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298 Malta. hand and elevated it for the adoration of the people. It was then carried with the same ceremony to the church of St. John, where, after it had been kissed by the Grand-Master, the knights, and others, the prior deposited it on the grand altar, chanting psalms to the accompaniment of musical instruments.”