Sa Verdan
Mazores
Le Carla
Le mas d’Azil, toutes riches et imprenables. Et ceste derniere se
faict une quantite purniable de Saltpetre pour muner tout le pays de
poudre.
_Le baron de
Monbardies_
En Lauraignais partie du bas Languedoc sont
Puylaurens
Revel
Soureze
S^[t] Paul
Cramain &c.
Castres ville episcopale imprenable
L’Isle d et plusieurs autres en la montagne.
_M. de Chastilon,
M. de Thore,
M. de S^[t] Romain, &c._
Au hout Languedoc, y en a infinies, les plus notables sont
Monpelier
Nismes
Aiguesmortes
Lunel
Aimargnes
Marsilargnes
Sommieres
Uzez
Auz
Aleth
Lodeve la pluspart episcopale
Tout le Pays de Vivarez; et le Pays de Sevènes.
_M. de_ [_L_] _Ediguieres_
En Daulphine nous tenons tout le haut Pays, et du bas pays presque
toutes les villes[1780] quatre ou cinq. Gap et Dis villes principales
sont a nous et cinq cens gentilihomines tous de la religion entre les
quels y a tresbon ordre.
_Le Baron d’Alemagne_
En Provence nous avons quelques bonnes villes, entre autres Seine, le
grand Tour, et tout le meilleur du Conte de Venisse, appartenant au
Pope à cause d’Avignon.
Le Roy de Navarre ces places fournies de garnissons necessaires tant de
pied que de cheval, peut sans sortir de Guienne mettre huict mil hommes
de pied en campagne et mille gentilihomines et fournir l’equippage de
six canons et deux couleurines &c. et quand il sera joinct avec les
forces de Languedoc (car le Daulphine a le Rhosne entredeux) il poura
faire estat de 10000 hommes de pied 2000 chevaux des meilleurs qui se
virent jamais en France, et 10 canons, quatre couleurines et la pouldre
et munitions et equipage d’iceux.
Pour les affaires de la guerre en son conseil il est assisté de M^[r] de
Meru. Monsieur de Turene qui a esgarde sur la Perigort et Lymosin en sa
absence.
M^[r] de la Nouë chef et superintendant de sa maison.
M^[r] de viconte de Terride, Baron de Serignac, vieux Capitaine.
M^[r] de S^[t] Geniez, vieux Capitaine et homme de bon entendement.
M^[r] le Baron de Lusignan. Gouverneur de Agenois.
M^[r] de Fontralles, M^[r] le Baron d’ Audon.
M^[r] de Guitry qui sont tous des meilleurs Cap: de France.
Pour le mainement des negotiations, outre les susd. il est assiste de
M^[r] de Grateinx son Chauncelier, M^[r] des Aginz President et M^[r] des
Requestes et plus^[rs] autres de mesme reing.
Outre ceux y y a plusieurs Princes, Seignurs, Vicontes, et Barons
affectes de tout temps au party de la religion. Toutesfois je les ay
lieu voulu mettre icy croire ilz me sont vennues en memorie.
Le R. de N.
M’ le P. de Conde
M. de Rohan
M. de Nemours
M. de Laval
M. de Rochebernard son frere
M. de Meru
M. de Thore
M. de Turene
M. de Chastillon
M. de Clermont
M. de la Noué
M. de S. Genie et ses freres
M. le Viconte de Tirrede
M. de St. Romain
Le Baron de Fontrailles
Le Baron de Ardon
Le Baron de Senegaz
Le Baron de Mirambeau
M. de Languillier
Le Baron de Verac
Le Vic: de Savailhan
Le Baron de S. Gehniz
Le Baron de Mombardices
Le Vicount de Lalant
Le Baron de Montanhils
Le Baron de Monlieu
Le Baron de la Rochalais
Le Prince de Chalais
M. de Mouy
M. de la Forse gendre de M. de Biron
Le Vicont de Chasteauneuf
Le Baron de Piersebuffiere
Le Baron de Salignac
Le Baron de Beinac
Le Baron de Bresolles
Le Vicont de Paulini
Le Vicont de Panart
Le Vicont de Gourdon
Le Vicont de Arpajon
Le Baron de Cabrere
M. de Ediguires
M. de Guitry
Le Baron de Longa
M. de Campagnac
M. de Boesse
M. de Montguiron
Le Baron de Montandie
Le Baron de Luzignan
M. de Bonevall
M. de Ussac
Le Vicont de Rochouart
Le Baron de Almagne
Le Baron de Beauville
Le Baron de Reine
Le Baron de Vercillac
Le Baron de S. Nauphan
Le Baron de S. Arlaye
Le Vicont de Meherin
Le Vicont de Belsane et autres.
Tous les desus nommes sont en Guienne et de Guienne ou Languedoc ou p^[r]
le moins ont porte les armes a ceste dernier guerre. Quant aux autres
Seigneurs et Capitaines des autres Provinces de France qui ont pareille
ulcouse[?] et la monsteront au besoing, ascavoir es provinces assises
deca la Riviere de Loure, ilz sont sans comparison en plus grand nombre
pour respost des lieux ou ilz sont; nous ne les avons point nommés
pas ce quilz ont attendu une armée de Reistres present s’y jettes,
attendant la quelle ilz se sont le mieux quilz ont peu compertes en
leurs maisons.
[_Not signed_]
[_Endorsed_] Les villes des quelles ceux de la
Religion s’asseurent en France.
APPENDIX XXXIII
[P. 474, n. 2]
BIBLIOTHEQUE D L’INSTITUT, COLLECTION GODEFROY
VOL. 256, FO. 83 RECTO, NO. 45 DU CATALOGUE
[_Le duc d’Anjou à Charles IX_][1781]
[Camp devant La Rochelle, 17 février 1573].[1782]
Monseigneur. Par le jeune Seguier que j’ay depesché depuis deux jours
devers Vostre Majesté, elle aura entendu comme j’estois sur le poinct
envoyer devers icelle le S^[r] de Bourrique, l’un de mes maistres
d’hostelz, pour la sattisfaire de tout ce que je pouvois avoir à
luy faire entendre de l’estat de ceste armée. Suivant ce, je l’ay
presantement faict partir si bien instruict de touttes choses que je
ne doubte qu’il ne luy en sçache rendre très bon compte. Me restera à
supplier, comme je fais très humblement, Vostre Majesté le voulloir en
ce qu’il vous dira de ma part oyr avec la mesme foy et creance dont
elle a tousjours voullu m’honnorer. J’ay veu ce qu’il luy a pleu me
mander par sa depesche du XI^[me] de ce mois sur la proposition que
aucuns avoient faicte de donner la charge de vostre armée de mer à mon
frere Mons^[r] le Duc et au Roy de Navarre chose que je rejectay aussi
tost pour les mesmes considérations, que Vostredicte Majesté a bien
sceu prendre, et n’estois pour le permectre en aucune sorte, de maniere
que Vostredicte Majesté demourera, s’il luy plaist, en repos de ce
cousté la.
Monseigneur, je supplie le Createur donner à Vostredicte Majesté en
très bonne santé et prosperité tres longue et tres heureuse vye.
Escript au camp devant La Rochelle, le XVII^[me] jour de febvrier 1573.
* * * * *
Monseigneur, j’ay veu par les dernieres depesches qui vous sont venues
d’Angleterre de S^[r] de La Mothe Fenellon, la demonstration que ceulx de
vos subiectz qui sont refugiez par dela font de procurer de leur part
l’entier repos de vostre royaume avec ceulx de leur religion. Chose qui
me semble estre très avantageuse au bien de vostre service, et que,
pour l’effect de leur bonne intention, il vous plaise leur bailler
touttes les seuretez necessaires pour venir par deça. Estant ceste
voye, si elle peult proffiter, beaucoup plus aisée et seure que celle
de la force, outre le moien que ce vous seroit de conserver beaucoup
de voz bons subiectz et serviteurs et soulaiger d’autant vostre
bourse.[1783]
[_Propria manu_] Vostre treshumble et tres obeissant frere et subget
HENRY.
[_Au dos, Suscription_] Au Roy, Monseigneur et frere.
[_Au dos, alia manu_] Monseigneur, du XVII^[me] febrier. M^[r] de
Bourricques.
[Original]
APPENDIX XXXIV
[P. 503, n. 1]
STATE PAPERS, FOREIGN
ELIZABETH, VOL. CXXXIV, NO. 186, iij
[_Dr. Valentine Dale to Lord Burghley_]
Es co tempore quo proximè ad te scripsi nullum fuit mihi prorsus
tempus animi laxandi, ita fui partim itineribus partim multis gravibus
& impeditis rebus administrandis distractus, nec satis etiam nunc
scio an mihi liceat aliqua intermissione frui ut de liberioribus ac
amœnioribus studiis possim aliquantisper cogitare. Neque verò tuam nunc
volo sive tarditatem sive negligentiam in scribendo accusare nulla
est enim mihi remissæ erga me tuæ amicitiæ vel minima suspitio. Ut
scias igitur quid rerum hic agatur Nunquam tanta animorum consentione
ad pacem conspiratum est nec unquam tamen magis diversis studiis
de pacis conditionibus ineundis actum est Coguntur enim planè jam
omnes longo & ancipiti bello fessi & ad inopiam atque egestatem
usque redacti necessario nunc tandem ac serio de pace cogitare.
