tell you of a truth, that the Lord Richard, King of England, hath
had no share in this death of the marquess ; and they who, on that
account, ill treat the king of England, do it unjustly, and without
cause.
** Know ye for certain, that we slay no man in this world for any
gain or reward, unless he have first injured us.
" And know, that we have drawn up these present letters in our
palace, in our castle of Massiat, in the middle of September, in the
fifteen hundred and fifteenth year after Alexander."



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Note D, page 137.
Memoir on the Dynasty of the Assassins, and on the Origin of
their Name, hy M. Syhestre de Sacy, read at the public meeting of
the Institute of France, July 7th, 1809.
