Chapter 14 No.14

The Chivalric Order of St. John.-Humble Beginning of the Organization.-Hospitallers.-Days of the Crusades.-Motto of the Brotherhood.-Peter Gerard.-The Monk lost in the Soldier.-At Acre, Cyprus, and Rhodes.-Naval Operations.-Siege of Rhodes.-Garden of the Levant.-Piratical Days.-Six Months of Bloodshed.-Awful Destruction of Human Life.-A Famous Figh