Note 34 — CHAP. IV.

We shall be excused referring to this subject, considering that it engaged so much of the attention of the pious St. Bernard. Respecting the habit of the early Templars, he says, chap, xxii and xxv, "It is granted unto none to wear white tunics or mantles, but to the Knights of Christ.—If any brother wish to have the handsomest or best mantle, either as of due or out of pride, for such presumption, he will, without doubt, deserve the very worst."