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Article STORY OF URBAIN GRANDIER. ← Page 4 of 7 →
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Story Of Urbain Grandier.
was no way dismayed by this sudden attack , but answered , with a smile of indignation , " that he renounced Satan and all his devils , that he g loried in the name of Jesus Christ , and' that he disclaimed all knowledge of and intercourse with such miserable impostors . " This execrable scene , however , produced considerable effect upon the peoplewho could not believe it possible for women that had
, devoted themselves to their God to be capable of such monstrous iniquity . The nuns Would now have torn him to pieces if they had not been withheld ; they threw , however , their slippers at his head , distorting at the same time their countenances into the most terrible grimaces . About two months before the condemnation of Grandier a sudden remorse seized upon the sister Clara and the sister Agnes z
they publicly confessed the part they had taken in this infamous plot . One of the seculars , La Nogeret , made the same avowal ; but the principals of the conspiracy laughed at their declarations , which they insisted were only the artifices of the devils to foster incredulity . The judges were now appointed for the trial of Grandier , the issue of which was easily foreseenwhen it was observed that the choice
, fell entirely upon his avowed and inveterate enemies . Such . an outrage against all the principles of justice drew together the sound part of the inhabitants of the town : at the ringing of the bell they assembled in the town-house , and there composed a letter to the king , in which the proceedings of the cabal vvere spiritedly and justly exposed . This measure , however , proved entirely ineffectual , and
contributed only to exasperate the commissary who , with the other commissioned judges , annulled the act of the assembly , and forbade any persons in future to deliberate on matters which came within the power of the commission . Grandier began now to consider his condemnation as the certain consequence of these outrageous proceedings ; he neglected , howeverno arguments which miht tend to open men ' s eyes to the
un-, g exampled perversion of justice , and violation of human ri ghts , by which his ruin was to be accomplished . One last solemn appeal he addressed to his judges , full of force and full of dignity , reminding them , " that the Judge of Judges would sit in the midst of them , and take account of their motives and decisions on that day in which they : would sacrifice an innocent man to the implacable fury of an
unrighteous cabal ; -that , as mortals , but a little time would bring them before that mighty tribunal , -where the temporary judgments which they shall have authorised in this world , will form the grounds on which that last immortal judgment shall be pronounced upon them ,, which , shall extend through endless ages . "' About this time an occurrence took place which affected all minds
with the deepest horror : —As M . de Laubardemont was entering the convent he was surprised with the figure of a woman in the outer court , with only a linen covering on her body , and her head naked ; a torch was in her hand , a cord about her neck , and her eyes were swelled with weeping . On approaching , it was found to be the superior of the convent , the chief actress iu these infernal scpi ' ie * , T tz '
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Story Of Urbain Grandier.
was no way dismayed by this sudden attack , but answered , with a smile of indignation , " that he renounced Satan and all his devils , that he g loried in the name of Jesus Christ , and' that he disclaimed all knowledge of and intercourse with such miserable impostors . " This execrable scene , however , produced considerable effect upon the peoplewho could not believe it possible for women that had
, devoted themselves to their God to be capable of such monstrous iniquity . The nuns Would now have torn him to pieces if they had not been withheld ; they threw , however , their slippers at his head , distorting at the same time their countenances into the most terrible grimaces . About two months before the condemnation of Grandier a sudden remorse seized upon the sister Clara and the sister Agnes z
they publicly confessed the part they had taken in this infamous plot . One of the seculars , La Nogeret , made the same avowal ; but the principals of the conspiracy laughed at their declarations , which they insisted were only the artifices of the devils to foster incredulity . The judges were now appointed for the trial of Grandier , the issue of which was easily foreseenwhen it was observed that the choice
, fell entirely upon his avowed and inveterate enemies . Such . an outrage against all the principles of justice drew together the sound part of the inhabitants of the town : at the ringing of the bell they assembled in the town-house , and there composed a letter to the king , in which the proceedings of the cabal vvere spiritedly and justly exposed . This measure , however , proved entirely ineffectual , and
contributed only to exasperate the commissary who , with the other commissioned judges , annulled the act of the assembly , and forbade any persons in future to deliberate on matters which came within the power of the commission . Grandier began now to consider his condemnation as the certain consequence of these outrageous proceedings ; he neglected , howeverno arguments which miht tend to open men ' s eyes to the
un-, g exampled perversion of justice , and violation of human ri ghts , by which his ruin was to be accomplished . One last solemn appeal he addressed to his judges , full of force and full of dignity , reminding them , " that the Judge of Judges would sit in the midst of them , and take account of their motives and decisions on that day in which they : would sacrifice an innocent man to the implacable fury of an
unrighteous cabal ; -that , as mortals , but a little time would bring them before that mighty tribunal , -where the temporary judgments which they shall have authorised in this world , will form the grounds on which that last immortal judgment shall be pronounced upon them ,, which , shall extend through endless ages . "' About this time an occurrence took place which affected all minds
with the deepest horror : —As M . de Laubardemont was entering the convent he was surprised with the figure of a woman in the outer court , with only a linen covering on her body , and her head naked ; a torch was in her hand , a cord about her neck , and her eyes were swelled with weeping . On approaching , it was found to be the superior of the convent , the chief actress iu these infernal scpi ' ie * , T tz '