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History of the Rise of the Huguenots, Vol. 2

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Jurieu, Pierre, his remarks respecting the origin of the name "Huguenot," i. 398.

Justice, abuses in administration of, i. 19.

K.

Killigrew of Pendennis reaches Rouen, ii. 78.

King, the "fons omnis jurisdictionis," i. 122;

emperor in his own dominions, ib.

King's authority, checks upon, i. 15.

King's evil, cured by the touch of the French monarchs, i. 100.

Knox, John on the affair of the Rue St. Jacques, i. 303, 307, 308;

his sermon on the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, and his denunciation of Charles IX., ii. 550.

L.

La Court, ii. 509.

Lacretelle, M., estimates the Huguenots as numbering 1,500,000 souls, or one-tenth of the population of France, ii. 159.

La Force, Jacques Nompar de Caumont, Duke of, his wonderful escape in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 472, 473.

Lagebaston, President of the Parliament of Bordeaux, ii. 523.

Lainez, second general of the Order of Jesus, makes an intemperate speech at Poissy, i. 536;

compares the Protestant ministers to apes and foxes, i. 537.

Lambert, François, first monk converted, i. 112;

his history, i. 113; his imprudent appeals, i. 114; his marriage and his death, ib.

Languedoc, fifteen cities in this province receive Protestant ministers, i. 429;

the children learn religion only from the Geneva catechism, ib.; of twenty-two bishops in Languedoc, all but five or six non-residents, ib.

Languet, Hubert his description of the persecution under Francis II., i. 366; of the confusion after the Tumult of Amboise, i. 397.

Lansac, a special envoy of Charles IX. to Germany, his unscrupulous misrepresentations, ii. 217, 218;

"Lansquenets," i. 11.

Laschêne, a Protestant nobleman, decapitated at Paris, ii. 330.

Laudonnière René de, leads the second colonial expedition to Florida, ii. 199;

escapes from the massacre of the Huguenots, and succeeds in returning to France, ii. 200.

Lausanne, the "Five scholars of," arrested, i. 283;

tried and executed, i. 284, 285.

Leclerc, Jean, a wool-carder of Meaux, tears down a papal bull, i. 87;

he is branded, i. 88; and burned alive at Metz, i. 89.

Leclerc, Pierre, a minister and martyr at Meaux, i. 253, 255.

Le Coq, his evangelical sermon, i. 151.

"Le Dieu le Fort," ii. 341.

Lefèvre d'Étaples, Jacques, i. 44, 67;

restores letters to France, i. 68; his studies, ib.; devotion, i. 69; his commentary on the Pauline epistles, i. 70; foresees the Reformation, ib.; controversy with Beda, i. 71; invited to Meaux, i. 73; spiritual progress of, i. 75; translates the New Testament, i. 77; his exultation, i. 79; retires to Strasbourg, i. 84-93; tutor of the Duke of Orleans, i. 94; librarian at Blois, ib.; hopes entertained by Aleander respecting, i. 94; mental sufferings and death, i. 95, 96.

Leicester, Earl of, ii. 381, 397;

it is proposed to offer him the hand of Mademoiselle de Bourbon, ii. 399; on Charles IX. and the massacre, ii. 559, 560.

Le Laboureur, on the massacre of Vassy, ii. 24.

Lent, the Pope's bull permitting eggs, butter, and cheese to be eaten during the fast, condemned by parliament, and publicly burned, i. 286;

negligent observance of, in court of Charles IX., i. 468.

Leo X., his concordat, i. 35, 36.

Léran, Viscount de, wounded and pursued into the room of Margaret of Valois, on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 467.

Léry, Jean, goes to Brazil with Villegagnon, and, on his return, writes a history of the expedition, i. 292;

ii.345, note; his account of the siege of Sancerre, ii. 590, 591, 594-598.

"Lettres de cachet," ii. 511.

Lhomme, or Lhommet, Martin, a bookseller, hung for having a copy of the "Tigre" in his possession, i. 445.

Libertine party, the, i. 195, 225.

Lieutenant de la Mareschaussée, his ineffectual defence and death on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 472.

Ligny, violence at, ii. 249.

Limousin, Protestantism in, i. 428.

Limueil, Isabeau de, her amorous intrigue with the Prince of Condé, ii. 145, 303.

"Lit de justice," i. 18, 312;

ii.492.

Liturgies of Farel and Calvin, i. 275, 276, 341, seq.,515.

Livry, the hermit of, i. 92.

Loménie, Martial de, a secretary of the king. Marshal Retz obtains his office and his estate of Versailles, and then causes him to be murdered, ii. 485.

Longjumeau, edict of pacification of, March 23, 1568, ii. 234;

the peace opposed by Coligny, and favored by Condé, ii. 235; discussion of the question of the sincerity of the court, ii. 236, 237; the edict thrown into the fire by Charles IX. in the parliament house, ii. 276.

Longjumeau Sieur de, assault upon his house, i. 476.

Longueville, Duke of, prevents the massacre of the Protestants from extending to Picardy, ii. 526.

Lorraine, Charles, Cardinal of, i. 261;

he exchanges the title of Cardinal of Guise for that of Cardinal of Lorraine, i. 269; various estimates of his character, i. 270, 271; his servility toward Diana of Poitiers, i. 273; hypocrisy to the Swiss envoys, i. 310; his conference with Cardinal Granvelle, i. 315; his great power on the accession of Francis II., i. 351; indignation of the people against him and his brother, i. 375; message he receives from the escaped Huguenot prisoners of Tours, i. 399; perplexity of, i. 413; his politic speech at Fontainebleau, i. 422; his hypocritical assurances to Throkmorton, i. 424, note; pasquinade against, i. 447; a virulent pamphlet against him entitled "Epistre au Tigre de la France," i. 409, 444-448; effrontery of, in offering to represent the three orders at the States General, i. 457; favors the holding of the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 495; he meets Beza and professes to be well satisfied, i. 503, 504; but subsequently boasts that he overthrew Beza in the first interview, i. 505; his speech in reply to Beza, i. 528, 529; he demands of the Huguenot ministers subscription to the Augsburg Confession, i. 533; retires in disgust from Saint Germain, i. 555; goes with his brothers to meet the Duke of Würtemberg at Saverne, ii. 13; his lying assurances, ii. 15, 16; he declares himself, on oath, guiltless of the death of any man for religion's sake, ii. 16; he returns to France from the Council of Trent, and unsuccessfully seeks the approval of the decrees, ii. 154; his wrangle at Melun, Feb, 1564, with Chancellor L'Hospital, ii. 154, 155; his encounter with Marshal Montmorency in Paris, ii. 166; forbidden by Catharine to hold communication with Granvelle and Chantonnay, ii. 181; he disregards the prohibition, ib.; his altercation with L'Hospital at Moulins, ii. 186; the Huguenots plan to seize him, ii. 205; his flight to Rheims, ii. 207; he invites Alva to enter France, ii. 208; his plot revealed, ii. 259, 260; makes another attack upon L'Hospital, and is prevented by Marshal Montmorency from making a bodily assault, ii. 264; his jealousy of Anjou, ii. 339; retires from court at the peace of Saint Germain, ii. 368; his rejoicing at Rome over the news of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 531, 532.

Lorraine, John, first Cardinal of, i. 267;

his many ecclesiastical benefices, ib.

Lorraine, Mary of, married to James V. of Scotland, i. 268.

Loue, La, taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306, 351;

killed near Montpellier, ii. 352.

Louis VIII., of France, confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.

Louis IX., St Louis, disliked in Périgord, i. 6;

his Pragmatic Sanction, i. 26.

Louis XI., his aversion to assembling the States General, i. 12;

consents to abrogate the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 32; subsequently re-enacts it, i. 33; confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.

Louis XII., re-enacts the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 35;

his motto, ib.; confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.

Louise de Savoie, mother of Francis I., i. 50, 60;

encourages reformed preachers, i. 74; regent, i. 109; change in her attitude, i. 110, 123.

Lude, Count of, ii. 324.

Luns, Philippine de, a young lady of wealth and rank, strangled and burned at Paris, i. 307.

Lusignan, "la pucelle," taken by the Huguenots, ii. 323.

Luther, his teachings condemned by the Sorbonne, i. 108;

wide circulation of his works, i. 112; his books proscribed, ib.; his letters respecting Melanchthon's projected visit to France, i. 185, 186.

"Lutherans," rage of populace of Paris against, i. 302.

Lyon, Jacques du, Seigneur de Grandfief, plots to surrender La Rochelle, ii. 617.

Lyons, frontier town at accession of Francis I., i. 3;

council of, i. 140; inspection of books at great fairs of, i. 281; in the hands of Maligny, i. 427; besieged, ii. 102; Huguenots accused of poisoning wells in, ii. 159; massacre at, ii. 513, seq.

M.

Macaulay, Lord, a remark ascribed by him to Admiral Coligny, ii. 463, note.

Macchiavelli's Il Principe, "the Italian Bible," ii. 552, note.

Mackintosh, Sir James, receives from M. de Châteaubriand important documents bearing upon the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 436.

Macon, persecution at, i. 217.

Madrid, a royal country-seat, ii. 259.

Madrid, treaty of, declared null, i. 136.

Magic, resort to, i. 48.

Maigret, Friar Aimé, preaches at Lyons, i. 118.

Malassise, M. de, Henry de Mesmes, ii. 359, 363, 366.

Maligny seizes Lyons, but, not being supported, fails to keep the place, i. 427.

Malot, Jean, a minister at the colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.

Malta, siege of, by the Turks, in 1565, ii. 181.

Mandelot, M. de, Governor of Lyons, ii. 513;

his perplexity, ii. 514; his responsibility for the massacre in Lyons, ii. 517; a suppliant for the spoils of the Huguenots, ii. 518.

Mangin, a martyr at Meaux, i. 254, 255;

Mans, Protestants of, plundered or killed, ii. 162.

Mansfeld, Count of. See Wolrad.

Marcel, prévôt des marchands, ii. 482, etc.

Marché-aux-pourceaux, i. 46.

Marcourt, Antoine, probable author of the placard of 1534, i. 164.

"Mardi Gras," the rising of, ii. 625.

Margaret of Valois, youngest daughter of Henry II., born May 14, 1552, her hand declined by Sebastian of Portugal, ii. 379;

proposed marriage to Henry of Navarre, ii. 392; the proposal comes from the Montmorencies, ii. 394; absurdity of the story of a romantic attachment of Margaret, in 1571, to Henry of Guise, ii. 395, note; she is said to be at first indifferent, afterward anxious to marry Henry of Navarre, ii. 395, 396; described by Jeanne d'Albret, ii. 405; the betrothal, ii. 426; the marriage, ii. 427; the entertainment in the Louvre, ii. 429; on the morning of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 466.

