Excerpt from The History of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, Vol. 3: Styled Afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at Present, the Knights of Malta The fultan recovering from his fwoon, was imme diatelyinformed of the ili: e of the combat. They could not conceal from him that the firfl bafhas of his court, the vizir, the aga of the janizaries, and the principal officers of that body of troops were killed that the cannon was nailed up, and the baggage-taken. 'tis laid, that at this ill news, to contrary to his expeftati on, he called for poifon to put an end to his life and vexation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.