uguenot (Paris, 1878), i. 334-339; and farther on in note at
the close of this chapter.]

[Footnote 564: Crespin, fols. 152-155. De Thou (i. 446) mistakes the
date of the sentence of the Parliament of Paris, March 3, 1548 (1547 Old
Style), for that of the execution. The awkward old French practice of
making the year begin with _Easter_, instead of January 1st, has in
this, as in many other instances, led to great confusion, even in the
minds of those who were perfectly familiar with the custom. The
"Histoire ecclesiastique," for instance, places the execution of
Brugiere in the reign of Francis I., whereas it belongs to the first
year of the reign of his son. So does White, Massacre of St.
Bartholomew, p. 19.]

[Footnote 565: Crespin, fol. 156.]

[Footnote 566: Inedited letter of Constable Montmorency of July 8, 1549,
in the Bulletin de la Soc. de l'hist. du prot. fr., ix. (1860) 124, 125.
"Voila," says this document, "le debvoir ou ledit seigneur s'est mis
pour continuer la possession de ce nom et titre de Tres-Chrestien."]

[Footnote 567: Hist. eccles. des egl. ref., i. 50, 51. Crespin, fol.
157, etc. The registers of parliament can spare for the auto-da-fe but a
few lines at the conclusion of a lengthy description of the magnificent
procession, and inaccurately designate the locality: "Cette apresdinee
fut faicte execution d'aucuns condamnez au feu pour crime d'heresie,
tant au parvis N. D. que en la place devant Ste. Catherine du Val des
Escolliers." Reg. of Parl., July 4, 1549 (Felibien, Preuves, iv. 745,
746).]

[Footnote 568: Anne Audeberte and Louis de Marsac. Hist. eccles. des
egl. ref., i. 52, 58; Crespin, fols. 156, 227-234.]

[Footnote 569: Isambert, Recueil gen. des anc. lois fr., xiii. 134-138.
Of course the provision giving to church courts the right of arrest, so
opposed to the spirit of the "Gallican Liberties," displeased
parliament, which duly remonstrated (Preuves des libertez de l'eg.
gall., iii. 171), but was compelled to register the law, with conditions
forbidding the exaction of pecuniary fines, and the sentence of
perpetual imprisonment.]

[Footnote 570: De Thou, i. 167. Hist. eccles., i. 53.]

[Footnote 571: De Thou, _ubi supra_. Mezeray well remarks that the
Protestants recognized the fact then, as they always have done since, in
similar circumstances, that there is no more disastrous time for them
than when the court of France has a misunderstanding with that of Rome.
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