Excerpt from The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques Discoveries of the English Nation, Vol. 5: Made by Sea or Over-Land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Yeeres<br><br>Were lost. And many other foolish and dishonest pur poses and wordes hec uttered, whereat none tooke heed, nor thought that hec had the courage to doe that thing that hec hath done. Howbeit, obstinate as Judas, hec put in execution his cursed will for soone after that the tidings of the election was sent Westward to the sayde noble lord, the sayd de Merall did send a Turke prisoner of his to Constantinople, under shadowe to fetch his ran some. By whom hec advertised the great Turke and his counsel], of the maner and degree of Rhodes, and in what state and condicion the towne was in of all maner of things at that time, and what might happen of it, provoking and stirring him to come with a great hostc to besiege the towne. And after the comming of the sayd reverend lord great master, he gave other advise to the great Turke, shewing him that hec could never have better time to come, seeing that the great master was [il i. New come, and part of the wall taken downe, and that all Rhodes was in trouble by oceasion of some Italian knights, rebels agaynst the lord great master: of the which rebellion he was causer, the better to bring his cursed mind to passe: and also gave the sayde great Turke knowledge that all Christian princes were busie, warring each upon other, and that he should not doubt but if the rebellion lasted among them, the towne should be his without faile, as it is scene by experience. And for lacks of succours of every part, and especially of such as might easily have holpen us beyng our neighbours, with their gallies and men of warrc, wherefore it is now in the bandes of the enemies of the christian faith. The which monitions and reasons of the false traitor being understood and pondered by the great Turke and his counsel], it was considered of them not to loose so good occasion and time. Wherefore hec made most extreme.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.