[580] "Quodnam item de illo judicium tulerit Caesar Maximilianus hodie imperans, cum ad te prescripsit, omnia bella et omnes dissensiones, quae inter Christianos hodie vagantur, proficisci a Granvellano et Lotharingo Cardinalibus." Jean de Serres, iii. 234. [581] This petition or protestation of Conde is among the longest public papers of the period, occupying not less than forty-three pages of the invaluable Commentarii de statu religionis et reipublicae of Jean de Serres. It well repays an attentive perusal, for it contains, in my judgment, the most important and authentic record of the sufferings of the Huguenots during the peace. The reader will notice that I have made great use of its authority in the preceding narrative. [582] Jean de Serres, iii. 241. [583] The place is sufficiently designated by Ag. d'Aubigne (Hist. univ., i. 263) "a Bonni pres Sancerre;" by Jean de Serres (iii. 242) "ad Sangodoneum vicum (Saint Godon) qui tribus ferme milliaribus distat ab ea fluminis parte, qua transiit Condaeus;" by Hotman, Gasparis Colinii Vita, 1575 (p. 68), "ad flumen accessit, quo Sancerrani collis radices alluuntur," and by the "Vie de Coligny" (p. 351), "vis a vis de Sancerre." It will surprise no one accustomed to the uncertainties and perplexities of historical investigation, that while one author, quoted by Henry White (Mass. of St. Bartholomew, 292), puts the crossing "near les Rosiers, four leagues below Saumur," Davila (p. 129) places it at Roanne. The two spots are, probably, not less than 230 miles apart in a straight line. [584] See De Thou, etc. [585] Recueil des choses mem. (Hist. des Cinq Rois), 336. The Life of Coligny (1575), p. 68, states that the rise took place within _three_ hours after the Huguenots crossed. [586] Jean de Serres, iii. 192, and De Thou, iv. (liv. xliv.) 140. The dates of Conde's departure from Tanlay and arrival at La Rochelle are, as usual, given differently by other authorities. CHAPTER XVI. THE THIRD CIVIL WAR. [Sidenote: Relative advantages of the Roman Catholics and Huguenots.] [Sidenote: Enthusiasm of Huguenot youth.] [Sidenote: Enlistment of Agrippa d'Aubigne.]