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 Papal and French 
 PERSECUTIOH 
 
 EXHIBITED 
 
 Ini the Sufferings of lome of the more 
 Eminent ConfelTors and Martyrs, who 
 have fignaliz'd their Faith and Patience 
 within the Long and Difmal Reign of 
 
 LEWIS XIV. 
 
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SPECIMEN 
 
 O F 
 
 Papal and French 
 PERSECUTION. 
 
 A S A L S O, 
 
 Of the Faith and Patience of the late 
 
 French Confeflbrs and Martyrs. 
 
 EXHIBITED 
 In the Cruel Sufferings, and moft Exemplary 
 Behaviour of that Eminent Confeffor and 
 Martyr, 
 
 Mr. Lewis de Mar oiks ; 
 
 Councellor to the French King, and Receiver of the 
 Confignacions in the Bailywick of Sc. MenehoU 
 in Champ aigne J From his Condemnation to the 
 Gailies i68<5, to his Death in the Dungeon i6p2. 
 
 Do»e newly eut of French- 
 
 To which is prefix'd. 
 
 An Account of the Torments which the French Prote- 
 ftants endure Aboard the Gailies *, Given by an Eye- 
 Witnefs. 
 
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 TO 
 
 Monfieur HEINSIUS, 
 
 CoiiNCELLOa and Pensionary 
 
 OF 
 
 Hoi/and and WeJl-Friei^Urid. 
 
 S I R, 
 
 A Friend of my Father^s^ to whom I 
 have Commamc Ate d fame Letters writ* 
 ten with his own Hand^ would needs 
 take the pains to pit in order the Hifiory of the 
 his Sufferings and Martyrdom^ with which it has 
 fleas'* d God to Crown Him. I tiike the Liberty 
 Sir J to Dedicate it to you^ and I hope you will 
 not take it ill. I thought that the Hifiory of the 
 many Evils and Suffering's^ which the ?nofi cruel 
 Violence could Invent y wherewith to Triumph 
 over his Faith and Confiancy^ might ferve to 
 Fortife and Strengthen thofe who are Ferfecuted 
 for the Truthj and to awaken thofe who are ne'* 
 ^ligent in the exercife of Viety^ I hdve alfo been 
 
 a 2 perfuaded 
 
The Epiftle. 
 
 ferfaaded^ that the Hiftory of a Martyr which 
 hath wade fo much noife in the World^ (if I may 
 fay it without Vanity^) could not be better Dedi- 
 cated than to the Primier Minifler of a Common- 
 Wealthy no lefs Charitable than Powerful^ and 
 which affords Subjiflence and Support to fo many 
 'Millions of Perfons^ who have forfaken all to 
 preferve that Fidelity which they owe to God* 
 Every one Sir^ is acquainted with the Wei^ht^ 
 and Influences which your Counfels have in all 
 the Deliberations oj the State, And the Refu- 
 gees are not Ignorant of the Obligations , which 
 Engage them to Publijh their Acknowledgments. 
 It is for this reafon that in acquitting my felf of 
 fo Juji a Duty, 1 intreat you to grant me the 
 Honour of your Prote^ion^ and to permit me to 
 Stile my felf with a mofc Profound Refpect. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 Your moft Humble, and 
 moii Obedint Servant^ 
 
 DE M4R0LLES. 
 
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 THE 
 
 PUBLISHER 
 
 T O T H E 
 
 READER. 
 
 IT is univerfally acknowledged thac 
 no Reading is more ufeful than the 
 Lives of great and Good Men ; And 
 of all Lives thole are moft Edifying 
 which reprefent to us the Noble Con- 
 flifts, and Eminent Sufferings of Con- 
 feflors and Martyrs, for thcfe are the 
 principal Leaders in the Armies of the 
 Living God, (landing firm againft all 
 the Batteries of the Powers of Darknels ; 
 And to behold their Courage and Con- 
 ftancy, is not more Entertaining, thanic 
 is truly Edifying, as it animates us to 
 follow the Example of fuch Heroes in 
 the Chriftian Warfare, 
 
 But many will be apt to fay what 
 need we Examples of this fort in thefe 
 Latter Ages, fiace the Church is come 
 
 ? ? undet 
 
The Treface. 
 
 under the Procedion of Chriftian Priiv 
 ces, who have been Nurling Fathers, 
 and Nurfing Mothers to ic/ The Pri- 
 mitive Chriflians they readily Extol, 
 and the Faidi and Patience of the Firft 
 Martyrs, they Hear and Read oFwith 
 Admiration. But of the modern Mar- 
 tyrdoms, thefe fcem to underftand little 
 of the neceffity , and as flightly to Efteem 
 their Sufferings. But this is a Prejudice 
 vv hich,withSubmi{fion,l fhallPrclume to 
 fay,arifes from too great an Inadverten- 
 cy of what is both Ptedidled in Scrip- 
 ture^andRecordedinEcclefiafticalHifto- 
 ry,concerning the State of the Church of 
 God in the Middle, and thefe latterAgcs. 
 As for the Scripture Accounts of this 
 matter, what more Evident than that 
 its State was to be Mditmt^ and parti- 
 cularly that under the Antkr'tflian Domi- 
 nation it fhould fuffer a long and DiP 
 mal Opprc{rion,and even an Extermina- 
 tion in fome Places,fo as to beforc'd to 
 take her Flight into the clofeft Coverts ? 
 what elfe can mean thefe words of St. 
 'john^ Rev. il. 6. That tht Wommfhould 
 
 fly 
 
The Treface. 
 
 fly into the Wlldernefs^ fisher e fhe had a place 
 prepared of God^ that they f}?ould feed her 
 there a Thoujand f"ft?o hundred and threefcore- 
 days^whkh in the prophecick Scile means 
 1 1 Hundred and Sixty Years, and chac 
 there {he fhould ^rophefu in Sackcloth^ 
 Rev. ir. ^. The Wildernefs does rnoft 
 aptly denote the place of her chiefeft Re- 
 fidence in the Middle Ages cfpedally, 
 and her being in Sackcloth prcfignifics 
 the fadnefs of her Heart, and her low 
 Condition during that whole time. 
 
 And as for Evidence from Ecclefiafti^ 
 cal Hiftory, if our Proteftant Readers 
 would vouchfafe with the fame diligence 
 and regard to perufc the Hiftories of the 
 Old Jlhtgenfes gindlValdenfes^ and of the 
 ProteftantCrmrchestheirSucceflbrSjefpe- 
 cially thofe of Piemont and France^zs they 
 ufually do the Hiftories of Popifli Wri- 
 ters, they would difcern thofc and other 
 Prophefies verify 'd to a tittle, as to the 
 Sufferings of bothjUnder the Komzn Anti- 
 drifts during that long Tyranny, draw- 
 ing now, it is much to be hop'd, towards 
 its final Period. And as in the Primitive 
 
 a 4 Per- 
 
The Preface. 
 
 Pcrfecutions they find the Laft, name- 
 ly chat of ViocleJUn, to exceed all the 
 former in Duration^the Numbers of the 
 Perrecuccd5and the Variety of cheirSuffer- 
 ings ; So in this of the Churches of France 
 2n6Tiemont ^c^xncd on by the Power and 
 Influence of another DiocUfun^ they will 
 find, as e'er long will be made appear, 
 a like Proportion wich refped: to all the 
 former, in every of thefe Particulars. 
 
 It was in this laft that our Noble Con- 
 fefloi and Martyr, Mr. Louis de Marolks^ 
 {hind fogloriouflyin this Chriftian War- 
 fare ; It was in this that he ftood fo im- 
 moveable, when ThouUnds fell on all 
 fides him, in Courts, in Prifons, in Con- 
 ferences, himfelf remaining equally un- 
 fhaken with either Menaces or Intreaties; 
 And it was in this that he bore up after- 
 wards with a great and elevated Soul, 
 both in theGallies and in the Dungeon. 
 And what a long and difmal Night muft 
 this latter of Six Years continuance have 
 been to any other, who had not been 
 pofTefled of fuch a clear Confcience, and 
 a joyousMind^asGod vouchfafed to him ! 
 
 The 
 
Ihe Preface. 
 
 The Cordials of divine Comfort muft 
 have been very ftrong that couldSupporc 
 Jiim under the load of his Chains, and ia 
 fuch horrid Circumftancesfo long ! And 
 indeed it appeares through his wholeHi- 
 ftory, that as his Sufferings were uncom- 
 mon, fb his Confolations w;:re exceed-* 
 ing great. But I could not have form d fo 
 ftrong an Idea of them, had it not been 
 for one of the darkeft parages in his Sto- 
 ry. In Page di upon his firft coming to 
 La TourmHe^ you will find him Expref- 
 fing himfelf thus^ */weer here with fome- 
 ' thing more Agreeable^ and more Grie^ 
 ' VQUs than the Dungeon, but we muft 
 ' fubmit to all. This Period wherein he 
 fpeaksofwhat he fehin the Dungeon, 
 to be both Jgreeable and QrkVous at the 
 fame time, leemd to me at firft to be 
 Inconfiftent^till waiting upon that Lear- 
 ned Mathematician Mr, de Moivre^to put 
 right the following problem; In dif- 
 courfe upon Mr, de idarolles^ that Gen- 
 tleman told mc, that in the Five or Six 
 times he was with him in his Confine- 
 ment, he always found him, tho^ with 
 
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Ihe Treface. 
 
 a Chain upon his Neck, and in a place 
 and Conipany moft Horrid, yet with a 
 chearful glee and fmilc upon his Coun- 
 tenance, fuch as fpake more than a bare 
 Serenity of Mind,even ajoy in hisHearc; 
 SothatchisPeriodmuft intimate that there 
 wasThat which was zs^ff'eeable to hisln*- 
 ward Mind, as theDifcordant Sounds, of 
 Oaths, andExccrations from his wrecched 
 Company,was more,much morcQrieVous 
 to his Sandlified Ears, than the very Dun- 
 geon jc felf. And this period being fo 
 under ftood, is very Bdifying^ as it fhcws 
 the Ineffable fupports from the Spirit of 
 Godjwhich Holy Souls do meet wich in 
 their Extrcameft Sufferings/But they are 
 not the Memoires of Monfieur de MaroUes 
 alone, whofe Life did fhine in the Dun- 
 geon, as a Diamond in the Qark, which 
 rnay be produced . But I have others by 
 me of equal Luftre, and which fliall be 
 Ijkewife communicated to the World, if 
 ihefe fhall meet with that kind Accep- 
 caiKe, they feem to me to defcrve. 
 
 iM 
 
The freface. 
 
 I had once indeed defign d to have in* 
 ferted them in the Martyrolo^y which is al- 
 ready far advanced in the Prefs. But 
 befides that my other Materials for thac 
 Hiftory will more than fill the num- 
 ber of Sheets proposed ; I have been in- 
 dued to Publifli thefe Lives feparacely, 
 that coming into more hands they might 
 convey their Edification farther. And 
 if I may judge of others Advantages by 
 mine own, the Benefit they will reap 
 by the Reading of fuch Lives will not 
 be fmall, there being no fort of Read- 
 ing that I have yet Experienc d, which 
 next to that of Holy Scriptures, tends 
 more to nourifh our Faith, Hope and 
 Charity, to beget that Meeknefs and 
 Humility, and to impregnate the Soul, 
 with fuch an Heavenly Difpoficion , 
 and fuch an abfolute Submiffion and 
 Refignation to the Divine will, as thefe 
 Accounts do. 
 
 And indeed when we fee others with 
 fo entire a Refignation to the Divine 
 Pleafure, Sacrifice their Lives, and 
 their Jll in a chcarful Obedience to his 
 
 Com- 
 
7he Preface. 
 
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 Commands ; How can any of us Re- 
 pine under any of the Common Suf- 
 ferings of this Human Life, be they 
 Indignities, Loffes, Pain, Sicknefs or 
 Other Afflictions, none of which are 
 to be named with tho(c of Martyrs ! 
 And furely M^n being ^orn to Afflitllons 
 as naturally ai the Sparkj fly upwards; 
 As for our Imitation in other parts of 
 Chriftian Duty, fo efpecially on this 
 latter Account , no fort of Reading 
 Teems to me of more General Ufe than 
 this of the Sufferings, and Conflids of 
 thefe Chriftian Heroes. 
 
 But why (hould I fpeake only of the 
 ufe of thcfe Memoirs as Encouraging us to 
 bear up under Common Afflidions? For 
 alafs we, no more than other Proteftanc 
 Churches can be lo fecure and fafe, (fo 
 long as the Roman Antichrijl^ and his 
 Vaflal oif ranee, continue in power to 
 Perfecute,) but that we ourlelves may 
 be Ibmetime or other called forth to the 
 likeAthletick Exercifes of Heroick Reli- 
 gion; And this kind of Reading would 
 have its more immediate ufe to this pur- 
 
 pofe 
 
7he Preface. 
 
 pofe, being no lefs apt to animate us 
 to .ftrive for Victory, than the Hifto- 
 ries of the Noble Atchievemcnts in 
 your Secular wars, do wonderfully fti* 
 mulate our Military Men to contend 
 for worldly Glory. And to this pur- 
 pofe let us hear that Great Eufehlus in 
 the Introduction to his Hiftory of the 
 famous Martyrs of Lyons ^ the fame 
 Country where ours have fo glorionfly 
 contended for Immortal 
 Crowns. " From thefe ^''^^^ ^^fi 
 ** kind of Narratives fays proam. 
 " he, not only the Know- 
 " ledge of Tranfadlions are to be 
 " fought; But what is mere Va- 
 ^^ luable y fuch Documents as pro- 
 " mote Piety too. Other Hiftorians in- 
 " deed lays he, have wholly made it 
 " their Bufinefs to Record in their 
 " works , Trophies eredted againft 
 their Conquered Enemies ; The Va- 
 lour of Generals> and brave Exploits 
 of Souldiers, befmear'd with Blood, 
 *^ and polluted with Innumerable 
 l[ slaughters in defence of their Chil- 
 
 '' dren 
 
Ihe Preface, 
 
 **• dren, Countries and Eftaccs : Buc 
 " we who fee forcH the Hiftory of a 
 *^ Divine Society of Men, will record 
 *' upon immortal Monuments , in- 
 ^^ fcrib'd with indelible Characters, 
 ^' the mod pacace Wars wagd for 
 ^^ the Obtaining Spiritual Peace ; And 
 *' the Valiant Adts of thofe Perfons 
 *' who in iucti Rencoanters contended 
 *^ more for the Truth, than for their 
 *' Country, and for Rehgion rather 
 *' than their Deareft Relations j Pub- 
 *' lifhing for the perpetual Remem* 
 " brance of Pon:erity, the continued 
 " Earneftnefs of thofe Champions who 
 " fought for Piety, their Fortitude in 
 " undergoing manifold Torments,their 
 *^ Trophies ereded againfl the Devils, 
 *^ the Viilorious Gonqueft obtain d 
 ^' over Invifible Adverlaries, and laft 
 ^^ of all, their Crown.*^. Behold here- 
 in moil elegantly deicribd the 
 Bravery of the Souldiers of jefus Chrift 
 in their Spiricual Warfare againft the 
 Powers of Darkncfs ; And the read- 
 ing indeed of fuch muftas well natu^*' 
 
 rally 
 
7he preface. 
 
 rally, as in vertue of a Divine ener- 
 gy, Animate us to a like Gallantry in 
 like Conflids, fiiould we by Divine 
 Providence be ever call'd forth to fuch 
 Combats. 
 
 It was with thefe Views that the Pri- 
 mitive Chriftians took care to CoUeft 
 the A^s of the Confeflbrs and Martyrs 
 of thofc early Times ; And had not the 
 Wicked Monkes in latter Ages fpoil'd 
 thefe Accounts, by Adulterating them 
 with a Thoufand Legendary Tales , 
 and mear anile Fables, thereby to coun- 
 tenance their own Futilities, and to In* 
 troduce and maintain their Idolatries, 
 and Superftitions 5 Tho/e precious Re- 
 mains tranfmitted to us in their own 
 Native Simplicity and Sincerity, would 
 have been valued by us as the mod 
 Confiderable Pieces of Antiquity. And 
 it is enough to infpire us with a juft: 
 Value of them, as fincerely Delivered 
 to us, when we read the Story of the 
 Martyrs of iLiowy, and more particular- 
 ly that of Attcdus and Blandina in £«- 
 fibius'^ Book V. Chap. I. In whole j^ 
 
 Con- / 
 
The Preface. 
 
 Conflidts for three Days, (the Judges 
 and Executioners, even tiring them- 
 felves in torturing their very weak Bo- 
 dy) we may behold that Conftancy 
 and Magnanimity, that is rarely to be 
 met with in the braveft Heroes. And 
 indeed it is a Spedacle worthy of God 
 and Angels, much more of us Mortals, 
 to behold thefe Glorious Confeflors 
 and Marttyrs , 77tagno elatoq-^ animo 
 ftemning the Tide of Obloquy and 
 Contempt, charging bravely through 
 Wounds and Tortures, marching un- 
 dauntedly through the Legions of the 
 Prince of Darknefs, and vigoroufly to 
 lay hold on the Crowns of Glory held 
 forth to them by their once Suffering, 
 but now Triumphing Mediator and 
 Redemer. 
 
 And it is really fo Affeding and 
 Edifying a piece of Hiftory, That of 
 Eufeb'tus , concerning the Martyrs of 
 Lions^ that had I not a more proper 
 place for it, I fhould have prefix'd it 
 to this Specimen of Modern Pcrfecu- 
 tions in France ^ That by having in our 
 
The Preface. 
 
 View the Ancient and late Perfecuiions 
 in one and the fame Country, we might 
 the more cafily compare them together, 
 and fee that there is no:hing of Differ- 
 ence but of name only, between (^ow<? 
 and Gatil Tagariy and d^ome and France 
 Antichr'tjiian^ the fame Diabolical Spi- 
 rit reigning in both. 
 
 And our Forefathers of the Refor- 
 mation alio had the like juft value 
 of thefe (btt oi Memoir Sy fb that no Ibo- 
 ner had Mr. Fox, that great Martyrolo* 
 gift, (never to be fufficiencly valued foe 
 his Induftry and fidelity, notwichftand- 
 ing the Dctra6tions of the enraged 
 Enemy, too eafily impoHng upon fuch 
 as arc but caU Friends to the Fwcforma* 
 tions,) Publifh'd his Hiftorical CoUeiai* 
 ons of the Aits and Sutferings of our 
 Glorious Martyrs, but the Piety of out 
 Anceftors had them Chained in our 
 Churches, for the Edification of the 
 People 5 And the People from the Ex- 
 perience of the Benefit they received by 
 them, took them into their Houfes^ 
 and Read them on Sunday Nights to 
 
 b their 
 
The Treface. 
 
 their Families. And this with the grea* 
 teft reafon, fince Cas that Great Man, 
 Arch-Bifiiop Tillotfon^ fpeaks of it as a 
 true Obfervacion,) '^ Cacechifing, and 
 ^' the Hiftory of. the Martyrs, have 
 " been the two Great Pillars of the 
 '' Pioceftanc Religion. Serm. Fo/./>. 019. 
 But alas ! we leem to think we want 
 no fuch TtlUrs ; We can fondly Ima- 
 gine our Church is Saje^ xho numbcrlels 
 Popifli Priefts are amoag us, with 
 Innumerable Intriegucs, perpetually la;3 
 bouring to Undermine or Overturn us, 
 firft to Divide, and then Inflame us. 
 I do indeed as readily and heartily be* 
 licvc^^s any one,that humanly (peaking, 
 we are Saje^ fo long as God lends us lo 
 fcxcellcnc a Queen to reign over us. 
 And ic is well we are lo 5^/^, tor i: 
 may fufficieatly appear from thi$ Sped- 
 mniaf Tdpal and French Tyranny^ iiwMh^t 
 a miferable Condition we fhould be/ 
 had wc lately, or lliould we yec fall 
 under lo fevere a Scourge as French Pojtt 
 pcry. ic is hardly to be ccnceivd what 
 can be Invented by the Malice of De- 
 vils 
 
Tlye Preface. 
 
 vils more Torturous, than after ^ 'Ba* 
 ftinado in the GalHes, which has lefc the 
 Body one entire Wound, to be thrown 
 into a Dungeon/ there to be devoured 
 by Vermin engendred in chePutrefadlioit 
 ot their Sores, and there again to lye in 
 Filth and Ordure, and to be pin'd to 
 Death with Famine, and llivved wicb 
 Cold, and all this during a difmal Night 
 of many Years, as has, and is ftill the 
 Cafe of many of thele Confcffors; Tho' 
 I (ay, nothing can be imagind more 
 exquifitely Cruel, Yet I am pevf^aaded^ 
 if the moft Invendve Malice' of 
 ^me Of fr^^c^ could hav-^^ Ir^ in 
 their Power to inflift more, we of all 
 Proteftants in Chnjicniom , fliould be 
 fure to feel the Fury of ic; TkeCoa- 
 fideration of which,"God gtint ic may 
 be fo a warning to us, as to remove 
 the Danger at the ^greateil Diftance 
 from us r '^'^ n^:hMunv 
 
 Our Neighbours and Sifter-Nation of 
 Irdand^ who have withiit tii^'Memory 
 of Man, forely felt the Rage of Popery, 
 as Men Awakened 5 Teem to be In- 
 fo -& ttui 
 
Jhc fnjacf. 
 
 tent upon this ; And arc taking the itioft 
 Wife and Pious Meafures in the World, 
 to remove for ever all Danger from 
 Them; Namely, afcer having remo- 
 ved the Bloody Inftruments of Maf- 
 facres and Rebellions, the Popifll 
 Pritfts, out of their Country, by taking 
 the moft Chiiftian and Effedual Mea- 
 fures to Inftru(^ the mifguided People 
 in true Religion. The Imart of thole 
 Sores they have felt, may have per- 
 haps Influencd them to thefe Precauti- 
 ons ; But we having felt for late Gene- 
 rations little but Deliverances, whilft 
 others have felt nothing but Sufferings, 
 have need of being warned by others 
 Experiences; For which Confidcration 
 of Safety alfo, as well as of Edification^ it 
 is, that this Specimen of Popifh Cruelty 
 is here prcfemcd. 
 
 Nor is ic only ojr Sdfdy from the 
 more immediate Scourge of Popery, 
 winch is herein confultcd : For tho' 
 God lliould fli!l continue to fave us, 
 and that even againft our Wills, fro^n 
 fuch an unfpeakablc Mifery, as that 
 
 would 
 
The Treface. 
 
 would bring upon us ; yet there is great 
 Reafon we fhould bethink our felves, 
 that God has other Ways le(c hiiii ro 
 Chaftife us ; efpecially fincc Death, in 
 the moft difmal of all its Shapes, that 
 of the Tlagne^ has for thefc Five Years 
 conne flMng from the £^/? and No^r^ 
 towards us, and is now cooie near us. 
 And tho* God fliould not be provoked 
 by our unparalleVd Ingratitude for that 
 ineftimable Blcfling, his Prcfervation 
 of us from Popery, and his Continu- 
 ance of the beft Religion in the World 
 among us, to deliver us over to the 
 Scourge of fapal fyranny j yet we may 
 have juft Reafon to apprehend that 
 he fhould at length Vifit this finful 
 Nation and City, for its crying Sins 
 of Infidelity, Profancis and Immora- 
 lity, and particularly for its Debau- 
 cheries and Abominations, not to be 
 nam'd, yet too much cpnniv'd at, or 
 rather worfe, by fuch Magiftrates as 
 dilcourage the Execution of our good 
 Laws againft fuch pernicious OfFen- 
 der$ J as alfq for that vile Hvpocrify of 
 
 b? ^ Tq 
 
The Preface. 
 
 fo many pretending a mighty Zeal for 
 the Bed of Churches, when they 
 live io as would be a Difhonour to 
 the word. 
 
 God indeed feems to deal with us 
 as antiently with his own People the 
 Jjrachtes^ whom nocwithftanding their, 
 intolerable Provocations, and particu- 
 larly in looking back toWards,and long- 
 ing ^Qv the Leeks and Onins oi Egypt, he 
 feem'd loth to giveup to be deftroy'd 
 by the Heathen Nacions, bpt rather 
 took them under his own immediate 
 Chaftilements, left in their Deftru6lion 
 his Holy Name fhould be Blafphemed 
 among che Gentiles. And if for the^ 
 lake of our Religion, not of our felves, 
 and that the true Religion might not 
 be BlafphemM among the Paganized 
 Romanifts, he fliould not deliver us 
 to the Defolacions of Popfry, letting us 
 fall into the Hands of .'^^en fi^hofe Mercies 
 are Cruel , And in Mercy fhould ra- 
 ther let us fall under his own Hands, 
 by Vifiting us with the Tlague-j This 
 to me feems an awakening Coniidera- 
 
 tipn. 
 
Ihe Treface. 
 
 tion^ and ro call loud upon us to pre" 
 pare our felves by fuch Meditatiom^ and 
 fuch ^eadin^^ as will beft enable us to 
 bear fo fevcre a Vification. 
 
 And indeed, to acquaint our lelves 
 with the Faith, and Patience, and 
 Conftancy of Martyrs, will be alike 
 ufcful under both thefe Calamities. 
 Both Terfccution and Tejlilence do pre» 
 fent Death unto us, in the neareft 
 View, and with the mofi: ghaftly 
 Counccnance 5 Both put us upon the 
 Exercife of the mofi: Heroick Virtues, 
 Conftancy and Refignation j And both 
 require the moft Noble Examples of 
 the fame to be laid before us. And 
 therefore fuch ^eadin^ may, at lead, be 
 of Ule to thofe who may think it their 
 Duty to keep their Stations, fliould 
 the Plague come among us ; fince to 
 ftand our ground in fuch a Cafe, will 
 it (elf require a Spirit of Martyrdom. 
 
 Not that I would be thought to de- 
 fpond, as if we were already fo aban* 
 don'd to Iniquity, as to leave no room 
 for Hopes of Mercy. On the contrary, 
 
 b 4 there 
 
The freface. 
 
 there are as promifing Sigm of Divine 
 Favour, SisTokens of the Plague, would 
 portend his High Difpleafure. And 
 among the Multitudes of Bad, there 
 may, perhaps, be many as good Chri- 
 ftians among us, as in moft Ages be- 
 fore us. We have had, of late Years, 
 Societies of young Men rais'd among us, 
 who have not only encreas'd our Num* 
 bers at Day ly- Prayers and Monthly- 
 Gcmmunions, and have been greatly 
 Inftrumental to found and maintain 
 the fame, but to whom alfo we are 
 to acknowledge it, that according to 
 our ^uhrick^ we have them on all our 
 Fe/iivah 5 We have, moreover, an He- 
 roick Sett of Worthy Gentlemen and 
 Others, The Society for Reformation of 
 SMamurs^ who with the Courage of 
 Confejfors^ have expos d themfelves to 
 a Thoufaud Indignities, Ignominies and 
 Dangers, and fome of them have adlu- 
 ally iacrificd their Lives, in a Noble 
 Oppoficion to Profanefs and Debau* 
 chery ; We have other Societies^ fome 
 for the Tropagaticn of our Holy Religion 
 
 jihroad. 
 
The Preface. 
 
 Ahroad , by fending and fupporting 
 Miifions in the Wejl^ and others are 
 making towards the Eaji-Indies ; And 
 we have another like Society meeting 
 Weekly to Confult, and to give their 
 Afliftance to the Iaftru(5lion and Chri? 
 ftian Education of the Children of our 
 ignorant and profligate Poor at Home^ 
 by raifing o( CharitySchools ; And at the 
 Recommendation of our mofl: Pious 
 Queen to Her Parliament, we are co 
 have a great Addition to our Churches 
 for the Worfliip of God, which is a 
 more Publick and National Charity ; 
 Not to mention fome other Confulta- 
 tions, becaufe not yet fo well known, 
 of equal Tendency perhaps, to lome 
 of the former, for diffufing the Light 
 of the Gofpel, and the Converfion of 
 flagitious Sinners, and by both for the 
 Salvation of many Souls. And all 
 thefe Great and Gloiious Defigns ha* 
 ving been formed in thefe Two laft 
 Happy ^d^ns^ and that in a Time of 
 War ; It may be hopd, that as they 
 have be^n none of the Icafl: Means to 
 
 procuie 
 
lhe<Pnface. 
 
 procure us fuch Glorious Succefles ; So 
 if continued and encouraged, They 
 may be equally powerful with God, 
 to avert whatever Judgments may 
 feem othevwife to be impendent o- 
 ver us. 
 
 But if through the Frowns of any 
 in Magiftracy, in Contempt of Laws 
 both Divine and HumaU) and the Neg- 
 lc£t of the Inferiour Officers, tho' 
 Sworn to Execute fuch Laws, and yet, 
 who with an uncommon Air of Af- 
 furance, fliall affume to themfelves 
 the Tide of the only True Sons and 
 Frie«^5 of the Church, and of a Church 
 too, whofe Principles and Doctrines, 
 of any in the World, are the mod Op- 
 pofice to, and give no manner ot Salvos 
 for Impiety and Immorality ; Our cry- 
 ing Sins fliall not only be connived at, 
 but meer Libertinifm fliall be again let 
 loofe upon us ; If again thefe Noble 
 Heroes in the Caufe of God,who in per- 
 fect Subferviency co the Laws of our 
 Land, have heretofore fo fuccesfuUy and 
 yifibly fupprefs d the Overflowings of 
 
 Ungod- 
 
Ihe freface. 
 
 Ungodlincfs, fo that open Curfings and 
 Swearings were no more heard in Places 
 of Re(ort,Levv'd Women did not open- 
 ly walk in our Streets, Houfes of Baw- 
 dry were profecuted and put down, So* 
 domites were frighted out of their nafty 
 Places of Retreat, and the Lord's Day 
 rendered Sacred among us 5 If thcfe brave 
 Chriftians, who have lo vifibly weak- 
 ned the Power of Satan's, and fo fuc- 
 celsfuUy advancd the Conquefts of 
 Chrifts Kingdom, fhall bedifcourag'd 
 and overborn by Noife and Clamour, 
 and the Sins of Sodom, and other Hish 
 Debaucheries and Impieties fliall be 
 permitted to get Head again : And 
 farther yet ; It regardlefs of the Affli- 
 ctions ofjofeph^ we fliould be Infenfible 
 of our Brethren's Sufferings, of Their 
 unfpeakable Sufferings, I fay, in Pri- 
 fons, Gallies, and Dungeons, and poft- 
 poning, once more, their deplorable 
 Cafe, fliould mind only our own Se- 
 curity and Eafe at Home : Upon fuch 
 high Provocations, there may be too 
 piuch Reafon to fear that God will 
 
 renew 
 
[he Preface. 
 
 renew his Contro^erjy with us, and lee 
 in for our Chaftifemenc, either Poptry 
 or Teftilence upon us : And upon this 
 Confideration ic wzy behove us, to 
 prepare our felves for the Day of Af- 
 fliilion, by being converfant in fuch 
 Reading ^ and by employing our 
 Thoughts in fuch Meditations^ as thofc 
 herein recommended. 
 
 To fum up this whole Matter j This 
 fort of Reading feems to me the moft 
 Ufeful and Edifying, as ic nouriflies in 
 our Souls the moft Divine and Heavenly 
 Difpofitions, as ic prepares our Hearts 
 to bear with Refignation the more 
 Common Afflictions, and the mofc 
 extraordinary and terrible Difpenfa- 
 tions, and as ic tends to beget in our 
 Minds a Spirit of Mattyrdom. And I 
 might alfo enlarge on its ufeful Ten- 
 dency to create in us a more Catholick 
 Charity towards our Proceftant Bre- 
 thren abroad, together with fuch a fel* 
 low feeling of cheir Miferies, and Suf- 
 ferings, as it becomes thofe to have, 
 who b-lieve there ought to be a Com- 
 
 77iunioit 
 
The Preface. 
 
 piunion of SaintSy in all the Members of 
 the Church Mf'Htant j Ic is ufeful in an 
 high Mcafure to raife in us the higheft 
 Elteem for fuch Noble Confeffors and 
 Glorious Martyrs, and to make us 
 Glorify God in their Faith and Con* 
 ftancy ; Not to inllft how the Confi- 
 deration of fuch their lore and un- 
 fpeakable Tryals (liould render us moft 
 highly fenfible of God's Mercies, in 
 the many and almoft Miraculous De* 
 liverances from the like Cruelcies, from 
 which he has fo fignally favd us ; And 
 this the rather, becaufe we cannot be 
 certain whether We could have bore up 
 vj'nh [o much admirable Confcancy, 
 and unfhakcn Perfeverancc, under luch 
 tremendous Tryals. But above all, 
 1 confider it as peculiarly UfcfuI in 
 the prelcnt Juncture, as ic may excite 
 fuch as may have it in their Power, 
 to extort from the Grand Oppreflbr, 
 a Deliverance at laft of our Brethren, 
 thofe Great Confedors, groaning under 
 fb horrible and dreadful Sufferings, 
 
 And, 
 
The Preface, 
 
 And, indeed, to be plain, it is not 
 (b much the Benefit of cur fclves at 
 Home, that I defign by this Publicati- 
 on, as of the Sufferers themfclves a* 
 broad, who are laid not to be a few. 
 I am credibly informed, that ( befidcs 
 the Mulcicucies forcd into Convents 
 and Prifons ) there are ftill alive in 
 the Gallies and Dungeons of France^ 
 little lefs than Four Hundred ; And 
 thefe latter muft have fuffcrcd by 
 many Years a much longer Kight, 
 even than Mr. de M-irolles. ( And his 
 dear Friend and Companion in Suffer- 
 ings, Mr. le Feyre was lock'd up, and 
 livd in his Dungeon Si;;teen YearsJ 
 And if the Notice of thefe Things 
 could be conveyed to the Great Ones, 
 who are to manage the Proteftant Ne- 
 gotiations, where-ever, and whenever 
 they fliall be fee on foot,- It were a 
 Crime to doubr, whether their Hearts 
 u^ould be touched with that Compaffi- 
 on, as to make them exert themfelves 
 for their Brethrens Enlargement out of 
 fo long and difmal a Captivity* And 
 
r i-"-"-r- • - 
 
 The Treface. 
 
 as the Enemy's Power fcems to be 
 brought to a much lower Ebb, than ac 
 the Peace of ^yjwick 3 Her Majefty and 
 Her Allies having carried their Con- 
 quefts beyond his Barriers^ and even to 
 his very Frontiers ; So it is to be hop'd, 
 that there is nothing farther wanting, 
 but that upon the next Treaty Their 
 Miniftcrs fliould accordingly Exert 
 themfelvcs for the Deliverance of chofe 
 both mthin^ and li>ithout the Gallies and 
 Dungeons ^ for which there feem to be 
 maay Reafons, that rtiay be fetch 'd^ 
 as well from meer Intereji^ as fj^eligion, 
 
 I fliall not prefume to enter into the 
 Politic Confideration of this Matter^ 
 and to plead how far the Reftitucion 
 of the French Troteftants to their Legal 
 Rights, as Irreyocably Eftablifli'd by the 
 Edift of NantSy may be reckon d z- 
 mong the bcft Expedients to reftrain ths 
 Grand Monarch, as his Admirers Vainly 
 think him, from Difturbing any more, 
 after another Peace, the Repofe of £«- 
 rope ; but fhall rather leave the Reader 
 for Satisfaction in that Point, to the 
 
 c Ingenioai 
 
 JG^:^^^. 
 
^ he ^Preface. 
 
 Ingenious Author of %l)t ^liteteft 
 
 sf Europe, Hutl) refpeci to i^eace 
 
 ftllH^at) lately publiCh'd, and .Printed 
 for.& fopping/ ^t the ^aMm ih ^aJttt- 
 K-olier-^oWy 17 1 1. And from him, I 
 ;biak, they may find it. But, if I may 
 |>ave leave to fpeak my Scntimencs in 
 like - Cafe, as a J)'mney I (prefurae to 
 fey^; that it may be worthy our Re- 
 flection, whether it can be expeftcd 
 that the AIL- wile Provideqce fhould 
 better prolper ther prejent^ than it did 
 the laft feace,, fliould the Deliverance 
 of his Suffering Servants be again poft- 
 pon'd, DOw> that the Gbftacles feem 
 not, at thefp^is to whidv Matters arc 
 brought, to be half fo Grcat^^ nor his 
 Power of Refufing, near lo Strong. 
 And, indeed, lince Providence hafe 
 brought us, with fuch wonderful Sue- 
 cefles, to the very Door of frana ; And 
 fliould we enter it, 'tis highly proba- 
 ble, there would be found many Thour 
 fands, even of the Old t^apijls^ who 
 by having fo long view d the admirable 
 
 Con- 
 
[he Preface, 
 
 Conftancy of the French Co?ifeJJlrs and 
 Martyrs y have cncertainy a quite diffe^ 
 rent Opinion of their Religion than 
 they formerly had, as may be partly 
 fecn in the following Account of the 
 Converfion of a Popifli Prieft from his 
 Cruel Religion, upon that very Score j 
 Nay, and thefe very Papifls throughout 
 FrancCy as we are credibly informed, arc 
 now grown (b fick of Popery, that 
 but for the Tyranny they are under, 
 they would abandon it ; Since, I fay, 
 thefe Things are fo, What pity is it, 
 that (bme vigorous Ejjiorts fliould not 
 be made, to reftore, at lead our Pro- 
 reliant Brethren thcre^ to their Liberty 
 and ^Itpon^ and efpecially w^hen Their 
 full Liberty would, in ail probability, 
 be Our firm Security ? Not to concern 
 our felves in their refcue, when Things 
 are brought to fo promifing a Proipe(5l, 
 would be to ferve only our own felves 
 of the Indulgent Mercies of Providence, 
 and then let its more peculiar Concerns^ 
 as far as in us lics^ fhift for them- 
 lelves. 
 
