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ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.

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given the (however grievously) wounded andmaimed for life.

When Solyman received the despatch of the twopashas he let it fall, as thunderstruck with asto-nishment, and exclaimed, “ It is only in my ownhand that my sword is invincible!’’ The despatchrated the Turkish loss at thirty thousand men. 1

1 Bosio: par. iii., lib. xxxiii. 714.