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less than extermination ; 1 and the property allconfiscated to the crown did not much enrich it.It was in almost that kingdom alone, that the truthwas put to a proper test; for though a year later,the Templars over the whole world were condemnedby the Pope, and their order abolished, yet theirestates Avere variously disposed of, in each differentcountry. Spain passed them over to the order ofCalatrava. Many kings shared them betAveentheir nobility and clergy. Many confiscated thempartly, and partly doled them out in gifts tocrusaders. In Germany having who resolutelydemanded a trial, they Avere tried and acquitted . 2

Woe to the corrupted! Worse Avoes to thecoAvardly! That our Avicked enemy triumphs isnot from our Avant of strength, but from our arrantcowardice! As the Pope abolished the whole in-stitution, Avhat availed their being proved innocent,except saving those individuals from the flames?As to their estates there, they melted atvay. Thosein Portugal were given to the order of Christ,created on purpose . 3 But no example that thepersons of the Templars Avere subject to any capitalpunishment, except in France; nor their entire

1 Set>. Paoli: Osservazioni, ii. 526.-—Porsell: iii. 10-

2 Yertot: iv. 163.

3 Seb. Paoli: Osservazioni, ii. 533.