The History of the Knights of Malta Volume 2 by Vertot
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Author: Vertot
Number of Pages: 374 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781231228067
Download Link: The History of the Knights of Malta Volume 2
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1728 Excerpt: ... of the language of Arragon. 11. The commander brother don Antonio Correa de Soura, of the language of Castile and Portugal for England. iz. The commander brother Francis Wratislau, of the language of Germany. 13. The commander don Lewis Kelder, of the language of Castile and Portugal. The sixteen electors, after taking the usual oaths, and shutting themselves up in the conclave, directed the electing knight to go up into the gallery which looks into the church, and proclaim that they had Raphael chose brother don Raphael Cotoner bailiffof Majorca to be their grand Cotoner. master. Immediately Te Deum was fung by way of thanksgiving: and v-/ all the knights came afterwards to kiss his hand, and take the oath June 6 becfrence- and the next day the council gave him the title of sovereign prince of the isles of Malta and Goza. We observed under the year 1645-, that the turks, after having threatened the isle of Malta with a sudden invasion, fell with all their forces upon that of Candia, which belonged to the state of Venice. St. Theodora was the first place they attacked. They carried it without any great resistance, and put all the garrison to the sword. They next invested Canea both by sea and land, and took it after a bloody siege which lasted forty days. The governour surrendered upon honourable terms, and the infidels were very punctual in keeping the articles of the capitulation. The year following, the Venetian, the malteze, and the pope's gallies landed a considerable body of troops under the command of the duke de la Valette. This general endeavoured to retake Canea, and invested it: but the turks came with a considerable body of troops and forced him to raise the siege. They afterwards took Rhetimo, Muscava, Melo potamo and Calamo. Their princi...
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