EverywhereincontinentalEuropethismadpersecutionwenton；
butitisapleasuretosaythatonegreatchurchman，PopeClementVI，stoodagainstthispopularunreason，and，sofarashecouldbringhisinfluencetobearonthemaddenedpopulace，exerciseditinfavourofmercytothesesupposedenemiesoftheAlmighty。[331]
[331]ForanearlyconceptioninIndiaoftheDivinityactingthroughmedicine，seeTheBhagavadgita，translatedbyTelang，p。
82，inMaxMuller’sSacredBooksoftheEast。Forthenecessityofreligiousmeansofsecuringknowledgeofmedicine，seetheAnugita，translatedbyTelang，inMaxMuller’sSacredBooksoftheEast，p。388。ForancientPersianideasofsicknessassentbythespiritofevilandtobecuredbyspells，butnotexcludingmedicineandsurgery，andforsicknessgenerallyascausedbytheevilprincipleindemons，seetheZend-Avesta，Darmesteter’stranslation，introduction，passim，butespeciallyp。xciii。Fordiseaseswroughtbywitchcraft，seethesame，pp。
230，293。Onthepreferencesofspellsinhealingovermedicineandsurgery，seeZend-Avesta，vol。i，pp。85，86。ForhealingbymagicinancientGreece，see，e。g。，thecureofUlyssesintheOdyssey，“Theystoppedtheblackbloodbyaspell“Odyssey，xxix，457。FormedicineinEgyptaspartlypriestlyandpartlyinthehandsofphysicians，seeRawlinson’sHerodotus，vol。ii，p。136，note。ForideasofcuringofdiseasebyexpulsionofdemonsstillsurvivingamongvarioustribesandnationsofAsia，seeJ。G。Frazer，TheGoldenBough：aStudyofComparativeReligion，London，1890，pp。184-192。FortheFlagellantsandtheirprocessionsatthetimeoftheBlackDeath，seeLea，HistoryoftheInquisition，NewYork，1888，vol。ii，pp。381etseq。ForthepersecutionoftheJewsintimeofpestilence，seeibid。，p。379andfollowing，withauthoritiesinthenotes。FortheexpulsionoftheJewsfromPadua，seetheActaSanctorum，September，tom。viii，p。893。