Ib. Epist. 613.
Epist. part. I. Epist. 432. part II. Epist. 53. The French public strongly suspected the Cardinal of this design. It gave rise to the celebrated libel, entitled "Optatus Gallus," Grotius, (Lit. 982.) notices a prophecy of Nostradamus, then in circulation:
"Celui qui était bien avant dans le regne,
Ayant chat rouge, proche, hierarchie,
Apre et cruel, et se fera tant craindre,
Succedera, a sacrée Monarchie."
If the event in question had happened, Nostradamus would have passed, with many for a prophet.
Eclaircissemens de l'édit de Nantes, page 1. c. 6.
V. 2. p. 38, 148.
We are grieved to add, that he allowed the right of a sovereign to persecute for religion.
This article is extracted from Oeuvres Posthumes de Bossuet, vol. i. Nouvelle édition des Oeuvres de Bossuet, vol. ii. Leibnizii Opera, studio Ludovici Dutens, vol. i. and v. And the Pensées de Leibniz, vol. ii. 8vo.
Tom. xiii.
See the Appendix to the Sermons of Dr. Jebb, the present excellent Bishop of Limerick.-Cadel, 1824.