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i*
THE
MODE
RN
PART
O F AN
Univerfal
Hiftory,
FROM
THE
Earlieft
Account
of
Time.
Compiled
from
Original
Writers
By
the
Authors
of
the
Anti
ent
Part,
Printed
for
S.
Richardson,
T.
Osborne,
C.
Hitch,
A.
Millar,
John
Rivington,
S.
Crowder,
B.
Law
^d
Co.
T.
Longman,
and
C.
Ware.
M.DCC.LX.
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1
T.*
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: ...
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v.-
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CO
Modem
Hiftory:
BEING
CONTINUATION
O
F
T
HE
Univerfal Hiftory.
BOOK XVIIL
'II
^
CHAP.
VII.
S E
C T.
I.
fbe
o f
the
IJland,
nd
of
the
Order
of
tU
KnigbtSj
f
Maltha.
THIS
ittle
ifland,
known
to
the Romans
by
the
Maltha
name
of
MeRta\
and
famed
chiefly
or
the
hofpi-
jland
e^
table
reception
which
ita
inhabitants
gave
to
thc/crliul^
great
apoftle
of
the
Gentiles^
and
to
the
reft
of
his
{hipwreckedjcompanlons^y
ies
in
the
Mediterranean
fea,
between
he coafts
of
Tripoly
nd
thofe of
Sicily
and
tho*
diftant
only
i8
leagues
fouth
from
the.
latter,
and
about
5;o
north
of
the
former,
is
nevcrthelefsreckoned
among
the
African
iilands
by Ptolemy^
and
rightly
nough,
feeing
the
Punic*
corrupt
Arabic
9
which
was
formerly
fpokenby
the
inhabitants,
hews them
plainlynough
to
have
had
their
origin
irom
thence. It
b
fltuate
under the
36th degree
of
Ant.'
6ift.
vol.
xii.^
p.
175.
434.
A^s,
xxviiL
i^
%feq
c
SeeAncHift.
vol.xvis.
p.
298.
Mop.
Hist.
Vol
XIX, A
aortb
2
rbe
Hiftof^
(^
Maltha.
B.
X
VIIL
Exteut
north
latitude^
and between
the
15th
and
16th
of
eaft
Ion-
Midjitt.
gitudc,
having
the
fouthern
coalls
of
Sicily
n
the
north,
thofe
of
Trip^
on
the
ibBth
the
M^rea and
iflaod of
Cdifita
on
the
eafty
and,
on
the
weft,
the
iflands
of
Pantabarea
U*
^
nofe
and
Lamt aioJk,
ts
fouth
cq^
coAllfts of
Uttle
eUc
but
rocfcs
and.
Ihdyts^
witliout
one
port
or
creek
to
(A
bto
;
but
on
the
eaftern
fide
it hath
fome
commodious
havens/par-
ticularly
hofe
called
Cola di
S,
Marco
and
Cola,
di
S.
Peado
;
but
the
two
moft coafiderabte
dke$ in
the
ifland
are
thofe
oq
the
fouth
eaft
fide,
the
one
called
Marza
Muzet,
and
the
pther
oqly
Marza,
C^hich
ifigbifies
port,
and
id*^h4
lArdjO-
of
the
two,
and
lies
oh the
right
and
of
port
Muzef.'
iJ^b
two
are
divided
only
by w
oblong
peninfula,
n
which
b
built
a
ftout
fort
or
caftJe
cdlediS/.
Elmo,
which
defends
the
entrance
into
botlj,
,
Within
that
of
Muzet
lies
a
fmall
i[Iand
near
wbieh the
fli^s
fiifpefVeS
T
tnfe^Ioa
are
ohliled*
o
f)eifor
Q
qa
vaQtihe
^.
.
Thofe
ef
St.
Nkolao,
*
teAtii^J^
Siroco^
have
little
r
nothing
Vorth
notke,
anB
more
not
be faid
of
them
(A).
This
ille
is
commonly
computed
to
be about
19
or
aa
leagues
n
length,
9
or
10
In
breadth,
and
60
in
circumfer-
^nciQ,
little
lels
or
more
*^.
But
though
it
had
been
antiently
in
the
pofTeflion
f
the
Carthaginians^
omans,
and^
olEer
*'
*
Ds
Ltstr,
BATTDRAWty,
V rtot,
I.
pkr
Coftf.
audi.
fnp.
citat.
