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GIBBos's RoMK; edited by MILmAN.--The sixth
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The LIFE OF COMMODORE TALDoT.-HESn T..
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E,- Dor he I,,-l,
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before II is entitled by the author, CLEMENT
C. MooRE, LII. D., George Castriot, swnamed
I'D It,.1
was born in la04. He the youngest of
Grecian prince who reigned in Epire, country
lying on the Gulf of Venice, and now called Alba
MIA. After the Turkish monarch, Amurath the
Second had reduced Greece TO his obedience, and
had afflicted Macedonia with long and tedious
war, by which it was brought to extreme misery,
John Castrio, despairng of being able to offer any
effcctua resistance TO the Turkish arms, sued for
peace. This was granted TO him upon condition
of his delivering up all his TO the Turk hos
tages. George, together with his three brothers,
was accordingly put into the hands of Amurath.
No sooner bad the Turk gotten them into his
power, than he violated his faith, and caused them
submit to the ritcs and to be instructed in the
tcnets Of the Mahomedan religion. The gentle
disposition and tender age of Scandcrbeg-he being
but nine years old-rendercd him moro agreeable
to Amurath than any Of his brothers He
provided with the beet instructors in every de-
partment Of learning, and acquired the
Turkish, Arabian, Greek, Italian, and sclavonian
languages. As his bodily strength increased, ho
delighted in nothing more than TO improve him
self in warlike exercises "without letting any one
thing to overpass him wherein he had not some
knowledge and ght." lie, in short, became
famous in warfare, and in many battles led the
forces Of the Turkish monarch TO victory, and
was promoted to rank and power At length, upon
the death Of his father, John Castriot, Amurath
despatched one of his captains TO Albania with
strong force, who seized upon Croid, the chief city
and other places Of importance. scandorbeg con
ccacd not only his grief for the death Of his father
but also his resentment for the wrongs done to him.
Bot Amurath, conscious of his trcschery, made
way with the three elder brothers, causing them to
be secretly poisoned. mutual distrust between him
and Scsnderbeg arose at this time and the sequel
of the story may be briefly told in the words Of
author "With unequal arms, Scandcrbcg resisted
for twenty three years the powers of the Ottoman