Identifier: storyofourchrist00bird (find matches)
Title: The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Bird, Frederic Mayer, 1838-1908 Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
Subjects: Church history
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Peerless Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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e France.The kings army was nominally commanded by his brother, the Duke of Anjou,a boy of seventeen, who was guided by Marshal Tavannes. This skilful com-mander outgeneralled Conde, separated him from his reinforcements, and forcedan action near Jarnac on the Charante river, March 13th, 1569. Condes legwas broken by a kick from the horse of the Duke de la Rochefoucauld, who rodebeside him. With the bone protruding through his boot, he called on hisfriends to strike for Christ and their country, and gallantly led his last charge.He was soon unhorsed, and fighting on his knee. Says an old chronicler, Around him was the bitterest and most obstinate contest that ever was seen,it was thought, during the civil wars. One old man, La Vergne, fell with fifteenof his descendants in a heap around him. But what could two hundred and fiftygentlemen do, opposed to two thousand in front, with twenty-five hundred Germanreiter on their right and eight hundred lances on their left, but die ?—as they
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DEATH OF CONDE. 379 380 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. did, two-thirds of them, on the spot Conde gave up his sword to a gentlemannamed DArgence, who had him carried to the woods near by and laid carefullyon the grass with his back against a tree. He was talking -to a number ofroyalist officers who had gathered about him, when a captain of Anjous Swissguard rode up and shot him through the head. Thus perished as gallant aprince as ever drew sword for the right. Had his ability equalled his spirit,France might have had a different history. His murderer was never punished,nor did young Anjou even blame the dastardly deed. By his orders the princesbody, slung across a pack-horse, was borne into Jarnac and jeered at by thesoldiers. It was afterwards given to his nephew, and buried in a tomb of hisfamily at Vendome. Though the Huguenots had lost only their leader and the advance-guard,their spirits were low as Coligny and his brother drew them off to Cognac. Herethe Queen of Navarre, who w

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