Neque enim aut æris alieni quo infinito premuntur dissolvendi ratio
est, nec sumptus qui sunt apud istos profusissimi diutius sustinere
possunt. Vectigalia autem ac ceteri reditus regii aut oppignorata
aut distracta sunt ut annui regis proventus ne ad erogationes quidem
domesticas satis sufficiant. Vident igitur omnes si bellum gerendum
sit, infinita contributione opus esse, cum nullæ sint principis ad
bellum gerendum facultates, & omnis qua opus sit regi pecunia ab
aliis sumenda aut potius extorquenda sit. Homines autem nobiles per
quos bellum precipuè geritur quorum amplissimæ sunt facultates (nam
hi pæne soli prædia possident & vicena aut tricena aut etiam centena
plerique millia aureorum nummum habent annua). Hi quantam alicunde
pecuniam corradere possunt eam prodige & profuse ilico profundunt,
nulla est enim eis cura rei familiaris, sed tanqam in diem viventes
quibus opus habent rebus quantivis comparant eam quam habent pecuniam
negligentes & quam non habent quibusvis rationibus vel quamvis cum
jactura conquirentes. Solent autem illis ut plurimum belli presertim
tempore sumptus a rege subministrari. Nunc autem quum videant nihil
esse regi, quod det, corpora sua periculis libenter non subjiciunt,
inviti autem hoc presertim tempore ad bellum non adiguntur, itaque
fit ut qui ferè uni pro principe soliti sint decertare hi bellum in
primis detrectent. Plebs autem rustica inops semper est atque egena,
non enim ut nostri improvidos reperiunt prediorum dominos, a quibus
prerogata quadam modica pecunia exili reditu conductis agris, ad magnas
opes perveniant, sed aut Coloni partiarii agrum magno labore parvo
autem cum compendio colunt, aut justum fructuum precium pendunt. Hoc
verò tempore vastationibus populationibus & direptionibus ita sunt
expilati, ut nec bos ad arandum nec frumentum ad sementes faciendas
supersit: tantum abest ut illorum pecunia bellum geri possit. Reliqua
sunt oppida que sanè sunt multa & cives certe ditissimi Nam que
magna ut scis nostris est trium millium coronatorum pecunia, apud
istos ducentorum aut trecentorum millium exiguè sunt facultates, &
qui urbes incolunt soli aut sub pignoribus & hypothecis nobilium
proventus possident, aut eorum facultates fœnere exhauriunt. Inter
istos autem cives opifices non nomino, quorum infinitus est numerus
qui admodum difficulter victum magnis laboribus in urbibus querunt
non enim in agris locus illis est ubi se ac suos tenuiter colendis
agris aut pecore pascendo, ut nostri faciunt, alant. Itaque in urbis
quisque proximas se confert, ubi officinas instituunt & vitam labore
producunt. Multo minus inter cives numerandi sunt hi, qui passim in
viis scatent omnibus oratoriis preceptis ac artibus instructi quo
hominum mentes ad elemosinam & commiserationem permoveant. Neque etiam
bonos illos viros hic nomino, quorum magnus est numerus qui se fratres
dici volunt, quamvis inter se odiis plusquam fraternis dissideant quos
ego planè eos esse existimo quos Chaucerus noster ex loco illo parum
honesto sese proripere scribit, qui nugas ac nenias venditando in eam
authoritatem pervenerunt. Ut æquum existiment rogari potius sese quam
rogare: tanquam viri omnibus virtutibus excellentes ad quorum pedes
bona nostra projicere debeamus, quanquam illorum pæne jam explosa
est disciplina ab illis quorum novum est ancupium qui se Jesuistas
appellant, & perfecti volunt esse, juxta illud. Estote perfecti sicut
ego sum, inter quos Darbesherus noster non est minimus apostolorum si
noster dicendus est qui & nos & seipsum deservit & aliam vitam alios
mores sequitur, illi autem quos dixi Cives qui tantum opibus valent,
clientelis miseorum opificum in quos imperium habent & suis divitiis
freti, pecuniam sibi imperari non patiuntur, sciunt enim neminem
esse qui eos cogere possit, cum rex parum fisus nobilibus, tutelam
urbium arma, machinas, bellicas, mœnia, & quicquid est roboris illis
commiserit, rogati autem immensas & crebras priores pensitationes &
tributa causantur itaque pauxillulam tandem aliquam pecuniam prout nec
causa postulat tanquam ab invitis quasi vi sibi exprimi patiuntur.
Jam Episcopi Abbates & alii quibus opima sunt sacerdotia cum videant
omnium oculos in se ac bona sua esse conjectos nec aliquam aliam
esse rationem conficiende pecuniæ nisi quæ ex eorum bonis & prediis
distrahendis redigatur. Quis erit (inquiunt) tandem nostri expilandi
finis si bellum adhuc duret. An non sex decimas annuas fructuum
nostrorum pensitamus. Vix annus adhuc est quod octingenta millia
francorum que sunt centena millia librarum nostrarum in profectionem
Polonicam dedimus jamque nos urgent Questores regii ad solutionem
unius millionis & dimidiæ francorum, que summa est quingentorum
millium coronatorum gallicorum, quos rex approbante pontifice nobis
extorquet: cujus pecuniæ solvendæ rationem nullam adhuc habemus. Non
tametsi pontifex ad rem tam piam nempe ad bellum intestinum alendum,
predia ecclesiastica ad eum summam venire permiserit, emptores tamen
non reperiuntur, coguntque nos officiales & ministri regii pecuniam
quam non habemus, nostro periculo representare: recepturos aliquando
ex distractione bonorum, si qui tandem reperiantur, qui tam dubio jure
litem futuram presenti pecunia velint comparare non enim ignotæ sunt
artes pontificiæ: Veniet namque facile tempus cum Pontifex iste aut
successor aliquis ejus restitutionem in integrum pro ecclesia non sine
dirarum etiam imprecatione a se impetrari facillime patiatur, nulla
habita eorum ratione qui in bona ecclesiastica pecuniam impenderunt.
Itaque eo ventum est ut hi quorum causa bellum hoc geritur & qui
evangelicos plurimum oderunt hi nunc pacem maximè expetant, & quemvis
Dei cultum potius permittant, quam se indies argento emungi patiantur
imò quidvis inquiunt potius in malam rem doceant Hugonoti, neque enim
magis ab illis quam ab istis possumus expilari. Nec est illorum non
inepta sanè oratio. Jam homines miseri qui sedibus pulsi patria carent,
inopes vagantur, quibus insidiæ undique tenduntur, supplicia & mortes
intentantur, qui deserti ab omnibus, perpetuas excubias ad sese tuendos
agunt hi pacem si unqam antehac nunc certè fessi ac defatigati miserè
cupiunt, ut aliquis tandem sit laborum finis & patria terra quiescere
liceat. Nemo est igitur qui non uno ore pacem affectet, ad pacem
oculos, animum & omnes cogitationes convertat. Quin & Pontifex ipse
sibi timens & veritus quem res nec sit habitura exitum, & precipuè de
comitatu Avinionensi sollicitus, alios non lacessitos esse malit, quam
de suis rebus in periculum venire: sperans futurum ut rex intermisso
bello integris viribus eos facile opprimat, quos nunc lacerato regno
satis vexare non possit. Ex qua re factum est, ut sermonibus hominum
certa pax facta, & negocium prorsus transactum esse diceretur, & ea
fama per uniuersum orbem sparsa sit, pacem jam manibus teneri. Sed
cum de pacis conditionibus agi ceptum est, longe fuerunt alie hominum
voluntates, longè alius rei exitus. Nam quibus antea sua facilitate
impositum est, ne in idem discrimen inciderent Evangelicæ libertati
& saluti sue presidiis, urbibus ac rebus aliis que ad vitam tuendam
pertinent sibi consulere voluerunt, nec se aliorum fidei committendos
esse censuerunt quin rebus omnibus integris arma sumere possent, ut si
non melior at saltem non deterior istis pactionibus illorum conditio
fieret. Alii contra qui spe miseros illos homines devorarant & sibi
occasionem egregiam oblatam existimabant, incautos homines vafricia
& insidiis prorsus opprimendi, cum viderent non esse locum dolis
quin potius futurum ut Evangelium propagaretur, nec esse in illorum
potestate, ut istis conditionibus homines Evangelici exterminarentur,
quidvis potius faciendum esse suadebant, quam locum illis dari quos
extinctos esse cupiunt, hi & se & sua omnia regi offerunt, & quoduis
discrimen subeundum esse censent. Itaque nunc Pontifex bellum alioqui
formidans pecuniam mutuam satis amplam u(l)troneus offert: (sibi tamen
satis callide pignoribus cavens) ut regis animum a pacis cogitatione
avertat. Sunt etiam alii viri providi & rebus suis prospicientes, qui
sciunt vetus illud esse, mobilia esse gallorum ingenia ad suscipiendum
bellum (neque enim in tanta penuria & tantes difficultatibus de aliis
perturbandis desinunt cogitare, nec istis unquam aut voluntas aut
pecunia ad alios vexandos deest) qui ista penitius perspiciunt & sibi
prudenter cavent, hi frigidam suffundunt, pristinam gloriam nominis
gallici commemorantes, & ignominiam ob oculos ponentes, si tale dedecus
subeatur ut quasi victi manus tendere, & leges jam non dare sed
accipere cogantur, futurum ut tempore vires regia crescant, alii contra
vel simultatibus solvantur, vel insidiis opprimantur, vel premiis &
pollicitationibus separentur, qua ex re fiet aliquando ut rex victor
stirpem illam hominum prorsus exterminet, & ecclesiæ Romane vindex
eternam sibi famam ad posteros transmittat. Hic ego si tibi que fuerint
postulata, que responsa, que argumenta in utramque partem adducta,
qua constantia permansum sit in petitis, quibus artibus Evangelicorum
legati tentati sint, quibus intercessoribus res tractata sit, historiam
tibi non epistolam scriberem nolo tamen tibi ignotum esse egregiam
fuisse in hac re Helvetiorum protestantium operam, ego autem quod potui
porro ut est apud comicum nostrum. His igitur rebus effectum est ut
post multas & longas de pace disceptationes incertiores simus multo
quam dudum, pacem enim facere noluit bellum autem gerere non possunt.
Cum ista superiora aliquot dies scripta apud me haberem, nec
describendi esset ocium accepi tandem tuas vicesimo quarto Maii
scriptas, ex quibus intelligo esse etiam apud vos fidefragos, ut tuo
verbo utar, nam fœdifragos usquam gentium reperiri non est fas dicere,
itaque nactus ocium te istis quibuscunque carere nolui, nec si tibi
sit cordi ullum laborem recusabo, quin priores etiam meas queas tu le
amisisse tantopere quereris descriptas ad te mittam. Vale & nostros
omnes meo nomine diligenter saluta nam eos de mea salute sollicitos
esse scio. Lutetie Parisiorum ultimo Junii 1575.
Tui amantissimus
V. D.
[_Not addressed_]
[_Endorsed_] Ult^[o]. Junii[1784] 1575
M^[r] D. Dale to m l.
from Paris.
[_In Burghley’s hand_] a lettre wrytten in latin concerning the state
of France.
