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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 242
•C. II.
m». TLafLiM ix rrric*.
Remainder of the King geometrical,
ilapti/od with wisdom, I* lutilicl through strength,
Friend of the lord, who showed Himself to In in,
And grnuted him the signet of hi* power.
Kiss him for the last time !
[The Arnirri bow iVtr. The LEADS* holds out the head for fieh one to kirn. So !—now to earth i ii Id him till that seed in honour rise ttit-li we have sown in bitterness and |min.
lit lowers the head into the open vault, hi hr r..r- rt « th the j\ig%tome. This transaction, in which he it at-titted by some of the younger ADEPTS, it performed in complete tilenee. The remaining ADEPT* look on with handt crossed over the breast, ami reverently bowed heads. Solemn pause.
MoLAT (glinting to the ttone). rest thee hero for ever ! —lint, ye swear 'hit none shall henceforth lift the stone again !—
First WAT UMAX (sharjdy and earnestly to him). Iadst thou, no less, for this momentous step authority ?
i ^
Li at it.
I had.
(lie says nonet hing in hit ear ; then to the •thers.) What now 1 do 1 will account for in the Vnlley.
[The ADEPTS LOW reverently—Holding out to them that side of his mantle on which it the Cross.
Swear !
The ADEPT* (each laying two lingers on the Cr «-).
i e sw car !
LEADER (to the youngest ADEPT). Give to the lamp its own !
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