_ 159 _ fleets on Venetian carracks in violation of the treaty and pact, and also many acts of tyranny and insults against the merchants of Aleppo, Constantinople, Alexandria, etc. The city of Famagusta is very unhealthy, especially in summer, because it lies in a hollow, is very marshy and has hardly any breezes. Two leagues away is the site of ancient Salamis, now called Old Famagusta, of which there only remain the foundations of the walls and castles. About half a league from there is the village and house where the local people say that the blessed St. Catherine spent seven years as a prisoner after being recaptured in Alexandria. They greatly venerate her, and St. Bamabas the Apostle, because he was a Greek Cypriot. On Monday, three companions and I left here and went overland to a town called Lamaka, which is in the interior about half a league from the port of Salines, situated on the westem side and of about three hundred citizens, consisting of good houses; there are some Venetians and about two to three hundred stradiotas with their captain. There is also a Venetian captain who governs the town and obeys the Council of Nicosia. It was formerly a great city, as is clear from the ruins, where coins are found with the heads of Helena and the
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