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FOOTNOTES:
[1] _Gentleman's Magazine_, 1807.
[2] Fuller's _Worthies_.
[3] _Churches of Bristol._
[4] Taylor's _Book about Bristol_.
[5] _The Churchgoer._
[6] The documents are given in full in the appendix of Dr. J.J.
Chaponniere's memoir in vol. iv. of the _Mem. de la Soc. Archeol. de
Geneve_. The former is signed by Bonivard, apostolic prothonotary and
_poet-laureate_.
[7] The story is told by Bonivard himself in his _Chronicles_, and may be
found in full detail in the Second Series of Dr. Merle d'Aubigne's volumes
on the Reformation, vol. i. chaps. viii. and x. The story that Pecolat,
about to be submitted a second time to the torture, and fearing lest he
might be again tempted to accuse his friends, attempted to cut off his own
tongue with a razor, seems to be authenticated. The whole story is worthy
of being told at full length in English, it is so full of generous
heroism.
[8] "Je n'ai vu ni lu oncques un si grand mepriseur de mort," says
Bonivard in his _Chronicles_.
[9] The text of this act is given by Chaponniere, p. 156.
[10] We have the history of one of them in a brief of Pope Clement VII.
addressed to the chapter and senate of Geneva, in which he expresses his
sorrow that in a city which he has carried in his bowels so long such
high-handed doings should be allowed. One Francis Bonivard has not only
despoiled the rightful prior of his living, but--what is worse--has chased
his attorney with a gun and shot t
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