Martyrdom of Joubert--A young Christian of Meaux recants--Vaudery in Picardy--A young Picard burnt at the Grève--Toussaint given up to the Abbot of St. Antoine--Toussaint’s Anguish in his Dungeon--Francis I. restored to liberty--Petitions to the King in favour of the Evangelicals--Francis objects to Hohenlohe’s coming--The King’s Hostages--Aspirations of Margaret’s Soul--The Prisoner’s Complaint--Thoughts of the King about his Sister’s Marriage--New State of Things in Europe PAGE 466 CHAPTER V. DELIVERANCE OF THE CAPTIVES AND RETURN OF THE EXILES. (1526.) Deliverance of the Captives: Berquin, Marot--Michael d’Aranda made a Bishop--Toussaint taken out of his Dungeon--Great Joy at Strasburg--The Refugees in that City--Lefèvre and Roussel welcomed by Margaret--Fruits of the Trial--Evangelical Meeting at Blois--Toussaint at Court--Beginning of an Era of Light--Francis comes to Paris to inaugurate it--Hypocrisy of the Nobles and Prelates--Weakness of Lefèvre and Roussel--Toussaint disgusted with the Court--May France show herself worthy of the Word! PAGE 480 CHAPTER VI. WHO WILL BE THE REFORMER OF FRANCE? (1526.) Will it be Lefèvre, Roussel, or Farel?--Roussel and the Princes of La Marche--Farel invited to La Marche--Margaret as a Missionary--She longs for Sanctification--The Gospel and the Moral Faculty--Farel as a Reformer--Farel and Mirabeau--How Farel would have been received--The Invitation to La Marche comes too late--Berquin set at liberty--Will he be the Reformer?--Marriage of Margaret with the King of Navarre--Aspirations of the Queen--Everything in the World is changing PAGE 495 CHAPTER VII. CALVIN’S EARLY STRUGGLES AND EARLY STUDIES. (1523-1527.) A Professor and a Scholar--Calvin’s Arrival and Gratitude--Cordier’s Influence on Calvin--Calvin enters the College of Montaigu--A Spanish Professor--Calvin promoted to the Philosophy Class--His Purity and Zeal--His Studies--A Breath of the Gospel in the Air--Olivétan, Calvin’s Cousin--Conversations between Olivétan and Calvin--Calvin’s Resistance--His Self-examination--His Teachers desire to stop him--Calvin has recourse to Penance and the Saints--His Despair PAGE 511 CHAPTER VIII. CALVIN’S CONVERSION AND CHANGE OF CALLING. (1527.) The Prothonotary Doullon burnt alive--The Light shines upon Calvin--He falls at the Feet of Christ--He cannot separate from the Church--The Pope’s Doctrine attacked by his Friends--The Papacy before Calvin--Was his Conversion sudden?--Date of this Conversion--Regrets of Calvin’s Father--Gerard Cauvin advises his Son to study the Law--Conversion, Christianity, and the Reformation PAGE 527 CHAPTER IX. BERQUIN DECLARES WAR AGAINST POPERY. (1527.)