[_Lat. orig. autogr._--_Archives of Zurich._ Gallicana Scripta, p. 2.]
[503] The intractable savage D'Oppède, and the Royal Commissioners,
pursued by the cry of conscience, tried to give a colour of
rebellion, and to represent the Vaudois as rebels; those whom they
had cowardly assassinated.--See De Thou, lib. vi. p. 215.
[504] The Count Aymar de Grignan, deputy of the King at Worms and
governor of Provence, one of the most savage persecutors of the
Vaudois.
[505] This Commissary was a creature of the Cardinal de Tournon.
The 23d August 1545, the authors of the massacre obtained, by the
credit of the Cardinal, letters of approbation from the King, who
afterwards, says Beza, "being at the point of death, had amazing
remorse on account of this business, and charged his son, with
strong protestations, to do justice in the matter."--_Hist. Eccl._,
tom. i. p. 47; De Thou, lib. vi.