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Notitae Templariae.
PETER DE MONTAGU was appointed to the supremacy upon the devise of his predecessor . Some writers give him the Christian name of Thomas . It is difficult often to reconcile the differences of dates and names . In calling him Peter , we follow the French " Manuel de Templiers . " Probably he was the brother or relative of Guerin de Montagu , Grand Master ofthe Hospitallers at that time . He commanded the Templar
troops during the remainder of their stay in Egypt , where they generally distinguished themselves , both before ancl after the capture of Damietta ; especially in the assaults made on that city by floating batteries , which the infidels frequently set fire to with the Greek fire , to the destruction of many knights of note . On one occasion , the King of Jerusalem was enveloped in these famous flames , ancl nearly burnt to death . On the 31 st of July , 1219 , when the besieged made a sortie on the Christian
camp with overwhelming force , and chased the infantry from their posts in theentrenchments , the Knights of the Temple saved the whole army from imminent peril by the desperate charge they made against the Saracens , headed by their Grand Master , de Montagu . In various encounters that occurred about this time , the Order lost thirty-three of its best Kni ghts killed or taken prisoners . In short , as an ancient writer says , the Templars were always the foremost in the onset , the last in the retreat .
After a protracted campaign of about two years in Egypt , the Christian forces were fain to withdraw themselves , in their vessels , to Palestine ; ancl along with them De Montagu led back the remnant of his chivalry which war and disease had left . Meanwhile , during his absence in Egypt , some tribes of Saracens had made irruptions on the Christian territories , ancl seized or destroyed several places , among which was Castel Blancoa fortalice of the Templars . Coradinone of their princes
, , , had even the presumption , after seizing Cresarea , to encamp before Pilgrim ' s Castle . This , however , he found too well prepared to resist , and he directed his attempts to other quarters . Saphet , a fortress of the Order , unfortunately fell into his hands , the walls whereof he razed to the ground . This place was , however , afterwards rebuilt by the Templars , who appear to have had always attached to their Fraternity a numerous and necessary band of Brother-Masons ( included in the class of
servicesquires ) , and by whom , it is no very improbable supposition , that the mysteries of Masonry were , after the abolition of the Templars , constituted in connexion with the observances of the illustrious chivalry of which they once formed a part , and of which they naturally cherished a lively remembrance . Armed as the Masonic Brethren of the Temple would be , while erecting redoubts and entrenchments in the face of the foe , —the sword and the trowel , the white tunic and the apron , became fondl
y preserved by them in their future Lodges ; ancl hence the seemingly incongruous junction of the pacific and warlike costume and badges . But this is not the place for such dissertation . In 1222 , De Montagu accompanied the King of Jerusalem to Ital y , to attend a council held by the Pope , concerning the affairs of the Holy Land . In the same year he received one hundred thousand Iivres bequeathed to the Order b y Philip II . of France , whose chief executor was Aymer , Treasurer of the Temple . After a long and arduous presisidency over the Order , this able and distinguished Grand Master was succeeded by
ARMAND DE PIERREGORT , about the year 1234 , according to the chronologist Saint Allais . He is sometimes called Herman Petragorius , or Pierregrosse , and is mentioned by Munter as having been Grand Prior
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notitae Templariae.
PETER DE MONTAGU was appointed to the supremacy upon the devise of his predecessor . Some writers give him the Christian name of Thomas . It is difficult often to reconcile the differences of dates and names . In calling him Peter , we follow the French " Manuel de Templiers . " Probably he was the brother or relative of Guerin de Montagu , Grand Master ofthe Hospitallers at that time . He commanded the Templar
troops during the remainder of their stay in Egypt , where they generally distinguished themselves , both before ancl after the capture of Damietta ; especially in the assaults made on that city by floating batteries , which the infidels frequently set fire to with the Greek fire , to the destruction of many knights of note . On one occasion , the King of Jerusalem was enveloped in these famous flames , ancl nearly burnt to death . On the 31 st of July , 1219 , when the besieged made a sortie on the Christian
camp with overwhelming force , and chased the infantry from their posts in theentrenchments , the Knights of the Temple saved the whole army from imminent peril by the desperate charge they made against the Saracens , headed by their Grand Master , de Montagu . In various encounters that occurred about this time , the Order lost thirty-three of its best Kni ghts killed or taken prisoners . In short , as an ancient writer says , the Templars were always the foremost in the onset , the last in the retreat .
After a protracted campaign of about two years in Egypt , the Christian forces were fain to withdraw themselves , in their vessels , to Palestine ; ancl along with them De Montagu led back the remnant of his chivalry which war and disease had left . Meanwhile , during his absence in Egypt , some tribes of Saracens had made irruptions on the Christian territories , ancl seized or destroyed several places , among which was Castel Blancoa fortalice of the Templars . Coradinone of their princes
, , , had even the presumption , after seizing Cresarea , to encamp before Pilgrim ' s Castle . This , however , he found too well prepared to resist , and he directed his attempts to other quarters . Saphet , a fortress of the Order , unfortunately fell into his hands , the walls whereof he razed to the ground . This place was , however , afterwards rebuilt by the Templars , who appear to have had always attached to their Fraternity a numerous and necessary band of Brother-Masons ( included in the class of
servicesquires ) , and by whom , it is no very improbable supposition , that the mysteries of Masonry were , after the abolition of the Templars , constituted in connexion with the observances of the illustrious chivalry of which they once formed a part , and of which they naturally cherished a lively remembrance . Armed as the Masonic Brethren of the Temple would be , while erecting redoubts and entrenchments in the face of the foe , —the sword and the trowel , the white tunic and the apron , became fondl
y preserved by them in their future Lodges ; ancl hence the seemingly incongruous junction of the pacific and warlike costume and badges . But this is not the place for such dissertation . In 1222 , De Montagu accompanied the King of Jerusalem to Ital y , to attend a council held by the Pope , concerning the affairs of the Holy Land . In the same year he received one hundred thousand Iivres bequeathed to the Order b y Philip II . of France , whose chief executor was Aymer , Treasurer of the Temple . After a long and arduous presisidency over the Order , this able and distinguished Grand Master was succeeded by
ARMAND DE PIERREGORT , about the year 1234 , according to the chronologist Saint Allais . He is sometimes called Herman Petragorius , or Pierregrosse , and is mentioned by Munter as having been Grand Prior