APPENDIX XXXV
[P. 503, n. 2]
STATE PAPERS, FOREIGN
ELIZABETH, VOL. CXXXI, NO. 895
[_Henry III to Queen Elizabeth_]
Treshaulte tresexellente, et trespuissante princesse Nostre treschere
et tresamee bonne seur et cousine ayant entendu le trespas ces jours
passez advenu du feu Roy nostre trecher s^[r] et frere nous en avons
receu ung tresgrand regret enuy & desplaisir pour la singulliere
affection et fraternelle amitie quil nous a tousjours portee et
demonstrée par tous bons offices. Et aussy pour la perte grande
qui en demeure generallement a toute la Chrestiente, et a nous
particulierement, qui luy avions tant dobligation comme nous avons
encores en sa memoire, pour tant d’honneurs et de faveurs quil luy
a pleu tousjours nous departir de son vivant. Ce que saichant que
les princes ses voisins auront pareillement porte avec douleur,
et mesmement vous, avec qui il avoit et a tousjours eu si bonne &
parfaicte amitye, voisinaige et intelligence. Nous avons pense estre
bien convenable a l’amitye mutuelle qui est aussy entre nous noz
Royaumes et pais de nous en condoulloir avec vous, comme nous faisons
par la presente en attendant qu’estant arrivé en nostre Royaume de
France (ainsy que nous l’esperons bien tost avec layde de Dieu) nous
puissions nous acquicter plus dignement de cest office. Voullans bien
vous dire & asseurer cependant que si vous avez congneu le feu Roy
notred. S^[r] et frere desireulx de conserver la bonne et sincere amitye
voisinance et intelligence que vous aviez ensemble, vous n’en debuez
pas moings attendre & esperer de nous son successeur a la corone
de France Ne voullant seullement continuer en lad. amitye, mais la
fortifier asseurer et augmenter par tous honnorables & dignes offices
que doibuent les princes amis les ungz aux autres ainsy qu’avons donne
charge au s^[r] de la Mothe Fennelon vous faire entendre que vous prions
recevoir et avoir agreable aupres de vous pour y estre notre conseiller
et ambassadeur resident, tout ainsy quil estoit du feu roy nostre feu
S^[r] et frere Et ne pouvons aussy trouver que tresbon l’exercice quil a
faict de ladicte legation de puis ledict decedz advenu, tant suivant
les tres de feu notred. S^[r] & frere que celles de la Royne nostre
treshonnoree dame et mere qui en avoit tout pouvoir et a laquelle nous
envoyons presentement le nostre le plus ample quil nous est possible.
Saichant combien elle merite de cested. corone, et combien elle sest
aussy tousjours rendue affectionnée au bien de nous tous ses enfens,
et des affaires et prosperite de notred. Royaulme, vous priant croire
ledict s^[r] de la Mothe de ce quil vous dire sur tout ce que dessus et
y adjouster foy comme feriez a nous mesmes Qui prions Dieu treshaulte
tresexellente et trespuissante princesse Nostre treschere et tresamee
bonne seur et cousine vous avoir en sa tressainte et tresdigne garde.
Escript a Cracovye le xv^[ne] jour de Juing 1574.
[_Signed_] Vostre bon frere et cousin
HENRY
WARSEVICZ
[_Addressed_] A treshaulte tresexcellente et
trespuissante princesse Nostre
treschere et tresamee bonne
seur & cousine la Royne
D’Angleterre.
[_Endorsed_] June xv^[th] 1574.
From the K. of Polonia to her Ma^[tie]. Dated at Cracovia.
He condolethe the deathe of the K. his brother offreth and
requireth lyke contynewance of amitie as was betwene her
and his brother Desiereth her Ma^[tie] to accept Mon^[sr]
de la Mothe for his Ambassadeur.
APPENDIX XXXVI
[P. 504, n. 2]
ARCHIVES NATIONALES
K. 1,537, PIECE NO. 22
[_Report of a Spanish Spy about Calais_ (Deciphered)]
[_Au dos_] Descifrado.
Avisos de Cales à XVIIIº de Março 1575
[_En tete_] Avisos de Cales à XVIIIº de Março 1575
Quiero dezir el runrun que anda entre estos Franceses, no porque me
passe por el pensamiento que deva ser assi, pero en secreto se dize
que el Rey de Francia anda tramando para yr sobre los Estados, ó
tomarlos, y que su her, mano se casa con hija del Principe, y otros
muchos casamientos que se hazen-y que se haze armada en toda Francia
para ello, y oy ha llegado aqui aquel Embaxador con treynta cavallos,
que va á la Reyna de Inglaterra, y viene de Paris, y assi mismo se
aguarda (segun se dize) el que esta en Brusselas, para yr tambien a la
dicha Inglaterra. De suerte que no se sabe otro sino esto, que, como
digo, se dize en secreto, y en partes que nos lo han dicho. Plegue a
Dios que nos guarde dello, que bien creo si suspection dello huviesse,
lo sabria el Embaxador que esta en Paris y lo advertiria a essa Bolsa,
pues importa. Aunque, como digo, no creo nada dello, y no he querido
dexar de escrivirlo en esta, para que se tenga aviso dello, sin que se
entienda, pues no se suffre dezir.
APPENDIX XXXVII
[P. 505, n. 3]
STATE PAPERS, DOMESTIC
ELIZABETH, VOL. CV. NO. 51
[_Walsingham to Lord Burghley_]
My verry good L. I send your L. sooche letters as I receyved from owre
Imb. dyrectid unto you by the w^[ch] yt may appeare unto you that Q.
mother had some intentyon under the cullore of a Parle w^[t] her sonne to
have intrapped him. I thinke the gentleman hathe to good exsperyence
of her to truste her (thowghe nature myght somewhat move him therin)
I longe to heare that he were past the Ryvere of Loyre: for before
that tyme I shall be greatly jealouse of his savetye. Her ma^[t] was
perswaded under the cullor of scooryng the seas to have set owt two of
her shipps to have receyved him yf being not well assysted he shoold
be forced to flye but she can not be drawen to yelde therto. This daye
ther came letters from the justyces of Devonshire that the seconde of
this monethe ther arryved on ther cost 48 sayle of Spanyshe men of
warre whoe desyered herborrowynge but were denyed for that they had no
passeporte of her ma^[t]. Notw^[t]standyng they suffered the Admyrall
and vyceadmirall to come in to the porte of Darmouthe: wher as the
gentlemen advertyce yt is thowght they wyll lande some treasvre to be
conveyed by lande unto London The rest of the ships are gon towardes
Dunkyrke. The Generall of them is Don Petro de Baldis whoe maryed
Petro Malendas daughter. The arryvall of this armye makethe me greatly
to dowbt the P. of Oranges well doinge: whoe alreadye seamethe to be
in verry harde case. I praye God owre merchauntes fynde them good
neyghebowres. Owt of the northe we have hearde nothing laetly And so
having nothing ells to advertyce I commyt your L. to Goods good kepyng
most humbly takyng my leave. At Rycot the vj^[th] of Octobre 1575.
Y^[r] L. to commavnde
FRA: WALSYNGHAM
[_Addressed_] To the right honorable
my vearie good Lord the
L. treasurer.
[_Endorsed_] 6. Octob. 1575.
M^[r] Secret: Walsingham
the Spanish flete in
the west.
[Illustration: Map of FRANCE showing PROVINCES.]
INDEX
INDEX
Abbeville, riot at, 133.
Acuna, Don Juan de, mission of, to Savoy, 308.
Adresse, baron des, Huguenot chieftain in Dauphiné, 147;
prince of Condé thinks of joining, 153;
lieutenant of, in Provence, 395.
Agde, court at, 252.
Agen, riot at, 133, 134;
Catholic league of, 215, 225, 254;
Montluc thinks of retiring to, 403;
Montluc fortifies, 406.
Aides, 82.
Aigues Mortes, Damville introduces Turkish fleet into, 492.
Aix, association of Provence formed at, 214, 225;
court at, 251.
Alava, Spanish ambassador in France:
theft of cipher of, 266, 317, n. 6;
exceeds instructions in threatening war, 266, n.;
charges Catherine de Medici with duplicity, 315;
protests against overtures for peace, 417;
incident with Tavannes, 418, 419;
haughty reply of Charles IX to, 441.
Albanian troops with Alva, 307, 310.
Albi, 395, 405, 406.
_See also_ Viscounts.
Albret, Jeanne d’, queen of Navarre, wife of Antoine of Bourbon and
mother of Henry IV: mentioned, 120;
Antoine of Bourbon quarrels with, 132;
demand for banishment of, by Spanish ambassador, 133;
consideration shown, 239;
plot of Montluc and Spain to kidnap, 260;
excommunicated, 261;
maintains court preacher to anger of Catholics, 288;
mobilizes troops in Béarn, 307;
territories of, 350;
crushes Catholic League at St. Palais, 355;
crosses Garonne River “under the nose of Montluc”, 368, n.;
pawns her jewels, 378;
directs foreign negotiations with Huguenots, 379;
negotiations of government with, 391-93.
Alençon, François, duke of, youngest brother of Charles IX:
governor of Paris, 358;
marriage negotiations with Queen Elizabeth, 430 ff.;
character and appearance of, 432;
Huguenot-Politique plot to recognize, as heir apparent, 477, 478;
complaint of, to Charles IX, 479;
arrested, 480;
escape of, 505;
revolt of provinces to, 506;
terms demanded of Henry III, 508;
privileges of, in Peace of Monsieur, 519, 520.
Alessandria de la Paille, Alva at, 311.
Alexander VI, bull of, 300.
Allny, secretary sent to confer about peace, 344.
Alsace, Baron Bolwiller of, 301.
Alva, duke of, proxy for Philip II at marriage of Elizabeth of Valois,
3;
suspected of urging inquisition in France, 12;
favors repressive policy of Henry II, 117;
upon commerce of Low Countries, 163;
purposes to have Havre put in hands of Philip II for mediation
between France and England, 198;
advises fortification of Gravelines, 267, 268;
instructions at Bayonne, 273;
advises execution of Huguenot leaders, 274;
relations with Catherine de Medici at Bayonne, 277;
influence over duke of Montpensier, 304;
Philip II determines to send, to Netherlands, 305;
march of, through Savoy, Franche Comté, and Lorraine, 305-11;
sails from Cartagena and arrives at Genoa, 309;
arrives at Brussels, 312;
and the Gueux, 314;
arrests Egmont and Hoorne, 318;
opinion of, of cardinal of Lorraine, 336, n.;
appealed to by cardinal of Lorraine, 336, 337;
offers aid to Catherine of Medici, 338;
suggests coming in person to relief of French crown, 338;
instructions to, 351;
protests against Huguenot activity in Flanders, 360;
defeats Louis of Nassau at Jemmingen, 361;
executes Egmont and Hoorne, 361;
offer of aid accepted by France, 380;
Jeanne d’Albret protests against, 393;
tyranny of, in the Netherlands, 441;
revolt of Flushing and Middelburg against, 444;
determines to retire his forces into Ghent and Antwerp, 444;
desperate straits of, 446;
intercepts Genlis’ relief column, 447.
