Note 1197 — Chapter XII

So ominous was the temper of the Parisians that even the minor gates of the Louvre were equipped with drawbridges (ibid., No. 2,040, §4, March 1, 1568). Part of the indignation of Paris was due to the outrages of some reiters in the King’s army from Luxembourg and Lorraine, who robbed priests and despoiled churches, notwithstanding that they were in Catholic service, so much so that “the Parisians had rather had the prince of Condé’s people should approach Paris as they” (ibid., Nos. 2,040, 2,041, March 1, 1568).