Marillac, Bishop of Vienne, i. 418;

his speech at Fontainebleau, i. 420, 421.

Marlorat, Augustin, a prominent Huguenot minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509;

in the Conference of Saint Germain, i. 539; he is hung by order of the Parliament of Rouen, ii. 80.

Maromme, Laurent de, a leader of the murderers at Rouen, ii. 520, 521.

Marot, Clément, i. 42;

his flight to Ferrara, i. 179.

Marsac, Louis de, his words at the stake, i. 278.

Marshals, remonstrance of the, ii. 255.

Martigues, Sebastian of Luxemburg, Viscount of, ii. 341;

his impiety, ib., note.

Martin Theodoric, of Beauvais, his elegies on Louis de Berquin, i. 157;

remarks respecting Barthélemi Milon, i. 172.

Martyr, Peter, or Pietro Martiro Vermigli, a native of Florence and a reformer, invited to the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 494;

his arrival, i. 527; his speech, i. 536; takes part in the Conference of Saint Germain, i. 539; his candid paper, i. 540.

Martyrs, Protestant, constancy of, i. 177;

ingenious contrivance for prolonging their sufferings, ib.

Mary, Queen of Scots, wife of Francis II., i. 347;

ii. 146, 545.

Mass, Roman Catholic, songs against, ii. 121, seq.

Massacre, of Protestants in Holy Week, 1561, i. 474;

of Vassy, March 1, 1562, ii. 22; of Sens, April 12, 1562, ii. 46, 55; of Orange, June 5, 1562, ii. 49; of Toulouse, ii. 52-54; of Troyes, ii. 128, 129; of Roman Catholics at Nismes ii. 234, 225; in prisons of Orleans, Aug. 21, 1569, ii. 326; of the garrison of Rabasteins, ii. 361; at Paris (see Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day); of Meaux, Aug. 25 and 26, 1572, ii. 505-507; of Troyes, Sept. 4, 1572, ii. 507, 508; of Orleans, ii. 508 seq.; of Bourges, Sept. 12, 1572, ii. 511, 512; of Angers, ii. 512, 513; of Lyons, ii. 513-518; of Rouen, Sept., 1572, ii. 519-521; of Toulouse, ii. 521, 522; of Bordeaux, Oct, 1572, ii. 522-524; why the massacre is not universal, ii. 524, 525; cases of mercy, ii. 526, 527.

Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, in Paris, the question of its premeditation, chapter xvii. passim;

La Huguerye's statements, ii. 423, 424; a significant mock combat, ii. 431; the plan as sketched by Anjou, ii. 433 seq.; Salviati's testimony respecting the want of premeditation and the ignorance of the king, ii. 435, 436; Coligny wounded, ii. 437; Catharine and Anjou resolve upon extreme measures, ii. 446; the blood council, ii. 447, seq.; Charles reluctantly consents, ii. 449; few victims selected at first, ii. 450; religious hatred as a motive, ii. 452; precautions taken, ib.; the municipal officers of Paris called in, ii. 454; murder of Coligny, ii. 457, seq.; of Huguenot leaders in the Louvre, ii. 465, seq.; on the signal bell from the Palais de Justice, the massacre becomes general, ii. 470; the part taken by the courtiers and the royal guard, ii. 471; pitiless butchery, ii. 474; shamelessness of the court ladies, ii. 476; wonderful escapes, ii. 477; the dead bodies buried by the municipality of Paris, ii. 484; the massacre not at first a popular movement, ii. 484, 485; pillage of the rich, ii. 485; action of the municipal officers, ii. 486; ineffectual orders issued to lay down arms, ii. 487; miracle of the hawthorn of the Cimetière des Innocents, ii. 488; number of the victims in Paris, ii. 489; speech of the king at the "lit de justice," ii. 492; servility of parliament, ii. 493; Coligny's memory declared infamous, ii. 496; the verbal orders, ii. 502; two kinds of letters sent out, ii. 504; uncertain number of victims, ii. 530.

Masso, an agent in the massacre at Lyons, ii. 504, note;

514, 516.

Matignon, M. de, saves the Protestants of Caen and Alençon from massacre, ii. 526.

Maubert, Place, ii. 339.

Maurevel murders De Mouy, ii. 337;

he is rewarded with the collar of the order, ii. 338; wounds Admiral Coligny, ii. 438, 439.

"Mauvais Garçons," highwaymen, i. 44.

Maximilian, Emperor of Germany, styles the French king "a king of asses," i. 14;

ii. 360, etc.

May, Du, attempts to assassinate Admiral Coligny, ii. 194.

Mayenne, Charles, Duke of, son of Francis, Duke of Guise, ii. 324.

Maynet, a Huguenot member of the Parliament of Rouen, ii. 519.

Mazurier, Martial, i. 75, 82, 90, 91.

Medici family, the, is reputed to be destined to be fatal to Christendom, i. 569.

Meaux, Reformation at, i. 67 seq., 74, 75, 83, 86, 92;

new persecutions at, i. 253; the "Fourteen of Meaux," i. 254; their execution, i. 255; iconoclasm at, ii. 68; consequent severity of the Parliament of Paris, ib.; massacre at, Aug. 25 and 26, 1572, ii. 505-507.

Medals, commemorative of the junction of the Huguenots and their German allies, ii. 318;

of the battles of Jarnac and Moncontour, ii. 336, note; of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 532, 533, 559.

Melanchthon, i. 43;

answers the Sorbonne's condemnation of Luther, i. 109; visited by a French agent, i. 160; draws up a plan of reconciliation, ib.; his extravagant concessions, i. 161; his own misgivings, i. 162; his plan makes a favorable impression on Francis I., ib.; is entreated to come to France, i. 182; his perplexity, i. 183; he is formally invited by Francis, and consents, i. 184; but fails to obtain permission from the Elector of Saxony, i. 185; his chagrin, i. 186; his articles reprobated by the Sorbonne, i. 187; approves of the execution of Servetus, i. 212.

Menendez, or Melendez, de Abila, sent by Philip II. to destroy the Huguenot settlements in Florida, ii. 200;

his cruelty and success, ib.

Mercenary troops, i. 11.

"Mercuriale," nature of, i. 331;

Henry II. goes in person to one of the Parliament of Paris, June 10, 1559, i. 332; that of June 23, 1561, i. 480, seq.

Mérindol, some inhabitants of, summoned to Aix, i. 235;

the infamous "Arrêt de Mérindol," November 18, 1540, i. 236; preparations to carry it into effect, i. 237; it is delayed by friendly interposition, i. 238; the place is taken and destroyed, i. 247.

Merle, d'Aubigné, a singular mistake of, i. 200.

Merlin, Jehan Reymond, a Protestant pastor, at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509;

counsels moderation to the Queen of Navarre, ii. 149; chaplain of Coligny, ii. 440, 457; his wonderful escape, ii. 477.

Méru, a younger Montmorency, ii. 441, note, 628.

Messignac, Huguenot loss at, ii. 284.

Metz, labors of Jean Châtellain at, i. 114;

anger of the people at his execution, i. 116.

"Michelade," the, at Nismes, ii. 224, 225.

Milhau-en-Rouergue, calls for ministers, i. 479;

the entire population becomes Protestant, ii. 147; refuses to admit a garrison, ii. 250; a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280; political Huguenot assembly at, ii. 600; second assembly, Dec. 17, 1573, at which the scheme of organization is perfected, ii. 617-619.

Miracles popular, i. 57;

miracle of the hawthorn tree of the Cimetière des Innocents, ii. 486.

Milon, Barthélemi, a paralytic, executed, i. 172;

remarks of Martin Theodoric, of Beauvais, respecting ib.

Minard, President, assassination of, i. 370.

Ministers, Protestant, the popular clamor for, i. 479;

their moderation, i. 479, 480; the demand unabated for, ii. 148.

Mirabel, a Huguenot leader, ii. 348.

Mirambeau, a Huguenot negotiator, ii. 623.

Miron, the Duke of Anjou's confession to, ii. 433.

Mole, La, one of the party of the Politiques, ii. 626;

he is executed on the Place de Grève, ii. 628, 629.

Monastic orders incur contempt, i. 60.

Monclar, Viscount of, ii. 230, 352.

Moncontour, battle of, Oct 3, 1569, ii. 332 seq.;

exultation of the Roman Catholic party after, ii. 336; medals struck at Rome, ib., note; extravagant action of parliament, ii. 337.

Money coined by the Huguenots, with the name and arms of Charles IX., ii. 219.

Mons, capture of, by Count Louis of Nassau, ii. 412.

Montagut, or Montaigu, Viscount of, ii. 230, note.

Montargis, the residence of the Duchess of Ferrara, affords a safe refuge to the Huguenots, ii. 73, 327;

flight of Huguenots from Montargis to Sancerre, ii. 328.

Montauban, the Protestants of, being maligned, vindicate their loyalty, i. 480;

beg that no more ex-monks be sent into France as Protestant ministers, ib.; iconoclasm at, i. 485, 486; it refuses to admit a garrison in, 1568, ii. 250; a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280; Coligny at, ii. 349; becomes, through Regnier's agency, a Protestant stronghold, ii. 574; political Huguenot assembly at, ii. 600; it provides for a military organization of the Huguenots, ib.

Montbéliard, Farel at, i. 117.

Montbrun, nephew of Cardinal Tournon, a Huguenot leader, in the Comtât Venaissin, etc., i. 414;

ii. 226, 230, 284, 348, 526; his exploits in Dauphiny, ii. 621, 622.

Mont de Marsan, ii. 351.

Montecuccoli, Count of, accused of having poisoned the dauphin, Francis, and drawn asunder by four horses, i. 259.

Montélimart, Huguenots of, i. 404.

Montereul, Claude a curate, active in the massacre of Rouen, ii. 520.

Montesquiou, captain of Anjou's guards, treacherously murders the Prince of Condé, ii. 302.

Montferrand, M. de, Governor of Bordeaux, ii. 522;

his brutal boast before the parliament that he had killed more than two hundred and fifty persons, ii. 524.

Montgomery, Gabriel, Count of, captain of the Scotch guard, mortally wounds Henry II. in the tournament, i. 339;

commands the Protestants at Rouen, ii. 78; escapes with D'Andelot to La Rochelle, at the beginning of the third civil war, ii. 281, 282; throws himself into St. Jean d'Angely, ii. 312; takes for the Huguenots a great part of Béarn, ii. 323; goes to Coligny's assistance, ii. 332; his raids, ii. 349, 451; escapes from the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 481-483; obtains help from England for La Rochelle, ii. 588; Queen Elizabeth's interest in him, ib.; he lands in Normandy, ii. 630; takes Carentan, ib.; is taken prisoner at Domfront, ii. 631; delight of Catharine de' Medici, ii. 631, 632; his sentence and execution, ii. 633; his constancy, ii. 634.

