte
,
they
had
wholly
defeated
the
armie
of
the
Turkes
,
of
the
whiche
there
escaped
but
onely
xviij
.
Galeys
.
Whyche
victorie
was
executed
wyth
so
smal
a
number
on
our
part
,
that
it
was
little
or
nothyng
in
respecte
of
suche
and
so
great
a
victorie
.
Aboute
moue
was
taken
the
Galey
of
the
Bassa
,
(
that
was
the
Lieutenaunt
generall
of
the
Armie
)
whose
head
was
carryed
to
Seigneur
Don
Iean
de
Anstriche
,
whiche
after
he
had
a
good
while
helde
the
same
in
his
handes
,
hée
commaunded
it
to
bée
put
vppon
the
ende
of
a
Pyke
,
and
to
be
sette
vppon
the
foreparte
of
the
Galley
for
victorie
,
and
for
a
trymphe
.
Of
all
the
Armie
of
the
Turkes
,
there
was
none
sauid
but
the
sayd
.xviij.
Galeys
,
whiche
were
folowed
a
greate
whyle
by
thrée
galeys
of
the
Popes
,
four
of
the
knyghtes
of
Malia
,
and
sixe
of
the
Venetians
,
and
they
came
so
néere
them
,
that
if
the
darknesse
of
the
nyght
had
not
fauoured
them
with
the
helpe
of
their
good
Ores
,
they
had
not
gone
to
carie
the
heauie
newes
of
the
ouerthrow
of
the
rest
of
their
armie
.
There
is
taken
by
the
Christians
Cxxx.
greate
Turkishe
galeys
and
fyftie
Foystes
,
oute
of
whiche
Galleys
and
Foystes
,
haue
bene
deliuered
xiiij
.
thousand
christians
captiues
with
the
Turkes
.
In
the
sayde
Galeys
and
foysts
was
founde
great
store
of
munitions
of
war
,
the
moste
parte
whereof
was
deliuered
to
be
sente
to
Malta
.
There
was
also
.xv.
Galeys
of
the
Turkes
drowned
.
And
there
were
.xxv.
galeys
burnt
.
And
there
were
.xx.
thousand
Turks
slayne
wyth
their
Bassa
,
whiche
was
the
generall
of
their
armie
.
Besydes
fyue
thousande
prisoners
.
The
losse
that
the
Christians
had
,
was
two
Galleyes
of
the
Popes
whiche
were
drowned
.
And
one
burned
of
the
Knightes
of
Malta
.
Fiue
of
the
Venetians
were
loste
,
of
the
which
two
were
burnt
and
thrée
drouned
.
The
generall
of
the
armie
of
the
Venetians
,
was
slaine
in
the
saide
Galleys
that
were
lost
,
and
.xx.
Venetian
Gentlemen
.
There
is
deade
of
the
Christians
as
wel
out
of
the
said
eight
Galeys
that
were
lost
,
as
of
them
that
were
slayne
in
the
other
Galleys
,
aboute
two
thousande
men
,
of
the
which
there
were
foure
Knightes
of
Malta
,
thrée
Spaniardes
,
and
one
Italian
.
The
Venetians
amongs
all
the
rest
did
shewe
themselues
very
valyante
,
and
they
were
the
first
that
with
great
furie
did
ioyne
in
combate
agaynst
the
sayde
Turkes
.