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“In 1539, these crusading knights persuaded the Emperor Charles V to give them the island of Malta. He made them but one condition: they were to pay him, each year, the tribute of one falcon, in acknowledgment that Malta was still under Spain.”
explaining to Samuel Spade the history of the statuette
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(The Maltese Falcon)
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