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The Knights Templars.

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .

ji J Z 0 ND 0 N , SATURDAY , AUGUST 1 , 1863 .

By ANTHONY ONEAL HAYE . ( Continued from page 64 ) . BOOK THIRD—CHAPTER VII .

INTERREGNUM—REGENT , WILLIAM DE RUPEI ? OET . Progress of the Carizmans . —A mournful letter to Europe . Ascalon and Tiberias taken . —Affairs of the Order in Hungary , Spain , Venice , and England , A . D . 1244—47 . The Carizmans flushed Avith this victory , and joined by the Egyptian troops , inarched against

Ascalon , and laid siege to it , but the Hospitallers , who garrsioned it , repulsed every assault , aud drove back the enemy with frightful slaughter . * The enemy abandoned the siege in despair , and proceeded to lay waste the unprotected parts of

Palestine . The loss sustained by the Templars in the late battle paralysed them . JSTo Grand Master was appointed till their numbers were recruited from the West , and William de Rochefort or Rupefort

was appointed Regent . He , in conjunction with others , addressed the following letter to the European Christians : — " A mournful letter to the Reverend Fathers iu Christ and all our friends , the archbishops , bishops ,

abbots , and other prelates in England and Eranne , to whom these present letters shall come . Robert , by the grace of God Patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem , and legate of the Apostolic See ; Henry , Archbishop of Nazareth ; I , elect of

Caesarea ; R ., Bishop of Acre ; the Bishop of Sidon ; Brother William de Rupefort , Vice-Master of the House of the Knights of the Temple , and the brethren of the same House ; H ., Prior of our Lord ' s sepulchre , Abbot of St . Samuel of the

Premonstrate Order : and the Abbots , B ., of Mount Olivet ; I , of the Temple of our Lord ; P ., of Mount Tabor ; and R ., of Mount Zion , health and success according to your wishes . The ferocity of wild beasts has come forth from the regions of

the East , and directed its course to the province of Jerusalem , which , although it used at various times to be harassed in manifold Avays by the surrounding Saracens , yet of late Avas in some measure breathing freely , the neighbouring enemies having been lulled to rest ; yet the sins of the

Christians have aroused an unknown people to their own destruction , and have brought the sword of the avenger on them from afar . Yes , the rage and fury of the Tartars have now shaken the whole of the eastern region with the terrors of a

manifold calamity ; persecuting all alike and making - no difference between Christians and infidels , but driving off their booty from the most remote quarters , even of those who would themselves have preyed upon the Christian people .

These said Tartars , after ravaging the whole of Persia , have made war in a Averse spirit , and hunting out those cruel Carizmans have dragged them forth like snakes from their holes , and driven them from their own provinces . These

latter having no habitation , as they could not obtain a place of refuge amongst any of tho Saracens , owing to their wickedness , Avere only aided by the Sultan of Babylon , that persecutor of the Christian faith , who although he refused them

a place of refuge in his own territory , offered them that which belonged to others , and summoned and invited these said infidels to inhabit

the Laud of Promise , which the Most High has promised and given to those who believe in Him . They , therefore , relying on the assistance of the said Sultan , came with their wives and families , and several thousand armed warriors , into the

Lord's inheritance , which , as they said , the Sultan of Babylon had given to them ; and their arrival was so sudden that it could not be foreseen , either by us , or the neighbouring people , so as allow us by a forewarning to guard against the

coming dart , and they entered the district of Jerusalem through the provinces of Safet and Tiberias . And although we applied all care and diligence to devise means for restoring the

Holy-Land to its former state of peace and tranquility , which was disturbed by these new enemies , yet the power of the Christians was inadequate to the task of expelling them , and the aforesaid Carizmans then took possession of the whole country ,

from Thoron , of the Knights , which is near Jerusalem , to Gazara . We , therefore , by the advice and wish of all iu common , in conjunction Avith the Masters of the religious houses , namely , of the Temple , of the Hospitallers of St . John , and the Preceptor

ofthe Teutonic Knights of St . Mary , as well as of the nobles of the kingdom , called into the assistance of the Christians , the Sultans of Damascus and Camel , Avho were then allied by a treaty of peace with us , and Avho held a special enmity against

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THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. Article 1
CYRUS, KING OF PERSIA. Article 5
MASONIC LIGHT. Article 6
MASONRY AND POLITICS. Article 9
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES, Article 9
MATTER—FORCE. Article 10
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 10
ANTIQUITY OF THE THIRD DEGREE. Article 11
MASONIC MEMS. Article 11
METROPOLITAN. Article 11
PROVINCIAL. Article 11
BRITISH AMERICA. Article 12
TURKEY. Article 14
ROYAL ARCH. Article 15
RED CROSS KNIGHTS OF CONSTANTINE. Article 15
RED CROSS OF ROME AND CONSTANTINE Article 16
SCOTLAND. Article 17
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, MUSIC, DRAMA, AND THE FINE ARTS. Article 19
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 20
Obituary. Article 20
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS, ETC., FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 8, 1868. Article 20
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The Knights Templars.

