Whatever the origin of the name the picture of the Huguenot is familiar to us.

Of all the fine types of French manhood, that of the Huguenot is one of the finest.

Gallic gaiety is tempered with earnestness; intrepidity is strengthened with a new moral fibre like that of steel.

Except in the case of a few great lords, who joined the party without serious conviction, the high standard of the Huguenot morals was recognized even by their enemies.

In an age of profligacy the "men of the religion," as they called themselves, walked the paths of rectitude and sobriety.
[1] Remy Belleau: _La Reconnue_, act 4, scene 2.
{209} Charles, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France, d.