Amboise, 140;
drownings at, 154;
royal chest at, 346.
_See also_ Amboise, Edict of.
Amboise, conspiracy of:
origin, 28-31;
participation of D’Andelot in, 30;
secret of, discovered, 32;
crushed, 33-39;
Condé accused of complicity in, 40;
Catherine de Medici accused of being secret party to, by Tavannes,
42, n.;
return of French exiles after, 194;
memory of, haunts Catherine de Medici, 288.
Amboise, Edict of, 191;
hostility of Spain to, 194;
cannot be enforced, 207;
overtures to break, 209;
rupture of, 250;
amendments to, 295, 318.
Amiens, three-fourths of population said to be Huguenot, 230.
Amsterdam, endangered, 444;
all Holland lost to Spain, save Rotterdam and, 446.
Andelot, François de Châtillon, sieur d’, 6, 8;
in conspiracy of Amboise, 30;
counsels Catherine de Medici, 128;
Spanish ambassador objects to presence of, at court, 133;
joins Condé at Meaux, 137;
appears before Paris, 137;
overtures made by, 139;
lieutenant to Condé, 140;
destroys bridge at Jargeau, 151;
sent to Germany for assistance, 154, n., 158;
plans to cut Paris off, 159;
gives Aumale the slip, 162;
German horse of, 172;
serious position of, in Orleans, 186;
asks aid of Queen Elizabeth, 187;
quarrels with Catherine de Medici, 238;
sent to Switzerland, 307;
sent to protect Champagne against Alva, 315;
sent to seize Poissy, 332;
proposition to marry son of, to sister of duke of Guise, 345;
mentioned, 358;
death of, 378.
Anduze, Catholic league at, 355.
Angennes, 255.
Angers, Huguenot outburst at, 95, 127;
mentioned, 140;
cruelties at, 148, 288;
duke of Alençon demands, 508.
Angoulême, bishop of, French ambassador in Rome, 57, 283;
duke of Anjou raises siege of, 378, 405, 406;
Charles IX offers to yield to Huguenots, 416;
revolts, 502;
duke of Alençon demands, 508.
Angoumois, revolt in, 150;
duke of Anjou in, 381.
Anjou, 141, 154, 286;
Catholic league in, 216.
Annates, 80.
Antinori, agent of Pius IV, 250.
Antoine of Bourbon, king of Navarre, wife of Jeanne d’Albret and
father of Henry IV:
mentioned, 8;
character and policy of, 23, 24;
attends Elizabeth of Valois into Spain, 24;
suspected of complicity in conspiracy of Amboise, 42;
Huguenot overtures to, 63;
appreciated by Catherine de Medici, 72;
promised Sardinia, 73;
inclines to Spain, 96;
nominal authority of, 99;
hopes for restoration of Navarre, 100;
relations of, with Spanish ambassador, 100-2;
uncertain conduct of, 116, 117;
plot against, 119;
hopes to compound with Philip II, 131;
negotiates with Vatican, 131;
promised “kingdom” of Tunis, 132;
instructed in Catholic faith, 132;
quarrels with Jeanne d’Albret, 132;
offended at Coligny, 133;
surrenders to Triumvirate, 137;
protests against Charles IX’s removal to Blois, 137;
supports duke of Guise, 138;
overtures to Catherine de Medici, 139;
weakens, 141;
publishes proclamation against Huguenots in Paris, 149;
at Vernon, 152;
at Blois, 154;
mortally wounded at siege of Rouen, 169;
dies, 170;
confesses religion of Augsburg, 171, n.
Antwerp, population of, 314;
Alva determines to retire his forces into, 444.
Aosta, duke of Alva at, 311.
Aquitaine, 26, 45.
Aragon, Ferdinand of, 395.
Argentan, Montgomery takes, 472.
Argenteuil, 327.
Armagnac, cardinal of:
helps form Catholic league at Toulouse, 214;
revives Catholic league at Toulouse, 354, 397.
Arnay-le-Duc, battle of, 416.
Arpajon, viscount of, 294, 395.
Artois, frontier difficulty with France, 263;
revolt in, 265;
mentioned, 267.
Association:
of Huguenots in Languedoc, 207;
Catholic associations, 213;
of Bordeaux, 213, 214;
of Provence, 214, 225;
of Catholic towns in Rouennais, 216;
Huguenot, in Dauphiné, 223;
Association catholique at Beauvais, 354.
_See also_ Brotherhood of Catholics; Confraternity; Guild; League.
Aubespine, Sebastian de, bishop of Limoges: French ambassador in
Spain, 51, 97;
letter of, about Philip II, 93, n.;
secret letter of, to Philip II, 97, 98;
argues with Philip II, 117;
sent to Switzerland, 241, 242;
sent to Spain, 316;
confers about peace, 344.
Aubigné, Huguenot historian, eye-witness of executions of Amboise,
39.
Auch, 405.
Augsburg, Confession of, 122;
Antoine of Bourbon dies in, 271, n.;
Peace of, 409.
Aumale, Claude of Guise, duke of, 35, 73;
joins duke of Guise before Orleans, 152;
captures Honfleur, 154;
approaches Rouen, 155;
atrocious practice of, 155;
Swiss and Germans sent to aid of, 162;
lets D’Andelot slip by, 162;
levies troops in Champagne, 168;
blunder of, 168;
letter of, intercepted, 255;
reiters of, 338;
army of, in Champagne, 369;
cost of army of, 375;
fails to intercept duke of Deuxponts, 380;
reproached by Catherine de Medici for negligence and cowardice, 382.
Auvergne, 286;
Grands Jours d’, 291;
Coligny in, 416.
Auxerre, 127, 388;
rising in, 150;
plot to seize, 350;
duke of Deuxponts in, 380.
Avenelles, betrays conspiracy of Amboise, 33.
Avignon, 50;
court at, 256;
Joyeuse returns to, 348;
Huguenots at, 411;
papal nuncio protests against Huguenots in, 417.
Baden, margrave of, 336, 373;
mission of Castelnau to, 380.
Bajazet, revolt of, 248.
Bar, duchy of, in vassalage to duke of Lorraine, 425.
Bardaxi, agent of Philip II in negotiations with Montluc, 260;
instructions to, 351.
Bar-le-Duc, Huguenot alarm over Charles IX’s sojourn at, 233, 249.
Basel, alarm at, over Alva’s approach, 308.
Bassompierre, 180 and n.;
wounded at Moncontour, 389.
Bayeux, Huguenots of, 148;
capitulation of, 188.
Bayonne, 50;
conference at, 225, 272-81;
Spain impatient for fulfilment of promise made at, 283;
uncertainty as to what was done at, 294;
cardinal Santa Croce at, 295;
no proof of alliance between France and Spain at, 318;
Philip II’s interest in Catholic provincial leagues at, 351.
Béarn, plot to seize, by Spain, 260;
Jeanne d’Albret mobilizes troops in, 307, 350;
Montluc’s plan to conquer, 397, 413;
proposal to neutralize, 399, 406, 407.
Beaugency, surprise of, 151, 152;
Condé marches to, 153;
Coligny at, 182.
Beauvais, Huguenot outburst at, 95;
Association catholique at, 354.
Beggars of the Sea, capture of Brille by, 444.
Bellegarde, sensechal of Toulouse: routs viscounts, 397;
sent to Poland, 497.
Bellièvre, sent to Switzerland, 240, 241.
Bergerac, 406;
Edict of, 345;
Peace of, 540.
Berghes, De, Flemish noble, 264, 265.
Bern, 154, 240;
forms league with Valais, 308;
treaty of, with Savoy, 309;
neutrality of, 371.
Bernina Pass, 241.
Berry, Tavannes organizes Catholic league in, 354;
duke of Deuxponts in, 380.
Besançon, Granvella returns to, 265;
Alva’s route through, 308.
Beza, at Colloquy of Poissy, 111, 113, 114;
at Synod of La Rochelle, 230;
at Synod of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, 240.
Beziers, court at, 252, 406.
Biragues, a Milanese, archbishop of Sens: made chancellor, 367;
made keeper of the seal, 425;
treachery of, 425, n.;
urges Charles IX to imprison marshal Montmorency, 479;
protests against, 492.
Biron, sent to La Rochelle, 454;
made a marshal, 407.
Blamont, interview of Catherine de Medici and Louis of Nassau at, 463.
Blanche of Castile, 252.
Blaye, 408.
Blésois, Protestantism in, 238.
Blois, 27, 36, 161, 288;
Charles IX removed to, 137, 140;
camp at, 151;
drownings at, 154;
court returns to, 185;
working capital of France, 190;
viscounts cross Loire at, 396;
treaty of, 430;
Charles IX signs treaty of, 445;
repudiated by Queen Elizabeth, 448;
no massacre of St. Bartholomew at, 450.
Bochetel, bishop of Rennes, French ambassador in Vienna, 57, 371.
Bohemia, 464.
Bois de Vincennes, 137;
court at, 139.
Bolwiller, plans recovery of Metz, 301, 302.
_See also_ Cardinal’s War.
Bonneval, 161.
Bordeaux, 27, 408;
saved by Montluc, 151;
association of, 213, 214;
court at, 255, 271;
Huguenot plot in, 368;
massacre of St. Bartholomew at, 450;
Alençon demands, 508.
_See also_ Château Trompette.
Bouillon, duke of, 126;
neutrality of, 162;
activity of, in Low Countries, 315;
disaffection of, 375;
Spain’s anxiety over presence of, at Sedan, 472;
fear of co-operation of, with Louis of Nassau and prince of Condé,
476;
death of, 498.
Boulogne, demanded by Huguenots, 332, 345.
Bourbon. _See_ Antoine of Bourbon.
Bourbon, Charles, cardinal of, accompanies Elizabeth of Valois to
Spain, 7, 73;
reproaches Catherine de Medici, 288;
assumes pay of reiters, 346;
with army in Saintonge, 382.
Bourbonnais, famine slight in, 288.
Bourdillon, marshal, succeeds Marshal Termes, 182.
