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Knights Templars In England,
your respective counties , as may be most convenient , taking the name of " Prince Edward ' s Royal Volunteers . " When the important moment arrives , I shall offer my service in the navy or army ; and whenever I have the honour to be received , shall inform you of my address ; and although we are prevented , by adverse circumstances , from assembling together where I mig ht have had the honour and happiness
of commanding in person , yet our hearts will be united in the g lorious cause , in conformity to the sacred obligations we are under . Let pur prayers be addressed to the Throne of Grace ; that as Christ ' s faithful soldiers and servants we may be enabled to defend the Christian reli g ion , our gracious Sovereign , our laws , liberties , and propertiesagainst a rapacious enemy . Let the word of the day be The
, Will of God : and let us remember , that a day , an hour of virtuous liberty , is worth a whole eternity of bondage . The Knig hts Companions are required to wear the uniform of the corps in which they serve as volunteers , with the Crofs of the Order of the Knights Templars on a black riband between two button-holes on the breast of the waistcoat . '
Your faithful Brother and Knight Companion , THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , ( G . M . ) Southampton , April I Ith , J . D . 1794 ., J , 0 . 6 y 6 .
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The following is the Cory of a LETTER , from REDRUTH in CORNWALL , in atwuier to the preceding . MOST EMINENT AND SUPREME GRAND MASTER , AGREEABLE to your desire , signified to me by your esteemed favour of the nth ultimoI held a conclave of the Order of Knig hts
, Templars in our field of encampment at this place , on Monday the 28 th ultimo ; where I laid your letter before the Knig hts Companions . 1 have the happiness to inform you that I found them stedfast in their reli gious principles , and unanimous in their loyalty and patriotism to their King and Country . Two of the Knig hts Companions are officers in the Penryn Volunteers corps , and will follow your
directions in wearing the Crofs of the Order , & c . —The rest of the Companions residing at a distance from any established corps , will be ready on any emergent occasion to unite with them ; and they have entered into a subscription ( as Knights Templars ) , to be applied towards- the defence of the country ; and as there is a general subscription at Bodmin , for the county , and several volunteer corps on the
coast for local defence , we beg your opinion and advice how to apply the money we have subscribed . I am ( M . E . & S . G . M . ) , Your faithful and affect . Brother and Knight Companion , j K Redruth , 3 . / May , 1794 . " THOS . DUNCKER . LEY , Esq . Hampton-Court Palace . "
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Knights Templars In England,
your respective counties , as may be most convenient , taking the name of " Prince Edward ' s Royal Volunteers . " When the important moment arrives , I shall offer my service in the navy or army ; and whenever I have the honour to be received , shall inform you of my address ; and although we are prevented , by adverse circumstances , from assembling together where I mig ht have had the honour and happiness
of commanding in person , yet our hearts will be united in the g lorious cause , in conformity to the sacred obligations we are under . Let pur prayers be addressed to the Throne of Grace ; that as Christ ' s faithful soldiers and servants we may be enabled to defend the Christian reli g ion , our gracious Sovereign , our laws , liberties , and propertiesagainst a rapacious enemy . Let the word of the day be The
, Will of God : and let us remember , that a day , an hour of virtuous liberty , is worth a whole eternity of bondage . The Knig hts Companions are required to wear the uniform of the corps in which they serve as volunteers , with the Crofs of the Order of the Knights Templars on a black riband between two button-holes on the breast of the waistcoat . '
Your faithful Brother and Knight Companion , THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , ( G . M . ) Southampton , April I Ith , J . D . 1794 ., J , 0 . 6 y 6 .
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The following is the Cory of a LETTER , from REDRUTH in CORNWALL , in atwuier to the preceding . MOST EMINENT AND SUPREME GRAND MASTER , AGREEABLE to your desire , signified to me by your esteemed favour of the nth ultimoI held a conclave of the Order of Knig hts
, Templars in our field of encampment at this place , on Monday the 28 th ultimo ; where I laid your letter before the Knig hts Companions . 1 have the happiness to inform you that I found them stedfast in their reli gious principles , and unanimous in their loyalty and patriotism to their King and Country . Two of the Knig hts Companions are officers in the Penryn Volunteers corps , and will follow your
directions in wearing the Crofs of the Order , & c . —The rest of the Companions residing at a distance from any established corps , will be ready on any emergent occasion to unite with them ; and they have entered into a subscription ( as Knights Templars ) , to be applied towards- the defence of the country ; and as there is a general subscription at Bodmin , for the county , and several volunteer corps on the
coast for local defence , we beg your opinion and advice how to apply the money we have subscribed . I am ( M . E . & S . G . M . ) , Your faithful and affect . Brother and Knight Companion , j K Redruth , 3 . / May , 1794 . " THOS . DUNCKER . LEY , Esq . Hampton-Court Palace . "