History of the Reformed Religion in France Volume 2 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 56 DISPERSION OF 1HE HUGUENOTS. cH. XI. CHAPTER XII. Dispersion of the Huguenots?Siege of La Rochelle?La Noue employed to negociate?He accepts the command of the Garrison?His motives?He endeavours to promote Peace?The Rochellois Ministers oppose him?He resigns his command and withdraws?Fruitless assaults?Heroism of the besieged Women?Ineffectual attempt at relief by Montgomery?Disaffection in the Royalist Camp?The Duke of Anjou elected King of Poland?He raises the Siege?Peace?Siege of Sancerre? Famine?Lery's Narrative?Capitulation?Reluctant departure of the King of Poland to his dominions?His reception by the Elector Palatine. In the general dispersion of the Huguenots which succeeded the recent massacres, those who had expatriated found refuge in England, in the Palatinate, and in parts of Swisserland. Geneva, Basle, and Berne successively offered asylums to the Children of the Admiral, to those of his brother D'Andelot, and to the widow of Teligny; and by the active liberality of Beza and his Colleagues, sufficient funds were contributed for the support of numerous other and wholly destitute refugees '. Many upon whom the abandonment of home and its deeply rooted charities pressed with insufferable burden, threw themselves upon the current of the times and subscribed an abjuration prepared by the Sorbonne; while their brethren, more firm of purpose, or less entangled I Spon. Hist. de Geneve, torn i. p. 320. note. by domestic bonds, fled to the strong holds in the Cevennes, to Sancerre, Montauban, Nismes and La Rochelle, determined upon the maintenance of their Faith at all hazards and under every extremity '. The King, meanwhile, established four armies in the field. Chastres, Governor of Berri, received orders to attack Sancerre, and after some bloody and f...