White — Elias Bouhereau of La Rochelle. 189 



if it were to take place immediately ; but later letters (Gaussen, October 5th, 

 '68 ; Bauldry, November, '68) refer to it as still future. It probably 

 took place early in 1669. (See Tessereau, February 14th, '69; Bascoux, 

 February 2nd ; Cerisy, April 2nd.) The lady on whom his choice fell was 

 Marguerite Massiot, a cousin. They had a large family. Agnew (ii., p. 140) 

 gives the list of them from the Naturalizations, dated 15th of April, 1687 : 

 Elias, Eichard, Amator, John, Margaret, Claudius, and Magdalen. In 

 addition to these, there were at least two others who died before Bouhereau 

 left France ; and another daughter, Blanche or Blandine, is mentioned in his 

 will. 



When Bouhereau married, he left the old house, and went to live in the 

 Kue des Augustins, where he remained at least until July 9th, 1685, with 

 occasional absences at the Synods of his Church, of which he soon became 

 ancien. The letters which have fallen into my hands give the impression 

 that he had sufficient private means to enable him to lead a life of study. 

 We have seen already that he did not seriously begin to practise his 

 profession of physician until 16v7. 



As early as 1669 (see Turon's letter of July 5th), Valentine Conrart, the 

 first Secretary of the Academie de France, endeavoured to direct Bouhereau's 

 studies into a definite channel. But the first express mention of the task 

 assigned him — a translation of the Treatise of Origen against Celsus — is not 

 found until 1672. At Conrart's death in 1675 the work was still unfinished; 

 and indeed, when Bouhereau submitted the manuscript to Spanheim in 

 1685, all the books of Origen's treatise had not been translated. It was 

 eventually printed at Amsterdam, with an Epistle dedicatory to Henry de 

 Massue de Ptuvigny, Earl of Galway, dated d DvUin h 1 Janvier 1700. 

 (The copy in Marsh's Library, R 2. 4. 47, is that with last press-corrections.) 

 Westcott, in his article on Origen in the Dictionary of Christian Biography, 

 says Bouhereau " shewed great skill, with too much boldness, in dealing 

 with the text," and quotes Mosheim's admiration of Bouhereau's ingenuity 

 in emendation.^ 



It is quite possible that the persecution of Huguenots, which was yearly, 

 indeed monthly, growing more intense, as well as his increasing family, com- 

 pelled him to earn an income. As the trouljles thickened, we have evidence 

 that he began to contemplate the necessity of leaving La Eochelle. As early 

 as March, 1683, a relative, Massiot, in Paris, discusses Bouhereau's prospects 

 of success if he were to set up as a physician in the capital. We have 



1 Haag also mentions " une lettre de lui sur un passage difficile de Justin inseree dans le T. ii. de 

 la Bible ancienne et moderne," 1714 ; and a Lettre d Mademoiselle D. B. sur le choix d'nii medecin, 

 1674. 



