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The massacre of St. Bartholomew

INDEX.

Reading edition

A.

Agriculture in France, 116.

Agrippa d’Aubigné, 85.

his defense of the war, 200.

Aix, Huguenots hanged at, 184.

Alençon, Huguenots uninjured at, 448.

Duke of, proposed as a husband for Elizabeth, 356.

his partiality for Coligny, 435.

his intrigues, 478.

Alessandrino (nuncio), audience at Blois, 347.

failure of his embassy, 347.

Alva, Duke of, at Bayonne, 249.

his opinion on the state of France, 253.

Tarquinian advice, 255, 272.

marches through Burgundy, 266.

his opinion of Cardinal Lorraine, 357.

Amboise, tumult of, 81.

act of grace of, 86.

pacification and edict of, 224.

Amiens, judicious arrangements at, 178.

Andelot offends Henry II., 68.

introduces reform in Brittany, 91.

urges war, 267.

death of, 301.

Angers, persecutions at, 34.

massacre at, 448.

Angoulême, the bastard of, 409.

Anjou, Prince of, threatens Condé, 266.

made lieutenant-general, 278.

Anjou commands royal army, 294.

wins battle of Jarnac, 296.

Moncontour, 305.

proposed marriage with Elizabeth, 332, 354.

his account of the massacre, 375, 383, 386, 387, 394, 396, 405, 406.

his fear of the king, 376.

disappointment at Maurevel’s failure, 383.

visit to the wounded admiral, 384.

share of the plunder, 467.

scene with the elector-palatine, 470.

Anthony of Navarre, 66.

his hesitation, 103.

invited to Orleans, 105.

plot to murder him, 108.

his apostasy, 185.

justifies the Vassy massacre, 190.

death of, 215.

Army, French, in sixteenth century, 126.

Arnay-le-Duc, battle of, 312.

Aurillac, murders at, 178.

Protestant retaliation, 310.

Avallon, chatelaine of, 239.

B.

Banquet in sixteenth century, 121.

Baptisms, forced, 287.

Bar, the proctor of, 239.

Barbeville burned, 76.

Battle of Dreux, 217.

St. Denis, 272.

Jarnac, 296.

Battle of Roche-Abeille, 302.

Moncontour, 304.

Arnay-le-Duc, 312.

Bayeux, Huguenot sacrilege at, 240.

Bayonne, the meeting at, 248.

amusements at, 249.

diplomatic discussions at, 253.

Bearnese refuse to suppress the preaching, 445.

Beauvais, Easter riots at, 156.

Behm, the admiral’s murderer, 408, 409.

Berquin, Louis de, burned, 5.

Beza at Poissy, 167.

audience of queen-mother, 168.

address to the king, 170.

Birague, his origin, 320.

Blois, edict of, 73.

violence of Huguenots at, 156.

cruelties at capture of, 210.

festivities at, 347.

Bois Aubry, Abbot of, secretary of clergy, his speech, 154.

Bordeaux, the massacre at, 451.

Bouchavannes, a traitor, 402.

Bricquemaut of Villemangis, executed at Amboise, 82.

Brigandage in France, 115.

Briquemaut, Colonel, his necklace, 288.

rash language to Charles, 341.

hanged, 442.

Brissac, governor of Paris, 197.

death of, 301.

Brugière burned, 19.

C.

Cahors, bloody riot at, 178.

Calvin and his Institutes, 6.

defense of Reformers, 10.

letter to the prisoners, 43.

Cambresis, treaty of, 48.

Carcassonne, sacrilege at, 156.

Carriages introduced, 121.

Castelnau, trial and execution, 82.

Castelnaudary, Palm Sunday at, 238.

