Empires of the Sea - the Final Battle for the Mediterranean 1521-1580 (40 page)

“I have no doubt”
ibid., p. 1009

“A very fair stronghold”
Hill, p. 857

“as long as there was a drachm of food”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 999

“to find and immediately attack”
Inalcik, pp. 187–9

“as a sign of joy and gladness”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1015

“with lively and loving words”
ibid.

“as the League is now”
Parker (1979), p. 110

“It will look very fine on paper”
Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1092

“Long live St Mark”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1013

“I shall make you walk”
Morris, p. 110

“The wine is finished”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1032

“I, Mustapha Pasha”
ibid.

CHAPTER
18:
CHRIST’S GENERAL

“I see that, where naval warfare is concerned”
Parker (1998), p. 72

“The domination of the Turk must extend as far as Rome” Lesure, p. 61

“You must keep yourself”
Bicheno, p. 156

“With due humility and respect”
Petrie, p. 135

“He is a prince so desirous”
Bicheno, p. 208

“brave and generous”
Peçevi, pp. 310–1

“coming from and growing up”
ibid., p. 311

“The original sin of our court”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1021

“Everybody was surprised and delighted”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 356

“Today at 23 hours”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1024

“Take, fortunate prince”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 359

“You must know that by the commission”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1034

“having discharged our debt”
ibid.

“Up to that hour”
ibid., p. 1038

“Since the Divine Majesty has determined”
ibid., p. 1039

“You shan’t have a noble”
Peçevi, p. 346

“Those Muslim captives…broken the treaty”
Gazioglu, p. 65

“Do I not know…in my army”
Hill, p. 1029

“Tie them all up!” Setton, vol. 4, p. 1040

“Behold the head”
ibid., p. 1030

“I am a Christian”
ibid., p. 1042

“Look if you can see your fleet”
ibid., p. 1032

CHAPTER
19:
SNAKES TO A CHARM

“Thank God that we are all here”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 377

“Your Excellency should always try”
Colección de Documentos Inéditos,
p. 275

“If I were in charge”
ibid., p. 8

“For the love of God…to destroy it”
Bicheno, p. 211

“You should be warned”
Colección de Documentos Inéditos,
pp. 13–14

“In reality it’s not possible”
ibid., p. 25

“but rather have the enemy”
Bicheno, p. 215

“Not everyone willingly agrees to fight”
Capponi, p. 239

“like snakes drawn by the power of a charm”
ibid., p. 224

“Although their fleet is superior”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 385

“he fasts three times a week”
Bicheno, p. 224

“If the [enemy] fleet appears”
Lesure, p. 80

“Now I order that”
Inalcik, pp. 188–9

“In the embarkation of these men”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 235

“By the Blood of Christ”
Thubron, p. 137

“a man pessimistic by nature”
Peçevi, p. 350

“The shortage of men is a reality”
ibid.

“What does it matter if…my life”
ibid.

“God showed us a sky and a sea”
Capponi, p. 247

CHAPTER
20:
“LET’S FIGHT”

“like a forest”
Capponi, p. 254

“We felt great joy”
Lesure, p. 120

“Sir, I say that”
Brantome, p. 125

“Gentlemen, this is not the time”
Capponi, p. 255

“if this happens”
Colección de Documentos Inéditos,
p. 9

“One could never get”
Lesure, p. 123

“lived in virtuous and Christian fashion…what we can”
Beeching, p. 197

“Victory and long live Jesus Christ!”
Lesure, p. 127

“My children, we are here to conquer”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 407

“with pork flesh still stuck”
Capponi, p. 258

“Friends, I expect you today”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 410

“Blessed be the bread”
Capponi, p. 258

“like drowned hens”
Thubron, p. 145

“inspired with youthful ardor”
Lesure, p. 129

“Hurtling towards each other”
Caetani, p. 202

“It was so terrible that”
ibid., p. 134

“God allow us”
Capponi, p. 266

“and already the sea”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1056

CHAPTER
21:
SEA OF FIRE

“Shuluch and Kara Ali”
Thubron, p. 46

“In this vast confusion”
ibid., p. 150

“It was an appalling massacre”
ibid.

“In war the death”
Bosio, vol. 3, p. 499

“and all our shots”
Caetani, p. 134

“So great was the roaring of the cannon”
ibid.

“a mortal storm of arquebus shots”
Capponi, p. 273

“a great number of them”
Caetani, p. 207

“Giambattista Contusio felled Kara Hodja”
ibid., p. 135

“There was a high number”
Scetti, p. 121

“Don’t shoot. We’re also Christians!” Capponi, p. 279

“What shall we go for next”
Brântome, p. 126

“My galley, with cannon”
Lesure, p. 136

“On the
Real
”
ibid., p. 135

“an enormous quantity of large turbans”
ibid.

“could make his galley do”
ibid., p. 138

“delivered an immense carnage”
ibid.

“Each of you do as much”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 422

“out of disdain and ridicule”
Thubron, pp. 156–7

“The greater fury of the battle”
Bicheno, pp. 255–6

“the soldiers, sailors and convicts”
Thubron, p. 157

“What has happened was so strange”
Caetani, p. 212

“because of the countless corpses…nobody would help them”
Scetti, p. 122

“I saw the wretched place”
Peçevi, pp. 351–2

“The greatest event witnessed”
Cervantes, p. 76

CHAPTER
22:
OTHER OCEANS

“God be with you”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 443

“Now, Lord”
Pastor, vol. 18, p. 298

“He didn’t show any excitement”
Colección de Documentos Inéditos,
p. 258

“the general enemy Ottoman”
Othello
, Act I, Scene 3, line 50

“You may be assured”
Petrie, p. 192

“Conqueror of Provinces”
Bicheno, p. 270

“secretly, in the manner”
Lesure, p. 151

“It can now be said”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1068

“Why is he crying…yet I shed no tears”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 428

“The enemy’s loss has been”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1069

“A battle may be won or lost”
Inalcik, p. 190

“The will of God”
Lesure, p. 182

“But it may happen”
Hess (1972), p. 62

“had not commanded”
Yildirim, p. 534

“Pasha, the wealth and power”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1075

“In wrestling Cyprus”
Stirling-Maxwell, p. 469

“a slight ironical twist of his lips”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1093

“Your ambassador”
Hess (1972), p. 64

“That day…was so happy”
Cervantes, p. 138

“Having seen…an armada”
Setton, vol. 4, p. 1091

“as light as the leaves”
Braudel, vol. 2, p. 1195

“It is indeed a strange fact”
Soucek (1996), p. 102

EPILOGUE: TRACES

“Here lies La Valette”
Bradford (1972), p. 173

“the most serene señor”
Balbi (1961), p. 7

“It is believed that the death of”
ibid., p. 5

“I spend my time”
Bicheno, p. 260

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