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The Journey of Symon Semeonis from Ireland to the Holy Land (Author: Symon Semeonis (Simon FitzSimon))
Section 79
The afore-mentioned dragomen are three in number, who, though outwardly renegades, in secret worship Christ devoutly as Saviour of the world. The senior and chief is by nation a Roman and of the true Roman rite, by religious profession a Poor friar, named Brother Assedinus. With him resides a certain brother Peter, a Knight of the order of the Templars, who is a renegade and married. There are also two
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juniors, Italians by nation and of the Jacobite religion. All are very courteous and generous and useful to the poor and to pilgrims. They are very wealthy, possessing abundance of gold, silver, precious stones and costly garments and other wealth, and living in great pomp.