It affords a very delightful Walk, Part whereof is taken up in the Day time by the working Gally-Slaves Stalls, where you may furnish your self with Cloaths and other Necessaries; the Entrance of the Harbour is shut up by a Chain supported at certain Distances by three Stone-Pillars; so that only one large Ship can pass at a time, tho' the Haven will contain about Five hundred.
"The Plague at Marseilles Consider'd"
Richard Bradley
There was that forrin chap, Gally-Leo-he stuck to the stars, or the sun, which is the same thing-and the stars stuck by him, and brought him honour and glory, though the Parsons war dead agin him.
"What Will He Do With It, Book 10."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Up betimes; and though it was a most foggy morning, and cold, yet with a Gally down to Eriffe, several times being at a loss whither we went.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke