Note 131
In the three first books of the Histoire de
Chevaliers de Malthe par l'Abbe de Vertot, the reader may
amuse himself with a fair, and sometimes flattering, picture
of the order, while it was employed for the defence of
Palestine. The subsequent books pursue their emigration to
Rhodes and Malta.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 58