Bourges, 64, 127, 142;
siege of, 159-61;
Catholic league established at, 354;
massacre of St. Bartholomew at, 450.
Brabant, 265, 268.
Brie, troops levied in, 160;
wheat dear in, 286;
Catholic army in, 334.
Brille, capture of, by Beggars of the Sea, 444.
Brissac, marshal, 7;
transferred from Picardy to Normandy, 60;
Philip II writes to, 97;
hostility of Huguenots toward, 98;
relations with Triumvirate, 98;
resigns, 126;
charged with corrupt practice, 140;
in Rouen, 182;
quits Paris for Normandy, 199;
mentioned, 350;
defeats viscounts in Périgord, 396.
Brittany, 31, 45, 76, 146, 286.
Brochart, Huguenot commander at Sancerre, 372.
Brotherhood of Catholics in France, proposed at Council of Trent by
cardinal of Lorraine, 211.
_See also_ League; Association; Confraternity.
Brouage, salt staple at, 409, 415.
Brucamonte, Don Gonzalo de, Spanish captain, 310.
Bruges, capture by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, 446.
Bruniquel, Bernard Roger, viscount of, 394, 395.
Brussels, infected with heresy, 266;
Alva’s arrival at, 312.
Burghley, Lord, letter of Dale, English ambassador in France to, 232.
Burgundy, 124, 132, 148, 329;
troops levied in, 160;
petition of Estates for abolition of Protestant worship in, 234;
price of wheat in, 286;
endangered by Alva’s march, 308;
Catholic resentment in, 349;
Confrérie du St. Esprit in, 352, 353;
vigilance of Tavannes in, 362;
concentration of troops in, 363.
_See also_ Tavannes; Dijon; Châlons-sur-Saône.
Burie, governor of Guyenne, 36, 127, 156.
Busanval, 327.
Cadillac, Catholic league formed at, 216, 226.
Caen, 142, 162;
Huguenots of, 148;
arrival of English money at, 188;
massacre of St. Bartholomew at, 450.
Cahors, 405;
riot at, 133.
Calais, capture of, 21;
mentioned, 125, 126;
and Havre-de-Grace, 162;
English hope to recover, 163, 164;
pale of, 166;
Spanish fear lest England acquire, 181;
Havre might have been another, 185;
England proposes to trade Havre and Dieppe for, 198;
English right to, 199;
France claims forfeiture of English rights to, 203;
restitution of, demanded by English ambassador, 204;
Spain’s anxiety over, 267;
French alarm over, 316;
Condé demands, 332.
Candalle, activity of, in Guyenne, 226;
helps to form league of Agen, 254;
plans to attack Montgomery at Condom, 407.
Capuchins, 251.
Cardinal’s War, 303.
_See also_ Metz; Lorraine, cardinal of.
Carlos, Don, son of Philip II:
proposed marriage of, with Mary Stuart, 94, 245, 246;
madness of, 246;
proposed as husband of Marguerite of Valois, 424;
death of, 424.
Carnavalet, Madame, 428.
Cartagena, Alva sails from, 309.
Casimir, count palatine, 158;
reiters of, 333, 360;
hopes of Huguenots pinned on, 335;
reported to be coming, 382;
ambition “to Calvinize the world”, 444.
_See also_ Count Palatine.
Castlenau, mission of, to margrave of Baden, 380.
Castres, resists Joyeuse, 348;
Montgomery at, 405, 406.
Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of, 5, 199, 203, 441;
commercial importance of, 204.
Catherine de Medici, Queen of France, 1;
policy after conspiracy of Amboise, 42, 64;
Venetian ambassador’s description of, 65;
policy of, after death of Francis II, 72, 73;
has custody of seal, 74;
control of government by, 75;
adroitness of, 77;
shrewdness of, 91;
fears Spanish intervention, 94;
vacillation of, 96;
invites bishop of Valence to preach at court, 98;
alarmed by formation of Triumvirate, 99;
labors for Huguenot cause, 102;
warned against policy of toleration, 110;
not intimidated, 119, 122;
in fear of Guises, 124;
endeavors to maintain balance of parties, 126;
perseveres in policy of toleration, 128;
upbraided by Chantonnay, 133;
demands his recall, 133;
sends St. André back to his government, 133;
offended at Cardinal Tournon, 133;
fear lest Guises seize King, 137;
overruled by constable and king of Navarre, 139;
surrenders to Triumvirate and asks aid of Spain, 143;
seizes church plate, 146;
supports Triumvirate, 150;
wants to end first civil war by composition, 172;
activity after battle of Dreux, 182;
justifies Edict of Amboise, 195;
pays Coligny’s reiters, 198;
determines to push war against England, 199;
appeals to Paris for loan, 200;
enterprise in siege of Havre, 201;
character of, 202;
in supreme control, 206;
demands dissolution of Catholic leagues, 225, 226;
seeks to pacify the kingdom, 232;
quarrels with D’Andelot, 238;
co-operates with the Guises, 243;
ambition of, 247;
offends Philip II by favorable policy toward Turks, 248;
Catholic pressure upon, 249, 250;
visits Nostradamus, the astrologer, 251;
alarmed at growth of Catholic leagues, 255, 256;
interview with Alva at Bayonne, 277;
ambition of, in Poland, 283;
reproached by Cardinal Bourbon, 288;
haunted by conspiracy of Amboise, 288;
weakness of, 293, 294;
demands withdrawal of Roggendorf, 295;
espouses policy of political Huguenots, 295;
alarmed at Alva’s march, 307;
accused of stealing Spanish ambassador’s cipher, 317, n.;
looks to Alva for aid, 328;
sends Lignerolles “to practice the stay of the reiters”, 330;
urged to make overtures after battle of St. Denis, 333;
anxiety over Emperor’s claim to Three Bishoprics, 336;
asks aid of Spanish troops against the reiters, 338;
popular rage against, 343;
consults Nonio, the astrologer, 344;
accuses Montluc of secret dealings with Philip II, 351;
reproaches Aumale for negligence and cowardice, 382;
joins army in Saintonge, 382;
approves feigned attack on Châtellerault by duke of Anjou, 387;
disappointed at Bayonne, 423;
dreams of marrying Charles IX to elder daughter of the Emperor, 424;
attitude of, toward proposed marriage of duke of Anjou and Queen
Elizabeth, 427;
double policy of, 435;
jealous of Coligny, 440;
responsibility of, for massacre of St. Bartholomew, 449, 452, 453;
interview of, with Louis of
Nassau at Blamont, 463;
folly of Polish ambition of, 467;
tries to bribe La Noue, 477;
refuses to put Henry of Navarre to death, 481;
assumes regency on death of Charles IX, 484;
anxiety for return of Henry III, 488;
sinister influence over Henry III, 488, 489;
Spanish troops offered to, by Requesens, 494;
tries to wheedle Alençon, 505;
illness of, 511.
Catholic lines in August, 1562, 161.
Catholics, violence of, 240.
Caudebec, revolts, 148;
mentioned, 164, 177, 181.
Caumont, viscount of, 394.
Celles, Coligny at, 182.
Cévennes, viscounts in, 395.
Chalais, 379, 406.
Châlons-sur-Marne, 147, 232.
Châlons-sur-Saône, saved by Tavannes, 149;
mentioned, 154, 157;
organization of La fraternité des catholiques at, 353, 354.
Chambéry, Alva’s route through, 308.
Chambre ardente, 11.
Chambres mi-parties, 393.
Champagne, 45, 52, 76, 92, 202, 329, 344;
troops levied in, 168;
reiters meeting in, 200;
Protestantism in, 228;
price of wheat in, 286;
endangered by Alva’s march, 308;
ravages of Huguenot army in, 333;
Catholic army in, 334;
Catholic league formed in, 354;
Aumale’s army in, 369;
ravages of reiters in, 507.
Champagne, Fair of, devastated by reiters, 420 and note.
Chantilly, Marshal Montmorency goes to, 357.
Chantonnay, Perrinot, sieur de, brother of Cardinal Granvella,
Spanish ambassador in France, 25, 32, n.;
endeavors to persuade Antoine of Bourbon, 90, 100-2;
threatens Catherine de Medici, 97;
directs Triumvirate, 131;
son of, is christened, 133;
upbraids Catherine de Medici, 133;
recall of, demanded, 133;
protests against Chancellor L’Hôpital, 137;
tries to intimidate Catherine de Medici, 176, 195;
traverses south of France in disguise, 245, n.;
withdrawal of, from France, 266;
aids plot to recover Metz, 302;
transferred to Vienna, 424.
Charenton, 159;
capture of Pont de, by Condé, 326;
Condé withdraws from, 332;
Huguenot demand for freedom of worshiping at, 416.
Charles III of Lorraine, marries sister of Charles IX, 249.
Charles V, Emperor, 3, 55, 85, 124;
fails to capture Tunis, 132.
Charles V, Free Companies in reign of, 396.
Charles VII, Pragmatic Sanction of, 116;
grants silk monopoly to Lyons, 234;
mentioned, 252.
Charles VIII, fiscal policy of, 83.