Montigny's remark as to the Burgundians, ii. 185.

Montluc, Bishop of Valence, his speech in the assembly of notables of Fontainebleau, i. 418, 419;

his description of the Protestant ministers, i. 403, 418; his evangelical preaching, i. 469; confers with the Protestants at Poissy, i. 538; Cardinal Lorraine's reference to him in the Colloquy of Poissy, ii. 8; at the Conference of Saint Germain, ib.; he is erroneously credited with writing Condé's reply to the Triumvirs, etc., ii. 61, 64; he is sent to secure the election of Anjou to the throne of Poland, ii. 552; his embarrassment, ii. 553, 560, note; his success, ii. 592, 593.

Montluc, Blaise de, a cruel general, ii. 51, 52;

at Toulouse, ii. 53, 54; is praised by Pius IV. for his part in the massacre, ii. 54; his conversation with Alva at the Bayonne conference, ii. 171; breaks down Coligny's bridge of boats, ii. 350; accuses Damville, ii. 352; succeeds in Béarn, ii. 361, 574.

Montmorency, Anne de, Grand Master and Constable, i. 261;

his ancient family and valor, i. 263; his cruelty, i. 263, 264; his unpopularity, i. 264; disgraced by Francis I., but recalled by Henry II., i. 265; opposes the breaking of the truce of Vaucelles, i. 297; taken prisoner at the battle of St. Quentin, i. 302; favors the peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, i. 322; his fall from power at the accession of Francis II., i. 347; retires to his estates, i. 352, 353; his wealth, ib.; indignation of Catharine de' Medici with him, i. 352; his disgust at the progress of Protestantism and the popular demand for restitution, i. 469; joins in the triumvirate, notwithstanding his son's remonstrances, i. 470, 471; disappointment of the Protestants at, i. 470, note; his exploits at Paris in burning the Protestant preaching-places earn him the title of "le Capitaine Brûlebanc," ii. 37; is taken prisoner at the battle of Dreux, ii. 94; he espouses the defence of Coligny, ii. 135; he takes sides against Cardinal Lorraine at Melun, ii. 155; opposes the nuncio's demand that the red cap be taken away from Cardinal Châtillon, ii. 182, 183; at the Conference of La Chapelle Saint Denis declares that the king will not tolerate two religions, ii. 211; he is mortally wounded in the battle of Saint Denis, ii. 215; three times a prisoner in previous wars, ib., note; his character and exploits, ii. 216; his conduct on entering La Rochelle, ii. 273. See Triumvirs.

Montmorency, François de, Marshal, eldest son of the constable, remonstrates with his father on the formation of the triumvirate, i. 470;

he is temporarily removed from the governorship of Paris, ii. 32; his inability to check the excesses of the turbulent mob, ii. 97; espouses Coligny's defence, ii. 135; takes energetic measures with the Parisians, ii. 166; his encounter with Cardinal Lorraine, ii. 166, 167; he brings Coligny to Paris, ii. 167; proclaims the edict of Amboise by public crier, ii. 180; hollow reconciliation with the Guises, ii. 184; at Saint Denis, ii. 214; his retort to Catharine de' Medici, when Santa Croce demands the surrender of Cardinal Châtillon to the Pope, ii. 229; remonstrance of, ii. 255; reply to Coligny, ii. 323; proposes the marriage of Henry of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, ii. 394; his honorable reception by Queen Elizabeth, ii. 399; Charles's estimate of, ii. 409; thrown into the Bastile, ii. 628.

Montpézat, M. de, ii. 523.

Montpellier, gathering of Huguenots for worship in the large school-rooms, i. 428, 429;

the chapter of the cathedral introduces a garrison, whereupon the Protestants rise and strip the churches, i. 563, 564; the consuls write to Geneva to double their corps of Protestant ministers, ii. 148.

Montpensier, the Duke of, at the Bayonne conference, ii. 170;

incites the massacre of Protestants, ii. 476, 529.

Montpipeau, the "tears" of, ii. 418, 419.

Montréal, ii. 359.

Montsoreau, M. de, his letter to Puigaillard, ii. 503;

he treacherously murders M. de la Rivière, ii. 512.

Morata, Olympia, her precocity, i. 206.

Morel, François de, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.

Mornas, cruelty of Huguenots at, ii. 50, 51.

Mornieu, André, an échevin, heads the murderers of Lyons, ii. 515.

Mortier, Du, a privy councillor, refuses to sign the sentence of the Prince of Condé, i. 440.

Morvilliers, Bishop of Orleans, a skilful negotiator, his noble words on straightforward diplomacy, ii. 194, note;

royal envoy, ii. 210, 255, 265, 368; replies to Coligny's memorial, ii. 417, note.

Mothe Fénélon, La, French ambassador in England, his recommendation of the Duke of Anjou, ii. 379;

his perplexity in defending the massacre, ii. 541; declares himself ashamed to be counted a Frenchman, ii. 543; his cold reception by Queen Elizabeth, ib.; confesses that he is not believed, ii. 545; he is instructed to press the suit of Alençon for Queen Elizabeth's hand, ii. 606.

Motley, Mr. J. L., ii. 289, note, 537.

Mouchy, De, apologizes for using French language, i. 56;

at the Conference of Saint Germain, ii. 7; his delight at its dismissal, ii. 8.

Moulin, Charles Du, a jurist, writes an able treatise against the Council of Trent, ii. 155, 156.

Moulins, the assembly of notables at, in 1566, ii. 183;

alleged plan of the "Sicilian Vespers" to be executed at, ib.; reconciliation of Coligny and the Guises, and of the Montmorencies and Guises at, ii. 184; fresh encounter of Cardinal Lorraine and Chancellor L'Hospital at, ii. 185, 186.

Mouvans, a Huguenot leader in Provence, i. 407;

his message to the Duke of Guise, i. 408; ii. 226, 230, 284.

Mouy, M. de, ii. 315, 333;

murdered by Maurevel, ii. 337.

Mucidan, ii. 312.

Muntz, on Clemangis, i. 64.

Murderer, the, of a Huguenot rescued, ii. 97.

N.

Nançay, captain of the guard, superintends the butchery of the Huguenot leaders in the Louvre, ii. 466.

Nantes, the Protestants of, not to be compelled to hang tapestry on Corpus Christi Day, ii. 164;

the municipality of, refuses to massacre the Protestants, ii. 529.

Nantouillet, the affair of, ii. 598, 599, note.

Nassau, Louis, Count of, brother of the Prince of Orange, enters France with the Duke of Deux-Ponts, ii. 315;

at Moncontour, ii. 333, 335, 364; confers with Charles IX. and urges him to espouse the cause of the Netherlands, ii. 384, 385; captures Mons and Valenciennes, ii. 412; receives from Charles IX. assurances of help for the Prince of Orange, ii. 609; his death, ii. 610.

Navarre conquered by the Spanish, i. 107;

little left to the king, i. 108.

Navarre, Bastard of, taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306.

Navarre, Antoine de Bourbon-Vendôme, King of, husband of Jeanne d'Albret, favors the Reformation, i. 313;

rejects Montmorency's advances, i. 352; his irresolution and pusillanimity, i. 354, 355; wants indemnity for the kingdom of Navarre, i. 356; is received at court with studied discourtesy, ib.; is deaf to remonstrance, i. 357; meets fresh indignity, i. 358; his irresolution embarrasses Montbrun at Lyons, i. 427; invites Beza to Nérac, i. 431; his short-lived zeal, i. 432; pressure upon him and Condé to force them to come to Orleans, ib.; his concessions, i. 433; at Limoges the Huguenot gentry offer him aid, i. 434; he dismisses his escort, i. 435; his infatuation, ib.; reaches Orleans, i. 436; is treated almost like a prisoner, ib.; his danger, i. 440; makes an ignominious compact with Catharine de' Medici just before the death of Francis II., i. 444; his opportunity at Charles IX.'s accession, i. 451; his contemptible character, ib.; his humiliation, i. 466; he receives more consideration in consequence of the bold demands of the Particular Estates of Paris, i. 467; his assurances to M. Gluck, the Danish ambassador, that he would have the gospel preached throughout France ib.; he invites Beza to the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 494; his urgency, i. 496; he is plied by the arts of the papal legate, i. 553; his apostasy, ii. 9; his defence of Guise after the massacre of Vassy, ii. 27; and Beza's reply, ii. 28; has become "all Spanish now," ii. 29; seizes Charles IX. and brings him back to Paris, ii. 36; he is mortally wounded at the siege of Rouen, ii. 79; his last hours and death, ii. 81; his character, ii. 82; extravagant eulogy of De Thou, ii. 83; mourning at the Council of Trent, ib.; his delight at the prospective marriage of his son to Margaret of Valois, ii. 393.

Navarre, Henry of, son of Antoine de Bourbon-Vendôme and Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, afterward Henry IV. of France, born Dec. 14, 1553. Takes part in a tournament at the Bayonne Conference, ii. 179;

remonstrates against the perfidy displayed by the Roman Catholics in the murder of Condé and other Protestants at Jarnac, ii. 305; with his cousin Condé, he becomes nominal general-in-chief of the Huguenots, ii. 314; they are nicknamed "the admiral's pages," ib.; at Moncontour, ii. 334; proposed marriage of Henry to Margaret of Valois, ii. 392 seq.; by the death of his mother he becomes King of Navarre, June 9, 1572, ii. 408; the papal dispensation delayed, ii. 410; the betrothal, ii. 426; the marriage, ii. 427; a significant mock combat, ii. 431; complains to the king of the attack on Coligny, ii. 439; his name not on the proscriptive roll, ii. 451; he is summoned by Charles IX. and ordered to abjure the Protestant religion, ii. 468; his very humble reply, ii. 469; his name associated with the royal family as having been an object of the pretended Huguenot conspiracy, ii. 490; his forced conversion, ii. 498, 499; his submission accepted by Pope Gregory XIII. and the validity of his marriage recognized, ii. 500; he re-establishes the Roman Catholic Church in Béarn, ib.; attempts flight, ii. 625, 627; his examination and defence, ii. 627, 628.

