CHAP. III.]

ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.

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2nd. A Spanish grandee, Knight of St. James,with his corps of two hundred foot—

3rd. The Prior of Hungary, with some gen-tlemen—

4th. Sir Augustus Ricca, with hired soldiers, atthe expense of the oi’der—

5th. A French Knight, with sixty men from hisgalley—

6th. The little succour itself; Knights of theorder, forty-two— 1

7th. Gentlemen, adventurers of Spain, severalbeing of the highest families, as the Duke of Infan-tado’s brother, twenty; id. of Italy, eleven; id. ofGermany, three; of England, two; 2 hired gunners,fifty-six; imperial foot, six hundred—in all, sevenhundred and thirty-four.

But the knights and gentlemen adventurerswere, every one of them, noted warriors, and thegunners and foot were all picked men. That thesuccours, however limited, should have givenmuch vexation to Mustapha—who was blamed fornegligence in letting it pass—and depress thespirits of all the Infidels, is natural, and muchconsolation to the Christians, as a good omen, and

1 Of all nations, but chiefly French, Spaniards, Italians, &c.

2 John Smith,—Edward Stanley, as becomes his historichouse.