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barked and sailed off. And he was veracious as tothe greater part; but a few lingered yet, amongstwhom Mustapha himself, and ventured some inef-fectual attempts. At length the grand master wrotean announcement of his victory to the Pope, andthrough him to all Christendom, dated September11th. That letter still exists to tell its own story,and shall be in the Appendix. 1 Toledo would haveeverything to be attributed to his succours.The Maltese, with proper pride, to their own efforts,and that the cause was won prior to the Spaniard’sarrival. It was the demon of ill, who was at hisfunction, disseminating dissension. 2 But finallythe whole remaining Moslem force, quite dispirited,made sail back for the Levant, on the 20th of Sep-tember.

Toledo came at last to Malta, and the grandmasterwent down to the beach to meet him; and therethose two renowned captains cordially shook hands,which softened the bystanders to tears. And thegrand master gave a splendid supper to the viceroyand all his officers; and after it he and Valettaspent most part of the night in consulting whetherit were better to pursue the Turkish fleet or under-take the siege of Tripoli in Barbary—but fin ally

1 Appendix, ccxxx.

2 Bosio : par. iii., lib. xxxiii. 704.