Pécolat appears before his Judges--He is threatened with the Torture--Reported to be a Churchman--Handed over to the Priests--The Devil expelled from his Beard--Tries to cut off his Tongue--Bonivard attempts to save him--Appeal to the Metropolitan--The Bishop summoned by his Metropolitan--Bonivard finds a Clerk to serve the Summons--The Clerk’s Alarm and Bonivard’s Vigour--The Injunction made known to the Bishop--Four-score Citizens ask for Justice--Influence of Pécolat’s Friends--The Excommunication placarded in Geneva--Consternation and Tumult--Order to release Pécolat--Papal Letters against Pécolat--Pécolat set at large--Returns in triumph to Geneva--Pécolat in Yvonnet’s Cell--His pantomimic Story--The timid Blanchet PAGE 126 CHAPTER XI. BERTHELIER TRIED AT GENEVA. BLANCHET AND NAVIS SEIZED AT TURIN. BONIVARD SCANDALISED AT ROME. (FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1518.) The three Princes plot against Geneva--Torch of Liberty rekindled at Geneva--Berthelier’s Trial begins--The Procurator-Fiscal asks for his Imprisonment--Passionate Accusations--Blanchet and Andrew Navis at Turin--The Bishop has them arrested--Their Examination--They are put to the Torture--Navis repents of his Disobedience to his Father--Bonivard goes to Rome--Morals of the Roman Prelates--Two Causes of the Corruption--Bonivard on the Germans and Luther--Bonivard at Turin--His Flight PAGE 148 CHAPTER XII. BLANCHET AND NAVIS PUT TO DEATH. THEIR LIMBS SUSPENDED TO THE WALNUT-TREE NEAR THE BRIDGE OF ARVE. (OCTOBER 1518.) Blanchet and Navis condemned--Farewell, Decapitation, and Mutilation--Their Limbs salted and sent to Geneva--Hung up on the Walnut-tree, where they are discovered--Indignation, Irony, and Sorrow--Father and Mother of Navis--The Bishop’s Cure of Souls--Chastisement of the Princes--Various Effects in the Council--Embassy sent to the Duke--The Bishop asks for more Heads--Will Geneva give way? PAGE 164 CHAPTER XIII. THE HUGUENOTS PROPOSE AN ALLIANCE WITH THE SWISS, AND THE MAMELUKES AMUSE THEMSELVES AT TURIN. (OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1518.) Berthelier’s Energy--The Limbs of Navis and Tell’s Apple--Bishop and Duke deny the Murder--The Deputies join the Ducal Partisans--Bishop and Duke demand Ten or Twelve Heads--The chief Huguenots consult together--An Assembly calls for Alliance with Switzerland--Marti of Friburg supports Liberty at Geneva--Return of the Genevan Deputies--The Council rejects their Demand--The People assemble--The Duke’s Letter refused PAGE 176 CHAPTER XIV. THE HUGUENOTS DEMAND AN ALLIANCE WITH FRIBURG: THE MAMELUKES OPPOSE IT. BERTHELIER IS ACQUITTED. (DECEMBER 1518 AND JANUARY 1519.)