Charles IX, King of France (1560-74):
accession of, 71, 74, 123;
begins reign with policy of toleration, 94;
coronation of, 101;
urged to stand fast in the faith by Cardinal Tournon, 111;
demands repression of sedition in Agenois, 134;
fear lest he be seized by Guises, 136;
removed to Blois, 137;
asks aid of Philip II, 143;
unable to control Paris, 154;
bitter against cardinal of Lorraine, 196;
majority of, declared, 208;
reply of, about Calais, 204;
industrial crisis in reign of, 217;
remonstrance of, to Pope, 230;
purpose of tour of provinces, 232;
Guises want him to marry Mary Stuart, 244;
wants to marry a Hapsburg princess, 247;
proposed marriage of, with Queen Elizabeth, 249;
threatens to dispossess the Rohans, 288;
advocates administrative reform, 290;
proposes amendments to Edict of Amboise, 295;
asked to permit Spanish troops to cross France to Flanders, 299,
305;
Spain fears appeal of, to Huguenots, 302;
strengthens garrisons in Languedoc and Provence, 306;
sends troops into Lyonnais, 307;
Huguenots attempt to kidnap, 319-21 (_see_ Meaux);
dares not accept offers of Philip II, 330;
insists in disarmament of Huguenots, 333;
argues with count palatine, 335;
reply to Condé, 341;
poverty of, 344;
reply of, to demands of Huguenots, 345;
accuses cardinal of Lorraine, 350;
promises to maintain peace of Longjumeau, 350;
displaces Marshal Montmorency as governor of Paris, 358;
to marry daughter of Emperor, 364;
views renewal of war with alarm, 375;
at siege of St. Jean-d’Angély, 390;
petitioned to make peace by his council, 391;
Teligny sent to, 392;
protests against peace made to, 394;
goes to Mont St. Michel, 413;
secret dealings of, with Montluc, 413;
influence of battle of Arnay-le-Duc upon, 416;
offers to yield La Rochelle, Angoulême, and Montauban, 416;
offers to trade Perpignan or Lansac for La Charité, 416;
infractions of Peace of St. Germain by, 420;
promises reform of taxes, 421;
imposes new taxes, 421;
marries Elizabeth of Austria, 424;
releases duke of Lorraine from vassalage to France for duchy of
Bar, 425;
vague replies of, to demands of Spain, 426;
character of, 438;
haughty reply of, to Alava, 441;
signs Treaty of Blois, 445;
letter of, found on person of Genlis promising aid in liberation of
Low Countries, 447;
consternation of, at failure of Genlis’ expedition, 448;
overtures of, to La Rochelle, 454;
unsuccessful in recruiting footmen in Germany, 454;
sends duke of Longueville to La Noue, 467;
signs peace with La Rochelle, 459, 460;
jealous of Guises, 462;
inclines to aid Netherlands again, 462;
warned by Morvilliers, 468;
plans to convene Huguenot deputies of Languedoc and Dauphiné, 469;
ill of smallpox, 469;
forbids circulation of bad money in France, 470;
makes sale of new offices, 470;
orders census to be taken in each bailiwick, 471;
sends Torcy and Turenne to Montgomery, 472;
tract against, comparing to sultan, 475;
plot to seize at St. Germain, 477, 478;
urged to execute Cossé and Montmorency, 481;
last illness of, 483, 484.
Charron, provost to Paris, Henry III’s threat to, 522.
Chartres, 36, 161, 181;
Catholic camp at, 153;
Condé retires toward, 177;
Condé imprisoned at, 182;
court leaves, 185;
gunpowder factory at, blows up, 186.
Chartres, vidame of, suspected of conspiracy, 51;
arrested, 59;
imprisoned in Bastille, 62;
prosecution of, 69;
sister of, 126;
agrees to deliver Havre-de-Grace to English, 164.
Châteaudun, 36, 161, 181;
gunpowder factory at, blows up, 186.
Château-Thierry, Swiss at, 320;
military base of Catholics, 373;
granted to Casimir, count palatine, 521 and n.
Châtelet, 3.
Châtellerault, duchy of, given to young duke of Guise, 206;
taken by Huguenots, 384;
attacked by duke of Anjou, 387.
Châtillon, cardinal-bishop of Beauvais, 8, 93, 350;
proposal to expel from country, 132;
banishment of, demanded, 153;
feud of, with Guises, 206, 207;
resignation of, demanded, 289;
sent to confer about peace, 344;
learns of plot of Guises, 350.
_See also_ Coligny; Andelot.
Châtillons, young duke of Guise refuses to be reconciled with, 293.
Chaudien, Protestant pastor in Paris, 64.
Chavigny, 255;
taken by Condé, 350.
Chinon, taken by duke of Guise, 154.
Ciappini Vitelle, marquis of, Italian commander, 311.
Claudine, sister of Charles IX, wife of Charles III of Lorraine, 249.
Clergy, supports Guises, 9;
demands at States-General of Orleans, 77, 78;
contribute 100,000 écus, 200;
loan made by, 329;
heavy taxation imposed upon, 344;
offer to maintain war at their own expense, 417.
_See also_ States-General.
Clérie, 152;
combat at, 182.
Cluny, Hôtel de, belonging to the Guises, attacked by a mob, 47.
Coconnas, arrest and execution of, 480, 481.
Cocqueville, failure of his invasion of Artois, 360.
Cognac, 283, 379, 405, 406.
Coligny, Gaspard de, admiral of France, 6;
captured at battle of St. Quentin, 8;
policy of, after conspiracy of Amboise, 42;
sent to Normandy, 43;
offers Huguenot petition, 52, 54, 73;
influence of, 79;
at Council of Fontainebleau, 94;
efforts of, for toleration, 103;
plot against, 119;
made governor of Normandy, 126;
counsels Catherine de Medici, 128;
Spanish ambassador objects to presence of, at court, 133;
Antoine of Bourbon offended with, 133;
joins Condé at Meaux after massacre of Vassy, 137;
appears before Paris, 137;
at Montreuil, 138;
aims to seize line of Loire River, 138;
overtures to, 139;
destroys bridge at Jargeau, 151;
at Orleans, 154;
solicits English aid, 162;
in battle of Dreux, 179;
at Villefranche, 181;
crosses Loire, 182;
tries to join earl of Warwick in Havre, 185;
confers with Throckmorton, 185;
in fear of his own reiters, 184, 187;
asks aid of Queen Elizabeth, 187;
desperate position of, 187;
Madame de Guise refuses to recognize acquittal of, for murder of
duke of Guise, 206;
violence of Paris toward, 206, n.;
not responsible for surrender of Havre-de-Grace to England, 224, n.;
Alva advises his execution, 274;
at Moulins, 289;
hypocritical reconciliation of, with cardinal of Lorraine, 289;
Spain demands banishment of, 300;
unadmirable conduct of, 316;
retires from court, 317;
tries to prevent Strozzi’s coming, 329;
saying of, 361;
attempt to capture, 365;
plans activity in south of France, 375;
becomes actual leader of Huguenots after death of prince of Condé,
378;
hopes to join duke of Deuxponts, 379;
illness of, 383;
fights battle of La Roche l’Abeille, 383;
aims to take Saumur, 385;
besieges Poitiers, 385-87;
wounded at battle of Moncontour, 389;
falls back on Niort after battle of Moncontour, 389;
price put upon head of, 390;
confers with Teligny, 392;
joins Montgomery, 402;
assumes offensive, 405;
captures Port Ste. Marie, 406;
and plans to winter there, 408;
great blunder of, 410;
besieges Toulouse, 410;
illness of, 411;
at Montbrison, 416;
fights battle of Arnay-le-Duc, 416;
urges marriage of Henry of Navarre with Marguerite of Valois and
that of duke of Anjou to Queen Elizabeth, 422, 430 ff.;
honorably received in Paris by Charles IX, and made member of
Conseil du Roi, 439 and n.;
persuades Charles IX to sign Treaty of Blois, 445;
upbraids Charles IX for abandonment of Flemish enterprise, 448;
attempt to kill, on August 22, 449;
murdered in massacre of St. Bartholomew, 450.
_See also_ Dreux; Jarnac; Moncontour; Arnay-le-Duc;
St. Bartholomew, etc.
Colloquy of Poissy. _See_ Poissy.
Cologne, elector of, 467.
Cominges, Bernard Roger, viscount of Bruniquel, 394.
Commendone, cardinal, at Polish Diet, 464.
Commerce:
of Low Countries, 163, 267;
through Havre-de-Grace, 203;
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, 204;
of Lyons, 233, 234;
influence of civil war upon, 235;
exportation of grain from Lombardy, 241;
commercial promises of Spain, 242;
cloth-trade of England, 268, 269;
wine trade of France, 267-69;
free trade in grain, 286;
high price of wine, 287;
Huguenots enter Flanders as merchants, 299;
in salt, 309;
Fair of Champagne devastated by reiters, 420 and n.;
English in Flanders, 436, 437;
Poland covets Hanseatic, 466;
strife between Paris and Rouen, 470.
_See also_ Embden; Cateau-Cambrésis.
Compiègne, endangered by William of Orange, 370;
Charles IX ill of smallpox at, 469.
Conciergerie, 3;
La Mole and Coconnas imprisoned in, 480.
Concordat of 1516, 84, 196.
Condé, Louis de Bourbon, prince of:
sent to Flanders, 7;
accused of conspiracy of Amboise, 40;
confers with Damville, 46;
suspected of new conspiracy, 51;
arrested, 62;
prosecution of, 69-71;
approached by Catherine de Medici, 72;
acquittal of, 91, 92;
seeks government of Champagne, 92;
relations of, with Antoine of Bourbon, 100;
plot against, 119;
sends Hotman to Germany, 122;
sent into Picardy, 126;
counsels Catherine de Medici, 128;
proposal to banish, 132;
in Paris when duke of Guise arrives after massacre of Vassy, 136;
leaves Paris for Meaux, 137;
appears before Paris, 137;
occupies St. Cloud, 138;
complains of Guises, 139;
assumes command of Huguenot forces, 140;
controls middle Loire, 141;
weakened by Grammont’s failure to reach Orleans, 146;
Paris fears coming of, 147, 149;
demands withdrawal of Triumvirate, 150;
refuses conditions of peace, 153;
retires into Orleans, 153;
thinks of retiring into Gascony, 154;
solicits English aid, 162;
overtures made to, 168;
hope that he may succeed Antoine of Bourbon as lieutenant-general,
170, 171;
advances upon Paris, 172;
wheedled by Catherine de Medici and the Guises, 174;
fails to attack Paris, 176;
retires to Normandy, 177;
falls back on Chartres, 177;
captured at battle of Dreux, 179;
imprisoned at Chartres, 182;
promised post of lieutenant-general, 190, 199;
anger of, at Catherine de Medici, 206;
project of, to marry Mary Stuart, 243;
liaison of, with Isabel de Limeuil, 245, n., 249;
Alva advises execution of, 274;
maintains court preacher to anger of Catholics, 288;
marries Mlle. de Longueville, 289;
suspected of intercourse with William of Orange, 297;
unadmirable conduct of, 316;
retires from court, 317;
captures Pont de Charenton, 326;
extraordinary demands of, 328, 329;
aims to overthrow Guises, 329;
precarious position of, before Paris, 331;
demands Calais, Boulogne, and Metz, 332;
withdraws to Troyes after battle of St. Denis, 333;
attempts to effect junction with reiters, 333;
camped between Sens and Troyes, 339;
joins reiters, 339;
demands of, in favor of Huguenots, 340;
power of, 342;
appoints Cardinal Châtillon, bishop of Valence, and Teligny, to
confer about peace, 344;
complains of outrages on Huguenots, 362;
manifesto of, 365;
takes Champigny and falls back on Loudun, 369;
defeated at Jazeneuil, 369, n.;
attempts to join William of Orange, 370;
marches to relief of Sancerre, 372;
killed at battle of Jarnac, 376;
jewels of, are pawned, 378;
makes viscount of Rapin governor of Montauban, 395.
