| Luigi Palma di Cesnola - 1877 - 562 oldal
...lost no time in sending from Rhodes and Negropont a fleet of 360 vessels to conquer Cyprus. On the 1st of July, 1570, the Turks landed in the neighbourhood...and left for nine days in that miserable condition. was tied to a stake, and in the presence of the ferocious Mustafa was flayed alive. His skin, stuffed... | |
| Samuel White Baker - 1879 - 580 oldal
...four Venetians to be put to death, and in a few minutes Generals Baglioni, Martinengo, and Ouirini were executed in the presence of Bragadino, for whom...and ears ; three times he was made to lay his head upon the block, as if to be beheaded, then, heavily chained, was thrown into a dark dungeon, and left... | |
| Esmé Scott-Stevenson - 1880 - 422 oldal
...more horrible fate was reserved for Bragadino. Cesnola gives the following account of his death : — "The executioner cut off his nose and ears; three...days in that miserable condition. On the tenth day Bragadino was brought from prison, and made to carry earth for the repair of the fortifications during... | |
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