Navarre, Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of, daughter of Henry, King of Navarre, and Margaret of Angoulême, sister of Francis I., marries Antoine of Bourbon-Vendôme, i. 313;

reluctantly embraces the Reformation, i. 431, 432; her constancy, ii. 10; her letter to the Cardinal of Armagnac, ii. 82; she is cited to Rome and threatened with deposition as a heretic, Sept. 28, 1563, ii. 141; the royal council protests against the infraction of national liberties, and the insult to royalty, ii. 142; she establishes the Reformation in Béarn, ii. 148; meets much opposition, ii. 149; Spanish and other plots against, ii. 150; a plot to kidnap her and her children, ii. 150, 151; goes to La Rochelle at the beginning of the third civil war, ii. 281; her spirited letters, ib.; her words on Condé's death, ii. 303; her courage after the battle of Jarnac, ii. 311; her offices after the defeat of Moncontour, ii. 347; negotiates with Catharine de' Medici for peace, ii. 356; her letter warning the queen mother respecting the observance of the peace, ii. 373, and note; her reply to the royal proposal of a marriage of Henry of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, ii. 395; she becomes more favorable to it, ii. 403; her solicitude, ii. 404; she is treated with tantalizing insincerity, ib.; she is shocked at the morals of the court, ii. 405; she goes to Paris, ii. 406; her last illness and death, ii. 406, 407; the story that she was poisoned, ii. 407; her character and motives traduced by the Mémoires inédits de Michel de la Huguerye, ii. 424.

Navarre, Margaret of. See Angoulême, Margaret of.

Navy, French, i. 11.

Negotiations for peace of St. Germain, ii. 356 seq.

Nemours, Duchess of. See Este, Anne d'.

Nemours, Duke of, fails to keep his word pledged to the Baron de Castelnau, i. 388, 389;

marries the widow of the Duke of Guise, and oppresses the Protestants of Lyonnais and Dauphiny, ii. 245; praised by Pius V. in a special brief, ib.; his jealousy of Aumale, ii. 317.

Nevers, Duke of, at the blood council, ii. 447.

New Testament, the, translated by Lefèvre, i. 77.

New York, Huguenot church of, i. 345.

Nicodemites, the, i. 235, 538, 539.

Niort, ii. 283, 337, 338, 361.

Niquet, Spire, a poor bookbinder, roasted in a fire made of his own books, in the massacre of Paris, ii. 474.

Nismes, great concourse of the Huguenots of, i. 407;

Huguenots guard the gates, i. 428; massacre of Roman Catholics by the Protestants, known as the "Michelade," ii. 224; brilliant capture of, by the Huguenots in the third civil war, ii. 345, 346; in Protestant hands, in 1572, ii. 573, 574; obtains a truce, ii. 599.

Normandy, progress of Protestantism in, i. 287;

burdens of taxation in, i. 313; popular awakening in, i. 408; Admiral Coligny's successes in (Feb., 1563), ii. 99. See Rouen.

Non-residence of clergy, Claude Haton on, i. 457.

Norris, Sir Henry, English ambassador, on the murder of Protestants in Paris, ii. 249;

on the condition of the French court, ii. 255.

Northumberland, Earl of, his rebellion, ii. 358.

Nostradamus, predictions of, i. 47;

ii. 606.

Notables, assemblies of, i. 12;

assembly at Fontainebleau, i. 415.

Noue, François de la, justifies Condé's military conduct in evacuating Paris, ii. 33;

his description of the discipline of the Huguenot army, ii. 66, 67; on the irresistible desire for peace in 1568, ii. 235; taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306; also at Moncontour, ii. 335; his success at Sainte Gemme, ii. 361, 384; he is sent by Charles IX. to treat with La Rochelle, ii. 579; he is badly received, ii. 580; he is subsequently chosen leader, ii. 581; he retires when the hope of reconciliation disappears, ii. 587; persuades the Huguenots to enter upon the fifth religious war, 1574, ii. 622.

O.

Oath to be exacted of the Huguenots, ii. 257.

Ossat, D', Cardinal, ii. 401.

Obedience, spirit of, pervading all classes, i. 8.

Œcolampadius, his correspondence with Lefèvre, i. 86.

Official, or vicar, duties of i. 52.

Olaegui, secretary of the Spanish ambassador, reports the rapid spread of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day to the provinces, ii. 505.

Olivetanus, or Olivetan, Pierre Robert, translates the Bible for the Vaudois, i. 233.

Olivier, Chancellor, at first refuses to seal the royal commission to the Duke of Guise, making him lieutenant-general of France, with absolute powers, i. 390;

his remark as to the Cardinal of Lorraine, and death, i. 411, 412.

Oppède, Jean Meynier, Baron d', first president of the Parliament of Aix, i. 243, seq.;

his death, i. 252.

Orange, city and principality of, i. 4, 66;

origin of Protestantism in, ii. 48; great regret of the Prince of Orange, ib.; massacre of Protestants at, ii. 49; the inhabitants reconciled by Charles IX. to those of the Comtât Venaissin, ii. 165; infringement upon the peace at, ii. 373; included in the Huguenot scheme of organization, ii. 618; plundered by M. de Glandage, ii. 620.

Orange, William the Silent, Prince of, learns from Henry II. the designs of Philip and himself for the extermination of the Protestants, i. 325;

attempts to assist the Huguenots, ii. 288; outgeneralled by Alva, ib.; enters France and terrifies the court, ii. 289; the insubordination of his troops compels him to retire, ib.; his declaration, ii. 290; re-enters France with the Duke of Deux-Ponts, ii. 315; goes to Germany to obtain reinforcements for Coligny, ii. 332, 364.

Ordinances, royal. See Edicts.

Organization of the Huguenots, admirable, ii. 247.

Orgies, pretended, in "la petite Genève," i. 365.

Orleans, the "ghost" of, i. 57, 58;

progress of Protestantism at, ii. 12; the canons of the cathedral promise to attend the Protestant theological lectures, ii. 12; seized by Condé, it becomes the Huguenot centre during the first civil war, ii. 39; iconoclasm at, ii. 45; left by Condé and Coligny in D'Andelot's hands, ii. 85, 98; besieged by Guise, ii. 99; capture of the Portereau, ii. 100; use of bombs by the garrison, ii. 101; massacre of Huguenots in the prisons of, Aug. 21, 1569, ii. 326; the great massacre of, 1572, ii. 508, seq.; a German account of the same, ii. 569-571.

Orsini, Cardinal, ii. 531.

Orthez, Viscount D', Governor of Bayonne, magnanimously refuses to murder the Protestants, ii. 528.

Ory, Oriz, or Oritz, Inquisitor of the Faith, i. 224, 288.

P.

"Paix boiteuse et mal-assise," ii. 366.

Pamiers, persecution at, ii. 146;

Huguenot commotion at, ii. 193.

Pamphlets against the Guises, i. 409;

Cardinal Lorraine has twenty-two on his table directed against himself, i. 423; the "Epistre au Tigre de la France," i. 444, 448.

Panier, Paris, a doctor of civil law, put to death, i. 266.

Parcenac, ii. 226.

Paris, nobles flock to, i. 8;

learns obedience, i. 9; wealth and population, i. 10; persecution at, i. 216, 220; first Protestant church organized, i. 294; the example followed elsewhere, i. 296; alarm at, after defeat of St. Quentin, i. 302; progress of Protestantism in, i. 562, 563; immense crowds at the Huguenot preaching, ii. 11; fanaticism of the people, ii. 37, 38; their delight at the prospect of war, ii. 41; their fury, ii. 69; approached by Condé, ii. 89; insubordination and riot at, ii. 96, 97; the people disarmed, ii. 141; the citizen soldiers at the battle of Saint Denis, ii. 215; processions at ii. 325; line of the walls in the sixteenth century, ii. 483; the municipal officers call the king's attention to the massacre, ii. 486.

Parliament of Bordeaux, i. 19.

Parliament of Paris, i. 16;

claims right of remonstrance, i. 17; humored by the crown, i. 18; protests against repeal of Pragmatic Sanction, i. 33; opposes the concordat, i. 37; reluctantly registers it, i. 39; proceeds vigorously against the "Lutherans," i. 171; denounced by the Sorbonne as altogether heretical i. 328; its inconsistent sentences, i. 329; the mercuriale of 1559, i. 330, seq.; different issues of the trials of the five imprisoned judges, i. 375; the mercuriale of 1561, i. 481, seq.; diversity of sentiment in, i. 482, 483; its decision embodied in the "Edict of July," i. 483; its opposition to the edict of January, ii. 6; which it reluctantly registers, ii. 7; its excessive severity, ii. 68; it affects to regard Condé as a prisoner in the hands of the Protestant confederates, ii. 70; sternly reproved by Charles IX. for failing to record the edict of Amboise, ii. 139, 140; declares Coligny infamous, and sets a price on his head, ii. 330, 331; extravagance after the victory of Moncontour, ii. 337; its servile reply to Charles IX., ii. 493; it declares Coligny's memory infamous, ii. 496.

Parliament of Rouen, or Normandy, puts to death Augustin Marlorat, ii. 80. See Rouen.

Parliaments, provincial, i. 17.

Parma, Duchess of, Regent of the Netherlands, sets a price on the head of Theodore Beza, ii. 388, note.

Partenay falls into the hands of the Huguenots, ii. 282.

Pasquier, Étienne, on barbarism at the university, i. 42;

his estimate of Calvin, i. 216; on Paris at the beginning of the first civil war, ii. 41.

Pasquinade against the Cardinal of Lorraine, i. 447.

Patriarche, the, a Protestant place of worship, i. 571, 573.

Paul III., Pope, his alleged intercession for the Protestants, i. 180;

grounds of doubt respecting it, i. 181.

Paul IV., Pope, his disappointment at the escape of Andelot from the stake, i. 320;

ii. 568; believes that no heretic can be converted, ib.

Paulin, Viscount of, ii. 230, note; 600.

Pauvan, Jacques, i. 89;

his theses, i. 90; burned on the Place de Grève, i. 91.

Pavia, battle of, Feb. 24, 1525, i. 122.

Peace of Amboise, March 19, 1563, terminating the first civil war, ii. 115;

peace of Longjumeau, or "short" peace, after the second civil war, ii. 234; number of Protestants murdered during, ii. 250; peace of St Germain, after the third civil war, ii. 363.

People, rights of, overlooked, i. 11;

"incomparable kindness of," i. 14; submission to nobles, i. 15.

Périgord, Protestantism in, i. 428.

Perry, Mr. G. G., his remarks on Whittingham, ii. 293.

Persecution, failure of, i. 220;

more systematic, i. 224; severity of, i. 296, 359.

Petit, Guillaume, the king's confessor, i. 72.

Petition of the Triumvirs, ii. 58.

Peyrat, M. du, ii. 514.

Pézénas, in Languedoc, i. 428.

Philip the Fair and Pope Boniface VIII., i. 27.

