“On the Doncella, Federico Venusta had his hand mutilated by the explosion of his own grenade. He demanded a galley slave cut it off. When the man refused, he performed the operation himself and then went to the cook’s quarters, ordered them to tie the carcass of a chicken over the bleeding stump, and returned to battle, shouting at his right hand to avenge his left.”
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Roger Crowley,
Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
