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the neceffary Circumftances cf Time, Placcj and 
Perfons, might be fatal to many that are yet in the 
Power of their Enemies, that reftrains me. In fhort^ I 
do not think there ever was fuch a Violation of all that 
is facred, with Relation to God or Man j and v'vhat I 
faw and knew there, from the firft Hand, hath fo con- 
firmed all the Ideas that I had from Books^ of the 
Cruelty of that Religion, that I hope the Impreffion 
this hath made upon me, fhall never end but with my 
Life. The Applaufes that the whole Clergy give this 
Way of Proceeding, the many Panegyrieks that are al- 
ready written upon it, and the flattering Sermons that are 
preached upon this Subjed^ are fuch evident Demonftrati- 
ons of their Senfe of this Matter, that what is now on Foot 
may well be termed, the Ad of the Clergy of France^ 
which yet hath been hitherto efteemed the mofl; mode- 
rate Part of the Roman Communion. If any are more 
moderate than others, and have not fo far laid afide 
human Nature, as to go entirely into' thofe bloody 
Pradices^ yet they dare not own it, but whifper it in 
Secret, as if it were half Treafon ; but for the greater 
Part, they do not only magnify all that is done, but 
they animate the Dragoons to higher Degrees of Rage : 
And there was fuch a Heat fpread over the Country 
on this Occafion, that one could not mix in any pro- 
mifcuous Converfacion, without finding fuch Effeds of 
it, that it was not very fafe for fuch, as were touch’d with 
CompalTion for the Miferies that the poor Proteftants 
fuffered. Some perhaps imagine, that this hath not 
been approved in Itajy •, and it is true, there were not 
any Rejoicings upon it at Rome, no Indulgences, nor 
TeDeum’s were heard of: And the Spanijh Fadion being 
fo prevalent, it is not ftrange if a Courfe of Proceed- 
ings, without Example, was fet forth by all that were 
of that Intereft in its proper Colours j of which I met 
with fome Inftances myfelf, and could not but fmile, 
to fee the Spanijh Fadion fo far forget their Courts of 
Inquifition, as to argue againfl: Converfions by Dra- 
goons as a Reproach to the Catholick Religion : Yet 
the Pope was of another Mind ; for the Duke d^EJlree 
gave him an Account of the King’s Proceedings in this 
Matter very copioufly, as he himfelf related it •, upon 
which the Pope approved, and expreflTed a great Satis- 
fadionjn every Thing that the King had done in that 
Matter j and the Pope added, that he found fome Car- 
dinals (as I remember, the Duke d'EJiree faid two) 
were not pleafed with it, and had taken the Liberty 
to cenfure it ; but the Pope faid they were to blame : 
The Duke d^Efiree did not name themj though he faid, 
he believed he knew who they were, and it is very 
likely that Cardinal Pio was one ; for I was told that he 
fpoke freely of this Matter. I mufl: add one Thing, 
that I do not fee the French King is to be fo much 
blamed in this Matter, as his Religion, which, without 
Queftion, obliges him to extirpate Hereticks, and not 
keep Faith with them j fo that, inftead of cenfuring 
him, I only lament his being bred up in a Religion 
that obliges him to divefl: himfelf of Humanity, and 
to violate his Faith, whenever the Caufe of his Church 
and Religion require it *, or if there is any Thing in 
this Conducf, that cannot be entirely juftified from 
Principles of Religion, it is this, that he doth not put 
the Hereticks to Death out of Hand, but forces them, 
to fign an Abjuration, that all the World mufl: fee is 
done againfl: their Confciencesj and being the only 
End of their Miferies, thofe that would think any Sort 
of Death a happy Conclufion of their Sufferings, fee- 
ing no Profpeel of fuch a glorious Iflue out of their 
Trouble, are prevailed on by the many lingering 
Deaths, of which they fee no End, to make Ship- 
wreck of the, Faith: This Appearance of Mercy, in 
not putting Men to Death, doth truly verify the Cha- 
rafler that Solomon giveth of the tender Mercies of the 
Wicked, that they are cruel. 
