ABSTRACT
As soon as we had arrived in the port of Rhodes we sent up to know if the Grand Master were there. News was returned that, with certain galleys and a good number of his Knights, the Grand Master in convoy with the carracks and galleys of the Genoese fleet, which was under the command of Marshal Bucicaut, all together had left Rhodes for an expedition against Alexandretta.1 We therefore the next day, Saturday, on disembarking proceeded up to the great palace at Rhodes to see the Lieutenant, whom the Grand Master had left in his place, and to confer with him. Knowing of our arrival the Lieutenant, with the Brothers who were in residence, came forth to meet us, saying that though their lord the Grand Master was absent, yet to show honour to his highness the King of Castile, they would do all that lay in their power to satisfy our needs. We explained that we had come to land in order to enquire for news of where Timur Beg might then be, and to take counsel as to what we should do. The Lieutenant now gave orders that we should be lodged in the quarters of a certain Knight of the Order that stood near by the church dedicated to the blessed Saint Catharine.
