d several of his relations. But before setting out he
told the murderer who at his entreaty had done the deed, that he had
seen expresses from the King directing that he should be taken and put
to death. Nevertheless, on account of the service that he had rendered
him, he desired to save his life, and he gave him ten crowns wherewith
to leave the kingdom. The murderer did this, and was afterwards seen no
more.

The murder was so fully proven by the servants of the dead man, by the
woman who had taken refuge with the Jacobins, and by the bones that were
found in the mortar, that legal proceedings were begun and completed in
the absence of St. Aignan and his wife. They were judged by default
and were both condemned to death. Their property was confiscated to the
Prince, and fifteen hundred crowns were to be given to the dead man's
father to pay the costs of the trial.

St. Aignan being in England and perceiving that in the eyes of the law
he was dead in France, by means of his services to divers great lords
and by the favour of his wife's relations, induced the King of England
(10) to request the King of France (11) to grant him a pardon and
restore him to his possessions and honours. But the King of France,
having been informed of the wickedness and enormity of the crime, sent
the process to the King of England, praying him to consider whether the
offence was one deserving of pardon, and telling him that no one in the
kingdom but the Duke of Alencon had the right to grant a pardon in that
duchy. However, notwithstanding all his excuses, he failed to appease
the King of England, who continued to entreat him so very pressingly
that, at his request, the Proctor at last received a pardon and so
returned to his own home.(12) There, to complete his wickedness, he
consorted with a sorcerer named Gallery, hoping that by this man's art
he might escape payment of the fifteen hundred crowns to the dead man's
father.

10 Henry VIII.

11 Francis I.

12 The letters of remission which were granted to St. Aignan
on this occasion will be found in the Appendix to the First
Day (B). It will be noted that Margaret in her story gives
various particulars which St. Aignan did not fail to conceal
in view of obtaining his pardon.--L.

To this end he went in disguise to Paris with his wife. She, finding
that he used to shut himself up for a great while in a room with Gallery
without acquainting her with