 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chikunguru 1551, maOttoman akaedza kutora Malta asi akaodzwa mwoyo uye saka vakarwisachitsuwa chehanzvadzi cheGozo, icho chakabvuma pashure pemazuva mashomanene okurwa kunotyisa. Vanenge vagari vose vechitsuwa chacho vakatorwa kuti vave varanda, kubatanidza gavhuna Gelatian de Sessa nevamwe varwi. Muna August wegore iroro, Order yakatambura rimwe dambudziko apo yakarasikirwa nenhare yayo yokuNorth Africa yeTripoli kuuto reOttoman raitungamirirwa nomutungamiriri akakurumbira wecorsair Dragut uye Admiral Sinan muKukombwa kweTripoli. De Homedes akapomera gavhuna wechiuto weTripoli, Gaspard de Vallier, mhosva yokurasikirwa kwacho, uye akaita kuti abviswe pachigaro uye aiswe mutorongo. De Vallier gare gare akaruramiswa naGreat Master Jean Parisot de Valette. 