ANCIENT AND MODERN

MALTA:

CONTAINING

A FULL AND ACCURATE ACCOUNT

OF THE

PRESENT STATE OF THE ISLANDS OF

MALTA AND GOZA,

THE HISTORY OF THE

KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM,

ALSO

A NARRATIVE OF THE EVENTS WHICH ATTENDED THECAPTURE OF THESE ISLANDS BY THE FRENCH, AND THEIRCONQUEST BY THE ENGLISH:

AND

AM APPENBIX,

CONTAINING AUTHENTIC STATE-PAPERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.

BY LOUIS DE BOISGELIN,

KNIGHT OF MALTA.

De tons les Ordres qui prirent Naissance a l’Occasron des Guerres dc la Terre Sainte,celui de 'St. Jean est le seul qui, conservant VEsprit de sa premiere Institution , a to uj ourscontinu e depuis d dej'endre la Religion Henault.

ILLUSTRATED WITH

A large Chart of the Islands ; Views, Portraits , Antiques , $c.

IN TWO VOLUMES.VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, NO. 6, BRIDGE-STREET^ BLACK-FRIARS.

1805 .