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entire dominions to those two orders in 1131. Andif his last testament never came to effect, that wasowing not so much to the Spaniards, whose chiefgrandees had signed it, as to the knights them-selves, who preferred some succour towards thewars in Palestine to the affairs of royalty, in whichsoldiers saw but an encumbrance. In their eyes,it was a full compensation to be allowed to defendcertain castles and extensive fortresses, and thehonour that no peace could ever be made with theMoor without their consent. 1

It was on his return from Spain that Raymond as-sumed the title of grand master; and if that of prm-positus be higher, and had been given him in thePapal bulls of Innocent II., perhaps accidentally, yetthis other was destined to be forevermore the distinc-tive of the heads of his order. 2 Fulk had reason tofeel happy that the Moslems of Moussul dividedfrom those of Damascus, who joined the Christiansin taking Paneas; and satisfied in depriving theMesopotamians of a city, left it to a Christiangarrison, which defended Jerusalem on the Lebanonside. 3

1 Vertot: i. 116.—Bosio : par. 1, lib. i., anno 1132.

2 Id.: 117.—Id. Id.

3 Michaud : Hist., ii. 99.—Or Cesarea di Filippo, or Beilinaaccording to some. Seb. Paoli: Notizie, ii. 434.—Bosio : par. 1,lib. ii., anno 1141.

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