Catherine de Medicis, early life, 23.

skill in business, 24.

grief at Henry’s death, 59.

letter to her daughter, 146.

policy, 147.

instructions to Cardinal Ferrara, 166.

letters to Rome and the emperor, 172.

unpopularity with Romanists, 177.

bold reply to Chantonnay, 186.

summons Condé to her assistance, 192.

defies Anthony of Navarre, 193.

message to Condé, 198.

attempts at negotiation, 204.

goes abroad masked, 208.

is present at siege of Rouen, 213.

exultation at victory of Dreux, 219.

advice to Charles, 245.

diplomacy at Bayonne, 248.

letter on the papal jurisdiction, 257.

suspected of heresy, 286.

desires treaty to be observed, 336.

reception of Coligny, 355.

described by Joan of Navarre, 349.

opposes war in Flanders, 362.

interview with Charles at Montpipeau, 363.

plots Coligny’s death, 377.

at his bedside, 385.

plots a general massacre, 389.

consultation at the Tuileries, 390.

reveals a pretended Huguenot plot, 394.

extorts king’s consent to massacre, 397.

checks the king’s irresolution, 405.

letter to Strozzi, 446.

message to Alva, 460.

discovers her mistake, 472.

reply to the Montauban demands, 477.

exultation at Montgomery’s capture, 481.

Caumont, Duc de la Force, his singular escape, 432.

Cavaignes hanged, 442.

Cevennes, march through the, 312.

Chabot protects the Huguenots, 456.

Chambord, ordinance of, 78.

Chambres ardentes, 33.

Chantonnay complains of toleration, 161.

Chapot, Jean, on the rack, 16.

Charles IX., his accession, 145.

opens the States-General, 150.

amnesties heretical prisoners, 157.

issues letters patent of April, 157.

acts in a court masque, 161.

presides over colloquy of Poissy, 169.

calls an Assembly of Notables, 175.

Triumvirate plot to seize him, 192.

brought from Fontainebleau to Paris, 193.

declared of age, 244.

reply to Alva, 256, 265, 323.

reproaches Coligny, 264.

plot to seize king, 269.

savage letter to Gordes, 271.

letters to Condé and Humières, 284, 317.

at siege of St. Jean d’Angely, 307.

advice to justices of Gap, 317.

marriage, 322, 324.

mad sports, 323.

La Chasse Royale, 323.

supports William of Orange, 331.

invites Coligny to court, 333.

distrust of Anjou, 334.

attachment to Teligny, 334.

reception of Coligny, 336.

letter to Duke of Savoy, 337.

reception of Queen Joan, 345.

answer to Alessandrino, 347.

letter to Pius V. on Margaret’s marriage, 351.

promises help to Prince Louis, 358.

goes to Montpipeau, 362.

offers Coligny a guard, 376, 403.

jealous of Anjou, 377.

wrath on hearing of attack on Coligny, 318.

threatens to punish the assassins, 382.

visits Coligny, 384.

tells his mother what Coligny said to him, 387.

letters to pacify the Huguenots, 393.

consents reluctantly to the massacre, 394.

tries to save Rochefoucault, 400.

irresolution, 405.

looks from a window at the murders, 414.

fires at the fugitive Huguenots, 426.

remorse and visions, 436.

justifies the massacre before the parliament, 438.

present at execution of Briquemaut, 442.

orders to provincial governors, 447.

medals to commemorate massacre, 464.

conspiracy to dethrone him, 478.

last illness and death, 480.

Charpentier’s apology for the massacre, 464.

Chateaubriant, edict of, 33.

Chatillon, Cardinal of, assaulted, 156.

deliberations at, 267.

Church property, its confiscation proposed, 165.

Clergy, corruption of, 3.

their power and wealth, 127.

abusive sermons, preached by, 90, 286, 327.

Coconnas executed, 479.

Cognac besieged, 301.

Coligny, Gaspard de, 67.

advice at Amboise, 86.

Fontainebleau, 99.

