The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

introd . without
20 lilSE AND PROGRESS OF HUGUENOTS.
distinction who are suspected of Lutheresy;
I will exterminate them all."
Seizures, trials, and condemnations immediately
began, which were followed with burnings
on November 13, and continued at intervals.
The Reformers of all ranks, who were
likely of suspicion even, sought refuge in exile,
for there was no safety for them in their native
1535. land. Finally, the 25th of January, 1535, was
^Sn' appointed as a day of expiation
for the sin
for Sin ofo/ the placards. On that day Paris was in
Placards,
gpg^^ excitement, with crowds filling the
streets. An immense procession paraded
through the city, the van of which consisted of
those who bore crosses from the parishes ; next
came the citizens in double file, bearing each a
torch; then the four begging orders with the
priests and canons of the city, bearing all
manner of Romish relics; then a great number
of the Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops and
Abbots ; then a canopy borne by the three sons
of Francis I. and the Duke of Vendome, under
which was the Host for the sacrament of Mass,
borne by the Bishop of Paris; then came
Francis himself, walking and bareheaded,
bearing a lighted taper, as a penitent; and then
came the Queen, princes, and princesses, foreign
embassadors, the Court, the Chancellor of
France, the Council, the Parliament enrobed
in scarlet, the University and other corpora-
tions, and last the Guard: all bearing a taper
in profound silence. The procession halted at
principal places to repose for a few moments
the Host on temporary altars, before one of
which Francis, with all who desired to follow
his example, knelt and humbled himself for
the sin of the placards. So great were the
crowds, that officers could with difficulty keep