. The Knights of Malta : or, The Order of St. John of Jerusalem . were mowed down by thousands. Paleologus, after hi,humiliating discomfiture, could expect but a very unwelcome reception from his disappointed master. Indeedin the first transport of rage, the sultan ordered him t<be bowstrung. This stern decree was eventually mitigated into banishment in Grallipoli, where he remainsin disgrace till the death of Mahomet.* * The incidents of this siege are mostly derived from threcontemporary writers—the Turk Khodgia Effendi, and the two members of the Order, Merry Dupuis and Caoursin. This la
. The Knights of Malta : or, The Order of St. John of Jerusalem . were mowed down by thousands. Paleologus, after hi,humiliating discomfiture, could expect but a very unwelcome reception from his disappointed master. Indeedin the first transport of rage, the sultan ordered him t<be bowstrung. This stern decree was eventually mitigated into banishment in Grallipoli, where he remainsin disgrace till the death of Mahomet.* * The incidents of this siege are mostly derived from threcontemporary writers—the Turk Khodgia Effendi, and the two members of the Order, Merry Dupuis and Caoursin. This latter was ViceChancellor of the Order, and wrote an account of the siege, illustrated by a series of woodcuts. They are dated 1496, and aiexcellent specimens of the woodcutting of the time. A fac-simile ihere given of the one which represents the city of Rhodes durinthe siege. l^oudto tKOoaic. $mpitf(umvlme %ioimn2 fteger,3tmw fciK4&^.i0cfe$ KAOlilllK O--ii OF THE WOODCOT BSINs WOODCOT CHAPTER —1522. eparations of Mahomet for a new siege—His death—Flight ofDjem to Rhodes—His departure for France—His removal toRome, and death—Death of DAubusson—History of the relic ofthe hand ol St. John the Baptist—Succession of DAmboise,Blancheforl, and Carretto—Usurpation of Selim and extension ofhis empire—Accession of Solyman—Death of Carretto and elec-tion of LMe Adam—-Description of Rhodes in 1521 and atpresent—Fall of Belgrade—Preparations for defence—Detail ofthe garrison and of the Turkish force—Arrival of the Ottomanarmy at Rhodes. ie sultan consoled himself for the unfortunate issue ofi I enterprise against Rhodes with the idea that his own13sence was necessary to insure the success of his arms.[3 at once commenced preparations for the assembly of ai :sh force, with which he proposed to renew in personI) attack on the
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