The Preface 
 
 I prefume to fay, his more peculiar 
 Concerns^ even in thefe Secul^ Turns 
 and Revolutions. For thofe who read 
 the Hiftories of the World, with thofe 
 Higher and Nobler Views, which Sa- 
 cred Writ docs abundantly give them, 
 do cpnfider even Trofane and CiVtl Hir 
 ftcfries, as well as Sacred and Ecclefiajli- 
 caly as no other than the Hiftories of 
 TroVidence. And fuch may be able to 
 produce, from both Ancient and Mo- 
 dern Story, of either Kind, rpany In- 
 ftances wherein the G^reatcft Politicians, 
 Adting upon meer Secular Maxims^ with 
 a Slight to God s Government of Hu- 
 man Affairs, have been fatally mifta- 
 ken in the Ifllie ; When others, A6ting 
 with an Eye to the latereft of his King- 
 dom, have fucceeded beyond all Hu- 
 man Expectation. And it feems wor- 
 thy the Divine Wifdom, to permit the 
 Wife Men of the World to be fo mi- 
 ferably difappointed in their Schemes, 
 as inftcad oi putting an End to, to lay 
 the Foundation of far greater, and 
 more lading Calamities to their Coun- 
 try; 
 
rhe Preface. 
 
 try ; when, poftponing the Incer^fts of 
 his Servants, they fliall mind only their 
 own. Whereas, on the contrary, if 
 with due Submiffion we may (peak it ; 
 It does as much, as humanly can be 
 done, to engage the Divine Providence 
 to give an Happy Iflue to fuch Endea- 
 vours and Mealures, wherein they 
 fairly Confult, not only their own, but 
 the Intcrefts of Him, to whom they 
 owe, and to whom they are account- 
 able for all their Power. 
 
 But that I may not be thought, by 
 what has been faid of poftponing the 
 Reftauration of our Proteftant Bre- 
 thren, at the Treaty of ^yfwtck^ to re* 
 fled in the Icaft on the Memory of a 
 Prince, to whofe Glorious Memory we 
 owe the Grcateft Refped, as he was 
 bpth Ours, and Europe's Great Deli- 
 verer ; As if he was wanting, in doing 
 what was praSlicakle to be done for the 
 Dehverance of the Perfecuted in the 
 former Treaty ; And that others may 
 not pretend from fo Great an Example, 
 their own Excuf^, fhould the fame 
 
 Per- 
 
The Preface, 
 
 Perfecuted in France be now for ever 
 Abandond j Give nne leave to offer 
 fomeching in Apology for that Omif^ 
 fion in the former, which feems not fo 
 eafily to be admitted in the latter Ne- 
 gotiation. Andthe beft Apology that 
 can be made, is to be taken from the 
 far greater Impra^icablenefs of the Great 
 Work then, than appears to be in it in 
 the prefent Circumfiances. 
 
 And here it may be oblcrv'd, that 
 luch as feem to have as iictle real Con- 
 cern for the Reftauration and Liberty 
 of the French Proceftants, and others of 
 our Brethren under Oppreffion and Per- 
 fecution, as they have little Love and 
 Honour for our late Great Deliverer, 
 King William of Glorious Memory, are 
 mighty forward in Cenfuring his want 
 pf Sincerity and Zeal for the Trote/lant 
 Intereft, becaufe their Interefts both in 
 France^ and elfewhere, were fo Aban- 
 doned, as they think, in the Treaty of 
 ^yf'^ick 5 Not confidering the then 
 Power of the Enemy, and the hard 
 Qrcumjlances both of him, and his Al- 
 lies, 
 
Ihe ^Preface. 
 
 lies, when fuch Articles were Conclu- 
 ded, not only to their feeming Neglcft, 
 but to their great Difadvantage. But 
 the State of the Cale being fo well 
 fumm'd np by the Ingenious Author 
 of Ihe Inter eft ef Europe, now men- 
 tion'd, p. 44. 1 fli^ll give it partly in 
 his Words. 
 
 *' They {^the Refugees'] were in* 
 " deed then big with Expe(!iatiorr^ 
 V' that the froteftant Princes, concern d 
 ^^ in the laft War, would have Stir 
 " pulated their Re^^eftablifliment at the 
 " Treaty of Q^jy«?/c/c. I cannot doubt 
 "of King Williams Zeal for the ^ro- 
 */ ii^flant Intereft, but many Grcumftait^ 
 ^^ cef did then concur to force him to 
 fcri;Wave that Article. The Duke of 
 S^Vi> had. relinquifli'd the Alliance. 
 The Emperor's War with the Tnrk^ 
 added to the ordinary Dilatorine(s of 
 the §erman Nation, rendei'd the Af- 
 fiftance of the Empire very preca- 
 " rious. The feeble Adminiftration of 
 *' Spain had expos d that Monarchy to 
 ^[ to the greateft Dangers. fBarcelona 
 
 4C 
 
 a 
 
 CC 
 
 " was 
 
77;e Preface. 
 
 *' was taken, and almoft all Catalonia 
 ^^ was reduc'd. In the Lon? Countries^ 
 ^' JMons^ Chaleroy^ 4eth^ and feveral 
 ^' others of the Spanip? Towns were 
 *' fallen into the French Haads. In 
 *^ America they had plunder d Cartha- 
 ^^ genx. Some of the Towns in HoU 
 ** land began to flag, and King William 
 *' well remember d the fatal Eflfedts of 
 " the ¥nt>ch Intrigues v^ith fbme of the 
 *' Dutch Magiftrates at the Treaty of 
 " Kimtguen. His own Title to the 
 ** Crown of Britain had not been ac- 
 " knowlcdged by the French 5 And he 
 *' had Enemies not a few to ftrugglc 
 " with at home. He knew what x 
 " precarious State the King of Sfairts 
 " Health was in at that time, and 
 *' perhaps he did not care to deprive 
 *' himfelf and his Allies of the Ser- 
 ^^ vice of the French Refugees that were 
 *' in their Armies, in the War, which, 
 '^ no doubt, he forefaw would again 
 *^ break out upon the Catholtck King's 
 *' Death, And for thole, among o- 
 " ther Reaions, it may be believd, 
 
 '' that 
 
The preface. 
 
 *' that the Intereft of rhac People Wis 
 *' ovcrlbok'd/ Thus does our Au- 
 thor Apologize, and I think very juftly, 
 for what was omitted iii the Treaty of' 
 ^yfwickj in behalf of our Suffering 
 Brethren in France. And^ he might ' 
 have added, The bigotry of the Ent*-' 
 peror Leopold^ then at the Head of thfe^ 
 Alliance, as another unfavourable Or' 
 cumjiance to the Proteflanc Incereft'/'' 
 Whoj tho' he might have had Straps 
 huYgh^ the very Key of Gmmny^ ^^{Xy 
 Tcr'd up to the Empire^ was thought t6 
 choofe ^rifacky that fo cdnfiderable a 
 City as the former, might not, by be- 
 ing dcliver'd to France ^ enjoy the free 
 Exercife of the Proteftant Religion. 
 
 But the Cafe feems to be now ei- 
 trcnaely alcer'd, to the Advantage of 
 the Proteftant Intereft, both as to Power 
 and Circumftances.' For ias to Vowity 
 Have we not now pafs'd ; Are we ridi 
 now in PojTeffion of his Impre^nabks^f 
 And have we not f orag d even in Old 
 Franci ? And as to other Orcumftance^, 
 ' i infteaJ 
 
Ihe Treface. 
 
 inftead of an Emperor at the Head of 
 tKc Alliance, as well Jhle^ as Bigotted 
 enough to oppofe any Terms for the 
 Reftauration and Security of Prote- 
 ft'nts; The preient Emperor knows 
 bimfclf to be too much Dependent 
 upon the Proteftant Princes of the Al- 
 liance, to give them the lead Obftra- 
 £iion in fo juft an Article, as (hall not 
 only reclaim all our Suifering Brethren 
 from the Gallies and Vun^eons ; but re- 
 ftore to the reft through France^ the 
 Protection and Benefit of their EdtEts. 
 So that upon the whole, Providence 
 ieems to have given to the Proceftanc 
 Powers both Opportujiity and Capacity^ 
 at the next Treaty, which was want- 
 ing at that of RyjVick^ to render them- 
 fclves, and her Majcfty of (Jreat-Britain 
 more efpecially, for ever Famous 
 throughout tbrijiendomy for one of the 
 moft Glorious Afts that was ever Ac- 
 complidid by Pesce qv V/ar ^ even fuch 
 as Lonjlantine the Greac> did Glory in, 
 and was Applauded for, by the Primi- 
 tive 
 
The Preface. 
 
 tive Church, beyond all his other 
 Triumphs. 
 
 We knoiv, indeed, how Inexorable 
 hitherto that Perfecutor hath been, and 
 how perfedly Deaf to all Remon- 
 ftrances in their Favour, he has fliow'd 
 himfelf ; And he feeins to defign to 
 let us farther know, how InflexibU 
 he ftill intends to continue, if ic be true 
 what we hear of the renewing the 
 Baftinado^ that tremendous Torture / 
 aboard the Gallies, which for meer 
 Shame, for fome Years, has been in» 
 termitred ; as alfo, that the Perfecu* 
 tions are begun again in the Principality 
 of Orange. I'hefe feem to be very orni* 
 nous Prefaces, that at the fame time he 
 fpeaks fuch Inclinations to have Peace 
 with his Enemies abroad, he defigns 
 nothing lefs than a Cefiation of Cru- 
 elties to thefe the moil diftrels'd of 
 his poor Subjefts at home. And, in- 
 deed, ic has been his former Prailice^par- 
 ticularly after the Peace oi^yfivtck, parc^- 
 ly out of chat Infolcnce peculiar to him- 
 
The preface. 
 
 felf, and to fhew his Contempt of the 
 Vrotejiant To^^ers^ and partly from the 
 Inftigation of his Native Cruelty to- 
 wards his Proteflant Suhj Fls^ to renew 
 with greater Violence their Pcrfecu- 
 tion , after he has been fufficiently 
 tiurnbled in War by Trinces of their 
 Peruafion. But God be for ever 
 prais'd, who by the many wonderful 
 Succefles lately granted over him, has 
 pbw -put It in the Power of thePro- 
 teflant Allies^ more than at the former 
 Peace^ to extort from him, what of all 
 Thinos in the Woild he would not "^il- 
 lingly grant ; And no doubt, but that in 
 Gratitude to God for fuch Succeffes, 
 Xhey will make it their firft Care to 
 procure an entire Freedom to thefc his 
 Coufeffors^ to ferve him ; To fcrve Him, I 
 fay, who has granted Them fuch Suc- 
 ceffes againft fo fworn an Enemy to 
 Thcmlelves. So th^t could a perfecl and 
 full Knowledge of thefe Things, reach 
 them, as we fhould have nqje^fbn to 
 fear that we fliould again hear of our 
 
 Glorious 
 
Tl?e frefact. 
 
 Glorious ConJeJJors from the fame Rallies 
 they are now in, after another Peace; 
 So neither fhould we have Caufe lo 
 doubt of the Deliverance of the many 
 Hundred Thoufands befides, of their 
 Brethren in f ranee ; Who, tho* their 
 Bodies arc Free, yet their Confcicn- 
 ces arc miferably Enflav'd to To ftp) 
 Tyranny. 
 
 Her Majefty's pious Inclinations at 
 leaft, to obtain their Deliverance, wc 
 very well know, want no Incitements ; 
 Nor (hall we have reaibn to doubt the 
 Zeal of Her Minifters ; efpecially if 
 fully acquainted with the Methods of 
 Cruelty, which for many Years, even 
 to this Day, we hear are Exercised otj 
 thofe Confejfors ^ more particularly 
 on board the Gallies ; For which rea- 
 fon, I fliall prefix to this Life of 
 Mr. Marolks^ the Relation of an Eye- 
 Wicnefs, among us, concerning them, 
 vc^ho is ready to Atteft the Truth of 
 it; And fuch is the Gcneroficy of £«- 
 
The Treface. 
 
 g\i^ Proteftancs, that upon due Infor- 
 mation, none arc fo couragious, none 
 more ready, to rifque the greateft Dan- 
 gers to refcue the Miierable. 
 
 This was the Noble and Heroick 
 Temper in the Quee-n El't:^heth'T\:^Qs. 
 No fooner did She and Her Wife 
 Miniftcrs hear of the Opprefllon of the 
 Proteftant Churches in any Part of Eu- 
 rope^ but She interposed with Her full 
 Power, and all Her Incereft, to fnatch 
 them out of the Jaws of the %Gman 
 Lion, juft ready to Devour them. And 
 for this, as one of the Principal of Her 
 Royal Qualities, it was, that Her Name 
 is to this Day fo highly Honoured, and 
 will be pretious among Trote/lants to 
 future Ages. Nor let any that ferve 
 Her Prefent Majefty, who fills the 
 Throne with Equal Glory, defraud 
 Her through their Indifference in fo 
 Important an Article, of that, the 
 Chiefcft Garland in all Her Triumphs, 
 and which will lafl: longeft, and fmcll 
 fwccteftj even down to lateft Genera- 
 tions i 
 
1 he Treface. 
 
 tions i Which is Her being the Great 
 ^roteBrefs of Proceflants, and the H^f- 
 jiorer of their Liberties, wherefbever, 
 or how far foever they are Invaded; 
 And may this Pious and Generous 
 Spirit be ever the Glory of the £n- 
 ^Up? Nation ,• Now efpccially^ fince 
 it had never a greater Occafion to 
 fhew ics Compaffions to its Prore- 
 fcant Brethren, (whofe Sufferings, ifwc 
 confidcr them both as to Length and 
 ^igour^ have been fuch as arc not to 
 be parallefd in any Hifrories, from the 
 Foundations of Chrifcianity) than it has 
 at this Time ; And being fuch do loudly 
 cry out to us, Come and Help us. And to 
 excice fuch a laudable and truly Chriitian 
 Spirit in us, is the great Dcfign of this 
 Specimen of Tapal and French Terjecutm. 
 
 However, fhould the iffue be other- 
 wife, than what we fo earneftiy wifii, 
 than what we fo ftrongly hope for, 
 which God forbid ! 1 am perfwaded the 
 Knowledge of their deplorable Cafe 
 will both multiply and invigorate che 
 
 Prayers 
 
The Preface. 
 
 Prayers of all good SMen for them to 
 the Throne of Grace ^ And from God 
 we may be aflured they will thereupon 
 be eirher Relieved, or Supported. And 
 to his Compaffions therefore, let us de- 
 voutly recommend them'. And his 
 Compaffions, tho' all other fail, vv^iU 
 be fufficient^ 
 
 THE 
 
THE 
 
 CONTENTS 
 
 Of the Account of the Sufferings of 
 the Proteftants Aboard the Gallies. 
 
 THAT the Inhumanity of the Modern^ as 
 well as Ancient Perfecutors^ exceeds the 
 Rage of the moft Savage Beajls^ p. 7. That the 
 Propagation of Religion is the Cloak with Papips 
 for fuch Inhuman Barbarities^ p. S. That the 
 Barbarous Vfage of Proteftants, on hoard, tlse 
 Gallies, is one Method^ among many others, of 
 fuch Cruel Vfage ; concerning which, the Author 
 WAS very well c^ualiffd to give an Account, ds 
 having heen fometime Chaplain on hoard the 
 Gallies, md therefore an Eye-Witnefs, p. 9. Ths 
 t)efcription of the Galley, and of the Commoyi 
 Miferies of all Slaves on hoard the jarne^ from 
 p. 10, to p. 17. The more peculiar Sufferings 
 of the Proteftants, and ?nore particularly by tlJe 
 Baftioado, on board the Gallies, from p. 25, 
 to the End. 
 
 The C O N T E NT S of the particular Su& 
 ferings of Mr. Lewis de MaroUes. 
 
 \rpHE Introiuciion ^hewing that it is the Lot 
 •^ of the Righteous to be expos'* d to Suffer ings^ 
 md the Wifdorn of Providence in fo ordering it- 
 it 
 
The Contents. 
 
 II. Monfjeur de Marolles, a Perfon eminent as 
 well for his Birth and Z^nployments^ as the Great- 
 nefs of his Sufferings, \\\. That he was a good 
 'Philofopher and Mathematician^ and particularly 
 \ skill d in Algebra. IV. That he made it his 
 Chief Bufinefs to In fir act himfelf in Religion^ and 
 to grow and advance in Piety ; Concerning which ^ 
 and the former Attainments here is to be feen his 
 Character. V. That endeavouring to get out of 
 the KJngdom^ he was ferfwaded by the Intendant 
 to fettle in A I face. In which Section there is a 
 curious Difquifition concerning the place of the 
 famous Battle with Attila. Vf. That the JJfu^ 
 ranees of the Intendant ^ Proved a falfe Security. 
 VII. The whole Family ^ //^f Marolles, Yrov'^d 
 Eminent Confeffors, VIII. Otir Martyr being 
 Apprehended and Imprifoned at Strasburgh, was 
 firongly folUcited to Change his Religion. But in 
 the fever al Conferences with him for that purpofe^ 
 he bravely flood his Ground. His Wife and Chil- 
 dren Imprifoned at Chalons, a/id at length Ba- 
 nijhed, IX. His Friends of the Romijh Religi- 
 on a [fare him that his Peace and Pardon was to, 
 be had on no other Terms ^ thun the Change of his 
 P^eUgion. X. He isremov'*d from^u;^^hou\'^\\ 
 to the Prifon r/Clialons, where he is Viftted by 
 the Bifbop who treated him with much Hum/inity^ 
 But rema'tmng firm in his Religion^ is CondcmrPd 
 to the G allies, XI. After his Condemnation he 
 is remov'^d from Chalons to Paris, and from 
 thence to La Tournelle, where Perfons Condemned 
 to the G allies remain till the Departure of the 
 Chain. Xll. Hae he is alternately ufcd with 
 ^ Mercy 
 
The Contents. 
 
 Mercy and Rigour ^ by one or other to induce him 
 to Apo(ldtize ^ hut without EffeB^ tho^ once he 
 fiaggef^d^ yet again recover"* d\ And when it was 
 propos'^d to him to he fent to the Bifhop ^MeauK 
 to be In(iru^ed^ he refufes^ and with good Rea- 
 [on. XTir. From La Tournelle the Court be- 
 longing to the Parliament (?f Paris, where Crimi* 
 nals are Trfdj he is removed to Le Tournelle 
 where Pr if oners Condemn"* d to the Gal lies are fent 
 till their Departure ; Where in the Dungeon^ and 
 with A Chain on his Neck of Thirty Pound Weighty 
 he fuffer'^d great Extremities ; and tho* Tempted 
 not only with a Releafment hut Preferment ^ yet 
 would not abjure his Religion ; whence alfo he writes 
 many Comfortable Letters to his friends. XIV. 
 Writes tOy and is vifited by his Wife^ who Wafljes 
 his Wounds* Andfhe acquainting him with an In- 
 famous Fraud^ contriv'^d by the Papifls to allay the 
 Wonder of his Conflancy^ and namely that he was 
 he fides himfelf\ Fie proofed to the Learned a Ma-- 
 thematic al Problem, XV. He departs in the 
 Chain from Paris, tho^ III of the Fever ^ and arri* 
 ving at Marfeilles, is put into the Hofpital as 
 an Invalid, X VI- He is femov'^d on Board the 
 G allies y and dejign*d to he Embarked for Ameri- 
 ca ; On which Sorrowful Occafion he wonderfully 
 comforts his Wife^ lefjening inflead of aggrava- 
 ting thaty and his other Sufferings. XV 1 1, At 
 frjt indeed he is treated in the G allies with fome 
 Lenity and Refpecl^ which whether from Dejign^ 
 or the Com.paffion of fome General Officer Sy is hard 
 to Determin. VXIII. They now begin to treat 
 him with Rigour y and is much depriv'^d of the 
 
 Liberty 
 
The Contents. 
 
 L^erty of Writmg ; finds however fome OpportH- 
 nitks' Pa Write to his iVife^ and QongratuUtes 
 her Efcape out of the Kjngdom^ concerning whkh 
 he had been extreamly folicitous. XIX. Has 
 j£veral Conferences and Bifputes with the Bifljop 
 of Marfeilles, and others of the Clergy^ in all 
 which he (lands firnK XX. He doth ivith ivon- 
 derf^il DeoUerity acquaint his Wfe^ with the Par- 
 tiir^UriNes of his State and Treatment* XXI. 
 // happened to our Martyr^ as before it had to 
 Mr, Le Fevre, to he worfe' handled after his Co/z- 
 ftrences \ For to break his Confiancy by Orders from 
 the Court ^ he is removed from the Gaily to the: 
 Dunoeon^ which he defcribes^ and where he con- 
 tinued Six Tears till his Death', Of the three firfi 
 cf which we harve no account* XXII. fo the three 
 lafl Tears it appears by fo?ne Letter S' from him^ 
 into what a^ ^byfs of Mifery he was'cafly and how 
 great was the Strength oj his Faith and Hope '^ 
 And how greatly he comforted his Companions in 
 Sufferings* XXIII. The Rigors he endur'^d 
 jeem'^d to be greater than the Kjng loaded him 
 withal* XXIV. Mr. MaroUes and another 
 Confeffor^ do by their Letters mutually Comfort 
 each other. XXV- Writes his lafl and mo^ ad- 
 mirable Letter to his IVife^ acquamnng her with 
 his Spiy!ituat Conflicts^ and their happy Iffue. 
 XX V I. The Account of hi<s Death with fo?ne par ^ 
 ticulars of his Life not known before, XX VI I. 
 The Conclufwn with rnoji Edifying Refe^ions up- 
 on the whole. 
 
 THE 
 

 "4 THEOLOGI 
 
 THE' 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 SUFFERINGS 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Blessed Martyp, 
 LOVIS TfE MAliOLLHSi 
 
 I 
 
 L '^ T is certain that the Wifdom of 
 God under the Gofpel Difpenraii- 
 on, hath cholen the Voice of Affli- 
 ctions, and the Cry of the Blood of 
 Martyrs to Manifefl: the Power and Vi- 
 ftories of Faith ; And in confequence of this, 
 the Author of the Epiftie to the Hebrews ^ 
 having given fome examples of the furpriz,- 
 ing Effeds of the Faith finifh'd by the 
 Martyrs, from thence he draws this Conclu- 
 
 B fiOHi 
 
2 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 fion, or rather Exhortation, Wherefore feeing 
 we dfo are compaffed about with fo great a Cloud' 
 of IVit^effes , let us lay afide every Weight , 
 A-'fd the Sin which doth fo eafily befet us , and 
 ie'- us run with pttieme the Race that is fet 
 brfore us : Looking unto Jejus^ the Author and 
 Finijher of our faith; who for the Joy that 
 was fet before hirj^ endured the Crofs , defpi- 
 fing the Shame ^ and is fet donn at the Right- 
 hand of the Throno^ of God, For confider him 
 that endured Jkch Contradiction of Sinners a* 
 gainft himjelf^ l^fl y^ be we:iried and faint in 
 your Minds, 
 
 To Copy therefore after the Divine Ora- 
 cles, and to Imitate in particular this Au- 
 thor, I fhatl lay before the Eyes of Chrifti- 
 ans tlie] Sufferings of fome latter Confeffors 
 and fviartyrs, to the end that being Anima- 
 ted and Encouraged by thofe great Exam- 
 ples, they may preferve to God that Fi- 
 delity which they owe him, in the midil 
 of the moft fbarp and fevere Tryals. 
 Jt:fus Chriji who hath Redeemed us, and 
 who fhall judge the World , doth Pre- 
 fcribe us our Duty when he fays, Math. 
 3. J 2. Whofoever fhall corfefs me before Men ^ 
 Him will I corjfefs alfo before my Father which 
 is in Heaven, But whofoever fhall deny me 
 before Men^ him will I alfo deny before my 
 Father which is m. Heaven. No\v we murt 
 not imagine, nor flatter ourielves that the 
 Rigour of this Command dorh regard on- 
 ly 
 
of Louis de Marolles. -^ 
 
 ly thofe who fhall Renounce Jepts Chrifi 
 as Saviour of the Wofld, to receive the 
 Alcoran\ This Precept doth likevvife extend 
 to the Sahitary Truth which God hath 
 made known to us, fince in St. M^rk §. j8. 
 it is declar'd by the Son of God in thefe 
 exprefs Words, Whofoever [hd be dfhaffPd of 
 me, mdofMY WORDS, &c, of him 
 fhall the Son of Man be afhamed when he 
 cometh in the Glory of the Father^ ivith the 
 Holy Angels. 
 
 From thence it is that the firft Chri-. 
 ftians, Jealous of the Honour of God, and 
 of the Purity of their Faith , chofe to ex- 
 pofe themfelves to all manner of Miferie?<> 
 rather than to do any thing which bore the 
 leafl: Refemblance of Idolatry , or which 
 might be liable to finifter Interpretations , 
 as did appear by the Writings of the firit 
 Doftors of the Church, and Particularly of 
 Tertiillian. They did likewife rank among 
 the Apoiiates thofe as Cowards, who gave 
 Money to the Commiiiioners to be com- 
 prehendecj in the Number of thofe v/ho 
 had obey'd the Ordinances made againft 
 the Chrillians, altho' they had done n-y) fucli 
 thing. 
 
 But as they exercis'd this. Rigour to- 
 wards feeble Chriftians, they did likewife 
 take great care to colled the Afts and 
 Monuments of the Martyrs, as did appear 
 
 B 2 by 
 
. 4 'i!^^ Suffer'mgs and Martyrdom 
 
 £./. EccU. by a Letter of the Church of 
 Htf}. Lib. I. ^'^^jy^^ occaficnM by the Death 
 '^' of St. Polycarp their Eifhop, who 
 
 had kt^ tiie ApoiHe St. "^ohn* And if 
 time had not rob'd us ot thofe precious 
 Relations, one might more exaftly fee both 
 the Number and Coaftancy of' all thofe 
 Martyrs, of whom now we hardly know 
 the Names. 
 
 They did celebrate the Day of their 
 Death, as being that of their Birth, they 
 made Encomiums upon them on the fco:e 
 of their Sufferings: Infomuch thit at length, 
 the Chriflians in Profperity, being Inward- 
 ly convmc'd of the vafr and Infinite Diffe- 
 rence betwixt theirs, and their own Zeal 
 ^v and Piety, between theirs and the Lives of 
 thofe lliuftfious .Martyrs, began to Invo- 
 cace them, and Worfliip iheir Relicks; But 
 
 in the begin r/iz/g it nuts not Jo. The 
 Hu'rh.Kcc', Faithful of Smyrna do fay in 
 H^/?^L!b.i. j.»j^jj. Letter that they had ga- 
 
 iLered together the Bones of the 
 Martyr Poljcarp^ '* which they valued and 
 '* pr;zM above Gold or Precious-Stones, 
 " to repofite them in a luitable and con- 
 ■^^ venient place, to the end that meeting 
 '^ and aileuibhng there, as much as they 
 " poffibly could, they might Celebrate the 
 " Day of his Martyrdom or of his Birth, 
 " as u'cil in n:emory of thofe v.'ho have 
 *' fuil.iincd this Glorious Fight, as to In- 
 
 " itrua 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 
 
 *' i\vu3: and Confirm Pofte *ity by their Ex- 
 " ample. This place where diey repofited 
 the Hones of thofc happy Men, was, -^s is 
 confelVd by the Learned, the Chnrcli Yud 
 where they buried them, and where the 
 firft Chrirtians met to celebrate tlie Memo- 
 ry of the Martyrs. It is very certain by 
 this Letter that they did not as yet In- 
 vocate thole Martyrs, fince making Re- 
 fleftions upon the Proceedings of t!ie Jews 
 who folHcited the Proco?^fuls to hinder the 
 Chriftians from colleaing the Bones of Pc?- 
 lycarp^ for fear, faid they, that they fhould 
 Worfliip him inftead of him that was Cm- 
 ciHed; Thofe Faithful Aniwer, that the 
 Jews were Ignorant, that tiiey might Wor- 
 fhip and ferve no other than him who di- 
 ed for the Salvation of Men, whom they 
 adore as the Son of God ; But that , 
 they lov'd and honourM, as it was ^^' 
 juft they fiiould, the Martyrs, as 
 Difciples and ImJtators of him. It did ap- 
 pear from another Paflage of St. im^^tus al- 
 ledg'd by Eufebius^ that the Chriilians were 
 gnev'd that they could not Imerr 
 the Bodies ot the Martyrs. He ob- ^'/'.f^ 
 ferves tl';at moreover the Pagahs^ 
 caus'd them to be Burnt, to expofe their 
 Alhes to the Wind, or caft them into the 
 Rhoney thereby making a mock and deri- 
 
 B J fion 
 
6 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 fion of the hopes which the Chri- 
 Hiflor. Mir. ftians had of the Refurreftion- 
 cap. 9!^^^' Eiifebius doth further inform us , 
 that in his tiiT*e, under the Perfe- 
 curion of MuximlniAn^ they hin- 
 |??^:^' ^^''' derM the Chrirtians from Bury- 
 <^"^^^'-'^. jj^g their Martyrs, asifthdt^ faith 
 he, had been of [07776 ImfortLWce. 
 
 When the Church enjoy'd fome Repofe 
 under the Chriftian Emperors, they began 
 every where to feek for the Bodies of the 
 mofi: ftmous, and lUuflrious Martyrs to 
 Ereck Tombs and Monuments to them. 
 Their Dreams then ferved inftead of Proofs 
 to difcover and diftinguifh them: And they 
 began to have too great an Eiieem , and 
 Regard for their Rclicks, We read in 
 the Fourth I'ome of the Great BibltothecA 
 of the Fathers , foEne Treatifes attributed 
 to Eufcbius by tlie Jefuit Sirmond^ among 
 which in th'e 2d Book which treats of the 
 Refurreftion^ there is mention made of 
 Sc. Romaia Martyr of Antioch\ And it is 
 obferved there that an Apoftate Chirurgeon 
 being ordered to cut out his Tongue, he 
 referved and kept it by him for a Proof a- 
 gainft thofe who would have accus'd him 
 of not performing his Commiflion. Upon 
 which Eufehius makes this Reflection, that 
 he did not throw that which he had Cut 
 away, but preferv'd it at his Houfe againft 
 his Refurreclion, as the weak and Infirm 
 
 Faithful ' ^ 
 
of Louis dc Marolles. 
 
 Faithful were won!: to do, that they might 
 Honour thofe Fragments of the Bodies of 
 the Martyrs which they could recover and 
 procure. There are two things remark- 
 able ill this Hiftory, the growing Cuiioni 
 ofworfliipping theRelicks, but withal, that 
 Cuftom difapprovM and rejefted by Wife 
 and Knowing Perfons. The People had To 
 ftrong a Byafs and Inclination to 
 Superftition, that in the time ^#^^..^5.- 
 of Theodofius the Younger, the ^-^^-^^^-^ 
 Novatiam, thofe of them ?t ieafr, 
 who made a particular Seel upon 
 the Account of Eajler Day , did ^^^^ 
 Affemble near to the Tomb ot ' -^-^ 
 SMxtms in the IQe of Rhodes, where he died 
 in Exile, to pray over his Sepulcher. Biiliop 
 Atticus caufed the Body to be Convey'd 
 away by night to take them off from this 
 Superftition. 
 
 It is therefore true, .according to the 
 Sentiments of the greateft part ot Chnftcn- 
 dom, that we are to coUeft the Acts ot 
 the x^vlartyrs, only to be Inftrufted and en- 
 couraged by their Example, it is with 
 this View and Confideration that the Firfi: 
 Chriftians, and our Fathers at the time of 
 the Reformation, did compile, and leave us 
 as much as they could, of the Hiitory ot 
 thofe who have fufFered for the Faith- And 
 we their SuccelTors fhould be wanting to 
 our Duty, and to that Care which tucure 
 Ij 4 Poitenty 
 
8 11)6 Siijfmngs and Martyrdom 
 
 Pofterity expefts and requires from us, if 
 we fiiOLild negleft to acquaint future Ages, 
 hc\v great and violent have been the Efforts 
 of the Perfecution, vvliich under a great 
 and Powerful King hatli been un)uilly car- 
 ried on againit us ; and u'ith the Greatnefs 
 .of the Strength and Conftancy of fo many 
 Faithful, who by their admirable Patience 
 have fuihin'd the Combat without falling, 
 or who have pioully and courageoufly vt- 
 covered from their Lapfes- One fhall fee 
 them by Thoufands forfake their Country, 
 thcif Goods, their Friends, to go out of the 
 Kingdom, ac the peril of being Condemned 
 to tlie Gdllies, or confia'd in lome Prifon or 
 Cloyiter, and in each expoftd to all the 
 Temptations, and all the fjcret Miferies 
 which it is very difficult to give a lively Re- 
 prefentation of. We have fccn Perfons of 
 Birth and Quality , as M. the Marquis of 
 Monhettan defccnded from the Family of Ia 
 Force of 74 Years of Age, alio Men of Learn- 
 ing and Study, under the Chain, or upon 
 the Eer^ch of Gally-Slaves wiih the Oar in 
 their Hand, under the Infpection of a fevere 
 Cornmirtee. 
 
 Vve have feen Monfieur Mu^on^ a fa- 
 mous Counlellor in the Parliament of Parls^ 
 departed with all his Family to come and 
 give Glory to God at the HAgue^ where he 
 iiv'd with the Approbation of all honelt 
 Perfons; we hc.ve feen,, I fay, this Celcbra- 
 ' . ■ ' • ted 
 
of Louis de MaroUes, 
 
 ted Magiftrate Condemned to the Callies, 
 without any regard to the Dignity of his 
 Charafler, which could not exempt him 
 from the Apparent Inlamy of that Arreft, 
 which will in future Ages be His, and his 
 Fanuiies Glory. Would not one who fees 
 and confiders this inflexible Rigour be apt 
 to fay that to ferve God according to the 
 Conviftions of a Mans Heart, and the Mo- 
 tions of his ConfciencCj was the greateft of 
 ali Crimes, and the moil: unpardonable of 
 all TrefpalTes? Well, God be prais'd that 
 in an Age fo infefted with the Love of the 
 World, wherein Piety is on all fides ex- 
 posed to the Attacks of Impiety and Liber- 
 tinijm^ the Pveformed Churches o^ France ^ 
 will be able to furnini and afford the fuc- 
 ceeding Ages, great Examples of Fidelity, 
 and Perfeverance in the midft of the moft 
 Dangerous, and mofl: fenf/ble Affli6iions; 
 And indeed every one ought to contribute 
 their AfTiiiance towards the Publication of 
 the Hilfory of thole Noble and Worthy 
 Confelfours, and Martyrs of Jefus Chrift. 
 
 II. And truly it mufl have been thought 
 a great Negleft of this Duty, to have de- 
 priv'd the Publick of the Knowledge which 
 it ought to have of the Plcffed Martyr 
 Lcuts de Marclles^ W'ho hath filPd the La^z/rr, 
 the Parliame?7t^ Frame and all Europe witli 
 thefweec Odours of his Sulicrings and Af- 
 
 fliciion>. 
 
1 o The Sufff rings and S^artyrdom 
 
 fliftions. To perpetuate which we might 
 here produc: feveral Letters which he 
 wrote v/ith his own Hands, and others 
 likewMfe which were wrote to him by feve- 
 ral PerfonSj and even by fome of his Ro- 
 man Catholick Friends , to which he hath 
 anf^erM ; only that to do this would require 
 a Volume : It Hiall therefore faffice to give 
 fome brief Idea of his Sufferings, and of the 
 invincible Firmnefs of his Faith during fo 
 fl')arp and tedious a Tryal; and the Names 
 of the Pcrfons concerned fhall be fupprefs'd 
 and conceaPd, that they may not be expos'd 
 to Refentmenr. 
 
 Monfieur Louis.de Marolles was born a- 
 bout the Year 1629. as appears by one of his 
 Letters a little before his Death, which hap- 
 pened in the Year 1692. fpeaking, That he 
 had almoji accomplijVd 63 Tears, He was Born 
 at Champagf7e^ of an ancient Family, Very 
 noted for their Skill in the Law. He dwelt 
 ztSt. Menehordt^ where he exercisM the Of- 
 fice of t!ie King's Counfellor, .and Receiver 
 of Confign meats, his Religion making him 
 incapable of any other Poft, His eldell Bro- 
 ther was flain by a Cannon-Bal!, which broke 
 his Leg, at the taking St- Menehoult by the 
 King; And he went thither by Orders of the 
 Court, to direct where to apply the Bat- 
 teries for the attack of the weakeft part of 
 the Place. He w^as brought back to Chalons^ 
 where tlie King fent him his Chirur^eons;^ 
 
 who 
 
of Louis de Marolles. i r 
 
 who having Cut off his Thigh four Fingers 
 too low, they were forced to begin the O- 
 pcration a-new, in which he dy'd. 
 
 III. Our Louis de Marolles was lov'd and 
 efteem'd by all thofe that knew him, be- 
 caufe he was of a Iweet and eafy Temper 
 and of a pleafant and agreeable Converfation. 
 He was endu'd with a perfeft good Judo-- 
 ment, infomuch that upon the fird: mention 
 of the new Philofophy of Ga,Jfendi and De^ 
 fcartes^ founded upon Experience, he apply'd 
 hinifelf to ftudy them, and did of himfelf 
 make a great Progrefs and Proficiency there-- 
 in. I have feen feme Rem.arks and Obfer- 
 vations Vvhich he m.ade upon the Vdcuum 
 with Quils full of Quickfilver, in which 
 there appeared as much Juftice in his Rea- 
 fonings, as Exaftnefs and Accuracy in his 
 Obfervations. He apply'd his Experience to 
 the Study alfo of Phyfick, as far as Philofo- 
 phy, and his own natural Senfe and Under- 
 Handing could enable his Mind to find out 
 fome Medicines proper to heal the Sick: 
 And his Children have feveral Receits writ- 
 ten with his own Hand. Having learn'd 
 of Monfieur QUude de Marolles of Vitry in 
 France^ his Relation, the Grounds and JFun- 
 damentals oi Algebra, ; Thofe two Friends did 
 advance fo far in this Science , that they 
 were both of them the prime Artifts of 
 their Age. They held a Correfpondence, by 
 
 Letters, 
 
12 
 
 The Sufferings and Martyrdum 
 
 Letters, with all tliofe who were Excellent 
 ill this Science, efpecially with P. de Billj^ a 
 Learned fefait, who hath prefented the Pub- 
 lick with Diopha'rjres Redivivus, There is 
 in Manufcript a Treaivfe of Algebra^ com- 
 posed by our Louis de Marolles^ with the 
 Solution of a great number of very diffi- 
 cult and curious Problems. As he was en- 
 dued with a clear and perfpxacious Spirit, 
 he delivered and explained himfelf after fo 
 plain and intelligible a manner, that one 
 might eafily apprehend the meaning of what 
 he faid. Thofe alfo who defir'd to profit by 
 his Converfation, became in a fhort time 
 skilful in this Science; as, among others, 
 a certain honeil Man who liv'd with the 
 Duke oi Main ^ and who faithfully main- 
 tainM that Friendlhip with him which he 
 ow'd him; having done all that in him 
 lay to procure him fonie Eafe and Refrefh- 
 inenr. One may fay, that if Monfieur de 
 MaroIIes had lovM the World , he would 
 have appeared among the Learned with 
 Pornp and Diitinftion. 
 
