Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward (1904)
Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London : J. M. Dent & co.; New York, The Macmillan co. · leaf 169
spoliation and murder of unarmed pilgrims on theirjourney from the coast by hordes of roving lightly-armedBedouins, against whom the heavily-armed Franks werepowerless. The evil was growing well-nigh intolerable when,in 1118, two young French nobles, Hugh of Payens andGodfrey of St. Omer, with… … Ile de la Cite. DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLARS 109 up their Rule—and we may be sure it was austere enough—pope and patriarch confirmed it. Their garb was a mantleof purest white linen with a red cross embroidered on theshoulder. The order was housed in a wing of the kingspalace, which was built on the…
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