The most important of these are addressed to Frenchmen--Ph.

Duplessis Mornay, De l'Isle Groslot, Leschassier, a certain Roux, Gillot, and Casaubon.

If we could be quite sure that the text of these familiar letters had not been tampered with before publication, their testimony would be doubly valuable.

As it is, no one at all acquainted with Sarpi's style will doubt that in the main they are trustworthy.

Here and there it may be that a phrase has been inserted or modified to give a stronger Protestant coloring.