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Article THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. ← Page 6 of 10 →
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The Knights Templar.
sible of the torments they inflict , and of what executions they prepare , for those who have the courage to retract such a confession ; but the horrible sight they present to my eyes is not capable ofmaking me confirm the first lie by a second one . On a condition so infamous , I freely renounce life which is already but too odious to me . And what
good would it do me to drag on a few miserable days , when I must oAve them only to the blackest of calumnies . " * He would have proceeded , but Avas interrupted . The brother of the Dauphin de Viennois , who came next , spoke after the same manner , and , with the strongest asseverations , bore testimony to the innocence
of the Order The legate , upon this occasion , did by no means gain the applause of the people ; but he soon had his revenge . The Grand Master and his companions were brought clown from the scaffold , and the provost of Paris conducted them back to prison The Kingf who Avas revengeful in his nature , and looked upon the destruction of the Templars as his OAVU work , being incensed at this
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Knights Templar.
sible of the torments they inflict , and of what executions they prepare , for those who have the courage to retract such a confession ; but the horrible sight they present to my eyes is not capable ofmaking me confirm the first lie by a second one . On a condition so infamous , I freely renounce life which is already but too odious to me . And what
good would it do me to drag on a few miserable days , when I must oAve them only to the blackest of calumnies . " * He would have proceeded , but Avas interrupted . The brother of the Dauphin de Viennois , who came next , spoke after the same manner , and , with the strongest asseverations , bore testimony to the innocence
of the Order The legate , upon this occasion , did by no means gain the applause of the people ; but he soon had his revenge . The Grand Master and his companions were brought clown from the scaffold , and the provost of Paris conducted them back to prison The Kingf who Avas revengeful in his nature , and looked upon the destruction of the Templars as his OAVU work , being incensed at this