210 the history oe the order oe [book t .

Sir Bernard D’Ansillan, Prior in Toulouse.-

Sir Robert Richards, Junior, Master in England.

Sir N. I. Gardiner, but why called of Naples, yetnot Napoli in Italy, but in Palestine the ancientSichem, 1 converted by the Greeks into Neapolis, andby the Syrians into Naplouse? Perhaps he was lordof it; but that he was brother of the Prior of Eng-land demonstrates his country; long afterwards tobe Grand Master. 2

Sir Raymond du Puys, Marshal , and soon firstof the Grand Masters.

The most material thing was to enter into thespirit of the founder. But that was not well re-flected on (says Paoli) by the historians of theorder; for the oldest statute found being underhis successor, they held he founded the institution;but on the contrary, had there been change, itwould have been said in these documents. 3 Yetthat there was a regular rule before 1113, is clearfrom the expression, that the head of the ordermust be chosen by the knights professed, which impliesa rule, and approves it, which was written and lost,but orally lived in its members, and quite enoughof documents survive to permit us to add, and in

1 Cod. Dipl. Geros., i. 440.—Michaud : Orient., v. 467.—B.Poujoulat: ii. 451.

2 P. A. Paoli: 427.

3 P. A. Paoli : 196.