David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ De la Fontaine received them on the 24th June, and told them his belief that if a good peace could be made with Spain, little care would be taken of religion. He warned them that the Lords of the Queen’s Council would by no means suffer ministers to meddle with State affairs and with the civil government. “You must excuse yourselves,” said he, “by saying, We are here as clergymen only, and concern ourselves with nothing but religion.” ”

“ The Protestants of the Netherlands were filled with consternation at a report that Elizabeth wished them to be content with liberty of conscience, and not to demand the toleration of their public worship. ”

“ What was known among the Huguenots as the third civil war broke out in 1568, and the fury of the Romanists was specially felt at Orleans, so that about that time the Protestant congregation was scattered and the pasteurs fled. Monsieur de la Fontaine eventually came to London, and officiated in the French Church in Threadneedle Street. The year on which his services are first recorded is (according to Burn) 1574. The Church in France still considered Orleans to be under their care, and his pastoral tie to be enduring. ”