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Chivalry,
safely conveyed to the port of Ostia . The Grand Master then , on his way to Ehodes , met the Venetian admiral , whom he accompanied on an expedition to Patras , a town at the entrance of the Gulf of Lepanto . The place was won by escalade ; and advancing to Corinth , while engaged in a reconnaissance of the place , the Grand
Master fell into an ambuscade and was made prisoner . He was confined in a dungeon in Albania , and at the end of three years was ransomed by his family , he having refused the Hospitallers permission to make the payment out of the treasury of the Order . The affairs of the Order during his captivity were administered by Bro . T ) ePlatte , who enacted several judicious regulations for government of the subordinate commanderies .
Heredia was released in 1381 , and on arriving at Ehodes , again assumed the command of the Order . At this timo there was a contest for the popedom ^ and one of the popes set up Eichard Carraccioli as Grand Master , but he was never acknowledged at Ehodes .
This measure , however , deprived Heredia of a great part of the legitimate revenues of the Order and to sustain the cost of the necessary repairs of his fortification sacrificed a very considerable private estate . He died at an advanced age in 1396 .
Bhilibert de Naillae of Aquitaine was then elected Grand Master , and in the same year he was called upon to join in a new crusade , which the pope caused to be preached to repel the career of the Ottoman sultan , Bayazid , surnamed Ilderim , or ^ " The Lightning !" The Christian army , which consisted of some of the best troops of Europe , amounting to 100 , 000 men , 60 , 000 of whom were cavalry , was headed by Sigismund , King of Hungary . The Crusaders
advanced into Bulgaria and invested Nicopohs , a strong town ^ on the right bank of the Danube , which was held by one of Bayazid ' s redoubted captains . Several conflicts occurred , and at last a general engagement ensued , in which we are told 60 , 000 Turks fell ; but the entire Christian army was slain or had to fly ; among the few that escaped was Sigismund , who was saved by the gallantry of the Grand Master and some of his Knights , and by them conveyed on board one of their ships , and reached Ehodes .
Bayazid , whose career of conquest had hitherto been unchecked , was himself doomed to a speedy reverse , for Tiinur or Tamerlane , who had pushed his conquests over the greater part of Asia , was met by the mighty army of Bayazid , and on the plains of Angora , in July , 1401 , one of the most memorable of conflicts took place , the result
of which was the total defeat of the Ottomans , and Bayazid was made prisoner and died in captivity . This victory was followed by the subjugation of the whole of Asia Minor , including the citadel of Smyrna , which was a possession of the Knights of St . John , commanded by William de Mine , Grand Hospitaller of the Order . The small band
of defenders were almost annihilated , and a mine being exploded which overthrew a part of the walls , the besiegers entered and butchered all that remained ; a few Knights and soldiers escaped by swimming out of the harbour . Thus , in fourteen days did Timur reduce a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chivalry,
safely conveyed to the port of Ostia . The Grand Master then , on his way to Ehodes , met the Venetian admiral , whom he accompanied on an expedition to Patras , a town at the entrance of the Gulf of Lepanto . The place was won by escalade ; and advancing to Corinth , while engaged in a reconnaissance of the place , the Grand
Master fell into an ambuscade and was made prisoner . He was confined in a dungeon in Albania , and at the end of three years was ransomed by his family , he having refused the Hospitallers permission to make the payment out of the treasury of the Order . The affairs of the Order during his captivity were administered by Bro . T ) ePlatte , who enacted several judicious regulations for government of the subordinate commanderies .
Heredia was released in 1381 , and on arriving at Ehodes , again assumed the command of the Order . At this timo there was a contest for the popedom ^ and one of the popes set up Eichard Carraccioli as Grand Master , but he was never acknowledged at Ehodes .
This measure , however , deprived Heredia of a great part of the legitimate revenues of the Order and to sustain the cost of the necessary repairs of his fortification sacrificed a very considerable private estate . He died at an advanced age in 1396 .
Bhilibert de Naillae of Aquitaine was then elected Grand Master , and in the same year he was called upon to join in a new crusade , which the pope caused to be preached to repel the career of the Ottoman sultan , Bayazid , surnamed Ilderim , or ^ " The Lightning !" The Christian army , which consisted of some of the best troops of Europe , amounting to 100 , 000 men , 60 , 000 of whom were cavalry , was headed by Sigismund , King of Hungary . The Crusaders
advanced into Bulgaria and invested Nicopohs , a strong town ^ on the right bank of the Danube , which was held by one of Bayazid ' s redoubted captains . Several conflicts occurred , and at last a general engagement ensued , in which we are told 60 , 000 Turks fell ; but the entire Christian army was slain or had to fly ; among the few that escaped was Sigismund , who was saved by the gallantry of the Grand Master and some of his Knights , and by them conveyed on board one of their ships , and reached Ehodes .
Bayazid , whose career of conquest had hitherto been unchecked , was himself doomed to a speedy reverse , for Tiinur or Tamerlane , who had pushed his conquests over the greater part of Asia , was met by the mighty army of Bayazid , and on the plains of Angora , in July , 1401 , one of the most memorable of conflicts took place , the result
of which was the total defeat of the Ottomans , and Bayazid was made prisoner and died in captivity . This victory was followed by the subjugation of the whole of Asia Minor , including the citadel of Smyrna , which was a possession of the Knights of St . John , commanded by William de Mine , Grand Hospitaller of the Order . The small band
of defenders were almost annihilated , and a mine being exploded which overthrew a part of the walls , the besiegers entered and butchered all that remained ; a few Knights and soldiers escaped by swimming out of the harbour . Thus , in fourteen days did Timur reduce a