 TV. But he was contented to lead a quiet 
 and oblcure Life in the place of his Nativity, 
 amongi]: his Relations, who are the molt 
 noted Perfons in St. Memhoult^ and made it 
 his cliief Bufinefsand Occupation to inflruft 
 himfelf in Religion, and to grow and ad- 
 vance in Piety. This Vertue was in him a 
 
 truly 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 15 
 
 truly Chriftian Grace, founded upon the 
 Knowledge, and upon ^ lively Perfijafion of 
 the Truth, and of his Duty. It was not 
 the effed of a phlegmaiick and melancho- 
 lick Temper, which fometinies puts on the 
 Appearance of Piety, the better to Judge and 
 Cenfure all Mankind. Never was any Man 
 more agreeable and pleafant in every thing 
 wherein Piety was not concerned. He made 
 ufe of Mufick for his Recreation, and fome- 
 times of Hunting, to preferve his Health by 
 that E>cercife. In a word, he was ellcem'd 
 by all the World, and affeftionarely lov'd 
 by his Friends ; always of a fmooth and equal 
 Temper, always fhewing an honeft and be- 
 coming Gravity, without being crabbed and 
 troublefome ; always of a light and chear- 
 ful humour fupported by the Beauty and 
 good Difpofition of his Mind, having a 
 .Heart fatisfied and contented with his Con- 
 dition. 
 
 The Paftour of his Church, a Man of great 
 Merit, and lirict Probity, his Intimate Friend, 
 and one in whom he placed his moft entire 
 Confidence, doih thus fpeak of him ia one 
 of his Letters. " Monfieur de Marolles was 
 '' of a very happy Conftitution; His Tern- 
 " per was free from Vapoure of Melancho- 
 " iy, and did nor carry him into any op- 
 " pofite or contrary Paffion : He was en- 
 '' dued with a folid Spirit, capable of vaft 
 " Application, with an exad Judgment and 
 
 difcerning 
 
14 The Sujferm^s mi Martyrdom 
 
 " difcerning Quality : He never fillM his 
 *^ mind with vain Cares and Solicitudes, 
 " but maintainM a great Steadinefsand Con- 
 ^' ftancy in Misfortunes : This was not a 
 " bare natural Difpofition in him, but he 
 ^* had Strengthen'd it by Study, Meditation 
 " and Piety : He had a good Heart, and 
 " a firm Refolution never to be wanting in 
 ^' any of his Duties: All this gave him a 
 *' fund of Peace and Tranquillity, fo that 
 ^' he was fcarce ever feen to be in the leaft 
 " Paffion : He knew how to be feafonably 
 '^ Serjous, and merry in Converfation, and 
 " rendered himfelf fo Pleafant and Agreea- 
 " ble in Society, that I have feen but few 
 ** People like him. He had attained a fuffi- 
 " cient Light and Knowledge in the Hiftory 
 " of the Churh, fo as very much to ground 
 " and confirm him againft the Romjh Reli- 
 " gion : He perfefted and compleated his 
 " Knowledge by diligently Reading the Di- 
 ^' fpures betwixt Mr. Claudim and Mr. Jr- 
 ^* ?;aud upon the Euchartjl^ and Mr. LArroque\ 
 " Hillory of the Euchjirifi\ " And he like- 
 " wife read the other Books of the Time, 
 *' when they fell into his Hands. After the 
 " Reading of tiie Holy Scriptures, and fome 
 '' other Books which he made ufe of to feed 
 '' and nourilh his Devotion, he employed 
 *' his Time in the Study of the Mathema- 
 *' ticks ^ and particularly of Algebra^ and re- 
 '^ created himfeif with Muftck. You know 
 
 " thai 
 
of Louis de Marolles- % 5 
 
 ^' that he had a great defire to bring up his 
 ^' Family well; One of his chief Maxims 
 *' with Relation to that, being, that it is 
 *^ neceflary to reftrain Children from Tri- 
 *^ fles, in order to render them of a juft 
 " Mind, and never to fill them with rain 
 ^* Fears 'nor vain Hopes. The Cares and 
 ^^ Diltraftions which followM upon his Mar- 
 *^ riage did fometimcs create him fome Cares 
 " and Uneafinefs; but he contented himfelf 
 *' therewith out of a Principle of Duty. 
 ** When the Affairs of Religion began to 
 ^' be taken in hand, he did often declare to 
 ^' me that he fear'd nothing fo much as to 
 ^' fee his Wife and Children fufFer, and that 
 *' if he could find the means to fend them 
 " out of the Kingdom, he was in no fear 
 *' for himfelf. In all our Affairs he main- 
 " tain'd a free Spirit, and I never faw him 
 " embarrafled but once in a nice and criti- 
 " cal Conjuafture. He during all that time 
 '' did cuiord me more Succour, and Con- 
 " folation than I am able to Exprefs ; and 
 " I do believe that I did often Contribute 
 " to Strengthen and Confirm him in his 
 " good Refolutions, which doth afford me 
 *' at prefent a true Jqy and Comfort. He 
 " remained a long time unrefolv'd in his 
 " Choice of a retreat into Foreign Countries ; 
 " I was at firft in a mind to go into Swit^ 
 ^' zerUndy and I had propofed to M. the 
 [[ late Count d'E •■ to fell his Land, and 
 
 *' Purchafe 
 
1 6 Tl)e Sufferings and l/lartyrdom 
 
 " Purchafe others there, to which he was 
 *^ well enough inclinM : I endeavoured to 
 ** Engage Monfieur^^ Marolles to take the 
 *' lame Courfe and not to feparate. He did 
 ''• teftifie Tome Inchnation thereto for fonie 
 ^' time, but in a Journey which we made 
 
 " together to Vitry ; M, the Doftor le T 
 
 " perfuaded him to go with M. Beck as be- 
 *' ing a Man able ro make a good fhift, 
 " and one who could find out the means to 
 ^' procure a good Settlement any where ; 
 " And fince that time he wholly laid afide 
 *' his Thoughts of Travelling into thofe 
 " parts, and we each of us took differenC 
 " Meafures. A httle while after the Exer- 
 " cife of Religion was taken away from us; 
 " And at length they ExpelPd me from Ep.— 
 *' Monfieur de Marolles came to me to Neuv.-^ 
 
 *' and the day following to Helm, where 
 
 *' we had our lait Converfation together, 
 ^' which was very tender and affecling. 
 
 V. In order to comprehend the Reafon 
 which drew Monfieur ae Marolles inro Ger- 
 marj ^ you muft know that feme Protcft- 
 ants going from Charr^pagm to Lorrain^ bor- 
 dering upon the Dutchy of Deux Ponts^ the 
 Inhabitants of the County oi Sarbruck and 
 Alfatia had been prevaiPd upon by iVIonfieuf 
 the Intendant of Gos/Pellkr to fettle them- 
 felves in that Country, alluring them with 
 an Oath, that no Perfon fhouTd be mole- 
 ikd or diftuibed^ and that the Exercife of 
 
 Religion t^ 
 
of Louis de Mlarolles, 17 
 
 Religion which was ertablifh'd at Lixim 
 and Bofirbac fhould be preferv'd, becaufe the 
 King had a mind to populate and re-eftablifh 
 that defolate and ruin'd Country. Several 
 difcoursM with me about it, to whom F an- 
 fwer'd, that we muft confider that Country, 
 juft as we do a Tree in a large Campaign 
 Field, when we are overtaken and fur- 
 priz'd by a Storm, and one retires thither 
 only to find fhelter a while under its 
 Branches- That moreover it would be more 
 eafy to go out of the Kingdom, being upon 
 the Frontiers thereof. Thus did Monfieur 
 de Marolles and I reafon when we were to- 
 gether at Helmauru near to Vitry^ on Eajter- 
 Day in the Year 16S5. which was the laft 
 time that I ever faw him. 
 
 I fhall obferve, in going along, that this 
 Village derives its Name from another which 
 is call'd Mauru ; and they fay Helmnuru^ in- 
 ftead of Les Mauru, The little River of 
 Moivre gives them both their Name* Froni 
 whence it muft be concluded, that the fa- 
 mous Battle of AniU was fought in Chamk 
 fagne near to Chalons^ at a place callM Mau^ 
 ridcum. There is a Village caD'd l^ogny^ de- 
 riv'd from the Latin Word Vugni^ which 
 fignifies a Fight or Battle- The River of 
 Moivre does in this place difcharge it felf 
 into the MArne^ and Vitry perhaps took its 
 Name from this Viftory* This niay ferve' 
 
1 8 T/?e Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 to determine Authors upon this Point, which 
 is very much perplex'd and embarraffed in 
 Hillory. 
 
 VI. All the Promifes and Aflurances of 
 Monfieur de U Gonfellier were but weak and 
 flender Securities, as had been forefeen \ And 
 a few Days after the Revocation of the Edift 
 of Nunts^ feme Archers were fcnt to com- 
 pel thofe who had been follicited and in- 
 vited to fettle thsmfelves in thofe Quarters, 
 to abandon them and return home. 
 
 VII. Monfieur Bartholemi de Marolks ^ a 
 young Nepheiv of our lUuftrious Martyr, 
 was ftopp'd at Bkhe^ notwithftanding that 
 he had a Certificate from the Grand Bailiff 
 of the County oi Sarbruck^ as having about 
 fix Months fince preach'd in the Church of 
 Bourbac, He continu'd three Months a Pri* 
 foner in that Fort, and was at length con- 
 veyed to Chalons. They rook him out of 
 the Prifon of the Town , to remove him 
 into the Bifhoprick in order to make room 
 for his Uncle, whom they had brought thi- 
 ther. This young Man, who was then but 
 J 9 Years of Age, continu'd three Years in 
 the Prifons of the BiQ'iOprick; And after 
 having fuftain'd their Difputes, Promifes, 
 and Threatnings, he was at length fet at 
 Liberty as a ConfeiTor, and came to conti- 
 nue 
 
of Louis de Marolles. i p 
 
 nue his Studies with fuccefs at Utrecht y 
 where he now is. 
 
 One cannot, without Injiiftice, refufe to 
 the Name of de Marolles thofc Praifes and 
 Encomiums which he deferves. I fhal! not 
 flop with obferving , that that Family is 
 inverted with ancient Titles of Honour and 
 Nobility ; as the Wardfhip of Noblemens 
 Children; which, according to the Cuftom 
 of Vittrjy belongs only to Gentlemen. I 
 chufe rather to infill upon the Praifes which 
 Piety hath procured them : For, befides our 
 Martyr, and his Nephew, who have been 
 juft Mentioned, there is ftill at Amfierdsm 
 Mr. Thierri de Marolles an Advocate, whom 
 together with his whole Family, we are to 
 look upon asfo many Confelfors. He re- 
 tired at firft to Mets^ from v/hence he was 
 forbid to depart. At length the Count de 
 Bjfji causM him to] come before him, the 
 28th Day oi "January 1686. and orderM him 
 to quit the City the fame Day with his 
 Family, confifting of eight Perfons. He re» 
 tir'd to the Caftle of Clemerj upon Seille , 
 where he fpent the Winter. The Sth Dav 
 of May 1686. the Grand Provoft of Na?7cy 
 took 'em all Prifoners, and Committed 'eiri 
 to his Archers: And the next Day again he 
 had 'em all ftript into their Shirts, being the 
 Husband, the Wife, three Young Damfels, 
 and three Boys, in thePrefence ofthe Judge, 
 and the Mayor oiClemery. They took a- 
 
 C 9, ' Way 
 
20 The Suferings and Martyrdom 
 
 way all the Money which was feWed up in 
 their Cloaths; and at length they cover'd 
 them one after another with the Provofts 
 Morning Gown, to fearch them all over their 
 Bodies. Would not one fay that they treated 
 them at Difcrecion, as if they had been Prl^ 
 fomrs of JVdr^ -^D^II^^^j or Poifoners. They 
 were all of them at length carried Prifoners 
 to Chalons^ where they were feparated. The 
 Mother and Daughters were put into dif- 
 ferent Convents, the Boys who were very 
 Young, with Scriveners or Notaries. The 
 Maids did imitate thefe brave Examples, 
 each of them continuing firm and ftedfall in 
 their Religion. They were all of them fet 
 at Liberty and fent out of the Kingdom the 
 firft of March 1688, together with M. de 
 Beaucbamp an Elder of Charenton^ M. de Ma- 
 rolles Student in Divinity, and of whom we 
 have fpoken before. 
 
 VIII. As for our Martyr, with Madam 
 M.-iry Gommeret his Wife, the Daughter of M., 
 Gommeret^ formerly a Famous and noted Ma- 
 gi ft rate of 6W.4??, and very high in the Efteera 
 of M. the Mrrfjjd de Faherc^ they fettled 
 themfelves at Lixim* He had Four Chil- 
 dren ; two Daughters are with their Mo- 
 ther id a Society of Ladies of Quality at 
 J-hrlt?/^y from whom they receive all man- 
 ner of Kindnefs and Confolation. The two 
 Sons are in the Service: the Eldeft who had 
 
 his^ 
 
of Louis dc Marolles. qi 
 
 his Leg broke twice, once at the Battle of 
 L^nden^ and another time by an unfortunate 
 Accident, is an Officer in the Earl of Alher^ 
 marWs Regiment, and the Youngell Enfiga 
 of the Regiment of M. de St. ^/^j;^.^, bodi 
 of them lov'd and eileem'd by thofe that 
 know them. They were very young when 
 their Father endeavoured to go out of 
 France, fince he faw he could no longer 
 ftay there with Liberty of Confcience. But 
 God who call'd him to Glorifie his Name, 
 and to carry along with his Chains the good 
 Odour of the Reformation even into the 
 Praterium^ fuffer'd him to be ftopt with his 
 whole Family on Sunday the fecond Day 
 of December in the Year 1685, upon the 
 Territories of Frame^ two Leagues on this 
 fide the Rhine^ by one M. Bourbon an Aid^ 
 Major of Strasbourg^ accompanied with two 
 Cavaliers. They w^ere all of them convey'd 
 to one of the Prifons of the City, and put 
 into a Square Tower which (lands in the 
 Middle ot the River. He obferved that this 
 Tower is 26 foot in Front, and 106 in 
 Height. We mult in this Place hear what 
 •he faith himfelf. '' A httle while (fays he) 
 ^' after he had been there, Mr. the Marquifs 
 " deChamt/iy Govcmouv^ Mwde/a Grange the 
 *^ Intendant, together with the Major and 
 " Aid-Major, Bourbon^ came to interrogate 
 " and examine me. I told them the naked 
 ^' truth of Things without Difguife or Dii^ 
 C J " fimulation: 
 
2 J The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 " fimulation : After which they departed. 
 " The next Morning Madam the Governefs 
 ^^ gave herfelf the Trouble to vifit us. Af- 
 *' ter having told us that flie fympathizM 
 *^ in our Difgrace, Jhe faid that there was 
 " a Remedy to be had, that it lay in our 
 " Power, and that we muft obey the King's 
 " Orders and get our felves Inftrufted, 
 " that fhe would fend us fome Father Je- 
 " fuits for that Purpofe. I anfwer'd her 
 *' that as to my part, I found my felf fuf- 
 ^' ficiently Inftrufted, but that I would not 
 '* refufe to hear thofe whom fhe fhould do 
 ^' me the Honour to fend to me. The 
 ^' fame Day in the Afternoon came P Dez^ 
 " Reflor, accompany'd with another Jefuit 
 " to vifit us. There paffed nothing butCivi* 
 " lity, making me a thoufand offers of Ser- 
 " vice, and defiring me freely to let him know 
 " if I wanted any thing out of their Houfe, or 
 "any of theirBooks feeing I had no other Book 
 *' befides our Pfalms : 'And becaufe I proposed 
 '• to fet my felf as fair as poffibly I could in his 
 " Efteem, I pray'd him to fend me Thomas 
 ** a Kjy?ifis de Imitatwne Chrifli^ which he 
 " did, together with ibme others, and par- 
 '^ ticuiarly.Mr. de Condons Expofition of the 
 " Catholick pAith. He came again to vifit 
 " me, and ask'd me what Scruples I might 
 " have concerning my Religion ; I anfwer'd 
 " that I had none, but that I was very 
 " well pcrfvvaded that it was the good and 
 
 " true 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. j| 
 
 '' true One. He reply'd that my Difcourfe 
 " fhewM me to be prejudic'd. Upon this 
 " we enter'd into Debates, and the Subjeft 
 ^' of this firft Converfation ran upon this, 
 " viz* our Acknowledgment of the Prote- 
 ^^ ftants of the Ausbourg Confeflion for Bre- 
 ^^ thren, and upon the Eucharijl. 
 
 One may by thefe firft Steps difcovcr the 
 Sincerity and Dove-like Simplicity of this 
 Blefled Martyr, He was arrefted in the King- 
 dom, and if he had had a mind to fay that he 
 was going to Strashurgy as he was follicited 
 and defired to do, there was nothing which 
 could prove, or convince him of the con- 
 trary : And they would not then have con- 
 demned him, but have been contented to 
 fend him back to Chay/^pagm. But being al- 
 ways faithful to his God, and ever careful 
 to preferve his Innocence and Integrity, he 
 us'd neither Deceit nor Equivocation. / tpld 
 them^ faith he, the true Jlate of Things with- 
 out Difguife or Difjimuhtion \ that is, as he ex- 
 pr^eiTes himfelf in another Letter ; that he 
 declar'd fincerely that his Defign was to go 
 out of the Kingdom, and feek in Foreign 
 Countries the Liberty of ferving God ac- 
 cording to the Motions and Directions of his 
 Confcience. It would be a curious thing to 
 know what Reflections the Equivocating 
 Doctors made in private upon this Since- 
 rity. But to this his Chriftian Sincerity, 
 piuft be join'd the Prudence and Modera- 
 
 C 4 tioi| 
 
34 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 tion with which our Martyr behavM him- 
 felf, to the end that even his Good might not 
 be evilffokmof^ according to the Precept of 
 St. Vaul^ 1 froj)os'^d however^ faith he, tofet my 
 felf as fair as I foffiblj could in his Efteem, 
 
 I fhall not relate all thofe Conferences 
 and Converfations in which this faithful 
 Chriftian difcoverM his Knowledge, and the 
 fohd Foundations of his Faith. He con- 
 fi^mM his Sentiments by Reafon, the Word 
 of God, and fome Paffages of the Fathers. 
 Some days after the Vifit of Father Dez^ 
 he receivM another from Father Rohme^ and 
 their Difcourfe was concerning the Autho- 
 rity of the Church in explaining the mean- 
 ing of the Scripture. " Mr. de Nhrolles faid 
 ^' that the Scripture was explain'd by its 
 " felf, and the Maxims of good Senfe. Upon 
 *^ which the Jefuit ask'd him, if he was In- 
 " fallible. To which having replyM that he 
 " had not Prefumption enough to believe 
 " himfelf fuch; the Jefuit concluded, faith 
 */ he, that I mud therefore doubt of all my 
 *^ Decifions. To which 1 anfwer'd, faith 
 '^ he, that becaufe I might be millaken, it 
 *' did not at all follow that all my Judge- 
 " ments mufl be dubious, and that his 
 *' Maxim was good for nothing but to e- 
 " ftabUfh Infidelity. They difcours'd about 
 Councils and their pretended Infallibihty. 
 They examined what was meant by the 
 Word Churchy our Martyr affirming that 
 • - • the 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 25 
 
 the true Church to which Jefus Chrijl com- 
 municates and imparts his Graces, could not 
 be composed of Hypocrites, Impious, and 
 Profane Perfons. He obferves that in ano- 
 ther Vifit this fame Prieft engaged him in 
 a Difpute, about the pretended Schifm^ with 
 which they charge and reproach us, telling . 
 him that we mult rather fuffer and endure 
 all than give fuch a fcandal to the Church. 
 He anfwer'd that fo foon as we find our 
 felves forc'd to a wor[l:iip which we efteemM 
 difagreeable to God, we can no longer hold 
 and joyn in Communion with thofe who 
 would oblige us to fuch Worfliip; and that 
 befides they had driven us out of it by Ex- 
 communications, by Torments and cruel 
 Deaths. Healledg'd the Example o{ Elias^ 
 and of thofe 7000 Men who had not bow\l 
 their Knees to jBW, and ask'd the Jefijit 
 whether he belie v'd that thofe 7000 Perfons 
 did feparate from the true Church, by join- 
 ing themfelves to Elias\ To which the Fa- 
 ther Jefuit return'd no anfvver, but went a* 
 way a little after. 
 
 Mr. and Madam de Chajnilly came to vifit 
 him attended by P. Redor, and M. Sez\ 
 Minifter of Bourh^^ who either had, or 
 was ready to make his Abjuration-, which 
 however he hath fince detefted and abhorr'd, 
 having left France^ as I have been informed, 
 to lament his Fall : Their Converfation was 
 like to the former. And as M. Marolles went 
 
 abjuc 
 
2 6 The Sujjer'mgs and C^artyrdom 
 
 about to fpeak of what had pafled in the 
 IX Century, as concerning Pafchctfms and Ra- 
 trdmus^ he obferves that they Hopped his 
 Mouth by faying that it was one of Mini- 
 fter CUudius'^s Fables, which plainly fliews 
 that thofe Doctors fpend but very little ftudy 
 in Controverfies, to attribute that to CUu- 
 diuSy which all our Authors have taken no- 
 tice of before him. M. de Marolles proceeds 
 in his Relation, and fays; when I faw my 
 '^ felf treated after that manner, I did ex- 
 *' aftly keep that Silence, which they im- 
 " posM upon me , and the Rector began 
 *^ to read again out of thofe Books which 
 " he had brought ; and after a Leduie 
 ^^ which lafted a very long while, M, the 
 
 Marquifs de ChamUl) bid M. iSVi/- tell 
 
 me his Opinion ; but he made no other 
 Anfwer, but that he fhar'd in our Dif- 
 grace. After which they all went out, 
 " and P. Reftor never came more to fee me 
 *' fince that time, but P. Godmet and ano- 
 ,^' ther came feveral times. As in the firit 
 *' Converfation he repeated part of the fame 
 " things v\d]ich P. Dez had told me be- 
 " fore, I made him the fame Anfwers. 
 
 In another, this Jefuit undertook to prove 
 to him that ^ fign may be the Thrjsg fignijied. 
 " You know, fiith he^ the Noble Aftions 
 " which the King of PoUnd did at the rai- 
 " fing of the Seige oi Vienna. Is it not true 
 ^* that one or two Years afterwards the fame 
 
 (; 
 
 iiing 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 27 
 
 " King might himfelf have reprefented his 
 " Exploits upon a Theatre. It would thcre- 
 ^' fore be himfelf, which did reprefent him- 
 *' felf, and he, I fay, would have been both 
 *' the Sign and the Thing fignifed together. 
 *' To which Piece of Sophijlry our Martyr re- 
 " flies \ That I found his Example very 
 " Strange, and his Proof very Weak, and 
 " that his Propofition prov'd nothing elfe, 
 " but that the King of Poland might repre- 
 " fent his paft by his Prefent Adions, and 
 " that his Prefent Aftions were only Signs 
 '^ and Reprefentations of his Paft Aftions, 
 " and not the Aftions themfelves ; and that to 
 " prove what he faid, it was fufficient only to 
 " obferve that any otherPerfon befidestheKing 
 '^ might have made the like Reprefentations. 
 
 In another Vifit the Difcourfe happen'd to 
 be upon tke Words of Jefus Chrift, This is 
 my Body^ which the Jefuit call'd Operative^ 
 that is, that they converted the Bread into 
 the proper Body of Chrift, by exprefly de- 
 clajing that it was fo , and M. de Marolles 
 affirmed that they were Significative^ that is, 
 that they did exprefs what was already done. 
 Father Godinet to prove what he faid, al- 
 ledgM this Example. " If the King fliould 
 '' fay to Mr. de ChamiHy^ you are Marflial of 
 " France^ no one would Queftion but that 
 ** he was io. Our Martyr replied^ That it was 
 *' not to be doubted but that if the King 
 " would make Mr. de Chamilly Marfhal of 
 
 ^ [^ France. 
 
28 The Sufferings and Murt^rdum 
 
 a 
 
 France he would fpeak in the common 
 '* Phrafe ot the whole World, and fay, / 
 ** mxkeyoii Mi/^Z?^/ t?/ France. This Diipute 
 was very long, I only take notice by thefe 
 two Girciimllances of it, to fhew the Pre- 
 fence, and Freedom of mind,of this Illuilrious 
 Prifoner. 
 
 IX. During the time of the Confinement 
 
 of Moniieur de Marolles at Strasbourg^ he re- 
 celv'd feveral Letters from his Friends of the 
 Roman Catholick Religion. I have Read 
 one from a Magidrare of St. M;;^/;^?//^, his 
 Relation and his Friend; and two others 
 Irom that Generous Friend of his, who was 
 with the Duke oi Mai?2, '' in one of which 
 he told him, after having Reprefcnted that 
 a Co u fin German Oi Mwde Sa.u maize ^ ha- 
 ving tryed if he could deliver a Petition 
 " to the King, to obtain Leave to go out of 
 the Kingdom, upon Condition of leaving 
 " all his Eflate in his Hands confilting of 
 70C000 Livres oi Re:<its^ thinking thar this 
 *' Ciauie would further the Reception of 
 " thePropofal, and that it would be receiv'd 
 *^ in favour of fo near a Relation, a Man of 
 ** Merit, and one to whom tliey actually 
 ** feek occafion to do Good. But they an- 
 ^' fwcr'd that it would be a mark of great 
 " Confideration, and Favour to the Perfon 
 ** who fhould meddle with it, if upon a Hke 
 " Dcmind he was not feat to ihc BaJlh^Jo. 
 
 At *> 
 
of Louis de Marolles. ^9 
 
 At length he direds his f.>ifcourfe to his 
 Friend. '' Neverthelefs, our Ancient Friend- 
 '* (hip Obliges me to Conjure you to have 
 *' Pity upon your Dear Wife, your Children 
 ** and your felf, and not expofe your felf to 
 ** the Fatal and Miferable Confequences 
 <* which might happen, if you were fo ill 
 <' advisM as to think of making 
 *' your Efcape, The very ^^on/ieur M^- 
 ^' Thoughts of it make me 'f^/^:;^Z 
 *' Tremble with Horrour. I Uxim. 
 ** muft Speak plain. Dear Sir, not 
 ** all my Credit, and that of all my Friends, 
 *^ nor our Alliance would be able to lave 
 " you from the Gallies, nor the reft of your 
 ** Family from Perpetual Imprifonmenr. 
 *' They will thereupon makeufe of a Sever!- 
 '' ty, which nothing can be able to Mollin, 
 ** efpecially at firft when they will fuppori: 
 ** the Laws by 'Hxamples. This Friend 
 Wrote this in Anfwer to Monfieur dj MaroU 
 lesj who had Written to him from Li:am^ 
 defiring to procure leave for !iim to d.-parc 
 out of the Kingdom, and promifing m his 
 Favour to make him a Donation of all his 
 Eftate, upon Condition of R>2ceiving only 
 t^ooo Vra?7ks. The fear of falling inro the 
 Hands of the Dragoons, was the caufe that 
 he did not flay for tlie Anfwer, and that he 
 did not Receive this Letter till he was in 
 the Prifon oi Chalons. It was eafy for him to 
 conclude from the Anfwer of this Generous 
 
 Fneod 
 
^o 7he Sujferings and Martyrdom 
 
 Friend of his, that he was not to Promife 
 himfelf any Favour or Moderation, but that 
 he muft look to be treated with the utmoft 
 Severity. 
 
 X. It is Probable, that Monfieur de Cha- 
 milly wrote to the Court much about the 
 time that our Martyr was maintaining the 
 Truth of his Faith againft the Jefuites. The 
 I'jih oi January 1 6%6, he was removed from 
 Strasbourg to Chdons with his Family, where 
 he arriv'd on Monday the 28th of "^amiAry* 
 They carried them in a Waggon attended 
 by Monfieur Bourhn the Aid-Major, who 
 had flopped them, together with an Officer 
 and Five Troopers. He was put into the 
 Prifon of the City of Chdons^ where, he ob- 
 ferves, he continued juft Six Weeks. 
 
 He was immediately vifited by the Bifhop 
 ol Chdons^ who is now ATch-bifhop o( Parss. 
 We mull: do him Juftice^ and fay that the 
 Zeal which he hath for his Religion, is as 
 Confornlabie to his Charafter, as the per- 
 fecucing Spirit of feveral other Bifliops is far 
 from k^ He wrote to Monfieur de Chamillj^ 
 in favour of Mr. de MclygIUs^ fo foon as he 
 knew of his Confinement at Strasbourg: And 
 in the Vifit which he made him at Chdons^ 
 he told him that if he could, he would con- 
 csal him under his Robe. 
 
 XI. During ^' 
 
of Louis de Marolles. :| t 
 
 XT. During the four Firfl: Weeks that oui* 
 Martyr continued at Chalons^ he had Liber- 
 ty enough. The Ecclefiallicks who behev'd 
 themfelves able to cope with him, at firfl: 
 Were eager to Signahze themfelves; But 
 when they found his Conftancy to be Invin- 
 cibk, they lock'd him up in a Dungeon with- 
 out fuffering him to fee any Perfon for the 
 fpace of 1 5 Days. Aker which he was brought 
 to Judgment the 9 of Marchy and liis Sentence 
 was pronouncMagainfthimby Torch-Light. 
 Here follows a Copy of his Sentence. 
 
 Vpo^ ferufd of the Procefs^ e:^^traordh)Arily 
 made at the requejt of the Attorney General^ m 
 the Baily wick, and Prefidial Court of Chalons 
 againfl Lewis Marolles of the pretended RefornPd 
 Religion , formerly Receiver of the Monies depo^ 
 fited in the Bailywick of St. iMenehoud, rvho 
 fiands Ace us"* d^ and isPrifoner in the Royal Gaol 
 of the City (?/Chalons, viz. A Letter written^ 
 from the Marquis de Louvois to Mr. de Miro* 
 menii, Intendant in the Province cf Cham- 
 pagne, dated December the i^th 1685., at the 
 bottom of vphich there is Written ; A Copy 
 whereof the Original is in our Hands, Signed 
 Miromenil: 'By which among other things the 
 /aid Sieur de Miromenil isfrfi Commanded from 
 His Majejly, that Procefs be made^ andperfecled 
 againft the faid de Marolles, accus'^dby the Of- 
 ficers of this Court according to the Rigor of his 
 Edicts^ and Ordinances, Secondly, The Imerro-^ 
 
 gatorj 
 
^ 1 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 gat or J of the faid Prifoner of the 2^th <?f Janu- 
 ary Lift fafl^ at the Bottom whereof are the Re- 
 qtiefls of the faid Attorney General ^ requiring 
 that the IVitnejfes who depos'^d in the faid Infor^ 
 ?nations taken , and the Decree of the Cfimi^ 
 nal Lieutenant in this Court, T h i rd iy , The In^ 
 formation taken the faid Day f?/' January -29?^ 
 lajlfafl. Fourthly, The Requeflsof the faidjt- 
 turney General^ requiring that the Witneffes who 
 depos''d in the faid Information^ may be further 
 Examined as to their Depofltions ^ and be con-- 
 fronted with the faid de Marolles , Prifoner^ 
 Fifthly, A "^Judgment of the faid Day t?/ January 
 2()thfor the Examination^ and confronting of the 
 faid Witneffes. Sixthly, The Examination of the 
 faid IVitnejfes^ and confronting of the fame with 
 the Prifoner of the fame Day, Seventhly, And 
 the Conclusions^ and Defires of the faid At tourney 
 General^ the faid Prifoner being heard at the Bar 
 in the open Court: We Adjudge that the fat d de 
 Marolles is dccUr'^dy proved^ and convicled of 
 hiving been Apprehended^ endeavouring to go out 
 of the KJngdorn with his family^ contrary to his 
 Mayffs Edi[ls^ and Declarations ; for Reparati* 
 on whereof we have Condemn'^d^ and do Condemn 
 the faid dc Marolles Prifoner^ toferve the Kjng 
 for ever as a Slave on Board the G allies, and his 
 Perfonal Goods , and Chattels forfeited to the 
 Kjng^ by this our Sey/tence^ judgment ^ and Df- 
 cree* Done in the Council Chamber or open Court 
 the ()th of March 1680. Sign'^d at the Bottom 
 Sebille. e. Jourdain, J. Jourdain Baugiefj, 
 
 h 
 
of Louis de Marolles. ^ j 
 
 le Vautrel, Deu da Vieux Dampierre, Ram- 
 boiirg, dlCouncellors to the Kjng in the Baili- 
 wick, drd Vre^idid Court (?f Chalons, the Teixr 
 and Day AhovementioneL SigrPd Dompmar- 
 tin. 
 
 Signified and Delivered the prefent Copy to the 
 faidhQWQS de Marolles, Prifoner in the Royal 
 Gaol of Chalons, nominated in the Sentence ^- 
 hove TranfcriPd^ Speaking to himfelf that he may 
 not plead Ignorance 
 
 Whereas the Sergeant had forgot Mon- 
 fieur^^ Marolles'^s Appeal to the Parliament of 
 Paris^ hecausM him to be put in mind of ir, 
 and the Sergeant Corrected that miltake. 
 
 XL This 9th oi March ^ when Sentence 
 was Pronounced a gain ft Monfienr de Mar$lles^ 
 was on a Saturday^ and the Monday follow- 
 ing they took him out of the Dungeon to 
 convey him in a Waggon to Paris^ attend- 
 ed by three Archers from Chalons. The 
 Youngeft of Mr. de Marolles\ Sons, the Eldeft 
 being gone from Chalons^ prefented himfelf 
 upon the way without the City, to Accom- 
 pany his Father, the Archers fuffer'd him to 
 Ride in the Waggon with him, and Treated 
 the Prifoner with as much Civility, as could 
 be expefted from thofe fort of Perfons. They 
 had a certain Refpect for Him, which Vertue 
 begets in the Hearts of the moft Barbarous; 
 They told him that they did not fear he 
 would make His Efcape out of their Hands| 
 
^4 Th^ Suffer'mgs and Martyrdom 
 
 and did not mind to Guard him with that 
 Severity, and Exadnefs which they general- 
 ly ufe towards Gally-Slaves. 
 
 He arrivM at the Conckrgerj upon Tburfday 
 the 14th oi March 1686. His Son went with 
 him into the Chamber, where they Imme- 
 diately put the Prifoners that came from all 
 parts, till fuch times as they have Informed 
 themfelves of the Nature of their Condemna- 
 tion. The Night Approaching he ask'd if he 
 might return the next Day to fee his Father, 
 they told he might. But coming thither the 
 next Morning, he was told that he might fee 
 him no more; and I find a Bill of his Hand 
 wherein he hath Written as follows. ' I was 
 ' putinto a dark Dungeon, where I have been 
 
 * thefe two Months without feeing any Bo- 
 
 * dy. On Saturday the nth oi May 1686. I 
 
 * was brought before my Judges at the 
 
 * Court, where Criminal Caufes are Tryed, 
 
 * and contrary to what is ufual, my Judg- 
 
 * ment was deferred till Tuefday the 14th of 
 
 * the fame; and my Condemnation of Cha* 
 
 * Ions was Confirmed the fame Day. About 
 
 * two a Clock in the Afternoon, they put 
 
 * the Irons upon my Hands, put me into a 
 
 * Coach, and I was carried to La Tournelle 
 
 * where I entered making the 26th Galermu 
 La Tournelle was a Palace in Henry the Se- 
 cond's time, but now they fend the Perfons 
 thither who are Condemned to the Gallies, 
 'Jntill the departure of the Chain. 
 
 XIL Thus 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 55 
 
 XII. Thus is our Martyr enterMupon one 
 of the Firlt Theatres in the World, where 
 he maintained the Profeffion of his Faith in 
 Oppofition to the Threats, and Promifes of 
 the World with Courage and Mildnefs, and 
 to the Edification of all good Perfons. So 
 foon as he was arrivM at Ln Tournelle^ and 
 loaded with Chains, having fome fpare Mo- 
 ments to Write to his Family and his Friends, 
 he employed thofe Moments in Comforting 
 and Rejoicing them, by giving them an Ac- 
 count of the State of his Soul, and the Tran- 
 quility of his Heart, putting his Trufi: in God, 
 and counting himfelf Happy in that he fuf- 
 fer'd for the Glory of his Name, and of his 
 Truth. We have all his Letters Written 
 with his own Hand, which I (hall not give 
 to the Publick, becaufe it Would require a 
 Volume to contain them ; It being my defiga 
 only to give the Hidory of his SuiTerings , 
 which are Undeniable Proofs of the moft 
 Notable Effefts which Hope, Piety, and the 
 Grace of God can produce in a Soul. 
 
 He fays in one of his Letters, Dated from 
 
 * LaTournelle the 6th of May 1686. I was 
 
 * put into a dark Dungeon in the Concierger^ 
 
 * where I have been Buried for thefe Six 
 
 * Months. On the Morning of my Arrivaiy 
 
 * I was twice brought before the Procurator 
 
 * General in a Chamber of the Conciergery^ and 
 \ I m>jrngd fuch Anfwers to the Queliions 
 
 D :?' * <Vhi€H 
 
^6 Ihe Sufferhigs and Martyrdom 
 
 which he put to me, as Jefus Chrift infpirM 
 -me with according to his Promife. Ks 
 made me another Vilit, and gave me this 
 I'eliimony, that it was Admirable to fee 
 me do that for Errour, which none of them 
 perhaps would do for the Truth. A Uttle 
 while after the Chief Prefident had me 
 brought out of the Dungeon, with thegrea- 
 telt Honour in the World: When I was 
 come to the Chamber where he waited for 
 me, he caus'd all his Attendance confining 
 of Six or Seven Perlons of Merit, to go out, 
 and HonourM we with a private Confe- 
 rence for the Space of two Hours. He ex- 
 prefs'd towards me much Coodnefs, and 
 dcfue to ferve me, and fo Toon as he was 
 gone out he betook himfelf to his Company 
 again, and faid (as 1 was informed by one 
 of my Friends who was Prefcnt,) I come 
 from difcourfing with a good Man. Thefe 
 are only Words, but yet they afford fome 
 Comfort 1 did likewife Receive feveral 
 Ma-.ks of the Favour, andGoodnefs of the 
 Prefident of ciie Court of Juiiice where I 
 was Condemned. He talk'd with me at 
 the Door of the Dungeon, and after fome 
 Difccurfe he told me that it was with great 
 Grief and Sorrow that he faw me there; 
 tliat lie wifn'd th-it I miight be feiz'd with 
 fome light Sicknefs, to have an Occafion to 
 take me out from theace, and to put me into 
 the intirmary; that whenever I defir'd to 
 
 'Speak 
 
of Louis de Marolles. ^7 
 
 ' Speak with him I needed but to tell the 
 *- Jailor, who fliould acquaint him witli it, 
 ' and he would not fail to come to the CV/- 
 
 * ciergery to fee me. M thefe Qentle Methods 
 ^ had their End A'ridFiew^ hut they were ] tharjk 
 ' God VnfuccefsftiL God having put it into 
 
 * my Heart to continue faithful to him even 
 ^ unto Death if need Required. 
 
