maitriser aux = maitriser par

4. parricides. As though kings were fathers of their subjects.

Page 23* — 1 . libertinage d’esprit , free-thinking.

Page 25* — 1 . la querelle de l’lpiscopat. The Presbyterians objected to the office of bishop.

2-4. Calvinistes . . . Luthlriens . . . Sociniens. The Calvinists denied the doctrines of Transubstantiation, Free Will and the like, which the followers of Luther admitted. The Socinians, a sect established by Faustus Socinus (1539-1604), denied the deity of Christ.

5-7. Auabaptistes. So called because they considered a second and adult baptism necessary. — Indipendants. The present Congregationalists, a pure democracy in church government. — Trembleurs. The present day Quakers, even more individualistic in matters of worship.

NOTES

8. Chercheurs, Seekers . A sect of Cromwell's time, which claimed that the true Christian belief was still to be found.

Page 20 * — i. Augustin. Missionary to England, sent by Gregory the Great, and first archbishop of Canterbury (t 607).

Page 27. — 1. Leur &me, etc. Zechariah xi, 8, 9.

Page 28 * — 1. Un homme, etc. A remarkable portrait of Cromwell by a contemporary.