_ 49 _ It must be said that in this battle the Mamluks performed many memorable deeds, and they killed many Janissaries. From where he was the Sultan cut off provisions to the city and left it alone, and he went hunting in the hills, as a man of little prudence. When the Grand Turk heard that he was hunting in mount [Pharaut], he found a way and gave a huge bribe to a […] whom he trausted, who sold him. He was captured and taken to Cairo as a prisoner in dishonour. The Grand Turk ordered a high arch like a gallows to be made with stone and lime, and after he had been paraded through the streets of Cairo for two days naked on an ass, with proclamations and the playing of musical instruments, he ordered him to be hanged. He also ordered that the Mamluks should be totally destroyed and eradicated. Many such disgraceful and ugly cruelties were committed, and against his own blood. It is said that seventeen thousand Mamluks died in this battle, and fourteen thousand Turks. The Grand Turk has eight thousand musketeers and six hundred [...] of artillery. He is a short man, with a thick neck and a large head. He dresses very simply, and in his deeds he is the most cruel and diabolical man in the world. He rules as much territory as all the Christian princes, because
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