The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

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76 RISE AND PROGRESS OF HUGUENOTS.
held by Saubize, and it defended itself
1621. for about a month, and on surrendering was
almost reduced to ruins. At the town of
Clanoc, the pastor, with his father, father-in-
law, and other citizens were publicly executed,
and a part of the garrison murdered in cold
blood. At Montauban the success of the
King's army was arrested. That garrison was
defended with great skill and vigor by La
Force and Count De Ovval, who repulsed all
the assaults of the King and Lu^^nes. Becoming
discouraged, the royal forces kindled
watch fires in their camp, as if preparing for
a nightly assault, and then stole away before
their movement was discovered. Luynes, chagrined
at the failure attributed to his want of
generalship, and fearing the loss of the King's
Death of favor, languished with camp fever, and died
Luynes. j^g^p ^]^g qj^^ of ig21 ; ovcr whose death the
King did not grieve, for he had grown weary
of him.
The King passed the winter without a favor-
ite, or a master.
There were now two parties in the court,
that of the Queen Mother, upheld by Eiche-
1622. lieu, and that of the Prince of Conde. The
^wan^ King leaning towards the latter which wished
for war, began a second campaign against the
Huguenots early the next spring (1622), and
conducted it with greater cruelty than the
former one. During the winter, the inhabitants
of Negrepelisse massacred the royal
garrison of 400 men located there in one night.
When the King came to them in the month of
June, he put the entire population to the
sword. Fourteen days later, the Huguenot
garrison at St. Anthoneis, because of their
gallant defense, were all murdered, and the