Every house in the village shall be burned to the ground, every man we lay hold of shall be hung.
"You will at once place every horse and cart here at the disposal of your Huguenot brethren.

You will assist them to put their household goods in them, and will at once start with them for Laville.

Those who do so will be allowed to return, unharmed, with their animals and carts.
"Eustace, you will remain here with two men, and see that this order is carried out.

Shoot down without hesitation any man who murmurs.

If there is any trouble whatever, before our return, the priest and the maire shall dangle from the church tower." The next two villages they entered, the same scene was enacted.