text:  The Venetian commanders at length seeing the Turks preparing to pass the winter in their trenches and sensible that (concentrated as the forces of the two contending powers were now for the attack and defence of a single fortress) they must eventually be overwhelmed by the ponderous strength of the Ottoman empire once more made overtures for peace offering an annual tribute for Candia and the cession of the rest of the island to the Porte; but the vizir sternly rejected the proffered compromise; and his reply to the envoy Molino--"The Sultan is not a merchant nor does he need money--he has but one word and that is--Candia "--showed that the long dispute could only be decided by the sword