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Chivalry,
CHIVALRY ,
THE KNI 0 HTS 0 ^ THE HOSPITAIi Or ST . JOHN . Johii < de ^ at the inem ^ Brethren Cyprus ^ T ^ wretched tool BopeG
A . N 3 ) THE INSTITUTIONS , OR . OEDEKS , Otf THE KNIGHTS ' 0 * ST . JOHN OE MALTA ; THE KNIGKHTS 0 $ THE TEMPLE OP SOliOMON ; ANP THE TEUTONIC KNIOHT & OE OEBMANt . —BY A P . E . C . OE THE OBBEB OE MASONIC KNIGHT ^ TEMPLABy ANB OE ST . JOHN OE MALTA . *
the Templars , and , by eritshing the Order in property , did not succeed ^^ w reached Villaret , the Grand Master , on eocting his enterprise against Bhodes , and he wrote hack to excuse his attendance . He did not live to carry out his plans , hut Ms brother Fulkede Villaret , who succeeded him , had the satisfaction
to do so . The Knights of St . John regarding their retreat on Cyprus as very insecure , searched the Levant for some more independent station ; and as the island of Ehodes was inhabited by mixed races of Greeks and Turks , who were chiefly pirates , under only the nominal sovereignty of Greece , thought no more fitting home could be found , especially as it had the advantage of an excellent port . The expedition sailed from
Brundisium early in 1308 ; it was not until the 15 th of August , 1310 , that the standard of the Order was permanently placed on the walls . At this period the atrocious persecution of the Templars was proceeding under the dictation of Philip of France , and when the fate of that Order was decided , the Pope arranged that their estates should be
committed to the administration of the Knights of St . John , a decision in which all the European powers agreed , save Spain and Portugal . To obtain possession of this vast increase of property , Eulke de Villaret , sent a Knight Grand Cross to Europe as his lieutenant ^ to formally receive the transfer . He directed his steps first to Erance ,
and Philip , under the pretence that he had incurred vast expenses , declined to part with the stolen property until he was secured the repayment . He died before the final arrangement , and his successor , Louis X ., claimed three hundred thousand livres for these pretended expenses ; it was not till seven years afterwards that the Hospitallers had discharged the infamous demand—it being strongly
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Chivalry,
CHIVALRY ,
THE KNI 0 HTS 0 ^ THE HOSPITAIi Or ST . JOHN . Johii < de ^ at the inem ^ Brethren Cyprus ^ T ^ wretched tool BopeG
A . N 3 ) THE INSTITUTIONS , OR . OEDEKS , Otf THE KNIGHTS ' 0 * ST . JOHN OE MALTA ; THE KNIGKHTS 0 $ THE TEMPLE OP SOliOMON ; ANP THE TEUTONIC KNIOHT & OE OEBMANt . —BY A P . E . C . OE THE OBBEB OE MASONIC KNIGHT ^ TEMPLABy ANB OE ST . JOHN OE MALTA . *
the Templars , and , by eritshing the Order in property , did not succeed ^^ w reached Villaret , the Grand Master , on eocting his enterprise against Bhodes , and he wrote hack to excuse his attendance . He did not live to carry out his plans , hut Ms brother Fulkede Villaret , who succeeded him , had the satisfaction
to do so . The Knights of St . John regarding their retreat on Cyprus as very insecure , searched the Levant for some more independent station ; and as the island of Ehodes was inhabited by mixed races of Greeks and Turks , who were chiefly pirates , under only the nominal sovereignty of Greece , thought no more fitting home could be found , especially as it had the advantage of an excellent port . The expedition sailed from
Brundisium early in 1308 ; it was not until the 15 th of August , 1310 , that the standard of the Order was permanently placed on the walls . At this period the atrocious persecution of the Templars was proceeding under the dictation of Philip of France , and when the fate of that Order was decided , the Pope arranged that their estates should be
committed to the administration of the Knights of St . John , a decision in which all the European powers agreed , save Spain and Portugal . To obtain possession of this vast increase of property , Eulke de Villaret , sent a Knight Grand Cross to Europe as his lieutenant ^ to formally receive the transfer . He directed his steps first to Erance ,
and Philip , under the pretence that he had incurred vast expenses , declined to part with the stolen property until he was secured the repayment . He died before the final arrangement , and his successor , Louis X ., claimed three hundred thousand livres for these pretended expenses ; it was not till seven years afterwards that the Hospitallers had discharged the infamous demand—it being strongly
* Continued from page 22