He was a zealous supporter of the reformed faith, and was present at several sieges; but becoming dissatisfied with the citizens of La Rochelle, with whom he took refuge in 1622, he passed over to England, to solicit assistance; a proceeding which compelled the French Court to declare him guilty of _lese-majeste_, and he subsequently refused to return to his own country when a general amnesty was proclaimed.
[359] L'Etoile, vol.iii.pp.

414, 415.
[360] _Memoires_, p.

57.
[361] Saint-Edme, vol.ii.p.

238.
[362] Saint-Edme, vol.ii.pp.

239, 240.