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Chapter 7

           WiththesamepolicywhichhaddictatedtheconductoftheirbrethrenintheHolyLand,theTemplarsandHospitallersinEnglandandNormandyattachedthemselvestothefactionofPrinceJohn,havinglittlereasontodesirethereturnofRichardtoEngland,orthesuccessionofArthur,hislegitimateheir.Fortheoppositereason,PrinceJohnhatedandcontemnedthefewSaxonfamiliesofconsequencewhichsubsistedinEngland,andomittednoopportunityofmortifyingandaffrontingthem;beingconsciousthathispersonandpretensionsweredislikedbythem,aswellasbythegreaterpartoftheEnglishcommons,whofearedfartherinnovationupontheirrightsandliberties,fromasovereignofJohn’slicentiousandtyrannicaldisposition.

           Attendedbythisgallantequipage,himselfwellmounted,andsplendidlydressedincrimsonandingold,bearinguponhishandafalcon,andhavinghisheadcoveredbyarichfurbonnet,adornedwithacircleofpreciousstones,fromwhichhislongcurledhairescapedandoverspreadhisshoulders,PrinceJohn,uponagreyandhigh-mettledpalfrey,caracoledwithinthelistsattheheadofhisjovialparty,laughingloudwithhistrain,andeyeingwithalltheboldnessofroyalcriticismthebeautieswhoadornedtheloftygalleries.

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