Orleans, 112.

his wife’s advice, 196.

saves the army at Dreux, 218.

charged with plotting the murder of Guise, 222.

letter on his son’s death, 228.

reconciliation with Guises at Moulins, 260.

reproached by king, 264.

dissuades from war, 268.

skill and discipline, 272.

death of his wife, 280.

visit to Tanlay, 291.

flight to Rochelle, 291.

defeated at Jarnac, 296.

victory at Roche-Abeille, 302.

wounded at Moncontour, 305.

letter to his children, 306.

marches to the south, 308.

victory at Arnay-le-Duc, 312.

remonstrance with Charles, 333.

marries Jacqueline of Montbel, 334.

arrival at court, 336.

influence with Charles, 340.

urges war with Flanders, 344.

memoir on proposed war, 358.

letter to William of Orange promising aid, 362.

warnings and cautions neglected, 367.

remarks at Henry’s wedding, 373.

last letter to his wife, 375.

wounded by an assassin, 379.

last interview with Charles, 384.

murdered by Behm, 408.

outrages to his corpse, 411.

Combelle robbed of his dispatches, 454.

Condé, Henry, Prince of, life saved by Elizabeth’s intercession, 434.

abjuration, 444.

Condé, Louis, Prince of, 67.

invited to Orleans, 105.

reception at court, 105.

trial, 107.

attempts to rescue king, 193.

speech at Meaux, 196.

appointed leader of Huguenot force, 197.

manifesto to the Protestant churches, 198.

made prisoner at Dreux, 218.

claims to be appointed lieutenant-general, 266.

battle of St. Denis, 272.

marches to meet the reiters, 275.

flight to Rochelle, 291.

killed at Jarnac, 296.

Confession of faith of French Reformers, 54.

Cornaton asks king for a guard for Coligny, 391.

escapes from the massacre, 407.

Correro, France in 1571, 323.

Cosseins appointed to guard Coligny’s house, 393.

assists in the murder, 407.

Council proposed, 92.

Court-masques, 161, 250.

Crespy, treaty of, 11.

Crozier and his blood-stained comrade, 425.

Cypierre murdered, 288.

D.

Damville at Nismes, 276.

D’Aubigné at Amboise, 85.

De Crussol’s account of Huguenots, 159.

Delavoye, martyrdom of, 8.

De Nançay, captain of the guard, 401.

protects Margaret, 416.

De Pilles, his foolish threats, 388.

murdered in the Louvre, 415.

De Retz, his origin, 319.

rapid rise, 320.

voice against proposed massacre, 397.

Des Adrets, his ferocious retaliation, 231.

description of, by De Thou, 232.

Desmarais, his stout defense, 307.

De Thou eulogizes the king’s severity, 440.

private opinion of the massacre, 441.

Diana of Poitiers, character of, 26.

Dieppe, its wealth and commerce, 141.

Dieppe, ferocity of Huguenots at, 240.

Huguenots punished, 310.

the governor’s speech at, 458.

Discontent in France, 77.

Dloet burned, 17.

Dorat’s congratulations on the massacre, 453.

Dramatic amusements, 129.

Dress of people, 119.

Dreux, battle of, 218.

Du Bourg, his speech in Parliament, 51.

trial and execution, 74.

Duplessis-Mornay’s memoir on the Flemish war, 358.

escapes from the massacre, 430.

escape of his wife, 431.

E.

Ecouen, edict of, 56.

Edict of Fontainebleau, 8.

Chateaubriant, 33.

Ecouen, 56.

Villars-Cotteret, 73.

Blois, 73.

Chambord, 78.

Amboise, 86.

Romorantin, 88.

April, 157.

July, 158.

January, 183.

St. Germains, 314.

Elector-palatine extols Coligny, 470.

Electoral excitement, 149.

Elizabeth, Queen of France, her marriage, 322, 324.

enters Paris, 325.

intercedes to save Condé, 434.

affection for Charles IX., 482.

horror at the massacre, 484.

Elizabeth of England, proposed marriage with Anjou, 332, 354.

Alençon, 356.

Elizabeth of England, cold reception of the French embassador, 468.