 In another Letter dated from Ln TourncHe 
 the 2d Qi'[July^ he informs us of a Combat in 
 which I e had yielded up againft his own 
 Heart and Mind. He confelTes that being in 
 the Prifons oi Chalons^ ' the Tears of a Wife, 
 ^ and a Family, which are dear to me, faith 
 ^ he, and which were not able to move me 
 
 * at Strashurg , joined to thofe of two Bro- 
 
 * thers-in-law, who came to fee me at Cha- 
 *' lons^ induc'd me to accept certain Propofals 
 
 * which were made me, by two of the moft 
 ^ Eminent and Confiderable Perfons of the 
 
 * Province. 1 have been inform'd that thole 
 Propofcils were to defire his Liberty, in order 
 to inftrufl: himfelf more fully, in the Contro- 
 veifus which occafion our Separation from 
 the Church o^Rome, * Eut a fews Days af- 
 
 * terGod having given me to underftand my 
 
 * Fault, and having afforded me an Oppor- 
 
 * tuniry of repairing it, I embraced it with 
 ' Joy, Fervency and T-ears; and that Father 
 
 * of Mercies who Icnows how to produce 
 
 * Light cut of Darknefs, made ufe of my In- 
 ^ firmitics thereby 10 give me that Strength, 
 
 D 3 'and 
 
^ 8 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 and Steadfaftnefs which I have fince had. 
 This gives me reafon to hope, that he will 
 continue this Favour to nie unto the end, 
 and that he will always Proportion his 
 GiftSj and Graces to the Tryals to which it 
 fliail pleafe him to Expofe Me. For the 
 former miffing of their end , they did at 
 length make me new Offers, which affected 
 me yet lefs than the former, and I rejefted 
 them all without deliberating upon them; 
 at which they were fo enrag'd that I was 
 next Day put into a Dungeon, where I lay 
 Thirteen Days before my Condemnation, 
 1 his pafftd at Chalons, Being in the Comi- 
 ergery at Paris^ one of my Friends, Tutor 
 to the Children of the King and Madam 
 M(mefpa}2 J came with his Majefty's Per- 
 miffion to fee me. He propose! to me to 
 go for Eight or Ten Ivlonths, to the BiQiop 
 of Mexux^ to get my felf Inftruded (this is 
 their way of Speaking,) I returnM him 
 Thanks, and affur'd him that it was not in 
 the Power of time to change my Light and 
 Knowledge, and that I was perfwaded that 
 the Bifhopof ikf^^^^, could not fatisfie me 
 more than the other Bilhops which I had 
 * already feen. 
 
 XIIL We muff not pafs over without Ani* 
 madverfion^thisUprightnefs of Soul,thisNice- 
 nefs of Confcience in our Martyr, Notwith- 
 ftanding that his Confcience might have SolH- 
 
 cited 
 
of Louis de Marolles. ^9 
 
 cited him by his prefent Miferies, and by the 
 Fear of future Calamities, by the fincere Af- 
 feftion which he bore to his Wife and Fa- 
 mily ; Notwithilanding this, Ifty, herejefts 
 and Silences all whatfoever the Love of the 
 WorId,and of this Life, whatfoever the Bonds 
 ofFIefh and Blood could reprefeni unto him 
 to fupprefs his Fidelity, and tarnifh the Lu- 
 ftre and Glory of his Sufferings and Confef- 
 fion. Tfiey proffer him from the Xing his 
 Liberty for Eight or Ten Months , during 
 which time he might hope not only to go out 
 of his Dungeon, but alfo expeft fome happy 
 Change, or fome Favourable Opportunity 
 to efcape the Chain, and the Gallies to which 
 he was Condemned for ever. How would 
 a Heart lefs fill'd with the Love of God, and 
 the Knowledge of its Duty in all its Extent, 
 have invented fpecious Pretences, and Cap- 
 tious Arguments to tree it felf from fuch 
 Dreadful Mileries. But our Martyr having 
 regard to nothing but his Duty, oppofes the 
 very firft Affault of the Temptation, and 
 Tramples it under his Feet. 
 
 It muft not be imagined, that this Lnvin- 
 cible Conftancy is in any manner the Effeft 
 ofScubbornnefs and Obitinacy. The Jefuits 
 oi Strasbourg^ and the Ecclelialticks oi Chalons 
 are convinced that the Faith of our Mart^T, 
 was accompany 'd with Light and Know- 
 ledge. This great Man knew how to Di- 
 ftinguifh between the Reafons, v/iiich may 
 
 D 4 enge^o 
 
.40 The Sufferings and Martyrdotn 
 
 engage us to feek fome new Inftruftion , 
 and thofe fecrec Motives of the Heart which 
 are not to be hearkened unto. When there 
 do arife of themfelves Reafons for fome 
 doubts and fcruples about the Faith, then a 
 Man is ncceflTanly, and indifpenfibly obhg'd 
 to get himlVif Inftrufted and Inform'd. In 
 iuch a Cafe tliis care apd pains is a Debt 
 which a Man owes to himfelf: And Negli- 
 gence therein can proceed from nothing elfe, 
 but either an Uiircafonable Stubbornnefs, or 
 a Criminal Indifferency. A Man mult like-^ 
 wife enquire into the ReHgion of his Neigh- 
 bours, and his Country-men, either to reap 
 Advantage from their Light and Knowledge, 
 or to Communicate and impart ours to them, 
 and help forward their Salvation as much as 
 poffibly we can. But when one enjoys a full 
 and entire perfuafion of his Faith, efpecially 
 \>y its Oppofition to a Doctrine whofe falie 
 Foundations one knows, and that the Mo- 
 tive which puts us upon feeking Inftruftion 
 proceeds only from a Heart defirous to free 
 it felFfrom thofe Affliftions which arc occa- 
 ilon'd by its Religion, then this Secret Mo- 
 tive whereof a Man is Convided within him- 
 felf, cannot doubtlefs be acceptable, to God, 
 nor procure his Bleffing, This is a Crime, 
 this is to tempt God, becaufe it is to put a 
 fecrct Cheat upon ones felf, and to call in 
 queftion a known Truth. Befides as things 
 flood in Fr^-ncsy to t^lk of getting ones felf 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. 41 
 
 hfirucied^ wis tacitly to engage oneVfelf to 
 renounce one's Religion. Mr. de Marolles knew 
 this very well, which made him rejcft all 
 thofe Offers, without beftowing a Moments 
 Deliberation upon them. They likewife 
 made him the fame Propofals, juftwhen he 
 was ready to depart for the Gallies. We fol- 
 low the Order and Courfe of Time, and 
 therefore when we come to fpeak of that we 
 fliall hear his Anfwer. Put is it not much 
 to be wonder'd at, that the Bifliop o't Mciwx^ 
 would not venture himfeif with this Illu- 
 ftrious Prifoner to Inftruft him, either whilft 
 he was in ih^Conciergery^ or at L^ Tournelle? 
 Were not they as convenient Places to apply 
 himfeif to the Converfion of Mr. de Marolles 
 in, as Meaux or Gormilly the Country- houfe 
 of that Prelate? What Reafon could hinder 
 him from Exercifing his Charity in thoft 
 Places of Mifery and Affliction? Tliis is ea- 
 fily known, that Bifhop would run no ha- 
 zard- He thought it concern'd his Reputa- 
 tion, not to enter the Lift with this Learn- 
 ed Perfon, without being firft alTured of tlie 
 Victory, as if the Inftruflion which we 
 owe to our Neighbours was like a The- 
 atrical Combat, wherein all the Speftators 
 fhould know the Party that was to be van- 
 quiflfd. This brings to my Mind the fay- 
 ing of a certain Minifter to a Courtier, be- 
 ing at Fquntam-hleau^ at the time of the Re- 
 vocation of the Edid of Na?2ts. This Cour- 
 
 'tiei 
 
4* The Sujjtvings and x5Martyrdom 
 
 tier ^vould needs engage him to take a Din- 
 ner with him, to enter into Converfation 
 with the Bifliop of Me^ux, and Father La 
 Chaize, The Minillers aniwer to his Im- 
 portunities was that he miphc do what he 
 pleasM :But he let him know that it washisHu- 
 mour to anfwer with Civihty and AlTurance 
 to their Arguments ; that therefore he muft 
 confider what he defign'd to do, addmg with 
 a fmile, that he believed it was not the Hu- 
 mour and Inchnation of thofe Gentlemen to 
 follow the Chafe, in the plain and open 
 Field, they would be for having the Bealt 
 fhut up in a Park, that they might be fure 
 of the Prize. 
 
 XIV. Let us return to the Hiftory of 
 cur Martyr- After having languifh'd two 
 Months in a Dungeon, he was brought be- 
 fore the Court on Saturday the nth of M/ty 
 1686. We are informed of what pafTed 
 there by a Letter which he wrote to his 
 Sifter-in-Law dared from La, Tournelle^ the 
 i7th of 3'%, * I have been two full Months 
 ^ with Seven miferable Wretches condemned 
 ^ either to the Gallies, or to be hang'd and 
 ^ broken alive upon the Wheel, in a Dun- 
 ^ geon fo dark, that I could not well dif- 
 ' cern their Faces. They have all been 
 ^ troubled with Rheums and Fluxes which 
 ' God hath prefervM mc from, altho' I am 
 old, and they all of them Young. The 
 'nth Couranc I was taken out oi* the Dun- 
 
 ' geofl 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. 4^ 
 
 geon contrary to my Expeftation, for I 
 expefted that they would lee me rot there, 
 and brought to the Crimuial Court to be 
 judged. Mr. the Prefidenc of the Houfe, 
 who was at the head of my Judges, or- 
 dered me to fit down upon the Prifoners 
 Stool, and took my Oath to fpeak the 
 Truth. I anfwer'd to all whatfoever he 
 defirM to know of me, after which he 
 made me an Exhortation, and bid me think 
 ferioufly with my felf, that it was not 
 they that fhould judge me, and that the 
 Declaration of the King did oxprefly men- 
 tion my Condemnation. I recurn'd him 
 thanks for his Goodnefs which he exprefs'd 
 to me, and told him that I was in no 
 great Trouble to deliberate; that my Re- 
 folution was fixt long ago, and that I re- 
 fign'd my felf to the Court, and was ready 
 to fuffer the Penalties to which they fhould 
 think fit to condemn me; That how great 
 and fevere foever they may be, they would 
 be lefs uneafy to me, than to a£l" againfi: 
 the Lights of my Confcience, and live like 
 a Hypocrite. They order'd me thereupon 
 to withdraw, and I was conveyed back 
 to my Dungeon. I expe(fled to be con- 
 duced in the Afternoon to La Totirmlk, 
 but they deferred my Judgment till Tuef 
 day following the 14th of May, and three 
 or four Hours after they came to carry me 
 away ; they put the Manacles upon my 
 
 ' Hands 
 
44 rhe Stijfennp and Martyr dum 
 
 ' Hands, and fo condufted me in a Coach 
 * to La Tournelle. It is not known for what 
 reafon they delayed contrary to what is ufual, 
 to pronounce the Sentence of Mr. de, Marol- 
 les. It is probable that the Court defignxl 
 to inform the King of the Conftant Refo- 
 I'jticn of our jMarryr, and make fome new 
 attempts in his Favour. Indeed I find in a 
 Leicer of Pwecommendation written from Pa- 
 Yis to Mr. de Courfelles Governour of Toulon^ 
 in favour of iVir. de Marnlles^ that his Sen- 
 tence of Condemnation to the Gallies had 
 been confirmM at the Parliament of Paris^ 
 but after fuch a m.anner , as had procui'd 
 Pain and Trouble to all the Judges; that 
 the Chief Prefident and Procurator General, 
 did intend to reprefent to the King all the 
 Circumflances of the Affair, and the Merit 
 of the Perfon : But as the Declarations were 
 Formal, the Ku-g would m^ake no Excep- 
 tion. If the tiutl^. of jhe Matter was known, 
 perhaps one miglit find the Clergy haftning 
 i)is Condemns Mon, whilil an Jc/gujl Parli- 
 ament defer'd it in cix^^cr ro fullicic his Par- 
 don. So crue it is thar tiie Genius and ivifpo- 
 tinon of the Roman CathoUrk Religion in 
 iits molt trui'ty iVliniiier?, is a barbarous, and 
 vinmerciful GeniiiS, which breaths forth no- 
 thing but Flood and Violence, always con- 
 trary to Chrifiian Chai;ity and Moderation. 
 But be that as ic will he was at length fen- 
 
 tencVt. 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. 4^ 
 
 tenc'd, and the Sentence of the Frciidial of 
 Chalons was confirmM. 
 
 Let us hear the foHo wing part of his Letter, 
 Tlie Governour of Tourmlles knowing who 
 I was, and being informed of my Crime, 
 causM me to be treated with as much 
 Gentlenefs as can be expeOed in that Place. 
 They were contented to put a Fetter up- 
 on one Foot. But the next Morning, he 
 came to te!l me that he had juft received 
 Orders which very much afflifled him, 
 which was that the King had cominanded 
 that the Chain fhould be put upon mv 
 Neck. I thank'd hun for his Goodner> 
 which heexprelTed to me- and toid him 
 that I was ready to pay a refpeclful Obe- 
 dience to the Orders of his Majeity. I Jaid 
 afide my Hat, they took the Chain from 
 off my Foot, and put me on another about 
 my Neck, which doth not I believe \vq\^]\ 
 Jefs than 50 Pounds. Thus you fee, my 
 Dear Siiier, the Seate and Condirion which 
 the wife Providence of God hath chofen 
 and allotted for me, out ot a Thoufand o- 
 thers in which he might have plac'd me. 
 I expeft from his Mercy Strength and 
 Conftancy to fuffer all U)V \\\s Glory and 
 my own Saivaticn. Do not afflia your 
 felf at my Condition, my dear Sifler, ic 
 IS more happy than you tlVmk for. Weep 
 not for me: Keep your Tears for fo many 
 miferable Wretches who ;;ve not io con- 
 
 
46 7he Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 * tendedly as i do. Grant me the Affiftance 
 
 * of your Prayers: I alTure you that I do 
 
 * not forget you in mine. And in another 
 Letter of the i6th of Maj^ i. e, the Day , 
 when the Chain was put about his Neck, 
 he fays after fuch another Relation as that 
 before mentioned. ' Thus Sir, (I fuppofe he 
 wrote to M. Jurier/J you have an Abridg- 
 
 * ment of my Mifery, and to fpeak more 
 
 * truly, of my Glory, for I continually give 
 
 * Thanks to God for the Honour, which he 
 
 * doth me in not thinking me unworthy to 
 ' fuffer for his Name-fake. Let your Prayers 
 
 * accompany mine, to obtain from the Mer- 
 ' cy of God his Succour and Affiftance fo 
 
 * long as it fliall pleafe him to continue my 
 
 * Sufferings and Ajffliftions. 
 
 Nine Days after that, the Procurator Ge- 
 neral went thither, and we are informed by a 
 Note written with our Martyr's own Hand, 
 what pafTed between that famous Magiftrate 
 and himfelf. The 2^f/j of May 1686, tk Procu- 
 rator Ge??eral came to vi(it thoje who were condem- 
 ned to the Gallies, ^ He addrefs'd himfelf to me, 
 ^ and feeing the Chain upon my Neck, he told 
 '' me that it was with Grief, that he faw 
 ^ me in fo miferable a Condition , and 
 ^ that he did greatly defire to deliver me 
 ^ out of it ; that I was fo much the more 
 ^ worthy of Pity and Compaffion, becaufe 
 ^ it was my Preiuciices v/hich plungM both 
 '• my fltlf and Family into Mifery; I an- 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 47 
 
 * fwerM him that I fhould be very much to 
 
 * blame if that were fo, but that it was my 
 « Opinion, that in Cafes which concern our 
 
 < Salvation, we mull defpife and neg!e6l 
 
 * whatfoever relates only to this Life, and 
 
 * that it was this Thought and Confidera- 
 
 * tion which induc'd me to bear my Evils 
 
 * with Patience. He reply'd that he was 
 
 * perfwaded that I was right as to my In- 
 
 < tentions, that I had a fincere Zeal for the 
 « Glory of God and my one Salvation, but 
 
 < wanted Knowledge; and that he would 
 
 * come again to fee and talk with me with- 
 
 < in a little time, that there was nothing 
 
 * which he would not either do or give to 
 
 * deliver me out of my Mifery. 1 told 
 
 * him that I did with much Thankfulnefs 
 
 * and Refpeft, receive the Tokens of his 
 
 * Goodnefs which he was pleasM to fhev*/ 
 
 * me, after which he departed. 
 
 Three Days after he received another vifit^ 
 of which we have likewife an account writ- 
 ten with his own Hand ; ' Monday the 27th- 
 
 * of May 1686, between Seven and Eight a 
 
 * Clock in the Evening,a Counfellor belong- 
 
 * ing to the Court of L^ Toumeile^ who far 
 ^ the next to, and on the right Hand of the 
 
 * Prefident of the Houfe , when I was 
 ^ brought into the Court before my Tryal, 
 
 * came to vifit the Prifoners at La Tournelle. 
 ' And after he was gone out Mr. Le Rot 
 \ our head Keeper^ took me out of the Place 
 
 ^ where 
 
4 8 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 where we are, and brought me into a 
 Chamber which is call'd the Council- 
 Chamber , where the Councellor waited 
 for me: l had my Chain about my Neck. 
 He told me with all the Ingenuity and 
 Candour in the World : All our Affembly 
 Sir, are touchM with Grief for the Mife- 
 ry, to which they know you are reduced, 
 and I come to follicit you to deliver your 
 felf out of it. We know that you have 
 liv'd like a very honefi: Man, and that you 
 proceed from a good Family ; Confider 
 with, and examine your felf by the Rules 
 both of Policy and Confcience. Before 
 Seven or Eight Months are at an End your 
 Religion fhill be no more mentioned in 
 France- Even at prefent there arc very fe- 
 vere Edicls againfl: the new Converts who 
 do not do their Duty : And in other Pla- 
 ces your Religion hath been extinguifh'd 
 this 1 50 Years. But I do not come hither 
 ro difpure with you about it. You know 
 that it hath fubfilicd and continued in the 
 Kingdom only upon Sufferance and Tole- 
 ration, and out of a Neceflity of appea- 
 fing and putting an end to the Troubles. 
 It lies wholly in your Power to advance 
 your felf higher than you have ever yet 
 been, and to procure Peace to your Fa- 
 mily. 
 
 ' i anfwer'd, that I was very much ob- 
 ligM to thcu* Uluftrious AiTembly, for paf- 
 
 ' fing 
 
of Louis de Marolles* 49 
 
 fing fo favourable a Judgment upon me^ 
 and for the Goodnefs which they expref 
 fed towards me; and to himfelf in parti r^ 
 cular, for the Marks which he gave me o 
 his good Will, that I did return them all 
 a Thoufand Thanks, but that nothing 
 fhould ever be able to make me do any 
 againft my Confcience, and that I had but 
 little regard for all the Advantages of this 
 Life. That if it were true that I was in 
 an Error, and it fhould pleafe God to con- 
 vince me of it by giving me new Lights 
 and Knowledge, I fhould not fail to fol- 
 low them with much Zeal and Joy, out of 
 the fole View to the Glory of God. I faid 
 moreover that the Edift of Nams^ was to 
 reward the good Services which that King 
 (Henry IVth) had receiv'd from the Pro- 
 teflants, rather than to appeafe the Trou- 
 bles which were then allay'd, the Arms 
 being laid down,and the King in a peaceable 
 Poffeflion of the Crown. 1 faid nothing 
 of Religion becaufe of what he had faid to 
 me, that he was not come to dijpute with me 
 about it* This Good Counfellor went a- 
 way a little after, defiring me, to think 
 ferioufly upon what he had faid unto me. 
 Mr. Le Rot told me as he carried me back, 
 that this Counfellor was fent as Commif- 
 fioner by the Court o^LdTournelle^ to fpeak 
 to me from the part of that Famous Soci- 
 ety, who were never touch'd with fo much 
 E ' Trouble 
 
5 o The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 Trouble and Compaflion for any Perfon 
 as they were for me. The Counfellor's 
 Name was Mr. Reynaud, I muft advertize 
 the Reader that the Chamber of /^ Toarnelle^ 
 is a Chamber or Court belonging to the 
 Parliament of Fam^ where Criminals are 
 tryed, to the End that it may not be con- 
 founded with U Tournelle^ or rather les Tour* 
 mllesy wluther they fend the Perfons con- 
 dcmn'd to the Gallies until their departure- 
 There is at prefect in that Parliament U 
 Tournelle Civil, and U Tournelk Criminal. 
 
 Mr. Marolles wrot feveral Letters from U 
 Tourmlle to his Wife, Children, and Friends. 
 He lent one dated the i6ch of May to Mon- 
 fieurJ/^r/V//, to which that Paftor returned 
 an AnKver the 27th of the fame Month. He 
 rccciv'd an Anfwer from our Martyr the 
 2d oi July 1686, who allures him that his 
 Letters did tend to the Confolation of him- 
 felf, and all thofe to whom he could com- 
 municate them. And after having returnM 
 him Thanks for his good i\dvice he tells 
 him. ' The manner of my Sutiering, and 
 
 * the good Eye with which God makes me 
 
 * regard ail my Sufferings, perfwades me 
 
 * that he will give me the Grace to con- 
 ' tmue Faithful unto him, even unto Death. 
 
 * I do not fix my Eyes upon the Condi- 
 
 * tion in which I am, v/hich Troubles and 
 
 * Afflifts thofe that fee it, much more than 
 [ it decs my felf. I place them folely up- 
 
 oa 
 
of Louis de Maroll-es. 5 1 
 
 ' ' on the Rewards which God has pro' 
 
 * misM to all thofe that fear his Name. I 
 
 * am certain that the light Affliftions with 
 
 * which he is pleafed to vifit me, will pro- 
 
 * duce in me according to his Di^ane Promi- 
 
 * fes, an Eternal Weight of exceeding great 
 
 * Glory. I comfort my felf becaufe the Suf- 
 
 * fcrings of this prefent Time, are not to 
 
 * compare with the future Glory, which is 
 
 * to be reveaPd in us ; And I put my Truft in 
 ^ what St. "^ames fays, Blejfed is the Mm ivha 
 ^ endures Temptation^ for xvhen he [hall h^ve been 
 ' Tryed^ he fhall receive the Cronm of Incorrtip^ 
 ^ tihle Glory and lm?nort ality ^ which God re^ 
 ^ ferves for his Elecf, I rejoice in that our 
 
 * Saviour doth pronounce thofe Bkjjed who 
 
 * fuffer for Righteoufnefs Sake, Thus, Sir, I 
 
 * make all my Glory and Happinefs to con- 
 ' fift in this, that my Redeemer doth not 
 
 * count me unworthy to fuffer for his Name 
 
 * fake. I fix my Confidence upon the E- 
 
 * ternal Rock. I put all my Trud in him. 
 ' I expeft help and Succour from him alone. 
 ' I perfwade my felf that nothing lliall be 
 
 * able to move me, fix't upon fo iblid a 
 ^ Foundation. He put in Praftice what he 
 fo well wrot in an Excellent little Treatife 
 of his own Hand Writing upon Providence, 
 and which he compos'd without doubt in 
 the time of his Confinement. This whole 
 Letter may be feen inferted in the Paftoral 
 Letter of Monfieur Jureu^ in the Year i685, 
 
 E 2 I 
 
5 I Ihe Sufferings and }^artyrdom 
 
 I proceed to what concerns the Hiftory of h\s 
 Si'fferings. He lays, a hctle lower: ' That, 
 Sir, is >T»y iifualOccupation, as much as the 
 Hifamous place wherein I am confined, will 
 permit. 1 call it Infamous, becaufe there 
 is not an honeft or virtuous Word to be 
 heard there; It refounds with nothing but 
 Filthinefs, and execrable Blafphemies. They 
 m^ke fuch a Noife, and Tumult all Day, 
 and for the greateft part of the Night, that 
 I could fcarce heretofore meet with one hap- 
 py Moment, to lift up my Heart to God. 
 I u^as fo overw* heImM with Drowfinefs, that 
 I often fell afleep before I had made an end 
 of my Prayer: when I awak'd about three 
 or tour a Clock of the Morning, I endea- 
 vourM to keep my felf Awake, that I might, 
 w^iililthe place was free from Noife, pay 
 my Homage to God with fome Attention. 
 I h^ive more Liberty fince thefe Ten or 
 Twelve Days: For when it is fine Wea- 
 tlrcr.they fuSer the Chain to go out, and a- 
 bide in a Court all Day, except it be Six of 
 us wlio aie kept locked up. I fpend one 
 part of tliis time in Readmg, Meditation 
 and Prayer, and I do likewiie take the Li- 
 berty to Sing fome Pfalms, as I have done 
 in all the places of my Imprifonment with- 
 out ever being Complain'd of for it. Thus 
 you fee in two Words an Abridgment of 
 our Mifery. We lie 5? of us in a place, 
 which is not above 30 Feet it) Lef>gth, and 
 
 * Nine 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 53 
 
 * Nine in Breadth. Therelieson the right fide 
 
 * of Me a SickPeafant with his Head to my 
 
 * Feet, and ray Feet to his Mead. There 
 
 * are Hkewife others. There is fcarcc one a- 
 ^ mongft us who doth not envy the Condi- 
 ^ tion of fcveral Dogs and Horfes. 7'his 
 
 * makes us all defire that the Chain may 
 
 * quickly Depart. They conceal this from 
 
 * us, but as far as wccan Judge, it will de- 
 
 * part next Saturday, We were Yellerday 
 
 * 95 Condemned Perfons in Number, but 
 
 * two ofthiem died that day, and one to day. 
 
 * We have ftill Fifteen or Sixteen Sick, and 
 
 * there are but few who efcape it. I have 
 •^ had five fits of the Tertian Fever: But I 
 
 * thank God I am very well recovered of it, 
 ^ and in a Difpofition to make the Voyage to 
 
 * ?4arfeil!es. We fhall take in fome of our 
 
 * Brethren at Bourgogne^ who are Condemned 
 ^ to the Chain for the fame Caufe for whicfi 
 Mam, who have the honour to be the 
 ^ firfi: Condernn'd by the Parliament of 
 ' ?..tris. 
 
 We likewlfe meet with two or'jcr Letters, 
 which a German Mini(l-er Wrore to him in 
 the Latin Tongue, full of h!Rrufl:ion and 
 Confolation. in one of the Anfwers which 
 our Martyr made him, he begs the Affifiance 
 of his Prayers, 'hoping ffauh he) that !)y 
 ' means of the Poweriul /liTiilance, which 
 ^ feveral other Servants of God as well as 
 ^ you do afford me, my Sufferings will end 
 
 E J m 
 
5 4 7/;^ Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 in the Glory ot our Creator, the Edification 
 of our Brethren, and my own Salvation* 
 When I refleft (fait/j he) on the Merciful 
 Providence o^ God towards me, I am ra- 
 vifhi'd with Admiration, and do evidently 
 Difcover the fecret Steps of Providence,who 
 hath formed me from my Youth, after a re- 
 quifite manner to bear what I Suffer. I 
 have alv/ays fiad but Httle Love for thofe 
 things which VVoridhnps Efteem and Ad- 
 mre, and more care to provide tor my Soul 
 than my Body. Altho' I do acknowledge 
 to my Shame and Confufion, that I have not 
 ferved God fo Faithfully as [ought to have 
 done, and that 1 have not been fo Thank- 
 ful as I ought to have been for fo many 
 Benefits, and Favours which he hath con- 
 ferred upon me. I have always had a Zeal 
 for his Glory and his Truth : And thefe are 
 thofe Holy Seeds which he hath had the 
 Goodnefs to preferve in my Heart, which 
 i.n this time of Defolation begun to produce 
 in me the Excellent Truths, whofe Sweet- 
 nefs affords me a Pieafure, which I am not 
 able to uttc and exprefs to you. It is this 
 liappy Condition in wliich I am, wifich af- 
 fures me that God will finiOi the Work 
 which he has begun in me: And I believe I 
 may fay with his Faithful Apon:les,that lam 
 Confident, that neither Angel^mr Pn/ictpality^ 
 mr P every nor Hetghthy nor Depth y nor Things 
 frejent^ nor Things to cornCy nor any other 
 
 CreMure 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. s ? 
 
 Creature /hall ever be able to feparate me^ from 
 the Love which God hath (Jjewn me in his 
 S0n Jefas Chrift. I can truly and fincerely 
 fay, Sir, that the Prifons, and dark Dun- 
 geons in which I have been confinM for a- 
 bove thefe Six Months, and the Chain 
 which I now carry about my Neck, have 
 been fo far from fhaking the Holy Refoluti- 
 on which God hath put into my Heart, that 
 it hath only Strengthened andConfirmM it. 
 I have fought God in a quite different iVle- 
 thod in my Affliftions, than ever I did in a 
 State of Worldly Profperity, and I may lay 
 that he hath fuffer'd himfelf to be found by 
 me. He hath very Delightfully Commu- 
 nicated himfelf to me by the Sweetnefs qf 
 his Confolations. In the midft of the Tran- 
 fKory Afflidions which it is his Will that I 
 fhould Suffer, he hath made me to tafte of 
 Solid good Things. The Evils with which 
 I am threatncd do not at all terriiie me. if 
 they are Violent, I am not in a Condirion 
 to bear up long agamft them, and \o a 
 Chnftian Death will puc an happy Period 
 thereto ; If they are Moderate I iliall have 
 reafon toblefsour God for ir,who Ihall con- 
 tinue his Favour and Goodnefs towards me. 
 Thefe Confiderations make me look upon 
 the time to come with the Eye of Conffancy 
 and Affurance. It appears by thefe few 
 Extrafts which we give of the Letters of that 
 Bleffed Martyr, how great was the Tran- 
 
 E 4 quiluy, 
 
56 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 quility, and Aflurance of that Chriftian and 
 Heroick Soul. 
 
 It was therefore to no purpofe to renew 
 the Attack, to pervert or ftagger a Heart fo 
 full of Knowledge, Fervour awd Piety. We 
 have already obferv'd that it had been pro- 
 posed to him to fpend Eight or Ten Months 
 with the Bifhop of Meaux. They renew the 
 Charge by propofing an unlimited time. 
 How great and Dangerous was that Tempta- 
 ton! Our Martyr is under the Chain, and 
 has a profpeft of a Dreadful Futurity: He is 
 (bllicited not only by his own Flefh, but alfo 
 by the fight of his Afflifted Wife, and by his 
 Fatherlefs Children which he leaves in the 
 midil: Infomuch that the Natural Love of 
 Life, the Sence of Affliftions, the Profpefl: of 
 the Dreadful Miferies which his Condition 
 reprefented to him, Conjugal Love, and Pa- 
 ternal Affection, did all of them Combine to 
 Induce, and Conftrain him to accept a Pro- 
 pofal which feem'd at firfl: to oblige him to 
 nothing: They offer him his Liberty only 
 upon Condition that he would Promife to en- 
 deavour to get himfelf Tnftrufted, without 
 fetting any limited time. He might flatter 
 himfelf that they would open him a Door for 
 his Deliverance without complying with the 
 King's Orders. But his Soul Faithful to his 
 God, fili'd with his Holy Refolutions looks 
 upon it as a Crime to accept a Propofal, from 
 which there might be drawn the leafl: Confe- 
 
 cjuence 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 57 
 
 quence Prejudicial to the Certainty of his 
 Faith. He is in the Prefence of hisr'Enemies, 
 the Combat is begun, he is refolvM to win 
 the Viftory, without fo much as hearing talk 
 of returning into his Tent. He tramples the 
 World under his Feet, and will not allow that 
 Enemy time to recover New Strength. 
 
 One of his Friends did firft make this 
 Propofai to him, from Monfieur Morel a rich 
 Partijan^ or Farmer of the Kings Revenues at 
 Vitryy ' who promised to procure his Delive- 
 
 * ranee from the Chain the next day, if he 
 
 * would take even an unlimited time,to apply 
 
 * himfelf in good earnefl: to get Inftruftion. 
 
 * He alTur'd him what fhould be Promised 
 
 * him, fhould be faithfully obfervM and per- 
 
 * formM: Thispaffed about the end oijune. 
 Other Perfons renewed the Attack on the firft 
 dayofjT^/y, as he Informs us by a note Writ- 
 ten with his own Hand, wherein he gives us 
 the reafons for his Refufal. 
 
 ' At La, TcurmlleWednefday the 17th of^^v/; 
 
 * 1686. Ten or Twelve Days before our de» 
 
 * parture from thence, an Advocate of the 
 
 * Court of Parliament came to fee Me, ac- 
 
 * company'd with a Lady who was Unknown 
 
 * to Me; and Madam Lambliti who had 
 
 * done me the Honour of a Vifit in the Prifon 
 
 * at Chalons. She was the Wife of a Trea- 
 
 * furer o{ France-^ She certified by her Tears, 
 
 * that fhe was fenfibly touchM with the Con- 
 
 * dition in which fhe faw me, and that IIjc 
 
 * wifli'd 
 
58 The Sufferings and J^artyrdojii 
 
 wifh'd with all her Heart that (he could 
 procure my Deliverance out of the Mifery 
 which I fuffer'd. The Difcourfe fell upon 
 the Propofal which had been made me fome 
 Days before, viz,, to go to the Bifhop of 
 Meaux to be hjflrucled ^ This is their way of 
 Speaking. The Advocate began to Speak 
 upon this Point, and employed all his Rhe- 
 torick to prove that I ought to accept of 
 that offer, and faid that he did not believe 
 that I could offer any fufficient Reafons to 
 the contrary. When he had made an end 
 of his Difcourfe, and given me place to 
 Speak, I Anfwer'd that I thought my felf 
 very much obligM to do as I did for the 
 following Reafons ; I faid that in the Con- 
 ferences which I had had with the R. R. 
 P. p. Jefms at 6Vr^j-^c;//r^,they had not given 
 Tne any manner of Satisfaction in my Ob- 
 jeftions which I made to them. That the 
 fame Anfwer or much to the fame purpofe 
 at leaf! had been given me at Chalons^ and 
 that I had Read the fame things in the 
 Works of the famous Mr. Arnaud^ and fince 
 they had not fatisficd in that Author, they 
 could not afford me more Satisfaftion elfe- 
 
 wherc. That I was very ffrongiy per- 
 
 fuaded of the Truth of my Faith, about 
 which I had no manner of doubt, and that 
 I fear'd it was tempting of God to accept the 
 Offer which they made me. That on the 
 Qrher Hand, the fpace of fiight Months that 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. 5 9 
 
 I had been Confin'd, had enur'd mQi to 
 Sufferings, that by that means God had dif- 
 cover'd to me the Vanity of this Life, and 
 all that is here below ; that thereby he had 
 broken afunder raoft of the Bands, and Li- 
 gaments which eng'^g'd me to the World, 
 and had put into my Heart a great difrehfh 
 for the Earth, and an ardent defire after 
 Heaven. That lefteem'd thisftate fuffici- 
 ently happy to think ferioufiy to preferve it. 
 I added that all the Civilities which I was 
 perfuaded, I fnould receive from fo Famous 
 and Noble a Prelate, and the Confiderable 
 Alteration which would happen to my Con- 
 dition, would make me within a few Days 
 forget all my Miferies, and v/ould root in 
 my Heart the Love of the World, and Plca- 
 fures of Life more ftrongly perhaps than 
 ever, to plunge me again into Miiery with- 
 out any certainty of receiving fo much Fa- 
 vour, and Affiftance from God therein as 
 I have already receivM till this Frcfent. 
 That for thofe reafons I was refoIvM to fol- 
 low my Vocation, and to end my days"ia 
 fuffering, if it was the Will of God. That 
 as to the reft 1 did with very great Acknow- 
 ledgments, and Thankfuinefs receive the 
 tokens which he gave me of hisCharity and 
 Affeftion. 
 
 * Since then he came feveral times to fee 
 me, always backing what he had advanc'd 
 with the ilrongeft Arguments he could. 
 
 ' ThQ 
 
6o The Sufferings and Martyr dum 
 
 ' The laft time that he faw me which was on 
 < Mo^dty the 1 5th of July 1686. he told Mr. 
 
 * Le Roi our head Keeper, that he came by 
 
 * orders of the Procurator General. 
 
 ' And the next Day the Procurator General 
 
 * honourM me with a Vifit, and told me that 
 
 * he came to try yet again, if before our De- 
 
 * parture for Mdrfetlles^ there were yet any 
 
 * room left to refcue me from the Chain and 
 
 * Mifery, and ask'd ine if there were no al- 
 ^ teration in me- And when I had returned 
 
 * him the thanks due to his Civility, 1 told 
 
 * him that all my Difgrace had wrought no 
 
 * change upon the Difpofition of my Heart, 
 ' no more than upon that of my mind : He 
 
 * then Departed. 
 
