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Chapter 44

           ButwemustwastenotimeBohun,dothineoffice!"

           AKnightsteppedforwardfromtheKing’sattendants,and,layinghishandontheshoulderofAlbertdeMalvoisin,said,"IarresttheeofHighTreason."

           TheGrandMasterhadhithertostoodastonishedattheappearanceofsomanywarriors.Henowspoke.

           "WhodarestoarrestaKnightoftheTempleofZion,withinthegirthofhisownPreceptory,andinthepresenceoftheGrandMaster?andbywhoseauthorityisthisboldoutrageoffered?"

           "Imakethearrest,"repliedtheKnight"I,HenryBohun,EarlofEssex,LordHighConstableofEngland."

           "AndhearrestsMalvoisin,"saidtheKing,raisinghisvisor,"bytheorderofRichardPlantagenet,herepresent.ConradeMont-Fitchet,itiswellfortheethouartbornnosubjectofmine.Butforthee,Malvoisin,thoudiestwiththybrotherPhilip,eretheworldbeaweekolder."

           "Iwillresistthydoom,"saidtheGrandMaster.

           "ProudTemplar,"saidtheKing,"thoucanstnotlookup,andbeholdtheRoyalStandardofEnglandfloatsoverthytowersinsteadofthyTemplebanner!Bewise,Beaumanoir,andmakenobootlessoppositionThyhandisinthelion’smouth."

           "IwillappealtoRomeagainstthee,"saidtheGrandMaster,"forusurpationontheimmunitiesandprivilegesofourOrder."

           "Beitso,"saidtheKing;"butforthineownsaketaxmenotwithusurpationnow.

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