_ 53 _ one with twenty-three thousand men and the other with fourteen thousand, and they marched against the captain of the Sophy. When he learned of their approach he made preparations. One of the Turkish captains pressed ahead, thinking that he alone could defeat him and he would have the honour. He had his battle and the Turks were defeated and most of them killed. Three days after this battle the other captain arrived and had his battle, and the Turks were routed and many of them killed. When the Turk learned that his forces had been defeated and killed and that the Sophy’s men were doing so much harm in Turkey, he sent his son, who was near Persia with fifty thousand men, and Constantin Barsa in his company, and they went towards [Antalya]. When the Sophy’s men heard about the oncoming army, they moved away towards their own country because they saw that it was too strong a force for them, and because they had two days march advantage, they were not able to catch them up. The Sophy’s men went to join up with other captains coming from Persia by order of the Sophy to help these captains. They met together with rejoicing and rested throughout June, and in July they all came back to find the battlefield [...]. The battle took place, so that [...] The news
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