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Article THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. ← Page 8 of 10 →
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The Knights Templar.
He likewise summoned the King to appear before the tribunal of the Most High within the term of one year . The deathsjpf both took place precisely within the time . * All the people shed tears at the tragical sjjectacle of those Holy Knights , and many devout people , as Pdpirius Masson relates , gathered
up their ashes , preserving them afterwards as precious relics . As for the two wretches who were the authors of this dreadful catastrophe , they perished miserably soon after . One was hanged for fresh crimes and the other was assassinated by his enemies . Philip the Fair and Clement V ., as we have seen , perished the same
year in which the Templars were burned . Enguerrand de Marigni , prime minister of Philip , and an active instrument for their destruction , shortly after died ignominiously upon a gibbet . If these do not look like the decrees of heaven , I knoAV not Avhat to sty le them . A faithful transcript of the Document from Dupuy ' s manuscripts , entitled , " Bulls of the Popes from Honorius III . down to Gregory XL , " vol . 763 , at the Imperial Library .
Clemens episcopus , servus servorum Dei , carissimo in Christo filio Philippo regi Francorum illustri , salutern et apostolicam benedictionem . Quoniam prascordia tua persona ? nostra ? incolumitas grata certificat , scire te volumns quod , illo faciente qui potest , Viennse plena corporis sospitate vigemus ac lcetanter audivimus
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Knights Templar.
He likewise summoned the King to appear before the tribunal of the Most High within the term of one year . The deathsjpf both took place precisely within the time . * All the people shed tears at the tragical sjjectacle of those Holy Knights , and many devout people , as Pdpirius Masson relates , gathered
up their ashes , preserving them afterwards as precious relics . As for the two wretches who were the authors of this dreadful catastrophe , they perished miserably soon after . One was hanged for fresh crimes and the other was assassinated by his enemies . Philip the Fair and Clement V ., as we have seen , perished the same
year in which the Templars were burned . Enguerrand de Marigni , prime minister of Philip , and an active instrument for their destruction , shortly after died ignominiously upon a gibbet . If these do not look like the decrees of heaven , I knoAV not Avhat to sty le them . A faithful transcript of the Document from Dupuy ' s manuscripts , entitled , " Bulls of the Popes from Honorius III . down to Gregory XL , " vol . 763 , at the Imperial Library .
Clemens episcopus , servus servorum Dei , carissimo in Christo filio Philippo regi Francorum illustri , salutern et apostolicam benedictionem . Quoniam prascordia tua persona ? nostra ? incolumitas grata certificat , scire te volumns quod , illo faciente qui potest , Viennse plena corporis sospitate vigemus ac lcetanter audivimus