What this reply was did not transpire; probably it was not in harmony with the pacific intentions of the marechal.

At last, on the 25th, the answer to the demands which Cavalier had made to M.de Villars himself arrived.

The original paper written by the Camisard chief himself had been sent to Louis XIV, and he returned it with notes in his own writing; thus these two hands, to one of which belonged the shepherd's crook and to the other the sceptre, had rested on the same sheet of paper.

The following is the text of the agreement as given by Cavalier in his Memoirs: "THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE REFORMERS OF LANGUEDOC TO THE KING "1.

That it may please the king to grant us liberty of conscience throughout the province, and to permit us to hold religious meetings in every suitable place, except fortified places and walled cities.
'Granted, on condition that no churches be built.
"2.