called。　　He　was　born　at　Mazillon；　his　name　was　Laquoite；　and　he　was
  twenty　years　of　age。　　The　gift　of　prophecy　had　come　to　him　in　a
  strange　manner。　　This　is　the　story　told　about　him：〃One　day；
  returning　from　Languedoc；　where　he　had　been　engaged　in　the
  cultivation　of　silkworms；　on　reaching　the　bottom　of　the　hill　of　St。
  Jean　he　found　a　man　lying　on　the　ground　trembling　in　every　limb。
  Moved　by　pity；　he　stopped　and　asked　what　ailed　him。　　The　man　replied；
  'Throw　yourself　on　your　knees；　my　son；　and　trouble　not　yourself　about
  me；　but　learn　how　to　attain　salvation　and　save　your　brethren。　　This
  can　only　be　done　by　the　communion　of　the　Holy　Ghost；　who　is　in　me；
  and　whom　by　the　grace　of　God　I　can　bestow　on　you。　　Approach　；and
  receive　this　gift　in　a　kiss。'　　At　these　words　the　unknown　kissed　the
  young　man　on　the　mouth；　pressed　his　hand　and　disappeared；　leaving　the
  other　trembling　in　his　turn；　for　the　spirit　of　God　was　in　him；　and
  being　inspired　he　spread　the　word　abroad。〃
  A　third　fanatic；　a　prophetess；　raved　about　the　parishes　of　St。
  Andeol　de　Clerguemont　and　St。　Frazal　de　Vantalon；　but　she　addressed
  herself　principally　to　recent　converts；　to　whom　she　preached
  concerning　the　Eucharist　that　in　swallowing　the　consecrated　wafer
  they　had　swallowed　a　poison　as　venomous　as　the　head　of　the　basilisk；
  that　they　had　bent　the　knee　to　Baal；　and　that　no　penitence　on　their
  part　could　be　great　enough　to　save　them。　　These　doctrines　inspired
  such　profound　terror　that　the　Rev。　Father　Louvreloeil　himself　tells
  us　that　Satan　by　his　efforts　succeeded　in　nearly　emptying　the
  churches；　and　that　at　the　following　Easter　celebrations　there　were
  only　half　as　many　communicants　as　the　preceding　year。
  Such　a　state　of　licence；　which　threatened　to　spread　farther　and
  farther；　awoke　the　religious　solicitude　of　Messire　Francois　Langlade
  de　Duchayla；　Prior　of　Laval；　Inspector　of　Missions　of　Gevaudan；　and
  Arch…priest　of　the　Cevennes。　　He　therefore　resolved　to　leave　his
  residence　at　Mende　and　to　visit　the　parishes　in　which　heresy　had
  taken　the　strongest　hold；　in　order　to　oppose　it　by　every　mean's　which
  God　and　the　king　had　put　in　his　power。
  The　Abbe　Duchayla　was　a　younger　son　of　the　noble　house　of　Langlade；
  and　by　the　circumstances　of　his　birth；　in　spite　of　his　soldierly
  instincts；　had　been　obliged　to　leave　epaulet　and　sword　to　his　elder
  brother；　and　himself　assume　cassock　and　stole。　　On　leaving　the
  seminary；　he　espoused　the　cause　of　the　Church　militant　with　all　the
  ardour　of　his　temperament。　　Perils　to　encounter；　foes　to　fight；　a
  religion　to　force　on　others；　were　necessities　to　this　fiery
  character；　and　as　everything　at　the　moment　was　quiet　in　France；　he
  had　embarked　for　India　with　the　fervent　resolution　of　a　martyr。
  On　reaching　his　destination；　the　young　missionary　had　found　himself
  surrounded　by　circumstances　which　were　wonderfully　in　harmony　with
  his　celestial　longings：　some　of　his　predecessors　had　been　carried　so
  far　by　religious　zeal　that　the　King　of　Siam　had　put　several　to　death
  by　torture　and　had　forbidden　any　more　missionaries　to　enter　his
