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The History Of The Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem*
years Avere there any other Knights mentioned than the Hospitallers of St . John , that is ; St . John the Baptist ; for as to the ahnsgiver ( Elemon ) it is all a humbug , nor the least Avorthy discussion . "
So far our author negatively ; his affirmations are that his Order was , ab initio , a military ancl fighting one ; that the Gerard mentioned by Albertus Aquensis Avas the identical Gerard mentioned as prepositus of the hospital , and subsequently called abbot ; that the title prepositus ( p . 185 ) , AA'as equal to the kingly dignity : "It Avas then confessedly a royal title , and
equivalent to a recognition of sovereignty , as in after ages it is insignificant , but at that time it was as said . " Upon such shoxving , AA'hen Raymond du Puy took the title of GRAND MASTER , he must have descended from the highest social position to one much inferior . The name of Gerard of Avesnes is tortured ( p . 174 ) through "Anonia , Hainault , or Avesne , or
Amaicu , or Dell ' monte , " to make him a Fleming , and consequently , as the author chooses to class them , one of his favourite Normans . Gerard ' s other title , ( noticed p . 185 ) of "Sen'ant of CM-ist ' s Poor" means , " Protector of Crusaders , and of Christian Pilgrims . " The name of Fra ( brother ) given to Gerard ' s associates is thus disposed of : "Fra has often changed its meaning . There xvas a time when it meant knight , and that time was Gerard ' s , so he applied it to his companions . " The idea that
there hacl been another Gerard , a native of Amalphi , and therefore most likely to have been placed by his toAvnfolk in the presidency of the hospital they hacl built , is treated AA'ith the utmost contempt . Our author ' s strongest proof , hoxvever , is endeavoured to be deduced from a charter by Godfrey of Bouillon , of XA'hich the original is lost , but of which three olcl
copies are brought in the appendix ( Nos . xix ., xx ., xxi . ) , by xvhich the donor confers on the hospital a certain grant , which , if it could be brought in conformity xvith the dotation mentioned by Alb . Aquensis , as given to Gerard de Avesne for the danger he had undergone at Assxn * , would be very favourable to his argument , that this Gerrard and the prepositus , or abbot
of the hospital , xvere one ancl the same person . Unfortunately for him all three copies are either silent on the important particular of the name of the donation or they vary in its title . Of the first , No . xix ., from Bosio , the author only gives the beginning ; if more exist AA'e may presume it Avould not serve the writer ' s purpose , or he would hax'e produced it . The second copy , from the Imperial Library at Vienna , is xvithout any mention of the place ; ancl the third , No . xxi ., from the Vatican , expresses it in old French , " Une maison fondee sur monalem
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The History Of The Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem*
years Avere there any other Knights mentioned than the Hospitallers of St . John , that is ; St . John the Baptist ; for as to the ahnsgiver ( Elemon ) it is all a humbug , nor the least Avorthy discussion . "
So far our author negatively ; his affirmations are that his Order was , ab initio , a military ancl fighting one ; that the Gerard mentioned by Albertus Aquensis Avas the identical Gerard mentioned as prepositus of the hospital , and subsequently called abbot ; that the title prepositus ( p . 185 ) , AA'as equal to the kingly dignity : "It Avas then confessedly a royal title , and
equivalent to a recognition of sovereignty , as in after ages it is insignificant , but at that time it was as said . " Upon such shoxving , AA'hen Raymond du Puy took the title of GRAND MASTER , he must have descended from the highest social position to one much inferior . The name of Gerard of Avesnes is tortured ( p . 174 ) through "Anonia , Hainault , or Avesne , or
Amaicu , or Dell ' monte , " to make him a Fleming , and consequently , as the author chooses to class them , one of his favourite Normans . Gerard ' s other title , ( noticed p . 185 ) of "Sen'ant of CM-ist ' s Poor" means , " Protector of Crusaders , and of Christian Pilgrims . " The name of Fra ( brother ) given to Gerard ' s associates is thus disposed of : "Fra has often changed its meaning . There xvas a time when it meant knight , and that time was Gerard ' s , so he applied it to his companions . " The idea that
there hacl been another Gerard , a native of Amalphi , and therefore most likely to have been placed by his toAvnfolk in the presidency of the hospital they hacl built , is treated AA'ith the utmost contempt . Our author ' s strongest proof , hoxvever , is endeavoured to be deduced from a charter by Godfrey of Bouillon , of XA'hich the original is lost , but of which three olcl
copies are brought in the appendix ( Nos . xix ., xx ., xxi . ) , by xvhich the donor confers on the hospital a certain grant , which , if it could be brought in conformity xvith the dotation mentioned by Alb . Aquensis , as given to Gerard de Avesne for the danger he had undergone at Assxn * , would be very favourable to his argument , that this Gerrard and the prepositus , or abbot
of the hospital , xvere one ancl the same person . Unfortunately for him all three copies are either silent on the important particular of the name of the donation or they vary in its title . Of the first , No . xix ., from Bosio , the author only gives the beginning ; if more exist AA'e may presume it Avould not serve the writer ' s purpose , or he would hax'e produced it . The second copy , from the Imperial Library at Vienna , is xvithout any mention of the place ; ancl the third , No . xxi ., from the Vatican , expresses it in old French , " Une maison fondee sur monalem