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .

ji J Z 0 ND 0 N , SATURDAY , AUGUST 1 , 1863 .

By ANTHONY ONEAL HAYE . ( Continued from page 64 ) . BOOK THIRD—CHAPTER VII .

INTERREGNUM—REGENT , WILLIAM DE RUPEI ? OET . Progress of the Carizmans . —A mournful letter to Europe . Ascalon and Tiberias taken . —Affairs of the Order in Hungary , Spain , Venice , and England , A . D . 1244—47 . The Carizmans flushed Avith this victory , and joined by the Egyptian troops , inarched against

Ascalon , and laid siege to it , but the Hospitallers , who garrsioned it , repulsed every assault , aud drove back the enemy with frightful slaughter . * The enemy abandoned the siege in despair , and proceeded to lay waste the unprotected parts of

Palestine . The loss sustained by the Templars in the late battle paralysed them . JSTo Grand Master was appointed till their numbers were recruited from the West , and William de Rochefort or Rupefort

was appointed Regent . He , in conjunction with others , addressed the following letter to the European Christians : — " A mournful letter to the Reverend Fathers iu Christ and all our friends , the archbishops , bishops ,

abbots , and other prelates in England and Eranne , to whom these present letters shall come . Robert , by the grace of God Patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem , and legate of the Apostolic See ; Henry , Archbishop of Nazareth ; I , elect of

Caesarea ; R ., Bishop of Acre ; the Bishop of Sidon ; Brother William de Rupefort , Vice-Master of the House of the Knights of the Temple , and the brethren of the same House ; H ., Prior of our Lord ' s sepulchre , Abbot of St . Samuel of the

Premonstrate Order : and the Abbots , B ., of Mount Olivet ; I , of the Temple of our Lord ; P ., of Mount Tabor ; and R ., of Mount Zion , health and success according to your wishes . The ferocity of wild beasts has come forth from the regions of

the East , and directed its course to the province of Jerusalem , which , although it used at various times to be harassed in manifold Avays by the surrounding Saracens , yet of late Avas in some measure breathing freely , the neighbouring enemies having been lulled to rest ; yet the sins of the

Christians have aroused an unknown people to their own destruction , and have brought the sword of the avenger on them from afar . Yes , the rage and fury of the Tartars have now shaken the whole of the eastern region with the terrors of a

manifold calamity ; persecuting all alike and making - no difference between Christians and infidels , but driving off their booty from the most remote quarters , even of those who would themselves have preyed upon the Christian people .

These said Tartars , after ravaging the whole of Persia , have made war in a Averse spirit , and hunting out those cruel Carizmans have dragged them forth like snakes from their holes , and driven them from their own provinces . These

latter having no habitation , as they could not obtain a place of refuge amongst any of tho Saracens , owing to their wickedness , Avere only aided by the Sultan of Babylon , that persecutor of the Christian faith , who although he refused them

a place of refuge in his own territory , offered them that which belonged to others , and summoned and invited these said infidels to inhabit

the Laud of Promise , which the Most High has promised and given to those who believe in Him . They , therefore , relying on the assistance of the said Sultan , came with their wives and families , and several thousand armed warriors , into the

Lord's inheritance , which , as they said , the Sultan of Babylon had given to them ; and their arrival was so sudden that it could not be foreseen , either by us , or the neighbouring people , so as allow us by a forewarning to guard against the

coming dart , and they entered the district of Jerusalem through the provinces of Safet and Tiberias . And although we applied all care and diligence to devise means for restoring the

Holy-Land to its former state of peace and tranquility , which was disturbed by these new enemies , yet the power of the Christians was inadequate to the task of expelling them , and the aforesaid Carizmans then took possession of the whole country ,

from Thoron , of the Knights , which is near Jerusalem , to Gazara . We , therefore , by the advice and wish of all iu common , in conjunction Avith the Masters of the religious houses , namely , of the Temple , of the Hospitallers of St . John , and the Preceptor

ofthe Teutonic Knights of St . Mary , as well as of the nobles of the kingdom , called into the assistance of the Christians , the Sultans of Damascus and Camel , Avho were then allied by a treaty of peace with us , and Avho held a special enmity against

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