chap, vi.] ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. 149

knights of various Languages were marched off tothe guard of St. Nicholas, of whom two omitted inthe lists were Englishmen, Sir John Baron , andSir Francis Buet.

These, and the grand cross, Sir William Weston,in the fleet, Sir Nicholas Farfan, of the grandmaster’s suite, Sir John Bouch, Turcopolier, oneof the four captains of succour 1 —each of the postshaving its particular chief, that for England wasSir William Onascon—each of the bastions havingits ditch, and a separate captain, that of the En-glish bastion’s ditch was Sir Nicholas Hussey—likewise one of the guardians of the palace, andwho kept the key of its postern in the garden, wasSir Thomas Sheffield — these make only nineteenEnglishmen altogether. But God be praised thatwe have a record of even so many.

And to augment the noble enthusiasm of thepeople, a Greek monk , 2 of celebrated eloquence , 3was sent by the grand master; while the council’sdebates as to in what manner the summons shouldbe answered, whether with fair Avords, or prouddefiance, were cut off by an advance of the Turksagainst the islet of Cos; whose inhabitants, withoutwaiting for orders, resisted and drove back the un-

1 In which duty he was lulled.

Bosio : par. ii., lib. xix-! 541. 3 Fontanus : 352.