Philip II., King of Spain, offers aid to Catharine de' Medici, i. 358;

opposed to a French national council, i. 426; plots with the Pope, ib; his aid invoked by the Sorbonne i. 467, 468; his threats of invasion, i. 555; his message to Catharine de' Medici, i. 567; he is commended by the Pope, i. 568; he sends Courteville on a secret mission, ib.; hesitates to aid the French Roman Catholics, ii. 54; his offers on paper, ib.; looks with suspicion on the projected conference at Bayonne, ii. 167; is said to have threatened Charles IX., ii. 195; he approves Alva's procrastinating policy respecting assistance to the Guises, ii. 208; offers 200,000 crowns if Charles will continue the war against the Huguenots, ii. 228; recalls his troops, ii. 342; opposes the peace, ii. 360, 365; his ambassador leaves the French court in disgust, after giving away the silver plate Charles had given him, ii. 391; his delight at hearing of the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii., 536 seq.

Philippe, M., an inconsiderate minister at Cateau-Cambrésis, leads the iconoclasts, ii. 190;

he is executed, ii. 191.

Philippi, ii. 603.

Pibrac, avocat-général, ii. 493.

Picardy, the Duke of Longueville prevents the massacre of the Protestants from extending to, ii. 526.

Pierre-Gourde, M. de, ii. 284.

Piles, M. de, ii. 312;

his brave defence of St. Jean d'Angely, ii. 340; ravages the Spanish county of Roussillon, ii. 351, 355, 439; his murder at the Louvre on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 467.

Pinart, ii. 623.

Pithiviers, or Pluviers, captured by Condé, ii. 87;

retaken by Guise, ii. 97.

Pius IV., Pope, his solicitude respecting France, i. 548;

sends the Cardinal of Ferrara as legate, ib.; commends Philip II., i. 568; praises Blaise de Montluc, by a brief, for his part in the massacre of Toulouse, ii. 54; his bull against princely heretics, April 7, 1563, ii. 141.

Pius V., Pope, is said to have threatened Charles IX., ii. 195;

his nuncio tries to prevent peace being concluded with the Huguenots, ii. 228; praises the Duke of Nemours for his severity, ii. 245; approves by a bull the crusade at Toulouse, ii. 279; his sanguinary injunctions after the battle of Jarnac, ii. 308, 309; severely reproves Santa Fiore for sparing any heretics, ii. 335, 568; his congratulatory letters after the battle of Moncontour, ii. 336; recalls his troops ii. 342; his bull against Queen Elizabeth, ii. 359; opposes the peace ii. 360, 365, 369; alarmed at the prospects of the Huguenot ascendancy in France, he despatches his nephew, the Cardinal of Alessandria, as legate, to Paris, ii. 400; the king's assurances, ii. 400-403; the conditions required for granting a dispensation for the marriage of Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois, ii. 410, note; gives no dispensation until after the marriage, his bull being dated Oct 27, 1572, ii. 427; his letters to Charles, Catharine, Anjou, etc., instigating them to exterminate the heretics, ii. 564, seq.; his thirst for Huguenot blood, ii. 567, 568; redeems the Huguenot captives of Mornas in order to have the satisfaction of ordering their public execution, ii. 568.

Placard, the, of 1534. Féret sent to Neufchâtel to have it printed, i. 164;

its authorship, ib.; its publication opposed by Courault and other prudent reformers, i. 165; its contents, ib.; it produces great popular excitement in Paris, i. 167; a copy posted on the door of the king's bedchamber, ib.; anger of Francis I., ib.; barbarous executions consequent upon it, i. 171, 177; marks an epoch in the history of the Huguenots, i. 193.

Placard, the year of the, i. 164, etc.

Placards and pasquinades, both for and against the reformed doctrines, i. 163.

Place, Pierre de la, President of the Cour d'Aides, and a historian, murdered in the massacre at Paris, ii. 479.

Plague, the, in Paris and Orleans, ii. 85.

Planche, Regnier de la, consulted by Catharine de' Medici, i. 410.

Pleasantries, Huguenot, ii. 192.

Plessis Mornay, Philippe du, writes for Coligny a memorial on the Flemish project, ii. 416.

Poissy, the prelates at, i. 493;

Beza and other French Protestants invited to a conference, i. 494; wrangling of the prelates, i. 499; their demand, i. 542; their character, i. 547.

Poissy, the Colloquy of, the Huguenots petition for fair treatment at, i. 505;

vexatious delay, i. 506; the Huguenots determine to leave unless their petition is granted, i. 507; an informal decree in their favor, ib.; the last efforts of the Sorbonne to prevent the conference prove abortive, i. 508; the Huguenot ministers and delegates of churches proceed from St. Germain to Poissy, i. 509; list of the former, ib.; the assembly in the nuns' refectory, i. 510; the prelates, i. 511; diffidence of Beza, i. 512; Chancellor L'Hospital's oration at the opening, ib.; the Huguenots are summoned, i. 513; a cardinal's sneer and Beza's retort, i. 514; Beza's prayer and address, i. 514-521; he is interrupted by the theologians of the Sorbonne with cries of "Blasphemy!" i. 519; Cardinal Tournon tries to cut short the conference, i. 521; but Catharine declines to permit its interruption, i. 522; advantages gained, ib.; the prelates' notion of a conference, i. 526; arrival of Peter Martyr, i. 527; Cardinal Lorraine replies to Beza, i. 528; Cardinal Tournon's new demand, i. 529; Beza asks a hearing, ib.; he replies, i. 532, 533; speeches of Claude D'Espense and Claude de Sainctes, i. 532; Cardinal Lorraine's demand that the Huguenot ministers should subscribe to the Augsburg Confession, i. 533; Beza's reply, i. 533-565; anger of the prelates, i. 536; speeches of Martyr and Lainez, i. 536; close of the colloquy, i. 537; is followed by a private conference, i. 538; and the arrival of five Protestant theologians from Germany, i. 544; causes of the failure of the colloquy, i. 546.

Poitiers, demands of the clergy at, i. 431;

captured by the king, ii. 71; siege of, by the Huguenots, ii. 324, 325.

Poland, news of the massacre, how received in, ii. 553;

Henry of Anjou elected king, ii. 593; ambassadors from, come to France, ii. 598; their magnificent reception, ib.

"Politiques," or Malcontents, the party of the, ii. 615;

their unsuccessful rising, ii. 625.

Poltrot, Jean, de Mérey, assassinates François de Guise, ii. 103;

his history, ii. 104; his torture and execution, ii. 105; accuses Beza and Coligny of having instigated the murder, ii. 106.

Poncher, Bishop of Paris, i. 71.

Pons, ii. 283.

Pont, Baron du, ii. 476.

Popincourt, a Protestant place of worship at Paris, destroyed by Constable Montmorency, ii. 37.

Populace, cruelty of, i. 366.

Porcien, the Prince of, ii. 193;

attempt to assassinate, ii. 194.

Poulain, Poulin, or Polin, otherwise called Baron de la Garde, i. 246;

ii. 361, 576.

Pragmatic Sanction of St Louis, i. 26;

of Bourges, i. 29, 30; anger of the Pope at, i. 31; abrogated, i. 32; re-enacted, i. 33, 35; abrogated by Francis I., i. 36; still recognized by parliament, i. 40; its restoration demanded, i. 459.

Pré aux Clercs, the public grounds of the university, psalm-singing on the, i. 314.

Prelates, French, cited to Rome and condemned, ii. 141.

Prerogative, royal, books upon, ii. 615, 616.

Presidial judges, no appeal from their decisions in cases of heresy, i. 279.

Primacy of France divided between the Archbishops of Lyons and Sens, i. 118.

Princes, scanty revenues of, i. 8.

Prior, the Grand, of France, i. 269;

at Saverne, ii. 13.

Privas, a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280.

Processions, indecent, i. 59;

expiatory, i. 142, and especially, i. 173, etc.; to intercede for help in the war against La Rochelle, ii. 592.

Profane oaths a test of Catholicity, ii. 134, 585.

Profligacy of the court, the, ii. 132, note;

alienation of, from the Huguenots, ii. 133.

Protestants of France, appeal to the Swiss and Germans, i. 191;

persecuted in various places, i. 216, 217; the tongues of the victims cut out, i. 217; or iron balls forced into their mouths, i. 257; place a remonstrance in the chamber of Henry II., i. 308; they appeal to Catharine de' Medici, i. 362; a second and more urgent appeal, i. 364. See Huguenots.

Protestantism, causes of its sudden development in the last years of Henry II. and the reign of Francis II., i. 399-403.

Provence, Huguenots of, under Mouvans, i. 407;

disorders and bloodshed in, ii. 47; saved from witnessing a massacre of the Protestants in 1572 by the magnanimity of the Count de Tende, ii. 527; demands of the tiers état of, ii. 603.

Provins, preaching of friars at, ii. 5, 6, 279;

intolerance at, ii. 191, 241, 242.

Psalms, versified by Marot and Beza, sung on the Pré aux Clercs, i. 314;

indignation of Henry II. at, i. 315; set to music for worship by Bourgeois and others, especially by Goudimel, in several parts, ii. 517, note.

Puigaillard, ii. 503, 504, 512, 513, 617.

Punishments, barbarous, i. 45;

especially for heresy, i. 46.

Puyroche, M., his monograph on the massacre at Lyons, ii. 513, note.

Q.

Quercu, or De Chesne, i. 23, 50.

Quintin, Jean, orator for the clergy in the States General of Orleans, makes a speech of insufferable arrogance, i. 458;

he pictures the sad straits of the clergy, and asks for the restoration of the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 459; his word for the down-trodden people, i. 460; he is compelled to apologize to Admiral Coligny, ib.

R.

Rabasteins, massacre of the garrison of, ii. 361.

Ramée, Pierre de la, or Ramus, assassinated at the instigation of Charpentier, ii. 478.

Rapin, a Protestant gentleman sent by the king, judicially murdered by the Parliament of Toulouse, ii. 239.

"Rapin, Vengeance de," ii. 351.

Rapin, Viscount of, ii. 230, note.

Read, M. Charles, i. 446;

ii. 569.

Rector of the university, i. 22.

Reform, abortive efforts at, i. 61.

Reformation, the French, becomes a popular movement, i. 196.

Regnier, a Huguenot gentleman of Quercy, spared in the massacre at Paris, through the magnanimity of his personal enemy Vezins, ii. 480;

by his bravery and determination saves Montauban for the Huguenots, ii. 574, 575.

"Reiters," i. 11.

Relics, reverence for, i. 49;

great variety of, i. 50.

Renaissance, era of the, i. 41.

Renaudie, Godefroy de Barry, Seigneur de la, leader in the Tumult of Amboise, i. 379;

assembles the malcontents at Nantes, i. 380; is betrayed by Des Avenelles, i. 382; his death, i. 389; his body hung and quartered, i. 392; inscription over his remains, ib.; an alleged admission of disloyal intentions on his part, i. 394.

Renée de France, Duchess of Ferrara, her hospitality, i, 179;

her court, i. 205; her eulogy by Brantôme, i. 206; on her return to France, rebukes the Duke of Guise, i. 437; affords a safe asylum to the Huguenots at Montargis, ii. 73, 110, 111, 327; her letter to Calvin respecting the Duke of Guise, ii. 109; her answer to Malicorne, ii. 111; her aversion to war, ii. 327, note.

