And because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to depart from there also, if by any means they might arrive at Phoenix, and there to winter; which is a haven of Crete, and opens toward the southwest and northwest.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Phoenice, on the south part of Crete, a convenient haven to ride safe in, lying by south-west and north-west. (Witham)