Eustace even came upon one of the
old-fashioned arquebuses standing on three legs to be fired; and,
what was worse, there was a gorget with the portrait of the murderer
of Henri III. enameled on it, and the inscription 'S. Jacques
Clement,' but the Coadjutor had the horrible thing broken up
publicly. My brother said things did indeed remind him of the rusty
old weapons that were taken down at the beginning of the Rebellion.
He had been to M. Darpent's, and found him exceedingly busy, and had
learned from him that the Coadjutor was at the bottom of all this
day's disturbance. Yes, Archbishop de Gondi himself. He had been
bitterly offended at the mocking, mistrustful way in which his
services had been treated, and besides, reports came to him that
Cardinal talked of sending him of Quimper Corentin, and Broussel to
Havre, and the Chancellor to dismiss the Parliament! He had taken
counsel with his friends, and determined to put himself and the head
of the popular movement and be revenged upon the Court, and one of
his familiar associates, M. d'Argenteuil, had disguised himself as a
mason, and led the attack with a rule in his hand, while a lady,
Madame Martineau, had beaten the drum and collected the throng to
guard the gates and attack the Chancellor. There were, it was
computed, no less than 1260 barricades all over Paris, and the
Parliament was perfectly amazed at the excitement produced by the
capture of Broussel.
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