He declared that he had been brought up amongst the Jesuits in Rue St.
Jacques, and he gave long details as to the education he had received there and the maxims he had heard there.

The rumor of his crime and of the revelations he had made spread immediately over Paris and caused passionate excitement.

The people filled the churches and rendered thanks to God for having preserved the king.

The burgesses took up arms and mustered at their guard-posts.

The mob bore down on the college of Jesuits in Rue St.Jacques with threats of violence.