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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 260
tke Itrotker of Ike (lanlen, 1'lltt.ir /•••h J MOHY'» helmet; Ike l're%. buter of ike On/rf sri/A the Holy Oram,1 Iftly MOM Y in full armour,
itll trith «HAinTn/ heads. People
rtn tming behiml him, ami Imntrd* him j'rom the tkore. All it imbueil t ith t ••/• -utility anil culm. After the proeeeeum has wonwl rimml tke étage in a half circle, they place themeetem in tetmographic rank', right, the l'rulyter with the ('met; left, tke Knight* ; behind I-tl, I/o St-lo-n. The intmening tpaee between the t-ci row* in the barkgronnd '* occupied by the people. MoLAY comet fitrward akme into the Centre, elite behind him the Standard-lliitrer ith the waving banner if th- lnl-r. Moi.AY enforce* tilence by a gesture. Music antl tinging ceate ; all the Knight* cover their head*. Solemn j ni' . .
Moi.vv (/ the STANDAKD-HKABIR). Road ont tho proclamation !
[ During the following proclamation, CLAOS jiretics up to Moi.AY irAo give* him the Matter'* kit*. Cl Art Aurriet bark to hi* wife and children ; all thi* h-doe* rapidly, and without looking up.
STANDABD-HTAliKIE (half turneiI to the peojdr, in a loud voice).
Cypriot Burghers ! If any of you havo present claim or future On James do Molay, of Jerusalem's Templo Grand-Master, who this day departs for France, Let him stand forth and fearlessly declare it !
1 Which the Templars believed they poesseeee in the original, ami held th » original in high honour ; although precisely hecau-e, according to their belief, they potamed it, they with reason esteemed lightly its various multil rm and spurious facsimiles.
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•C. III.]
Tin: TEHTI.»* IN ' rr«r».
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