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Chivalry,
suspected that Philip ' s tool , Pope Clement , had a large part of this plunder . In ( Germany the Teutonic Knights shared the Templars ' property with the Hospitallers . In England alone were their rights
respected , but it was not till the reign of Edward III . they obtained possession of the Temple , in London ; which ( land and buildings ) they devised to a society of lawyers , who held them as tenants of the Hospitallersj till , on the dissolution of the Order by Henry VIII ., the lawyers became tenants of the crown .
This accumulation of wealth was injurious to the unity of the Hospitallers ; the Grand Master looked on himself as a sovereign prince , and indulged in regal state , displaying obnoxious favouritism , instead of that equal treatment the Brethren had been accustomed to , and which was a great principle of the Order ; a faction was raised against Villaret , and , he fearing the Knights might proceed to
violence , fled from the cit y > and on his a , bsence becoming known , the Knights nominated 1 ^ feredy but jDe Pagnae died , and Villaret was re-established . This dissension was soon known to redoubted Othman , prepared to make a descent on Ehodes ;
Gerard de Pins , the Vicar-General , was soon aboard the fleet and totally defeated the Turks ; Do Viilaret resigned his office and retired toLanguedoc ^ Heliori de Villaneuve succeeding His severe government restored the Order to its pristine state . He closed his honourable career in 1346 , having paid all the debts of the Order , enlarged the fortifications of the city , and built a church at his own
expense . Deodato de Orozon was the next Grand Master , and he vigorously pursued the war with the infidels : but he was an aged man , and died in 1353 . Peter de Oornillan succeeded to the office , but lived
only eighteen months to enjoy the dignity , and Soger de Pins , one of an illustrious family of Knights , was elected . During his government the island was devastated by pestilence and famine , and we are told he sold his plate and devoted all his fortune to relieving the distress of those around him . He died in 1365 , and Eaymond Bereiiger , a Provencal Knight , was elected Grand Master .
By this time the Egyptian corsairs had become so numerous that no Christian vessels could navigate the Mediterranean in safety . The Grand Master having united with the King of Cyprus , pursued the corsairs to Alexandria , where , after landing and attacking with success the fortress , they burnt all the shipping in the port , and carrying away some prisoners , returned to Bhodes ; but these successes cost
the Order the lives of one hundred Knights . Berenger died in 1374 , and Bobert de Julliac succeeded him ; his reign , only a short two " years , was a stormy one , for the different European commanderies , who were upheld by their respective sovereigns , repelled his authority ; at his death in 1376 , the Chapter chose Juan Eernandez de Heredia in his stead . He was at Avignon , the papal residence at that period , and the Pope , determining on returning to Borne , embarked on board the Grand Master ' s galley , and was
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chivalry,
suspected that Philip ' s tool , Pope Clement , had a large part of this plunder . In ( Germany the Teutonic Knights shared the Templars ' property with the Hospitallers . In England alone were their rights
respected , but it was not till the reign of Edward III . they obtained possession of the Temple , in London ; which ( land and buildings ) they devised to a society of lawyers , who held them as tenants of the Hospitallersj till , on the dissolution of the Order by Henry VIII ., the lawyers became tenants of the crown .
This accumulation of wealth was injurious to the unity of the Hospitallers ; the Grand Master looked on himself as a sovereign prince , and indulged in regal state , displaying obnoxious favouritism , instead of that equal treatment the Brethren had been accustomed to , and which was a great principle of the Order ; a faction was raised against Villaret , and , he fearing the Knights might proceed to
violence , fled from the cit y > and on his a , bsence becoming known , the Knights nominated 1 ^ feredy but jDe Pagnae died , and Villaret was re-established . This dissension was soon known to redoubted Othman , prepared to make a descent on Ehodes ;
Gerard de Pins , the Vicar-General , was soon aboard the fleet and totally defeated the Turks ; Do Viilaret resigned his office and retired toLanguedoc ^ Heliori de Villaneuve succeeding His severe government restored the Order to its pristine state . He closed his honourable career in 1346 , having paid all the debts of the Order , enlarged the fortifications of the city , and built a church at his own
expense . Deodato de Orozon was the next Grand Master , and he vigorously pursued the war with the infidels : but he was an aged man , and died in 1353 . Peter de Oornillan succeeded to the office , but lived
only eighteen months to enjoy the dignity , and Soger de Pins , one of an illustrious family of Knights , was elected . During his government the island was devastated by pestilence and famine , and we are told he sold his plate and devoted all his fortune to relieving the distress of those around him . He died in 1365 , and Eaymond Bereiiger , a Provencal Knight , was elected Grand Master .
By this time the Egyptian corsairs had become so numerous that no Christian vessels could navigate the Mediterranean in safety . The Grand Master having united with the King of Cyprus , pursued the corsairs to Alexandria , where , after landing and attacking with success the fortress , they burnt all the shipping in the port , and carrying away some prisoners , returned to Bhodes ; but these successes cost
the Order the lives of one hundred Knights . Berenger died in 1374 , and Bobert de Julliac succeeded him ; his reign , only a short two " years , was a stormy one , for the different European commanderies , who were upheld by their respective sovereigns , repelled his authority ; at his death in 1376 , the Chapter chose Juan Eernandez de Heredia in his stead . He was at Avignon , the papal residence at that period , and the Pope , determining on returning to Borne , embarked on board the Grand Master ' s galley , and was