Protestantism in France From Death of Henry IV to the Revolution - James Aitken Wylie

10,000 refugees had died of starvation in England,
and that of those who had fled, the vast majority
were soliciting permission to return. In vain were
all these efforts to check the emigration; danger
was braved, vigilance was eluded; and the frontiers
were crossed by an ever-enlarging crowd, who
were even more anxious to find liberty of
conscience than to escape from death.
The devices resorted to and the disguises
assumed by the fugitives to avoid detection were
infinite. Some attired themselves in the garb of
pilgrims, and with shallop and palmer-staff pursued
their journey to their much-wished-for shrine -- a
land of liberty. Some traveled as couriers; some as
sports-men, carrying a gun on their shoulder; some
as peasants driving cattle; some affected to be
porters, carrying burdens; others were attired in
footmen's liveries, and others wore soldiers'
uniforms. The rich in some cases hired guides,
who, for sums varying from 1,000 to 6,000 livres,
conducted them across the frontier. The poor,
setting out alone, chose by-paths and difficult
mountain-tracks, beginning each day's journey at
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