40 RENEE,

could not live in his house any
more.
 "I cannot sin against God
by leaving the Reformed
Church, where he has given
peace to my soul," said Renee.
 The duke now gave her a
palace by herself, and would
not even visit her. He forbid
her to have any minister of
her own Church, but he let
two or three ladies who be-
lieved as she did live with her.