Renel, Marquis de, murdered by Bussy d'Amboise, ii. 472.

Rentigny, Madame de, courageously refuses a pardon based on recantation, and is executed as a Protestant, i. 311.

Renty, ii. 352.

Representative government, long break in history of, i. 13;

demanded by the "tiers état" at Pontoise, i. 492.

Rescue of Protestant prisoners, i. 367.

Retz, De, Count and Marshal (Albert de Gondy), ii. 339, 443;

at the blood council, ii. 447, 448, 449; obtains the office and property of Loménie, including Versailles, and then causes him to be put to death, ii. 485, 527, 638.

Re-union of Romanists and Protestants, hopes of, long entertained, i. 159.

Rhinegrave, the, ii. 71, 298, 334.

Ribault, Jean leads the first expedition to colonize Florida, ii. 199;

returns to Florida in command of the third expedition, ii. 200; flayed and quartered by the Spaniards, ib.

Rivière, M. de la, first Protestant pastor of Paris, i. 295;

he is treacherously murdered, at Angers, by M. de Montsoreau, ii. 512.

Roanne, la, the common prison of Lyons, ii. 515;

butchery of Huguenots in, ii. 516.

Roche Abeille, La, Huguenot victory at, ii. 319.

Rochefort, De, orator for the noblesse in the States General of Orleans, i. 457.

Rochefoucauld, Count de la, escapes into Germany, hearing of the proscriptive plans of the court, i. 442;

ii. 349, 428, 439, 451; he is murdered on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 470.

Rochelle, La, the city of, secured for the Prince of Condé by the skill of François de la Noue, ii. 226, seq.;

the alleged payment to Catharine de' Medici, in order to be free from a garrison, ib., note; execution of Protestants at, in 1552, ii. 227, 272; refuses, in 1568, to receive a garrison, ii. 250; its government and privileges, ii. 270-273; iconoclasm at, ii. 272; places for Protestant worship in, accorded by Charles IX., ib.; Constable Montmorency's roughness, ii. 273; becomes a city of refuge, ii. 280; strengthens its works, ii. 342; the tidings of the massacre at Bordeaux determine it to refuse to admit the emissaries of Charles IX., ii. 524; in Protestant hands, ii. 573; a great number of refugees in, ii. 576; refuses to receive Biron, who is sent as royal governor, ii. 578; first skirmish before, ii. 579; mission of La Noue to, ib.; he is badly received, ii. 580; the Rochellois reject the royal proposals, ii. 581; they make advances to La Noue, ib.; description of La Rochelle, ii. 582, 583; resoluteness of the Rochellois, ii. 583; their military strength, ii. 584; they fight and pray, ii. 585; bravery of the women, ii. 586; determination of the inhabitants, ii. 587; La Noue retires, ib.; the promised aid from England miscarries, ii. 588; great losses of the royal army before, ii. 591; treacherous attempt upon, Dec., 1573, ii. 616; the severe punishment for it approved by Charles IX., ii. 617; resumes arms, at the persuasion of La Noue, in the beginning of the fifth religious war, 1574, ii. 622.

Roche-sur-Yon, La, Prince of, his warning respecting the danger impending over the Huguenots from the designs adopted at Bayonne, ii. 197.

Rochetti, Louis de, an inquisitor, becomes a Protestant and is burned alive at Toulouse i. 289.

Roma, De, a Dominican monk, his threat, i. 76;

his cruelty, i. 235.

Roman Church, how far responsible for the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 562, seq.

Romans, the Huguenots of, i. 404.

Rome, quarrels of France with, i. 279;

Protestants never more exposed to disaster than when such quarrels exist, ib.; the couriers going to, stripped of their dispatches on the frontiers, i. 495; rejoicings at, over the news of the massacre of the Protestants in France, ii. 530.

Romorantin, the edict of, May, 1560, i. 410.

Ronsard, the poet, takes the sword against the Huguenots, ii. 68.

Roquefort, ii. 351.

Rouen, capital of Normandy, persecution at, i. 217;

rescue of a Protestant bookbinder at, i. 367; Protestant assemblies in, i. 408; seven thousand gather in the new market-place and sing psalms, i. 430; besieged by the king, ii. 77; makes a brave defence, ii. 79; its fall, ib.; vexatious delays in publishing the edict of Amboise at, ii. 129; partiality of parliament, ii. 130; its protest against the return of Protestant exiles, ii. 131; it meets with a decided rebuff, ii. 131, 132; riot when the edict of pacification of Longjumeau is published at, ii. 241; troops quartered upon the Huguenots, ii. 244; violence at, ii. 249; Protestants attacked at, March 4, 1571, ii. 374; massacre of, ii. 519-521.

Roussel, Gérard, i. 74, 75, 83, 150, 151;

retires to Strasbourg, i. 84; his excessive caution, i. 85; his theology and fortunes, i. 97; his death, i. 98.

Roussillon, county of, Spanish, ravaged by M. de Piles, ii. 351.

Roussillon, declaration of Aug. 4, 1564, infringing upon the edict of pacification of Amboise, ii. 161, 162.

Roy, Étienne le, a singer ii. 429, 431.

"Royal council," the name given to meetings at which the king is not present, ii. 33.

Roye, Éléonore de, wife of Louis de Condé, her grief and death, ii. 145, 303, note.

Roye, Madame de, mother-in-law of Condé, arrested, i. 437;

but subsequently declared innocent, i. 465.

Ruble, Baron de, his remarks respecting La Huguerye's misrepresentation of the character of the Queen of Navarre, ii. 425.

Rubys, an agent in the massacre at Lyons, ii. 504, note, 514.

Russanges, De, a goldsmith, betrays the Protestants of Paris, i. 360.

S.

Sacramentarians excepted from the pardon extended in the Declaration of Coucy, i. 179.

Sadolet, Bishop, his kindness to the Waldenses or Vaudois of Provence, i. 242.

Sague, an agent of the King of Navarre, arrested, i. 424.

Sainctes, Claude de, his speech at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 532;

complains of Huguenot boldness, i. 570; a violent advocate of persecution, ii. 254.

"Saint," the prefix of, insisted upon by the Sorbonne, i. 223.

Saint André, Jacques d'Albon, Marshal of, i. 266;

his rapid advancement, i. 272; makes terms with the Guises, i. 354; his influence with Constable Montmorency, i. 469; becomes one of the triumvirs, i. 470, 471; he returns a defiant answer to Catharine de' Medici, when ordered to go to his government, ii. 27; lays siege to and takes Bourges, ii. 71, 72; is killed in the battle of Dreux, ii. 95; enmity of Catharine de' Medici toward, ii. 97. See Triumvirs.

Saint Denis, battle of, Nov. 10, 1567, ii. 213.

Saint Étienne, ii. 353.

Saint Germain, Conference of, 1561, i. 539;

its article on the eucharist rejected by the Roman Catholic prelates, i. 541; assembly of notables at, i. 574; conference of, January 28, 1562, ii. 7; its profitless discussions, ii. 8; delight of Mouchy and his companions at its close, ii. 8, 9; flight of the court from, ii. 626.

Saint Germain, the edict of pacification of, ending the third civil war, Aug. 8, 1570, ii. 363;

dissatisfaction of the clergy, ii. 365; sincerity of the peace, ii. 367.

Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the old abbey of, ii. 483, note.

Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, church of, i. 174;

bell of, ii. 455, 470, note.

Saint Goard, ii. 537, 538.

Saint Héran, Governor of Auvergne, his reported magnanimity, ii. 527.

Saint Hippolyte, Wolfgang Schuch at, i. 116.

Saint Jacques, Rue, affair of, Sept. 4, 1557, i. 303, 304;

savage treatment of the prisoners, i. 305; malicious rumors respecting Protestants, i. 306; trials and executions, i. 307.

Saint Jean d'Angely, ii. 312;

disastrous siege of, by the Roman Catholic army, ii. 339, seq.

Saint Lô, in Normandy, i. 408;

ii. 631, 632.

Saint Médard, the "tumult" of, i. 571, seq.

Saint Michael's Day, the Huguenots to rise upon (Sept. 29, 1567), ii. 205;

the secret leaks out, ii. 206.

Saint Paul, François de, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.

Saint Quentin, defeat of, August 10, 1557, i. 302.

Saint Rémy, Nicole de, a mistress of Henry II., and a Spanish spy, suggests the marriage of Cardinal Bourbon in the contingency of the death of all Catharine de' Medici's sons, ii. 180, 181.

Saint Romain, Archbishop of Aix, cited by the Pope, ii. 141, 161.

Saint Romain, M. de, ii. 600.

Saint Thomas, M. de, ii. 511.

Sainte Chapelle, founded by Saint Louis, its relics, i. 174.

Sainte Foy, De, or Arnauld Sorbin, a violent Roman Catholic preacher, ii. 254;

instigates the massacre of Orleans, ii. 508; acts as confessor of Charles IX. before his death, ii. 637.

Sainte Gemme, La Noue's success at, ii. 361.

Saintes, ii. 283, 361.

Salcède, sentenced to be boiled alive for counterfeiting, i. 46.

Salic law, the, a bit of pleasantry, ii. 208.

Salignac, Abbé, confers with the Protestants at Poissy, i. 538;

his professed sympathy with the Reformation, and his timidity, i. 538, 539.

Salviati, papal nuncio in France, his testimony respecting the want of premeditation of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, and the king's ignorance, ii. 435, 436, 531, 535, 564.

Sancerre refuses to admit a garrison, in 1568, ii. 250;

ford near, ii. 269; a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280; fruitless siege of, by Martinengo, ii. 297; siege of, in 1573, ii. 589; incipient famine in, ii. 590; terrible straits of, ii. 595, 596; capitulation of, ii. 597.

Sansac, ii. 325, 344.

Santa Croce, Cardinal, sent as nuncio to France, i. 548;

his reluctance, i. 549; his alarm at the time of the assembly of notables at Saint Germain, i. 575; he claims the surrender of Cardinal Châtillon to the Pope, ii. 228, 229.

Santa Fiore, pontifical general in France, his instructions, ii. 319, note;

severely reproved by Pius V. for having spared any heretics that fell into his hands, ii. 335, 568; recalled, 342.

Sapin, a member of the Parliament of Paris, executed by order of Condé, by way of retaliation, ii. 80.

Saumur, ii. 324, 503, 504, 512.

Saunier, or Saulnier, Matthieu, i. 90.

Saverne, conference of, between the Duke of Würtemberg and the Guises, ii, 13-17.

Savoy, Duke of, intercession of Charles IX. with, in behalf of the Waldenses, or Vaudois, of Piedmont, ii. 390;

collects an army to overwhelm Geneva, ii. 557.

