CHAP. IV.]

ST. JOHN OF JEKUSALEM.

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one a knight, and one a priest; one celebrated forvalour in Palestine, and the other for zeal andpiety at home; similar only in family name, andso confused, because contemporaries and country-men. 1 The Prior of England in 1180 and 1189could not be the same made grand master, in1187, in Palestine. No little error in chronologywill overthrow that; but it must be avowed thatthe good and learned Bosio was wrong; others ofcourse. 2 Nor was it a time to have an old priest,but a brave knight to replace him slain in battle.The Preceptor , Sir N. I. Gardiner, became GrandMaster after De Moulin. 3 The old, little knownPapal bull of 1120 (which is given in the Appen-dix), fortifies much that is or shall be said. 4 Ithas been insufficiently, or not at all, examined byformer historians. The constable presided overthe stables, and what regarded the tables and hos-pitality ; possibly too, used to carry the standard ofthe order on the field and great occasions. 5 Thestandard was sometimes borne by the marshal.Tudebonde the chronicler saw Bohemond’s con-stable carry his standard in 1101; and it is likely

1

P. A. PaoH :

316. 2 Id.: 317.

a

Id.:

318.

4

Id.:

308.—Appendix, Num. vi

5

Id.:

288.