pioneers of modern times, felt little respect and no regret for the canons. They said to one another that these noble and lazy lords were pleased with Geneva so long as they could luxuriously enjoy the pleasures of life there; but that when the hour of combat came, they fled like cowards from the field of battle. The canons did fly in fact; they arrived at Annecy, where they settled. As for Geneva, they were never to enter it again. [Footnote 731: 'Pro summa ducatorum auri largorum duorum millia.'— Galiffe fils, _Besançon Hugues_, p. 454; _Pièces Justificatives_, No. 4.] [Footnote 732: Spon, _Hist. de Genève_, i. p. 407, note.] [Footnote 733: Bonivard, _Chroniq._ ii. p. 468. _Journal de Balard_, p. 112. Gautier MS. _Mém. d'Archéologie_, iv. p. 161.] [Footnote 734: In his journal recently published, Balard, one of the most respected and most catholic magistrates of the time, describes this plot at full length, pp. 117, 118. See also Bonivard, _Police de Genève_, p. 396.] [Footnote 735: _Journal de Balard_, p. 118. Bonivard, _Police de Genève_, p. 396.] [Footnote 736: 'On regratia Dieu.'—_Journal de Balard_, p. 117. Bonivard, _Chroniq._ ii. p. 467.] [Footnote 737: _Journal de Balard_, p. 119. Registres du Conseil, _ad locum_.] [Footnote 738: Registres du Conseil des 13 et 14 juillet 1527. Bonivard, _Chroniq._ ii. p. 467. Galiffe, _Matériaux pour l'Histoire de Genève_, ii. pp. 421, 517. _Journal de Balard_, p. 119.] [Footnote 739: Registres du Conseil du 15 juillet 1527. Bonivard, _Chroniq._ ii. p. 471. _Journal de Balard_, p. 119.] [Footnote 740: Registres du Conseil du 15 juillet 1527. _Journal de Balard_, p. 119. Bonivard, _Chroniq._ pp. 471, 472.] [Footnote 741: Besson, _Mémoire du Diocèse de Genève_, p. 87.] [Footnote 742: Registres du Conseil des 18, 19, 23, 24 juillet 1527. Bonivard, _Chroniq._ ii. p. 468. _Journal de Balard_, pp. 121-124.] CHAPTER IV. THE BISHOP-PRINCE FLEES FROM GENEVA. (JULY AND AUGUST 1527.) [Sidenote: BISHOPERS AND COMMONERS.]