Henry IV., King of France, after being wounded by an assassin sent by the Jesuits, said: "I am compelled to do one of
these two things: Either recall the Jesuits, free them from the
infamy and disgrace with which they are covered, or to expel
them in a more absolute manner, and prevent them from approaching either my person or my kingdom.
"But, then, we will drive them to despair and to the resolution of attempting my life again, which would render it so miserable to me, being always under the apprehension of being
murdered, or poisoned. For these people have correspondence
everywhere, and are so very skillful in disposing the minds of
men to whatever they wish, that I think it would be better that
I should be already dead."
Chiniquy, Charles, Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, New York; Chicago; Toronto: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1886, p. 684.
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