“For we did not and do not wish the Temple to be placed in any servitude except that which is fitting.”
Quar nous navons volu ne volons le Temple mettre en aucune servitute se non tant come il hy affiert.
In one of his memoranda to Pope Clement V from the summer of 1306.
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Quar nous navons volu ne volons le Temple mettre en aucune servitute se non tant come il hy affiert.
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