Thus Bassompierre, who was at once Protestant and Catholic--Protestant by conviction and Catholic as commander of the order of the Holy Ghost; Bassompierre, who was a German by birth and a Frenchman at heart--in short, Bassompierre, who had a distinguished command at the siege of La Rochelle, said, in charging at the head of several other Protestant nobles like himself, "You will see, gentlemen, that we shall be fools enough to take La Rochelle." And Bassompierre was right.
Por eso Bassompierre, que era a la vez protestante y católico, protestante de corazón y católico como comendador del Espíritu Santo; Bassompierre, que era alemán de nacimiento y francés de corazón; Bassompierre, en fin, que ejercía un mando particular en el asedio de La Rochelle, decía cargando a la cabeza de muchos otros señores protestantes como él: