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_,  were as cruel and harsh as himself, but without his talent, and brought the crown and people to disgrace and misery. E FOURTH WERE AS CRUEL AND HARSH AS HIMSELF BUT WITHOUT HIS TALENT AND BROUGHT THE CROWN AND PEOPLE TO DISGRACE AND MISERY
ench kings. How real their hold on the Papacy was, was shown in the ruin of the Templars. The order was now abandoned by the Pope, and its knights were invited in large numbers to Paris, under pretence of arranging a crusade. Having been thus entrapped, they were accused of horrible and monstrous crimes, and torture elicited a few supposed confessions. They were then tried by the Inquisition, and the greater number were put to death by fire, the Grand Master last of all, while their lands were seized by the king. They seem to have been really a fierce, arrogant, and oppressive set of men, or else there must have been some endeavour to save them, belonging, as most of them did, to noble French families. The "Pest of France," as Dante calls Philip the Fair, was now the most formidable prince in Europe. He contrived to annex to his dominions the city of Lyons, hitherto an imperial city under its archbishop. Philip died in 1314; and his three sons--_Louis X._, _Philip V._, and _Charles IV. N OF THE FRENCH KINGS HOW REAL THEIR HOLD ON THE PAPACY WAS WAS SHOWN IN THE RUIN OF THE TEMPLARS THE ORDER WAS NOW ABANDONED BY THE POPE AND ITS KNIGHTS WERE INVITED IN LARGE NUMBERS TO PARIS UNDER PRETENCE OF ARRANGING A CRUSADE HAVING BEEN THUS ENTRAPPED THEY WERE ACCUSED OF HORRIBLE AND MONSTROUS CRIMES AND TORTURE ELICITED A FEW SUPPOSED CONFESSIONS THEY WERE THEN TRIED BY THE INQUISITION AND THE GREATER NUMBER WERE PUT TO DEATH BY FIRE THE GRAND MASTER LAST OF ALL WHILE THEIR LANDS WERE SEIZED BY THE KING THEY SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN REALLY A FIERCE ARROGANT AND OPPRESSIVE SET OF MEN OR ELSE THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME ENDEAVOUR TO SAVE THEM BELONGING AS MOST OF THEM DID TO NOBLE FRENCH FAMILIES THE PEST OF FRANCE AS DANTE CALLS PHILIP THE FAIR WAS NOW THE MOST FORMIDABLE PRINCE IN EUROPE CONTRIVED TO ANNEX TO HIS DOMINIONS THE CITY OF LEONS HITHERTO AN IMPERIAL CITY UNDER ITS ARCHBISHOP PHILIP DIED IN THIRTEEN FOURTEEN AND HIS THREE SONS LOUIS THE TENTH PHILIP THE FIFTH AND CHARLES TH
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