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THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF [dook m.

all subsequently annulled and forgotten. 1 And aslie was born in Itaty, there too he died in 1395, ashis sepulchre testifies on the Aventine. 2 Of Carac-ciolo’s grand mastery no one has a right to demur,leaving him out, like Vertot; since the inscriptionhad the authority of the Holy See ipso facto bypermitting it, and a cardinal renewed it whenalmost worn out by time. 3

Then Sir Bartlo CarafFa bore the title of locum-

tmens for a few months, as his tomb—also on1395 ’

the Aventine—shows; of whom we know

little, except that he was a lover of young lions, andtwo years before his death, had a letter from the Com-mon Council of Florence excusing their not being-able to send him any, the cubs having died that win-ter of the cold; but promising him the next litter,that republic having the breed. 4 Yet since not he,it must have been a locum-tenens of his, thoughunder the name of grand master, who was at theunfortunate battle of Nicopolis, where Bajazet,previous to his conflict with Timour, had to with-stand the united strength of France, Venice, Papacy,Hungary, Greece, Germany, and the Knights of

1 Cod. Dipl. Geros , ii., Hum. Ixxxiy.

2 Seb. Paoli: Serie, ii. 467.

3 Id., Id., ii. 467.

4 Seb. Paoli: Ossorvazioni, ii. 542.—Gian. Yillani : x. clxxxy.