 The Chain is to defart next Saturday the 20th 
 cfthis Month, 
 
 The more one reBefls upon the Condition 
 of our Martyr, for the fpace of two Months 
 fince his Condem.nation, till his Departure 
 from Paris, the more fliall one admire his 
 Virtue, Strength and Piety in this fo Dange- 
 rous and Obltinate a Combat, which he had 
 with the World. I do not find that any 
 Ecclefiaftick in all that great City, fought to 
 have any Conference with Monfieur de Ma- 
 rolles. This is to be wonder'd at, that whilft the 
 Members of Parliament exprefs fo much Pity 
 andCompartion for that lllulirious Prifoner, 
 the Clergy fhouldlook upon him with fo much 
 
 IndiiTerencc. 
 
of Louis de Marolles. ^t 
 
 Indifference. But There is a great deal of 
 Reafon to believe that they were afraid of this 
 Holy and Learned Man. 
 
 XIV. We have given an Idea of his Piety, 
 and hisConflifts, we muft lay him Open oa 
 all Sides^ and confider this great Soul in all 
 the diffierent Occurrences and concerns of 
 Life. His God poflefled, and wholly filled 
 him : After which the cares of his Family fuc- 
 ceeded in their order. Upon his firll: coming 
 to La Tournelle^ he acquainted his Wife with 
 that Freedom of Spirit which he generally 
 ufed the 14th oi May 1686. 'I inform'd you, 
 ^ my dear Child,thac my Judgment was con- 
 ' firm'd this morning by fentence of the 
 
 * Court, and that I am at prefent at LaTour^ 
 
 * nelle with Mr. Le Favry^ which is no fmall 
 ^ comfort to me. Altho I have a great defire 
 
 * to fee you, yet it is fo hot that 1 advife you 
 ^ to flay till to Morrow Morning, but fend to 
 ' me \mmzdx\2iiQ\y de MarolUs and his Brother, 
 
 * that I may have the Satisfaftion to fee them, 
 ^ and receive a true and exact account of your 
 
 * State and Condition. I meet here with 
 
 * fomething more agreeable, and more grie- 
 
 * vous than the Dungeon, but we mull fub- 
 
 * mit to alL 
 
 His Wife under the greateft Affliftionthat 
 can be imagined, Vifited him as often as flie 
 could, and put her Hands through the Grate 
 to Wafh the Wounds which the Chain had 
 
 mad^; 
 
6l The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 made upon him, with Water in which Muf- 
 quet Balls had been Steepc. She heard one 
 day that the Clergy had fpread a report in 
 Paris^ thai h" was befides himfelf. This In- 
 famous Fraud vvas contrivM to allay the won- 
 der, and Admiration which the Conftancy of 
 our Martyr, rais'd in all that great City. So 
 foon as he was informM of it, he proposed a 
 Problem to the Learn'd, to the end .that they 
 might exercife themfelves in the Solution of 
 it, and thereby Judge of the Situation of his 
 Mind, and of the nature "of the Calumny 
 which had been ForgM againft Him. I have 
 not this Problem at prefenr, but it did appear 
 by a Letter of his Dear Friend, and Scholar , 
 who was then with the Duke of Mam^ that 
 our Martyr being always free in his Chains, 
 always of an even Temper , and like to him- 
 felf, knfwer'd to the Queftions which were 
 proposed to him, juft as if he had been at 
 eafe in his Clofet. This Friend of his faid 
 unto him: ' I perceive there is an Error in 
 
 * the Solution of the Problem which I fcnc 
 ' You, upon the Condition which I pretend- 
 ' ed to add to yours. It is true my four num- 
 ^ bers have all the requifite and neceflary 
 ' Conditions: But it is not true that their 
 
 * Sum being made equal to a number given, 
 ^ would produce the fame effeft with refpeft 
 
 * to the Conditions annexed. Neverthelefs 
 
 * I am well enough fatisfi'd that your Pro- 
 
 * bkm is rcfolv'd thereby; I am going to re- 
 
 ' duce 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 6 \ 
 
 ^ duce it into Lines, and make a Geometrical 
 
 * Propofuion of it to puzzle the Archimedes of 
 ' our^time. ^ Thus I intend to propofe it. 
 
 ' To Divide a Line given into four Lines 
 
 * Commenfurable among them, ^Ives, and to 
 ^ the whole, and which may be of fuch a 
 
 * nature that the difference of any two, taken 
 
 * at Pleafure, may likewife be Commen- 
 
 * furable, and moreover between the Differ^ 
 ' ence of any two parts taken at Pleafure, 
 
 * and the Difference of any two other Parts 
 
 * taken Hkewife ^ at Pleafure, to affign a 
 
 * mean Proportional, which may be Com- 
 ' menfurable to ail the Lines mentioned 
 
 * in the Problem. One may conclude Irom 
 thefe Words, as alfo from the Repoft of 
 Monfieur de Moivre belonging to the Royal 
 Colledge at Londo'/?^\^\-\o was acquainted with 
 Mr. de Marolles during his Confinement, that 
 the Problem which he propofed was that 
 which Mr. Ozanum Printed in thefe Words- 
 ' To find out four Numbers, whofe Num- 
 
 * ber may be equal to a Number given, and 
 ^ fuch that th^ Difference of any two of them 
 ^ whatfoever may be a fquare Number. Thofe 
 who know what Application of mind this 
 Science requires, will be able to Judge of the 
 Strength of our Martyr. But he had taken 
 the good courfe , and thrown himfeif into 
 the Arms of Providence, and peacebly fub- 
 ^aitted to the Will of his God. 
 
 X\^ At 
 
64 77;^ Sujferlngs and Martyrdom 
 
 XV. At length the Chain departed from 
 PariSy on Sarurday the 2©th of j^///y. Mon- 
 fieur de MaroHes had then the Fever. He had 
 dreaded his Sorrowful Separation from his 
 Wife ; and his Wife call: down, and Sick with 
 Affliflion could not be prefent at this Sor- 
 rowful Departure. They had not above the 
 breadth of a Key to crofs, to enter into the 
 Boat. The Galerians go two by two, car- 
 rying a longChain which pafTcs through their 
 particular Chains in Rings, our Martyr was 
 permitted by favour to be in the laft Rank: 
 In thofc few Steps which he had to take, he 
 met his Children, who cafl: themfelves upon 
 his Neck, and embracM Him. It is hard to 
 reprefenc this Sorrowful Adieu without Grief 
 and emotion. One may eafily imagine that 
 this famous Gderixn ^ who fome Months 
 fince made fo much noife in P^w, drew a 
 great Concourfe of People; Kvery one feem'd 
 touch'd with hisMifery, and an Ancient Ro- 
 man Catholick Merchant breaking through 
 the Throng , came and embraced, and en- 
 couraged him, offering him his Purfe. This 
 Man hath fince given Glory to God, and re- 
 tired wicli his Family to London y there to 
 make profeflion of the Truth. 
 
 Monfieur de Marolles Wrote from Dtjon to 
 «ne of his Friends at Paris\ The Letter is da- 
 ted the joth oijulj^ Ten days after his De- 
 parture from Ld Tournelle, ' Our Treatment 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. 65 
 
 * (Jkith he) is extreamly Prejudicial to me: 
 
 * I dilTembled my Condition as much as pof- 
 
 * fible at my Departure. I had the Fever 
 ' onThurjday the i8th oi "July ^ vvliich con- 
 
 * tinuM on Friday^ and was more Violent on 
 
 * Saturday. I fet out therefore in this Conditi- 
 
 * on after having refignM my felf to the Will 
 
 * of God, and 1 have not yet wholly got rid of 
 
 * this Fever, which hath been continual, 
 
 * and without Intermiffion: I may tell you, 
 
 * my Dear Sifter, that it brought me even to 
 
 * Death's Door,but God in his Infinite Good- 
 ' nefs hath rais'd me up again, and I am now 
 
 * paft Danger. Our Captain had Compaf- 
 ^ fion on me, and the Second day, he had me 
 
 * loosM from the Chain, and kept me always 
 ^ in his Cham.ber, or in the Bcatwich him. I 
 
 * muft confefs that in this Voyage it was, that 
 
 * I perceiv'd in good earneft that I fuffer'd. 
 ' But notwithftanding this, my Dear Sir^ 
 
 * blefs God wirli me that he was pleas'd to 
 ' grant me fuch a Ipeedy Deliverance. — — • 
 
 * I perceive my Strength fenfibly to return, 
 ' and I hope that before I Arrive ?Lt MarJeHles 
 ^ I fhall be perfectly well recovcred.lt did ap. 
 pear by all the Letters of this Holy Man, that 
 he was fo far from augmenting,that he leflen* 
 ed his Miferies, that he might not Aggravate 
 the Affliction of his Wife: So that when he 
 Speaks of his miferable Condition, one muft 
 be perfuaded, that it was much harder tharl 
 he Speaks of. Of this we have a proof in a 
 
 F Letter 
 
66 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 Letter which he Wrote from Marfer/lesj a lit- 
 tle while after his Arrival ; It is dated the 25th 
 of Augtift. ' As Heft Parts Sick of a Fever, it 
 
 * hath accompanied me to this place, I have 
 
 * undergone Incredible Fatigue, and have 
 
 * been twice at the point of Death; In which 
 ^ Condition I lay upon Planks without any 
 
 * Straw under me, and my Hat for a Pillow. 
 ^ When' we left the Water it was much 
 
 * worfe with us. We were forcM to be jum- 
 ^ bled Fourteen Hours a day in a Waggon, 
 ^ (for all thofe Roads are very Rough and 
 
 * Stony,) and thruft into Dungeons. Thus 
 
 * my dear and true Friend, God having thus 
 
 * provM me, and furnifh'd me with neceflary 
 
 * Afliftance, he hath at length brought me 
 
 * hither pretty free from the Fever, but 
 
 * very Weak- It is a pitiful fight to fee my 
 ' Leanncfs: And what is terrible at my Ar- 
 ' rival, for want ot examining into my Con- 
 
 * dition, they fent me away into the Gaily. 
 
 * I was conducted by two of our Guards who 
 ^ fupported mc, and I was no fooner come 
 ' thither but I was Chain'd as the other Gal- 
 
 * ly Slaves were. But feveral Officers coming 
 ' to fee our Chain had CompaiFion on me, 
 
 * efpecialty Monfieur P from whom 1 
 
 ' receiv'd infinite Favours. They Spake to the 
 
 * Major who fent a Chirurgoen to fee me, up- 
 
 * on whofe Report I was let loofe, and fent 
 
 * to the Hofpital where 1 now am. It is a 
 
 * fine place, Admirably well ordered; I live 
 
 * almolt 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 67 
 
 almoft wholly at my own Charges. We 
 are very well fervM in it, and in fhorc I 
 am very well fatisfi'd with it ; I begin to 
 Eat, and to recover my Strength by de- 
 grees, and with God's Affiftance there is 
 hopes of my Perfeft Recovery within a 
 {bort time. I know not if it hath pleas'd 
 God to hear the Ardent Prayers which I Iiave 
 put up to him for the Succcfs oi the Voyage of 
 Verfailles^ and 1 wait with extream Impati- 
 ence to hear about it. By this Voyage of 
 Verfailles^ he meant his Family^s Departure 
 out of the Kingdom, which gave him great 
 Uneafinefs; lam, faith he, in a Letter of the 
 30th of September^ in daily concern for my 
 poor Family, may it pleafe God to put a fpee- 
 dy end to the uneafmefs which I have about 
 it. 
 
 He was about three Weeks in the Gaily 
 Slave's Hofpital, he wrote a Letter the 15th 
 of September^ by whicii ic appeared that he 
 was there ftill. * The miferable Voyage 
 ' which I have made, hath learnt me w^hat 
 
 * it is to fuffer, it is there that I begin to fee! 
 
 * my Sufferings. Let us therefore comfort 
 
 * our(elves,my dear Child,fince they are paft 
 
 * and gone, and I am in a place of Reit. 1" 
 
 * live very contentedly in the Company of 
 
 * Monfieur La Fevre. This Mr. La Fevre /V 
 
 * likervife a Famous Martjr who was Advocate at 
 
 * Chatel Chinon in Nivernois. — — We are 
 
 * always together, our beds join to one ano- 
 
 F ^ [ ther^ 
 
68 The Suferings and Martyrdom 
 
 ^ tl^.er, we make ufe of but one Pot. Frefh 
 ^ fupplies are daily offcrM to Moufieur Fezre 
 ^ and my lelf. One M, M, a Banker hath 
 ^ profFwi'd us xVIoney if we have Occalion for 
 ^ ir. Monficur LaF- hath hkewifeV/ritten to 
 ^ me twice to off'ei- me fbme: Hut I thank God 
 ^ we do not yet want it. M, P. hath my Httle 
 ^ Treafure in his Hands. He hath provided 
 me a Steward at the Hofpical, to take care 
 to Buy me whailoever I want, and who 
 
 * reckons with M. P, for his Expences. Thus 
 ^ you fee, my dear Heart, that I have nothing 
 ^ elfe to do, but to pray to God, andbech^ar- 
 
 * ful. W^e fee how much this great Man 
 made of that little Refi and Eafe which he 
 had, to comfort his poor Wife. He proceeds ; 
 Lee this comfort you, and give you occahon 
 nor to trouble your felf at my Condition : For 
 it is e:>fy by the Gi'ace ofGod. f have further 
 to tcl! you, tiiac in a Viiiit which was made 
 hc:re a liuie after our Arrival, I was declared 
 Uvaltd^ in regard to the Infirmities which 
 
 you know I am Subjeil: to.- Monfieur dc 
 
 SeigneUj fent Eight or Ten days fince 300 
 Faidons ibr Gaily Slaves. 
 
 XVI. One would wonder to fee, that a- 
 mong fo great a jSiiimber of Pardons, tliere 
 was not one for our Martyr, altho' great In- 
 ttrielfion was made for him, and his Con- 
 deirinatioa had troubled his Judges and all 
 iioiiclt Men. But it leems as if ihey had 
 
 made 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 69 
 
 made it their Biifinefs, and were in Honour 
 ohligM to triumph over !iis Confhncy and 
 Piety. He tells us a little Above that he was 
 declared Jm'ahd upon the Account of his 
 known and lecret Infirmities. Nevertheieis, 
 we find him a few days alter on Board the 
 Gaihes; Tlierc are Letters of his which he 
 wrote on the 2^d and joth of September^ from 
 on Board the Oid Gaily 6>. Joh?2^ where he 
 fays, ' It is defign'd next Week to embark a 
 
 * 350 InvAlid Gaily Slaves iov J-nertca, I 
 < wa&rank'd in this Number; but one ot 
 
 * my Friends told the Intendanr, that I was 
 ^ recovered from three great fits ot Sicknels, 
 ' which I have had fince my departure from 
 
 * Ln Tottrm'Ile.'Thxs is whc>t helaid to his Son. 
 He [proceeds in the Letter of which we 
 
 give fome Extracb. * Tlve favour whiclj he 
 *' arants me is that he referves me for a fecond 
 
 * Hmbarkacion which is to be made towards 
 
 * the mxAdltoi November. The Advantage 
 
 * which I fliall gain by this Delay is, that 
 ' lie who fpoke to the Intendant for me hath 
 ' the direciion of the Veficl, in which I fhall 
 ' make the Voyage: Fear not Sir, this is not 
 ' able to Qiake my Conilancy : God by his 
 
 * Grace hath fixt it upon too folidFoundations. 
 
 * 1 can fincerely aflure you that [ heard this 
 ' Nev/s with as UttSe Emotion, as 1 am now 
 in about it. It muft neverthelefs be acknow^ 
 ledged, that this kind of Perfecution was a 
 terrible Temptation ; So long as one is m the 
 
 F j Kingdooi, 
 
70 7he Siijfermr^s and Martyrdom 
 
 Kingdon, one flatters ones fell-, one hopes, 
 one receives a little Succour and Comfort 
 from ones Friends and Relations. The Church 
 whofe Eyes is upon us, the Edification of our 
 Brethren5and all things conduce to animate and 
 encourage us to theConfliCi.But tofeeonesfelf 
 depriv'd of all thofe Powerful Motives at 
 once, to go into a New World, there to be 
 Buried as it were, feparated from the reft of 
 Mankind, in a State vvorfe than that of a 
 Slave, Abandoned to the Difcretion of a Man, 
 u'ho goes to the end of the World in queftof 
 Riches, and who without any regard to Hu- 
 manity , treats his Slaves in proportion to 
 their Labour, and the profit which he reaps 
 thereby. (Good God) what an £^j/^ is this 
 to thofe Faithful Martyrs who are'l'ranfport- 
 ed thither ! Monfieur Marolles notwithlland- 
 ing received this dreadlul News without any 
 Emotion. ' ft is no matter to me, faith he, 
 
 * whether Idle by Land or by Sea, in Europe 
 
 * or America, I am perfuaded that all kinds 
 ' of Death of God's Children is precious in 
 
 * his Eyes, 1 do likewife believe that my 
 ^ Death would be more Edifying, and more 
 ' glorious if it Ihould happen during my 
 '^ Bonds. I have fully refign'd my felf to the 
 
 * Will of God : T am perfuaded that all States 
 ' and Conditions in which it fhall pleafe him 
 
 * to put me, are thofe States, in which he 
 
 * judges f fliall glorifie him better than in an 
 
 * infinite Number of others which he might 
 
 , allot 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 71 
 
 * allot me. Speaking to his Son concerning 
 his embarking towards the middle of No- 
 'vember, he faith, ' you muft not be affiifled ; 
 
 * This was decreed in tleaven before it wcis 
 ^ appointed on Earth, and we muft all bz 
 ' perfuaded that it is for our Good that God 
 
 * is thus pleas'd to order it. 
 
 He fpoke in this Letter of Monfieur L^ 
 Fevre his Companion in Bonds, and it were to 
 be defired that fome one would give us the 
 Hiftory of his Sufferings. Thole nwo Fa- 
 mous Martyrs did comfort and encourage 
 each other. I have read a Letter of iMonfieur 
 deMaro/ksy in which he fays of Monfieur Z? 
 Fevre tlut he wrote like a Divine: They fe- 
 parated them at their Departure out of the 
 Hofpital to put them on Board of different 
 Gallies. Monfieur de Marolles tells his Son to 
 acquaint Monfieur Le Fevre^s Relations, 
 
 * that he was laft Saturday (the Letter is dated 
 ^ theiothofSQ^ltmhQV 16^6?) removed from 
 
 * the Reals where he was fince our coming 
 
 * out of the Hofpital, and put on Board an 
 *- Armed Galiy called iUq Mag^ifi^ue, He is 
 ' diftinguifh'd from other Gally-SIaves, and 
 ' placed in the Stern. 
 
 In his Letter of the 2jd of September to his 
 Wife, he diverted himfelf with giving her 
 the Defcription of his Gaily-Slave Habit. 
 We fliall make no difficulty of giving fome 
 Extracts of it, which fhew this great Soul in 
 his Natural State, and in the Famiharity of a 
 F 4 Husband 
 
72. The Sufferings and Mctrtyrdoin 
 
 Husband who opens his Breafl: to his Wife. 
 I live at prefent altogether alone: They 
 bring me Food from abroad, Bread and 
 Meat at the rate of Nine Sous per Day. I 
 am furninVd with VVme in the Gaily for 
 nothing, and with fome of the Kings Bread. 
 He that fiipplies me witli Wine eats with 
 me,arKi he is a very honeft Man : I am trea- 
 ted With Civility by all on Board the Gaily, 
 feeing that the Officers vifit me. I am get- 
 ting a Quilt made to day. I intend to buy 
 Sheets, and am going to work to procure 
 my Eafc. You will fay perhaps that I am 
 an ill manager; but I have had enough of 
 lying upon tlie Hard Boards ever (ince 
 T^ejaay till this time. If you were to fee 
 me in my Fine Gaily Slave Habit, you 
 would be Ravifii'd with Admiration. I have 
 a fine little red Jacket, made .jail after the 
 Fafhion of the Carrier's Frocks oi Arderines. 
 It is put on like a Shirt, for it is open but 
 halfway before. I have likewife a fine red 
 Cap, two pair of Breeches, two Shirts with 
 Threads as big as my Finger, and Stock- 
 ings : My Cloaths of Liberty are not loft ; 
 and if it would pleafe the King to fhew me 
 Favour, I would take them again. We 
 have the honefteft Patron of all the 
 Gallies. He treats me with all manner of 
 Civility and Refpeft: He will put me into 
 what place ct the Gaily I pleafe: And he 
 hath promised me that when it is coid, he 
 
 ' will 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. 7 5 
 
 * will let me lie in his Cabbin. Let all thefc 
 ' Succours which God atfords me, comfort 
 
 * and Rejoice thee. I am already us\l to the 
 
 * place where I am, as if I had been there all 
 
 ' my life time. 1 am better here tlian in 
 
 ' the Hofpital. We enjoy a good Air, for- 
 
 * there is none of us Sick, neither are we 
 ' pefler'd with ill Scents. He mentions at 
 the bottom, his Uneafinefs about the Voyage 
 of Verfailles. One may judge by the Chear- 
 fulnefs, with which he defcribes his Mifery, 
 of the Greatnefs of his Soul, the Liberty of 
 his Mind, and the Tranquility of his Heart, 
 
 We muft likewife conclude that in fpeaking 
 of his Afflifticns and Suffering, he doth ra- 
 ther leden than Aggravate them: in fomuch 
 that when he gives a defcription of his Mifery, 
 we ought to believe it upon his bare Word, 
 altho' there wanted other Tellimonies. 
 
 XVIL True it is he had been reprefented 
 to the Governor, the Tntendant, the Cap- 
 tains of the Gallies, and the Chief of the 
 Squadrons. They had been acquainted with 
 the Merit of Monfieur de Marolles^ and were 
 touch'd with his Virtue. Every one would 
 have been glad to enjoy his Company. 
 
 Much about that time when the report was 
 rpread in Holland^ of his Embarquement for 
 America^ a Paftour, one of his Relations and 
 Friends, wrote to him upon this Subjeft, 
 and intreated him at the bottom of his Letter 
 
 to 
 
5^4 ^'-^^ Sujjo'tngs and S^'Urtyrdom 
 
 to fend him the Problem which he had Tent to 
 Paris^ becaufe feveral learned and curious Per- 
 fons, and particularly amongft others the 
 famous Monfieur Hu^^oens defned to have it : 
 He return'd this Friend of ins an Anfwer after 
 the moll: Chriltian and Edifying manner. 
 i\fter which he Spoke to him about the Pro- 
 blem, and gave him two oi' three Solutions of 
 it, defiring them toexcufe him in that he did 
 not find out more, by reafon of the noife 
 which the Gaily Slaves made in the Gaily. 
 But this Letter is loil. 
 
 We have taken notice that our Martyr 
 leffen'd the Account of his Miferies inllead 
 of Aggravating it; Of this we find an Unex- 
 ceptionable Proof in a Lerter which he wrote 
 to his Wife the 6th o\ October^ he declares to 
 her his trouble becaufe the Report of the ill 
 ufage which he received had been fpread a- 
 broad. * It would (fiith he) have troubled 
 
 * me very much to have tarried any longer in 
 
 * the Hofpital; the corrupted Air which one 
 ' Sucks in there, would perhaps have flung 
 ' me into aRelapfe: And I enjoy here a very 
 
 * healthful Air. I am exceedingly more 
 *• ftrong than I was at my Entrance here , 
 ■*' I am fincere in what 1 write to You, and 
 
 * I difguife nothing from You: For a 
 
 * proof of which 1 am going to tell you that 
 
 * which will give you tiouble, whereas it 
 ^ ought to afford you Joy, for the Remem- 
 ' brance of part Evils is agreeable. I tell 
 
 ^ you 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 75 
 
 * you ingenuoufly, that the Iron which I 
 ' wear on my Foot, altho' it doth not weigh 
 
 * Three Pounds, did trouble me much more 
 
 * at firft than that which you faw about my 
 ^ Neck at k Tournelle. This proceeded only 
 
 * from my great Leannefs at that Time: But 
 
 * now that I have almoft recover'd my for- 
 
 * mer good State, it is nothing fo with me ; 
 
 * befides that we learn every Day to place it 
 
 * fo as it may give us the leaft Uneafinefs. 
 
 And in another Letter which he wrote to 
 his Son the next Day, being the 17th of 
 
 * October 1686. * I know not (faith he) my 
 
 ' dear Child what M thought of when 
 
 ' he gave an Account of the ill Treatment 
 
 * which they give us. At leaft I am certain 
 ' that he ought not to have comprehended me 
 ' therein, for certainly I have been ufed very 
 ' well in the Hofpital. I was vifited almolt 
 
 * daily by Monfieur F Controuler Gene- 
 
 ^ ral of the Gallies, a Man of Underftand- 
 
 * ing and Credit. He came about feven Days 
 
 * ago to fee me in the Galley Vv^here I am; 
 ^ and we continued in difcourfe together for 
 
 * the fpace of almoft two Hours in the Stern. 
 
 * He always offer'd me Money upon his 
 ^ own Credit, and from his Friends, as like- 
 
 * wife did M. "Jam and M. Sel another 
 
 ' Officer. You fee therefore that one muft 
 
 * be very hard to be fatisfied, if in the Con- 
 ' dition in which one is, one is not conten- 
 [ ted therewith. You will fee by the Let* 
 
 t ter 
 
76 The Sufferings and Martyrdtim 
 
 * rcr wliicli I wrote to your Mother, on 
 *" tlie 23d oi September^ that \ am very well 
 
 * here. I have not met with any Trouble, 
 ^ excepting the two or three jRrll Days, that 
 *- 1 was chainM upon a i^ench with two 
 
 * Galiey-Slaves Day and Night. But the'c 
 ' are at fwH certain Rules to be obferv'd, 
 
 * and I thank God they did not laft long. 
 ^ For fince tliat time I have been let loole 
 
 * all the Day, and have had Liberty to walk 
 
 * to and fro as inucli as I would on the Gal- 
 
 * ley. M. ^f M.iyolks did fpeak with Dif- 
 crerion, not to call his Family into the ex- 
 cefs of Affliclion : but tiiis is no ^Argumcnc 
 th^il one nioiilii noi reficcl upon t!ie Rigour 
 which they exercis'd towards iiim. He had 
 been declared Invdid^ when he was in the 
 Ifofpiral, and incapable to 'iax^ hecaufe of 
 liis Secret Iniirmuies. '] i]ey had put him as 
 Invalid \n the Lift for an Embarquement for 
 America, Nevcrrhelers a few i)ays alter this, 
 they take him out of the Hfofpital, to chain 
 liim Day and Nigiu for thefpaceoi (I^.reeDays, 
 upon a Fovm in the Gaily. Jt is hard ro 
 penetrate into the Myflery of fo unequal a 
 Conduct. We cannot at prefent give the 
 jeafon of this Cliange, nor know if it were 
 by a fecret Order from Court, which inten- 
 ded to tire out rhis I>ielTed Martyr, or whe- 
 ther it was tiie Compatfion of iome General 
 Officers, wlio would exempt him from the 
 
 Hmbarque- 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 7^ 
 
 Embarquenienc for America^ which was to 
 be made in November. 
 
 Alcho' it fliould be fo, our Martyr him- 
 felf was not able to fee inco this iVIytlery, 
 and did not then undedtand this good In- 
 tention, if there were any in it. For he fays 
 
 * to his Son in the fame Letter ; ' Take fpe- 
 
 * cial Care, not to fpeak to your iMother of 
 ' the Embarquements for America.* 1 am ac 
 
 * prefent very well ; I Hve with him that 
 
 * fells the Wine in our Galley; I am very 
 
 * well fed, I lie in his Chamber, and we 
 
 * have each of us our Bed. We fee tiie Care 
 which this good Husband and Father took 
 to give an account of thofe few Convenien- 
 ces which he enjoy'd, for the Confolation of 
 his Family , the forrovvfui Condition af 
 which afforded him the moll: fenfiblc Occa- 
 fion of his Uncafinefs. ' You arlbrd me (Ijv 
 ' proceeds) th.e greateil: Satisfaction in the 
 
 * World in fending me word, chat your 
 
 * Aunt hath puc your Bufmefs of FerJAllles 
 ' in a good Forwardnefs, and that your 
 ' Mother is with God's AiTiilance in conti- 
 ' nual Hopes to FmiQi it. (I liave already 
 obferv'd that by this Bufincfi), he meant thcu* 
 going out of the Kingdom.) Fail not to let 
 me know what (he hath done in it, upon your 
 firft Knowledge of ir.-.-i befecch God with 
 all the Powers of my Sou! to gram: you a 
 happy Iffuetothis Affair. 
 
 XVIIL 
 
78 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 XVIII. We have a while ago put it as a 
 
 Queftion , whether the Inequality of the 
 Conduft, which we obferv'd with Refpeft 
 to M. de Marolles did proceed from a Spirit 
 of Rigour, or from a good Intention. But 
 one cannot any longer doubt, but that they 
 did it for no other end, but to fink and de- 
 prefs with the weight of Affliction both him 
 and Monfieur le Fevre^ bis Illuftrious Com- 
 panion in Sufferings and Glory. This is 
 what he wrote to his Wife Fifteen Days af- 
 ter that, of which we have juft now fpo- 
 ken : It is dated from U Tiere the 24th of 
 Ocioher 1686. ' You muft not difturb and 
 
 * difquiet your felf for me. I am at pre- 
 
 * fent in perfefl: Health, but in order fully to 
 ^ perAvade you, that 1 will conceal nothing 
 ^ of my Condition from you ; I give you to 
 
 * underftand, that Monfieur le Fevre^ and 
 
 * I are not any more fet loofe from the 
 
 * Chain, neither Day nor Night, and that 
 
 * we are not any longer allovvM the Liber- 
 
 * ty of going on Shoar, nor fufferM to re- 
 
 * ceive Letters, nor write any which are 
 
 * not feen. Wherefore if you do not meet 
 
 * with any more Trifles in mine, by which 
 
 * 1 endeavoured to divert thee in thy Trou- 
 
 * ble, be not afflifted at it, and do ngt im- 
 
 * pute any thing to me for it. He meant 
 
 * without doubt by thefe Trifies^ that tvhich he 
 
 * had nritten to her concerning his Sea?nan^s 
 
 * Hdn- 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 79 
 
 Habit, M. Le FHre had the Honour to 
 appear before the Bifhop of Marjeilles^ and 
 exaftly at the time they tell us when the 
 Orders were come down from the Court, 
 to reduce us to the Condition, which I 
 have juft told you I am in. 1 have and 
 muft again within a httle while, pafs into 
 different Conditions. I have changM my 
 Gaily thrice in one Week, from U Grande S. 
 Jear^f I have been removed to U petit, and 
 from thence to La Grande Rojal, from 
 whence I w^as conducted with feveral o- 
 ther Gally-Slaves to the Pare, a Place 
 where they divide them. Laiily I 
 was put on Board an armed Gaily, which 
 
 is called la Fierce. The Intendant told 
 
 me I muft prepare my felf for a Second Em- 
 barquement for Jmerica, which is to be a- 
 bout the middle of November next. If f 
 happen to be one of the Number, let noc 
 this AiBift you, my dear Child. Let us 
 refign our felves to the Providence of God^ 
 who does all things with an infinite Wif- 
 dom, and with a mcft noble End for his 
 Children. We are noL able to make a 
 good Choice, becaufe we know not what 
 is beft for us. Let us therefore leave it to 
 him, who knows how to bring Lighc 
 out of Darknefs, and to call the Things 
 that are not, as if they were ; and let us 
 be perfwaded that he will do nothing buc 
 what will be for his own Glory, and our 
 
 * Salva- 
 
8o The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 * Salvation. Lee us not oppofe his Will, by 
 
 * Impatience, or Iruitlefs Tears. We can- 
 ^ net be ignorant of his Divine Will ; it evi- 
 ' dently appears to us by the Effects. Our 
 « Separation, which, toconfider it in its felf, 
 ' is the moll hard and bitter thing in the 
 « World for us, is not fo if we confider it 
 ' as it is tlie Will of God, finse it is from 
 
 * thence that it doth proceed- And fince 
 ' the Judgment of Men doth only pronounce 
 
 * the Decrees of Providence, let us lay our 
 
 * Hand upon our Mouths, let us with pro- 
 
 * found Submiflion and Obedience, adore 
 
 * the Hand which fmites us. Let us fay 
 
 * with tU-i it; is the Lord, let him do rvhat 
 ^ Jeeweth him Good. Let us not doubt but 
 
 * that he will Ihew us by a happy Expen- 
 ' ence, that all vVurketh together for the 
 
 * good of thofe that Love and Fear hirn. 
 
 * Let us proiic by his Difcipline; let us not 
 *- rcf^ard our State with the Eyes of the Bo- 
 ' dy"- let us not confine our Sight to 
 ' the Miferies o\ this Life; let us carry it 
 
 * to the glorious Recompences which God 
 ' rromlfes h;s Children. Let us be per- 
 ' fwaduid that if we weep and mourn now, 
 
 * there will come a Day when we fhall be 
 
 * comforted. They are thefe Confideratioos, 
 
 * my dear Wife, \A\\l\\ fupport me, and which 
 
 * make m.e fwallow and digert all my Mi- 
 
 * fery without much Trouble. Believe what 
 ^ 1 am i^oin:^ to tell vou, and Pradife ir. 
 
 "" "^ ^ Do 
 
oj Louis de MaroUes. 8 1 
 
 3 Do not difquiet your felf for me, for all 
 ^ my Changes are for the better. I proteft 
 
 * to you that I never yet have been fo well, 
 
 * as I now am. There are two little Cab- 
 ^ bins at the Head of the Gaily, of which 
 
 * I have one. This Favour was procured me 
 
 * by a Young Officer, whom I teach Alge- 
 
 * bra. It is four or five Days ago, fince I 
 
 * was vifited by a certain Head of a Squa- 
 
 * dron caird M de L 1 fliould perhaps 
 
 * have receivM as much from another Chief 
 
 * Head of the Squadron, if he were not ab- 
 
 * fent- This makes me to be confiderM by 
 the Sub-Officers of our Gaily. Let this com- 
 fort thee. 
 
 I know not what fo many Honeft Per- 
 fons may think, who could not refufe their 
 Efteem to the Merit of M. de Mirolles^ nor 
 their Admiration of his Patience, to fee fo 
 refolute a Proceeding in the Perfecution, 
 which was made againft him. I am for my 
 part perfwaded, that it is impoffible, but 
 that this Spirit of Cruelty and Violence, 
 which the Romifh Religion Infpires, mull 
 leave great prejudices in the Minds of all 
 thofe, who are able to judge of the Fury of 
 the Perfecutors, and the Patience, and Con- 
 ftancy of the Martyrs. One fees an honeft 
 Man ready to be fnatcht out of the Land of 
 the Living as I may fay, ready to be confined 
 for ever, and witnout any hopes of return- 
 ing in thofe remote and unknown Climates, 
 
 G where 
 
8i The Sujfemgsand Martyrdom 
 
 where Cruelty and Barbarity have a full 
 Scope, to txercife their Fury upon the mife- 
 rable. What Tranqudity neverthelefs do we 
 fee in the Heart of our JVlartyr, what Truft 
 in the Providence of his God ! what Refig- 
 nation, what Submiffion to his Will! 
 
 As he was deprived of the Liberty of 
 Writing with that eafe that he formerly did, 
 as he obferves in the foregoing Letter, we 
 find no Letter from him, for the fpace of a 
 whole Month. 
 
 Neverthelefs, it appears that his go©d 
 Friend, which was with the Duke of Mainey 
 was in that time to prefent a Petition for Mr. 
 deAUrolIes to theKing,from which he expeded 
 no good Succefs,' no more than his Friend. 
 This Letter is dated from the Gaily U Fiere 
 the 26th of November 1686. ' He acquaints 
 ^ his Wife with the Joy which he had for 
 ^ her Voyage of Verfaillesy that is, her de- 
 
 * parture out of Fra?ice^ which makes me 
 ' (faith he) daily pour out my Soul before 
 ' my God, to thank him for all the Mercies 
 
 * and Favours, which he has beftow'd upon 
 
 * us all ; The other Letter was delivered 
 
 * to me the 6th Courant, together with a- 
 ^ nother Excellent one from our good Rela- 
 
 * tion and Friend. This was that Paftor who 
 wrote to him upon the News of his Tran- 
 fportation into America^ and who dcfir'd him 
 to fend him his Problem, 
 
 * I 
 
of Louis de Marolles. t ; 
 
 * I wifh I were able to fend him an An- 
 fwer, and to return hinni all the Thanks, 
 which fo many marks of his Precious 
 Friendfhip, which he affords me, do de- 
 feve: But I dare not undertake it, and you 
 muft acquit me of that Duty towards him, 
 you mutt affure him and all his Family ot 
 the Sincerity of my Affection ; that his 
 good Letter afforded me great Confolati- 
 ons, that it ftrengthred my Faith, and fet- 
 tled my Hopes, and that it hath producM 
 excellent Fruits in my Soul. (He not- 
 withftanding returned him an Anfwer a 
 little while after) Defire him always to af- 
 ford me the Affiftance of his good Prayers. 
 My Support perhaps is owing to the Sup- 
 plication of fo many good Souls, who pray 
 for me both in Private, and in Publick. 
 For of my felf I am altogether nothing elfe 
 but Weaknefs and Infirmity ; neverthelefs 
 by the Grace of my God I ftill (land, and I 
 hope that Ifhall perfevere faithful unto him, 
 even unto Death ; and that in recompence 
 
 he will give me the Crown of Life: — * 
 
 Whatfoever hazard I run to write to thee, 
 I will not forbear to do it, as often as God 
 fhall give me Opportunity. It is the only 
 Happinefs which is left us in our forrow- 
 ful Separation to be able to confer withj^ 
 and comfort one another. But I fliall like- 
 wife confine my felf to write to thee alone 
 for the Future. Acquaint our Intimate 
 G ?2 ' Friend 
 
84 T/;e Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 Friend in particular with it, and defire him 
 
 * not to take it ill that I ufe him thus. It is 
 
 * certainly Monfieur Jirieu that he meanSy 
 
 * from whom lie receiv'd notable Service and 
 ^ great Confclations. 
 
 * Let him know likewife, that I receivM 
 
 * his laft and his firft at the fame time, for 
 
 * which I return him thar>ks, and defire that 
 
 * he would always affift me with his Pray- 
 
 * ers. If the Letters that I fhall write to you 
 ' are intercepted, and imputed to me as a 
 
 * Crime, it fhall be a Crime which I Ihall 
 
 * always take Pleafure and Delight in Con- 
 
 * feffing, before all thofe who fhall quelHon 
 
 * me about it. I do not think that Perfon 
 
 * of a juil: and equitable Spirit, who can 
 
 * think ill of, and blame a Husband for en- 
 
 * deavouring to comfort his Wife, in fuch 
 ' forrowful Conjunftures as thefe are ; to 
 
 * which it has pleafed God to reduce us. 
 
