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  HISTORY OF THE

  RISE OF THE HUGUENOTS.

  BY

  HENRY M. BAIRD,

  PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.


  _IN TWO VOLUMES._

  VOL. II.

  _FROM THE EDICT OF JANUARY (1562), TO THE
  DEATH OF CHARLES THE NINTH (1574)._


  London:
  HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
  27, PATERNOSTER ROW.
  MDCCCLXXX.

  Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Printers, London and Aylesbury.




  CONTENTS

  OF

  VOLUME SECOND.


  BOOK II.

  CHAPTER XIII.

  1562-1563.

                                                                     Page
  THE FIRST CIVIL WAR                                                   3
    Unsatisfactory Character of the Edict of January                    3
    Huguenot Leaders urge its Observance                                3
    Seditious Sermons                                                   5
    Opposition of Parliaments                                           6
    New Conference at St. Germain                                       7
    Defection of Antoine of Navarre, and its Effects                    9
    He is cheated with Vain Hopes                                      10
    Jeanne d'Albret constant                                           10
    Immense Crowds at Huguenot Preaching                               11
    The Canons of Sainte-Croix                                         12
    The Guises meet Christopher of Wuertemberg at Saverne               13
    Their Lying Assurances                                             15
    The Guises deceive Nobody                                          17
    Throkmorton's Account of the French Court                          17
    The Massacre of Vassy                                              19
    The Huguenots call for the Punishment of the Murderers             23
    The Pretence of Want of Premeditation                              24
    Louis of Conde appeals to the King                                 26
    Beza's Remonstrance                                                27
    An Anvil that had worn out many Hammers                            28
    Guise enters Paris                                                 28
    The Queen Mother takes Charles to Melun                            30
    Her Letters imploring Conde's Aid                                  31
    Revolutionary Measures of the Triumvirs                            32
    Conde retires to Meaux                                             33
    La Noue justifies his Prudence                                     33
    The Huguenot Summons                                               34
    Admiral Coligny's Reluctance to take up Arms                       34
    Guise and Navarre seize the King and bring him to Paris            36
    Montmorency's Exploit at the "Temples"                             37
    He earns the Title of "Le Capitaine Brulebanc"                     37
    Conde throws himself into Orleans                                  38
    His "Justification"                                                39
    Stringent Articles of Association                                  40
    The Huguenot Nobles and Cities                                     41
    Can Iconoclasm be repressed?                                       42
    An Uncontrollable Impulse                                          43
    It bursts out at Caen                                              44
    The "Idol" of the Church of Sainte-Croix                           45
    Massacre of Huguenots at Sens                                      46
    Disorders and War in Provence and Dauphiny                         47
    William of Orange and his Principality                             48
    Massacre by Papal Troops from Avignon                              49
    Merciless Revenge of the Baron des Adrets                          50
    His Grim Pleasantry at Mornas                                      51
    Atrocities of Blaise de Montluc                                    51
    The Massacre at Toulouse                                           52
    The Centenary celebrated                                           53
    Foreign Alliances sought                                           54
    Queen Elizabeth's Aid invoked                                      55
    Cecil's Urgency and Schemes                                        56
    Divided Sympathies of the English                                  56
    Diplomatic Manoeuvres                                              57
    Conde's Reply to the Pretended "Petition"                          59
    Third National Synod of the Protestants                            61
    Interview of Catharine and Conde at Toury                          62
    The "Loan" of Beaugency                                            63
    Futile Negotiations                                                64
    Spasmodic Efforts in Warfare                                       65
    Huguenot Discipline                                                66
    Severities of the Parisian Parliament                              68
    Military Successes of the "Triumvirs" at Poitiers and Bourges     