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Knights Templar.
Trent , A . D . 1127 , full y confirmed all the vast privileges , donations , honors , and lands , allowed by the several Popes and crowned heads to this Order . In the year 118 G , Saladin having taken Jerusalem , the Knights were dispersed over all Europe , where they founded large seminaries , famous for learning , wealth , valour , power , and an invincible love and adherence to each other . The Grand Master fixed his
residence in the island of Cyprus . Among the numerous houses founded at that time , that which is now called the Temple , in London , and where this manuscript was found , was one of the most noblest and most magnificent . Ireland , at that time , the seat of piety and learning , was not destitute of this Order . New Dublin , where the Royal Hospital of Kilmainham now stands , was a most superb edifice of the Knights Templar , which they inhabited until the reign of Henry VIII .
It is evident from various circumstances of history , how great were the powers and privileges this Order possessed . In signing Magna Charta , that great bulwark of English liberty , in the reign of King-John , A . D . 1215 , we find the name of the Grand Master of the Templars in London , Brother Ayhneric , G . M ., & c & c . & c , I . CM ., immediately after the Archbishop , and Randolph , the Pope ' s nuncio , before any of the temporal lords , though ever so high and potent . During the civil broils and disturbances of those days , all the money , plate , anil
valuables of London and Westminster , were deposited with the Templars , as they considered the valour and probity of the Knights their greatest safeguard and security in those troublesome times . About the year 1309 , Philip the Fair , of France , and Pope Clement V . plotted the destruction of the Order , fearing them as too powerful , and rinding them contrary to their political views . Three years after , viz . 1312 , they succeeded so far as to condemn and abolish the Order , in
general Council held at Vienna , when Dauphin Philip treacherouslyseized on tbe Grand Master , who had been seduced from Cyprus to France , and accused him and the Order of the most unheard-of and ridiculous crimes ; such as worshi ping an ass ' s head , trampling on the crucifix , and denying Christ . The Grand Master and oue hundred and fifty-seven principal Knights were burnt on this extraordinary charge , because they would not reveal their most hidden and sacred secrets .
Nor did the fury of Philip and Clement rest here . They threatened both temporal and eternal destruction to all who should harbour the Order ; and prevailed on Edward II . of England , to put them to death , or banish them from his dominions . It was on this occasion this manuscript was buried . Edward ' s prosecution was not so severe as Philip ' s , for he suffered some of the Order to remain in his dominions , but under another name—as Knights of St . John .
Ihey held some lands and revenues until the suppression of monasteries b y Henry VIII ., after which they were incorporated with the Knights of Malta , the only remaining branch of this famous Order , except honorary members , who were formed in several parts of Europe , about the year 1540 , and who still enjoy the secrets and mysteries of the Order , with all its mystic rites , though not its former power and grandeur .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Knights Templar.
Trent , A . D . 1127 , full y confirmed all the vast privileges , donations , honors , and lands , allowed by the several Popes and crowned heads to this Order . In the year 118 G , Saladin having taken Jerusalem , the Knights were dispersed over all Europe , where they founded large seminaries , famous for learning , wealth , valour , power , and an invincible love and adherence to each other . The Grand Master fixed his
residence in the island of Cyprus . Among the numerous houses founded at that time , that which is now called the Temple , in London , and where this manuscript was found , was one of the most noblest and most magnificent . Ireland , at that time , the seat of piety and learning , was not destitute of this Order . New Dublin , where the Royal Hospital of Kilmainham now stands , was a most superb edifice of the Knights Templar , which they inhabited until the reign of Henry VIII .
It is evident from various circumstances of history , how great were the powers and privileges this Order possessed . In signing Magna Charta , that great bulwark of English liberty , in the reign of King-John , A . D . 1215 , we find the name of the Grand Master of the Templars in London , Brother Ayhneric , G . M ., & c & c . & c , I . CM ., immediately after the Archbishop , and Randolph , the Pope ' s nuncio , before any of the temporal lords , though ever so high and potent . During the civil broils and disturbances of those days , all the money , plate , anil
valuables of London and Westminster , were deposited with the Templars , as they considered the valour and probity of the Knights their greatest safeguard and security in those troublesome times . About the year 1309 , Philip the Fair , of France , and Pope Clement V . plotted the destruction of the Order , fearing them as too powerful , and rinding them contrary to their political views . Three years after , viz . 1312 , they succeeded so far as to condemn and abolish the Order , in
general Council held at Vienna , when Dauphin Philip treacherouslyseized on tbe Grand Master , who had been seduced from Cyprus to France , and accused him and the Order of the most unheard-of and ridiculous crimes ; such as worshi ping an ass ' s head , trampling on the crucifix , and denying Christ . The Grand Master and oue hundred and fifty-seven principal Knights were burnt on this extraordinary charge , because they would not reveal their most hidden and sacred secrets .
Nor did the fury of Philip and Clement rest here . They threatened both temporal and eternal destruction to all who should harbour the Order ; and prevailed on Edward II . of England , to put them to death , or banish them from his dominions . It was on this occasion this manuscript was buried . Edward ' s prosecution was not so severe as Philip ' s , for he suffered some of the Order to remain in his dominions , but under another name—as Knights of St . John .
Ihey held some lands and revenues until the suppression of monasteries b y Henry VIII ., after which they were incorporated with the Knights of Malta , the only remaining branch of this famous Order , except honorary members , who were formed in several parts of Europe , about the year 1540 , and who still enjoy the secrets and mysteries of the Order , with all its mystic rites , though not its former power and grandeur .