Note 39 — THE ALCHYMISTS; OR Searchers for the Philosopher’s Stone and the Water of Life. (continued 2)
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For full details of this extraordinary trial, see Lobineau’s Nouvelle Histoire de Bretagne, and D’Argentré’s work on the same subject. The character and life of Gilles de Rays are believed to have suggested the famous Blue Beard of the nursery tale. Return