_ 52 _ treason here, because with all the men and artillery the Tuck had, it was all won by craft and treason. The Turkish fleet advanced on Rhodes, and when they reached the first island they went in rowing-boats to spy and observe the disposition of the castle, in order to take it. When they had seen it, they decided it was wiser to go to Rhodes because they could win nothing without losing the flower of the fleet. They arrived within sight of the island of Rhodes intending to land, and then there arrived at great speed by land a nolão, who is a courier, with a message from the Great Turk in which he ordered that the army should go to Syria because he had certain news that the Sophy and the Mamluks were making for there, and were preparing to attack Seteleas [=Antalya], so they went way and left Rhodes alone.
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