Saxony, the elector of, refuses to let Melanchthon go to France, i. 185;

his severe language to the reformer, ib.; refuses to help the Huguenots, ii. 217.

Schism, the, i. 28.

Schmidt, Professor C., on Roussel's mysticism, i. 97.

Schomberg, Gaspard de, a negotiator, ii. 71, 290, 550, 551, 608.

Schuch, Wolfgang, tragic end of, i. 116.

Sebastian, King of Portugal, affronts Charles IX. by declining the hand of Margaret of Valois, ii. 379.

Sébeville, Pierre de, i. 83.

Séguier, President of the Parliament of Paris, makes a manly speech against the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition, i. 289, 290;

his leaning to Protestantism, i. 329.

Senlis, the bishop of, translates the "Hours" of Margaret of Angoulême in a Protestant fashion, i. 151.

Sens, provincial council of, i. 138;

its decrees against heresy, i. 139; persecution at, i. 256; massacre of, ii. 46, 55.

Serbelloni, Fabrizio, cousin of Pope Pius IV., massacres the Protestants at Orange, ii. 48, 49.

Serignan, Viscount of, ii. 230, note.

Sermons, seditious and fanatical, ii. 5, 240, 279, 523.

Serres, Jean de, the historian, ii. 572, note, et al.

Servetus, Michael, burned contrary to the desire of Calvin, i. 212;

his execution approved by Melanchthon and other reformers, ib.

Sevyn, Pierre de, a Protestant member of the Parliament of Bordeaux, killed, ii. 524.

Shakerley, Thomas, organist of the Cardinal of Ferrara, papal legate: he is a spy in the pay of Throkmorton, i. 566, note;

his account of the French court, ib.

Sigismund Augustus, King of Poland, letter of Pius V. to him, ii. 564.

Sismondi, M. de, on the massacre of Vassy, ii. 24.

Smith, Sir Thomas, his account of the riotous conduct of the Parisian mob, ii. 96, 97;

his tribute to the Duke of Guise, ii. 112; his remonstrance against the edict of pacification of Amboise, ii. 116; his altercation with Sir Nicholas Throkmorton, ii. 128; his words as to the Prince of Condé, ii. 145, note; his view of the design of the "progress" of Charles IX., ii 158; on the growth of Protestantism in France, ii. 182; his account of an interview with the Cardinal of Lorraine, ii. 321, note; his account of the offer of a ring by Charles IX. to the Cardinal of Alessandria, ii. 402, note; his plea for Queen Elizabeth, ii. 422, note; his letter respecting the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 546.

Soldan, Professor, his view respecting the cities offered by the king to the Huguenots, ii. 358, note;

as to the terms of the edict of Boulogne, ii. 594, note.

Soleure, the canton of, ii. 557.

Sommières, brave defence of, ii. 589.

Sorbin. See Sainte Foy, De.

Sorbonne, or theological faculty, i. 22;

its great authority, i. 23; its intolerance, i. 24; declaration of, i. 71; condemns Luther's teachings, i. 108; its recommendations, i. 110; reprobates Melanchthon's articles, i. 187; publishes twenty-five articles of faith, March 10, 1543, i. 223; denounces the Parliament of Paris as heretical, i. 328; despatches Artus Désiré to invoke the aid of Philip II., i. 467, 468; declares it impossible to have two religions in a kingdom without confusion, ii. 228.

Soubise, M. de, entreats Catharine to throw herself into the arms of the Huguenots, ii. 31;

at Lyons, ii. 102; his humanity, ib.; taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306.

Souillac, Huguenot reverse at, ii. 348.

Spanish ambassador's house in Paris the centre of intrigue, ii. 181.

Spanish troops recalled, ii. 342.

States General an object of suspicion, i. 11;

rarely convoked, i. 12; compensating advantages, i. 13.

States General of Orleans, elections for, i. 430;

complaints inserted in the "cahiers," ib.; demands of clergy at Poitiers, i. 431; opening of, Dec. 13, 1560, i. 454; the chancellor's address, i. 455; Cardinal Lorraine's effrontery, i. 456; De Rochefort's address for the noblesse, ib.; L'Ange for the tiers état, i. 458; Jean Quintin's arrogant speech for the clergy, ib.; Admiral Coligny presents a Huguenot petition, i. 461; the States prorogued, ib.; meanwhile persecution to cease, i. 462; meet at Pontoise, i. 488; speech of Bretagne,vierg of Autun, for the tiers état, i. 489; demands of the tiers état, i. 490; representative government, religious toleration and an impartial council insisted upon, i. 492; the prelates at Poissy, i. 493; an invitation extended to Beza and other Frenchmen, i. 494.

Strasbourg intercedes for Protestants of France, i. 191;

but receives an unsatisfactory reply, i. 192.

Strozzi, Philip, ii. 319, 576, 583, 584, 623.

Stuart, a Scotch gentleman, said to have shot the constable in the battle of Saint Denis, ii. 215;

murdered in cold blood at Jarnac, ii. 304.

Sturm, John, lecturer in Paris, and afterward rector of the University of Strasbourg, writes to beg Melanchthon to come to France, i. 182.

Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of, his escape in the massacre of Paris, ii. 477.

Sureau du Rosier, Hugues, an instrument in the forced conversion of Navarre and Condé, ii. 499.

Suriano, Michel, a Venetian ambassador, his account of the Protestant ministers, i. 463;

his lugubrious account of France, i. 569.

Swiss, hesitation of the Protestant cantons to seem to countenance rebellion, ii. 56;

bravery at the battle of Dreux, ii. 94; levy of six thousand men sent for, ii. 196; causes distrust among the Huguenots, ib.; they escort Charles IX. to Paris, ii. 207; after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 558.

Sympathy of the judges with the Protestants, i. 300.

Synod, the first national, held in Paris, May, 1559, i. 335-337;

the second, Poitiers, March 10, 1561, ii. 62, note; the third, Orleans, April 25, 1562, ii. 61; the seventh, La Rochelle, April 2-11, 1571, ii. 387.

T.

Tadon, ii. 580.

Tailor of the Rue St. Antoine, his bold speech and execution, i. 276, 277.

Talaize, ii. 516, note.

Tanquerel, a doctor of the Sorbonne, declares that the Pope can depose heretical kings, i. 566.

Tavannes, Gaspard de, Marshal, remonstrates against the peace, and favors the revival of the confraternities, ii. 245, 246;

author of plot to seize Condé and Coligny, ii. 266, 339; the king's estimate of his character, ii. 409; his blunt advice, ii. 429, note; at the council of blood, ii. 447, 448 note; he rides through the streets of Paris encouraging the "blood-letting," ii. 476.

Teil, a Protestant captain, ii. 329.

Téligny, ii. 256, 357, 359, 363, 384;

marries Louise de Châtillon, daughter of Admiral Coligny, ii. 387; a conversation with Charles IX., ii. 408, 409; opposes the proposition of the Vidame de Chartres to leave Paris, as a mark of distrust of the king, ii. 446, 453; he is among the first victims of the massacre, ii. 471.

Tende, the Count of, ii. 298;

he refuses to massacre the Protestants in Provence, ii. 527; his speedy death attributed to poison, ib.

Terrides, a captain of Anjou, ii. 323.

Tessier, ii. 509.

Theatrical effects, i. 58.

Theophilus, letter signed, to Catharine de' Medici, i. 409.

Thionville, brilliant capture of, i. 321.

Thoré, a younger Montmorency, ii. 441, 452, 625, 628.

Thou, Christopher de, First President of the Parliament of Paris, member of the commission that condemned Condé to death, i 438;

his son's attempt to clear the memory of, i. 440; ii. 371; his unmanly speech at the "lit de justice," when Charles IX. assumes the responsibility of the massacre, ii. 493; presides at the trial of La Mole and Coconnas, ii 629.

Thou, Jacques Auguste, de, the historian, son of Christopher, ii. 330, note;

at the marriage of Henry of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, ii. 428; on his father's part in the action of parliament at the time of the massacre, ii. 493, note.

Thouars falls into the hands of the Huguenots, ii. 282.

"Three Bishoprics," the, i. 66.

Throkmorton, Sir Nicholas, English ambassador, his account of the wound of Henry II., i. 340;

of the dismay after the Tumult of Amboise, i. 387; of the perplexity of the Guises, i. 413; his information respecting plans of Philip II. and the Pope, i. 426, 427; respecting the illness of Francis II., i. 443; his account of matters at the French court, February 16, 1562, ii. 17, 18; urges Cecil to induce Queen Elizabeth to put away the candles and cross from the altar in her royal chapel, ii. 19; regards the Huguenots as the stronger party, ii. 42; entreats Queen Elizabeth to inspirit Catharine de' Medici, ii. 47; invokes her aid for the Huguenots, ii. 55; is captured by the Huguenots and remains with them, ii. 72; is hated by Catharine de' Medici, ib.; his frankness with Queen Elizabeth, ii. 74; he asks her to help heartily, ii. 75; his altercation with Sir Thomas Smith, ii. 128; Chantonnay's boast that with his assistance he could overturn the state, ii. 181.

Tiers État, its patient endurance, i. 13;

its radical demands at the States General of Pontoise, i. 490 seq.

"Tiger, Letter to the, of France," a virulent pamphlet against Cardinal Lorraine, i. 444-448;

written by François Hotman, i. 446.

Title-pages, deceptive, i. 275.

Toledo, Don Frederick of, routs Genlis and takes him prisoner, ii. 415.

Toleration, religious, demanded by the tiers état at Pontoise, i. 492.

Toulouse, execution of Jean de Caturce at, i. 150;

character of the city according to Protestant and Roman Catholic authors, ib; massacre of Huguenots at, May, 1562, ii. 52-54; commemorated in 1762, but the commemoration forbidden by the French government in 1862, ii. 54; the parliament, instead of publishing the edict of Amboise, forbids the profession of the reformed religion, ii. 128; the parliament of, murders judicially M. Rapin, a Protestant gentleman sent by the king, ii. 239; reluctantly registers the edict of pacification of 1568, ii. 240; a "crusade" preached at, ii. 278; massacre of, in 1572, ii. 521, 522.

Tour, Jean de la, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.

Tournon, Cardinal of, i. 139;

his arguments to dissuade Francis I. from intercourse with heretics, i. 188; instigates the persecution of Protestants, i. 282; his reported bad faith, i. 285; tries to cut short the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 521; his new demand, i. 529.

Tours, the Protestants of, attacked while at worship, ii. 162.

Tourtray M. de, executed on the Place de Grève, ii. 628.

Toussain, Pierre, on the timidity of Lefèvre and Gérard Roussel, i. 86.

Trade despised, i. 15.

