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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 254
B\ It.] THE TtMPUU IX CYl/BCf. . 1
To juiy tho score. Dost riot thou know the cowl ?
SU k it is outwardly, hut hid- - within
A tiger's teeth ; creep under it and mm
If thou -'tilt eoino with whole skin out again '
I'm not that sort : hut from the Turk, God willing,
I shall recover Rhode*. And, if thou wilt,
Ixxik in upon mo there and dine with mo ! "
(/•'I tin g mp the Utter and putting it in Kit bumrrn ). Utupiiet, headstrong man !
C MMWIH R.
Tho old soldier's right, God mend it ! My own head is in a stato Of marvellous pcrttirliation. I foreaeo Much detriment from this beginning !
MOLAY.
God
Hegins, not we. When many cross-roads lie Reforo us tending divers ways and wo Doubt which to choose, Ho sends us Duty then, A guide that no'er misleads ; and wo will go !
COMMANDER. Well !—to tho harlxiur 1 will go before, And wait theo there. [Exit.
Enter GiRlUKB. Tho old man with the luto Is nowhere to be found !
MOLAY (.l*ù/«, /•- ling up !• lldiren).
Should tho end come, Oh, might I be tho victim, ono for all !
Enter A SOLI'IKR (quickly). Tho guard has just announced that Hrother Noffo And Prior Heribert of Montfaucon,1 Havo broke from prison.—
1 The Templsr (in Masonry) sees in "the three murderers of Hi nun "* (tbo Tyrian sculptor and engraver, called metaphorically " the Architect
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