[872] Two Italian sovereigns assume a regal title from Sardinia and Sicily.

Crete, or Candia, with Cyprus, and most of the smaller islands of Greece and Asia, have been subdued by the Turkish arms, whilst the little rock of Malta defies their power, and has emerged, under the government of its military Order, into fame and opulence.

[873] [Footnote 871: Minorca was lost to Great Britain in 1782.Ann.

Register for that year .-- M.] [Footnote 872: The gallant struggles of the Corsicans for their independence, under Paoli, were brought to a close in the year 1769.
This volume was published in 1776.

See Botta, Storia d'Italia, vol.
xiv .-- M.] [Footnote 873: Malta, it need scarcely be said, is now in the possession of the English.