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FRANCE, IN OLD TIMES.
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been often persecuted. When Henry IVth was king, he passed a law, giving them liberty to exercise their own religion. It was called the Edict of Nantz, because it was made at the city of Nantz. Then the Huguenots had peace, for before that, they had been distressed by imprisonment, and death. But when Louis XIVth became king of France, he repealed or destroyed the Edict of Nantz. This unkind act was done, in the year 1685. Great sufferings then came upon the Huguenots. Multitudes fled from persecution, and took refuge in distant lands. Many came and made their abode in this country, which was then newly settled. They were excellent people, and their descendants are
