sentences:  The suite of the princess took to flight, and with them all the notables of the city, but Bishop Belsunce remained with a few friends, and together they battled against the plague, till they conquered it.In his address to the Assembly of the Clergy in 1725, Belsunce stated that more than 250 priests and religious perished at that time.But he was the soul of the rescuers and the praises bestowed on him by Alexander Pope and Charles Hubert Millevoye ("Essay on Man" and "Belsunce ou la peste de Marseille") were deserved.