Note 195 — PLATE LXXXVII. AND LXXXVIII. CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS, AT ST. LO. (WESTERN DOOR-WAY, AND VARIOUS SPECIMENS OF SCULPTURE.)

St. Lo was then commanded by M. Colombieres, who was so resolute in the cause, that, rather than surrender, he placed himself in the middle of the breach, with his two young sons, on either side of him, each holding a javelin in his hand, and then awaited the attack, exhorting his children to perish bravely, rather than be left to infidels and apostates. The Catholic army was headed by M. de Matignon, who had, on a former occasion, distinguished himself by his lenity towards the inhabitants of the place. The lordship of St. Lo, with the title of a barony, continued in his family as late as the year 1722, when Masseville published his History of Normandy.