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CHARLES G. ADDISON, ESQ.
The history of the Knights Templars, Temple Church, and the Temple
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CHARLES G. ADDISON, ESQ.
The history of the Knights Templars, Temple Church, and the Temple
page 174
and glory of Jesus Christ," besieged a fortress of thè infidels in Hiatus» «
the neighbourhood of Antioch. lie refused to retreat before a A. » . 1237
superior force, and was surrounded and overwhelmed ; a hundred
knights of the Temple and three hundred cross-bowmen were
slain, together with many secular warriors, and a large number
of foot soldiers. The Balcanifer, or standard-bearer, on this occa
sion, was an English Knight Templar, named Reginald d'Ar
gentòn, who performed prodigies of valour. lie was disabled
and covered with wounds, yet he unflinchingly bore the Beau
seant, or war-banner, aloft with his bleeding arms into the
thickest of the fight, until he at last fell dead upon a heap of his
slaughtered comrades. The Preceptor of Antioeb, before he was
slain, " sent sateen infidels tu hell."*
As soon as the Templars in England heard of this disaster,
they sent, in conjunction with the Hospitallers, instant succour to
their brethren. "The Templars and the Hospitallers," says
Matthew Paris, " eagerly prepared to avenge the blood of their
brethren so gallantly poured fortli in the cause of Christ. The
Hospitallers appointed Brother Theodore, their prior, a most
valiant .soldier, to lead a band of knights and of stipendiary ti oops,
with an immense treasure, to the succour of the Holy Land.
Having made their arrangements, they all started from the house
of the Hospitallers at Cierkenwell in London, and passed through
the city with spears held aloft, shields displayed, and banners
advanced. They marched in splendid pomp to the bridge, and
sought a blessing from all who crowded to see them pass. The
* Cecidil autcm in ilio infausto certamine illuhtrifi miles Teroplarius, Aiiglieui iifitione, Ileginaldus de Argentomio, eâ die liaicanii'er ·, . . . indeieBSlia vero vcxiUum Bustinebat, donee tibiae cum cruribus ct manibus frangeroDtur, Solus quoque eorum Preceptor priusquam trucidaretur, Bexdecim iio&tium ad inferos dtssdnavit.—Μπ/ί. l'or, p. 143, ad ann. 1237.
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