r[=a]d ventured out into the Atlantic out of sight
of land, which no Algerine had ever dared to do before, and picking up
a reinforcement of small brigantines at Sal[=e], descended at daybreak
upon Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands, sacked the town without
opposition, and carried off the governor's family and three hundred
captives. This done, he unblushingly ran up a flag of truce, and
permitted the Count and the chief families to come on board and buy
back their relations. In 1589, after picking up a stray trader or two,
he fell in with _La Serena_, a galley of Malta, which had a Turkish
prize in tow. Far from shirking a conflict with so formidable an
antagonist, Mur[=a]d gave hot pursuit with his single galleot, and
coming up with the _Serena_, boarded and mastered her in half an hour.
Then, after stopping to arrest the misdoings of a Majorcan pirate, who
was poaching on his own private manor, the Corsair carried his prizes
into Algiers, where he was honourably mounted on the Pasha's own horse
and escorted in triumph to the Palace by a guard of Janissaries. In
1594, when he had attained the dignity of "General of the Algerine
Galleys," Mur[=a]d, with four galleots, encountered two Tuscan galleys
off Tripoli; lowering the masts of two of his galleots, so that they
should escape observation, he towed them behind the other two, and
when the Tuscans had drawn near in full expectation of a couple of
prizes, he loosed the vessels astern, and with all four bore down upon
the enemy; both galleys were taken, and the Florentine knights and
soldiers were chained to the oars in place of the Turks who had lately
sat there.[52]

No more typical example of the later sort of pirate can be cited than
'Ali Pichinin, General of the Galleys and galleons of Algiers in the
middle of the seventeenth century. This notable slaver, without
Barbarossa's ambition or nobility, possessed much of his daring and
seamanship. In 1638, emboldened by the successes of the Sultan
Mur[=a]d IV. against the Persians, 'Ali put to sea, and, picking up
some Tunisian galleys at Bizerta, set sail with a squadron of sixteen
for the east coast of Italy. He sacked the district of Nicotra in
Apulia, carrying off great spoils and many captives, not sparing even
nuns; and then scoured the Adriatic, took a ship in sight of Cattaro,
and picked up every stray vessel that could be found.

Upon this a strong Venetian squadron, under Marino Capello, sallied
forth, and