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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 239
First WATCH MAX. 13e it reduced to nshes !—
[27ie LEADER throws it in the flames.
ADEPT (taking out another book, reads). " Concerning Baphom, tlio Illuminator."
LEADER (taking possession of it). Analogous contents; then shall it sharo A similar fate ?—
WATCHMAN. So bo it ; wo aro content.
[The LEADER throws it into the flames.
ADEPT (takes out another book, and reads). " Touching three Masters, Moses, Christ "—tho third I cannot read, for it is writ in cipher.
LEADER (to the two WATCHMEN). You two both know the name ?
Both WATCHMEN.
We do.
LEADER.
I take it ?
First WATCHMAN. Be it trusted to thy care !
ADEPT (brings out a very small book, and reads). " The Star out of the East,"
Both WATCHMEN (both together hastily snatching at it).
On no account
Must this be burnt !
LEADER (taking it). Could I so dissipate The Diamond ? (he sticks it in his girdle.)
Then may
230 THE TEMPLARS IX CYPRUS. [ACT VI.
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