[131] They were gentilshommes verriers. The trade of a glass manufacturer did not disparage their nobility.—Trans.
[132] Book xxv. c. 10.
[133] Répertoire Ecclésiast. pp. 7, 8.
[134] A work has been published in the German language, entitled: “The Protestant Church of France from 1787 to 1846” (Die Protestantische Kirche Frankreichs, &c.), 2 vols. 8vo: Leipsig, 1848. The author is not named; but his work is edited by M. Gieseler, a professor of theology, well known for his excellent ecclesiastical history and other writings. The book we also refer to above is full of valuable materials and documents.
[135] Lauze de Peret, Eclaircissements histor., &c. 2nd book, p. 163.
[136] Lauze de Peret, 3rd book, p. 35.
[137] J. Pons, Notice biographique.
[138] M. Artaud gives the details of this curious and generally unknown negotiation, in his History of Pope Pius VII. vol. i. p. 265, et seq.
[139] Vues sur le Protestantisme en France, vol. ii. p. 265.
[140] Vol. ii. p. 266.