[_Lat. orig. autogr._--_Library of Geneva._ Vol. 106.]
[219] Hugh Latimer and Nicolas Saxton.
[220] The Edict of Fontainbleau, put forth the 1st of June 1540,
called on the inquisitors, the bishops, and the parliaments to
repress the crime of heresy, and by which it was assimilated to the
crime of treason. The number of victims increased greatly on the
promulgation of this edict, and the punishment was rendered more
cruel by the atrocious tortures which preceded.