The Knights TemplarsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 315 pages |
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abbot Acre Acta Rymeri ancient Antioch apud archbishop archbishop of Tyre arms army Ascalon assembled barons battle Bendocdar bishops body Bohadin Brother William camp captivity Carizmians castle cavalry Christ christian command confession council count of Tripoli cross crusaders Damietta death defence enemy erected Europe faith fire fortifications fortress France fraternity garrison Grand Master Grand Preceptor Guy de Lusignan hath head Hist Holy City Holy Land honour horse Hospital Hugh de Payens hundred infidels inquisitors Jaffa king of England king of Jerusalem Knights Templars Latin kingdom letters Lord Mahomet Mamlooks manors Moslems Mount mountains Mussulman Naplous Palestine patriarch plars pope possession prayer priests prince prisoners proceeded Saladin Saphet Saracens says sent siege soldiers succour sultan of Damascus sultan of Egypt surrender sword Templars and Hospitallers Temple at London Temple Church tents thousand Tiberias tion towers town Tyre vast walls warriors whilst
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Page 234 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 10 - THEN Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Page 129 - Whose arms were moulded in their mothers' womb To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walked those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nailed For our advantage on the bitter cross...
Page 284 - GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show us the light of His countenance, and be merciful unto us, that Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations.
Page 31 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Page 306 - Or live as scarsly as him list desire; And able for to helpen al a shire In any cas that mighte falle or happe; And yit this maunciple sette hir aller cappe.
Page 235 - It is desolate without man or beast ; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south : for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
Page 311 - Temple, which being brought to the knowledge of the two societies, they forthwith made " humble suit" to the king, and obtained a grant of the property to themselves. By letters patent, bearing date at Westminster the 13th of August, in the sixth year of his reign, AD 1609, king James granted the Temple to the Benchers of the two societies, their heirs and assigns for ever, for the lodging, reception, and education of the professors and students of the laws of England...
Page 14 - Troyes, for the government and regulation of the monastic and military society of the Temple, is principally of a religious character and of an austere and gloomy cast. It is divided into seventy-two heads or chapters, and is preceded by a short prologue addressed "to all who disdain to follow after their own wills, and desire with purity of mind to fight for the most high and true King...
Page 1 - ... twenty of you persevere with constancy they shall overcome two hundred, and if there be one hundred of you they shall overcome a thousand of those who believe not; because they are a people which do not understand.