. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. ty, July 6, 1573,and the king granted to the Huguenots the exerciseof their religion in certain towns. The court gainednothing by the massacre of St. Bartholomew (called,in French ultra papers, in 1824, une rigiieur salu-taire.) The Huguenots were afterwards more on theirguard, and armed themselves against new attacks. Among the more distinguished victims of the mas-sacre of St. Bartholomew, was Pierre Ramus, a learned 262 MASSACRE
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. ty, July 6, 1573,and the king granted to the Huguenots the exerciseof their religion in certain towns. The court gainednothing by the massacre of St. Bartholomew (called,in French ultra papers, in 1824, une rigiieur salu-taire.) The Huguenots were afterwards more on theirguard, and armed themselves against new attacks. Among the more distinguished victims of the mas-sacre of St. Bartholomew, was Pierre Ramus, a learned 262 MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW. and celebrated Calvinistic divine. He was residingat Paris when this event took place, pursuing his stu-dies, attended by a young student. During the tu-mult he concealed himself in an upper room withvery small hopes of escape. He was at last discov-ered by his enemies and severely wounded. He wasthen thrown into the street, where his body was hor-ribly mangled and dragged about. Charles IX., who took an active part in the massa-cre, did not long survive it. He died in horribletorments, and the most vivid terrors of a m^
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