284 THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF

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giana, on the twenty-third of the next followingmonth, on his road to Germany, gave them Malta,Gozo, and Tripoli in Barbary, as a free and sove-reign feud, holding under Sicily, with the yearly

1530 I’ a y men ^ a Bosio has given that

document at its full length in an Italian

translation, Yertot in a French; others are toorare; so my Appendix shall contain a short speci-men of the original Latin . 1 2

This was likewise confirmed by a Papalbull , 3 4 and another bull exempts all the Rho-dians, who had followed the grand master,from any subjection to the Bishop of Malta,but subject to only the conventual prior of theorder. *

Moreover, in consequence of some backwardnessto acknowledge the change of masters (whichshows no small patience, since it was the yearafter), Charles Y. expedited a warrant for imine-

1531 d5atel y the knights possession, of

which warrant a scrap shall be given in the

Appendix . 5

1 Cod. Dipl. Gcros., ii., clxxv.

2 Appendix, cxcix.

3 Cod. Dipl. Geros., ii., Kum. clxxvi.

4 Id., id., Id., elxxvii.

5 Id., id., Id. clxxix.—Appendix, ee.

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