ref., ii. 62; La Noue, c. iv.

[145] La Noue, c. vii., p. 600. "Ledict seigneur prince de Conde," says
Jean Glaumeau of Bourges, in his journal, "voyant qu'il ne pouvoit avoir
raison avec son ennemy et qu'il ne le pouvoit rencontrer, ayant une armee
de viron trente ou quarante milles hommes, de peur qu'ilz n'adurassent
(endurassent) fain ou soif, commence a les separer et envoya en ceste
ville de Bourges, tant de cheval que de pied, viron quatre milles, et y
arriverent le samedi xie jour de juillet." Bulletin, v. (1857) 387.

[146] Hist. eccles. des egl. ref., ii. 61.

[147] "Si celle-cy y faut, nous ferons la croix a la cheminee." Mem. de la
Noue, c. vi. 598, 599.

[148] The author of the Hist. eccles. des egl. ref., ii. 61, regards the
failure of the confederates promptly to put to the death--as Admiral
Coligny and others had insisted upon their doing--a Baron de Courtenay,
who had outraged a village girl, and their placing him under a guard from
which he succeeded in making his escape, as "the door, so to speak,
through which Satan entered the camp."

[149] De Thou, iii. 171.

[150] Abbe Bruslart, Mem. de Conde, i. 90; Hist. eccles. des egl. ref.,
ii. 66; Journal de Jehan de la Fosse, 52. The latter erroneously calls it
an edict "de par le roi;" but certainly gives the essence of the order
according to the popular estimate when he says "qu'il estoit permis au
peuple de tuer tout huguenot qu'il trouveroit, d'ou vint qu'il y en eust
en la ville de Paris plusieurs tues et jetes en l'eau."

[151] Mem. de Conde, i. 91. Text of arret of July 13th, ib., iii. 544; of
arret of July 17th, ib., iii. 547. Hist. eccles. des egl. ref., _ubi
supra_; Recordon, p. 108.

[152] Nicholas Pithou has left in his MSS., which, unfortunately, have not
yet been published entire, a thrilling narrative of the savage excesses
committed partly by the authorities of Troyes, partly by the soldiers and
the rabble, under their eyes and with their approval. There is nothing
more abominable in the annals of crime than what was committed at this
time with the connivance of the ministers of law. The story of the
sufferings of Pithou's sister, Madame de Valentigny, will be found of
special interest. See Recordon, 107-129.

[153] Mem. de Conde, i. 91, and Hist. eccles. des egl. ref., _ubi supra_.
J. de la Fosse, 53, 54, "pour huguenoterye." Even with these judicial
executions the people interfered, cutting off the heads of the victims,
using the