Note 19 — Chapter V

This is Taaffe’s defence of D’Aubusson and of the order against the charge of “making money” by Djem’s captivity, as is asserted by Ottoman historians. That prince’s expenditure, he says, was very great, owing to the state in which he lived, and the constant coming and going of ambassadors to and from Constantinople and other courts. The knights also maintained at their own cost Djem’s only son Amurath, who became a Christian, and his family.