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Chapter 35

           O,valiantRobertdeRos!didIexclaiminternally,asIgazeduponthesegoodsoldiersofthecross,wheretheyliesculpturedontheirsepulchres,O,worthyWilliamdeMareschal!openyourmarblecells,andtaketoyourreposeawearybrother,whowouldratherstrivewithahundredthousandpagansthanwitnessthedecayofourHolyOrder!"

           "Itisbuttrue,"answeredConradeMont-Fitchet;"itisbuttootrue;andtheirregularitiesofourbrethreninEnglandareevenmoregrossthanthoseinFrance."

           "Becausetheyaremorewealthy,"answeredtheGrandMaster."Bearwithme,brother,althoughIshouldsomethingvauntmyself.ThouknowestthelifeIhaveled,keepingeachpointofmyOrder,strivingwithdevilsembodiedanddisembodied,strikingdowntheroaringlion,whogoethaboutseekingwhomhemaydevour,likeagoodknightanddevoutpriest,wheresoeverImetwithhimevenasblessedSaintBernardhathprescribedtousintheforty-fifthcapitalofourrule,UtLeosemperferiatur.ButbytheHolyTemple!thezealwhichhathdevouredmysubstanceandmylife,yea,theverynervesandmarrowofmybones;bythatveryHolyTempleIsweartothee,thatsavethyselfandsomefewthatstillretaintheancientseverityofourOrder,IlookuponnobrethrenwhomIcanbringmysoultoembraceunderthatholyname.

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