 * This, my Dear Heart, is my Refolucion up- 
 « on that Point. Notwithllandiiig, let us 
 « botli of us do all things with a Chriitian 
 
 * Prudence, fo that we may give no handle 
 
 * againft us to thofe who only wait for an 
 
 * Opportunity, and as to the reft, let us rely 
 
 * upon the Providence of God the fingular 
 
 * Favours and Mercies of which we daily 
 
 * Experience. A little lower after having ex- 
 < horted her, to offer up their Bodies and Souls 
 
 * to (.iod as a Living Sacrifice^ Holy and Ac- 
 « ceptabU which is cur reaj'onahk Service \ he 
 
 * fays, 
 
of Louis dc Marolles. 85 
 
 fays, this is what I daily ftudy to do. 1 
 can truly tell you, that there paffes but 
 few Nights, but I water my Bed with my 
 Tears. I do no: fay this, my dear Heart, 
 to afflift thee, I do on the contrary ima- 
 gine, that this News may afford thee m.at- 
 ter of Joy, and an Holy Occafion to join 
 with me in Blefling God for it. For thefe 
 Tears are not the effefls of a worldly Sor- 
 row which bringeth forth nothing but 
 Death. But they proceed from the Grace 
 of God , fome of them from that godly 
 Sorrow, which bringeth forth Refentance to 
 Salvation^ never to be repented of, others 
 from the Joy which I feel when I confider 
 with Admiration, how great the Mercies 
 and Favours are which God doth, and 
 hath bellowed upon you all, and upon my 
 felf. I likewife refleft with extream joy 
 and Satisfaftion upon the Sacrifice, which 
 thou haft offerM up to God, of the Goods 
 which he had given to thee and me. Thou 
 mighteft have enjoyed them, if thy Heart 
 had been turn'd and inclin'd that Way* 
 Bat thou halt made thee a Tre^fure of them 
 in Heaven^ where Rujl and Thieves [foil not^ 
 This Treafure will provide for the time to 
 come, for thee and our Children, a folid 
 Foundation for Eternal Life, Thou haft 
 efteem'd the precious Liberty of ferving 
 God of niuch greater Worth, than the 
 Riches of this World, Thou haft like 
 G I 'Mary 
 
S6 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 * Mary chofen the good Part, which fhall not 
 
 * be taken from tliee. I affure you my dear, 
 
 * that thou couldeft not have made a Choice 
 
 * more to my Mind. I praifeGod withall the 
 
 * Powers and Faculties of my Soul, who 
 
 * hath given me a Wife truly Chriftian, who 
 
 * will in my Abfence do her endeavour to 
 
 * learn our Children to be Chriftians. 
 
 XIX. During the Month of Decemier^ our 
 Martyr had fcveral Conferences, and Dif- 
 putes with Clergymen at the Bifhop of Mar- 
 fiiRes. The Effefts of thofe Conferences were 
 to be fear'd, becaufe they often ferv'd only 
 to render their Condition worfe, as it is 
 thought it happened to Monfieur La Fevre^ 
 who had been with the Bifhof^ of Marjeilles 
 t)efore Monfieur de Marolles\ He acquaints us 
 in a Letter wrote to his Wife, with all that 
 happened to him. It is dated from the Gaily 
 ha Fiere^ the Twentieth of "january 1687. 
 He begins with Wifhes for the new Year, 
 and advifes her not lightly to give Credit, 
 to all the grievous Reports, which were 
 fpread abroad of his Condition, and to be- 
 lieve nothing of it, but what he fhould 
 write himfelf : Speaking of this publick 
 Report, he faith; ' All that is falfe of which 
 
 * you fent me Word, except two Things, 
 
 * namely, that for above three Months fince, 
 
 * I have been confined to the Chain Day and 
 [ Nightj and ^hat I have not been free from 
 
 * thence 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 87 
 
 * thence, only to be convey'd to the Bifhop 
 ^ of Marfeilles» I alTure thee, that I have 
 ^ not as yet receivM Orders from any one 
 ^ to employ my felf in Work. I fat very 
 
 * quietly in my Place, and faw it done be- 
 
 * fore the fhort Days, and it is at prefent 
 ' done almoft every Day, before I am re- 
 
 * mov'd from my Place ; praife God there- 
 ' fore with me, for this merciful Treatment 
 
 * which he affords me, and befeech him that fo 
 
 * long as he fhall think good to continue my 
 
 * Sufferings, my Condition may not become 
 
 * worfe. They, it is probable judgM him 
 unable to bear the Fatigue, by realbn of his 
 Weaknefs and fecret iniiimities. I affure 
 you, he proceeds, ^ I have not fo much 
 ' reafon to complain as you imagine, and 
 ' that the time flips away very Quickly. 
 ' The Week is no fooner begun, but I had 
 ^ my felf at the end of it. When I am up, 
 ' after having prefented my Petitions to God, 
 
 * I read Six, Seven , or Eight Chapters of 
 
 * Holy Scripture; I make fuch Reflexions 
 
 * and Oblcrvations thereon as I am able, t 
 ' draw from this Divrae Sourfe, all the Con- 
 
 * folations which I ftand in need of. God 
 
 * himfelf doth moft plentifully furnifli me 
 
 * with them, and with his precious Balm of 
 ^ Giiead, he gently anoints and fupples all 
 
 * the Wounds which my Sufferings may 
 
 * make in my Heart. All thofe Letters 
 
 of which we give Extracts, are written with 
 
 G 4 ' his 
 
88 The Sujfer'mgs and Martyrdom 
 
 his own Hand. * The good Monfieur le 
 ievre^ he proceeds, my dear Companion in 
 Bonds, hath been taken a Month fince out 
 
 •* of the Magmjjque^ where he was very well, 
 
 * and was remov'd to U Grand Royal^ where 
 ' they put Fetters and two Chains on his 
 ' Foot. This fad Condition did not long 
 "- continue thus. A Glally-Slave belonging 
 
 * to our Gaily, was the Day before Yefter- 
 ^ day on Board the Tame Gaily where he 
 ^ w^as, and informM me at his return, that 
 
 * he did not any longer wear his Chains, 
 ^ and Fetters but in the Night only. It 
 would be a difficult Matter, rightly to fa- 
 thom the Myftery of all thofe Changes and 
 Alterations. M. de Marol/es fays nothing of 
 it.Was it not that when thofe bleffed Martyrs, 
 had met with fome fence of Humanity in the 
 Gaily wherein they were, and their Virtue 
 had procured them fome Compaffion, then 
 the zealous Miffioner, always cruel, always 
 implacable, caus'd them to be remov'd elfe- 
 where, to try, if they could not at length 
 meet with barbarous Officers, and fit to do 
 the Work of Executioners ? The Rigour per- 
 haps was likewife augmented againft thefe 
 famous Confeflbrs, when the Conferences 
 had not fucceeded to the Honour of the Mif- 
 fioners. It feems that this was the Opinion 
 of our Martyr, when he adds. * 1 tell thee 
 ^ ingenioufly my dear Child, that I was afraid 
 f that the end of the Conferences, which I had 
 
 ' a! 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 89 
 
 at theBifhopof Mir/c'/7/fj,wouId caftme into 
 a very bad Condition. But my fears are 
 diflipated, and they are ended as well and 
 as happily as I could defire them- 1 have 
 therein follow'd the Advice of St. Peter; 
 I have thereat render'^d a Reafon rvith Mild- 
 nefsy md Reverence of the Hope that is in me, 
 I made an end of thofe Affairs at the Sixth 
 Interview. I have had the Honour to difpute 
 more than once before that Illultrious Pre- 
 late; but the ftrongeft Debate was, be- 
 tween a Divine come from P^r/V, and my 
 felf. Laft Tuefday the 7th day of this 
 Month, was the lafl: time that I w\is there. 
 After having told this Almoner, that the 
 Anfwers which he made to my Piopofi- 
 tions could not give me Satisfaflion, we 
 
 farted good Friends. When I came down, 
 defircd to pay my Refpefts to the Bi- 
 fhop, they told me that he was at Mafs, 
 and that if I would ftay for hini, he would 
 not fail to return. I ask'd leave of one of 
 our Patrons who attended me, the which 
 he granted. I had the Honour to fpeak to 
 him, he causM me to come up into his 
 Chamber: We came thither, and feveral 
 Clergymen with us, and after having told 
 him that his Almoner and I had finifh'd our 
 Conferences, I return'd him thanks for the 
 Goodnefs, and Charity which he exprefled 
 towards me in this Rencounter ; and \ 
 affur'd him, that I (hould be always ready 
 
 '- to 
 
90 The Sufferings and ,S^artyrdom 
 
 to acknowledge it. He anfwer'd me in the 
 mofl: obliging Manner in the World, telling 
 me that he was forry that he could not make 
 me a Catholick, and that all that they 
 were able to do, was to pray to God for 
 me. At my departure he told me, that 
 he would willingly ferve me if Opportu- 
 nity fliould Offer. I believe that it will 
 pleafe you very much to hear this little 
 Account. 
 
 XX. I fliall not make any Difficulty to 
 to difcovcr the pretty Confidences, where- 
 with he entertainM his Wife in her forlorn 
 Eilate, notwithilanding that, he defires her 
 to communicate his Letter to no body. He 
 gives her an Account of the little Refpefls 
 which he received, but it is eafy to difcover 
 through this little Account, that he enters 
 upon ir,with aDefign to allay by all manner of 
 means, the trouble of a Wife overwhelmed 
 with Grief Tiic Greatnefs of Iiis Soul, who 
 making his Duty his principal Care, knew 
 how in other Matters to accommodate him- 
 felf without Difficulty, to his forrowful Con- 
 dition. xMy Paper is full (faith he to her) 
 and I find that I have yet a long Story to 
 tell you ; ' I am lodgM in ofone the Extremi- 
 
 * ties of the Gaily, which is call'd the Prow 
 
 * or Beak, in a little Cabbin, which is about 
 
 * Seven or Eight Foot Square. Its Ceiling 
 ' IS fo high, that I cannot ihnd upright in it. 
 
 ' Wq. 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 91 
 
 '' We generally lie^^^Four of us therein, two 
 Gallerians and two Slaves. I commonly 
 
 * boil the Pot twice or thrice a Week, in 
 ' which is put Five Quarters of a Pound of 
 
 * Mutton. This does not make a full Pound 
 ^ of our Country Weight. There is but 
 ' little Beef here, and almoft no Veal. The 
 
 * Gdlerim and I eat together, tho' I alone 
 ^ pay for it, but he does me fervice enough 
 ' for it otherways. The Bread is dear here, 
 
 ^ I have fometimes eat of the King's. As 
 
 ' to the reft of the Food that which the King 
 
 * allows thcGally-SIaves, is always, and for 
 ' the whole Day a good half Porrenger full of 
 ' Beans dreffed in Oil. I eat noneatallofir, fo 
 ' my ufual Food isBread,with which f have of 
 
 * late eat a few dry'dRaifins,aPound of which 
 
 * coft me 18 deniers, and that ferves me for 
 
 ^ three or four Meals. The Wines here 
 
 ^ are fo Grofs, that they breed very much 
 
 * Gravel. I lie upon a Mattrefs of a Gaily 
 ^ which they call Strapo-atm. \t is made of 
 
 * three or four old Coacs which are brousht 
 ^ hither. I had it from a Gallerian belong- 
 
 * ing to my Bench, who went off with the 
 ^ firil Embarquement for Americct ; it coft me 
 
 * four Sols and a half. I have about a Month 
 
 * fince begun to lie undreft, and in Sheets. 
 
 * If the cold which we feel doth very much 
 ' encreafe, I will again lie in my Cloaihs. 
 ' They have lent me a Quilt, which toge- 
 ^ ther with my great Coat, ferve m.e for a 
 
 * Co'/crlec,. 
 
y z The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 * Coverlet. I have bought Coals which are 
 < very dear, and I make a little Fire in our 
 
 * Apartment. Our Officers come to warm 
 
 * themfelves, and talk with me at my Fire, 
 ' ] mean thofe who have t!ie Command of 
 
 * the Ga/leriayjs, and I always receive Civi- 
 
 * lity enough from them. They denied en- 
 
 * trance into ourGally to fomeOfficersofother 
 
 * Galhes who came to fee me. Would not 
 one imagine that Monfieur de Maro/les was 
 a Prifoner of State, to whom they might have 
 communicated fom,e fecret of Importance ? 
 But who will not admire to fee the Zealous 
 Pcrfecntours, fo Circumfpect with refpeft to 
 thofe whom they Ferfecure? They muli of 
 .necetTny miftruft the goodnefs of their caufe 
 iince theVoice,and Difcourfeof theConfeflbrs, 
 and Martyrs is fo formidable to them. The 
 Inquificion leads them wrth the Gag in their 
 MouthSjWhen it celebrates that Tragical Pro- 
 ceffion of its JcJ of Faith \ And in France they 
 beat upon Drums, to hinder the People from 
 hearing the Words of tlie Faithful which they 
 lead to Punifhment. Cruel Religion ! Bar- 
 barous Piety ! Thy Language, thy Carriage 
 makes thee fufficiently known to all thofe 
 who are perfuaded there is a God, who 
 calls Men to his Knowledge to fave them. 
 
 Let us hear the latter part of our Martyrs 
 Letter. ' The Second Embarqucment for 
 ^ Amtrica is made: But I believe that the 
 
 * Veffel IS yec in the Port. They have ap- 
 ■ . ' parently 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 9^ 
 
 parently laid afide the thoughts of fending 
 me thither. There arrivM here a Chain of 
 150 Men, the beginning of la ft Month, 
 without reckoning 3 j who died by the way. 
 Mr Garnier is one of this number with a 
 Nephew of Mr. FArnier^ Doftor of Phy fick, 
 thcfe two came from Vitry in France. Mr. 
 GhAnguinon de Vafjy and his Brother-in-Law, 
 he went by the name of Chewet, There 
 were feven or eight of them Proteftants, 
 The four firft are in the Hofpita). I diverc 
 my felf after my Morning and Evening Acts 
 of Piety and Devotion, either with Algebra 
 or Geometry* I have been told that there is 
 in this City, a Man who pretends to Alge^ 
 hra^ if this be fo, we may teach each other 
 fomething, but he is gone Five or Six 
 
 Weeks fince to Paris, Let not any Per- 
 
 fon whofoever fee this Letter, becaufe of 
 all the Trifles which are in it, with which I 
 was obliged to fatisfie you. 
 
 XXL It hath been heretofore obferved that 
 Mr. Le Fevre was more rigoroufly handled , 
 after the Difputcs about Religion which he 
 had at the Bifhop of Mar/eiUfs. It was the 
 Sentiment of Mr. de Marolles y concluding it 
 from the Civility of the Bifhop, that nothing 
 more grievous would happen to him : Not» 
 withftanding about Six Weeks after his Con- 
 ferences, he was taken out of the Gallies to 
 belhut up in a kind of Dungeon^ which was 
 
 ir.ade 
 
5)4 Ihe Sujfertngs and Martyrdom 
 
 made purpofely for him in the Cittadel of 
 Marfeilles> It is highly probable thatthefe Or- 
 ders came down from the Court upon the 
 Report of this Ecclefiallick of P^w, of which 
 he makes mention in his Letter: For itmuft 
 beobferved that all the different Ferfecutions, 
 all the Augmentations, and additions to the 
 pains of our Martyr, were done by expreft 
 Orders from the Court. He had made fuch 
 a noife in the World, that they endeavoured 
 at Verfailles to triumph over his patience. 
 
 The World will doubtlefs be very glad to 
 know the labours of this Holy Man, upon 
 this laft Theater, where he maintained the 
 Conflifl for the fpace of Six Years againft 
 Nakednefs, Hunger, Cold and Darknefs. 
 He wrote to his Wife a Letter dated the 25th 
 o^O^ober 1687. He fpeaks under the name 
 of a third Perfon, but to my knowlege it is 
 Written with his own Hand. One may 
 conclude from the date of this Letter, with 
 what fevericy he was handled , and with 
 what Straitnefs and Vigilancy he was kept, 
 becaufe he could not let any one hear from 
 him till Seven Months after he was Shut 
 up. 
 
 ' You defire Madam (faith he to her) to 
 hear from your Husband. This is what 
 we learn from the Report of the City. The 
 1 2th of laft Fetrr/ary he was taken out of the 
 Gaily, and put into the Citadel. He is 
 thruft into a little Room, which fervM for a 
 
 ' Soldier'^ 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 95 
 
 Soldier's Lodge. But they have made 
 fuch an Alteration therein, that the moft 
 of the Light that is there comes in by the 
 Chimney. The King allows him five Sols 
 a day for his Subfiftence, he Hves upon that; 
 he is committed to the cuftody of the Major, 
 who the better to fecure him places a Senti- 
 nel Day, and Night at the out Gate of his 
 Chamber, and another at the top of his 
 Chimney. They fay that he is not griev'd 
 at it, but doth very patiently fuffer his 
 
 Affliftion. This is what we learn from 
 
 the Report of this City. Be not afflifted 
 at his Condition, he is enduM with con- 
 ftancy enough to put him above all. We 
 are all more apt to complain than he, and 
 we have great reafon to fay with David. 
 
 Lord^ How Long- 
 
 How long^ God ofHoJies, 
 
 * Farewel Madam. I recommended both 
 ' your fclf and Family to the Grace and Mer- 
 
 • cy of the Lord. 
 
 '• Be pleafed to pardon me if I do not tell 
 
 * you my Name. I am no lefs your Ssr» 
 vant. 
 
 XXII. I have met with no Letter of th^ 
 three following Years, but we fee by thofe 
 which he Wrote in the Year 1691. 1692, 
 into what Abyfs of Mifery they caft and con- 
 
 fin'd 
 
96 77;e Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 finMhlmj aad how great was the Strength of 
 his Faith and Hope. He comforted his Com- 
 panions in Service and Affljftion, and affured 
 them of the Fidelity which he was refolv'd to 
 keep to his Saviour. T find a note without 
 date, which is Written with a Trembling 
 Hand, but is the Hand of our Martyr. It is 
 an Anfwer to another Confeffor, who had 
 written to him, v/herein he tells him. 
 
 ' I know not how to Exprefs to you , 
 my mod: honoured and dear Friend, how 
 agreeable were the things which you have^^ 
 and do ftill communicate unto me. You have 
 fully fatisfied my Defires. I praife God that 
 he hath heard the Prayers, which I offered up 
 for your Reftablifhment. 1 befeech him with 
 all the Powers of my Soul, that he would 
 carefully preferve ) ou, both for your own, 
 and for the fake of thofe, to whom you 
 afford great Confolation. It was not with- 
 out a great fence of Grief and Sorrow, 
 that I heard of all that you fuffer, and 
 our Brethren with you. Let us all com- 
 fort our felves with the caufe of our Suf- 
 ferings. Let us always fix our Eyes upon 
 the Kecompences, which God referves for 
 us. Let us allure our felves that all that 
 we fuSer is a certain Sign, that our Names 
 are written in the Book of Life. Let us 
 count it all our Happinefs, that God doth 
 not think us unworthy to fufFer for his 
 
 * Name. 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. 97 
 
 « Name. I have not time to fay more now, 
 < therefore wait always patiently- 
 
 ^ I am forry that they have given them- 
 
 * felves the Trouble, to procure a Penfion 
 ^ for me. Write to them that they trou- 
 ' ble themfelves no more about it: I ami 
 
 * contented to live on Bread and Water. 
 
 They had made it their endeavours to pro- 
 cure him fome Relief,but tfiey were unfuccefs- 
 ful,by reafon of the cruelSeverity of thofe,tvho 
 had the Management of him. This is what he 
 tells us in a Letter of the jift oi Augufi 1691, 
 vhich he wrote to his Friend. ' I confefs 
 with you that Monfieur le Fevre is an Ex- 
 cellent Man ; he writes like a compleat Di« 
 vine, and that which he is to be mofl: e- 
 fteemM for, is that he praflifes what he 
 fays; May the Lord Blefs, Preferve, and 
 Strengthen both your fclf and him, and this 
 will afford me great and fingular Confola- 
 tion. I thank you both for the Encourage-r 
 ments which you give mc; The Lord will 
 give me Grace to profit thereby. Do not 
 turn your Eyes upon me, but regard your 
 felves, and the reft of our Brethren, and 
 it will be there that you will find Occafiom 
 to blefs the Lord. Alfure them all that I 
 daily pour out my Soul before God feveral 
 times a Day^ to procure for them the Suc- 
 cour and Affiilance, which they ftand iri 
 need of. To come to the Queftion which 
 you fo earneftly put to me concernifig ihf 
 H ' NouriOi-^ 
 
qg The Sufferings ajid Martyrdom 
 
 * Nourifbment; I acquiefce and content my 
 
 * felfwith everything, and I had not opposed 
 ' it, but becaufe I know I have to do with 
 '- a Major, who gets me my Food, who will 
 ' pocket the Money which fhall be given, 
 
 * and will always treat me very ill. Tho' I 
 
 * fhould have my Diet from the Ordinary, * 
 ' it would be the fame Thing. I have al- 
 
 * ready palled through their Hands. Let the 
 ' Lord preferve, and fill with his Favours 
 
 * and Bleflings all thofe Holy Souls, who in- 
 
 * tereft themfelves in my behalf. If I ever 
 ^ have the Opportunity to anfwer you again, 
 
 * it fhall be in a more ample manner than I 
 
 * have at prefent done, when I did it preci- 
 
 * pitately, and without well confidering what 
 ^ things I was to anlwer to. My Lamp gives 
 
 * but little Light, my Eyes fail me, I make 
 
 * ufe of broken Spertaclcs : All this is net 
 ' proper to difpatch Bufinefs. It appear'd by 
 fome Letters, that our Martyr would not 
 meddle v\ith any great Sum of Money, for 
 fear it fhouid be thought, that his Defigu 
 was to corrupt his Guards therewith- 
 
 We likewiie fee by others, the StriQnefs 
 with which they kept him, to hinder 
 him from receiving any Letter from 
 his Friends, or fending any News to them 
 concerning himfelf. But of this we fee e- 
 nough in a letter written with his own Hand, 
 the 6th and i6th of Dece?nber 1691, to make 
 . us on the one Hand groan with Horror, to 
 
 behold 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 99 
 
 behold the Condition to which this Holy 
 Man was reduc'd ; and on the other, to ad- 
 mire his Patience, and Confidence in his 
 God. This Letter is written to his Wife, 
 whom he chides, for troubling her felf at his 
 Condition to that Degree, as to impair her 
 Health. * It is not above two Hours ago, 
 
 * my dear Heart, that I received a Letter, 
 
 * which gives me more Sorrow than Joy. I 
 
 * received it when I was in the midft of mv 
 
 * offering up my Evening Sacrifice to God 
 ^ on the Sabbath Day. Thou believeft that 
 
 * I hide the Condition and Place in which I 
 
 * am, from thee: But I have much moid Rea- 
 
 * fon to believe, that thou dofl: conceal thine 
 
 * from me : And I know that my Judgment 
 
 * is but too true, by what you confefs to me 
 
 * of it. That which grieves me is, that you 
 
 * make me an Occafion of your Indifpofition. 
 
 * If it is I that put the Sword to your Heart, 
 
 * then do I very innocently ftab my felf, 
 ' My Spirit, my Heart is too deeply engag- 
 
 * ed to thee, not to be fenfibly affefted with 
 
 * the Evil which thou fufferelL Be not di- 
 
 * fturb'd at this new Crofs which God lays 
 
 * upon me by thy means: Do not fear thaC 
 
 * it will prejudice my Health, I will bear 
 ' it like a Chriftian, and always with the 
 
 * Submiflion which I owe to the Orders of 
 ' my God and Father, fuUof Tendernefsand 
 ' Compaffion towards me. Imitate me in 
 \ that, my dear and well beloved Widow, 
 
 H Q, ^ and 
 
too 
 
 Jhe Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 and not in the many Failings which you 
 have known in me. Love me always ten- 
 derly as thou haft done, but let this Love 
 which I defile of you, be always regulated 
 by Divine Love, as that which I have for 
 thee is never leparated from it. Altho' I 
 have great Reafon to blefs my felf for thee, 
 and altho' I daily pour out my Soul in 
 Praifes to God, for the fingular Favour, 
 which he hath done me, in pining me to 
 fo Chriliian a Wife, (for thou haft con- 
 tributed very much to the moderating of 
 my Sufferings, by faving thy felf, and our 
 dear Family from the Deluge of this Age) 
 Yet I always fearM that you did not re- 
 ceive with Submiffion enough the Afflifti- 
 on, by which it pleafes God to prove us. 
 Let us imitate £//, and fay with him in all 
 our Sufferings^ it is the Lord^ let him do rvhat 
 fecweth him Good* What Reafon have you 
 to fear leaft evil ftould befal me? Doft 
 thou queftion the Omnipotency of God ? 
 ()i g'licll thou to imagine tbat God would 
 dele t me at laft, after feveral Years mira- 
 culous Frefervation of me , tho' 1 fhould 
 lofem.y Life, to preferve my Fidelity which 
 1 owe to my Saviour. Do not think that 
 tliat IS the way to lofe it, it is on the con- 
 trary the true way to fave it. He (we are 
 told by Jcfus Chrift) who jvi/i fave his Life 
 jha/I lofe it^ but he th^t will lofe it for my fake ^ 
 f;fJl fjLve it. Remember in order to give 
 
 ' thea 
 
o/ Louis dc Marolles. loi 
 
 ^ thee more Confidence in the Goodnefs of 
 * God that 
 
 The Angels hxve fttcWd. 
 
 After fome fuch like Exhortations, he 
 gives her an Account of his Miferies in thefe 
 Words. * I muft at prefent fatisfie thy Curi- 
 ' ofity. I have fo many things to tell thee 
 thereupon , that I cannot tell thee them 
 without difguife, and without an imagi- 
 nary and borrowed Name. May the Lord 
 who favours us in fo eminent and miracu- 
 lous a manner, grant, if it be his Pleafure, 
 that no Inconvenience may happen there- 
 upon. But I defire of thee bei-orehand, 
 that thou wilt not make it a fubjecl of Af- 
 fliction, but that you would take Occafion 
 thereby to blefs the Lord. The Place in 
 which lam, ferv'd formerly for a Lodging 
 for Soldiers: But fince that, theyhavecon- 
 verted it into a Dungeon ; they have made 
 io much Alteration therein, that there doth 
 not fo much Light come in at prefent, as 
 to hinder me by Day, from running my 
 felf againfl: the Walls. After I had bttw 
 there three Weeks, I was affaulted with fo 
 many Inconveniencies, that I thought I 
 could not live there Four Months to an End : 
 And it will be Five Years the i ith of next 
 Februdry^ that God doth preferve me there- 
 in. About the Fifteenth oWciober in the firll 
 H J ' Year, 
 
1 o J The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 Year, God who never fends me Evils but 
 for my Good, afflided me with a painful 
 Defluxion, whicii fell in the Elbow of my 
 right Arm and Shoulder, I could not un- 
 drefs my felf, I fpent the Night fometimes 
 upon my Bed, fometimes walking back- 
 wards and forwards in my ufual Dark- 
 nefs. I fet my felf to refleO; upon the Oc- 
 cafion of my Difeafe, concluded that it did 
 proceed from the Cold and Moiftnefs of 
 Winter, and that to remedy it, I mufi: 
 drink my Wine pure and unmix'd, which 
 I did for two Days following. At length 
 perceiving my Pains to encreafe, I took 
 the contrary Courfe and drank Water: 
 And finding my felf well after it, I have 
 ever fince continued it. The Defluxion 
 which I was juft now fpeaking of, was fo 
 bad, that 1 felt it for near a Year. The 
 Lord hath tryM me with feveral other In- 
 conveniencies, but he hath deliverM me out 
 of them all. I forgot to tell thee, my Dear, 
 to give thee a compleat Defcription of my 
 little Sanftuary, that it is Ten of my Feet 
 in Length, and Twelve in Breadth. All 
 my Goods is a Bed from the Hofpital, 
 which was brought there about Five or 
 Six Months before my Entrance therein. 
 I lie upon one of the Hofpital Quilts, with 
 a Straw-bed under it, and in this refpeft I 
 7.m much better than in the Gaily. This 
 is the Fourth Winter which 1 have fpent 
 
 * there- 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. lo^ 
 
 ' there altnoft without Fire* The Firft of 
 • thefe Four I had none at all. The Second 
 ' they began to give me fome the Twenty 
 Eight of "^anu^ry^ and took it away from 
 me before Tehruxry was out. The Third 
 they gave me fome for about Fourteen or 
 Fifteen Days. I have not yet feen any this 
 Winter, and I will not ask for any at all. 
 The Major might give me fome if he 
 would, for he hath Money of mine, but 
 he will not give me zJouhle of it. I have 
 fenfibly felt the Cold, Nakednefs, and 
 Hunger: But all this 1 thank God is paf- 
 fed and gone. I have lived on Five Sols 
 a Day, which is the Subfiftence which the 
 King hath appointed for me. I was at fir/i 
 fed by an Ordinary, which treated me very 
 well for my Five&//.But another which fuc- 
 ceeded him, fed me for the fpaee of Five 
 Months, and fcotch'd me offdaily Three ^oA 
 in my Food. The Major at length under- 
 took to feed me in his Turn, which he 
 did at firil very well, but at length he 
 left off to do well. He opens mv Dungeon 
 but once a Day, and hath caus'd my Din- 
 ner feveral times to be brought, at Nine, 
 Ten, and Eleven a Clock at Night, and 1 did 
 not receive any Bread from him once for the 
 fpace of Three Days, and at other times 
 twice in Twenty- four Hours. Let not fo 
 many Miferiesafflifl: thee, my Dear. Con- 
 fider as I have done, that this Diet was 
 H 4 appointed 
 
1 04 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 appointed me by the Sovereign Phyfician 
 of my Body and Soul, to whom I have 
 refignM my felf, and that he would not 
 have appointed it, if he had not judg'd it 
 neceffary. It is by this means, and the 
 fparing manner after which I have livM 
 for all this prefent Year, that God hath 
 preferv'd me in Life and Health. Beware 
 therefore of falling into regret, whereas 
 you ought to blefs God for his merciful 
 Conduft towards me. I have juil told you 
 that I have lufferM Nakednefs, I have been 
 almoft a Year without Shirts, my Cloaths 
 are more torn and ragged, than thofe of 
 the pooreft Beggars, which ftand at the 
 Church Dooi-s. I have gone Bare- foot till 
 the Fifteenth of December^ I fay Bare-foot, 
 for I have had Stockens which had no Feet, 
 and a pair of Old-Shooes unfew'd on both 
 Sides, and bored through the Soals. An 
 Intendant who came into this City Three 
 Years ago, faw me in this magnificent 
 Drefs, and thoMie promifed me much, yet 
 he left me Ten Months in this Condition, 
 at the end of which, God rais'd me up Suc- 
 cour, which there was no room to expeft. 
 He put it into the Heart of a charitable 
 and pious Ferfon, the Alrnoner of the Cit- 
 tadel to vifit rne ; this without doubt was 
 done, with the Agreement of the King's 
 Lieutenant, who is likewife very Charita- 
 ble. And having feen me in the forrowful 
 ■ - ^ Condition 
 
of Louis de Marolles. loT 
 
 Condition in which I was, he went out 
 immediately to fetch me fome of his Li- 
 nen, but I IiinderM him. But at length he 
 did foUicit fo well for me, that he procured 
 me a whole Gally-Slaves Suit, and oblig'd 
 the Major to buy me a pair of Shooes, and 
 a clofe pair of Breeches out of my own 
 Money. So that by the Care of this good. 
 Perfon, I am better cloathed than I have 
 ever been in all my Captivity. He pro- 
 cured me likewife a moft notable Advan- 
 tage, which is that ever fince this Year and 
 a half, the King's Lieutenant gives me e- 
 very Day a Lamp full of Oil, which gives 
 me Light for Six, Seven, and Eight Hours. 
 This gives me Opportunity to read the 
 Holy Scripture more than 1 did before. 
 They gave me but a little Candle for a Li- 
 ard a Day. I believe that this is enough to 
 fatisfie thy Curiofity. I muft further add 
 that I have been for thefe Five or Six: 
 Months, troubled with an Oppreffion of 
 the Lungs, which almoll look away my 
 Breath. I have likewife been troubled with 
 Giddinefs, and have fallen down fo as to 
 break my Head. This Giddinefs I impute 
 to the want of Food. But 1 am now by 
 the Grace of God in more perfeft Health, 
 than I have been thefe Forty Years. I fpeak, 
 my Dear, fincerely as in the Prefence of 
 God. It is Two or Three Months that 
 they give me regularly Three little Leaves, 
 
 ^ and 
 
2 o6 The Sujfer'tngs and ^lartyrdom 
 
 * and often Soop, fince which time my Head 
 ^ is almoft fettled, and I fleep much better, 
 ^ and my Giddinefs is almoll: over. After 
 ' the comfortable News which I tell you, 
 ' think no more but to rejoice at it, and to 
 
 * praife God for it, and labour after thy 
 ^ Health which fhall always be mine. This 
 ^ I conjure you in the Nanie of God, and 
 ^ let not your Sufpicions any more trouble 
 ^ the Reft and Satisfaftion, which I find in 
 
 * the Pofleffion of my God. 
 
 XXIII. That Major of the Cittaclel, from 
 whom our Martyr received fuch ill Treat- 
 ment is called Lambert, He cannot aliedge 
 the King's Orders in excufe. He was not 
 commanded to be fure to keep back his Mo- 
 ney, to make his Advantage out of the King's 
 Five Sols^ not to fend him his Dinner till 
 Ten a Clock at Night, and to let his Qoaths 
 rot upon the Body of his Prifoner, and to 
 refufe him Fire in the Winter. However 
 rigorous the Orders might be, one might 
 execute them like an honelt Man , or 
 like an Executioner One may likewife 
 judge of it by a Letcer of our Martyr written 
 on the Firft Day of the Year 1692, to one 
 of his Companions in Affliftion. After ha- 
 ving acquainted him with the Situation @f 
 his Soul, and affur'd him, that through the 
 Grace of God, Flefli and Blood had never 
 harraffed him, to yield to any of their per- 
 nicious 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. 107 
 
 nicious Counfels; He gives him an account 
 of his little Neceffities, and fays, * I entreat 
 
 * you with my ufual Boldnefs, to buy me 
 ' if you can, for Three Sols and a half, fome 
 ' Thread which is not dyed, to mend my 
 
 * Linnen, and as much brown Thread for 
 
 * my Breeches and other Cloaths, and to 
 ' caufe the whole to be bound up into Two 
 ' Bottoms. That will be enough to ferve 
 
 * me the Remainder of my Days. It is a- 
 
 * bove Six Weeks fince the Serjeants have 
 ^ ask'd the Major every Day for fome 
 ^ for me, without ever obtaining any. 
 ' Thus do I fare in all things with him. He 
 ^ has for thefe Three Months, refused to get 
 
 * my Linen waflied. Mufl: he not be both 
 barbarous and cruel, to ufe him after this 
 manner. 
 
 XXIV. In the Following Letter may be feen 
 how thofe two famous Con felTors do comfort 
 and encourage each other. M. de Mdrro/lestdh 
 ' his Friend. ' You fpeak jufttomy Mind, my 
 ^ dear Brother, when you fay that we alone 
 
 * fhall be the Perfons, whom the King will non 
 
 * make to feel the Effefts of his Clemency. 
 
 * We are brought upon the Stage in order 
 
 * to ftrike a Terror into the whole King- 
 ^ dom, and upon whom mult fall that Ven- 
 ' geance, which the King makes thofe to. 
 ' feel, who do not acquieice, and fubmit to 
 
 * his Orders. But if we have had the Mis- 
 - fortune to difobey our great Monarch, let 
 
 ' this 
 
I o 8 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 * this be our comfort that we did it out of 
 ^ an iadifpenfible neceflity to which we were 
 ^ reduced, of difobeying him. We have pre- 
 
 * ferred the Obedience which we owe to the 
 
 * Divine, to that which we owe to Human 
 
 * Majefty. This is the laudable Crime for 
 
 f which we fuffer fo many miferies. Lee 
 
 ' us always fix our Eyes upon the glorious 
 ^ Recompences, which God referves in Hea- 
 
 * ven for us, for that very crinie for which the 
 
 * God of this World will perhaps never for- 
 
 * give us. Let us wait the Will of the Lord, 
 
 * and be always faithful to him. It muft be 
 obfervM that in this Letter, there are certain 
 proofs that fome of our Martyrs Letters had 
 been Communicated to the King. 
 
