Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Knight of Malta, And, Envy, One of the Seven Cardinal Sins
These depredations increased to such a degree that in 1633 Cardinal Richelieu instructed M. De Seguiram, one of the most eminent men of that time, to visit the coast of Provence, for the purpose of ascertaining the best means of protecting them from the invasion of pirates.
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