England, treaty with, 355.

horror at the massacre, 468.

Etienne, Robert, in exile, 18.

Executioner, his wages, 133.

F.

Fontainebleau, edict of, 8.

meeting of Notables at, 197.

resolutions of, 102.

Flemish war, 357, 358, 359, 362.

Food of people, 119.

France, condition of, in 1560, 112.

distressed condition of, 217, 225.

Francis I., patronage of learning, 3.

persecutes Reformers, 7.

orders persecution of Vaudois, 10.

death of, 20.

Francis II., accession, 61.

alarm at court, 73.

letters ordering persecution, 94.

illness and death, 108.

G.

Gap, dissensions at, 278.

edict neutralized at, 327.

Gastine cross, 343.

Genlis defeated and made prisoner, 359.

German princes, embassy from, 326.

Gibbets of Fontainebleau, 77.

Gondi: see De Retz.

Gondrin killed at Lyons, 234.

Gonzaga; see Nevers, Duke of.

Gordes hesitates to carry out the order, 456.

Gregory XIII. approves of the massacre, 466.

Guise, Francis, Duke of, 63.

lieutenant-general, 86.

combines with Montmorency, 163.

retires from privy council, 184.

goes to Saverne, 186.

orders the massacre at Vassy, 188.

ostentatiously enters Paris, 191.

plots to seize the king, 192.

gains victory at Dreux, 217.

besieges Orleans, 220.

murdered by Poltrot, 221.

Guise, Henry of, refuses to be reconciled to Coligny, 261.

character, 321.

threatening proceedings of, 338.

visits Alva, 356.

offers to fight Coligny, 357.

proposal to murder Coligny, 377.

asks leave to quit Paris, 394.

visits the city in secret, 398.

receives the final orders, 405.

recalled too late, 406.

insults the corpse of Coligny, 409.

blood drops from his hand, 475.

H.

Hampton Court treaty, 209.

Havre surrendered to English, 209.

siege and capture of, 243.

Henry II., accession of, 22.

crowned at Rheims, 28.

present at burning of heretics, 30.

favorite Psalm, 45.

orders arrest of Du Bourg, 52.

wounded, 58.

death, 58.

Henry of Navarre at Bayonne, 255.

speech to the army, 300.

description of, 300.

retreat from Moncontour, 305.

first command, 312.

proposed marriage with Margaret, 338.

letter to Queen Elizabeth on his mother’s death, 366.

comes to Paris, 369.

marriage with Margaret, 372.

indignation at attack on Coligny, 328.

proposals to murder him, 391.

put under arrest, 424.

abjures, 444.

at the siege of Rochelle, 473.

Charles entrusts his wife and child to him, 480.

Heresy at court, 160.

Huguenot army, its discipline, 203.

Huguenots, their number estimated, 174.

regain courage, 472.

rush to arms, 473.

demands at Montauban, 477.

I.

Ignorance of the people, 122.

Infants rechristened, 207.

Inns in France, 115.

Inquisition, introduction of, resisted, 37.

J.

January, edict of, 183.

resisted by Tavannes, 184.

Huguenot rejoicings over, 184.

Jarnac, battle of, 296.

Joan of Navarre, her reforms in Bearn, 257.

takes refuge in Rochelle, 292.

fears for Coligny, 336.

on her son’s marriage, 340.

death at Paris, 356.

July edict, 158.

K.

Knox, John, his denunciation of the murderers, 469.

L.

La Mole executed, 479.

Lange, orator of Third Estate, 152.

address to king, 152.

La Noue describes origin of war, 196.

on army discipline, 203.

the conference at Thoury, 204.

on the reiters, 275.

governor of Rochelle, 474.

La Place, Pierre de, murdered, 425.

La Renaudie, 79.

killed at Amboise, 81.

La Rochefoucault, king tries to save him, 400.

murdered, 421.

Lavergne de Tressan at Jarnac, 312.

League of the Loire, 115.

Champagne, 289.

