On the 22nd M. de Saint-Pierre arrived from the court, bringing the reply
of the king to the proposals which Cavalier had submitted to M. de
Lalande. What this reply was did not transpire; probably it was not in
harmony with the pacific intentions of the marechal. At last, on the
25th, the answer to the demands which Cavalier had made to M. de Villars
himself arrived. The original paper written by the Camisard chief himself
had been sent to Louis XIV, and he returned it with notes in his own
writing; thus these two hands, to one of which belonged the shepherd's
crook and to the other the sceptre, had rested on the same sheet of
paper. The following is the text of the agreement as given by Cavalier
in his Memoirs:

"THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE REFORMERS OF
LANGUEDOC TO THE KING

"1. That it may please the king to grant us liberty of conscience
throughout the province, and to permit us to hold religious meetings in
every suitable place, except fortified places and walled cities.

'Granted, on condition that no churches be built.

"2. That all those in prison or at the galleys who have been sent there
since the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, because of their religion,
be set at liberty within six weeks from the date of this petition.

'Granted.

"3. That all those who have left the kingdom because of their religion be
allowed to return in freedom and safety, and that their goods and