_See also_ Dreux; Jarnac.
Condé, prince of (the younger):
with Henry of Navarre theoretical leader of Huguenot party, 378;
refuses to compromise with the crown, 412;
abjuration of, on St. Bartholomew’s Day, 450;
made governor of Picardy, 469;
gets 8,000 cavalry out of Germany, 504;
privileges in Peace of Monsieur, 520.
Condom, Montgomery at, 407.
Confraternities (Confréries), nucleus of local Catholic leagues, 216.
_See also_ Association; Brotherhood of Catholics; Guilds; League.
Confrérie de Ste. Barbe, 313, n.
Confrérie du St. Esprit, 216, 353-55.
_See also_ Association; Brotherhood of Catholics; Guild; League.
Constance, 308.
Correro, Venetian ambassador, describes the Swiss at Meaux, 321.
Cossé, marshal, in Picardy, 369;
protests against siege of St. Jean-d’Angély, 390;
sent to La Rochelle, 391;
urges peace, 394;
sent to recover La Charité, 412;
Charles IX urged to execute, 481;
arrested, 482.
Council, General, of the church, 139.
Council, National, question of, 57, 79, 87.
Council of Blood, 312.
Count palatine, 373, 467;
sends deputation to France, 481;
claims Three Bishoprics, 521;
receives Château-Thierry, 521 and n.
_See also_ Casimir.
Counter-Reformation, 124, 196.
Coutances, Montgomery lands near, 472.
Cracow, duke of Anjou arrives at, 467.
Croisade, La, name of new Catholic league at Toulouse, 355.
_See also_ League; Armagnac, cardinal of.
Dale, Dr. Valentine, English ambassador in France:
quoted, 232;
suspected by French government, 505.
Damville, Henry de Montmorency, sieur de:
confers with Condé, 46;
guards Condé in prison after battle of Dreux, 182;
strained relations of, with Montluc, 214;
just government of, in Languedoc, 347;
moderation of, 356;
in Paris, 357;
made king’s lieutenant in Languedoc, 383;
Politique leanings of, 382;
Montluc’s hatred of, 347, 398, 400, 401, 404, 413;
Montluc’s overtures to, 403;
party of, 474;
failure of attempt to seize, 483;
leader of joint Huguenot and Politique party, 489;
interviews duke of Savoy at Turin, 491;
introduces Turkish fleet into Aigues Mortes, 492;
attempt to poison, 502;
complicity with England suspected, 504;
privileges granted to, in Peace of Monsieur, 521.
Dantzig, disaffected by French election in Poland, 466.
Darnley, marries Mary Stuart, 424.
Dauphiné, 38, 45, 52, 142, 147;
Huguenots in, 95;
militia of, 208;
Huguenot association in, 223;
viscount of Rapin in, 395, 406;
strength of Huguenots in, 461;
Huguenot deputies of, 469.
Dax, Turkish ambassador received at, by Catherine de Medici, 248.
Debts, of crown, 13, 67, 208, 366, 371;
to Swiss, 242, 371;
of Charles IX, 421.
_See also_ Finances; Loans; Clergy.
De Losses, captain of Scotch Guard, sent to La Rochelle, 391.
Denmark, 21;
sues for French favor, 123.
De Retz, protest against, 492;
resigns office as constable, 497.
Dessay, Condé’s camp at, 339.
Deuxponts (Zweibrücken), duke of, 159;
reiters of, 370;
junction of, with William of Orange, 373, 374;
Coligny hopes to join, 379;
enters France, 379;
captures Nevers and La Charité, 380;
death of, 383.
Diaceto, a Florentine banker, 498.
Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henry II, 6, 11, n.
Dieppe, 39, 142, 162;
Calvinists in, 95;
revolts, 148;
plan for recovery, 154;
precarious condition of Montgomery in, 187;
England offers to trade Dieppe and Havre for Calais, 198.
Dijon, Tavannes foils attack upon, 149;
objects to Edict of Amboise, 192;
Catholics of, 288;
ravages of reiters around, 357;
mentioned, 157, 232;
duke of Deuxponts advances upon, 379;
no massacre of St. Bartholomew at, 450.
Dillenberg, proclamation of William of Orange from, 444.
Dîme, 81, 84.
Dives, Coligny at, 185.
Dole, Alva at, 311.
Don Caratif. _See_ Dîme.
Dordrecht, revolt of against Alva, 444.
Dourdon, 357.
Dreux, battle of, 157, 158, 178-81;
Philip II’s joy over, 183, 327.
D’Scars, chamberlain of Antoine of Bourbon, secret agent of Guises,
24.
Du Bourg, protests against inquisitorial practices of Henry II, 12;
executed, 13, 15;
policy of crown after death of, 42;
interceded for by Marguerite of Savoy, 43.
Du Faur, protests against inquisitorial practices of Henry II, 12;
suspended from office, 13.
Du Faur (advocate of Toulouse), helps in formation of Catholic league
at Toulouse, 241.
Du Plessis, Huguenot pastor at Tours, 64.
Du Plessis-Mornay, memoir of, upon, French intervention in
Netherlands, 445;
sent to England, 474;
radicalism of, 490.
Duras, Huguenot leader, activity of in Guyenne, 156.
Dutch, union of Huguenot and Dutch interests, 364.
_See also_ Flanders; Louis of Nassau; Low Countries; Netherlands;
William of Orange.
Edict of Nantes, 409.
Edict: of Paris (1549), 10;
of Fontainebleau (1550), 10;
of Chateaubriand (1551), 10;
of Compiègne (1557), 11;
of November, 1559, 14;
of Romorantin (1560), 43, 104;
of January, 94, 128-31, 151, 167, 168;
of Rouissillon, 250, 251;
of Amboise, evasion of, 377, 378.
_See also_ Amboise; Bergerac; January; Longjumeau; Monsieur;
Nantes; Romorantin; Rouissillon.
Edward I, war with Philip IV, 83.
Egmont, Lamoral, count, Flemish noble, 12;
leader of Flemish revolt, 215;
Spain attempts to draw him away from the Gueux, 268;
association of, with William of Orange and Hoorne, 298, 312;
arrested, 318;
sent to scaffold, 361;
son of, visits Henry III, 503.
Elbœuf, René of Guise, marquis of, 73;
enters Paris, 135;
surrenders Caen castle, 188.
Elbœuf, duke of, sent to Poland, 497.
Elizabeth, Queen of England:
connection of, with conspiracy of Amboise, 41;
precarious position of, 163;
offers to aid Huguenots, 164;
procrastination of, 174, 198;
parsimony of, 184;
advises Huguenots to accept “reasonable” terms of peace, 185;
implored to send relief, 187;
offers to exchange Havre and Dieppe for Calais, 198;
her conduct compels Huguenots to make peace, 199;
courtships of, 244;
proposed marriage of, with Charles IX, 249;
revives claim to Calais, 316;
project of marriage of, to duke of Anjou, 358, 359;
makes loan to Huguenots, 378;
duplicity of, 412;
marriage negotiations of, with duke of Anjou, 422, 428-30;
marriage negotiations of, with duke of Alençon, 430, 431;
political problems of reign of, 432-34;
repudiates Treaty of Blois, 448;
indirectly responsible for massacre of St. Bartholomew, 449, n. 1;
enigmatical policy of, 455.
Elizabeth of Austria, marriage of, to Charles IX, 424.
Elizabeth of Valois, daughter of Henry II and queen of Spain:
married to Philip II, 1;
goes to Spain, 24;
dowry of, 207;
gives birth to still-born twins, 251;
at Bayonne, 278;
death of, 364, n. 424.
Embden, staple at, 269.
Emperor, revives claim to Three Bishoprics, 336;
Charles IX to marry daughter of, 364, 374;
hostility of, to France, 382;
refuses to consider marriage of his daughter to Charles IX, 393;
asked to stop progress of Protestant reiters, 393;
makes truce with Turks, 464;
interest in Poland, 464.
_See also_ Ferdinand; Maximilian; Three Bishoprics.
England (English), contrasted with Spain, 123;
aid expected from, 162;
commercial interests in Low Countries, 163;
occupy Havre-de-Grace, 165;
“adversary of”, 198;
and Philip II, 245;
adventurers flock to La Rochelle, 372;
alliance with France proposed, 440, 441;
dares not break with Spain, 455;
treaty with William of Orange, 463, n.;
Du Plessis-Mornay sent to, 474.
_See also_ Elizabeth, Queen; Commerce; Dale; Norris; Smith;
Throckmorton; Treaty of Blois.
Este, Hippolyte d’, cardinal of Ferrara. _See_ Ferrara.
Estouteville, 115, n. 2.
Etampes, duke of, 146.
Etampes, Protestant camp near, 174;
recovered by duke of Guise, 181;
granary of Paris, 327.
Evreux, 177.
Famine, 286.
_See also_ “Hard Times;” Plague; Commerce.
Ferdinand, petitioned by Margaret of Parma, 299, 374.
_See also_ Emperor; Three Bishoprics.
Ferdinand of Aragon, ancestors of viscounts in war against, 395.
Ferrara, Hippolyte d’ Este, cardinal of:
opposed by Chancellor L’Hôpital, 116;
likely to succeed his brother as duke of, 423;
marriage of, with Marguerite of Valois proposed, 423.
Finances, early history of French, 81 ff., 200;
reform of, 292;
of Henry III, 498.
_See also_ Clergy; Debts; Dîme; Estates-General; Henry II; Loans;
Swiss.
Fismes, duke of Guise wounded at battle of, 506.
Flanders, gunpowder brought from, 186, 188;
revolt in, 265;
change in nature of revolt in, 312, 313;
2000 troops from, arrive in Paris, 335;
trade with England, 436, 437.
_See also_ Alva; Artois; Brabant; Egmont; Gueux; Hoorne; Low
Countries; Valenciennes; William of Orange.
Florida, massacre of French colony in, 299, 300.
_See also_ Menendez.
Flushing, revolt of, 444;
fleet of, captures Spanish merchantmen, 446.
Foix, Paul de, pope refuses to receive, 469.
Fontainebleau, council at (1560), 54, 52, 65, 89, 94, 117, 333;
court goes to, 137;
Condé aims to cut off, from Paris, 138;
court removes from, to Melun, 139;
mentioned, 209.
