Small Reception of the Knights of Palestine

Q. Will you always be ready to march to conquer the Holy Land, to expose your life, to sacrifice your fortune to defend the Christian faith against the infidels, to flee all unjust war, dishonest salary, illicit gain, to procure peace and concord among the faithful, to maintain and defend widows and orphans unjustly oppressed, to be a religious observer of the commandments of God, a zealous defender of the faith, to never be a swearer, blasphemer, perjurer, thief, usurer, sacrilegious person, murderer, drunkard, debauchee, to flee from persons abandoned to vice, to be irreproachable before God and irreproachable before the Grand Commander and the Knights: whether by words or deeds?
A. Yes.
Prostrate yourself then to pronounce the customary vow.
here all the brothers place their Sword in hand while saying

God my protector

Vow

I, N?, by profession to Jesus Christ his son and the B. Blessed Virgin, propose all this, to observe as a faithful soldier of Christ.
I promise to God, Our Lord Jesus Christ and to the blessed Virgin Mary to observe religiously and with all my power the statutes and regulations of the order he signs
The Commander places the sword in his hand (Says)
N. N. Are you a faithful and strenuous soldier of our Lord Jesus Christ, strong and robust knight of his most holy sepulchre and to be ascribed with his Elect in their virtues in the heavenly court

and to be worthy to be placed, amen.
N. N. Be a faithful, bold, good and robust knight of Palestine so that he may deign to place you with the Elect, amen.
The Commander gives him the Spurs, and says
Receive the spurs as an aid for salvation so that you may freely and effectively walk upon this holy city, travel through it, and keep guard over the most holy sepulchre.
The Commander kisses the spurs.
Take these spurs for the salvation of him who, so that you may prick the Mare? city, walk around it and have a guard placed for the tomb of the most holy sepulchre.
The Commander takes and gives the sword back to his hand
Says.
Receive the sword in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and use it for the defense of the holy Church and the confusion of the enemies of the cross of Christ and beware that you do not unjustly harm anyone with it, which may he himself deign to grant who lives, etc., amen.
Take this holy sword in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, use it for the defense of God and the confusion of the enemy of the cross of Jesus Christ and of the Christian faith, do not offend unless you are authorized in the name of him who reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, amen.
He puts the Sword back in the scabbard
Gird your sword upon your thigh, most powerful in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and attend that the Saints did not win kingdoms by the sword but by faith.