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Chivalut,
awe the b of the wounded Christians who had fallen from the walls wer ^ nailed on bo ^ a ^ and let to float in the harbour , and round the walls of the castle . Boats filled with imauins and marabouts accom ^ every assault , reading verses of ffi tions on the Ghristians .
The failure of this expedition against Malta is acco a characfeeristie inanner by the Turkish historiansv The grand vizier at the ti iM . Indeed , ^
figures as a TalstafF in Ottoman histor ^ of the troops was completed , and the general arid admiral were preparing to depart , Ali accompanied these officers to the waterside , aiid when leavm on this narty of pleasure to ffi ^
an opium-eater ; the fleet ought to be laden with coffee-beans and poppies . ' ' To this Im the decorous gravity of his n ation , all ttae native historians ascribe the disgrace and losses that e ^ All was not cordially & or either the general , or
the admiral who commanded the exnedition : and that Tor ^ hnd was th @ admiral who conxmanded the expedition ^ regarded with jealous eyes by both these officers . These circumstances , together with the bravery of the garrison , will , to the European reader , explain more satisfactorily the failure of the enterprise than the ill-timed pleasantry of the grand vizier .
The anniversary of the raising of the siege , the 8 th of September , was ever after held in memory by a high festival . The Pope offered the Grand Master a cardinal ' s hat , which he declined , and Philip IL sent him . a magnificent sword , the hilt of which was gold , studded with diamonds .
Solyman died soon after , and the Knights , left in peace , set about restoring their dismantled fort and city , The Pope , the kings of Prance , Spain , and Portugal , each contributed liberally to assist in the work . The Grand Master planned raising a new city , —he with
due ceremony , attended by all the Brethren of the Order , laying the first stone on March 28 , 1556 . It was named by acclamation , " The City of La Valette . " The Grand Master was struck by a coup-desoleil , and after a brief respite , ended his glorious career on the 21 st of August , 1568 . Peter de Monte , the Grand Prior of Capua , was his
successor ; and it was during his Mastership that the Christian powers were leagued in a great naval armament against the Turks , in which the Knights of St .. John bore a distinguished part . A great battle was fought near the Gulf of Lepanto , on the 7 fch of Oct ., 1571 , in which the Ottomans were utterly defeated ; 107 of their ships were
captured , and several others sunk . Several thousand Christian slaves , who were employed to row the galleys , were liberated . The Maltese gallies were the first engaged , and the ensign of the Order was torn from the mast by the Turks ; and being on one of the ships that escaped , was carried to Constantinople . Th < j Turkish admiral was
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chivalut,
awe the b of the wounded Christians who had fallen from the walls wer ^ nailed on bo ^ a ^ and let to float in the harbour , and round the walls of the castle . Boats filled with imauins and marabouts accom ^ every assault , reading verses of ffi tions on the Ghristians .
The failure of this expedition against Malta is acco a characfeeristie inanner by the Turkish historiansv The grand vizier at the ti iM . Indeed , ^
figures as a TalstafF in Ottoman histor ^ of the troops was completed , and the general arid admiral were preparing to depart , Ali accompanied these officers to the waterside , aiid when leavm on this narty of pleasure to ffi ^
an opium-eater ; the fleet ought to be laden with coffee-beans and poppies . ' ' To this Im the decorous gravity of his n ation , all ttae native historians ascribe the disgrace and losses that e ^ All was not cordially & or either the general , or
the admiral who commanded the exnedition : and that Tor ^ hnd was th @ admiral who conxmanded the expedition ^ regarded with jealous eyes by both these officers . These circumstances , together with the bravery of the garrison , will , to the European reader , explain more satisfactorily the failure of the enterprise than the ill-timed pleasantry of the grand vizier .
The anniversary of the raising of the siege , the 8 th of September , was ever after held in memory by a high festival . The Pope offered the Grand Master a cardinal ' s hat , which he declined , and Philip IL sent him . a magnificent sword , the hilt of which was gold , studded with diamonds .
Solyman died soon after , and the Knights , left in peace , set about restoring their dismantled fort and city , The Pope , the kings of Prance , Spain , and Portugal , each contributed liberally to assist in the work . The Grand Master planned raising a new city , —he with
due ceremony , attended by all the Brethren of the Order , laying the first stone on March 28 , 1556 . It was named by acclamation , " The City of La Valette . " The Grand Master was struck by a coup-desoleil , and after a brief respite , ended his glorious career on the 21 st of August , 1568 . Peter de Monte , the Grand Prior of Capua , was his
successor ; and it was during his Mastership that the Christian powers were leagued in a great naval armament against the Turks , in which the Knights of St .. John bore a distinguished part . A great battle was fought near the Gulf of Lepanto , on the 7 fch of Oct ., 1571 , in which the Ottomans were utterly defeated ; 107 of their ships were
captured , and several others sunk . Several thousand Christian slaves , who were employed to row the galleys , were liberated . The Maltese gallies were the first engaged , and the ensign of the Order was torn from the mast by the Turks ; and being on one of the ships that escaped , was carried to Constantinople . Th < j Turkish admiral was