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Fbeemasonry Illustrated.
Acre , Jaffa , and Tyre , and all the sea coast between thenv should belong to the Christians ; and that for three years , three months , three weeks , and three days , all hostilities should cease . Richard immediately took his departure from Palestine ; Robert de Sable , now the Grand Master , placing a galley at the disposal of
the king , who , in the garb of ia Knight Templar , and accompanied by four trnstyl ^ as is well known , made prisoner by his bitter foe , the duke of Austria . At this period the Order was , as far as possessions were concerned , in a most prosperous condition . In theyear 1186 , Geoffrey , who was then
the Grand Prior of England , caused an imjuisition to be made of the possessions of the Order in England , and theiramount is astonishing . They extended over nineteen counties ; in Lincolnshire alone they possessed thirty churches . Matthew Paris says the Templars were possessed of nine thousand manors or lordships in Christendomy and that their income was estimated at six millions sterling . This
may seem an exaggeration ; but it wa > s the property that in after time proved their ruin . The revenues of the Order were not at this periodic the cause of the cross and of civihzation in the Holy Land Consumed vast sums , annually . The ruiTO fortresses they constructed even now testify skill and munificence of the Order ; the Temple church in our own metropolis is an enduring record of their taste and genius .
Brother Gilbert Horal was next at the head of the Order , and under his government were erected several strong castles , whose ruins now remain to show their massiveness : the Pilgrims' Castle being the most famous . It contained a magnificent palace for the Master and Knights , a splendid church , with houses , offices , vineyards , gardens , and fish-ponds , with wells of sprhig water ; and had
sufficient accommodation for a garrison of 4 , 000 men . The remains that exist testify its extent , and the fragments show the beauty of the architecture . Thus were these knightly brethren engaged in times of peace . Bishop Pocock says , " That in the citadel were the remains of a lofty church of ten sides , in light gothic taste ; three chapels are built to the eastern sides , each of which consists of five sides
in these it is possible the chief altars stood . " Irby and Mangles describe the ruins of the church to be a double hexagon , the architectural ornaments being singularly light and elegant . The death of Saladin , 1193 , induced , the pope to preach another crusade , which sent out two expeditions from Germany , and one under the command of the archbishop of Meivtz . When they reached
Palestine , in violation of the truce , they commenced hostilities ; though the Templars and Hospitallers remonstrated at this act of wanton treachery . Malek Adel , Saladin ' s brother , was soon in the field . The Germans fled to Jaffa for safety ; whence they made a sally , which was cut off by the Moslems , who , entering the town , left not a single Christian alive . The Knights now took the field ; and while the two Orders conducted the war all their operations were
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Fbeemasonry Illustrated.
Acre , Jaffa , and Tyre , and all the sea coast between thenv should belong to the Christians ; and that for three years , three months , three weeks , and three days , all hostilities should cease . Richard immediately took his departure from Palestine ; Robert de Sable , now the Grand Master , placing a galley at the disposal of
the king , who , in the garb of ia Knight Templar , and accompanied by four trnstyl ^ as is well known , made prisoner by his bitter foe , the duke of Austria . At this period the Order was , as far as possessions were concerned , in a most prosperous condition . In theyear 1186 , Geoffrey , who was then
the Grand Prior of England , caused an imjuisition to be made of the possessions of the Order in England , and theiramount is astonishing . They extended over nineteen counties ; in Lincolnshire alone they possessed thirty churches . Matthew Paris says the Templars were possessed of nine thousand manors or lordships in Christendomy and that their income was estimated at six millions sterling . This
may seem an exaggeration ; but it wa > s the property that in after time proved their ruin . The revenues of the Order were not at this periodic the cause of the cross and of civihzation in the Holy Land Consumed vast sums , annually . The ruiTO fortresses they constructed even now testify skill and munificence of the Order ; the Temple church in our own metropolis is an enduring record of their taste and genius .
Brother Gilbert Horal was next at the head of the Order , and under his government were erected several strong castles , whose ruins now remain to show their massiveness : the Pilgrims' Castle being the most famous . It contained a magnificent palace for the Master and Knights , a splendid church , with houses , offices , vineyards , gardens , and fish-ponds , with wells of sprhig water ; and had
sufficient accommodation for a garrison of 4 , 000 men . The remains that exist testify its extent , and the fragments show the beauty of the architecture . Thus were these knightly brethren engaged in times of peace . Bishop Pocock says , " That in the citadel were the remains of a lofty church of ten sides , in light gothic taste ; three chapels are built to the eastern sides , each of which consists of five sides
in these it is possible the chief altars stood . " Irby and Mangles describe the ruins of the church to be a double hexagon , the architectural ornaments being singularly light and elegant . The death of Saladin , 1193 , induced , the pope to preach another crusade , which sent out two expeditions from Germany , and one under the command of the archbishop of Meivtz . When they reached
Palestine , in violation of the truce , they commenced hostilities ; though the Templars and Hospitallers remonstrated at this act of wanton treachery . Malek Adel , Saladin ' s brother , was soon in the field . The Germans fled to Jaffa for safety ; whence they made a sally , which was cut off by the Moslems , who , entering the town , left not a single Christian alive . The Knights now took the field ; and while the two Orders conducted the war all their operations were