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Chapter Xii.

with a holy wrath , left Palestine and repaired to Some , where he had an interview with the Pope . Armed with authority from the pontiff , he travelled through Europe preaching and inciting the people to take part in the sacred war . His zeal was only

equalled by his success , for wherever he preached hundreds rushed to assume the cross . Pope Gregory died within two months after receiving the tiara . He was succeeded by Clement the III ., who vigorously pushed the preparations

for the Crusade . The tei-ror which the victories of Saladin had struck to the hearts of the people mada the council of bishops and princes resolve to levy the famous tax , which , as Gibbons aptly says , "the noblest monument of a conqueror ' s fame , and ofthe terror which he inspired , is the Saladin

tenth . " All who did not take part in the war were required to pay the tax , and the only exceptions made were the Orders of Chartreux , Citeaux , and Fontevrault , and the Hospital for Lepers . Gilbert de Ogleston , a Templar , who had been

appointed by the King of England to collect the Saladin tenths , with his associates in office , was guilty of malappropriation . On account of his belonging to so holy an Order , the king could not punish him , but he was seized by the command of

the Grand Prior of England , and taken to the Temple in London . He was there loaded with chains , put into the penitential cell , and subjected to the most rigorous punishment of which the laws of the Order permitted . The Templars suffered no crime to pass unpunished .

Now was there sharpening of swords aud buckling on of armour , selling of lands to raise money for the Crusades , changing of jewels to equip armies . Frederick Barbarossa stirred up the warlike Germans ; Philip Augustus of France

gathered together a vast host ; while the Lion Heart of England , alike the glory and the shame ofthe Crusade , resorted to the-most despicable and thievish tricks to raise funds to equip his army . The vices of Richard are lost in the blaze

of his military achievements , for his actions are like those of the heroes of the Jongleurs , while his villainy would disgrace the most abandoned of mortals . A bad son , a worse king ; bull-dog in ferocity , a lion in the field ; disheartening his

friends and quarrelling with his allies ; his pride only equalled b y his valour , make up the catalogue of his imperfections which caused the ruin of the Third Crusade . He sold the castles of Berwick and Roxburgh to the Scots for ten thousand merks

sterling , the earldom of Durham to Hugh de Puteaco , and the Priory of Coventry , with all its lands , to Hugh , Bishop of Chester . He likewiseextorted large sums from the Jews , and pretending to have lost his signet , by proclamation ordered

that all those who expected to enjoy his former grants should come and compound with him for a confirmation under his new seal , which added considerably to his treasury . The Emperor Frederick marched from Ratisbon in 1189 , and cut his way

through Greece , upon the sovereign of that country treacherously attempting to detain him . Frederick was accompanied by a large body of Templars , who aided him considerably in his march . These Templars were especial favourites

of the emperor , and he reposed the utmost confidence in them . His march through Asia Minor was one succession of victories ; but having imprudently bathed in the Orontes when heated , hedied , in the seventieth year of his age . The Duke

of Suabia , Frederick's son , however , ably conducted the march , although he lost great numbers by the attacks of the Saracens and the difficulties

encountered on the road . The Templars , upon the death of his father , became his body-guard . Finally , however , he formed a junction with the Syrian Christians and proved of great assistance to them . The Germans were the first of the

Crusaders who arrived in the Holy Land . When the winter rains had subsided , Saladin summoned his victorious army once more to the field . The tide of conquest did not now run so full in the course of the Musselmen . The

extraordinary valour of the Templars and the enthu . siasm of the Christians , counterbalanced the vast hordes of the enemy . Saladin resolved to reduce the fortresses of the Templars , and at all hazards

to drive them from the land ; for he was assured that so long as the Order possessed a castle in Palestine his conquest of the Holy Land would be insecure . The hatred which he bore them , verged on madness , for they gave him no rest , but

kept assailing his armies and cutting off his supplies . The presence of Gerard de Eidefort . among them once more inspirited the brethren , Those on garrison duty knew that the Master ' s , eye was upon them , and they resolved either to

conquer or to die . Death was certain if they fell alive into the hands of Saladin , so they fought , with a recklessness of life and a certainty of Heaven , which made the Knights of that day the first soldiers of any age . It is to this religious

