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the ancient statutes off the Order , the ^ the staM ^ " The brotherhood has been heafled ^ I & aEiei ^ admit nb c ^
whc > thought that the shield of their nobility impress of the Teraplars red crd & ftraiid Masted oiily Sr ^ hch comm ^^ Edward III . K a cavalier o ^
Philippe Ghabotj a reiiow ^ yielded the st ^ of po of Montmorency ^ duke ^ ^^ the close of t ^ He n ^ one of the most shiiful soldfe ^
from 1724 ^ The names and ^ y knowlbdged the dignity of the O j ^ iigustus Bon ^ Bourbon Oonde , 1737 to 1741 1741 to 1746 . The successor of these princes in the ( xrand
ship of the Temple ^ Brissac , the d ^^ French history for its loyalty and gallant bearing . He accepted the ofB . ce in 1776 , and sustained it till he died in the cause of royalty at the beginning of the Trench Eeyolution . The Order has now its G-rand Master , Bernardus Eaymundus Pabre Palaprat ; $
* Seethe Charter in full , in a ^ Sketch of the History of the Knights Templars , " by James Burnes , LL . D ., F . E . S ., Knight of the Guelphs of Hanover . 2 nd Edition . Edinburgh 1840 . t The signature of Bertrand du Guesclin is by a cross , as we learn from the " Becherches Historiques sur les Templiers , " Paris , 1835 , in the Library of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . — "C ' est que Duguesclin , en 1357 , avait accepte" la souveraine magistrature du Temple , et que la croix de ce guerrier , qui ne savait pas signer / figurait son acceptation sur la charte de Larm ^ nius . "—P . 27 .
t This personage , although a man of high education , an etive of the University of Montpellier , Doctor of the Faculty of Paris , and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour , was not of dignity sufficient to succeed the Montmorencies and Oondes of Prance as Grand Master . He had been elected only till some illustrious nobleman could be obtained ; and as ancient feelings revived in France , incessant efforts , embittered possibly by his liberal notions of religion , were made to force him to abdicate in favour of the Duke de Ohoiseul , or the Counts Le Peletier d'Aunay and de Chabrillan . Clavel even alleged that he was not the legitimate
representative of the Duke de Cosse' Brissac y but , apart from the attestation on the Charter written in his presence on the 10 th June , 1804 , by the Magistral Vicar , Eadix de Chevillon , that he had received his authority from the duke , and his own acceptation a few months later , we have the positive and public averment of the Duke de Choiseul in favour of the legitimate continuation of the Order through the Revolution ; and it is decisive ; inasmuch as he lived through that
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the ancient statutes off the Order , the ^ the staM ^ " The brotherhood has been heafled ^ I & aEiei ^ admit nb c ^
whc > thought that the shield of their nobility impress of the Teraplars red crd & ftraiid Masted oiily Sr ^ hch comm ^^ Edward III . K a cavalier o ^
Philippe Ghabotj a reiiow ^ yielded the st ^ of po of Montmorency ^ duke ^ ^^ the close of t ^ He n ^ one of the most shiiful soldfe ^
from 1724 ^ The names and ^ y knowlbdged the dignity of the O j ^ iigustus Bon ^ Bourbon Oonde , 1737 to 1741 1741 to 1746 . The successor of these princes in the ( xrand
ship of the Temple ^ Brissac , the d ^^ French history for its loyalty and gallant bearing . He accepted the ofB . ce in 1776 , and sustained it till he died in the cause of royalty at the beginning of the Trench Eeyolution . The Order has now its G-rand Master , Bernardus Eaymundus Pabre Palaprat ; $
* Seethe Charter in full , in a ^ Sketch of the History of the Knights Templars , " by James Burnes , LL . D ., F . E . S ., Knight of the Guelphs of Hanover . 2 nd Edition . Edinburgh 1840 . t The signature of Bertrand du Guesclin is by a cross , as we learn from the " Becherches Historiques sur les Templiers , " Paris , 1835 , in the Library of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . — "C ' est que Duguesclin , en 1357 , avait accepte" la souveraine magistrature du Temple , et que la croix de ce guerrier , qui ne savait pas signer / figurait son acceptation sur la charte de Larm ^ nius . "—P . 27 .
t This personage , although a man of high education , an etive of the University of Montpellier , Doctor of the Faculty of Paris , and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour , was not of dignity sufficient to succeed the Montmorencies and Oondes of Prance as Grand Master . He had been elected only till some illustrious nobleman could be obtained ; and as ancient feelings revived in France , incessant efforts , embittered possibly by his liberal notions of religion , were made to force him to abdicate in favour of the Duke de Ohoiseul , or the Counts Le Peletier d'Aunay and de Chabrillan . Clavel even alleged that he was not the legitimate
representative of the Duke de Cosse' Brissac y but , apart from the attestation on the Charter written in his presence on the 10 th June , 1804 , by the Magistral Vicar , Eadix de Chevillon , that he had received his authority from the duke , and his own acceptation a few months later , we have the positive and public averment of the Duke de Choiseul in favour of the legitimate continuation of the Order through the Revolution ; and it is decisive ; inasmuch as he lived through that