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the sides, and " Bieu (ayde) le pelerin " above it; then
the scutcheon of Amboise again, and the Cardinal's hat
presented to Pierre d'Aubusson; and after this his shield
and that of the Order placed at the left-hand end on
his death by his successor Emery (or Almeric) Amboise.

A little beyond is the Chapelle de France, bearing
five shields set in a cross with the arms of France in the
centre and the legend " Capelle Francis" the arms of
the Order and of the Grand Master Fabrice de Carretto:
this building, finished in 1519, replaced another which
had been destroyed in the First Siege as the inscription
denotes by initials " E(everendus) D(ominus) F(rater)
P(ierre) P(apefust) B(ases) E(estauravit) 1483. There
is also a little preaching pulpit, stuck on the outer wall,
such as one still sees in Italy, with a small staircase
from the street.

Opposite to this is the Priory of Spain and Portugal,
with the scutcheons of the two nations united, of the
Order, of d'Amboise, and of two Commanders. And a
little further on comes that of Toulouse -— or Auvergne
—with the inscription " P. S. Dns F. Franciscus Flota
Prior Thoiose construxit anno 1518," engraved under
the arms of France, the Order, de Carretto, and the
Commander Flota.

All these, therefore, were built after the First Siege
in 1480: but there is said to be still a house at the top
of the Knight's Street which was built before the Siege,
as it bears the arms of the Grrand Master Eoger (or
Gerard) de Pins with the date 1356-1365 ; and another
on the quay dated 1407: we did not, however, find
these houses (which are described by M. le Comte
de Vogue), and I think they must have been de-
stroyed in the explosion. I have been thus particular
in giving the names to the scutcheons, as the know-
ledge of them adds greatly to the interest of seeing