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THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF [book III.

the emperor instigating him to assist the Hospi-

„ „ tallers. 1 In the same 1363, the order sends

1566 , AT , ’ ,

to buy horses at JNapIes to take to i-nodes,

where, also, a chapter general met, in which theturcopolier was a Sir William Middleton. 2 Factis we find the grand master at Genoa, with UrbanV., and the Admiral and Prior of Rhodes, andmany knights of the order, all of them lodged in its1367 ^ ouse * n ^at city, in 1367. 3 Not thatGregory XI. did not remove the PapalCourt from Avignon, passing by Genova, a littlelater, but also Urban V. had done the same, butreturned and died in France. 4 In the disputesbetween Provence and those of Italy, an appeal wasmade to his Holiness, who deputed two cardinalsto hear and decide; so that Languages had too soonthe result of trials out of the order, 5 and if followedup had superseded grand masters and generalchapters altogether, and completly undermined thefirst basis of its independence. What was it butnot to be governed by themselves, or representa-tives, but by another?

1 Cod. Dipl. Geros., xii. — Grunt, ii. 405.—Appendix,cxxxvii.

2 Bosio: par. ii., lib. iii., anno 1366.

3 Seb. Paoli: Serie, ii. 465.—Bosio.—Petrarch.—Append.,Kum. exxxyi.

4 Platina : iii. 242.

5 Bosio : par. ii., lib. 3, anno 1372.