The indignation of the magistrates and of the chiefs of the soldiery was trifling compared with the anger of the people. The thought that the envoys had been shut up within the walls of Chillon made all their hearts burn. 'Let us make reprisals,' said the relatives of the victims to the syndics, 'and to make sure that they will restore us our fellow-citizens, let us seize hostages who are as good as they.' Three notable men, at that time within the reach of the Genevans—M. de Sales, the Bastard of Wufflens, and M. de Montfort—were laid hold of.[674] The last-named was a monk of the convent of St. Jean, situated on the heights bathed by the blue waters of the Rhone, at the gates of Geneva, although within the duke's territories. The people do not weigh the claims of justice so calmly as wise men in council. The flames which burnt in every heart broke out all of a sudden. There was shouting and assembling. The popular waves rose higher from street to street, tossing and foaming. 'Shall we leave at the very gates of the city,' was the cry, 'a building whence the enemy can make his artillery bear upon us?' The crowd rushed to St. Jean, scaled the walls, seized De Montfort, climbed on the roof, broke, demolished, and threw down everything, and did not stop until the convent was in ruins. The crime of Coppet produced the execution at St. Jean. Popular indignation did not reflect that in all states, and especially in republics, nothing should be done except by the law. [650] See the works of Madame de Staël, her family, the Duc de Broglie, Comte Haussonville, and her friends. [651] Report of the two Bernese envoys to the Council of Geneva. [652] 'Von Lullin sagte Alinges hatte Gleit zu geben keine Gewalt.'—Stettler, _Chronik_. [653] 'Die Deutsche heim zu mahnen, und zu Ihnen den Berg hinauf zu reiten.'—_Ibid._ [654] Report of the two Bernese envoys.—_Registres du Conseil de Genève._ [655] 'Hielt die Berner betrüglich auf, bemeldeter von Lullin, und sagte: Er wollte zum ersten Mess hören.'—Stettler, _Chronik_. [656] 'Und eine Collation thun.'—_Ibid._ [657] Registres du Conseil de Genève du 12 Octobre 1535. [658] 'Nahm er des Genfers starken hispanischen Hengst, setzt denselbigen hingegen auf einen Esel.'—Stettler, _Chronik_, p. 71. [659] 'Vermahnet sie ihren Feinden bey Hencken zügestehen.'—Stettler, _Chronik_, p. 71. [660] Stettler says that the Swiss had already started for Geneva when the Bernese arrived; and Ruchat and others say the same. On reading the manuscript registers of the Council of Geneva, it is seen that the report of Messieurs de Berne states expressly the contrary; and Froment corroborates this report, p. 196. [661] These are the words spoken in the Council.—See the _Registres du Conseil_ for the 11th October 1535. [662] _Registres du Conseil_, _ad diem_. [663] Froment, _Gestes de Genève_, p. 197. [664] _Registres du Conseil_ du 11 Octobre 1535.—MSC. de Roset, liv. iii. ch. 51.