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Sophie unwrapped the vellum and handed the sheet to Langdon.
Although Langdon had read the poem several times onboard the jet, he had been unable to extract any specific location.
Now, as he read the words again, he processed them slowly and carefully, hoping the pentametric rhythms would reveal a clearer meaning now that he was on the ground.
In London lies a knight a Pope interred.
His labor's fruit a Holy wrath incurred.
You seek the orb that ought be on his tomb.
It speaks of Rosy flesh and seeded womb.
The language seemed simple enough.
There was a knight buried in London.
A knight who labored at something that angered the Church.
A knight whose tomb was missing an orb that should be present.
The poem's final reference--Rosy flesh and seeded womb--was a clear allusion to Mary Magdalene, the Rose who bore the seed of Jesus.
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