The three oldest Huguenot songs known to exist belong to the first two divisions, and have been saved from destruction by the enemies of their authors, in the very attempt to secure their suppression. They have recently been found upon the records of the Parliament of Paris, where they obtained a place, thanks to the zeal of the "lieutenant general" of Meaux in endeavoring to ferret out the composers of anti-papal ballads. They were entered, without regard to metre, as so much prose. A stanza or two of the song entitled _Chanson nouvelle sur le chant: "N'allez plus au bois jouer,"_ and evidently adapted to the tune of a popular ballad of the day, may suffice to indicate the character of the most vigorous of these compositions. It is addressed to Michel d'Arande, a friend of Farel, whom Bishop Briconnet had invited to preach the Gospel in his diocese of Meaux, and begins: Ne preschez plus la verite, Maistre Michel! Contenue en l'Evangille, Il y a trop grand danger D'estre mene Dans la Conciergerie. Lire, lire, lironfa. Il y a trop grand danger D'estre mene Dans la Conciergerie Devant les chapperons fourrez Mal informez Par gens plains de menterie. Lire, lire, lironfa. The "chants religieux," of which M. Bordier's collection reproduces twenty-five, are partly poetical paraphrases of the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, etc., and partly original compositions on a variety of themes, such as patient endurance of insult, etc. They display great familiarity with the Holy Scriptures, and sometimes not a little poetic fire.