_ 50 _ not counting the state of the Sultan which he has recently conquered, he had twelve kingdom, not small ones, he rules all the sea and land of Cilicia, and all the great sea. At this time the Grand Turk ordered thirty six large and small sailing vessels to be prepared to go to Alexandria, which he had yet to conquer, The Captain was [coregeli] who had a brother who was a captive in Rhodes. He went through the Rhodes channel in a very arrogant and threatening manner, and in Rhodes they were consequently regarded with great deference. They prepared six ships and four galleys and other ships, seventeen sail in all and they were very well organized and drawn up in order. They attacked, and the fight lasted from ten hours of the day until night. At night they furled their sails, firmly determined to fight again the next day. Although the Turks had a great advantage in men and ships, enough to defeat a fleet twice that size, they made ready the next day as dawn broke and set themselves in order ready to attack. They looked around for the Turks and could not see them, only three Turkish vessels which had been sunk and many dead, for they had fled to escape. The knights of Rhodes turned back because the ship of the Order was sinking. In the ship of [Mourios de Montesmonta], which was leaking badly was the
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