^81theycutinpiecesbothfriendsandfoes，pillagedthechurchesandthemoschs，soldabovesixthousandChristiancaptives，andmaintainedtheirstationinthecapitalofEgypt，tilltheywereoppressedbytheforcesandthepresenceofAlmamonhimself。FromthemouthoftheNiletotheHellespont，theislandsandsea—coastsbothoftheGreeksandMoslemswereexposedtotheirdepredations；theysaw，theyenvied，theytastedthefertilityofCrete，andsoonreturnedwithfortygalleystoamoreseriousattack。TheAndalusianswanderedoverthelandfearlessandunmolested；butwhentheydescendedwiththeirplundertothesea—shore，theirvesselswereinflames，andtheirchief，AbuCaab，confessedhimselftheauthorofthemischief。
Theirclamorsaccusedhismadnessortreachery。\"Ofwhatdoyoucomplain?\"repliedthecraftyemir。\"Ihavebroughtyoutoalandflowingwithmilkandhoney。Hereisyourtruecountry；
reposefromyourtoils，andforgetthebarrenplaceofyournativity。\"\"Andourwivesandchildren?\"\"Yourbeauteouscaptiveswillsupplytheplaceofyourwives，andintheirembracesyouwillsoonbecomethefathersofanewprogeny。\"Thefirsthabitationwastheircamp，withaditchandrampart，intheBayofSuda；butanapostatemonkledthemtoamoredesirablepositionintheeasternparts；andthenameofCandax，theirfortressandcolony，hasbeenextendedtothewholeisland，underthecorruptandmodernappellationofCandia。ThehundredcitiesoftheageofMinoswerediminishedtothirty；andofthese，onlyone，mostprobablyCydonia，hadcouragetoretainthesubstanceoffreedomandtheprofessionofChristianity。TheSaracensofCretesoonrepairedthelossoftheirnavy；andthetimbersofMountIdawerelaunchedintothemain。Duringahostileperiodofonehundredandthirty—eightyears，theprincesofConstantinopleattackedtheselicentiouscorsairswithfruitlesscursesandineffectualarms。
[Footnote79:TheauthorsfromwhomIhavelearnedthemostoftheancientandmodernstateofCrete，areBelon，Observations，&c。，c。3—20，Paris，1555，Tournefort，VoyageduLevant，tom。
i。lettreii。etiii。，andMeursius，Creta，inhisworks，tom。