Protestantism in France From Death of Francis I to Edict of Nantes - James Aitken Wylie

are some of them in dungeons, and others lying in
the open fields, food for dogs and ravens. This bed
is a tomb for me, seeing they are not buried. Can
we sleep in peace, without hearing our brethren's
last groanings?" "Are you prepared," asked the
admiral in reply, "to hear of my defeat, to see me
dragged to a scaffold and put to death by the
common hangman? are you prepared to see our
name branded, our estates confiscated, and our
children made beggars? I will give you," he
continued, "three weeks to think on these things,
and when you have fortified yourself against them,
I will go forth to perish with my brethren." "The
three weeks are gone already," was the prompt and
noble reply of Charlotte Laval. "Go in God's name
and he will not suffer you to be defeated."[22]
A few mornings only had passed when Admiral
Coliguy was seen on his way to open the first
campaign of the civil wars.
Footnotes:
1. (Ewvres Completes de Bernard Palissy, par
185