Note 129 See St. Bernard de Laude Novae Militiae Templi, composed A.D. 1132 - 1136, in Opp. tom. i. p. ii. p. 547 - 563, edit. Mabillon, Venet. 1750. Such an encomium, which is thrown away on the dead Templars, would be highly valued by the historians of Malta.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 58