stivities and Mock Combats 431
Huguenot Grievances to be redressed 432
Catharine and Anjou jealous of Coligny's Influence over the King 433
The Duchess of Nemours and Guise 434
Was the Massacre long premeditated? 435
Salviati's Testimony 435
Charles' Cordiality to Coligny 436
Coligny wounded 437
Agitation of the King 439
Coligny courageous 440
Visited by the King and his Mother 441
Catharine attempts to break up the Conference 443
Charles writes Letters expressing his Displeasure 444
The Vidame de Chartres advises the Huguenots to leave Paris 445
Catharine and Anjou come to a Final Decision 446
They ply Charles with Arguments 447
The King consents reluctantly 449
Few Victims first selected 450
Religious Hatred 452
Precautionary Measures 452
Orders issued to the Prevot des Marchands 454
The First Shot and the Bell of St. Germain l'Auxerrois 455
Murder of Admiral Coligny 456
His Character and Work 460
Murder of Huguenot Nobles in the Louvre 465
Navarre and Conde spared 468
The Massacre becomes general 470
La Rochefoucauld and Teligny fall 470
Self-defence of a few Nobles 471
Victims of Personal Hatred 472
Adventures of young La Force 472
Pitiless Butchery 474
Shamelessness of the Court Ladies 476
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