Protestant Exiles From France

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Excerpt from Protestant Exiles From France: In the Reign of Louis XIV, The Huguenot Refugees and Their Descendants in Great Britain and Ireland The Huguenot cavalry were conspicuous in the Prince's army, and als of the same communion. The French historian, J. Michelet, estimates the officers at 7 36, some of them making their debut in the service of the lib privates. Observing that this steadfast and considerable portion of the U to in Lord Macaulay's word-picture of the march from Exeter, Michel< bitterly in words like these In the Homeric enumeration which tha W'illiam's comrades, he counts (as one who would omit nothing) Englis Swedes, Swiss, yes, down to the three hundred negroes, with turbans ar attendance on as many rich English or Dutch officers. But he has not an Is it that our band of exiles are clad in costumes incongruous with Williar uniform of many of them must be that of the impoverished refugee torn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.