  dominions；　but　this；　as　we　can　easily　imagine；　only　excited　still
  more　the　abbe's　missionary　fervour；　evading　the　watchfulness　of　the
  military；　and　regardless　of　the　terrible　penalties　imposed　by　the
  king；　he　crossed　the　frontier；　and　began　to　preach　the　Catholic
  religion　to　the　heathen；　many　of　whom　were　converted。
  One　day　he　was　surprised　by　a　party　of　soldiers　in　a　little　village
  in　which　he　had　been　living　for　three　months；　and　in　which　nearly　all
  the　inhabitants　had　abjured　their　false　faith；　and　was　brought　before
  the　governor　of　Bankan；　where　instead　of　denying　his　faith；　he　nobly
  defended　Christianity　and　magnified　the　name　of　God。　　He　was　handed
  over　to　the　executioners　to　be　subjected　to　torture；　and　suffered　at
  their　hands　with　resignation　everything　that　a　human　body　can　endure
  while　yet　retaining　life；　till　at　length　his　patience　exhausted　their
  rage；　and　seeing　him　become　unconscious；　they　thought　he　was　dead；
  and　with　mutilated　hands；　his　breast　furrowed　with　wounds；　his　limbs
  half　warn　through　by　heavy　fetters；　he　was　suspended　by　the　wrists　to
  a　branch　of　a　tree　and　abandoned。　　A　pariah　passing　by　cut　him　down
  and　succoured　him；　and　reports　of　his　martyrdom　having　spread；　the
  French　ambassador　demanded　justice　with　no　uncertain　voice；　so　that
  the　King　of　Siam；　rejoicing　that　the　executioners　had　stopped　short
  in　time；　hastened　to　send　back　to　M。　　de　Chaumont；　the　representative
  of　Louis　XIV；　a　mutilated　though　still　living　man；　instead　of　the
  corpse　which　had　been　demanded。
  At　the　time　when　Louis　XIV　was　meditating　the　Revocation　of　the　Edict
  of　Nantes　he　felt　that　the　services　of　such　a　man　would　be　invaluable
  to　him；　so　about　1632；　Abbe　Duchayla　was　recalled　from　India；　and　a
  year　later　was　sent　to　Mende；　with　the　titles　of　Arch…priest　of　the
  Cevennes　and　Inspector　of　Missions。
  Soon　the　abbe；　who　had　been　so　much　persecuted；　became　a　persecutor；
  showing　himself　as　insensible　to　the　sufferings　of　others　as　he　had
  been　inflexible　under　his　own。　　His　apprenticeship　to　torture　stood
  him　in　such　good　stead　that　he　became　an　inventor；　and　not　only　did
  he　enrich　the　torture　chamber　by　importing　from　India　several
  scientifically　constructed　machines；　hitherto　unknown　in　Europe；　but
  he　also　designed　many　others。　　People　told　with　terror　of　reeds　cut
  in　the　form　of　whistles　which　the　abbe　pitilessly　forced　under　the
  nails　of　malignants；　of　iron　pincers　for　tearing　out　their　beards；
  eyelashes；　and　eyebrows；　of　wicks　steeped　in　oil　and　wound　round　the
  fingers　of　a　victim's　hands；　and　then　set　on　fire　so　as　to　form　a
  pair　of　five…flamed　candelabra；　of　a　case　turning　on　a　pivot　in　which
  a　man　who　refused　to　be　converted　was　sometimes　shut　up；　the　case
  being　then　made　to　revolve　rapidly　till　the　victim　lost
  consciousness；　and　lastly　of　fetters　used　when　taking　prisoners　from
  one　town　to　another；　and　brought　to　such　perfection；　that　when　they
  were　on　the　prisoner　could　neither　stand　nor　sit。
  Even　the　most　fervent　panegyrists　of　Abbe　Duchayla　spoke　of　him　with
