in every house; and
the people soon became "new converts."

The losses sustained by the inhabitants of the Cevennes from this
forced quartering of the troops upon them--and Anduze, Sauve, St.
Germain, Vigan, and Ganges were as full of them as St. Hypolite--may
be inferred from the items charged upon the inhabitants of St.
Hypolite alone[22]:--

To the regiment of Montpezat, for a billet for
sixty-five days 50,000 livres.
To the three companies of Red Dragoons,
for ninety-five days 30,000 "
To three companies of Villeneuve's Dragoons,
for thirty days 6,000 "
To three companies of the Blue Dragoons of
Languedoc, for three months and nine days 37,000 "
To a company of Cravates (troopers) for
fourteen days 1,400 "
To the transport of three hundred and nine
companies of cavalry and infantry 10,000 "
To provisions for the troops 60,000 "
To damage sustained by the destruction done
by the soldiers, of furniture, and losses
by the seizure of property, &c. 50,000 "
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Total 244,400

[Footnote 22: Claude Brousson, "Apologie du Projet des
Reformes."]

Meetings of the persecuted were also held, under the terms of "The
Project," in Viverais and Dauphiny. These meetings having been
repeated for several weeks, the priests of the respective districts
called upon their bishops for help to put down this heretical display.
The Bishop of Valence (Daniel de Cosmac) accordingly informed them
that he had taken the necessary steps, and that he had been apprised
that twenty thousand soldiers were now on their march to the South to
put down the Protestant movement.

On their arrival, the troops were scattered over the country, to watch
and suppress any meetings that might be held. The first took place on
the 8th of August, at Chateaudouble, a manufacturing village in Drome.
The assembly was surprised by a troop of dragoons; but most of the
congregation contrived to escape. Those who were taken were hung upon
the nearest trees.

Another meeting was held about a fortnight later at Bezaudun, which
was attended by many persons from Bourdeaux, a village about half a
league distant. While the meeting