(A)
Accordfflgto
Hiisiitaa-
tlieantieatpoetplacesdiemottQ
tibn,
ivhicTi
tlie
geneValiiy
6i
^h^iitfh iiitmMkM^:
^
modern
geographm
(i
}
uminl-
-ffi^
Kath
likewife
brought
mouflygive
it,
it
is
plaiui
that feme
very
probable
arguments
it
is
different
frbm-afaDtheriAftod
topn^^,
IJiik^
A^f
tJT
MMbs
,
of
the
fi^mc
hame.
Meiitat
but
is
the
aotitet
Qgj^'^,
inlirhicli
now
MeMa,
on
the
*
coalls
of
ihthmcdny:mifnCa/jp/o,l
Dalmatian
hcis
the
city
of
Ra^
ter
of the Ocsan
and
TUth^
re-
gf^a.
Maltha
is
tujjpofed
y
ceiirca
the
fhrp\vr^ked
Ulxffii^
idtwverius
(2),
froifi
its fltua-
stnd
detain^
him
ftVenytfA^t
'tion,
and
other
paV'ticufars,
o at
bed ihd board
(jj);*btit
'
be
the
antI'ent-/ft ^r/ 'mcntion^el
eeing
f
Afe
littles
}SS
6Ar
by
Humer
(
3
)
;
Vifhertce
the Fhi^
lfioderti hiftory
,
W^ilMl
dJIlCQlit
^ces
were
alterwatxk
driven
by
oorffilveirwidi
dio
liiiremMtea
t^e
Phaniciansy
and
retired
into
of
it
Kere
a
tm
noticb
huA
Phaniciansy
.
^htrta
and
the
ifland
of
C^fftt,
bfcn
takea
of
itin
tb^-iKnUW^
'^
which
is the
more
j^robable,
s
,
,
A
(i)
See
Ptokm,
I*
4'
S^raho,
MtU,
P//ajr,
*/.
TUventt^f,
5.
^
Ar.
Of
x)
Jtftrly.
ftilfin.
itt.
A,
WsiiK
f6kt
nadonsy
fct
it
feems
to
iiiK?e
qsn
littlebetter
thai
\Bamn^^
harea
plao^ partly
firndy,
ajrf
ly
rocky^
the
latter
having
^-
jhardly
ny
depth
oif
eartb*
and
that
fo
Aooyy as
to
be
fcarcely
cspaUe
of
producing
corn,
or
aay
other
gratn, Kcepc
cum-
Hdn,
and
fome
other
fuch^^Uke
feed^
;
its
chi^
produce
hc^
Pradud.
mg
figs,
elons^
honey,
cottMi
aad
fgme
few
other
commo
dities
and
fruits,
hich the
inhabitants
exchanged
for
corn
;
aad In
th^ barren
Aate it
ieefn$-
o
bai^
comi^u^,fill
it
e M
in )
the
poiieffioa
f
the
JMdtefe
knigbtf*
It
laboured like^
fe^t$ymk
vife
aader
g 8t
barcity
f
\raier
and
fqel
t
opon
all
which
^'^^^^
acaraats
it
vns
till
diat
tijeaeut
thinly
inhabited,
there
bdog/'V*-
oaly
boDt
jji^
or
40
boroughs,
pv
other
villages,
cattered
about in
poor
hamlets,
and
no oky
enoepc
the
capita
of
it9
aame,
and
the
toTim
and
Sort of
Su
Angeh,
whkh
defended
^
tfae
part,
of
which
we
fliall
j^vt
an
account
in
the
fequeli
fe
that
the
whole
ntmbeT
f
its
inhabitants
fcarcdy
amounted
to
i2 ooo,
woeiea
and
childreA
tncloded^
and
the
greateft
ptrt
of
them
very
indigent^.
In
it
word,
it
w^
(b
barreG^
poor,
apd
ufloinritiDg,
hat
when
the
emperor
darks
V. of*
feed
it
to
the
knights
of
after
their
being
driveti
Mt
of
that
iOand,
their
cominiflariies,
ho
were
^t
to
take
an
ezaA
ticw
of
it^
broitgfat
ack
Kh
diftonragii^
^
1
ommt
of
it,
that
it
was
not
without
great
diftdslty
hat
thejf
I
woe
prevailedpbn
to
accept
of
it*. Bow ithath
been
m*
[
proved
lince tfadr
fettlement in
it
we
aite
now
going
to
I
T^E
Hbod
of
Makkt
htth
ttow
four
confidecable
towns,
^^^fy
l rrcHiQded
ith fiout
walk,
and otiier
hni AAofi ;
yiz.'J^l^'
\Gttm
alMa,
Ckta
VnsMs,
or
oU
cky
or
antkoi
mtth^^
Y
/,
the
town
of
St.
