CHAPTER VI

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SECRET EXECUTION OF MONTIGNY.

Bergen and Montigny--Their Situation in Spain--Death of Bergen--Arrest of Montigny--Plot for his Escape--His Process--Removal to Simancas--Closer Confinement--Midnight Execution 378

## Book IV.

## CHAPTER I .

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.

Condition of Turkey--African Corsairs--Expedition against Tripoli--War on the Barbary Coast 393

## CHAPTER II .

THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS OF ST. JOHN.

Masters of Rhodes--Driven from Rhodes--Established at Malta--Menaced by Solyman--La Valette--His Preparations for Defence 409

## CHAPTER III .

SIEGE OF MALTA.

Condition of Malta--Arrival of the Turks--They reconnoitre the Island--Siege of St. Elmo--Its Heroic Defence--Its Fall 414

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