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Notitae Templariae.
of Sicily and Calabria , in 1229 . The French Manual makes two different Masters of Armancl and Hermann , but the truth seems to be that they aie one and the same person , and that the apparent difference in the names arises from the various languages , French , Spanish , or Latin , in which they are chronicled .
A league which had been entered into hy the Christians rendered tlie commencement of this Master ' s rule peaceful ; but in 1237 a rupture ensued , and a bloody affray took place at Antioch , where a certain English Templar , named Reginald d'Argenton , who was banner-bearer , was specially conspicuous . " Indefessus vero , " says Matthew Paris , " vexillum sustenebat , donee tibice cum cruribus et manibus frangerentur . " Another Englishman , Robert of Samford ( Stamford ?) , is recorded as
Grand Prior of England , under the Master . At length occurred the invasion by the Cirasmaans , a barbarous horde , who , chased from their own country by the still more numerous hosts of the Moguls , rushed like a torrent westwards upon Syria . The Sultan of Egypt offered to join them in expelling the Christians from Palestine ; and in this crisis the latter sought and obtained the aid of the Sultan of Damascus , whose territories were in a similar peril . On the sea coast near Gazathe
Cru-, saders encountered their enemies in a pitched battle . The Grand Master of the Templars , at the head of his chivalry , supported by the levies of Palestine lances , in the midst of whom marched the Patriarch of Jerusalem , with the wood ofthe true cross borne before him , commanded the centre of the Christian army . The Count of Jaffa , with the Hospitallers , formed the left wing , while the infidel allies , with their prince , formed the right . The combat lasted for two days . On the second , the Prince
of Edessa with his Musselmauns , were forced to give way before the Carasmian hordes , who were at least five to one in numbers . The Templars , thus exposed by the desertion of their right flank , were attacked on every side . Prodigies of valour were performed . But at last , borne down by numbers , the Christian forces were either cut to pieces or taken prisoners by the barbarians . The brave Pierregort fell in the thickest of the fi ght , as did also the leaders of the Hospitallers and Teutonic knights . Nearly the whole chapter of the Temple was annihilated ; out of upwards of three hundred Brethren , only four knights and fourteen squires escaped . The battle was fought on the eve of St . Luke , 1244 .
WILLIAM DE ROQUEFORT was chosen Regent of the Order by the few knights who survived , until they could be joined by more of their Brethren from Europe , or redeem such as had fallen into the hands of the infidels . William lost no time in writing to the various preceplories in the West , informing them of the reduced state in which they were , and the necessity of sending reinforcements , as well as the expediency of proposing to the infidels a ransom for the prisoners belonging to the Order . Envoys were sent to the Sultan of Egypt , who , as the ally of the
Carasmians , had carried to Grand Cairo the captives taken in the late battle , to treat of terms for their liberation ; but the more anxious the Templars showed themselves , the more obstinate the Sultan became , perceiving thereby their reduced condition ; and the negociation was finally broken off without any result . The Emperor Frederic II . is suspected by some writers to have influenced the infidel in this affair , from his inveterate enmity towards the Templars , and peculiar amity with the Sultan . PILGRIM .
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Notitae Templariae.
of Sicily and Calabria , in 1229 . The French Manual makes two different Masters of Armancl and Hermann , but the truth seems to be that they aie one and the same person , and that the apparent difference in the names arises from the various languages , French , Spanish , or Latin , in which they are chronicled .
A league which had been entered into hy the Christians rendered tlie commencement of this Master ' s rule peaceful ; but in 1237 a rupture ensued , and a bloody affray took place at Antioch , where a certain English Templar , named Reginald d'Argenton , who was banner-bearer , was specially conspicuous . " Indefessus vero , " says Matthew Paris , " vexillum sustenebat , donee tibice cum cruribus et manibus frangerentur . " Another Englishman , Robert of Samford ( Stamford ?) , is recorded as
Grand Prior of England , under the Master . At length occurred the invasion by the Cirasmaans , a barbarous horde , who , chased from their own country by the still more numerous hosts of the Moguls , rushed like a torrent westwards upon Syria . The Sultan of Egypt offered to join them in expelling the Christians from Palestine ; and in this crisis the latter sought and obtained the aid of the Sultan of Damascus , whose territories were in a similar peril . On the sea coast near Gazathe
Cru-, saders encountered their enemies in a pitched battle . The Grand Master of the Templars , at the head of his chivalry , supported by the levies of Palestine lances , in the midst of whom marched the Patriarch of Jerusalem , with the wood ofthe true cross borne before him , commanded the centre of the Christian army . The Count of Jaffa , with the Hospitallers , formed the left wing , while the infidel allies , with their prince , formed the right . The combat lasted for two days . On the second , the Prince
of Edessa with his Musselmauns , were forced to give way before the Carasmian hordes , who were at least five to one in numbers . The Templars , thus exposed by the desertion of their right flank , were attacked on every side . Prodigies of valour were performed . But at last , borne down by numbers , the Christian forces were either cut to pieces or taken prisoners by the barbarians . The brave Pierregort fell in the thickest of the fi ght , as did also the leaders of the Hospitallers and Teutonic knights . Nearly the whole chapter of the Temple was annihilated ; out of upwards of three hundred Brethren , only four knights and fourteen squires escaped . The battle was fought on the eve of St . Luke , 1244 .
WILLIAM DE ROQUEFORT was chosen Regent of the Order by the few knights who survived , until they could be joined by more of their Brethren from Europe , or redeem such as had fallen into the hands of the infidels . William lost no time in writing to the various preceplories in the West , informing them of the reduced state in which they were , and the necessity of sending reinforcements , as well as the expediency of proposing to the infidels a ransom for the prisoners belonging to the Order . Envoys were sent to the Sultan of Egypt , who , as the ally of the
Carasmians , had carried to Grand Cairo the captives taken in the late battle , to treat of terms for their liberation ; but the more anxious the Templars showed themselves , the more obstinate the Sultan became , perceiving thereby their reduced condition ; and the negociation was finally broken off without any result . The Emperor Frederic II . is suspected by some writers to have influenced the infidel in this affair , from his inveterate enmity towards the Templars , and peculiar amity with the Sultan . PILGRIM .