f Alencon 398
Pius the Fifth Alarmed 400
Cardinal of Alessandria sent to Paris 400
The King's Assurances 400
Jeanne d'Albret becomes more favorable to her Son's Marriage 403
Her Solicitude 403
She is treated with Tantalizing Insincerity 404
She is shocked at the Morals of the Court 405
Her Sudden Death 407
Coligny and the Boy-King 408
The Dispensation delayed 410
The King's Earnestness 411
Mons and Valenciennes captured 412
Catharine's Indecision 413
Queen Elizabeth inspires no Confidence 414
Rout of Genlis 415
Determines Catharine to take the Spanish Side 416
Loss of the Golden Opportunity 416
The Admiral does not lose Courage 417
Charles and Catharine at Montpipeau 418
Rumors of Elizabeth's Desertion of her Allies 419
Charles thoroughly cast down 420
Coligny partially succeeds in reassuring him 421
Elizabeth toys with Dishonorable Proposals from the Netherlands 422
Fatal Results 423
The Memoires inedits de Michel de la Huguerye 423
His View of a long Premeditation 423
Studied Misrepresentation of Jeanne d'Albret 424

CHAPTER XVIII.

1572.

THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY 426
The Huguenot Nobles reach Paris 426
The Betrothal of Henry of Navarre to Margaret of Valois 427
Entertainment in the Louvre 429
Coligny's Letter to his Wife 430
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