. The great seals of England and some others . r which he had gloated when the Templars hadgenerously protected him from the fury of his ill-treatedsubjects. The Order had reached a perilous pinnacle of power,and the Temple, later the prison of the unhappy LouisXVI. and his family, then a great fortress outside the wallsof Paris, was regarded as a sort of safe-deposit vault. In theLondon Temple the Crown itself and other Regalia werefor a time kept. Philip trumped up a lot of what were then consideredhideous charges against the Order, and in 1307, all overFrance, the rack, the stake and other
. The great seals of England and some others . r which he had gloated when the Templars hadgenerously protected him from the fury of his ill-treatedsubjects. The Order had reached a perilous pinnacle of power,and the Temple, later the prison of the unhappy LouisXVI. and his family, then a great fortress outside the wallsof Paris, was regarded as a sort of safe-deposit vault. In theLondon Temple the Crown itself and other Regalia werefor a time kept. Philip trumped up a lot of what were then consideredhideous charges against the Order, and in 1307, all overFrance, the rack, the stake and other tortures provided wit-nesses more dead than alive, ready in their torment, to sayanything desired and retract it all when restored to reason,though well knowing that the punishment therefor wasdeath. Jacque de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Order,by a refinement of cruelty, was imprisoned for seven eye witness of his terrible death, by fire, tells the follow-ing tale (Godfrey of Paris); the day was rainy, the wood 49 Plate Louis XVI. p. ?2. Napoleon I. p. 52. Blanche de Navarre, p. 51. Baldwin, of Treves, p. V. p. 52. Pius VII. p. $?>. was wet, so that the victim was soon enveloped in denseclouds of smoke; suddenly a solemn voice issued therefrom;I call upon thee, Clement, Pope of Rome; I call upon thee,Philip King of France, to appear, the one within forty days,the other in less than a year before the Judgement Seat ofGod, to answer for your crimes done to me and my Brethren/This was on March 20th. On April 20th Clement died intorment of a loathsome disease. On November 4th Philipwas killed by a fall from his horse. The papal edict put anend to the Order throughout Europe, but, except in cruelFrance, this was done with little or no suffering. The large Seal represents two knights mounted on onehorse, symbol of the early poverty of the Order. Those whohave attended service in that most impressive of Londonchurches, The Temple, have surely noti
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