The wounded man turned towards the aide-de-camp who had brought it, and said to him,—
"I will not have this cross. On my breast it would be stained with the blood of the Republic."
And perceiving his brother, who had just entered, he held out the cross to him, exclaiming,—
"You take it. You have voted "No," and you have broken your sword! It is you who have deserved it!"
[20] Died in exile in Guernsey. See the "Pendant l'Exil," under the heading Actes et Paroles, vol. ii.
[21] Died in exile at Termonde.
[22] Pro Hugonotorum strage. Medal struck at Rome in 1572.