rvice of William of Orange, and many of the soldiers
deserted. The bribe offered for the conversion of privates
was as follows: Common soldiers and dragoons, two pistoles
per head; troopers, three pistoles per head. The Protestants
of Alsace were differently treated. They constituted a
majority of the population; Alsace and Strasbourg having only
recently been seized by Louis XIV. It was therefore necessary
to be cautious in that quarter; for violence would speedily
have raised a revolution in the province which would have
driven them over to Germany, whose language they spoke.
Louvois could therefore only proceed by bribing; and he was
successful in buying over some of the most popular and
influential men.]

The Elector suggested to Brousson that while at Berlin he should
compose a summary account of the condition of the French Protestants,
such as should excite the interest and evoke the help of the
Protestant rulers and people of the northern States. This was done by
Brousson, and the volume was published, entitled "Letters of the
Protestants of France who have abandoned all for the cause of the
Gospel, to other Protestants; with a particular Letter addressed to
Protestant Kings, Electors, Rulers, and Magistrates." The Elector
circulated this volume, accompanying it with a letter written in his
name, to all the princes of the Continent professing the Augsburg
Confession; and it was thus mainly owing to the Elector's intercession
that the Huguenots obtained the privilege of establishing
congregations in several of the states of Germany, as well as in
Sweden and Denmark.

Brousson remained nearly five months at Berlin, after which he
departed for Holland to note the progress of the emigration in that
country, and there he met a large number of his countrymen. Nearly two
hundred and fifty Huguenot ministers had taken refuge in Holland;
there were many merchants and manufacturers who had set up their
branches of industry in the country; and there were many soldiers who
had entered the service of William of Orange. While in Holland,
Brousson resided principally with his brother, a banished Huguenot,
who had settled at Amsterdam as a merchant.

Having accomplished all that he could for his Huguenot brethren in
exile, Brousson returned to Lausanne, where he continued his former
labours. He bethought him very much