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ft749 Calvin reminded Francesca on that occasion that “her father had been
already convicted of one adultery [in 1531], that the proof of another
was at hand, and that there was a strong rumor of a third. I stated that
her brother had openly contemned and derided both the Council and
the ministers.” Letter to Farel, April, 1546. She told him in reply:
“Méchant homme, vous voulez boire le sang de notre famille, mais
vous sortirez de Genève avant nous.” See the notes in Opera, XII. 334.
ft750 See Calvin’s letters to Farel, April, 1546, and Sept. 1, 1546 (in Opera,
XII. 334 sqq., 377 sq., and Bonnet II. 38, 56), and extracts from the
Registers of the Consistory and the Council in Annal. 377 sqq. Comp.
Dyer, 208 sq.; Audin, 391 sq. Audin gives a lively description of the
wedding and dancing at Belle Rive, and the examination before the
Consistory.
ft751 See the extracts from the Rég. du Conseil March and April, 1547, in
Annal. 399-406.
ft752 Calvin to Viret, July 2, 1547 (Opera, XII. 545, Bonnet, II. 108).
Comp. Annal. 407 sq.; Gaberel, I. 387; Roget, II. 284. Bonivard and
after him Gaberel report that Francesca rushed with her horse against
Abel, who barely escaped serious injury. See note 6 in Opera, XII. 546.
ft753 See above, p. 502.
ft754 Calvin to Farel, Aug. 21, 1547 (Opera, XII. 580; Bonnet, II. 123 and
note); Reg. of the Consistory, Sept. 1, 1547.
ft755 Reg. du Conseil: “Perrin est relâchévu sa long detention et crie
merci.” Annal. 417. François Favre had been previously deprived of the
rights of citizenship (Oct. 6) on the charge of exciting an émeute
against the French refugees, and calling Calvin “le grand diable.” Ibid.
413sq.
ft756 Dec. 16 (not Sept. 16) is the date given in the Reg. of the Venerable
Company, quoted in Annal. 418. Beza briefly alludes to the scene;
Calvin gives an account of it in a letter to Viret, dated Dec. 17, 1547, a
day after the occurrence (in Opera, XII. 632 sq.). This letter is
misdated, Dec. 14, by Bonnet (II. 134, apparently a typographical
error), and Sept. 17 by Henry (II. 434) and Dyer (p. 219). The last
error crept into the Latin editions, against the manuscripts, which give
Dec. 17. The letter is defective at the beginning and was first published
by Beza. Galiffe overlooked it. See the notes of the Strassburg editors,
XII. 633.