The Pope wanted a word of such happy omen to be, in the future, the motto of the entire army; that it be carried on the Flags and Standards; that it be the cry of the soldiers and the leaders, even in combat, to animate themselves to do well. He wanted those who would enlist in this holy Militia to wear a red cross on the right shoulder, to show that they were the soldiers of the one who had conquered through the cross. But to distinguish the different nations, he wanted the French to wear red crosses, the English white crosses, and the Flemish green ones. This distinction was concluded on the plain of Gizors (or Girordon) where he had a Church built and a cross erected in memory of such a great action. It was since called the Sacred Field.

nota 26. There must be an abundance of this degree if they say, if he guides us, we are moved through us, overlooked.

There were several Princes who took up the cross and were serious about pursuing this holy enterprise, without pretending to have more right to command one another.

The discourse finished, the Gr. Commander gives a new sign, the sign, words, and grips.

Instruction.

nota 26. that of the columns, one should leave that regarding the history of the crusades, and what does not belong here to the local Freemasons, before this general assembly with a look, who want to join us.
nota 27. a great world-betrayal of this nature according to it. Yet he has this journey to knighthood for diligence and good use. The men as these say, that Asia is also fair, as in Allain here descendants in this order, and let it be in Reindorf in allegory.
nota 28. so there is much in this distribution of the colors. The form of Alomode fashionable and Alomode, just as they remain noble throughout the world instead of them knowing. Everything they take upon themselves, they give power. To counsel God's covenant, one is obedient to them.

Q. Are you a Knight of the Triple Cross or of the Salutary?
A. Yes, my heart has brought me to it.
Q. What is your duty?
A. To fight the infidels who inhabit the holy land and defeat them or die.
Q. What is your reward?
A. A portion of this land which will be given to me to build a Temple to the Lord.
Q. Why did you have yourself received?
A. To imitate, in everything, those famous crusaders.
Q. What gave rise to these famous crusades?
A. The cruelty that the infidels exercised against the Christians who visited the Holy Places, and the patriarch of Jerusalem sent letters to all the princes of the west who banded together to come to fight these barbarians.
Q. Who carried these letters?
A. It was a Hermit named Peter Clement, native of Amiens in Picardy, who carried them to Rome, to Pope Urban II, who engaged the Princes of Europe in this war.
Q. Why do you wear crosses on your Shoulder?
A. To show that we are defenders of the true Light which is the true Faith.
Q. Why are they of three colors?
A. To distinguish the nations that became crusaders. The French wore red, the English white, and the Flemish green.
Q. Why do you also wear them in councils?
A. It is in memory of our ancestors, and the Gr. Commander, the 2 Wardens, and the Master of Ceremonies wear them red to represent the French; the officers of the south wear them white like the English, and the Knights of the North green like the Flemish.