[_Lat. orig. autogr._--_Library of Geneva._ Vol. 106.]
[62] Is this Uzés a small town of Languedoc, now comprised in the
department of Gard? Beza and the historian of the martyrs furnish us
with no information on this point.
[63] Desirous of rendering assistance to Calvin during his illness
and recovery, the Seigneurs of Geneva decided upon allowing him an
attendant at the public expense.--_Registers of Council_, 4th March
1546.
[64] Viret was on the point of repairing to Berne, in order
to discuss certain matters relative to the ordinances of the
Reformation in the Pays de Vaud.--Ruchat, vol. v. p. 298.
[65] After the disgrace of the Chancellor Poyet, this high office
was filled by François Olivier, Seigneur of Louville, President
of the Parliament of Paris. He resigned in 1550, and again became
Chancellor in 1559, in order to give his sanction to the lamentable
executions of Amboise, which he survived only for a short time.