 XXV'. He wrote again to his Wife on the 
 24th of March 1692. and acquaints her with 
 the fole trouble that hathafflifted him during 
 the whole time of his Captivity. He begins 
 with his )oy that her Letter of the i6th of Df- 
 cember had been delivered to him ; After which 
 lie advertised her tliat the pleafure of this 
 Correfpondence might be interrupted, and 
 •that flhe mufi prepare her felf for it. At length 
 lie tells her; ' Tlie Chriftian manner in which, 
 ' my dear Wife, you received the Account of 
 ' my Sufferings, engages me to hide nothing 
 ■ thereof from you. All that you know 
 ^ is but very little in comparifon of what 
 ' I am agomg to tell you. I know very 
 \ well that I cannot perform what I propofe to 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 109 
 
 my lelf, without making on open conlef- 
 fion of my InHrmirie^, and the narrownefs 
 of my Spirit: But I have always been fin- 
 cere, and will continue fo to the end. I 
 will endeavour to make my felf pafs for no 
 other than for a Man of very common En- 
 dowments. When I was taken out of the 
 Gaily and brought hither, I found at firfl a 
 great deal of Pleafure in this Change. My 
 Ears were no longer offended with the hor- 
 rid and Blafphemous Sounds, with which 
 thofe places continually echo'd. I had the 
 Liberty to fing at every turn the praifes of 
 my God. 1 could proilrate my felf before 
 him as often as I pleas'd. Moreover I was 
 difchargM from that uneafie Chain, which 
 was infinitely more troublefome to me than 
 that of Thirty Pounds weight which you 
 faw me carry. But notwithftanding all 
 thefe troubles, the Lord who had a mind 
 to make me experience his Succour and 
 Afliftance in a rare and extraordinary, man- 
 nere fuffer'd me to fall into a Terrible TryaL 
 The folitude and perpetualDarknefs in which 
 I fpent my Days prefented my narrow Sout 
 with fuch a frightful and terrifying Idea, 
 that they made a very fatal Impre/Hon 
 thereon. It was fiU'd with a Million of 
 falfe and vain Imaginations which did very 
 often tranfport it into deliriums and idle 
 Fancies , which laftcd fometimcs for the 
 fpace of two whole hours. My Prayers 
 
no The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 were no remedy againft this evil. God was 
 pleas'd that it (hould continue for fomc 
 Months, f was plung'd into a profound 
 Abyfs of Affliftion. When I confider'd to- 
 gether with this forrowful Condition nny 
 little Bodily reft, I concluded from thence 
 that it was the high road to Diftraftion, 
 and that I fliould never efcape falling into 
 it. I inceffantly implored the Succours of 
 my God. 1 beg'd of him, that h^ would ne- 
 ver fuffer mine Enemies to triumph over me 
 and my Sufferings in fo Sorrowful a man- 
 ner as that was. At length after much 
 Prayer, Sighs and Tears, the God of my 
 Deliverance heard my Petitions, and after fo 
 many Tempefts fent a perfeft Calm and 
 Serenity. He diflipated all thefe lUufions 
 which gave Me fo much Trouble. After 
 having deliverM me out of fo fore a Tryal, 
 never have any doubt, my Deareft Wife, 
 that God will not deliver me out of all 
 others in general, do not therefore difquiet 
 your felf any more about me. Hope al- 
 ways in the Goodnefs of God, and your 
 hopes {hall not be in Vain» I ought not in 
 my opinion to forget to take notice of a con- 
 fiderable Circumliance which tends to the 
 Glory of God. The Duration of fo great 
 a Temptation was in my opinion the pro- 
 per f ime for the Old Serpent to endeavour to 
 caft me into Rebellion and Infidelity. But 
 God always kept him in fo profound a Si- 
 
 Mence, 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. nr 
 
 lence, that he never once offer'd to infell me 
 
 * with any of his pernicious Counfels,and I ne- 
 ^ ver felt the ieaft Inclination to Revolt. Ever 
 
 * fince thefe Sorrowful days God hath always 
 ' filled my Heart with Joy. I pofTefs my 
 ^ Soul in patience. He makes the days of my 
 ^ Affliftion fpeedily to pafs away. I have no 
 
 * fooner begun them but I find my felf at 
 
 * the end of them. With the Bread and 
 
 * Water of Affliftion, whith wich he tries 
 
 * me, he doth afford me continually moft 
 
 * delicious repafts. 
 
 XXVI. This is the Laft Letter of this Blef- 
 fed Martyr which hath been put into my 
 Hands. Wc muft believe that they doubled 
 the Striftnefs with which they kept him, to 
 deprive him of this Confolation. We are 
 likewife informed by the Letter of a Faithful 
 Confeffor who was on Board theGallies, and 
 who hath always run all Hazards, to do our 
 Martyr all the Services that he could, that 
 the excream weaknefs of his Body and iiyes 
 hinderM him from Reading and Writing, a 
 Month or two before his Death. Which 
 happen'd on the 17th of "Jum^ in the Year 
 1692. and he was buried by Turks in the 
 fame place where thofe Infidels were buried- 
 There is an Extraft of a Letter written from 
 Marfetlles of the 20th of^^//;?^! 69 2. which fays, 
 
 * The Subjeft of this prefent, is chiefly to 
 
 * acquaint you with the Death of Monfieur 
 
Ill The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 de MarolleSy that famous Confeffour of Chrift 
 who hath been lb long (hut up in a Dun- 
 geon in the great Cittadel , where they 
 have made him to luffer very much. He 
 was preffed to the laft to change his Rehgi- 
 on, but he hath always perfcver'd in his 
 own. He died the Day before Yefterday, 
 being buried by Turks among the Turks. 
 They muft make an end as they had begun. 
 Thus is he out of his Mifery, and crown'd 
 with Glory in Jbrahamh Bofom. We ought 
 to dcfire to end our days as holily as he did, 
 who died a true Martyr with great Con- 
 ftancy and Refignation. Thus fhall he en- 
 joy an eternal Recompence, whereas his 
 Per fecu tors fliall have a great Account to 
 give to the Sovereign Judge. I pafs by 
 other Circumftances for fear of dlfcovering 
 the Author of this Letter, who is perhaps a 
 Roman Catholick, fmitten with the Suffer- 
 ings of our iMartyr. 'If you do not know 
 
 * Monfieur de MarGllcs Relations, communi- 
 
 * cate if you pleafe what I write to you to Mr. 
 *• Bernard^who hath fometinies asked me about 
 ^ him. May God comfort the Afflicled who 
 
 * ought to be glad to hear that he is at reft. 
 • ' He had nothing to hope for but fuff'erings in 
 
 * this World. 
 
 There is ftili another Letter of the 20th of 
 ^u'rie written to his Wife, by that Generous 
 Confeffour who was on Board the Gallies/ 
 and who rendered OAif Ma'rtyr all manner of 
 
 Services 
 
o/ Louis de MaroUes. ii^ 
 
 Services and Confolations, as doth appear by 
 the Anfwers which Monfieur d^e Marolles re- 
 turned to his Letters. He faith among other 
 things, that this dear Martyr of the Lord 
 refign'd his Spirit into the Hands of his Fa* 
 ther on the 17th day of the prefent Month, 
 and was the next day laid in his laft Grave by 
 Six Turks, as it is the cuftom here to Bury 
 thofe who die faithful to their Saviour. I 
 cannot, he proceeds, give you an exaft Ac- 
 count of his laft Hours, nor his laft Words. 
 But I will tell you in a few Words that 
 which hath been known. You have already 
 learn'd by the Letters of this Dear Martyr^' 
 that after having groan'd for fome time un- 
 der Irons, he was remov'd to a Dungeon 
 dreadful for itsObfcurity, and much more ^o 
 ibr it's Stench. You know that they fed him 
 but very ill there, and that he often labour'd 
 under Hunger, not having enough even of 
 Bread and Water, which was his common 
 Diet. This great Auftcrity made him very 
 weak, and flung him into great Vertigoes, fo 
 that he fell down about two Months fince 
 with very Weaknefs^ and dalh'd his Head 
 againft the Wall in which he made feveraf 
 Wounds. He hath been continually lan- 
 guifhing ever fince that Moment, and his 
 Life hath been nothing elfe but a living 
 Death. Thofe who had the Management of 
 him, were infenfible of all his Pains, except- 
 ing that for thefe Six Weeks pa ft, they gave ^^^ 
 
 ^^^i^ 
 
114 'Z '^^ Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 him a little better, and a little greater quan- 
 tity of V iftuals. But his Body was weakned, 
 and his Nature brought fo low, that it could 
 not recover its Strength. This faithful Ser- 
 vant of the Lord had almoft loft his Sight a- 
 bout a Month fince : And altho' I had fent 
 him your laft Letters, he could neither read 
 them nor return any Anfwer. He likewife 
 return'd me thofe which I from time to time 
 wrote to him. He was forft to be contented 
 with hearing by Word of Mouth from me,and 
 caus'd me to be told that he Recommended 
 himfelf to the Prayers of his good Friend, and 
 that he thought of nothing elfe but his De- 
 parture. God hath at length difpos'd of him, 
 
 and he (hall return to us no more. He hath 
 
 gone through the molt cruel Torments which 
 Inhumanity in itsutmoft extent could Inflift; 
 but yet God hath never fufter'd them to make 
 
 a Prize of his Innocence. 1 muft tell you 
 
 for your Confolation, that from the liitie that 
 they faw this dear Martyr begin to grow 
 weak and decay, he was often vifited by 
 Dodors of the contrary Communion; but 
 this firm and immoveable Servant of God was 
 noD fiiovM by their Vifits. He heard without 
 trouble that which he rejefted, and did not 
 return railing for railing. He bleft his Ene- 
 mies to rlie tail. His Glory will never be 
 blotted out neither in Heaven nor in the 
 Earth. 
 
 XXVII. 
 
of Louis dc Marolles. 1 1 y 
 
 XXVII. Let us follow the Thoughts of this 
 Confeflbur of the Trutli, and fay with him, 
 tliat the Glory of Moiiiieur de Marolles will 
 never be epinguifh'd in the eyes of God or 
 Men. Oae may without Exaggeration fay 
 that he was one of the moft famous Martyrs 
 that the Church ever knew. He hath under- 
 gone all the moft Formidable Afflidions that 
 t\\Q World, that the Fury of Perfccution could 
 Invent. He hath fuftain'd every thing which 
 -was abie to fliock Humane Nature ! But he 
 fuftain'd it like that Houfe built upon a Rock 
 which Jefus Chrift fpeaks of in the Gofpel, 
 which the moft violent Storms could not 
 overthrow. He feemed to be engaged to the 
 World by the ftrongeft bonds of Flefti and 
 Blood; He had an Eftate, he had a Wife 
 and Children who were dear to him. How 
 often have they laid before him by flattering 
 promifes, the Advantages of jthe World, fince 
 fuch great and frequent efforts were made to 
 Triumph over his Fidelity? They could not 
 fay that a morofe and conceited Humour had 
 produced any thing like Qbftinacy in his 
 SouU His Conftancy was vvell founded, it 
 was enfightned and grounded upon good 
 Reafons. He always gave a reafon of his 
 Hope with Modefty, this is a Teitimony, 
 which all the Doftors who have had any 
 Conference with him cannot refufe to give 
 him- One Year on Board the Gallies, Five 
 
 I 2 Years 
 
I i6 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 Years in a Dungeon, perplexM with Dark- 
 nefs, and Stench, always expos'd to Cold, 
 Nakednefs and Hunger! Imagination it lelf 
 cannot without Horror, form a juft Idea of 
 all thofe Sufferings. 
 
 Notvvithftanding this Bleffed Martyr learns 
 us, that during the whole time of fo tedious 
 and dreadful a Combat, in which he was 
 befieg'd by all the horrors of this Life, ia 
 which the World prefented him with its 
 Riches and Honours; this Soul faithful to his 
 God, always kept his Flefh in a refpeftful 
 iilence to the Adorable Providence of that 
 Great God, who woukl be Glorified in his 
 Affliftions, What a Treafure of Corifolati- 
 on and InPtruclion would it be to ail the 
 Faichfi^l, if we had the Thoughts, the Medi- 
 tations, the Prayers, the private conferences 
 of this Holy Soul with his God, during thofe 
 Five Years in which his Body lay Buried in 
 the deep Mire, to fpeak in the language oi 
 the Royal Prophet. 
 
 But fmce we cannot have an Account of 
 the Effects which this eminent Faith pro- 
 duced, we ought to make many ufeiul and 
 falutary Reflections upon fo famous an Ex- 
 ample. Thofe Libertmes who defpife Piety, 
 and ridicule its promifes, ought to tremble 
 jiiui itand in awe of the Judgments of God. 
 They believe neither Heaven nor Hell, nor 
 the Refurrtclion, ncr Life Eternal. What 
 3:Turance have litey ^ of thi^. Annihilation, 
 
 whicii 
 
of Louis de MaroUes. 1 17 
 
 which fhould make them expefl: Death with 
 fuch a Brutal Security, as if they had certain 
 Demonftrations of this pretended future An- 
 nihilation ? Our Martyr was endued with a 
 folid Judgment, a piercing Spirit ; he was en- 
 lightened, and was a good Philofopher. He 
 had time often to refleft upon Eternity : And 
 the reward appeared to him fo certain, that 
 his Hope gave him the Viftory over all the 
 moft dreadful Evils which were able to fliake 
 and ftagger the Heart of Mankind. Such a 
 Heady, fuch an unfhaken Fidehty wants but 
 very little of being as forcible and convincing 
 as the Teftimony of a Soul, which had al- 
 ready en joy 'd the Blefled Vifion of God. 
 
 This Martyr fhould likewife awaken thofe 
 Chriftians lulled a Sleep in Error, who flatter 
 themfelves that they are not liable to thofe 
 Penalties , Avith which Jefus Chrift has 
 threatned thofe who fliall deny him before 
 Men, becaufe they have not abjur'd the Go- 
 fpel to receive the Alcoran. Our Martyr be- 
 ing convincM of the Truth, which God had 
 made known unto him, was perfuaded, that 
 the Fidelity which God expefted from him, 
 oblig'd him, not to fuflFer the Truth by any 
 means to be prejudiced, nor any breach to be 
 made in his Faith. He would preferve it 
 pure and i*iviclable, as he had received it 
 from his God. 
 
 ife 
 
1 1 8 The Sufferings and Martyrdom 
 
 He likewife learns thofe fluggifh Chrifti- 
 ans, who live in the World as the reft of Men 
 do, contented with performing the exteriour 
 Service which Religion prefcribes ; our Mar- 
 tyr, I fay, learns them to work out their Sal- 
 vation with an Holy Fear. For if we muft be 
 faithful to him when he calls us to fufFering,we 
 do not owe him lefs Obedience in the things 
 which hs commands us to do, and which the 
 Gofpel requires of us. 
 
 His Example likewife inftrufts us to put 
 our Truft in God, in the moft forrowful 
 Conjunfturesof this Life. Did we but know 
 his fecret Soliloquies, how often (hould we 
 find him Strengthening, and Comforting him- 
 felf with thofe Words of his Saviour, Let not 
 your Heart he troubled^ undhe not fearful ; ye he* 
 lieve in God^ believe alfo in me. And with thofe 
 of his Apoftle. / know whom I have believed^ 
 4nd 1 am perfuaded^ that he is able to keep that 
 tphich I have committed unto himy info much that 
 neither Death nor Lfe^ flja/l ever /eparate me 
 from the Love which God hath fbew^d me in 
 Chrtfi ^efus. If God is for us rvho jhall he a- 
 gdinfl us. 
 
 Laflly^ This cruel Inhumanity with which 
 our Martyr was fo long p^rfccuted, ought to 
 give us )uft Ideas of the Romifh Religion, 
 For where Truth is, there alfo muft Humani- 
 ty and Charity of neceffity be. By Confe- 
 cjueiice a Religioo which ends Dilputes by 
 
 Fire 
 
of Louis de Marolles. 119 
 
 Fire and Faggot, cannot, without Difpute, 
 have any (hare in the falutary Truths which 
 Jefus Chrift delivered, nor that Spirit of the 
 Gofpel, which is a Spirit of Mildnefs, v^hich 
 doth good to all Men^ hut effeciallj/ to thofe of the 
 Hou^jold of Faith. 
 
 God grant that thofe of this Communion 
 who fincerely feek to work out their Salvati- 
 on, may ferioufly think thereupon, and that 
 the fight of fo much Violence and Barbarity, 
 which this Religion infpires and exercifes; 
 that the Voice and Groans of fo many afflift- 
 ed Perfons , becaufe they would not betray 
 their Confcience,may rouze them out of their 
 ftupidity to read the Word of God, that they 
 may fearch out the Truth therein, and open- 
 ly profefs it after they have found it, in gi>- 
 ving Glory to God. Amen. 
 
 f I N I s. 
 
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 Firft, Js Supplement d to the Book of Martyr i; 
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 Secondly, A more Amfle and Extenfive No- 
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 defign'^d for the Edi feat ton of the Frotejlant Rea- 
 der^ whilfi he beholds and confiders the Patience 
 wherewith God has endued his Servants^ during 
 their Sufferings tn his Cauje, It would be too 
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 ihew how this kind of Hiftory tends to the 
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 it may be fulficient here to Appeal to the Ex- 
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 threa^ 
 
thren, as when placM in this View. And in- 
 deed therefore. 
 
 Thirdly, and more particularly, One Main 
 Defign herein is^ to kindle in Mem Hearts the 
 greoLtefl Love to our Froteflmt Brethren Abroad^ 
 to whom God has given it as a Privilege to juffer 
 for his Name's fake. And if through want of 
 Information concerning the Glorious Con- 
 flifts of Innumerable Confeflbrs and Martyrs 
 of this laft Age (whofe Conflifts, I am confi- 
 dent will be made appear by this Undertaking, 
 to have been greater, and their Sufferings forer, 
 more Artificial, and more Various, under one 
 fingle Perfecutor flill alive, than the Primitive 
 Church endur'd under the Ten famous Pcrfecu- 
 tions in a Series of Three Hundred Years) If, I 
 fay, for want of fufficient Information, there 
 be in any of us too much of Narrownefs to- 
 wards them, I am fully perfuaded, that upon 
 the Perufalof thefe Accounts, their Souls will 
 be more enlarged to embrace them. And 
 confonantly to that End, 
 
 Vounhly jThisCollechon is undertaken Jn order 
 to extend our Charity towards them^ whenever^ or 
 tvhencefoever they fy to us Jor Refuge*, It may be 
 reckoned in fome refpefts a Privilege to them, 
 to whom it has hQQn given tofufferfor the Name 
 ofChriji. But then in others, it is better to 
 gi^e than to receive. And may we ever main- 
 tain it as the Glory of our Church and Nati- 
 on, to be a Safe and Comfortable Refuge to 
 Perfecuted and Oppreffed Strangers. It may 
 procure us^ thro' the Merits of Chriil, a Sta- 
 
 K 2 tion. 
 
Jion in the Heavenly Manfions, fomerhing near 
 to that of the Glorious Company of the Apojiles^ 
 the goodly Fellon^fljip of the Prophets^ a/id the No- 
 ble Army of Martyrs, And, 
 
 Fifthly, This is intended to increaje our Gra- 
 titude tOj and Senfe of the Goodnefs of God, in his 
 ivonderf/l Deliverances of m from the like Oppref 
 fwns and Defolaiions. It is to be hoped, that 
 there are comparatively but few Proteftants, 
 who do not efteem our feveral Deliverances 
 fromPopifhTy ranny and Slavery,to have been 
 \'ery great Ble flings ; If there are many, let 
 them but perufe the intended Colleftion, and 
 I cannot but thmk they will be of another 
 Mind, to their own, and the Nation's Quiet. 
 Nor indeed muft it be diflTemblcd, That, 
 
 Laftly, It is defign^dtokeep up that jufijver- 
 pon it concerns us always to have of a Religion 
 Jo utterly Antichrijiian as Popery is ; And to keep 
 'awake our Fears of a Party fo in^nitely indufirious 
 as its Devotees are^ to bring that worfl of all Ca- 
 lamities upon m. To a Religion fo full ot Ca- 
 pital Errors, of Idolatry, and of Cruelty, Our 
 Aver(wn furely can at no Time be too great: 
 And againft the Machinations of a Set of 
 Men, M^hofe Methods of Ruine are fo Vari- 
 ous, Myflerious, and when flighted, fo very 
 Fatal, we can never certainly be too much 
 upon cur Guard. And fo long as there is ^ 
 P.opifh Pretender^ and he fo powerfully back'd, 
 It Will highly concern us, not to be too fe- 
 cure ; And to keep up thzt Averfion^ which 
 is jultly due to fo horrid a Religion. 
 
 The 
 
The General Divifion of the whole 
 WORK, is into 
 
 TWO TOMES; whereof 
 
 Tome I. plates more particularly to the 
 Papal Ufurpations and Wars upon SoVep 
 reign Trincesy Jnd thofe both C^aintaind 
 in Theory, and Executed in Fad. This is 
 fuhdiVided into 
 
 TWO PARTS; whereof 
 
 Part I. Contains feveral Choice and Learn- 
 ed Treatifes, fhewing the Intolerable Servi- 
 tude into which even Crowned Heads^ efpeci- 
 ally in England^ have been reduc'd by Papd 
 Vfurpmons ; And with which the Protefiant 
 Powers are to this Day threatned by the Im- 
 pious BuHs^ and other Machimtions of the 
 Cliurch of Rome^ And to this Part, for the 
 Affinity of the Argument, as it relates more 
 particularly to the Oppreffion of Princes, Is 
 Annex'd in 
 
 Part 2. Mr. Perrm\ Hiftory of the Old WV- 
 de^Jes2iwdAlbigef?fes\ Wherein isExemplify'd 
 the faid Antichriftian Tyranny, to the total 
 Ruine, and even the Extermination, as well 
 of feveral Primes^ as of their People^ meerly 
 for their Conferving the Primitive Chrijliamty 
 in its Native Purity ; And for Oppofmg the Pa- 
 pal Tyranny and Innovations. 
 
 Tome 
 
Tome 11. plates more particularly to 
 the Wars, Maflacres, and Perfecucions, 
 tarried on by the Topes and Topip? Clergy^ to 
 the Viftrefs of the Subject in the Dominions 
 of thofe Princes, who either formerly were^ 
 tr are fiill Fajfals to Rome. This is fub- 
 divided into 
 
 FIVE PARTS; whereof 
 
 Part 1. Contains a Succinft Hiftory of the 
 TV;^ Perfecutions (under Rome Papal^ corre- 
 fpondent to the Ten famous Ones under Rome 
 Ethnic ) of the VjLudois^ the Defcendants of 
 the Old WAldenfeSy Inhabiting the Vallies of 
 the Jlpes^ deducM from the Primitive to the 
 prefent Times, 
 
 Part 2. Gives the Hiftory of the Perfecu- 
 tions in Frafice, after the Extermination of 
 the Old Albigenfesy more efpecially of that un- 
 paralelled Perfecution of the Proteftants of 
 France and Orange^ by the prefent French King ; 
 This is brought down likewife to the prefent 
 Times, 
 
 Part J. Deduces in Hke manner the Hiftory 
 otPdVd Perfecutions in x\\t Empire and Pa/ati- 
 nate ; InBohemta and Silefia ; In Hungary^ Tran- 
 jylvania. and Poland ; and the States ad joyn- 
 ing to any of thefe ; Compiled from many 
 Authentick Memoirs^ both Printed and Ma- 
 nufcript, and carried down to the prefenc 
 Times. Part 
 
Part 4. Shews both ihtConJiitution and Cra^ 
 elty of the Ino[uificion\ particularly in Spain and 
 Portugal ; A n d t h e Dominions thereunto be* 
 longing ; Continu'd to the prefent Times. 
 
 Part 5. Gives an Account of the Attempts 
 towards the Deftruftion and Externiinatioa 
 of the Proteftant Religion in Great-Briuiif 
 and IreUnd ; As aJfo of onr Signal Delive- 
 rances from the fame. Which will be 
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 F I N I % 
 
A N 
 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 TORMENTS 
 
 WHICH THE 
 
 French Proteftants 
 
 Endure Aboard the 
 
 GALLEYS. 
 
 By JOHN BION, fomecime Prieft and 
 Curare of the Parif}} ofVrJ} in the Pro- 
 vince of Bttrgtindj^ and Chaplain to the 
 Superbe Galley in the French Service. 
 
 L N D N, 
 
 Printed for jf. Downing in Bartholomew-Clofe^ 
 1712. 
 
THE 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 AS I purpofed in this Workj only to make 
 the Sujferings of the Frotefiants con- 
 demned to the Galleys for the fake of 
 Religion^ known to the World ; People will he 
 apt to think, that when I fpeak in general of 
 the different forts of Formats or Slaves, which 
 are on them^ I go be fides the Rules I prefer ibed 
 to my felf. But^ if it he confidered^ that it is 
 no little Torment to the Frotefiants to be z^- 
 mongft Malefactors^ and lewd and profligate 
 Villans^ whofe continual Blafphemies and Cur- 
 fitJgs have no par ale I hut among the damned in 
 Hell J it will not be thought bejides my purpofe 
 to have given to the World a particular account 
 of the various firts of thofe Mm who live in 
 the Galleys. . . 
 
 Be fides there is a hlock^ which thofe ^ who never 
 faw the Galleys but in the Fort at Marfellies, 
 will infallibly flumble at^ if not removed^ and 
 is this ; That whereas the Galley-Slaves during 
 the time they are in that wretched condition^ 
 whilft at Sea and tugging at the Oar^ they are al- 
 lowed to keep Shop about the Forty and there 
 to work and fit all manner of Commodities ; 
 
 A 2 * And 
 
The Preface. 
 
 Jnd fometimes have leave to walk in the 
 Toivn^ giving only one fenny to the Algoufin, 
 ds much to the Turk with whom each of them 
 mnjl then be coufled^ and. five fince to the Ppr- 
 tuifenier, or Parcizan-bearer ii'^t?^//Wj them \ 
 And there are fome befide^ that even have their 
 Wtv'es at Marfeilles , and all are permitted 
 to hear from their Friends and receive *Money 
 from their Relations ; Tet all fuch Comforts and 
 favours^ as well as all manner of Correfpon- 
 deme with Friends are utterly denyed the Pro- 
 tcftanc 
 
 7 have not defcended to particulars in what 
 
 reUteth to the Vfefalnefs of Galleys in Sea-fghts^ 
 for the keeping of the Coajls^ or Convoying of 
 'Merchant-Ships when there is danger of their he^ 
 tng taken or jet tipon by the Brigantines^ which the 
 Diiks of Savoy keeps commonly for that pttrpoje 
 during the JVar^ in Villa Franca, St. Hofpi- 
 tio and Oneglia. Nor do I take notice tn 
 this Work^ how the Galleys in an Engagement^ 
 ivherein there are Men of JVar^ ferve to keep 
 o/fj and fink with their Cannon-fhot out of the 
 Courfier (a. Gun fo called) the Firefljtps the 
 Enc/uy fendeth to fet the Ship on fire ; and to 
 Tow away juch as are dt fab led tn the fi^ht, I 
 ?night alio have obferved^ how in every Galley 
 there are five Guns upon the Fore-deck^ viz. 
 fottr jix or eight Pounders^ and afth called the 
 
 Courfier^ 
 
The Preface. 
 
 Courfier, which canyeth a fix and thirty Pound 
 Ball ; As alfo that when an Enepiies Ship is 
 becalmed^ a Gally^ which with her Gears can do 
 what /he p/eafeth^ may attack that Ship Fore or 
 Aft to avoid her Broadfides^ and ply her with 
 Codrfier : So that fome times if /be happeneth 
 to give her a Shot which cometh between Wind 
 and Water^ /he forceth her to ftirrender\ WhicU 
 however happeneth feldom enough ; for a Ship 
 needs but a, little Wind to make nothing qfover-^ 
 throwing five or fix G allies. 
 
 Neither did I think fit to give here an 
 Account of the number of Gallies in France, 
 which is twenty four at Marfeilles, and fix up- 
 on the Ocean \ Nor to fpeak of the fix fmall 
 Bfooms in every Galley under the Deckj where-' 
 in Ammunition and Provifions are kept^ and 
 which they call G^von, the Scandclat, the 
 Campaign, the Paillot, the Tavern, and the 
 Fore-room. All thefe particulars would have 
 carried me too jar out of my way and he fides my 
 purpofe^ which is only to give a plain and f ait h- 
 ful Account without amplifying^ of the Suffer- 
 ings of the Proteftant Galley-flaves. 
 
 If there he any thing omitted in this Rela- 
 tion^ ^ twill not be be found as to any ?naterial 
 Point : And as my fole aim in it hath been to 
 work a fellow-feeling in other Mens Hearts^ I 
 A J fijan't 
 
The Preface. 
 
 (ban^t jif7d mj felf at all difaf painted^ although 
 their Curiofity jhould not he jullyfatisfled. The 
 Lord in his Mercy four out his Bleffings upon 
 this Worky and favourably hear our Prayers 
 and Supplications y which we jhall never ceafe to 
 make unto his Divine Majefiy, for the Delive* 
 ranee of our poor difirejjed Brethren. , 
 
 T H E|§ 
 
THE 
 
 SUFFERINGS 
 
 F T H E 
 
 PROTESTANTS 
 
 1 N T H E 
 
 French Galleys. 
 
 TH E difmal Accounts handed down to 
 us by Hiftodans, of the Tcrinents 
 infflidled on Chriftians by the Heathen 
 Emperors in the fir ft Ages of rhe 
 Church, might jullly be fufpeded, if the woful 
 Experience of our own, did not put the Truth of 
 them put of Difpute. For tho' it be not eafie to 
 conceive how Men can put off all that is tender, 
 and generous in their Natures, and degenerate 
 into the ferity of Brutes^ Yet it is but looking on 
 the World round us, and we fhall be convinced 
 that they can even out-do their fellow Animals in' 
 cruelty to one another j nay, we may fee many 
 profeffing Chriftianity, under the fpecious pre- 
 tence of Zeal for its Intereft, commit fuch barba- 
 rities as exceed, at leaft equal, the Rage of the 
 PerfecutOTS of the Primitive Chriftians. Hiftory 
 abounds in Inftances that fhew the Nature of a 
 Spirit of PerfecutioD,and how boundlefsis its Rage 
 
 and 
 
8 T))e Sufferings of the Troteftants 
 
 and Fury, but the fad EfFedts it hath of late 
 Years produc'd in France, as they are flill frefh, 
 and but too obvious, are fcarce to be paralkl'd 
 in any Age or Nation. All the World knows 
 the Proteftants there lived under the Protedion 
 of the Edift of Nants^ a Treaty as full, and 
 folemn as any ever was. It was at firft religi- 
 oufly obferved, but in time feveral Breaches were 
 made in it ^ many of its Branches were by degrees 
 lopt off, till at lafl; under the prefent King, at the 
 continual teiiing, and follicitation of the JeCuits, 
 thofe reftles, bufy Infers, it was perfidloufly 
 broke, or as they pleafe to term it, RevokM. 
 
 But Religion, and its Propagation, muft be the 
 Cloak under which thofe Crafty Silver-Smiths in- 
 tend to play their Game, and therefore havin^^ 
 firft confidently taught that the King hath a def- . 
 potick Power over their Confciences, as well as 
 Eftates, and confequently his Will the Rnle of 
 their Religion, they, by feveral Arts a;|d Me- 
 thods, but chiefly by dreadful Punifhments, force 
 weak People to play the Hypocrites, and embrace 
 a Religion which in their Hearts they deteft. Such 
 who are too good Chriftians to proftitute their 
 Confciences to vile worldly Interefts, are deny'd 
 the Benefit of retiring into Foreign Countries ^ 
 and punifh'd^ if difcovered, oiften with Death, or 
 referv'd for more cruel ufage, and condemn'd to 
 fpin out their wretched lives in the Galleys. 
 
 Of thefe laft 1 defign to give the publick an 
 Account, as being of all Men the moft miferable. 
 The Barbarities committed in thofe horrid Ma- 
 chines exceeding all that can poffibly be imagin'd ^ 
 the Ingenuity of the famous Scicilian Tyrants in 
 inventing. Torments, deferves no longer to be pro- 
 verbial, being far exceli'd in this pernicious Art by 
 the Modern Enemies of Religion and Liberty. 
 
in the French Galleys. 9 
 
 I fhall endeavour to faiisfie the Curioficy of 
 thofe who defire to be inform'd of the Treatment 
 the Slaves (and particularly the Protellants) ia 
 the Galleys meet vvith^ and to convince fnch as 
 are loth to harbour any hard Thoughts of the 
 French Court, and jullifie its Proceedings by pre- 
 tending, that what they fn iter is not on the ac- 
 count ot Pvcligion, but a jail lawful PunirnmenC 
 for Rebellion, and Difobedience. 
 
 My being feveral Campaigns Chaplain aboard 
 one of the Galleys called La Superbe, gave me fof- 
 ficient Opportunity of informing my-felf of thd 
 Truth of the following Relation ; and 1 hope my 
 Integrity will not be called in Q^iieRion by any 
 body that hears, that during my Iby in that Ser- 
 vice I never receiv'd the leafl dif^ufb, or met with 
 any Difobligation. However the Certificates I have 
 fromMonfieurdeM)?5fo//>^,Chief Flag-Officerofthe 
 French Galleys, and Monfieur D'Amigny^ Captain 
 of the aforefaid Galiey, whofe Chaplain Iwas, a 
 Reward alfo for my Services confer'd on me by:the 
 FnnchK\x\g^ in the Year 1704, at the Recommen- 
 dation of tMonfier ds FGntchartrin-^ With the fever a! 
 good Offices done me by the General, and other 
 Officers who knew me ^ Thefe will, 1 hope^ Skreeni 
 me from the Sufpicions, or Calumny of fnch who 
 through Malice, or perbaps Interefb, might be 
 inclined to mifreprefent me. 
 
 Neither fhall a blind Zeal for the Pfoteflann 
 Religion, which I have lately embrac'd, hurry me 
 beyonc} the flridt bounds of Truth, or make me 
 reprefent things in any Golours but their own. I 
 fhonld be an unworthy Profedbr of that Holy Re- 
 ligion, if on any confideration I (hould in the leaft 
 deviate from the ftridefc Truths To which end I 
 fhall relate nothing by hearfay, but like the Apo- 
 ftle, confine my felf to thofe things my Eyes have 
 
 \ ^ 
 
lo The &ujferings of the f rote jl ants 
 
 But before I proceed to fhew the Sufferings and 
 Mifery the Wrerches in the Galleys labour under, 
 1 iliall give 3 Ihort defcription of that Veilel. 
 
 A Galley is a long flat one Deckt Veilei • And 
 tho' it luih two Mails, yet they generoUy make ufe 
 of Oars, becaufe they are built fo as not to be a- 
 ble to endure a rough Sea, and therefore Lhcjr 
 Sails for the men: part are ufelefs, unicfs in Crui- 
 fing, when they are out cf Sight of Land ^ for 
 then, for fear of being farprifed by ill Weather 
 they make the bell of their way. Thers are five 
 Slaves to every Oar, one of them a Turk^ who 
 being generally ftronger than Chriilians, are fee 
 at the upper end to work it with more Strength : 
 There are in all three Hundred Slaves, and an 
 Hundred and Fifty Men, either Officers, Soidiers,, 
 Seamen, or Servants. 
 
 There is at the ffcra of the Galley, a Chamber 
 fnapcd on the out fide like a Cradle, belonging to 
 the Captain, and folely his ct Night, or in foul 
 ^;A''eather, but in the day ticne common to the 
 Officers, and Chaplain ^ all the reft cf the Crew 
 (the under Officers excepted, who retire to other 
 convenient Places) is exposed above Deck to the 
 fcorching heatof the Sun by Day, and the damps, 
 and inclemencies of the Night. There is indeed 
 a kind of a Tent fufpended by a Cable, from 
 Head to Stern, that affords fome little fhelter ^ but 
 the misfortune is, that this is only when they can 
 bell b^ without it, that is, in fair Weather •, for 
 in the Icaft W- ind, or Storm, 'tis taken down, the 
 Galley not being able to endure it for fear of o* 
 veiTetting. In the two Winters in Awo 1703, 
 1704, that we kept the Coafts ofMonaso^ Nke^ and 
 jintwes'^ thofe poor Creatures after hard rowing, 
 could not enjoy the ufual benefit ©f the Night, 
 wl ich puts an end to the Fatigues and Labours of 
 
 lie: 
 
in the French Galleys. 1 1 
 
 the Day, but were expos'd to the Winds, Snow, 
 Hail, and all other inconveniencies of that Seafon. 
 The only comfort they wifh'd for was the liberty of 
 Smoaking^ But that, oji painof the Bafiinado, the 
 ufual Punilhment of the place, is forbid. 
 
 When we confider that the Vefiel being but 
 fmall for the number,the Men confequently crowd- 
 ed, the continual Sweat that dreams down rrom 
 their Bodies, whilft rowing, and the fcanty al- 
 iowance of'Linnen, one may eafily imagine than 
 this breeds abundance of Vermin ; So that in fpight 
 of all the care that can be taken, the Galliesfwarm 
 with Lice, &-c. which nefting in the plates and 
 lappets of their Clothes, relieve by Night the Ex- 
 jscutioners who beat and torment theni by Day. 
 
 Their whole yearly allowance for Clothes is 
 two Shirts made of the ccarfefl: Canvafs, and a 
 little Jerkin of red Serge, fiit oa each fide up to 
 their Arm-holes ^ The Sleeves are alfo open, and 
 come not down fo low as their Elbows, and every 
 three Years a kind of a coarfe Frock, and a little 
 Cap to cover their Heads, which they are obliged 
 to keep clofe (baved as a mark of Infamy. In- 
 fteadof a Bed, they are allowed, lick or well, on- ^ 
 iy a Board a Foot and an half broad j And thofe 
 who have the unfortunate Honour of lying near 
 the Officers, dare not prefame (though tormencr 
 led with Vermin) to ilir fo much as a Hand for 
 their Eafe^ For fear their Chains fnould rattle, 
 and awake any of them, which would draw en 
 them a Punifnment more fevere than the biting of 
 thofe Infeas. 'Tis hard to give an exa£t De- 
 fcription of the Pains and Labours the Slaves un- 
 dergo at Sea, efpeciaily during a long Campaign, 
 The fatigue of tugging at the Oar i> extraordina- 
 ry, they mufc rife to draw their Uroke, and fjll 
 back again , lafQinuch, that in all Seafons, through"^ 
 
 B 2 the 
 
IZ 
 
 7he Sufferings of the ^rotejiants 
 
 the conriHual and violent motion of their Bodies, 
 the Sweat trickb down tlieir harraflod Limbs ^ And 
 for fear they diould fail (as they cf:en do through 
 faintnefs) there is a Gangboard ( which runs 
 througi\ the middle of the Ship) on v,hich are 
 pofted three Comites (an Officer fomewbat like a 
 Boatftvain in her Majsflies Ships) who, whenever 
 they find, or think that an Oar does not keep 
 touch with the rcfl*, without ever exairuning whe- 
 ther ic proceeds from VVeaknefs or Lazinefs, they 
 unniercii'uliy exercife a tough Wand on the Man 
 they fufped; Which being long, is often felt by 
 two or three of their innocent Neighbours, who 
 being naked when they Row, each blow imprints 
 evident IMatks of the Inhumanity of the Executio- 
 ner: And that which adds to their IVlifery is^ 
 that they are not allowed the leaft fign of Difcon- 
 tent, or Complaint, that fmall, and lalt Comfort 
 of the Miferable; But mult on the contrary, en- 
 deavour with all their Might to exert the little 
 Vigour that remains, and try by their Submiffion 
 to pacifie the rage of thoferelentlefs Tigites^ whofe 
 llrokes are commonly ufliered in, and followed by 
 a volley of Oaths, and horrid Imprecations. 
 
