The history of Romanism: from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time : with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossaryIllustrated by numerous accurate and highly finished engravings of its ceremonies, superstitions, persecutions, and historical incidents . ge of his sincerity. Onthese conditions the Pope not only gave count Raimond the hopeof absolution, but promised him his entire favor. All this, how-ever, was hollow and deceitful ; pope Innocent was far from par-doning Raimond in his heart, for, at the moment of promising this,he wrote t
The history of Romanism: from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time : with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossaryIllustrated by numerous accurate and highly finished engravings of its ceremonies, superstitions, persecutions, and historical incidents . ge of his sincerity. Onthese conditions the Pope not only gave count Raimond the hopeof absolution, but promised him his entire favor. All this, how-ever, was hollow and deceitful ; pope Innocent was far from par-doning Raimond in his heart, for, at the moment of promising this,he wrote to the ecclesiastics who were conducting the crusade,thus : We counsrd you, with the apostie Paul, to employ guilewith regard to this Count, for in this case it ought to be called pru-dence. We must attack separately those who are separated fromunity: leave for a time the count of Thoulousc, employing towardhim a wise dissimulation, that the other heretics may be the moreeasily defeated, and that, aft TWards we may crush him when heshall be left alone.* Such wen the means that this crafty and ty-rannical Pope thought fit to employ in order to crush those whohesitated to imbrue their hands in the blood of such as he chose tobrand with the name of heretics. * Innocentii III., Epist., lib. xi., ep. 232. I. Count Raisnonds degrading Penance—whipped around Uie Tomb of tlie Mouk Custlenau. chap, vni.] POPERY THE WORLDS DESPOT—A. D. 1073-1303. 313 Count Raimonds degrading penance. Whipped on his naked shoulders by the Popes legate. § 70.—In the spring of the year 1209, the crusading army beganto be put in motion ; the campaign was limited to forty authors have computed it at three, and others at five hun-dred thousand men; and this immense body precipitated them-selves upon Languedoc. When count Raimond learned that theseterrible bands of fanatics were about to move, and that they wereall directed towards his states, he was struck with terror, for hehad placed himself
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