him by degrees to a liking of them, so that he turn'd
Protestant. And this put him in Disgrace with his father, who thereupon
disinherited him; which forced him at last to quit _France_, and to
retire to _Lausanne_ in _Swisserland_ by _Calvin_'s and _Beza_'s Advice;
where his great Merit and Piety promoted him to the Humanity-Professor's
Chair, which he accepted of for a Livelihood, having no Subsistance from
his Father. There he married a young _French_ Lady, who had fled her
Country upon the Score of Religion: He afterwards remov'd to
_Strasburg_, where he also had a Professor's Chair. The Fame of his
great Worth was so blown about, that he was invited by all the great
Princes to their several Countries, particularly by the _Landgrave_ of
_Hesse_, the _Duke_ of _Prussia_, and the _King_ of _Navarre_; and he
actually went to this last about the Beginning of the Troubles. Twice he
was sent as Ambassador from the Princes of the Blood of _France_, and
the Queen-Mother, to demand Assistance of the Emperor _Ferdinand:_ The
Speech that he made at the Diet of _Francfort_ is still extant.
Afterwards he returned to _Strasburg_; but _Jean de Monluc_, the Bishop
of _Valence_, over-persuaded him to accept of the Professorship of Civil
Law at _Valence_; of which he acquitted himself so well, that he very
much heighten'd the Reputation of that University. Here he received two
Invitations from _Margaret_ Dutchess of _Berry_, and Sister to _Henry_
the Second of _France_, and accepted a Professor's Chair at _Bourges_;
but continued in it no longer than five Months, by reason of the
intervening Troubles. Afterwards he returned to it, and was there at the
time of the great _Parisian_ Massacre, having much-a-do to escape with
his Life; but having once got out of _France_ (with a firm Resolution
never to return thither again) he took Sanctuary in the House of
_Calvin_ at _Geneva_, and publish'd Books against the Persecution, so
full of Spirit and good Reasoning, that the Heads of the contrary Party
made him great Offers in case he wou'd forbear Writing against them; but
he refused them all, and said, The Truth shou'd never be betray'd or
forsaken by him. _Neveletus_ says, "That his Reply to those that wou'd
have tempted him, was this: _Nunquam sibi propugnatam causam quae iniqua
esset: Nunquam quae jure & legibus niteretur desertam praemiorum spe vel
metu periculi._"--He afterwards went to _Basel_ in _Swisserland_, and
from thence (being dr