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Chapter 44

           Butwemustwastenotime—Bohun,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,"thoucanstnot—lookup,andbeholdtheRoyalStandardofEnglandfloatsoverthytowersinsteadofthyTemplebanner!—Bewise,Beaumanoir,andmakenobootlessopposition—Thyhandisinthelion’smouth."

           "IwillappealtoRomeagainstthee,"saidtheGrandMaster,"forusurpationontheimmunitiesandprivilegesofourOrder."

           "Beitso,"saidtheKing;"butforthineownsaketaxmenotwithusurpationnow.

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