[Footnote 105: See the geography of Leo Africanus, (in
Ramusio tom. i. fol. 74 verso. fol. 75, recto,) and Shaw's
Travels, (p. 110,) the viith book of Thuanus, and the xith
of the Abbe de Vertot. The possession and defence of the
place was offered by Charles V. and wisely declined by the
knights of Malta.]