can point."
Baum, Theodor Beza, ii. 642.

[132] J. de Serres, ii. 93, etc.; De Thou, iii. 158. See the acts of the
third National Synod in Aymon, Tous les Synodes, i. 23-31. The Second
National synod had been held at Poitiers, on the tenth of March, 1561. Its
acts are in Aymon, i. 13-22.

[133] J. de Serres, ii. 170; De Thou, iii. 160; Jehan de la Fosse, 50;
Hist. eccles. des egl. ref. ii. 47.

[134] De Thou, iii. 160.

[135] Journal de Bruslart, Memoires de Conde, i. 87; Claude Haton, i. 284;
Hist. eccles. des egl. ref. ii. 48.

[136] See the prince's affectionate letter to Antoine, June 13th, Hist.
eccles. des egl. ref. ii. 49; De Thou, _ubi supra_; J. de Serres, ii. 156.

[137] Mem. de Guise, 495.

[138] It was in the presence of seven knights of the order of St. Michael,
of the secretaries of state, etc. See Conde's long remonstrance against
the judgment of the Parisian parliament, Aug. 8, 1562. Hist. eccles. des
egl. ref., ii. 71; Mem. de Conde, iii. 587.

[139] Unlucky Bishop Montluc has received the doubtful credit of having
laid this pretty snare for the Huguenot chiefs, but with what reason it is
beyond my ability to conjecture. The same brain could scarcely have
indited the bitter reply to the petition of the triumvirs, and devised the
cunning project of entangling their opponents. Evidently the Bishop of
Valence has received some honors to which he is not entitled.

[140] Mem. de Guise, 494; Hist. eccles. des egl. ref., ii. 59.
"Conclusion," says the duke in his confidence in the success of his
project, "la religion reformee, en nous conduisant et tenant bon, comme
nous ferons jusques au bout, s'en va aval l'eau, et les admiraux, mal ce
qui est possible: toutes nos forces entierement demeurent, les leurs
rompues, les villes rendues sans parler d'edits ne de presches et
administration de sacremens a leur mode." A memorandum of eight articles
from the triumvirs to Navarre, seized at the same time, showed the
intention to arrest the Prince of Conde. Ib., ii. 60.

[141] J. de Serres, ii. 170-180; Hist. eccles. des egl. ref., _ubi supra_;
De Thou, iii. 164-168. Harangue of Bishop Spifame to the emperor, Le
Laboureur, Add. aux Mem. de Castelnau, ii. 28-38. Memoires de Jehan de
l'Archevesque, Sieur de Soubise, Bulletin, xxiii. (1874) 460, 461.

[142] La Noue, c. v., p. 597; De Thou, iii. 168, 169, etc.

[143] J. de Serres, ii. 180; Hist. eccles. des egl. ref., ii. 61, 62.

[144] Hist. eccles. des egl.