Toulouse, 290.

Lefevre, the first Reformer, 2.

Le Laboureur, his panegyric of Coligny, 410.

Le Mans, the bishop of, 240.

Le Puy, procession at, 35.

infant rebaptized, 207.

Léran saved by Margaret, 415.

Lignerolles murdered, 342.

Limoux, cruelties at, 238.

Lisieux, Bishop of, protects the Huguenots, 455.

L’Hopital appointed chancellor, 87.

inaugural address, 97.

origin, 98.

speech to States of Orleans, 151.

address to parliament, 158.

speech at Pontoise, 164.

letter to Genevan Calvinists, 167.

speech at Poissy, 169.

to the Notables at St. Germains, 182.

plot to murder him, 227.

proposes concessions to Huguenots, 269.

remonstrance to the king, 279.

joins the Politicians, 285.

resigns the chancellorship, 289.

escapes the massacre, 431.

Longjumeau, treaty of, 280.

Lorraine family, 63.

Lorraine, Cardinal of, 64.

discussion with Beza, 168.

retires from Privy Council, 184.

goes to Saverne, 186.

forbidden to enter Paris, 261.

runs away from Meaux, 271.

disgusted with St. Germains treaty, 317.

goes to Rome, 351.

rewards messenger of the massacre, 465.

Louvre, the murders at, 404, 414.

Lyons in 1560, 140.

Huguenot turbulence at, 180.

mastered by Huguenots, 235.

massacre at, 449.

M.

Macon, leaps of, 238.

Maine, sad condition of, 263.

Mandelot begs a share of the plunder, 450.

Margaret of Valois, 6.

Margaret, Princess, proposed marriage with Henry of Navarre, 339.

description of, 349.

alarmed by her sister, 402.

scene in her chamber, 415.

saves Léran’s life, 416.

weeps over head of La Mole, 479.

Marie de Barbançon, her intrepidity, 310.

Marie Mouchet, 323, 483.

Marillac, Archbishop, his speech at Fontainebleau, 100.

Marlorat hanged, 215.

Marot imprisoned, 19.

his Psalms, 46.

Martyrdoms, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 19.

Massacre in Paris, the, 417, 444.

Massacre in Paris, number of victims in, 459, 461.

Maugiron, cruelties at Valence, 95.

Maurevel hired to kill the admiral, 378, 380.

Maximilian II., his thoughts on the massacre, 469.

Meaux, the martyrs of, 15.

royal flight from, 269.

the massacre at, 452.

Medals, commemorative, 464, 466.

Mercurial of Henry II., 51.

Mergey, adieu of Rambouillet, 401.

Mérindol destroyed, 12.

Merlin, the admiral’s chaplain, consoles Coligny, 380.

singular escape, 408.

Micheli’s account of the Huguenots, 174.

Michelle de Caignoncle’s alms, 18.

Minard, President, shot, 74.

Miracle of the flowering thorn, 434.

Moderate party, 285, 315, 328, 330.

Monceaux, meeting of conspirators at, 377.

Moncontour, battle of, 305.

Mons, capture of, 358.

Montauban, Huguenot assembly at, 477.

Montbrun takes up arms, 95.

Montfauçon, the gibbet at, 411.

Montgomery kills Henry II., 58.

governor of Rouen, 213.

escapes from Paris, 428.

made prisoner, 481.

Montluc, Bishop, his speech at Fontainebleau, 99.

Montluc, Blaise de, his barbarities, 230.

wise severity, 264.

Montmorency, Constable, 27.

his cruelty, 28.

dismissed, 71.

combines with Guise and St. André, 163.

burns the meeting-houses, 208.

made prisoner at Dreux, 220.

killed at St. Denis, 273.

Montmorency, Marshal, threatens Cardinal Lorraine, 261.

advises war with Spain, 331.

tries to negotiate with Huguenots, 339.

Montsoreau, his treachery and cruelty, 448.

