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but could it erect anew, what an act of parliament hadthrown down ? Still less can it he legal, if garbled; andthat even at Malta they were ashamed of it, is proved.bythe bad reception with which Nuzza met. And, whetherthe imperfect leave to wear the G. Cross was just or un-just, it equally demonstrates the unfavourable animus ofthe knights. Nor could that law ever be popular inEngland; were it but for the King from whom it emanated,both as a foreigner and inquisitor.

Ex. Rymer tom. 15 , page 527 .

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