and also to the mayors and consuls
of the places where they may be, receiving from the latter certificates
that there is a sufficient reason for their delay, which certificates
they shall forward to the above-mentioned commandant or intendant. And
His Majesty furthermore commands the said commandant and intendant to
admit no foreigner or inhabitant of any other province into Languedoc for
commercial purposes or for any other reason whatsoever, unless provided
with certificates from the commandants or intendants of the provinces
whence they come, or from the judges of the royal courts in the places
whence they come, or from the nearest place containing such courts.
Foreigners must be provided with passports from the ambassadors or
ministers of the king accredited to the countries to which they belong,
or from the commandants or intendants of the provinces, or from the
judges of the royal courts of the places in which they may be at the date
of this proclamation. Furthermore, it is His Majesty's will that those
who are found in the, aforesaid province of Languedoc without such
certificates be regarded as fanatics and rebels, and that they be
prosecuted as such, and punished with death, and that they be brought for
this purpose before the aforesaid Sieur de Baville or the officers whom
he may choose.

"(Signed) "(Countersigned)
"LOUIS PHILIPPEAU

"Given at Versailles the 25th day, of the month of February 1703."

M. de Montrevel obeyed this proclamation to the letter. For instance,
one day--the 1st of April 1703--as he was seated at dinner it was
reported to him that about one hundred and fifty Reformers were assembled
in a mill at Carmes, outside Nimes, singing psalms. Although he was told
at the same time that the gathering was composed entirely of old people
and children, he was none the less furious, and rising from the table,
gave orders that the call to horse should be sounded. Putting himself at
the head of his dragoons, he advanced on the mill, and before the
Huguenots knew that they were about to be attacked they were surrounded
on every side. It was no combat which ensued, for the Huguenots were
incapable of resistance, it was simply a massacre; a certain number of
the dragoons entered the mill sword in hand, stabbing all whom they could
reach, whilst the rest of the force stationed outside before the windows
received those who jumped out on the points of their swords. But soon
this butchery tired the bu