which exhibit these facts at great
length are in the archives of the "Mairie" of Milhau and in the
Bibliotheque nationale, and were inedited until printed in the Bulletin,
ix. (1860) 382-392. Among the names of the Huguenots of Milhau figuring
here is that of Benoit Ferragut, apothecary.

[316] Graignan, pour l'eglise de Someyre, a la Venerable Compagnie, 19
juin, 1563, Gaberel, Hist. de l'eglise de Geneve, i., Pieces
justificatives, 153. "Et pourtant, je ne peux pas suffire a tout. Les
paysans se baptisent les enfants les ungs les autres, ou sont contraincts
de les laisser a baptiser."

[317] Les consuls de Montpellier a la Ven. Comp., 30 janvier, 1563 (1564),
ibid., i., Pieces just., 179.

[318] I know of no more beautiful monument of Jeanne's courage and piety
than the letter she wrote to the Cardinal of Armagnac, in reply to a
letter of the cardinal, dated August 18, 1563, intended to frighten her
into a return to the papal church. It was sent by the same messenger who
had brought the letter of Armagnac, and it has every mark of having been
Jeanne's own composition. Both letters are given in full by Olhagaray,
Hist. de Foix, Bearn, et Navarre, 536-543, and 544-551; a summary in
Vauvilliers, i. 347-362. The Queen of Navarre boldly avowed her
sentiments, but declared her policy to be pacific: "Je ne fay rien par
force; il n'y a ny mort ny emprisonnement, ny condemnation, qui sont les
nerfs de la force." But she refused to recognize Armagnac--who was papal
legate in Provence, Guyenne, and Languedoc--as having any such office in
Bearn, proudly writing: "Je ne recognois en Bearn que Dieu auquel je dois
rendre conte de la charge qu'il m'a baillee de son peuple." The
publication of these letters produced a deep impression favorable to the
Reformation.

[319] Letter of Jehan Reymond Merlin to Calvin, Pau, July 23, 1563,
printed for the first time in the Bulletin, xiv. (1865) 233, 234.

[320] Olhagaray, Hist. de Foix, Bearn, et Navarre, p. 535; Vauvilliers,
Hist. de Jeanne d'Albret, i. 319.

[321] Letter of Merlin, _ubi supra_, 237, 238; Vauvilliers, i. 320.

[322] Ibid., 238. "Dont plusieurs, voire des grands, s'en allerent fort
mal contens, et singulierement quelques-uns qu'elle rabroua plus rudement
que je n'eusse desire." Merlin adds that all now saw the excellence of his
advice, for, had it been followed, "il y auroit apparence que la
reformation eust este faite en ce pays par l'authorite des estats;
maintenant