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Chapter 44

           DissolvethyChapter,anddepartwiththyfollowerstothynextPreceptory,(ifthoucanstfindone),whichhasnotbeenmadethesceneoftreasonableconspiracyagainsttheKingofEnglandOr,ifthouwilt,remain,toshareourhospitality,andbeholdourjustice."

           "TobeaguestinthehousewhereIshouldcommand?"saidtheTemplar;"never!Chaplains,raisethePsalm,QuarefremueruntGentes?Knights,squires,andfollowersoftheHolyTemple,preparetofollowthebannerofBeau-seant!"

           TheGrandMasterspokewithadignitywhichconfrontedeventhatofEngland’skinghimself,andinspiredcourageintohissurprisedanddismayedfollowers.Theygatheredaroundhimlikethesheeparoundthewatch-dog,whentheyhearthebayingofthewolf.Buttheyevincednotthetimidityofthescaredflockthereweredarkbrowsofdefiance,andlookswhichmenacedthehostilitytheydarednottoprofferinwords.Theydrewtogetherinadarklineofspears,fromwhichthewhitecloaksoftheknightswerevisibleamongtheduskygarmentsoftheirretainers,likethelighter-colourededgesofasablecloud.Themultitude,whohadraisedaclamorousshoutofreprobation,pausedandgazedinsilenceontheformidableandexperiencedbodytowhichtheyhadunwarilybadedefiance,andshrunkbackfromtheirfront.

           TheEarlofEssex,whenhebeheldthempauseintheirassembledforce,dashedtherowelsintohischarger’ssides,andgallopedbackwardsandforwardstoarrayhisfollowers,inoppositiontoabandsoformidable.

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