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Chapter 37

           "Reverendandvaliantmen,Knights,Preceptors,andCompanionsofthisHolyOrder,mybrethrenandmychildren!youalso,well-bornandpiousEsquires,whoaspiretowearthisholyCross!andyoualso,Christianbrethren,ofeverydegree!Beitknowntoyou,thatitisnotdefectofpowerinuswhichhathoccasionedtheassemblingofthiscongregation;for,howeverunworthyinourperson,yettousiscommitted,withthisbatoon,fullpowertojudgeandtotryallthatregardsthewealofthisourHolyOrder.HolySaintBernard,intheruleofourknightlyandreligiousprofession,hathsaid,inthefifty-ninthcapital,thathewouldnotthatbrethrenbecalledtogetherincouncil,saveatthewillandcommandoftheMaster;leavingitfreetous,astothosemoreworthyfatherswhohaveprecededusinthisouroffice,tojudge,aswelloftheoccasionasofthetimeandplaceinwhichachapterofthewholeOrder,orofanypartthereof,maybeconvoked.Also,inallsuchchapters,itisourdutytoheartheadviceofourbrethren,andtoproceedaccordingtoourownpleasure.Butwhentheragingwolfhathmadeaninroadupontheflock,andcarriedoffonememberthereof,itisthedutyofthekindshepherdtocallhiscomradestogether,thatwithbowsandslingstheymayquelltheinvader,accordingtoourwell-knownrule,thatthelionisevertobebeatendown.

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