[413] Klaić, 433 sqq.

[414] Rački, ibid.; Dipl. Rag., April 30, 1463.

[415] Engel, § 40. According to the legend, while Mohammed was riding towards Ragusa with hostile intentions he was stopped by the appearance of a venerable old man, and his horse refused to go forward; the Sultan was frightened by the omen and abandoned the enterprise. The city’s saviour was, of course, San Biagio.

[416] The name is a Turkish form of Alexander, with the designation beg added.

[417] Razzi, lib. ii. cap. v.

[418] Dipl. Rag., Ref., Dec 2, 7, and 28, 1465; Jan. 3, 1466.

[419] Dipl. Rag., Ref., Feb. 5, 1466, to Sept. 16, 1470.

[420] Počić, Spomenici Srpski, ii. 130, Dec. 9, 1466.

[421] Resti, 1470-1471.

[422] Engel, § 40.