Moreau burned at Troyes, 16.

Moulins, assembly at, 258.

Coligny and Guise reconciled at, 260.

Mouvans, death of, 96.

Muretus panegyrizes the murderers, 466.

Music, decline of, in church, 46.

N.

Nantes, meeting at, 79.

refusal of magistrates to kill Huguenots, 448.

Nassau, Count Louis of, at Moncontour, 305.

Nassau, Count Louis of, interview with Charles at Lumigny, 331.

Navarre, King of; see Anthony.

Navy, French, in sixteenth century, 126.

Nemours, Duke of, 270.

Duchess of, proposal that she shall assassinate Coligny, 377.

Nerac, meeting at, 103.

Nevers, Duke of, his timidity, 321.

Nismes, results of persecution at, 94.

Michelade of, 276.

captured by Huguenots, 310.

order preserved, 458.

Noises in the air, 436.

Normandy, distress in, 31.

Notables, Assembly of, at St. Germains, 175.

Number of the victims in Paris, 459.

the provinces, 461.

O.

Oppède, Baron of, his cruelty, 12.

Orange, butchery at, 234.

Organization of Reformed Church, 55.

Orleans, the court at, 104.

seized by Huguenots, 197.

besieged by Duke of Guise, 220.

Huguenots burned at, 309.

massacre at, 450.

Orsini’s mission, 471.

Orthez, his reply to Charles, 455.

P.

Palissy, Bernard, patronized by Catherine, 322.

Paré, Ambrose, tends Coligny’s wounds, 380.

a witness of the murder, 408.

escorted to the Louvre, 410.

singular confession of king to, 435.

on the death of Charles, 482.

Pardaillan, his foolish threats, 389.

murdered in the Louvre, 415.

Paris, lawlessness of, 76.

in 1560, 137.

arming of the citizens, 198.

outrages in, 207.

disturbed state of, in winter of 1571, 344.

panic at news of Genlis’s defeat, 359.

Parliament of Paris, divisions in, 49.

Pavannes, martyrdom of, 5.

Peasantry, condition of, 117.

Pedlar burned at Velay, 36.

Petrucci cuts off the admiral’s head, 409.

Philip II. intrigues against France, 160, 176.

treasonable correspondence with Triumvirate, 209.

offers aid to France, 316.

threatens war, 329.

joy at the massacre, 467.

Philippa de Lunz burned, 42.

Philippe Richarde, the king’s Huguenot nurse, 481.

Pieds Nus, les, their atrocities, 226.

Pius V., congratulatory letters, 289, 298, 306.

advises continuance of war, 314.

Placards, affair of, 7.

inflammatory, 42.

Pluviers, Huguenot retaliation at, 216.

Poissy, colloquy at, 166.

opened, 169.

Poitiers, severities at, 74.

Politiques, les, 286, 315, 328, 330.

Poltrot murders Francis of Guise, 221.

extolled as a martyr by Huguenots, 223.

Pontoise, the States of, 163.

Population in 1560, 122.

Pré aux Clercs, psalm-singing, 46.

Progress of reform, 31.

Provinces of France, 113.

Provins, brutal scene at, 135.

grievances, 149.

rejoicings at news of Jarnac, 299.

flight of the Huguenots, 457.

Provost of Paris, king’s instructions to, 399.

Punishments, 133.

Q.

Quentin, Jean, orator of the clergy, 152.

speech at Orleans, 154.

R.

Raleigh, Walter, joins the Huguenots, 294.

opinion of Condé, 299.

Ramus, Peter, murdered, 423.

Reformed Church, its organization, 55.

doctrines, their rapid extension, 174.

Regnier de la Planche, 87.

Reiters, their cupidity, 275, 281.

Relics, abuse of, 4.

Religious wars, First, 195.

Second, 269.

Third, 291.

Renaudie, Bary de la, 79, 81.

Rennes, disturbances at, 156.

Rents in Auvergne, 117.

Revival of learning, 3.

