Pyrrho Clidensis Redivivus: A Consideration of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood

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profane exercises; the Christians banded together to conquer this beautiful Country, and to drive these barbarians out of such a venerable Land.

They succeeded in landing in these places, aided by the numerous Armies that all the Christian Princes had sent, and who had taken the name of Crusaders of the Holy War; but the considerable losses they suffered forced them to live and remain mingled among this Sect The author refers to the Muslim populations of Palestine during the Crusades.; this daily caused disputes, the ends of which were tragic for the faithful Crusaders: the fury of these barbarians was even carried so far that, at the mere name of Christian, they massacred all those who found their happiness in that title.

This was what determined Godfrey of Bouillon Godfrey of Bouillon (c. 1060–1100) was a leader of the First Crusade and the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He is a central figure in Masonic "Crusader" origin myths., their Leader, toward the end of the third century The text identifies the "third century," but the Crusades occurred starting in the 11th century. Such chronological errors are common in 18th-century Masonic histories which sought to blend various historical eras into a single ancient lineage., to hide and cover the mysteries of Religion under the figures which are traced in the attached prints, where care has been taken