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Amiot. Amiot at an early period of hislife, ran away from his father’s house, wan-dered about the country, and fell sick uponthe road. A person passing by, took himup, and conveyed him to the hospital atOrleans , where he gave him twelve sous, andtook his leave. It was in remembrance ofthis charity, that when Amiotbecame GrandAlmoner of France, and Bishop of Auxerre ,he bequeathed twelve hundred crowns to thishospital.
In the church of St. Gervais, at Geneva ,is a monument in memory of those who sa-crificed their lives to the preservation oftheir country on the night of the famousescalade in 1602.*
The cathedral of St, Pierre, containsmany monuments of celebrated persons, andmany Roman inscriptions: among others,the mausoleum of Amelia de Nassau , Prin-cess of Orange, and widow of Don Emanuel,Prince of Portugal, who died at Geneva inJ6?8.f