[739] Hovedon.
[740] The power of the orders of the Temple and the Hospital had, by this time, become immense. Riches flowed in upon riches, and donation was added to donation. In the year 1244, Matthew Paris declares the Templars possessed in Europe nine thousand manors, and the Hospitallers nineteen thousand.
[741] A. D. 1210.
[742] James, Cardinal de Vitry.
[743] A. D. 1202.
[744] Rigord.
[745] Ducange; Villehardouin chronique.
[746] Villehardouin.
[747] Ducange, Hist. de Constantinople sous les Français.
[748] Vit. Innocent III.