And Johannizza, the King of
Wallachia, caused the city to be assaulted, and took it by force.
There was so great a slaughter of people killed, that it was a marvel.
And B?gue of Fransures was taken before Johannizza, who had him killed
incontinently, together with all, whether Greek or Latin, who were of
any account; and all the meaner folk, and women and children, he
caused to, be led away captive to Wallachia. Then did he cause all the
city-which was verv good and very rich, and in a good land, to be cast
down and utterly destroyed. Thus was the city of Napoli rased to the
ground as you have heard.
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DESTRUCTION OF RODOSTO
Twelve leagues thence lay the city of Rodosto, on the sea. Tt was very
strong, and rich, and large, and very well garrisoned by Venetians,
And besides all this, there had come thither a body of sergeants, some
two thousand strong, and they had also come to guard the city. When
they heard that Napoli had been taken by force, and that Johannizza
had caused all the people that were therein to be put to death, they
fell in to such terror that they were utterly confounded and foredone.
As God suffers misadventures to fall upon men, so the Venetians rushed
to their ships, helter-skelter, pell-mell, and in such sort that they
almost drowned one another; and the mounted sergeants, who came from
France and Flanders, and other countries, went flying through the
land.
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