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Chivalut,
slaim Cervantes ( th ^ board one of the papal galleys ^ priced' he says , "t which the supremacy of the Ottoman was succ Christian arms . '' - ' ^¦ ¦ - ' ^
The Grand M ^ ceededy and dra contend ^ To end th ^ ^ order was restored . T / a Ca ^ siere , however , died at ORome in 1582 , ahd now , fo * the first time , the Pope M
got one of his f ^ coldly r ^ broken heart at Eom and did Nothing Worthy of uote ^ he died % 1601 , and Alof de Vignacourt , Grand Hospitaller of prance , wa During his government the Order was concerned in several naval engag witll the Turks , and
landed 5 , 000 men oil the island . These were compelled to retire , with great disadvantage ; De Vignacourt ' s mastership was prosperous , although the meddling interference of the Ch ^ —if not prompted ~ -by the Pope Clement VIII ., caused him some trouble . He was enabled , however , to complete that noble , beneficial work , the aqueduct , which , nea ^ a proud monument of the usefulness of the Knights of St . John .
DeYignacourt contributed also to the security of the possessions of the Order by the erection of many strong worlds . He died , aged seventy-five , in Sept ., 1622 . Mendez de Vasconcellos was his successor , but dying in a few months , Anthony de Paule was elected . "We have nothing to record of De Paule worthy of remark . Tie died in 1636 , and Paul Lascaris was elected to the office of Grand Master .
There was at this time a war between Prance and Spain , and the Grand Master getting into collision with the former power , the king of Prance seized all the possessions of the Order in his dominions . The quarrel was , however , adjusted . . In 1538 , the galleys of the Order met at sea three large Turkish ships of war , convoying a
considerable fleet of merchantmen ; A bloody fight ensued , and the whole Turkish flotilla was captured , and carried into the harbour of La Valette . In 1640 there was another such engagement , and , as on board one of the Ottoman vessels captured , was a lady of the Sultan ' s own harem , and her infant son , the Sultan , in his fury , declared war against the Order . In 1650 , the foundation of a library for the Order was laid at Malta , and the Grand Master made purchase of the West-India Islands of St . Christopher , St . Bartholomew
Sfc . Martin , and St , Croix , getting the fee-simple , with all the plantations , stores , slaves , & c , for about £ 3 , 000 . Twelve years after , they were resold to some French merchants . Lascaris died in 1657 , and Martin de Eedin who succeeded him , died in 1660 ; when Annet de Clermont , the next Cfrand Master , living but three months , Baphael
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chivalut,
slaim Cervantes ( th ^ board one of the papal galleys ^ priced' he says , "t which the supremacy of the Ottoman was succ Christian arms . '' - ' ^¦ ¦ - ' ^
The Grand M ^ ceededy and dra contend ^ To end th ^ ^ order was restored . T / a Ca ^ siere , however , died at ORome in 1582 , ahd now , fo * the first time , the Pope M
got one of his f ^ coldly r ^ broken heart at Eom and did Nothing Worthy of uote ^ he died % 1601 , and Alof de Vignacourt , Grand Hospitaller of prance , wa During his government the Order was concerned in several naval engag witll the Turks , and
landed 5 , 000 men oil the island . These were compelled to retire , with great disadvantage ; De Vignacourt ' s mastership was prosperous , although the meddling interference of the Ch ^ —if not prompted ~ -by the Pope Clement VIII ., caused him some trouble . He was enabled , however , to complete that noble , beneficial work , the aqueduct , which , nea ^ a proud monument of the usefulness of the Knights of St . John .
DeYignacourt contributed also to the security of the possessions of the Order by the erection of many strong worlds . He died , aged seventy-five , in Sept ., 1622 . Mendez de Vasconcellos was his successor , but dying in a few months , Anthony de Paule was elected . "We have nothing to record of De Paule worthy of remark . Tie died in 1636 , and Paul Lascaris was elected to the office of Grand Master .
There was at this time a war between Prance and Spain , and the Grand Master getting into collision with the former power , the king of Prance seized all the possessions of the Order in his dominions . The quarrel was , however , adjusted . . In 1538 , the galleys of the Order met at sea three large Turkish ships of war , convoying a
considerable fleet of merchantmen ; A bloody fight ensued , and the whole Turkish flotilla was captured , and carried into the harbour of La Valette . In 1640 there was another such engagement , and , as on board one of the Ottoman vessels captured , was a lady of the Sultan ' s own harem , and her infant son , the Sultan , in his fury , declared war against the Order . In 1650 , the foundation of a library for the Order was laid at Malta , and the Grand Master made purchase of the West-India Islands of St . Christopher , St . Bartholomew
Sfc . Martin , and St , Croix , getting the fee-simple , with all the plantations , stores , slaves , & c , for about £ 3 , 000 . Twelve years after , they were resold to some French merchants . Lascaris died in 1657 , and Martin de Eedin who succeeded him , died in 1660 ; when Annet de Clermont , the next Cfrand Master , living but three months , Baphael