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And fro the chir∣che of the sepul∣cre towarde the eest at. xviij. pa ces is Templū dm̄. That is a fayr hous & it is all rounde and ryght hygh & co uered with leed. & it is well pa∣uyed with why∣te marble / but the Sarrasyns wyll suffre noo Lrysten men ne Iewes to come therin / for they saye y• so foule men sholde not co∣me in to y• holy place / but I came therin & in other places where I wolde / for I had letters of the Sou∣dan
with his grete Seale / & comonly other men haue but of his sygnet / & men bere his letter with his seale before theyin hangynge on a sper•• / & men do grete worshypp therto & knele agayne it as ••e do agayne goddes body / for those men y• it is sent to / before they take it they enclyne theyin fyrst ther to / & thenne they take it and laye it vpon theyr he des & afterwarde they kysse it / and than rede it all enclynynge with grete worshyp / & than they pro∣fer theym to do all that the brynger wyll / & in this Templū dm̄ were wonte to be chanons regulers / and they had an abbot to whome they were obedy ent / and in this Temple was Charlemayn whan the angell brought hym the prepuys of our lorde whan he was cyrcūcysed / and after kyng Charles dyde brynge it to Acon in to our ladyes chapell.