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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
power-to annul it , but to no purpose . It is very well known that he found means to bribe a certain person in great interest with the Queen , but that the endeavours of this person were fruitless , as the heart of that princess was above the common stamp , and not to be shaken from her former resolutions . The project of course was given up , but the bribes z-etained ; which amounted to the enormous sum of r 3 , ooo ducats . - - ' ( To be concluded hi our next . )
Brief History Of The Religious And Military Order Of The Knights Templars Of St. John Of Jerusalem.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST . JOHN OF JERUSALEM .
BY J . WATKINS , LL . D . Continued from Page 246 .
THE nine Frenchmen , at the head of whom was Hugh derayen , having formed themselves into this society for the purposes already mentioned , associated together in a house near the Temple , from which they acquired the name of Knig hts of the Temple , or . Knights Templars . The institution met . with general acceptance in an age distinguished by a martial spirit , and for that romantic love of enterprize known by the term of Chivalry . Baldwinthen king of
, Jerusalem , gave his full approbation of the order , and sent the head of it to Rome to obtain the sanction of the Pope , and to endeavour to excite a new croisade . Honorius II . who then filled the chair , referred their affair entirely to the council of Troyes . then sitting . Here the cause in which Hugh was engaged was sanctioned in the most express mannerand St . Bernard was desired to prescribe a rule
, and habit for the brethren of the order . This rule enjoins them certain daily devotions , and abstinence from flesh four days in the week ; it allows each Templar an esquire and three saddle horses ; forbidding them , however , any kind of g ilding or other ornaments , but commands them to wear a white habit , on which they-were afterwards permitted to have a red cross placed next the heart .
The order and its rule being established by the Pope , the Knig hts Companions who had been deputed on the occasion returned into Asia , accompanied by a noble company of valiant youths , who were Enamoured of the institution , and emulous of glory .
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
power-to annul it , but to no purpose . It is very well known that he found means to bribe a certain person in great interest with the Queen , but that the endeavours of this person were fruitless , as the heart of that princess was above the common stamp , and not to be shaken from her former resolutions . The project of course was given up , but the bribes z-etained ; which amounted to the enormous sum of r 3 , ooo ducats . - - ' ( To be concluded hi our next . )
Brief History Of The Religious And Military Order Of The Knights Templars Of St. John Of Jerusalem.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST . JOHN OF JERUSALEM .
BY J . WATKINS , LL . D . Continued from Page 246 .
THE nine Frenchmen , at the head of whom was Hugh derayen , having formed themselves into this society for the purposes already mentioned , associated together in a house near the Temple , from which they acquired the name of Knig hts of the Temple , or . Knights Templars . The institution met . with general acceptance in an age distinguished by a martial spirit , and for that romantic love of enterprize known by the term of Chivalry . Baldwinthen king of
, Jerusalem , gave his full approbation of the order , and sent the head of it to Rome to obtain the sanction of the Pope , and to endeavour to excite a new croisade . Honorius II . who then filled the chair , referred their affair entirely to the council of Troyes . then sitting . Here the cause in which Hugh was engaged was sanctioned in the most express mannerand St . Bernard was desired to prescribe a rule
, and habit for the brethren of the order . This rule enjoins them certain daily devotions , and abstinence from flesh four days in the week ; it allows each Templar an esquire and three saddle horses ; forbidding them , however , any kind of g ilding or other ornaments , but commands them to wear a white habit , on which they-were afterwards permitted to have a red cross placed next the heart .
The order and its rule being established by the Pope , the Knig hts Companions who had been deputed on the occasion returned into Asia , accompanied by a noble company of valiant youths , who were Enamoured of the institution , and emulous of glory .