[311] MCCLXXIII. a viii. jors d'Avri morut frere Thomas Berart, Maistre du Temple le jor de la notre dame de Mars, et fu fait Maistre a xiii. jors de May, frere Guillaume de Bieaujeu qui estoit outre _Commendeor_ du Temple en Pouille, et alerent por lui querire frere Guillaume de Poucon, qui avait tenu lieu de Maistre, et frere Bertrand de Fox; et frere Gonfiere fu fait _Commandeor_ gran tenant lieu de Maistre.--Contin. Hist. apud _Martene_, tom. v. col. 746, 747. This is the earliest instance I have met with of the application of the term COMMANDER to the high officers of the Temple. [312] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. ii. p. 34, ad ann. 1274. [313] Contin. hist. bell. sacr. apud _Martene_, tom. v. col. 748. [314] Life of Malek Mansour Kelaoun. _Michaud_, Extraits Arabes, p. 685, 686, 687. [315] De excidio urbis Aconis apud _Martene_ vet. script. tom. v. col. 767. [316] The famous Abul-feda, prince of Hamah, surnamed Amod-ed-deen, (Pillar of Religion,) the great historian and astronomer, superintended the transportation of the military engines from Hasn-el-Akrah to St. Jean d'Acre. [317] Ex ipsis fratrem monachum Gaudini elegerunt ministrum generalem. De excidio urbis Acconis apud _Martene_, tom. v. col. 782. [318] Videntes pulchros Francorum filios ac filias, manus his injecerunt.--_Abulfarag_, Chron. Syr. p. 595. Maledicti Saraceni mulieres et pueros ad loca domus secretiora ex eisdem abusuri distrahere conabantur, turpibus ecclesiam obscoenitatibus cum nihil possent aliud maculantes. Quod videntes christiani, clausis portis, in perfidos viriliter irruerunt, et omnes a minimo usque ad maximum occiderunt, muros, turres, atque portas Templi munientes ad defensam.--De excid. Acconis ut sup. col. 782. _Marin Sanut_ ut sup. cap. xxii. p. 231. [319] Per totam noctem illam, dum fideles vigilarent contra perfidorum astutiam, domum contra eos defensuri, fratrum adjutorio de thesauris quod potuit cum sacrosanctis reliquiis ecclesiæ Templi, ad mare salubriter deportavit. Inde quidem cum fratribus paucis auspicato remigio, in Cyprum cum cautelâ transfretavit.--De excid. Acconis, col. 782. [320] De excidio urbis Acconis apud _Martene_, tom. v. col. 757. _De Guignes_, Hist. des Huns, tom. iv. p. 162. _Michaud_, Extraits Arabes, p. 762, 808. Abulfarag. Chron. Syr. p. 595. Wilkens, Comment. Abulfed. Hist. p. 231-234. _Marin. Sanut Torsell_, lib. iii. pars 12, cap. 21. [321] _Raynald_, tom. xiv. ad ann. 1298. Cotton MS. Nero E. vi. p. 60. fol. 466. [322] _Marin Sanut Torsell._ lib. iii. pars. 13, cap. x. p. 242. _De Guignes_, Hist. des Huns, tom. iv. p. 184. [323] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 575, 576-579, 582, tom. ii. p. 250. _Martene_, vet. script. tom. vii. col. 156. [324] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. ii. p. 683. ad ann. 1295. [325] Chron. _Dunmow_. Annals of _St. Augustin_. _Rapin._