MS. du Procès inquisitionnel, p. 338. Footnote 584: Registres du Conseil des 10 et 23 Juin et 7 Juillet, 1534. Footnote 585: Friday, 17th July, 1534. Footnote 586: MS. du Procès inquisitionnel, pp. 339-343. Footnote 587: Ibid. pp. 350-354. Footnote 588: ‘Hæreticæ pravitates et hæreticorum maximum defensorem et factorem.’—The sentence is in Latin in the MS. du Procès inquisitionnel, pp. 431-435. Footnote 589: See the letter of Francis I. to the Council of Geneva in the archives of that city. Footnote 590: Froment, _Gestes de Genève_, p. 242. CHAPTER XIII. THE NIGHT OF JULY THIRTY-FIRST AT GENEVA. (JULY 1534.) [Sidenote: Effect Of Baudichon’s Imprisonment.] By imprisoning Maisonneuve, the priests had desired to check the progress of the Gospel, but it had the contrary effect. The courage of the accused and the injustice of the accusers increased the determination of the Genevans. The work of the Reformation was not a work without fore-thought; it had been long preparing, and advanced step by step towards the goal by paths which the hand of God had traced for it. The rich harvests which were to cover the shores of Lake Leman and to feed so many hungry souls, were not to spring from the earth in a day; the soil had long been ploughed and dressed, the seed had been sown, and therefore the crop was so abundant. The Reformation was the fruit of a long travail: at one time the secret operations of divine influence, at another, deeds done by men in the light of day, was transforming by slow degrees a somewhat restless but still energetic and generous people.