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    rnent that they performed this melancholy duty , some of " the Catholics entered their dwelling , and stripping the hody of its winding sheet , they vowed that they would drag it to the voirie , * and poured vollies of threats and curses on the

    distracted widow . She reproached them with their cruelty , and desired them to let her share her husband ' s fate . It is difficult to account for their refusal , or to imagine by what motives their rage was restrained ; but contenting

    themselves with stealing the funeral cloth and all the oil the house contained , they departed , and permitted the wretched family to finish the interment of their beloved relative . This murder was committed near the Maison Guizot , Enclos

    Rey , Section 4 . " On the 2 ist of July , under pretence of searching for arms , a party of these brigands entered the house of David Chivas . His wife in vain assured them that he never had any arms in the house they made the most vexatious search .

    David Chivas , who was ill from chagrin afod apprehension , and concealed in one of his apartments , heard them approaching , and endeavoured to escape : —he was arrested . < What have 1 done , my friends ?' he exclaimed , what have I done ? At least , if you will kill me , for mercy ' s sake

    kill me in my house , and do not drag me into the street . ' His wife supplicated for Jier husband : —they told them to be quiet , that there was no danger , and that they should only take David to prison . He

    was in his shirt , and she wished him to put on his waistcoat : —they would not permit him ;—* he has no need of aveste , ' said one of the troop . His death was , in fact , certain , for it was designed . Marie followed her husband at a little

    distance , and the victim walked before his executioners . In his garden he again entreated them to kill him on the spot , and not deliver him to a furious populace ;—they would not listen to him , but

    he had scarcely taken thirty steps in the street , when they fired on him , and he instantly expired . The murderers abandoned the theatre of this crime , to proceed to fresh deeds of blood . One of

    the party only remained , and he refused Marie the melancholy consolation of removing- the body of her husband . He held her against the wall ; and if she advanced a step towards the outstretched -corpse he levelled his piece : —she only escaped death by suddenly darting into

    * A place appointed by law , on the outside the barriers of towns , to receive the carcases of dead animals , and the ordure of the streets /*

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    shutting the door The bleeding carcase was dragged along and a groupe of armed men fired over it a feu-de-joie > and danced around it with ferocious pleasure . The phrenzy of the widow , on learning this , was at its height . In vain she demanded the body : it was

    carried to a considerable distance , and she was threatened . She fled and abandoned her home ; the Catholics broke it open with their muskets , and for eight days it was plundered and devastated with inconceivable fury . David Chivas was killed near the road to Uzes by Truphe " my , Rafin , Tissot , Bresson and others .

    " On the morning of the 1 st of August , the massacres recommenced . Matthieu Clot , the cousin of Jaques Imbert , was sitting quietly in his house , when a band entered and demanded Imbert . Clot refused to inform them where he was to

    be found , and for some time braved their threats ; but to save his life , it was necessary to tell them that Imbert was concealed in his own house . Isabeau Chivas , the wife of Jacques Imbert , was assured by the murder of her brothers , of the fate of her husband . She shut up the

    house ; they demanded the key ; she refused : but as she saw they were about to force the door , and in the hope of softening their rage , she gave up the key , and permitted them to over-run the apartments . Imbert had concealed himself in a loft , and they sought him in

    vain in every chamber . Disappointed of their prey , their fury became terrible ; they vociferated , —broke the furniture , —cut the paillases and mattresses with their sabres , —and hunted in every direction . At length they discovered the place

    of concealment , but it was inaccessible without a ladder , and they forced the sister of the unfortunate object of their search to carry one to the spot . They fixed it , and were beginning to ascend ; —all was lost . The wife threw herself

    at their knees , and prayed them to leave the house ; but her tears and prayers were useless , or rather they convinced them of the success of their enterprise . Imbert , finding there was no hope , presented himself : * I will come down , ' said he , ' I am a dead man . '— « No / said one of

    the villains , < we shall only conduct you to prison ; we shall not hurt you . ' At these words Isabeau threw herself on the necks of the monsters , and entreated them to spare his life ; they promised to

    her they would , and ordered him march . When they arrived at the corps * du-garde > they stopped to drink , offered some of their liquor to the unhappy man—but ' his heart was too .-full to permit him to swallow , and he "«*•

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    the nearest house and 674 Review . — Wilhes Persecutions of the Protestants of France .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1821, page 674, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2506/page/42/