Fontarabia, Philip II strengthens, 146.
Fontenay (near Toul), Alva at, 311.
Forez, Coligny in, 411.
Fourquevaux, French ambassador in Spain, 306, 307;
succeeds St. Sulpice, 283;
embarrassed by massacre of French in Florida, 300;
urges Charles IX to be cautious, 309;
reply to papal nuncio, 315;
urges marriage of Charles IX to Princess Anne of Hapsburg and that
of Marguerite of Valois to Don Carlos, 424.
_See also_ Alva; Florida.
France, social structure of, in sixteenth century, 18, 19;
relations with Denmark, 123;
possibility of war in, 132;
and Philip II, 245;
William of Orange enters, 369;
state of, described by Sir Thomas Hoby, 294;
alliance with England proposed, 440-41;
prospect of war with Spain, 443.
Franche Comté, 124, 246, 301;
Spain fears French attack on, 418;
Huguenot plot in, 492, 493.
Francis I (1515-47), 69, 291;
financial policy of, 81-85;
fortifications of, around Paris, 173;
influence of, upon silk industry, 234.
Francis II, King of France (1559-60), 4, 6, 8, 11;
character of, 17, 22;
appeals to Philip II, 59;
death of, 70, 76, 93, 94, 123.
_Franco-Gallia_, a pamphlet by Hotman, 475.
Frankfort, duke of Anjou passes through, 467.
Frankfort Fair, William of Orange at, 446.
Fraternité des catholiques de Châlons-sur-Saône, 353, 354.
_See also_ Association; Brotherhood of Catholics in France;
Confraternity; Confrérie; League.
Freiburg, treaty of, 242;
league with Bern and Valais, 308.
Frene, messenger of Parlement of Paris, assassinated, 15.
Froelich, Swiss colonel, 162.
Gabelle, 82;
Guyenne exempt from, 8.
Gaillac, destruction of, by viscounts, 396.
Gallican church, liberties of, 196.
Garde, De la, 294.
Garonne River, Huguenots masters of, at Port Ste. Marie, 406.
Garris, siege of, 355.
Gascony, 41, 286;
Condé thinks of retiring to, 154;
germ of Catholic League in, 226;
Protestantism in, 228;
influence of provincial traditions upon, 409.
Geneva, exiles from, 44, 94;
“Geneva party” among Huguenots, 191;
influence upon Lyons, 227, 233;
preachers from, in Netherlands, 265;
fears joint attack of Spain and Savoy upon, 308.
Genlis, captures Mons, 446;
relief column of, intercepted, 447;
letter of Charles IX found upon person of, 447.
Genoa, syndicate of, 296;
Spain borrows ships from, 306;
Alva at, 309.
Genoullac, administrative corruption of, 82.
Germany, activity of Guises in, 48, 52, 85;
return of French exiles from, 94;
Smalkald war in, 121;
chief Protestant princes of, 121, n.;
Hotman sent to, 122;
Huguenots await aid from, 158;
troops sent to duke of Aumale from, 162;
refugees from lower, 200;
Protestants of, 243;
Louis of Nassau’s dealings with Protestant princes of, 299;
attitude of Protestant princes of, to French civil wars, 374;
reiters levied in, 368;
looked to for assistance, 380;
Protestants, assistance from, 418;
Charles IX unable to recruit in, 454;
Schomberg’s missions to, 463, 467, 504;
French ambition in, 467, 468;
feeling in, because of St. Bartholomew, 468.
Ghent, Alva determines to retire his forces into, 444.
Gien, 161.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, captures Sluys and Bruges, 446.
Gondi, bishop of Paris, part of, in massacre of St. Bartholomew, 450.
Gordes, governor of Dauphiné, 396.
Gourdon, viscount of, 394.
Grammont, 126;
prevented from reaching Orleans, 146;
Alva advises execution of, 274;
proposal to neutralize Béarn under, 399.
Grands Jours d’Auvergne, 291.
Granvella, cardinal, 12;
gives warning of conspiracy of Amboise, 32;
favors international Catholic league, 211;
asserts impracticability of helping Triumvirate, 212;
discovers Huguenot intrigues in Flanders, 264;
implores Philip II to come to Netherlands, 264;
retires to Besançon, 265;
advises Spanish pressure upon France 266;
ridicules rumor of Montgomery’s coming to Flanders, 298;
secretly petitioned by cardinal of Lorraine, 304;
comment on Flemish revolution, 312.
Gravelines, fortified, 267, 268, 316.
Gray, Alva at, 311.
Gregory XIII. _See_ St. Bartholomew.
Grenoble, 147, 154.
Grisons, Bellièvre sent to, 241, 308.
Guernsey, governor of, 167.
_See also_ Leighton.
Gueux, William of Orange and Louis of Nassau allied with, 297;
formation of, 312-14;
masters of the sea, 444.
_See also_ Egmont; William of Orange.
Guilds, revolution in, 217-23.
_See also_ Confraternity; Confrérie; Industry; Leagues.
Guise, duchess of, widow of Francis:
refuses to recognize acquittal of Coligny, 206;
marries duke of Nemours, 293.
Guise, Francis, duke of, 5;
in charge of war office, 6;
opposition to, 9;
character of, 20;
captures Metz and Calais, 21;
lieutenant-general, 36;
leaves court, 73;
loses influence, 75;
letter of, to Philip II, 97;
Huguenot hatred of, 98;
peculations of, 98, 141;
at Colloquy of Poissy, 112;
leaves court, 114;
conference of, with duke of Württemberg at Saverne, 123;
responsibility for massacre of Vassy, 134, 135, 142;
enters Paris, 135, 136;
assembles forces in Paris, 142;
Condé demands withdrawal of, 150;
takes Loudun and Chinon, 154;
wounded at siege of Rouen, 169;
fortifies Paris, 173;
holds Seine River, 177;
follows Condé’s retreat, 177;
repulsed at Clérie, 182;
besieges Orleans, 186;
assassinated, 188, 189, 216, 264.
Guise, Henry, duke of, made grand master, 206;
given duchy of Châtellerault, 206;
returns to court, 290;
refuses to be reconciled with Châtillons, 293;
in Champagne, 329;
follows Condé, 333;
organizes opposition, 349;
establishes Catholic league in Champagne, 354;
defends Poitiers, 385-87;
wounded at Moncontour, 389;
makes love to Marguerite of Valois, 419;
marries princess of Porcien, 419;
part of, in massacre of St. Bartholomew, 450-53;
Charles IX’s jealousy of, 462;
accuses Montmorency of plot to assassinate, 473;
urges arrest of Montmorency, 479;
feud with Montmorency, 491-94;
Spanish soldiery flock to, 494;
feud with duke of Montpensier, 498;
ordered to resist coming of the reiters, 506;
wounded, 506.
Guises, ancestry and wealth of, 20;
ambition of, 21;
usurpation of, 27;
fear assassination, 27, n.;
alarmed at conspiracy of Amboise, 32;
accuse Condé, 40;
pursue Visières and Maligny, 41;
feud of, with Montmorencys, 45, 50, 73, 333, n., 356, 357;
and war in Scotland, 48;
activity in Germany, 48, 221;
popular feeling against, 50;
make changes in provincial administration, 62, 63;
grievances against, 65, 66;
designs of, to crush Huguenots, 69;
fury of, at release of Condé, 71, 72;
aim of, to control regency, 72, n.;
overtures of, to Antoine of Bourbon, 73;
leave the court, 73;
adverse condition of, after death of Francis II, 91;
make use of aspirations of Antoine of Bourbon, 96;
leave court, 119;
Catherine de Medici in fear of, 124;
absence of, from court creates suspicion, 131;
fear lest they seize King, 137;
angry at court’s removal to Blois, 137;
tyranny of, 141;
besiege Caudebec, 148;
maladministration of, 296;
interest of, in the “Cardinal’s War”, 303;
secret negotiations with Spain, 304;
contemplate deposition of house of Valois, 337;
plans of, thwarted by reiters, 339;
hatred of, 343;
proposition to marry daughter of, to prince of Condé, 345;
secret conference of, at Louvre, 350;
plan to subjugate Gascony and Guyenne, 350;
abuse Chancellor L’Hôpital 357;
plan to capture Coligny, 365;
responsible for continuance of war, 175;
feud with Châtillons, 206, 207;
tilt with Chancellor L’Hôpital, 210;
co-operate with Catherine de Medici, 243;
approach Montluc, 254, 255;
discomfiture of, after peace of St. Germain, 419;
endeavor to break match between duke of Anjou and Elizabeth, 422,
423.
_See also_ Aumale, duke of; Elbœuf, duke of; Guise, duke of;
Lorraine, cardinal of.
Guitery, joins Montgomery in Normandy, 472;
his blunder ruins the plot to seize Charles IX, 478.
Guyenne, Marshal Termes made governor of, 63;
exempt from gabelle, 85;
badly infected with heresy, 95, 127;
rebellion in, 190;
Catholic league in, 216;
activity of Candalle in, 226;
Protestantism in, 230, 283;
early republicanism of Huguenots in, 326;
civil war in, 347;
plan of Montluc to deliver to Spain, 394;
saved to Catholics by Montluc, 406;
influence of provincial traditions upon, 409;
Huguenot movement in, 472.
Gymbrois, 334.
Haarlem, siege of, 463.
Haguenau, grand bailiwick of, 301.
Hainault, 267.
Hanseatic cities. _See_ Dantzig; Revel; Riga.
Hapsburg, union of house of, 364;
international plan to break dominion of, 374.
“Hard Times”, 86, 284-87, 391, 421, 455, 456, 470, 509.
_See also_ Commerce; Plague; Wheat.
Harfleur, 162.
Haton, Claude, quoted, 284, 285.
Havre-de-Grace, seized by Maligny, 148, 267;
fear lest it be given to English, 154, 155;
and Calais, 162;
occupied by England, 165, 166;
question of evacuation of, 185;
precarious position of Warwick in, 187;
war with England over, inevitable, 198;
Alva proposes, be put in Philip II’s hands pending mediation, 198;
England proposes to trade, for Calais, 198;
English possession of, jeopardizes commerce of Paris, 200;
French assault begins upon, 201;
difficulties of siege of, 201;
Warwick agrees to surrender, 203;
yielded to France, 204;
Coligny not responsible for surrender of, to England, 224, n.;
English occupation of, 267.
_See also_ Warwick.
Heidelberg, duke of Anjou passes through, 467.