Temple.
_Templars_ (Vol. v., p. 295.).--With respect to the somewhat modern
imposture of the Paris Templars, E. A. H. L. had better consult Thilo's
_Codex Apocryphus_. In the generality of foreign masonic books he will
find the derivation of the Freemasons from the Templars asserted as
being their tradition. As to "the succession of Grand Masters kept up"
by them, I question whether that is asserted by them, or elsewhere than
in the Parisian imposture. The masonic formularies called _Thuileur_,
and M. de Bonneville's _Maçonnerie Ecossaise_, may be consulted. But the
history of the order subsequent to that worthy, Jacques de Molai, will
not there, or elsewhere, be traced. The facts of common external history
which relate to the abolition of that order, such as the foundation of
the Portuguese Order of Christ, will all be found in Wilke's _German
History of the Temple Order_.