The first Knight raised his gloved hand much the same as the Master had just done, made a fist and struck the kneeling man a deafening blow on his head, sending him to the floor in a heap.
“One!” The voices of the ten assembled Knights in the chamber rose in unison in the room.
The lay brother reached down, picked up the stricken man and stood him back on his knees. It would be his job to pick him up after each blow and if necessary, it would be his duty to literally hold him up until the sentence was carried through completion. The first Knight raised his fist again and struck him another, equally powerful blow on the opposite side of his head, sending him sprawling on the cold stone floor a second time. When the lay brother picked him up the second time, blood dripped onto his hand from under the hood.
“Two!” The voices of the ten assembled Knights in the chamber rose again in unison and the first Knight raised his fist again.
Finished.
Quotes taken from listed sources, the Holy Bible KJV and Primitive Rule of Order, Poor Knights of Solomon’s Temple.
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