 No fponer are they arrived in any Port, but 
 their work (inHead of being at an end) is increas'd, 
 feveral laborious things, previous to cafting An- 
 chor being cxoedcd from them; Which in a Gal- 
 ley is hartfer than in a Ship. And as the Comite his 
 chief Skill is k::.; in dextroully cafting Anchor, and 
 that they think blows are the Life and Soul of all 
 work, nothing is heard for fome time but Cries, 
 and Lamentations^ And as the poor Slaves Arms 
 are bufie in the execution of his Commands, his 
 arc as briskly exercifed in lafhing them. 
 
 To ft^pport their ftrength under all thefe Hard- 
 {hips, during the Campaign;, every Morning at 
 
 eight 
 
in the French galleys. i ^ 
 
 eight of the Clock, they give each iMan his pro- 
 portion of Bisket, of which indeed they have e- 
 nough, and pretty good ^ At Ten a Poringer of 
 Soupe made with Oil, Peafe, or Beans, often rot- 
 ten, and commonly mufty. I call it Soupe accord- 
 ingto their ufe, though it be nothing but a little 
 hot Water with about a dozen Peafe, or Beans 
 floating on the top •, And when on Duty, a Pkhi* 
 one of Wine, (a Meafure containing about two 
 thirds of an Englifl) Pint) Morning, and Evening. 
 W^hen at Anchor in any Port, all who have any 
 Money are allowed to buy Meat •, and the Turk 
 that commands the Oar, and \% .iot chain'd, is 
 commonly :he Perfon employ'd for thi"^ v:: pofe, 
 as alfo to fee it drell in the Cook-room. But I 
 have often feen the Captain's Cook, a brutal, paC- 
 fionateMan, take the poo: len^ Pot, undei pre- 
 tence that it troubled hiai, ard' tither breaK, or 
 throw it over-b')ar-, Vv/hiUt the poor V^retches 
 were fainting for want of that little Refrefhment, 
 without daring fo much as to murmur or complain. 
 This indeed is not uf. al, but where the Cook hap- 
 pens to be a Villain, of which fort of Men there 
 is plenty in the Gallies. 
 
 The Officers Table is well furnifh'd both for 
 Plenty and Delicacy-*, But this givenhe Slaves only 
 a more exquilire fenfe of their Mifery,and feems to 
 brave their Poverty an<i Hunger. Whilft we fpcnc 
 theCarnaval of 1704 in the Port of Monaco^om Of- 
 ficer frequently treaied the Prince of that Place a- 
 board the Galley ^ Their Entertainments were 
 fplendid, Mufickand all things that could prom.ote 
 Mirth were procured: But who can exprefs the 
 Afflidion of thofe poor Creatures, who had only 
 a profpeft of Pleafure, and whilit others revelled 
 at their Eafe, were finking under a load, of Chains, 
 pinch'd with Hunger in their Stomachs, and no- 
 
 thing 
 
i 4 The Sufferings of the frotefiants 
 
 thing to fapport their deje(fled Spirits^ Nay, and 
 ivbat is worfe, they are forced to add to the Porap 
 and Honour done to great Men who vifit their 
 Officers, but in fuch a manner as moves the Com- 
 paflion of all who arc not us"'d to fuch difmal So- 
 lemnities. When a Perfon of Quality comes on 
 Board, the Comite gives twice notice with his 
 Whiftle: The firft time they are all attentive; 
 And the fecond, the Slaves are obliged to falute 
 (as they call it) three times ; Not with a chearful 
 Hczza, as in an Englifh Man of War, but by 
 howling in a pitious Tone, making a lamentable, 
 complaining Outcry. 
 
 When the badnefs of the Weather hinders the 
 Gallies from putting to Sea, fuch as have Trades 
 work in the Galley, fuch as have none learn to 
 knit coarfe Stockings^ The Comite^ for whofe 
 Profit they work, gives them Yarn, and pays them 
 about half the ufual Price ^ And this not in Money, 
 bnt fome little Viduals, or Wjne, which they are 
 obliged to take out of the Ship's Celler (of which 
 the Comite is the keeper) though it be generally 
 bad, and da(h'd with Water ; For though they 
 had as much Gold as they could carry, they durfi: 
 not, on pain of a Baftinado, fend for any Wine 
 from the Shore. The mod moving fpe(fl:acle of 
 all is, to fee the poor Souls that ha/c no Trade • 
 They clean their Comrades Clothes, and deftroy 
 the Vermin that torments their Neighbours ; Who 
 in return give them Tome fmall fhare of that fcan- 
 ty pittance they pnrchafe by ivorking. 
 
 One may imagine that fuch ill Treatment, Diet, 
 and Infection miiH: needs occafion frequent Sick- 
 nefs: In that cafe their Ufage is thus ^ There is in 
 the Hold a clofe darkRoomthe Air being admitted 
 only by the Scuttle about two foot f]uare, which fs 
 the only paffige into it. At each end of the faid 
 
 Room 
 
in the French galleys. % c^ 
 
 Room there is a fort of a Scaffold call'd Taular^ oa 
 which the Siek are laid promifcuoufly wiihocc 
 Beds, or any thing under them : When thefe are 
 full, if there be any more they are ftretch'd all a- 
 long the Cables, as i faw ia the Year 1703, wbea 
 being oa the Coaft of Italy in Winter time, we 
 had above thieefcore Tick Men: In this horrid 
 place all kind of Vermin rule with an arbitraj-y 
 fway, guawiag the poor Ikk Creatures without 
 difturbance. When the Duties of my Fundion 
 caird me in amcngftthem, toConfefs, advice, or 
 adaiiniller lome Comfort, which was conftaatly 
 twice a Day, i was in an inftant cover'd all over 
 with them, it being impofllble to preferve ones 
 felf from their Swarms; The only way was to go 
 in a night Gown, which I Ilript off when Icamd 
 out, and by that means i id my felf of them by pot- 
 ting on my Clothes ^ But when I was in, meth'otight 
 I walked, in a literal Sen fe, inthefhadesof Death: 
 I was obliged nbtwithftanding to make coalldera- 
 ble ftays in this gloomy Manfion, to Confefs fuch 
 who were ready to expire; and the whole fpace «^ 
 between the Ceiling and the T^«/^k being but three 
 Foot, I was obliged to lie down and ftretch mj 
 felf along their udes, to hear their ConfeiTioas ; 
 and often when I Wwis Con f effing one, another ex- 
 pired juil by my fide. Though this Relation may 
 fall into the Hands of fome nice Perioas, yen I can- 
 not omit one aggravating Circumftance; Whichis, 
 that they are deprived of all convenience of doing 
 the neceffities of Nature, except a little Pail ai- 
 ways fo nafly, that they are but little better for 
 it, and are befides fo 7/eak that they are not able 
 to go to it; The Stench confequentiy is Kioft in- 
 tolerable, infomuch that no Slave, though never 
 fo weak, but will rather chufe to tug at hisOar^ 
 and expire under his Chain, than retire to this 
 
 loath- 
 
I 6 The Sufferings of the Trotejlants 
 
 loathfome Hofpital. There is a Chirurgeon to 
 take care of the Sick. At the firft fetting out of the 
 Galley, the King lays in Drugs for the nfe of the 
 Crpvv, which are always very good, and therefore 
 the Chiru.-^eoa makes Money of them in the feve- 
 ral Places we arrive at, fo that the Perfons they are 
 intended for, have the leafl; benefit of them. 
 
 During Sicknefs, the King orders each Man in 
 the Room we have defcribed, a Pound of frefh 
 Bread, and the fame quantity of fre(h Meat, and 
 two Ounces of Rice a Day. This is the Steward's 
 Province, and he difcharges his Office in fuch a 
 manner that five or fix Campaigns make his For- 
 tune : We have frequently had in our Galley three- 
 fcore and ten fick Men, and the quantity of Flefh 
 allowed for that number never exceeded twenty 
 Pound weight, and that bad Meat too^ though 
 (as I have obferved) the King's allowance is one 
 Pound for every Man) the reft going into his own 
 Pocket. Once out of curiofity I tailed it, and 
 found it little better than hot Water. I com- 
 plainVi to the Chirurgeon and Steward, but being 
 great together, zndCommenfaks^thQy connive at one 
 another : I coraplainM to the Officers alfo, but for 
 what reafon I can only guefs, they did not regard 
 me, and I have too much refped for the Captain, 
 to fay that he had any Reafon or Intereft to wink 
 at fo great a piece of Injullice; Though he could 
 by his own Authority do thefe Wretches juftice, 
 who often refufed that Water, made only more 
 loathfome by the little quantity of Meat put into 
 it, and the little care ufed about it. I enquired of 
 other Chaplains, whether the fame was pradifed 
 aboard tlieir Gallies, they frankly confell it was, 
 but durft own no move. 
 
 AfteF 
 
in the French Galleys. 1 7 
 
 After the Campaign of 1704, I having occafion 
 to go to P^trfailks ^ I thought my fclf oblig'd 
 when there, to give an account to Monfieur de 
 Fomcbartr'm^ one of the King's Minifters, whofe 
 peculiar Province the Sea Affairs are. I ofFer'd 
 him a (hort Memorial, and feme AdvifGs which 
 1 thought moft proper to prevent the like Abu- 
 fes for the future ^ And he was pleased to be fo well 
 fatisfied, and found them fo agreeable to fome 
 Intimations given him before, that he regarded 
 iTiy Advice, and offer'd me his Jntereft. The 
 king was pleas'd to order me a Gratuity ; and I lefs 
 the Warrant with Monfieur Thome Treafurer- 
 General of the Gallies, living at the AUrlas dU 
 Temple , to ferve as an Acquittance for the fe- 
 veral Payments he has made me. 
 
 This 15 a brief Account of the Galley, and the 
 Government thereof. I now proceed to fhew what 
 fort of People are condemned there. 
 
 There are in a Galley five feveral forts of Peo- 
 ple,^ under the Notion of Slaves, befides Sea- 
 men and Soldiers, viz,, Turks ^ fuch as afe cal- 
 led ^ Deferters, Criminals, and Proteftants. The 
 King buys the Turks to manage the ftroke of the 
 Oars, as I have already fhewn, and they are cal- 
 led y'ogueivants^ and they together with fuch as 
 are on the Seats called Banc du quartier^ de U 
 Conille^ & les efpalliers^ haVe the fame Allowance 
 w^ith the Soldiers. They are generally lufty flrong 
 Men, and the leaft unfortunate of the whole 
 Crew, being not chainM , but only wear 
 a Ring on their Foot, as a Bid^Q of Slavery. 
 When they arrive aft any Port they ha7e liberty 
 
 C to 
 
 ^ FAcrfTonier*/ 
 
1 8 The Sujfer'tngs of the ^roteflants 
 
 to Trade, and fome of them are worth three or four 
 Hundred Pounds^ They frequently fend their Mo- 
 ney to their Wives and Families, and to the /hame 
 of Chriftians be it fpoken^ there is a great deal 
 more Charity amongft them than is to be found 
 amongfl: us. 1 had taken one called Tripoli for 
 my Servant,and he was a moft religious Obferver of 
 his Law ^ during the Romadum (a Fall kept by 
 them the firft Moon of the Year) he did never Ear, 
 nor Drank trom Sun lifmg to Sun fetting in 
 fpight of all the Toil and Fatigue of the Oar, nor 
 did he ever feem uneafie^tho' ready to faint through 
 Weaknefs. I could never fo much as perfwade 
 bim to take a little Wine, the' I have often urged 
 him nieerly out of Compaffion. The OfficeVs 
 made life of no other Servants, and they are fa 
 trufty that they are never tound out in any Theft, 
 cr Roguery. If any by chance do commit a Fault, 
 all the "Turh importune their refpedfive Mailers, 
 to intercede for him with the Captain. If any 
 be Sick, they are all biifie about him, to do him 
 all the kind Offices in their Power ^ they club 
 to buy him Meat, or to purehafe any thing that 
 may rcfrefli him, or do him good. In fhort, in 
 the V Tallies, one would think that the Turks and 
 the Chviflians had made an exchange of Princi- 
 ples, and that the latter had abjured the Pre- 
 cepts of their Saviour, and that the others had 
 taken them up-, And aecordinely preach upChriH 
 to a Turk in the GalUes, and his Anfwer pre- 
 fently is, that he had rather b^ transformed in- 
 to a Dog, than be of a Religion that Counte- 
 nances fo Biuch Barbarity, and fuffers fo many 
 Crimes. 
 
 I cannot opiit one remarkable Inftance of their 
 Conllancy, and firm Adherence to their Religion. 
 
 One 
 
in the French Galleys. 1 9 
 
 One of them who fpoke French fell Sick, 1 found 
 him ftretch'd on the Cable in the pkice I have 
 already defcribed, I had done him fome Services, 
 and feeing me do the Duties ot my Funeaon to 
 fome of his Neighbours, he called me to hirn, 
 bid me farewel, telling me that he found he 
 could not pofiibly live four Hours longer. I ven- 
 cured to talk to him of God, our Saviour Chriit, 
 the Principles of his Religion, and told him that 
 through him alone he was to expec1[ Salvation ^ 
 I found what I faid made fome Impveflion, where- 
 upon I embrac'd him, and told him I would an- 
 fwer for his Soul, it he would renounce Maho- 
 met, who was but an Impoftor, and Believe m 
 Jefus Chriit, the only Redeemer and Saviour of 
 Mankind, whofe excellent Do^rine he had heard 
 me fo often Preach. He told me then he would 
 do what I thought fit. I anfwered, that all that 
 I defired was his Confent to receive Baptifm, 
 without which, I told him, he could expedt no 
 Salvation. I explain'd in a few Words the Na- 
 ture and Defign of it -, and having indue d him 
 to confent, I went for fome Water, and fecretly 
 told the Captain what had happened -, But un- 
 luckily another Turk, a Friend of his, who alfo 
 underllood French^ and had underllood all that had 
 pad • whilft i was away, faid fomething to my Pro- 
 felyte in his own Language, fothat by the time^ I 
 came back he had quite alter'd his Refolution m 
 fuch wife, that I could by no means perfwade 
 him to perform the Promife he had made me. Nay, 
 his Friend threw himfelf over him, and exhorted 
 him to continue true to the Prophet A^/ahomet, 
 in fpight of the Comite who was prcfent, and 
 threatncd feverely to beat him if he deUlled not •, 
 He prevailed in defpight of all, for the poor 
 ^ C 2 Winch 
 
20 
 
 The Suferings of the fyoteflants 
 
 Wretch dyed in my Prefence in his Error. Had I 
 nnderllood Religion as well as I do now, I (hould 
 not in that Extremity have infifted fo much oa 
 the abfolute Neceflity of Baptifm, but having 
 given him a general Notion of the Principles of 
 Chrillian Religion, ! fnould have admonifh'd him 
 to Repentance, and to implore the Divine Mercy 
 for Pardon of his Sins through the Merits of 
 Chrift, and fo in faving his Soul from De^th, I 
 fhould have hid a multitude of my own Sins. 
 The Reader, I hope, will excufe my former 
 Error. 
 
 Tho\ as appears from what hath been faid, 
 the Turks on the Gallies are treated fomewhat 
 better than the Chriftians ; and tho' they be in 
 no wife molefted on the fcore of Religion (for 
 whilll Mafs is a faying, they are put into the 
 Caique^ or Long-boat, where they divert them- 
 felves by fmoaking, and talking) yet there is not 
 one of them but would give all the World to be 
 at his Liberty, for the very name of a Galley is 
 terrible to them 5 becaufe, notwitbHanding their 
 Treatment is pretty Eafy, yet they are Slaves 
 during Life, unlefs v/hen they are very Old, and 
 Unferviceable, they meet with Friends who are 
 willing to lay out a large Sum of Money for 
 their Ranfom ^ Which lliews how little thofe 
 Perfons are acquainted with the Affairs of that 
 Nature, who fay that there are in the Gallies 
 Men who would not accept of their Freedom 
 tho* it were offered them- And 'tis jafi; like talking 
 of a Battle which one never faw, unlefs at a 
 great Diftance, or knows nothing of but by 
 Hearfay. 
 
 Thofe who are called Fau/foniers are generally 
 poor PeaFants who are found out to buy Salt in 
 
 fuch 
 
in the French (Jalleys. z % 
 
 fucb Provinces where it is Cheap -^ fuch as is the 
 Country of Burgundy^ or the Country of Domhe, In 
 :France what t)iey call a pint of Salt, weighing four 
 Pound, cofts is,6 d. and there are fome poor Pea- 
 fants,and their vvholeFamilies,who for want of Sajj: 
 eat no Soiipe fometimes in a whole Week, tho' it 
 be their common Nourifhment ^ a Man in that 
 ftarving languifhing Condition, Ventures to go 
 abroad to buy Salt in the Provinces where it is 
 three parts in four Cheaper, and if difcovered, he is 
 certainly fent to the Gallies. Tis a very Melan- 
 choly Sight to fee a Wife and Children hmeat 
 their Father whom they fee loaden with Chains, 
 and irrecoverably LoH", and that for no other 
 Crime but endeavouring to procure Subfiftencc 
 for thofe to whom he gave* Birth. Thefe indeed 
 are condemned only for a time, perhaps five, 
 fix, or eight Years, but the Misfortune is, that 
 having ferved out their Time, if they out live ir, 
 they are ftill unjuftly detained^ for Pennancc or 
 Mafies avail nothing in this Purgatory, Indul- 
 gences are here excluded, efpecially if the Man bs 
 infortunately Strong and Robuft, let his Sentence 
 be what it will. The King's Orders are, that 
 when the time of the Sentf^nce is expired, they 
 Ihould be fet at Liberty, and fent home ^ but in 
 phis, as in many other Cafes, his Orders are not 
 duly put in Execution^ v;hich indeed does not 
 excufe him, fince a good Prince is obliged tp 
 have an Eye on the Adminidration of his Minj- 
 ilers and Officers. 
 
 As for Deferters, their Sentence runs during 
 Life ; Formerly they us'd to cut off their Nofe, 
 and Ears, but becaufe they liunck, and commonly 
 infefted the whgle Crew, they only now give 
 them a little flit. Tho' thefe are inexcufable, 
 
 bscaufc 
 
22 
 
 The Sufferings of the Troteflants 
 
 becanie Defcrtion is upon feveral accounts Dan- 
 gerous^ and Bafe ^ yet it moves ones Pity to fee 
 yocBg. Men, who often happen to defcend from 
 good Families, condemn 'd to fo wretched and fo 
 mikrahh a Life. 
 
 Snch who are condemned for Crimes are ge- 
 Bcrally Felom, Sharpers, Rookes, or Highwaymen ^ 
 and the moft notorious Villains are leaft daunt- 
 ed, and take heart foonefl-. They prefently ftrike 
 up a Friendfhip with thofe of their own Gang ; 
 they tell over their old Rogueries, and boall of 
 their Crimes, and the gveateft Villain pafles tor 
 the greateft Hero. The Mifery they have re- 
 doc'd themfelves to, is fo far from working 
 any Aruendment, that it makes them more de- 
 leperate and wicked j * Infoniuch, that if any Stran- 
 ger chances to come Aboard, tho' it were but an 
 Handerchief, or fome fuch Srifie, they will cer- 
 tainly Real it if they can. Their common Em- 
 ployment is to forge Titles, to ingrave falfe Seals, 
 and counterfeit Hand-writing, and thefe they fell 
 toothers as bad as themfelves, that often coiiie 
 in fometime after to bear them Company ; But 
 thd^ they feel no remorfe, yet they feel the 
 C&mite who with a Rope's end often vifits their 
 Shoolders ', bet then inflcad of Complaining, they 
 yomit out O^ths and Blafpheraies euough to 
 nrake a Man's Hair Hand an end. There was 
 one, who (hewing me the mark the Rope had 
 made shout his Neck, braa'd, that though l\e 
 had efcapM the Gallows, he was not thereby 
 grown a Coward ; b'lt that as foon as ever he 
 Had been at Liberty, he had robM the fiiH Per- 
 i^on he met with •, and that having been taken and 
 brought before a J'-Klg,e who knew him not, he 
 bad been onlv condemned to the Gallies, where, 
 ' he 
 
in the French ^alUyi. 
 
 he thank'd God, be was fu re of Bread and good 
 Company the remainder of his Days, 'Tis cer- 
 tain, that how terrible and hard foever the U- 
 iage of fuch may be in the Gallics, yet it is too 
 mild for them ^ for in fpight of all the Mlkrg 
 they endure, they ,are guilty of Crimes too a- 
 bominable to be here related-, over which we 
 ftiall draw a Vail, and go on to the Proteilaots 
 who are there purely becaufe they choie rather 
 to obey God than Alan , and were not wiliiog 
 to exchange their Sonls for the Gain of the 
 World. It is not the leaft: aggravating Ciranaj- 
 ftance of their Mifery, to be condemned to fach 
 hellifh Company, for they who have To great a valiae 
 for the Truth of Religion, as to prefer it to 
 their worldly Intereft^ muft be fuppofed to be 
 indued with too much V'ertue not to be in Pain, 
 and under Concern for the open breach of its 
 Rules, and unworthinefs of its Profeffors, 
 
 The Protellants now on the GalUes have been 
 condemned thither at feveral times; The Hrft 
 were put in after the Revocation of the Edi£l: of 
 Nants\ The term prefixM for the fatal choice 
 of either abjuring their Religion, or leaviogthc 
 Kingdom was a Fortnight, and that npoo pain 
 of being condemned to the Gallies : But this Li- 
 berty by many bafe Artifices and unjuft Methods 
 was rendred Ufeiefs, and of none Effect ^ for there 
 were often fecret Orders by the Contrivance of 
 the Clergy, to prevent their Embarking, aod 
 hinder tiae felling of their Subltance^ their Debt- 
 ors were Abfolved by their Confeffors when they 
 deny'd a Debt \ Children were forced from their 
 Fathers and Mothers Arms, in hopes that the 
 Tendernefs of the Parent might prevail over the 
 Zeal of the Chrifttarfi. They indeed were cot 
 
 MalTacied 
 
44 The Sujferin^^s of the Trotejlants 
 
 Maflacrcd as in Herod'^ Time, but the Blood oT 
 their Fathers was mingled with their Tears: 
 For ni^ny Minifters who had Zeal and Conftancy 
 enough to brave the feverefl Punifhments, were 
 Broken aliv'e upon Wheels without Mercy, when- 
 ever furprized in difcharglng the Duties of their 
 Fundlion. The Regifters and Courts of Juftice 
 where the Sentences were pronounced againft 
 them, are Recorded, and the Executioners of them 
 are iafting Monuments of the bfoody Temper and 
 Fury of Popery. 
 
 The L.aicy were forbid, on pain of the Gallies, 
 to leave the Kingdosn on any Pretence whatfo- 
 ever^ But what Polterity will Icarce believe, 
 the Proteftants of all Sexes, Ages, and Condi- 
 tions us'd to fly through DcTerts, and wild im- 
 practicable ways; committing their Lives to 
 the Mercy of the Seas, and running innumerable 
 Hazards, to avoid either Idolatry or Martyrdom. 
 Some efcaped very happily rn fpight of the Vi- 
 gilance of the Dragoons and Bailiffs, but a great 
 jnany fell into their Hands ^ vv'hereby the Prifons 
 were fill'd mr.h Ccnftflbrs. But the faddelt Spe<fla'- 
 ele of all, was to fee two hundred Men at a time 
 chain'd together going to the Gallies, and above 
 one hundred of that Number Protellants; And 
 what V7as barbarous and unjufb to the laft de- 
 gree was, that they were obliged, when there, 
 on pain of Bapinado^ to bow before the Hofc, 
 and eo hear Mafs ; and yet that was the only 
 Crime for which they had been condemned thi- 
 ther. For fnppofe they were in the wrong, in 
 obftinately rcfufing to change their Religion, th^ 
 Gallies were the Punifhment •, why then were 
 they repaired to do that which had been the 
 caufe of their Condemnation > rfpecrally ilnec 
 
 there 
 
in the French Galleys. 4^ 
 
 there is a Law in France^ that pofitively forbids a 
 double Punilhment for one and tiie fame Fault, viz, 
 (^Non his fUritur inidem.^ But in Fr^j^e, properly 
 fpeaking, there is no Law, where the King's Com- 
 mands are abfolute and peremptory: And I have 
 feen a general Baftinado on that account, which I 
 fhall de{cribe|in its proper place. 'Tis certain that 
 though there wa^ at firft a very great number of 
 Proteftants condemned totheGallies, the Bifl-ina- 
 do and other Torments hath deftroy'd above three 
 parts of four, and the moft of thofe who are ftill 
 alive are in Dungeons •, As Meflieurs BanfUion^ 
 Be Serres^ and Sabatier^ who are confin d to a 
 Dungeon at ChafleuU D' If (a Fort built upon a 
 Rock in the Sea, three Miles from Marfeilles), 
 But the generous ccnftancy of this lall, about 
 eight or ten Months ago, deferves a place in this 
 Hiftory, and challenges the admiration of all true 
 Proteftants. 
 
 Moniitm Sabatiet^ whofc Charity and Zeal equals 
 that of the Primitive Chriftians • Having a little 
 Money, diftributed it to his Brethren and FelJow- 
 SufFerersin theGalliesii But the Proteftants being 
 watch'd more narrowly than the teft, he could npn 
 do it fo fecretly, but he was diieovered and brought 
 before Moniieur de Afonmort^ Intendant of tha 
 GaWlcsat Marfeilles, Being askM, he did not de- 
 ny the Faft; Monfieur Monmort not only promifed 
 him his Pardon, but a Reward if he would declare 
 who it was that had given him that Money. Mon- 
 fieur Sabatier modeftly anfwer'd, That he ftrould 
 be guilty of Ingratitude before God and Man, if 
 by any ConfefTion he ftiould bring them into Trou- 
 ble who had been fo charitable tohrm^ That hisr 
 Perfon was at his difpofal , but he defir'd to be 
 
 B exeus'd- 
 
4 6 The Sujferinp of the Troteftants 
 
 excQi'd as to the Secret expected from him. The 
 Inteadant reply'd. He had a way to make him tell, 
 and that imoiediately: Whereupon he feat for 
 fome Tnrks^ who at his command ftrip'd Sabatier 
 ftark naked, and beat him wich Ropes ends and 
 Cudgels during three Days, at fcvcral times; And 
 feeing this did not prevail over this generous Gon- 
 feflbr, he himfelf (which never happen'd to an 
 Intendant before) turn'd Executioner, ftriking 
 him with his Cane, and telling the Byltanders, 
 See xvhat a Devil 0/ a Religion this is. Thefe were 
 his own Expreflions, as is credibly reported by 
 Perfonsthat were prefent; And indeed, the Ga- 
 letts, and publick Letters gave us an account of 
 the ran:e. At laft feeing he was ready to expire^ 
 he commanded him into a Dungeon, where, mau- 
 gre all Torments, Providence hath preferved him 
 to this Day. 
 
 But though mod of the Proteftants of the firft: 
 date are dellroy'd, yet the Wars in the Ceiennes 
 have furnilVd them with more than enough to fill 
 the vacant Places, Thefe Wars may be properly 
 eall'd a fecond Perfccution, becaufe the Cruelty 
 and inveterate Malice of a Popifh Prieft was the 
 Gccafion, and firft caufe of them. 
 
 One of the molt bitter and pafllonate Enemies 
 of the Proteftants was the Abbot du Chelas^ 
 whofe Benefice was in the Cevennes-^ He kept 
 an exa<if account of the Proteftants in bis Di- 
 ftrid, and whenever he mift them at Mafs, he 
 us'd to fend for them under fome Pretence or 
 other to his Houfe, and us'd to make his Ser- 
 vants tye them (whether Men, Women or 
 Maidens ) to a Tree , ftrip'd down to their 
 Wafte, and tUen with Horfe-whips, fcourged 
 ihem till the Blood gulhd out. This the Pa- 
 
 pifts 
 
in the French Galleys. 47 
 
 pifh themfelves do not deny, who own that 
 this Du (heUs was an ill Man, and yet this his 
 proceeding againft the Proteltants being meri- 
 torious at Court, he had encouragement to hope 
 for a Reward : But at lafl his Proteftant Neigh- 
 bours perceiving that there was no hopes of 
 pacifying this Monfter by fubmiflion and fair 
 means, grew defperate, and one Night invefted 
 his Houfe. He leap'd out of his Window into 
 his Garden, but not being able to get out he 
 begg'd Quarter • Bat as be had never granted any, 
 theyferved him as he had ferv'd them, by killing 
 him^ And becaufe they were fure of being purfued 
 they kept the Country, and by degrees their num- 
 bers increas'd ^ Whereupon all that were tor- 
 mented for not going to Mafs made a body and 
 joined them. They had good fuccefs for fome time, 
 but at lafl they fell a Sacrifice into the Hands of 
 their Enemies; And not only they, but the In- 
 habitants of the neighbouring Countries, as the 
 ^;wrro«,and La^^uedx.And upon the bare fufpici- 
 on of being in their Intereft, thofe with whom a- 
 ny Arms were found, thofe who refufed to fre- 
 quent the Mafs were either hang'd, or broken on 
 the Wheel; And that Infurreftion was made 
 ufe of as a pretence to fend to the Gallies feveral 
 rich Proteftant Merchants. There is fince that, 
 time a Gentleman , Monfieur Saigas by name , 
 who before the repealing of the Edift of Nants^ 
 enjoy'd a plentiful Eftate in the Cevenms-^ In or- 
 der to keep it, he abjur'd ijs Religion, and pro- 
 mifed to go to Mafs ; But his Spoufe, a worthy La- 
 dy, with whom I have often conversed at Ge- 
 ntva^ wh^re flie now lives, refufed, and gene- 
 roufly rcjeded all propofals oa that Subjed. 
 
 P z Seeing 
 
4 8 The Sufferings of the Troteftants 
 
 Seeing they threatned her with a Cloifter, fhc 
 endeavour'd to gaia time ; But at laft her Huf- 
 band told her, that there was a pofitive Order 
 from Court to confine her if (he did not com- 
 ply and go to Mafs. This couragious Lady, 
 who deferves to be a Pattern of Piety and Zeal 
 to Pofterity, having by Prayer, and other Adts 
 of Devotion implored the divine Affiltance, re- 
 folves to quit her Country, her Husband, Chil- 
 dren, and Edate, and all that is dear and pre- 
 cious here below: She took her opportunity 
 one Day when her Husband was gone a Hunt- 
 ing, without communicating any thing of her 
 d<?rign to any body, but to fech who were in- 
 fti umental in her Efcape ; And She retired to Cene- 
 i/a^ where ftie might have liberty to make aa 
 ppen Profefllon of her Religion, and bemoan the 
 niisfortuae of her Family. 
 
 Someiime after the Wars of the Cevennes 
 broke out , MonHeur de Saigas was accufcd of 
 ajTiftiog the Ca^mfars with Provifion ^ And in 
 ipight of his Hypccrify and pretended Zeal for 
 his new Religion, he was lent to the Gallies, 
 But here we rauft admire the Wifdom of Pro- 
 vidence, very remarkable in this Difpenfation ; 
 for this has prov'd the means to open his own 
 Eyes, and to let him fee his Error- As appears 
 from the Penitential Letters he writes to his 
 Friends, his Thrift ian- like Behaviour under hi^ 
 SriFerings, his Exhortations to his Fellow-fufterers^ 
 and the noble and pious Example he fhews them.B?; 
 hath had frequent offers made him, of being re- 
 llored to his Eftate on the fame Conditions he had 
 preferv'd it before, but he hath hitherto been 
 proof againft all their Attempts. He was fomc 
 Years ago put into the Hofpital- General for the 
 
 Gallic^ 
 
in the French Qalleys. 4p 
 
 Gallies at Alarfeilles. This is a kind of Manufado- 
 ry, where their treatment is fomewhat eafier than 
 in the Gallies- But at the Siege ot Thoulon^ he, 
 and all his Brethren, were taken out of that Ho{- 
 pital and reduc'd to their old Station and former 
 miferable Condition*, And befides was plunderd of 
 a dozen or fourteen Louis dVr^ which he had pro- 
 cur'd, to purchafe fuch Neceflariesas might keep up^ 
 and fupport his Spirits under the HardHiips he en- 
 dured. This account came to Geneva to his Lady 
 while I was there,who is, as one may eafily imagine, 
 under an unexprelfible Concern for the Miferies her 
 Husband groans under. 
 
 But it is time to bring this fad Relation to a 
 conclufion, in order whereunto, 1 fhalj, according 
 to my promife, give an account of the General 
 Baftinado at which I was prefent, and it was not 
 the leaft means of my Converfipn. God grant ic 
 may be efFedual to my Salvation. 
 
 In the Year one thoufand feven hundred an4 
 three, feveral Proteftants out oiLanguedoc and the 
 Cevemes were put on Board our Galley; They 
 were narrowly watch*d and obferv'd, and 1 was 
 mightily furpris'd on Sunday Morning, after fay- 
 ing Mafs on the Bamaffe^ a Table fo placed, that 
 all the Galley may fee the Prieft when he elevates 
 the Hoft, to hear t\\QComits fay, he was going to 
 give the Huguenots the Baftinado becaufe they did 
 not kneel, nor Ihew any refped: to the Mifteries of 
 the Mafs; And that he was a going to acquaint tlie 
 Captain therewith. The very name of Baftinado 
 terrify'd me, and tho* I had never feen this dread- 
 ful Execution, I beii'd the Coimte to forbear till the 
 next Sunday^ that in the mean time I would endea- 
 vour to convince them of what I then thought their 
 Duty, and mine own. Accordingly I ufed all the 
 
 means 
 
50 The Sufferings of the Trotejiants 
 
 means I coDld poflibly think of to that efFed, fome- 
 times rna^'ngiife of fair means, giving them Vi- 
 doals, and doing them other good Offices • Some- 
 times ufmg Threats, and reprefenting the Tor- 
 ments that were d^ligu'd them, and often urging 
 the King's Command • And qnoting the palTage of 
 St, Paul^ that h€ who rejifls the higher power ^ reftfts 
 God. I had not at that time any dellgn to oblige 
 them to do any thing againft their Confciences ; I 
 ciufl confefs that what I did at that time, chiefly 
 proceeded from a motive of Pity and Tendernefs : 
 This was the Canfe of my Zeal, which had been 
 more fatal to them, had not God endued them 
 with Refoluiion and V^ertue fufficient to bear up a- 
 gainft my Argnraents, and the terrible Execution 
 they had in view. I could not but admire at once 
 both the Modefty of their Anfwers, and greatnefs 
 of their Courage ^ The King^ fay they, k- indted 
 Afaper of our Bodies^ but not of our Co-.ifchnces • But at 
 lail the dreadful Day being come, the Comtte nar- 
 rowly obferv'd them to fee the fruit of my La- 
 bours ^ There were only two out of twenty that 
 bowed their Knee to J^aal^ the rell gencroufly re- 
 fosM it, and were accordingly by the Captain's 
 Coiumand, ferved in the manner following. 
 
 Here, like another i^^ieas^ with regret calling 
 to mind the miferies and ruin of his own Couatry, 
 the very MersiO: y whereof ftruck his Soul with hor- 
 ronr, I mi\ truly fay, Jnfandum Rcotna]uhcsrenO' 
 vare dolor em. 
 
 In order to the Execiuion, every Man's Chains 
 were taken off, and they were put into the hands 
 of fo\3r lurks who llvipt them flark naked, and 
 ^rctwji.ig them a^^ontht C our/} er^ (that great Gun 
 we have dctcribed in the Preface) there they are fo 
 held that they cannot fo much as ftir, during which 
 
 timt 
 
in the French (galleys. j i 
 
 time there is a horrid filence throughout the whole 
 Galley ^ And 'tis fo cruel a Scene that the molt 
 profligate obdurate wretches cannot bear the light, 
 but are fore d to turn away their Eyes, The Vi- 
 dtim thus prepar'd, the Turk pitch'd upon to be 
 the Executioner, with a tough Cudgel, or knotty 
 Ropes-end, unmercifully beats the poor Wretcb, 
 and that too the more willingly, becauiehechiaks 
 that it is acceptable to his Prophet .'hahomct ; Bus 
 the aiofl: barbarous of all \% that after the Skin is 
 fiead off their Bones, the only Balfam they apply- 
 to their Wounds, is a mixture of Vinegar aad 
 Salt-, After this, they are thrown into the Hof- 
 pital already defcrihed. I wen' thither after the 
 Execution, and could not refrain from Tears at 
 the fight of fa .nuch barbariry ^ They quickly per- 
 ceived it, and tho' fcarce able to fpcak throsgb 
 pain and weakofcfs, they tliank'd me for the Com- 
 paffion 1 expreft, and the kindnefs I had always 
 (hewn them. I went with a dedgn to admiailter 
 fome Comfort, but I was glad to find them lefs 
 moved than I was my felf. It was wonderful to 
 fee with what true Chriftian Patience and Gonftaa- 
 cy they bore their Torments ; In the extremity of 
 their Pain never exprelTmg any thing like Rage, 
 but calling upon Almighty God, and imploring 
 his AfTiltance, I vifited them day by day, and as 
 often as 1 did, my Con fcience upbraided me for 
 perfifting fo long in a Religion, whofe Capkal 
 Errors I long before perceiv'd, and above ail that, 
 infpir'd fo much cruelty, A Temper diredly op- 
 poilte to the Spirit of Chriftianity: At lad their 
 Wounds, like fo many Mouths preaching to me, 
 mademefenfibleof my Error, and experimentally 
 taught me the Excellency of ths Prateftanc Re- 
 ligion. 
 
5 2 The Sufferings of the Trotejlarits 
 
 Buc ic is liigh time to conclude, and draw a 
 Curtain over this horrid Scene, which prefents us 
 with none buc ghaftly Sights, and Tranfaflions 
 full of Barbarity and liijuftice, but which all fhew 
 how falfeitis, what they pretend in France fo: de- 
 taining the Proteflants in the Gallies, viz, that 
 they do not fuffer there upon a Religious, but a 
 CW\\ account, being condemned for Rebellion and 
 Difobedience-, The Punifhments inflifted on thetn 
 when they refufe to adore the Hoft, the Rewards 
 and Advantages ofFerM them on their compliance 
 in that particular, are a fufficient Argument Jl- 
 gainft them, there being no fuch Offers made to 
 fuch who are condemned for Crimes. It fhews the 
 World alfo the almoft incredible barbarity ufed 
 againft the French Proteftants, and at the fame time 
 fetsofFin a moft glorious manner their Vertuc^ 
 Constancy, and Zeal for their holy Religion. 
 
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