Roads in France, 114.

Roche-Abeille, battle of, 302.

Rochelle, violence at, 236.

besieged by Anjou, 474.

siege raised, 474.

Rome, exultation at, 466.

Romorantin, edict of, 88.

Ronsard, the poet, 226.

Rouen, ballet at, 141.

besieged, 213.

reprisals at, 214.

the massacre at, 452.

Rue St. Jacques, affair of, 40.

S.

Sadolet, his charity, 15.

St. André, 66.

joins the Triumvirate, 163.

killed at Dreux, 219.

St. Calais, monks of, 238.

Croix; see Santa Croce.

Cyr, Count of, his desperate charge, 305.

Denis, battle of, 272.

Germains, Notables at, 182.

peace of, 314.

Hérem refuses to obey order, 454.

Médard, riot of, 181.

Quentin, defeat at, 40.

Salviati’s report of the massacre, 418.

Sancerre, the siege of, 476.

capitulates, 477.

Santa Croce praises Reformers, 159.

describes the state of Paris, 182.

praises the admiral, 410.

Saverne, conference at, 186.

Senlis, Huguenots exiled, 456.

Sens, massacre at, 199.

Sermons and congregations, 173.

Shrove-Tuesday plot, 478.

Sigognes, governor of Dieppe, 288.

Silly, Jacques de, orator of the nobles, 152.

speech at Orleans, 152.

Sisteron, massacre at, 200.

deserted by Huguenots, 237.

Soubise, his resistance, 422.

indignities to corpse, 415.

States-General of Orleans, 148.

opened by king, 150.

Street architecture, 135.

Strozzi, Cardinal, his atrocities, 232.

Strozzi, Colonel-general, captured at Roche-Abeille, 303.

drowns the camp-followers, 315.

unpopular in army, 320.

Stuart, Robert, murders the constable, 273.

Sully escapes the massacre, 428.

Sumptuary laws, 120.

Superstitions, 131.

Synod, first Reformed, meets in Paris, 54.

of Poissy, impracticable temper of Huguenot ministers, 173.

of Rochelle, 321.

T.

Tailor, martyrdom of a, 31.

Talcy, interview at, 205.

Tavannes suggests ecclesiastical reforms, 93.

plunders Macon, 237.

appointed military superintendent during massacre, 398.

complains of apathy of citizens, 400.

sanguinary cry, 447.

Taverny, stout resistance of, 422.

Taxation in 1560, 123.

Teligny, his mission to the king, 334.

marries the admiral’s daughter, 334.

sent in pursuit of Maurevel, 381.

last night with Coligny, 403.

murdered, 412.

Tende, Count of, 447.

Thomas of St. Paul burned, 17.

Thoury, negotiations at, 204.

“Tiger,” the, a satire, 90.

note on the, 111.

Tocsin rung, 413.

Tossinghi steals the admiral’s gold chain, 409.

Toulon in 1560, 143.

Toulouse, massacres at, 237, 453.

Tournament in Paris, 57.

Tours, massacre at, 211.

Traveling in France, 114.

Trent, instructions to Council of, 92.

Council of, 245.

Triumvirate, the, formed, 163.

treasonable correspondence with Philip II., 209.

Troyes, the massacre at, 452.

V.

Valence, reform in, 96.

Vaudois, massacre of, 12.

Vassy, massacre at, 187.

Catholic exultation over, 190.

Velay, contests in, 36.

Vendome, meeting at, 72.

Victims, number of, 459, 461.

Vigor, Simon, ferocious sermon of, 177.

Villars, Count of, describes state of Nismes, 94.

Villemangis beheaded, 84.

W.

Wages in 1560, 117.

Walsingham on Anjou’s ambition, 316.

opinion of king, 336.

letter on defeat of Genlis, 359.

on war in Flanders, 360.

report of meeting at Montpipeau, 364.

describes the execution of Briquemaut, 443.

Wild animals in France, 115.

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