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Then Lord Agramunt's ship came out, then Hippolytus's, and
they all came out, in order, one at a time. The good Prior of
Saint John came out last because he was captain of the rear
guard. When he came out it was nearly dark of night. When the
Genoese saw the twelve large ships, they were astonished,
wondering where they had come from. Afterward came all the
whaling ships, and all the ship's boats; then the fishing boats.
The boats that had no mast raised a long staff or an oar, and
fastened it down tightly, and at the top of the staff they put a
light inside a lantern. The captain's ship first raised a lamp
at the stern. Then all the other vessels, large and small, did
the same, following the captain's orders, and when all the lights
were lit there were seventy-four. The enemy saw all the lights,
and thinking every light was a large ship, they said:
"This must be the armada of the Grand Master of Rhodes, and the
armada of the King of Sicily. When they heard we were here they
must have gotten together this great armada to try to destroy
us.


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