A professor of alchemy : (Denis Zachaire) / by Percy Ross.

  • Ross, Percy.
Date:
1887
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Credit: A professor of alchemy : (Denis Zachaire) / by Percy Ross. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the honour ye hold so priceless, of the brave feats of arms ye have undertaken for far less than this! Will you, high spirits, passionate troubadours, renowned warriors, sanction every gross and cruel crime because the Church may choose to work mischief? No! the deadlier, the more authoritative and mysterious the evil, the more your knighthood calls on you to crush it. You are men of truth and honour ; how can you love this serpent Inquisition, which is even now eating out the very heart of the Church we serve ? Oh, grant me your noble hands and swords and hearts I I am a suppliant worthy of your aid. When Henri of Navarre, king, scholar, statesman, stands before me, how