piar replied, " You see us externally, but not internally ; take JAMS* a* heed what you do ; but I shall say no more;" and the deponent.„.ΐ3ΐΊ. Α further declares, that on another occasion the said Master William entered into the Temple Hall, and found there an old Templar, who was playing at the game called Daly ; and the old Templar observing that there was no one in the hall besides himself and the said Master William, said to the latter, " If you enter into our order, it will be the worse for you." The witness then goes into a rambling account of various transactions in the East, tending to show that the Templars were in alliance with the Saracens, and had acted with treachery towards the christian cause ! * After the delivery of all this hearsay, these vague suspi cions and monstrous improbabilities, the notaries proceeded to arrange the valuable testimony adduced, and on the 22nd of April all the Templars in custody in the Tower and in the prisons of the city were assembled before the inquisitors and the bishops of London and Chichester, in the chnrch of the Holy Trinity, to hear the depositions and attestations of the witnesses publicly read. The Templars required copies of these deposi tions, which were granted them, and they were allowed eight days from that period to bring forward any defences or privileges they wished to make use of. Subsequently, before the expiration of the eight days, the officer of the bishop of London was sent to the Tower with scriveners and witnesses, to know if they would then set up any matters of defence, to whom the Templars replied that they were unlettered men, ignorant of law, and that all means of defence were denied them, since they were not per mitted to employ those who could afford them fit counsel and advice. They observed, however, that they were desirous of publicly proclaiming the faith, and the religion of themselves * Acta centra Ttmplariot.—CimtAI. Mag. Brit. torn. ii. p. 338—364. S