CHAPTER IX.

Molay elected Master — Last attempt of the Christians in Syria — Conduct of the Three Military Orders — Philip the Fair and Pope Boniface VIII. — Seizure of the Pope — Election of Clement V. — ^The Papal See removed to France — Causes of Philip's enmity to the Templars — Arrival of Molay in France — His interviews with the Pope — Charges made against the Templars — Seizure of the Knights — Proceedings in England— Nature of the Charges against the Order . . « 276