  bated　breath；　and；　when　he　himself　looked　into　his　own　heart　and
  recalled　how　often　he　had　applied　to　the　body　the　power　to　bind　and
  loose　which　God　had　only　given　him　over　the　soul；　he　was　seized　with
  strange　tremors；　and　falling　on　his　knees　with　folded　hands　and　bowed
  head　he　remained　for　hours　wrapt　in　thought；　so　motionless　that　were
  it　not　for　the　drops　of　sweat　which　stood　on　his　brow　he　might　have
  been　taken　for　a　marble　statue　of　prayer　over　a　tomb。
  Moreover；　this　priest　by　virtue　of　the　powers　with　which　he　was
  invested；　and　feeling　that　he　had　the　authority　of　M。　de　Baville；
  intendant　of　Languedoc；　and　M。　de　Broglie；　commander　of　the　troops；
  behind　him；　had　done　other　terrible　things。
  He　had　separated　children　from　father　and　mother；　and　had　shut　them
  up　in　religious　houses；　where　they　had　been　subjected　to　such　severe
  chastisement；　by　way　of　making　them　do　penance　for　the　heresy　of
  their　parents；　that　many　of　them　died　under　it。
  He　had　forced　his　way　into　the　chamber　of　the　dying；　not　to　bring
  consolation　but　menaces；　and　bending　over　the　bed；　as　if　to　keep　back
  the　Angel　of　Death；　he　had　repeated　the　words　of　the　terrible　decree
  which　provided　that　in　case　of　the　death　of　a　Huguenot　without
  conversion；　his　memory　should　be　persecuted；　and　his　body；　denied
  Christian　burial；　should　be　drawn　on　hurdles　out　of　the　city；　and
  cast　on　a　dungheap。
  Lastly；　when　with　pious　love　children　tried　to　shield　their　parents
  in　the　death…agony　from　his　threats；　or　dead　from　his　justice；　by
  carrying　them；　dead　or　dying；　to　some　refuge　in　which　they　might　hope
  to　draw　their　last　breath　in　peace　or　to　obtain　Christian　burial；　he
  declared　that　anyone　who　should　open　his　door　hospitably　to　such
  disobedience　was　a　traitor　to　religion；　although　among　the　heathen
  such　pity　would　have　been　deemed　worthy　of　an　altar。
  Such　was　the　man　raised　up　to　punish；　who　went　on　his　way；　preceded
  by　terror；　accompanied　by　torture；　and　followed　by　death；　through　a
  country　already　exhausted　by　long　and　bloody　oppression；　and　where　at
  every　step　he　trod　on　half　repressed　religious　hate；　which　like　a
  volcano　was　ever　ready　to　burst　out　afresh；　but　always　prepared　for
  martyrdom。　　Nothing　held　him　back；　and　years　ago　he　had　had　his　grave
  hollowed　out　in　the　church　of　St。　Germain；　choosing　that　church　for
  his　last　long　sleep　because　it　had　been　built　by　Pope　Urban　IV　when
  he　was　bishop　of　Mende。
  Abbe　Duchayla　extended　his　visitation　over　six　months；　during　which
  every　day　was　marked　by　tortures　and　executions：　several　prophets
  were　burnt　at　the　stake；　Francoise　de　Brez；　she　who　had　preached　that
  the　Host　contained　a　more　venomous　poison　than　a　basilisk's　head；　was
  hanged；　and　Laquoite；　who　had　been　confined　in　the　citadel　of
  Montpellier；　was　on　the　point　of　being　broken　on　the　wheel；　when　on
  the　eve　of　his　execution　his　cell　was　found　empty。　No　one　could　ever
  discover　how　he　escaped；　and　consequently　his　reputation　rose　higher
  than　ever；　it　being　currently　believed　that；　led　by　the　Holy　Spirit
  as　St。　Peter　by　the　angel；　he　had　passed　through　the　guards　invisi