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ST. JOHN OE JERUSALEM.

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siege he endured, and the city he founded. 1 Atthe election I find but one knight of the EnglishLanguage, Sir James Sunderland. 2 Mary’s pro-tection was not sufficient. She recognised Massing-bert as Prior of Ireland, and his lieutenancy passedto another, and for assisting her in this affair, shegave one Nuzza the Bailyhood of the Eagle.

Yalette’s first act was to commence the founda-tions of the projected city, getting a wooden modelof it previously from an excellent engineer. 3 Fromhis spies at Constantinople, convinced he would beattacked in the following spring, he sent cir-

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culars to summon his knights, and on the26th of February, 1538, descended from St. An-gelo, and took up his residence at Borgo, to be asexposed as his people in case of a siege, and if not,near to superintend the works on S. Elmo. Nuzza,whose country may have been uncertain, thoughsecretary to the Empire of Germany, when helanded at Malta, wearing the grand cross, theArragon knights present were so enraged, thatthey scarce refrained from killing him; declaringhe had no right to it whatever without a magis-terial decree, which he had not. As to a Papal

1 Seb. Paoli: Serie, ii. 475.

2 Bosio : par. ii., lib. xix. 392.

3 Id. : id., id. 395.