Angela,
cdkd
alfo
QtU
rtftpri^,
r
the
'^
vidorio s
dty,
and
Sl
Mkh^l^
dll
of
thsm w^H
iahRhited,
and
In
a
thriving
ondirion.
Befidiss,
h^fe
poor
haarietr
have
Strength.
i
grawxi
into
Aodt
;ind
pquilonsvillages,
he did
ones
into
con-^
-
-
[iderablebordu^s
r
itaw ns
wrii
built and
iaihabitcdy
od tfie
liraund
wry-whcre
fo
wdi
cultivated,s
to
be abbs
1^
fup-
fiy
the.
inhabitants
with
plenty
of
all
neceflarles. The
ports
I
and
havens
on
the
coafl
have
likewife received their
refpec-
|im
ioa^crvements;
s
^t-
wtok
Hfaiad
el^Airfaere
s
fo
[firen^y
ortifie^ii
hat
it
hsA
betir
enabled
x
r ft
an4
baffle
ail the
power
and
efforts
of
the
Ottoman
emperor
to
tts
very
by.
ft
Is
trie,
inieea,
thrit
ttie
ftfeiigfh
iid
fiic-
^^^^^'^
/
ec of
this
p ace,
nd
its
tiavin^ptoved
fndh
an ^r R n'al
*'^ '^^^^^
hdwarik
tp
l^riftiaBity,
ath
been^(^efly
U'ifig
o
title
ia-
^
^
Vid. auft.
fup:
dtat.
i
^ikrox
Hift
of
Maltha,
the
ton.
zS.
p;
4;i,
ieq,
A
%
gular
THE
MODERN
PART
OF AN
Univerlal
Hiftory,
FROM THE
arlieft
Ac
c,
q
u n
t
'
*bf
Time*
^
J,'
'
-a'
'
-i.
VOL. XIX.
B
The
Hifi^ry
f
Maltha.
'
^
B.
XY
HI.
7bi
pa*
are
all
fared in
fiker
;
not a
plate,
diih,
cnp,
fpoon,
e.
tief^s
^
but
is
of
that
metal
;
and in
thefe
ntenfiis
are
brought
theas
f^^^^^J\
iftuals^to
heir
bed-fide
by
thofe
knights,
s
likewife
the
flatebytbe
edicines
and other
things
that
arp
ordered
to
them
by
the
iatgbtu
phyficians;
f
which
there
are
commonly
four
kept
in
pay,
who
regularly
ifit
them
every
morning
and
q^enii^
-
Bot
7h$y
an
Vit
muft
here
obferve,
that
the
Malib^e
knights
havegreatly
%onv
be'
degenerated
from
the
rules,
and,
within
this
laft
centiuy,
9mi rim
from
the obfervance
of
thofe
of
their
firft
inftitution,
nd
^fi^
bave
given
themfelves
more
to
luxury,gallantry,
nd
other
modi
vices,
than
to
the
obfervance
of
the
primidve
prac^
tice
of
the
canons
of
their
(M*der,
or
the
imitation
of
thop
predeoeflbrs,
hofe
valour
and
undanated
bravery
abroad,
when
fightinggainft
he
enemies of
Chri^
itianity,
oined
to
the
moft
zealous
obiervauce
of
their
reU*-
gious
difdpline,
ad
juftly
gained
them
the
univerfal
admir
ration
and efteem
of
all
ChriAendom
^.
HoWever,
with
re-
fpeft
to
the
hofpitale
are
now fpeaking
of,
though
they
have
quite
relaxed from
that
antient
humility
nd
condefcen*'
fion
in
performing
the loweft offices
to
thofe
patients,
et
they
{till
take
care
that
they
ihall be
attended
with
the
fame
care
and
diligence
y
perfons
f
a
lower
rank.
Near
this
place,
and
the
grand
mailer's,
palace,
is
a
large
market-place,
here
all
manner
of
provifions
re
brought
and
fold
by
the
country
rpeople,
n
great
abundance
;
fnch
as
com
and
other
grain,
fruits
and
greens
of
all
forts,
wild
imd
tame
fowl,
hogs,
goats,
oxen,
fheep,
and other neoef-
laries
of
life.
Moft
ot
the
dead
commodities
are
brought
upon
afies,
hich
the
natives
of thofe
mountainous
parts
ara
forced
to
ufe
infiead of horfes.
This
market
is
kept
every
day^
and,
in
fummer^
when
the
heat
is
excefiive,
begins
(e-
veral
hours
before
fuA-rife.
