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Brief History Of The Religious And Military Order Of The Knights Templars Of St. John Of Jerusalem.
the sultan attempted to bribe the commandant with large sums of money , but the brave veteran refused his offers with indignation ' . The garrison held out . against the attack of the besiegers with an unshaken courage . At length the Infidels having made a considerable breach in the works , endeavoured to carry the place by storm . The Templars and Hospitallers resisted their attempts for a
long time ; but the Grand Master of the former being slain , and a vast number of his -kni ghts , the Hospitallers embarked on board of some galliesin the harbour , and set Sail for Cyprus . Three hundred Templars were left in the city . A number of women having taken shelter in the tower of the Temple , those vshunt heroes devoted themselves to their defence . Their courage baliled all the attacks of
the Saracens , who were glad to offer them terms of capitulation , by which it was stipulated , that they should , have permission to embark for what place they pleased ; and that the honour of the women should be preserved . No sooner was the place delivered up , but the Infidels seized on the , women . The Templars , exasperated at their basenessfell upon them with renewed furyand having destroyed
, , the ravishers , again took refuge in the Temple , resolved to perish in its ruins . The Saracens undermined the place , and scaled its walls at the same time . It fell with a prodigious violence , and buried the besieged and the besiegers in one grave . Out of all the Templars that had defended Acre so gallantly only ten escaped , who arrived safe at Cyprus , with the melancholy news of the total extirpation of
the Christian power in Palestine . ( To be concluded in our next . ) ' - "• "r ^ r ^ -rrr ^ rj-nrrr— . mi . , ¦ .
ThefoUovsuig Account of tbe CONSTITUTION of a FREEMASONS' LODGE at SWAFFHAM , in tbe County of NORFOLK , is taken from a small Volume , entitled , "Memoirs of the Life and Writings of RICHARD GARDINER , ESQ . " who was the first Master of it , and who penned tbe occasional Epilogue .
IN the year 1764 , Freemasonry was revived at Swaffham ; and the Great Lodge at the Crown Inn constituted by authority of the Ri ght Honourable Lord Blaney , Lieutenant-General of his Majesty ' s forces , Grand Master of Masons , being the 329 th Lodge in Great Britain . Benjamin Nuthall , Esq . Alderman of Lynn Regis , was , appointed to install the new Master Richard Gardiner , Esq . and oil
the 17 th of December , the day appointed for the installation , a grand procession of Masons , consisting of the Master , Wardens , and Members of the Dtike ' s-Head and White-Lion Lodge ' s , at Lynn , ' . and many Members of the Lodges at Norwich , was made from the Crown-Inn to the church at eleven o ' clock in the' morning , where divine service was performed by the Rev . John Warren , Rector of Harling , and an excellent sermon on the occasion preached b y the
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Brief History Of The Religious And Military Order Of The Knights Templars Of St. John Of Jerusalem.
the sultan attempted to bribe the commandant with large sums of money , but the brave veteran refused his offers with indignation ' . The garrison held out . against the attack of the besiegers with an unshaken courage . At length the Infidels having made a considerable breach in the works , endeavoured to carry the place by storm . The Templars and Hospitallers resisted their attempts for a
long time ; but the Grand Master of the former being slain , and a vast number of his -kni ghts , the Hospitallers embarked on board of some galliesin the harbour , and set Sail for Cyprus . Three hundred Templars were left in the city . A number of women having taken shelter in the tower of the Temple , those vshunt heroes devoted themselves to their defence . Their courage baliled all the attacks of
the Saracens , who were glad to offer them terms of capitulation , by which it was stipulated , that they should , have permission to embark for what place they pleased ; and that the honour of the women should be preserved . No sooner was the place delivered up , but the Infidels seized on the , women . The Templars , exasperated at their basenessfell upon them with renewed furyand having destroyed
, , the ravishers , again took refuge in the Temple , resolved to perish in its ruins . The Saracens undermined the place , and scaled its walls at the same time . It fell with a prodigious violence , and buried the besieged and the besiegers in one grave . Out of all the Templars that had defended Acre so gallantly only ten escaped , who arrived safe at Cyprus , with the melancholy news of the total extirpation of
the Christian power in Palestine . ( To be concluded in our next . ) ' - "• "r ^ r ^ -rrr ^ rj-nrrr— . mi . , ¦ .
ThefoUovsuig Account of tbe CONSTITUTION of a FREEMASONS' LODGE at SWAFFHAM , in tbe County of NORFOLK , is taken from a small Volume , entitled , "Memoirs of the Life and Writings of RICHARD GARDINER , ESQ . " who was the first Master of it , and who penned tbe occasional Epilogue .
IN the year 1764 , Freemasonry was revived at Swaffham ; and the Great Lodge at the Crown Inn constituted by authority of the Ri ght Honourable Lord Blaney , Lieutenant-General of his Majesty ' s forces , Grand Master of Masons , being the 329 th Lodge in Great Britain . Benjamin Nuthall , Esq . Alderman of Lynn Regis , was , appointed to install the new Master Richard Gardiner , Esq . and oil
the 17 th of December , the day appointed for the installation , a grand procession of Masons , consisting of the Master , Wardens , and Members of the Dtike ' s-Head and White-Lion Lodge ' s , at Lynn , ' . and many Members of the Lodges at Norwich , was made from the Crown-Inn to the church at eleven o ' clock in the' morning , where divine service was performed by the Rev . John Warren , Rector of Harling , and an excellent sermon on the occasion preached b y the