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"Very well!" Vessins replied, and left him, making him a present of the horse on which he rode. Though the commands which the king sent to the various provinces of France for the massacre were very generally obeyed, there were examples of distinguished virtue, in which Catholics of high rank not only refused to imbrue their own hands in blood, but periled their lives to protect the Protestants.
"You will have an easy victory." Vessins made no reply, but ordered the valet to seek his master's cloak and sword. Then leading him into the street, he mounted him upon a powerful horse, and with fifteen armed men escorted him out of the city. Not a word was exchanged between them.
A Catholic officer by the name of Vessins, one of the most fierce and irritable men in France, had a private quarrel with a Protestant officer whose name was Regnier. They had mutually sought each other in Paris to obtain such satisfaction as a duel could afford. Regnier, conscious that all resistance would be unavailing, calmly bared his bosom to his enemy, exclaiming,
When they arrived at a little grove at a short distance from the residence of the Protestant gentleman, Vessins presented him with his sword, and bade him dismount and defend himself, saying, "Do not imagine that I seek your friendship by what I have done. All I wish is to take your life honorably." Regnier threw away his sword, saying, "I will never strike at one who has saved my life."
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