89
Sommieres and Villeneuve 589
Beginning of the Siege of Sancerre 589
The Incipient Famine 590
Losses of the Army before La Rochelle 591
Roman Catholic Processions 592
Election of Henry of Anjou to the Crown of Poland 593
Edict of Pacification (Boulogne, July, 1573) 593
Meagre Results of the War 594
The Siege and Famine of Sancerre continue 595
The City capitulates 597
Reception of the Polish Ambassadors 598
Discontent of the South with the Terms of Peace 599
Assembly of Milhau and Montauban 600
Military Organization of the Huguenots 600
Petition to the King 601
"Les Fronts d'Airain" 603
Catharine's Bitter Reply 604
The Huguenots firm 604
Decline of Charles's Health 605
Project of an English Match renewed 606
Intrigues with the German Princes 608
Death of Louis of Nassau 610
Anjou's Reception at Heidelberg 610
Frankness of the Elector Palatine 611
Last Days of Chancellor L'Hospital 613
The Party of the "Politiques" 615
Hotman's "Franco-Gallia" 615
Treacherous Attempt on La Rochelle 616
Huguenots reassemble at Milhau 617
They complete their Organization 618
The Duke of Alencon 619
Glandage Plunders the City of Orange 620
Montbrun's Exploits in Dauphiny 621
La Rochelle resum