I pafs’d the Winter at Geneva with more Satisfadion 
than I thought polTible any where out of England-, tho* 
that received great Allays from the lamentable Stories 
every Day from France % but there is a Sorrow by 
which the Heart is made better. I ought to make the 
mofl: pyblick Acknowledgments pofllble for the extra- 
E t’^ ’Travels Book II. 
ordinary Civilities that I met with in my own Particu- 
lar ; but that which pleafed me mofl: was of a publick 
Nature j before I left Geneva, the Number of the En~ 
glijh there were fuch, that I found we could make a 
fmall Congregation, for we were twelve or fourteen 5 
fo I addreffed myfelf to the Council of Twenty-five, 
for Liberty to have our own Worfhip in our own Lan- 
guage, according to the Englijh Liturgy. This was im- 
mediately granted in fo obliging a Manner, that as 
there was not one Perfon that made Exception to it, 
fo they fent one of their Body to me, to let me know, 
that in cafe our Number Ihould grow to be fo great 
that It were fit for us to aflemble in a Church, they 
would grant us one which had been done in Queen 
Marf^ Reign ; but till then, we might hold our Af- 
femblies as we thought fit : So after that Time, du- 
ring the reft of my Stay we had every Sunday our De^ 
votions according to the Common-prayer, Morning 
and Evening j and at the Evening-prayer I preach’d 
in a Room that was too large for our fmall Company : 
But there being a confiderable Number in Geneva that 
underftand Englijh, and in particular fome of the Pro- 
feflTors and Minifters, we had a great many Strangers j 
and the laft Sunday I gave the Sacrament according to 
the Way of the Church oi England and upon this 
Occafion I found a general Joy in the Town for this, 
that I had given them an Opportunity of exprefiing the 
refpedl they had for our Church : And as in their pub- 
lick Prayers they always prayed for the Churches of 
Great-Britain, as well as for the King, fo in private 
Difcourfe they ^ewed all poflible Efteem for our Con- 
ftitution ; and they fpoke of the unhappy Divifions 
among us, and of the Separation that was made from 
us upon the Account of our Government and Ceremo- 
nies, with great Regret and Diflike. I fhall name on- 
ly two of their ProfeflTors, that, as they are Men of 
great Diftincftion, fo they were the Perfons with whom 
I converfed the mofl: ; one, Mr. Turretin, a Man of 
great Learning, that by his indefatigable Study and 
Labour has much worn out and wafted his Strength, 
amidft all the Affluence of a great Fortune to which he was 
born : One difcerns in him ail the Modefty of an humble 
and mortified Temper, and of an adive and fervent Cha- 
rity proportioned to his Abundance, or rather beyond 
it j and there is in him fuch a Zeal for Religion, as 
the prefent Conjundure calls for, with all the Seriouf- 
nefs of Piety and Devotion, which fhews itfelf in pri- 
vate Converfation, and in his moft edifying Sermons, 
by v/hich he enters deep into the Confciences of his 
Hearers. The other is Mr. Tronchin, a Man of a 
ftrong Head, and of a clear and corred Judgment, 
who has all his Thoughts well digefted ; his Conver- 
fation has a Charm in it, that cannot be refifted j he is a 
Man of extraordinary Virtue, and of a Readinefs to 
oblige and ferve all Perfons, that has fcarce any Mea- 
fure : His Sermons have a Sublimity in them that ftrike 
the Hearer, as well as edify him his Thoughts are 
noble, and Eloquence mafculine and exad, and has 
all the Ma.jefty of the Chair in it, tempered with all 
the Sofcnels of Perfuafion ; fo that he not only con- 
vinces his Hearers, but fubdues and triumphs over them. 
In fuch Company it was no Wonder if Time feemed 
to go off too faft, fo that I left Geneva with a Con- 
cern that I could nothave felt in leaving any Place 
out of Britain, 
From Geneva I went a fecond time through Switzer- 
land to Bajil. At Avanche I faw the noble Fragments 
of a great Roman Work, which feems to have been the 
Portico to a Temple. The Heads of the Pillars are 
about four Foot fquare, of the lonick Order : The 
Temple hath been dedicated to Neptune, or fome Sea- 
God ; for on the Fragments of the Architrave, which 
are very beautiful, there are Dolphins and Sea-Horfes in 
Bas-relieves ; and the Neighbourhood of the Place to 
the Lakes of Iverdun and Morat make this more evi- 
dent. There is alfo a Pillar ftanding up in its full 
Height, or rather the Corner of a Building, in which 
one fees the Remains of a regular Architefture in two 
Ranks of Pillars. If the Ground near this were care- 
fully fearch’d, no doubt it would difcover Remains of 
