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The History Of The Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem*
every aid from its archives . In a periodical , therefore , xvhich avoxvedly professes the greatest interest in these kni ghts at all periods of tlieir existence , a protest against his opinions should be entered xvifchout any possible delay . ToAvards the end of the preceding chapter is the usual and admitted story of Gerard cle Avesnestaken from Albertus
, Aquensis , of Aix la Chapelle , not Aix in Provence , as more generall y believed ( Bronsgar Gesta Dei per Francos , vol . i ., p . 281 ) , AA'honi Godfrey of Boulogne has given as a hostage for the terms of a truce to a small place called Assur , by our author , but by the careful Wilken . ( Geschichte der Kreuzaiige , vol . ii ., p . 18 ) , Arsof . The inhabitants of the place broke the
truce , ancl Godfrey had to invest it AA'ith his army . Tlie besieged tied the young man—emphaticall y , our author tells us ( p . 129 ) , called "JDuke Godfrey ' s young friend , "—to a mast , and exposed him on the walls to the arrows of his own comrades , and AA'hen Godfrey xvas obliged to relinquish the siege , he left the field with the impression that the youth hacl died either b y Christian
arms or the tortures of the Infidels . After the truce had been restored , to the great joy of Godfrey , his young friend rode into Jerusalem perfectl y unhurt on an Arabian charger , ancl invested by the Pasha of Ascalon , to Avhom he hacl been remitted by the
people of Assur , clothed AA'ith a khelat or a robe of honour ( quodam die idem prases et ammiraldus Ascalonis Gerardum de priesidio Avennis ab omni plaga curatum honorifice vestibus indutuin et ecpio optimo impositum , cluci CMistianissimo Jerusalem dono remisit ) . The Duke Godfrey , IIOAV king , conferred on the youth , in recompense of the fears and entreaties AA'hich he
hacl given vent to on the mast , carefully recorded by the historian , the fief of Abraham on the Dead Sea , in his UCAV dominions , besides a largesse of five hundred marks . That the founder of the Hospitallers Avas named Gerard is certain , and the general and received ojiinion on the first rise of this Order is that it was charitable ancl eleemosynary only . The
receipt of IAVO pieces of gold from ex'ery pilgrim before he coulcl xvorship at the holy places xvas a sufficient inducement to relax Moslem intolerance , even if the Koran had not permitted the alternative of conx'ersion or tribute to all unbelievers ; and our view , founded on reason , and the natural bias of mankind , is confirmed bthe contemporary exidence of AVilliam Archbishop
y of Tyre ancl Jacob A ^ itriacus , both of XA'hom had personally xisited Jerusalem ; nor is it therefore xvonderful that xve fincl other ancl frequent concurrence in their testimony . A monk named Bernard found along the valley of Jeosophat , A . D . 680 , a regular convent of Benedictines xvith txvelve dwellings , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The History Of The Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem*
every aid from its archives . In a periodical , therefore , xvhich avoxvedly professes the greatest interest in these kni ghts at all periods of tlieir existence , a protest against his opinions should be entered xvifchout any possible delay . ToAvards the end of the preceding chapter is the usual and admitted story of Gerard cle Avesnestaken from Albertus
, Aquensis , of Aix la Chapelle , not Aix in Provence , as more generall y believed ( Bronsgar Gesta Dei per Francos , vol . i ., p . 281 ) , AA'honi Godfrey of Boulogne has given as a hostage for the terms of a truce to a small place called Assur , by our author , but by the careful Wilken . ( Geschichte der Kreuzaiige , vol . ii ., p . 18 ) , Arsof . The inhabitants of the place broke the
truce , ancl Godfrey had to invest it AA'ith his army . Tlie besieged tied the young man—emphaticall y , our author tells us ( p . 129 ) , called "JDuke Godfrey ' s young friend , "—to a mast , and exposed him on the walls to the arrows of his own comrades , and AA'hen Godfrey xvas obliged to relinquish the siege , he left the field with the impression that the youth hacl died either b y Christian
arms or the tortures of the Infidels . After the truce had been restored , to the great joy of Godfrey , his young friend rode into Jerusalem perfectl y unhurt on an Arabian charger , ancl invested by the Pasha of Ascalon , to Avhom he hacl been remitted by the
people of Assur , clothed AA'ith a khelat or a robe of honour ( quodam die idem prases et ammiraldus Ascalonis Gerardum de priesidio Avennis ab omni plaga curatum honorifice vestibus indutuin et ecpio optimo impositum , cluci CMistianissimo Jerusalem dono remisit ) . The Duke Godfrey , IIOAV king , conferred on the youth , in recompense of the fears and entreaties AA'hich he
hacl given vent to on the mast , carefully recorded by the historian , the fief of Abraham on the Dead Sea , in his UCAV dominions , besides a largesse of five hundred marks . That the founder of the Hospitallers Avas named Gerard is certain , and the general and received ojiinion on the first rise of this Order is that it was charitable ancl eleemosynary only . The
receipt of IAVO pieces of gold from ex'ery pilgrim before he coulcl xvorship at the holy places xvas a sufficient inducement to relax Moslem intolerance , even if the Koran had not permitted the alternative of conx'ersion or tribute to all unbelievers ; and our view , founded on reason , and the natural bias of mankind , is confirmed bthe contemporary exidence of AVilliam Archbishop
y of Tyre ancl Jacob A ^ itriacus , both of XA'hom had personally xisited Jerusalem ; nor is it therefore xvonderful that xve fincl other ancl frequent concurrence in their testimony . A monk named Bernard found along the valley of Jeosophat , A . D . 680 , a regular convent of Benedictines xvith txvelve dwellings , and