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Chivalut,
the troops were , re-embarked ; soldiers of % e * Order perished / In itself before ]\^ body of troops , which advanced into the ii ^ fields , and vm ^
parations for a siege began , but were abandoned . T a descent on Gozo ^ a ^ Tripoli ^ also , soon af ^ defence by its commander , Gas ^ d La ^ ^ allier , the Marshal- of the Order . Th & Oran & M disasters , through not ^
died in 1553 ^ an England , inviting the Knights tb sea < i a deputatibn to receive from Queen Mary a restitution of their ^ ^ fiscated by her father ; the Go senty and recefr ^ ^ was abrogated
Claude Me la Bangle became the next Grand Master . At his qwx expense he added t ^ that juts into ife still so called ; he died in ^ illustrious of tho Gommanders of the Orde tienf voice , efe ^
choice of the Brethren ; for to his admirable conduct the preservation of their rocky territory is to be attributed . At this period the Knights of St . John were as celebrated -for their nautical skill as they had been previously for their military achievements ; and as the coasts of Italy were infested by the Barbary ahd Algerine pirates , Cosmo , the Grand Duke of Tuscany , to protect his own territory ,
instituted a naval corps , on the officers of which he conferred the honour of knighthood , which was placed under the patronage of St . Stephen . The duke instructed them whenever they met at sea to co-operate with the Maltese squadron ; the seas were thus cleared of the pirate flag . In one of these expeditions , the Knights captured a
richlyladen Turkish vessel , which was the private property of the Kislar Aga , or chief of the eunuchs of Solyman's seraglio . The sultan , in his rage , vowed the extermination of the Order . De la Yalette set about making preparations to receive a powerful force , and summoned the distant commanderies to send all the Brethren they were able to the head-quarters . In the Grand Master the Order possessed a superior equal to the crisis ; he omitted not his own duties ,
but also fulfilled at one and the same time the duties of the hospitaller , the engineer , and the captain of the guard . One hour he was busied in the hospital , the next superintending the pioneers who were employed in constructing new defences ; and , with the same hand that traced the plan of new bulwarks , he frequently grasped by way of example , the mattock and the spade . When addressing the Knights in full assembly , he said : — " A formidable
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chivalut,
the troops were , re-embarked ; soldiers of % e * Order perished / In itself before ]\^ body of troops , which advanced into the ii ^ fields , and vm ^
parations for a siege began , but were abandoned . T a descent on Gozo ^ a ^ Tripoli ^ also , soon af ^ defence by its commander , Gas ^ d La ^ ^ allier , the Marshal- of the Order . Th & Oran & M disasters , through not ^
died in 1553 ^ an England , inviting the Knights tb sea < i a deputatibn to receive from Queen Mary a restitution of their ^ ^ fiscated by her father ; the Go senty and recefr ^ ^ was abrogated
Claude Me la Bangle became the next Grand Master . At his qwx expense he added t ^ that juts into ife still so called ; he died in ^ illustrious of tho Gommanders of the Orde tienf voice , efe ^
choice of the Brethren ; for to his admirable conduct the preservation of their rocky territory is to be attributed . At this period the Knights of St . John were as celebrated -for their nautical skill as they had been previously for their military achievements ; and as the coasts of Italy were infested by the Barbary ahd Algerine pirates , Cosmo , the Grand Duke of Tuscany , to protect his own territory ,
instituted a naval corps , on the officers of which he conferred the honour of knighthood , which was placed under the patronage of St . Stephen . The duke instructed them whenever they met at sea to co-operate with the Maltese squadron ; the seas were thus cleared of the pirate flag . In one of these expeditions , the Knights captured a
richlyladen Turkish vessel , which was the private property of the Kislar Aga , or chief of the eunuchs of Solyman's seraglio . The sultan , in his rage , vowed the extermination of the Order . De la Yalette set about making preparations to receive a powerful force , and summoned the distant commanderies to send all the Brethren they were able to the head-quarters . In the Grand Master the Order possessed a superior equal to the crisis ; he omitted not his own duties ,
but also fulfilled at one and the same time the duties of the hospitaller , the engineer , and the captain of the guard . One hour he was busied in the hospital , the next superintending the pioneers who were employed in constructing new defences ; and , with the same hand that traced the plan of new bulwarks , he frequently grasped by way of example , the mattock and the spade . When addressing the Knights in full assembly , he said : — " A formidable