Traps for heretics, i. 367.

Treacherous diplomacy, ii. 220.

Treaty of amity between Charles IX. and Queen Elizabeth, April 18, 1572, ii. 398.

Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, i. 322.

Trent, the Council of, closes its sessions, Dec., 1563, ii. 152;

confirms the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church, and renders indelible the line of demarcation between the two religions, ii. 153, 154; Cardinal Lorraine makes a fruitless attempt to have the decrees received in France, ii. 155; able treatise of Du Moulin against them, ii. 155, 156.

Triumvirate, the, formed by Montmorency, Guise, and St. André, i. 470, 471;

a spurious statement of its objects, i. 471-473; it retires in disgust from Saint Germain, i. 556.

Triumvirs, petition of, ii. 58;

they amuse Condé before Paris with negotiations until reinforcements arrive, ii. 90, 91; they consult Catharine de' Medici respecting the engagement, ii. 92, 93.

"Trivium" and "quadrivium," i. 20.

Trouillas, an advocate, pretended orgies in the house of, i. 365;

he insists on being put on trial for these orgies, and not for heresy, and is tardily released, i. 365, 366.

Troyes, progress of Protestantism in, i. 562;

great crowds at the Huguenot services, ii. 11; massacre of Huguenots in the prisons of, ii. 128, 129; formation of the "Christian and Royal League" at, ii. 246; violence at, ii. 249; Protestants returning from worship attacked, ii. 432, 433; massacre of, Sept 4, 1572, ii. 507, 508.

Truchares, a political Huguenot, mayor of La Rochelle, ii. 227.

Truchon, a judge, much edified by the signs of concord, just before the outbreak of the second civil war, ii. 197.

Tuileries, new palace of the, built by Catharine de' Medici, ii. 598.

Turenne, ii. 625.

Turks, French civilities to, ii. 181.

Tytler-Fraser, Mr., ii. 291, note.

U.

University of Paris, i. 20;

the four nations, i. 21; the faculties, ib.; chancellor and rector, i. 22; number of its students, i. 24; gives name to a quarter of the city, i. 24; barbarism at, i. 42.

Unlettered persons forbidden to discuss matters of faith, i. 281.

Uzès, Duke of, ii. 604.

V.

Val, Du, Bishop of Séez, confers with the Protestants at Poissy, i. 538.

Valence, Huguenots of, seize the church of the Franciscans, i. 404;

a public assembly of the citizens, i. 405; progress of good morals, ib.; orders sent for the extermination of the Protestants, i. 406; treacherous treatment of, i. 407.

Valenciennes captured by Count Louis of Nassau, ii. 412.

Valéry, ii. 203.

Valette, Jean de la, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, ii. 181.

Varillas, M, an untrustworthy historian, ii. 25, 26;

his good remarks respecting Admiral Coligny, ii. 315.

Vasari paints three pictures in the Vatican, by order of Pope Gregory XIII. to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 533, and note.

Vassy, a town in Champagne, part of the dower of Mary, Queen of Scots, ii. 19;

establishment of the Huguenot church at, ii. 19, 20; arrival of the Duke of Guise, ii. 21; massacre of, March 1, 1562, ii. 21, 22; pamphlets respecting it, ii. 22, 23; upon whom rests the guilt of the butchery, ii. 23-26.

Vatable, i. 43.

Vaud, Pays de, conquered by Berne, i. 197.

"Vauderie," crime of, i. 63.

Vaudrey, Anne de, bailli of Troyes, an agent in the massacre of Troyes, ii. 507, 508.

Vaudois, execution of, at Arras, i. 63.

Vaudois, or Waldenses, of Piedmont, mission of the four "evangelical" cantons in their behalf, i. 309;

Charles IX. intercedes in their behalf with the Duke of Savoy, ii. 390.

Vaudois, or Waldenses, of Provence, i. 230;

their industry and thrift, ib.; their villages in the Comtât Venaissin, i. 231; they send delegates to the Swiss and German reformers, i. 232; their doctrines and practices, ib.; cause the Bible to be translated by Olivetanus, i. 233; preliminary persecutions of, i. 234; iniquitous order of the Parliament of Aix against, i. 235; followed by the "Arrêt de Mérindol," i. 236; temporarily saved by Chassanée, i. 238; report of Du Bellay respecting their character and history, i. 240; pardoned by Francis I., i. 241; are again summoned by the Parliament of Aix, ib.; they publish a new confession, i. 242; stealthy organization of an expedition against, i. 245; villages burned, and the inhabitants butchered, i. 246, 247; destruction of Mérindol, i. 247; destruction of Cabrières, i. 248; of La Coste, i. 249; the results, i. 250; Francis led to give his approval to the massacre, i. 251; an investigation ordered, ib.; impunity of most of the culprits, i. 252.

Venaissin, Comtât. See Comtât Venaissin.

Venetian ambassadors, opinions of, i. 10.

Verbal orders respecting the massacre in the provinces, ii. 502, 514.

Verbelai, ii. 226.

Verez, De, throws himself into Geneva with a body of French soldiers, i. 197.

Vergne, La, ii. 302.

Versailles, the title how obtained by the king, ii. 485.

Vertueil, the King of Navarre dismisses his escort at, i. 435.

"Very Christian King," title of, i. 35.

Vézelay, birthplace of Theodore Beza, i. 497;

refuses to admit a garrison in 1568, ii. 250; a place of refuge, ii. 280; sustains a successful siege, ii. 343, 344.

Vezins, a Roman Catholic gentleman of Quercy, magnanimously saves the life of his personal enemy, the Huguenot Regnier, ii. 480, 481.

Vialard, President, at Rouen, ii. 519.

Vieilleville, Marshal of, magnanimously refuses to take advantage of a royal patent giving him a share of the confiscated property of heretics, i. 282;

sent as envoy to the Huguenots, ii. 210; remonstrance of, ii. 255; the king's estimate of, ii. 409.

"Vierg," the designation of an officer at Autun, i. 489.

Vigor, Archbishop of Narbonne, a violent Roman Catholic preacher, ii. 254, 375, 634.

Villars, Count de, burns books from Geneva at Pont St. Esprit, i. 428;

influences Constable Montmorency, i. 469; appointed admiral after the death of Coligny, ii. 523, 524.

Villegagnon, Vice-admiral of Brittany, sent with a Protestant colony to Brazil, i. 291;

founds Fort Coligny, i. 292; becomes an enemy of the Protestants, i. 293; and brings ruin on the expedition, i. 294; vows eternal enmity to the Huguenots, ii. 180; writes to Renée of France, ii. 327.

Villemadon's letter of remonstrance to Catharine de' Medici, i. 363.

Villemongys, i. 392.

Villeneuve, capture of, by the Huguenots, ii. 589.

Viole, Claude, his speech in the "mercuriale" of 1559, i. 334.

Virel, Jean, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.

Viret, the reformer, intercedes for the poor non-combatants at Lyons, ii. 102.

Visconte, affair in the house of, i. 361.

"Viscounts," the army of the, ii. 226;

they march to meet Condé, and defeat the troops collected by the Governor of Auvergne at Cognac, or Cognat, ii. 230; relieve Orleans, ib.; take Blois, ib.; list of the viscounts, ii. 230, note.

Visions of celestial hosts, ii. 334.

Vitelli, Chiappin, routs Genlis and takes him prisoner, ii. 415.

Vivarez, Montbrun's exploits in, ii. 621.

Voré de la Fosse sent to Melanchthon, i. 182;

his interviews with him, and his letters, i. 183.

Vulcob, M. de, French ambassador to the Emperor of Germany, ii. 550.

W.

Waldenses. See Vaudois.

Walsingham, Francis, on the peace of Saint Germain, ii. 368;

receives the assurances of the king as to his intention to observe the peace, ii. 371; on the attempts to dissuade Anjou from marrying Queen Elizabeth, ii. 379; on the English marriage and the anxiety of the Huguenots, ii. 382; his enthusiastic description of Count Louis of Nassau, ii. 384, note; urges Queen Elizabeth to advocate the invitation of Coligny to court, ii. 388, note; he sets forth the critical nature of the situation, ii. 416; he mentions rumors of Elizabeth's desertion of her allies, ii. 420; he praises Coligny's magnanimity, ii. 421; his reply to Catharine de' Medici respecting Coligny's loyalty, ii. 495, 547; on the forced conversions of Navarre and Condé, ii. 499; his conversation with the queen mother as to the maintenance of the edict of pacification, ii. 547, 548.

War, the first civil, or religious, April, 1562, to March 19, 1563, ii. 34-115;

its results, ii. 118; it prevents France from becoming Huguenot, ii. 119; the second civil war, Sept., 1567, to March 23, 1568, ii. 203-234; the third civil war, Sept., 1568, to Aug. 8, 1570, ii. 274-366; the fourth civil war, Dec., 1572, to July, 1573, ii. 582-593; meagre results of, ii. 594; beginning of the fifth civil war, 1574, ii. 622.

Westmoreland, Earl of, his rebellion, ii. 358.

White, Henry, Dr., the remark respecting Cardinal Lorraine which he ascribes to Beza, i. 529;

cf. also ii. 46, 252, 427, note, 527, note.

Whittingham, Wm., Dean of Durham, ii. 292, note.

Winter, severity of the, 1568-1569, ii. 286, 297.

Winter, Admiral, carries money, cannon, and ammunition to La Rochelle, ii. 296.

Wolmar, Melchior, i. 43;

a teacher of Calvin, i. 199.

Wolrad, Count of Mansfeld, succeeds the Duke of Deux-Ponts in command of the German auxiliaries of the Huguenots, ii. 318, 335, 364.

Worship, Protestant places of, assigned at the most inconvenient distances, ii. 163, 164, note, 432, note.

Wotton, Dr., his view of the court of Henry II. of France, i. 261.

Wringle, Pierre de, or Van, the printer of Serrières, near Neufchâtel, i. 233.

Würtemberg, Christopher, Duke of, sends theologians to Poissy, who come too late for the colloquy, i. 544;

meets the Guises at Saverne, ii. 13; he remonstrates with them respecting the persecution of the Huguenots, ii. 14; his judgment on the whole matter, ii. 17; he declines the offer of the post of lieutenant-general of the king, ii. 113.

Y.

Year, the old French, begins at Easter, i. 276.

Yolet, ii. 603.

Yverny, Madame d', butchered in the massacre at Paris, ii. 474.

Z.

Zuleger, a councillor of the elector palatine, sent to France to see the state of affairs at the time of the second civil war, ii. 218;

he reports favorably to the Huguenots, ii. 219.

Zurich, intercedes for the French Protestants, i. 191;

but receives an unsatisfactory reply, i. 192; intercedes with Henry II., after the affair of the Rue St. Jacques, with little success, i. 309, 310.

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