The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

74EISE AND PKOGRESS OF HUGUENOTS.
sent another force and
subdued without bloodshed.
At the political assembly of the Huguenots
at La Eochelle, December, 1620, which
was an adjourned meeting from Loudon in
1619, the assembly determined to prepare for
war, by raising an army, levying taxes, and
choosing commanders. Bouillon was made
commander-in-chief; next was Lesdiguieres,
and so on through a list of able men. But
Louis Xin. knew there were divisions among
the Eeformed, and did not fear them. He had
already gained Conde, and was at the time
holding out inducements to Bouillon and
introd. rights, but the King
1620. had them completely
Lesdiguieres, and knew they would not fight
him. Hence when the assembly asked of him
the privileges confirmed to them by his predecessors,
Henry EEL and Henry IV., which
included the liberal construction of the Edict
of Nantes that Henry IV. gave it, he, irritated
that they had held that assembly against his
wishes, replied: "The one acted out of fear,
and the other out of love; but for my part,
I wish you to know that I neither love nor fear
you." Luynes now proposed to take all the
towns granted in the Edict of Nantes to the
Huguenots, as the stipulations had been more
than fulfilled, and there was no need that they
remain in their hands. The young king and
his courtiers heartily endorsed the proposition.
So, leaving Paris early in April, 1621,
the King issued from Fontainbleau a declaration
against the political assembly at La
Rochelle as rebellious, and announced his purpose
of visiting the disturbed provinces, and
promised protection to all Huguenots who
War. kept their allegiance. Luynes held the office
of Constable in the army, and Lesdiguieres