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"The stain effected."
"The key in Silence undetected."
"Fifty-five in iron pen."
"Mr. Matlack can't offend."
It's a riddle.
I need to think.
"The legend writ."
"The stain effected."
What legend?
There's the legend of the Templar treasure,
and the stain effects the legend.
How?
"The key in Silence undetected."
Wait.
The legend and the key...
Now there's something.
A map.
Maps have legends, maps have keys.
It's a map, an invisible map.
So now...
Wait a minute. What do you mean,
"invisible" - "an invisible map"?
"The stain effected"
could refer to a dye or a reagent
used to bring about a certain result.
Combined with
"The key in Silence undetected,"
the implication is that the effect is to make
what was undetectable detectable.
Unless...
"The key in Silence" could be...
Prison.
Albuquerque.
See, I can do it too.
Snorkel.
That's where the map is.
Like he said, "Fifty-five in iron pen."
"Iron pen" is a prison.
Or it could be, since the primary writing
medium of the time was iron gall ink,
the "pen" is... just a pen.
But then why not say a pen?
Why... why say "iron pen"?
'Cause it's a prison.
Wait a minute. "Iron pen" - the "iron"
does not describe the ink in the pen,
it describes what was penned.
It was "iron" -
it was firm, it was mineral...
No, no, no, that's stupid.
It was... It was firm,
it was adamant, it was resolved.
It was resolved.
"Mr. Matlack can't offend."
Timothy Matlack was the official scribe
of the Continental Congress.
Calligrapher, not writer. And to make sure
it was put on the back of a resolution
that he transcribed,
a resolution that 55 men signed.
The Declaration of Independence.
Oh!
Come on, there's no invisible map on the
back of the Declaration of Independence.
That's clever, really.
A document of that importance
would ensure the map's survival.
And you said there were several Masons
signed it, yeah?
Yeah. Nine, for sure.
We'll have to arrange a way to examine it.
This is one of the most important
documents in history.
They're not just gonna let us waltz in there
- Then what do you propose we do?
- I don't know!
Steal it?
- I don't think so.
- Ben...
the treasure of the Knights Templar
is the treasure of all treasures.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Really?
Look, Ben... I understand your bitterness.
I really do.
searching for this treasure,
only to have
the respected historical community
treat you and your family
with mockery and contempt.
You should be able to rub this treasure
and I want you to have
the chance to do that.
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