CHAPTER XIII.

THE TEMPLE.

Antiquities in the Temple--The history of the place subsequent to the dissolution of the order of the Knights Templars--The establishment of a society of lawyers in the Temple--The antiquity of this society--Its connexion with the antient society of the Knights Templars--An order of knights and serving brethren established in the law--The degree of _frere serjen_, or _frater serviens_, borrowed from the antient Templars--The modern Templars divide themselves into the two societies of the Inner and Middle Temple 342