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Untitled Article 1
Untitled Article 2
ADDRESS TO OUR READERS. Article 3
Untitled Article 5
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. Article 9
CHAPTER XII. Article 10
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 13
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 15
MASONIC BANQUETS. Article 15
LOOSENESS IN MASONRY. Article 16
THE FIRE AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Article 16
MASONIC MEM. Article 17
METROPOLITAN. Article 17
PROVINCIAL. Article 17
SCOTLAND. Article 23
CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 27
ROYAL ARCH. Article 27
MARK MASONRY. Article 27
KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE. Article 28
MASONIC FESTIVITIES. Article 28
Untitled Article 28
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS, ETC., FOR Article 28
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 28
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Chapter Xii.

with a holy wrath , left Palestine and repaired to Some , where he had an interview with the Pope . Armed with authority from the pontiff , he travelled through Europe preaching and inciting the people to take part in the sacred war . His zeal was only

equalled by his success , for wherever he preached hundreds rushed to assume the cross . Pope Gregory died within two months after receiving the tiara . He was succeeded by Clement the III ., who vigorously pushed the preparations

for the Crusade . The tei-ror which the victories of Saladin had struck to the hearts of the people mada the council of bishops and princes resolve to levy the famous tax , which , as Gibbons aptly says , "the noblest monument of a conqueror ' s fame , and ofthe terror which he inspired , is the Saladin

tenth . " All who did not take part in the war were required to pay the tax , and the only exceptions made were the Orders of Chartreux , Citeaux , and Fontevrault , and the Hospital for Lepers . Gilbert de Ogleston , a Templar , who had been

appointed by the King of England to collect the Saladin tenths , with his associates in office , was guilty of malappropriation . On account of his belonging to so holy an Order , the king could not punish him , but he was seized by the command of

the Grand Prior of England , and taken to the Temple in London . He was there loaded with chains , put into the penitential cell , and subjected to the most rigorous punishment of which the laws of the Order permitted . The Templars suffered no crime to pass unpunished .

Now was there sharpening of swords aud buckling on of armour , selling of lands to raise money for the Crusades , changing of jewels to equip armies . Frederick Barbarossa stirred up the warlike Germans ; Philip Augustus of France

gathered together a vast host ; while the Lion Heart of England , alike the glory and the shame ofthe Crusade , resorted to the-most despicable and thievish tricks to raise funds to equip his army . The vices of Richard are lost in the blaze

of his military achievements , for his actions are like those of the heroes of the Jongleurs , while his villainy would disgrace the most abandoned of mortals . A bad son , a worse king ; bull-dog in ferocity , a lion in the field ; disheartening his

friends and quarrelling with his allies ; his pride only equalled b y his valour , make up the catalogue of his imperfections which caused the ruin of the Third Crusade . He sold the castles of Berwick and Roxburgh to the Scots for ten thousand merks

sterling , the earldom of Durham to Hugh de Puteaco , and the Priory of Coventry , with all its lands , to Hugh , Bishop of Chester . He likewiseextorted large sums from the Jews , and pretending to have lost his signet , by proclamation ordered

that all those who expected to enjoy his former grants should come and compound with him for a confirmation under his new seal , which added considerably to his treasury . The Emperor Frederick marched from Ratisbon in 1189 , and cut his way

through Greece , upon the sovereign of that country treacherously attempting to detain him . Frederick was accompanied by a large body of Templars , who aided him considerably in his march . These Templars were especial favourites

of the emperor , and he reposed the utmost confidence in them . His march through Asia Minor was one succession of victories ; but having imprudently bathed in the Orontes when heated , hedied , in the seventieth year of his age . The Duke

of Suabia , Frederick's son , however , ably conducted the march , although he lost great numbers by the attacks of the Saracens and the difficulties

encountered on the road . The Templars , upon the death of his father , became his body-guard . Finally , however , he formed a junction with the Syrian Christians and proved of great assistance to them . The Germans were the first of the

Crusaders who arrived in the Holy Land . When the winter rains had subsided , Saladin summoned his victorious army once more to the field . The tide of conquest did not now run so full in the course of the Musselmen . The

extraordinary valour of the Templars and the enthu . siasm of the Christians , counterbalanced the vast hordes of the enemy . Saladin resolved to reduce the fortresses of the Templars , and at all hazards

to drive them from the land ; for he was assured that so long as the Order possessed a castle in Palestine his conquest of the Holy Land would be insecure . The hatred which he bore them , verged on madness , for they gave him no rest , but

kept assailing his armies and cutting off his supplies . The presence of Gerard de Eidefort . among them once more inspirited the brethren , Those on garrison duty knew that the Master ' s , eye was upon them , and they resolved either to

conquer or to die . Death was certain if they fell alive into the hands of Saladin , so they fought , with a recklessness of life and a certainty of Heaven , which made the Knights of that day the first soldiers of any age . It is to this religious

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