Note 492 — Chapter VI · SORCERY AND OCCULT ARTS. (continued 2)
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Differend de Boniface VIII. et de Ph. le Bel, Preuves, 103.—Rymer, Fœd. II. 931-4.—Joann. S. Victor. Vit. Clement. V. (Muratori S. R. I. III. II. 457).—Grandes Chroniques V. 217-20, 291.—Guill. Nangiac. Contin. ann. 1315, 1325.—MSS. Bib. Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270 fol. 37-8, 144-5.
Enguerrand de Marigny had been all-powerful under Philippe le Bel, controlling the papal as well as the royal court, and his marvellous rise from obscurity led to the popular impression that he must be a skilful necromancer—
“Ce fu cil qui fist cardonnaux, Et si le pape tint en ses las, Qui de petits clers fist prélats— Si orent mainte gent créance Que ce par art de nigromance Fait, qu’en ce monde faisoit.”— Godefroi de Paris, v. 6620-9.