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ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.

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and back; and fastening those most disfigured relicsof humanity in a long line, he had them throwninto the sea, hoping the tide would waft them intoBorgo—as indeed it did—by way of a salutarylesson what punishment would follow any resist-ance to his will.

The Christian deaths in total were one thousandtwo hundred, including a hundred knights andthree servants-at-arms of the order, whose namesare registered at full by the good Bosio.

Provence

15

Auvergne

15

France

18

Italy

31

Arragon, &c.

11

Germany

5

Castille, &c.

18

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Immense the Turkish joy for its taking; and Mus-tapha stimulated it, as if the rest of Malta were aneasy matter now. And deep Yaletta’s grief, nodoubt; nor could he bear abiding any longer in thepalace from whose windows he had been blastedwith the sight of Islam banners on that famed fort-ress. So he kept changing house after house; butwhatever his internal anguish, outwardly his noble