Le Tombeau de Jacques Molai : ou histoire secrète et abrégée des initiés, anciens et modernes, des templiers franc-maçons, illuminés, etc. et Recherches sur leur influence dans la Révolution française ; suivie de la Clef des Loges

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France (1). Since this piece sought after by fatalists is not very well known, I will be thanked for transcribing it here; here it is:

"Basine, on the first night of her nuptials with King Childeric, begged him to abstain from carnal copulation and to stand at the door of his palace. He went there and saw in the courtyard things like unicorns, leopards, and lions. Having seen this, he returned quite terrified to his chamber, and recounted it to the queen, who begged him to return for the se-

(1) Printed in Rouen in 1650, by Antoine Ferrand, dedicated to M. de Machault.