Note 1391 — Chapter V
Reading edition
"Havia en la Isla de Malta quinze mil hombres de pelea, los quales bastaran para resistir a qualquiera poder del gran Turco en campaña rasa." Balbi, Verdadera Relacion, fol. 129.
Besides the Spanish forces, a body of French adventurers took service under La Valette, and remained for some time in Malta.