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SICILY AND MALTA. 349
This day (the 6th of June) is held as
a thanksgiving for their deliverance from
a terrible conspiracy that was formed about
twenty-one years ago, by the Turkish.
Haves; at one stroke to put an end to the
whole order of Malta. All the fountains
of the place were to be poisoned; and
every Have had taken a solemn oath to put
his master to death.
It was discovered by a Jew, who kept a
cofFee-house. He understood the Turkish
language, and overheard some discourse
that he thought suspicious. He went im-
mediately and informed the grand master.
The suspected persons were instantly seized
and put to the torture, and soon confessed
the whole plot. The executions were
stiocking. One hundred and twenty-five
were put to death by various torments.
Some were burned alive, some were broken
on the wheel, and some were torn to pieces
by
This day (the 6th of June) is held as
a thanksgiving for their deliverance from
a terrible conspiracy that was formed about
twenty-one years ago, by the Turkish.
Haves; at one stroke to put an end to the
whole order of Malta. All the fountains
of the place were to be poisoned; and
every Have had taken a solemn oath to put
his master to death.
It was discovered by a Jew, who kept a
cofFee-house. He understood the Turkish
language, and overheard some discourse
that he thought suspicious. He went im-
mediately and informed the grand master.
The suspected persons were instantly seized
and put to the torture, and soon confessed
the whole plot. The executions were
stiocking. One hundred and twenty-five
were put to death by various torments.
Some were burned alive, some were broken
on the wheel, and some were torn to pieces
by