But
the
greater part
of die
com
and
o^er
provifions
s
brought
thither
from
Sicily^
arditda^
Xlorfica^
c.
befides
what
is
got
by
the
prizes
they
make
tip-
pn
the
Turks
and other
enemies
at
fea.
Otbet
'
Thbrb
is
likewife
another
fpacious
fquare
efore
the
ban-
fublic
jert,
or
prifon,
where
their
flavcs
are
kept
;
which
laft
is
a
r^i/^w.
very
large
building,
uitable
to
the
vaft
number
of
thofe
llaves
they
are
continually
banging
in
from
the
coafts
oiBarr
bary^
and the
Turkifh
and
other dominions
;
and
this
piazza
is
the
place
where
they
arc
cxpofed
to
fale.
We
have
no
room to
defcribe
their
other
public
buildings;
fuch
as
the
ibifiiop*s
alace,
the
cuftom?houfe,
treafury,hancery,
fpun
*
Dapper,
Davxty,
Vertot,
dj
*
P^
his vide
Cjl
TbeHificry
f
Maltha:
f
ierj,
vaft
magazines
lor
com,
wine,
;ind
other
provisions,
and
many
others
of
the
like
nature.
But
we cannot
omit
here
a
ffaort
account
of
their
arfenal,
which
is
not
onlj
a
fnmptnons
edifice
without,
but
is
perhaps
one
of
the beft-^
fandibed
with tlie
greateftuantity
f
arms,
and
other
war-
fike
weapons,
machines,
engines,
c.
of
all
forts,
and
kept
indie moft
el^antregularity
nd
order
of
any
in
Europe
i
it
bdng
always
under
dieinfpejlion
f
one
of
the
order,
and
joining
to
the
palace
f
the
grand
maAer
'.
This
huge
pile
confifts'of
a
fpacious
all,
in
the
middle
7'^^^ at
of
which
ftand five
wooden
machines,
of
a
fquare
figure
^fnal^
en
allthe
four
ildes
are
hung,
with
great
fymmetry
and
neat-
oe ,
all
forts
of
armour
;
luch
as
helmets,
ihields,
breaft-
fdates,
oats
of
mail,
fwords,
halberds,
pikes,
half-pikes,
daggers,
uikets,
piftols,
nd
others
of
the
like
nature,
of
various
fliapes
nd
iizes.
The
walls and
beams
acroTs the
deUi^
are
likeudfe
covered
with
long
and
crofs-bows,
nd
Ortia
other
fuch
warlike
weapons,
as
were
in
ufe
in former
times,
quantitieg
and
which
were
brought
hither
from
the ille
of
Rhodes
;
the
ani'varit^
whole
cont^uning
s
great
a
quantity
f
arms as
would
com-
0^
^ormn
pletdy
equip
an
army
of
30,000
men.
Adjoining
o
and
a
aofs
that
hall
is
another,
which
is
likewife
filled
with
all
lands
of
arms,
which
were
for
the
moll
part
brought
hither
from
Helland
by
the then
grand
mafter
Lafcarisy
ho
made
a
prefent
f
them
to
the order.
Befides
thefe,
every
knight
hath
his
own
armoury
for
himfelf
and his
retinue,
ithin
his
own
houfe
;
and
fo
hath
every
burgher
and
peafant
hrough*
out
the ifland
^.
At
the
entrance
into
the
bay,
one
meets
with
two
large
Cajile
/
rocks,
which advance into
the fea
over^againft
itta
Fateifa,
'-
Aa r
like
the
two
fingers
f
a
hand
;
on
the
point
of
one
of
which,
Se-ear
themouth
of the
bay,
(lands the
town
and
caftle
oiSt.Jn-
geh^
and
on
the
other
that called Citta
Fittoric/a,
oth
built
on
the
rock,
and
ftrongly
ortified. The
former
of thefe
had
formerly
fome
ftrong
outworks,
arfenals,
magazines,
palace,
nd
apartments
for
the
knights,
and
an
hofpital
or
iailors
;
but
was
almofl
totally
uined
by
the
Turks,
anno
1565.
Since
which
it is inhabited
but
by
a
handful
of
people,
mofUy
belonging
o
the dock where the
gallics
re
built,
nd where the
commander
of
them
hath
a
houfe
not
for
from
the water-fide.
The
other,
which flands
further
in,
and
called
Citta
Citta
Vit*
Viitorrq/oy
rom
the
fiege
it
maintained
againfl:
he
Turks,
^o ofa,
was
built
by
one
of
the
grand
maAers^
named
Philip
e
Vi^
