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FRIEDERICH WERNER The Templars in Cyprus

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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 258



*0. III.] .lu îi M. LU.- ix ctru». -ôu COMMANDES (to the Knights, tri» are tupprting kim). (loti mend it '—Come ! ('/'» the children who, al the mmmmmti of their mother, lutee knelt down before him ami embrace hie kntme.) God blrss jou, children. ('/' tin Knights.) Come! I «haine my*- If ! Theee old eyes swim with tear*. Support me, guide me ! I cannot aee at all ! Come ! (7V the people iu lw goes utitiy.) God bo with you ! [Staggers off, leaning on the tin- y-mngrtt Knights; the Esquire preceding them. OLD MAN. Tho worthy Knight ! [CLAPS retires into I he backjr-und with his wife ami children. The beltspt d hauler. First ClTIZFX. Hark ! how the bells o'cn now Are pealing from tho tower of St. John ! ' See yo yon dust-clond ? Now they're on the way ! A YOUTH. Ah, yonder flutters now tho red-Cross flag Swayed by tho morning breezt»—a uoblo banner! First CITIZEN. Can yo not hear them sing ? In order first Advance the Priests, next como the Knights ! A GIRL. Hose-hued Their mantles white shine through tho blush of morn. 1 It dors not seem quite clear what connection the Templars had with S. John llnptuL. He was patron saint of the Knights of S. John (Hospitallers) of Jérusalem, but Dugdsle (.VM«I/I i Angtieenmm) ikies not apjsrar to mention the Knights Templars as being under the |atronage of any Saint, Werner, howeucr, connects tb-m throughout with S. J tin, and the cognixanre of the Amu* J)ei which is seen all o»rr ibe in.ide of the Temple Church, as well as carei o«er the £»te-«ay in KWwt Strrel, which gateway was rebuilt by Inigo Jones after (he fire of I/On Ion, would seem lo confirm him.— 7ras .


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