All were not equally satisfied with these representations. Cardinals De Grammont and De Foix withdrew from the court, while the stricter christians asked if it was lawful to introduce angels and even God himself on the stage. If Calvin had gone on from Nérac to Pau, and had been present, not far from the cardinals, at this mystery-play, he would no doubt have blamed such performances, which he termed 'christianity in disguise.'
It is time to follow the reformer.
[73] Flor. Rémond, Hist. Heres. lib. vii. cap. iii.
[74] MS. de la Biblioth. impér., No. 7021, fol. 146. Schmidt, Roussel, p. 151.
[75] Flor. Rémond, Hist. Heres. lib. viii. cap. xii.
[76] Brantôme, Mémoires. De Coste, Reines illustres. Matthieu, Hist. de François I.
[77] This drama, which we have been forced to abridge, will be found in the Marguerites de la Marguerite, tom. i. pp. 148-206.
[78] Marguerite d'Angoulême, par le comte de la Ferrière-Percy, pp. 9, 13.
[79] In translating the extracts for this poem, no attempt has been made to give a polish to the verses, which was not found in the original.