The court refused them; and, on the 5th of March, 1526, the judgment was read to him in his prison at the Conciergerie.

It was to the effect that his books should be again burned before his eyes, that he should declare his approval of so just a sentence, and that he should earn the compassion of the church by not refusing her any satisfaction she might demand; else he should himself go to the stake.
Whilst Berquin's trial was thus coming to an end, Francis I.was entering France once more in freedom, crying, "So I am king again!" During the latter days of March, amongst the numerous personages who came to congratulate him was John de Selve, premier president of the Parliament of Paris.

The king gave him a very cold reception.

"My lords," wrote the premier president to his court, "I heard, through M.de Selve, my nephew, about some displeasure that was felt as regards our body, and I also perceived it myself.

I have already begun to speak of it to Madame [the king's mother].