es Arms (Beginning of the Fifth Religious War) 622
Diplomacy tried in Vain 623
The "Politiques" make an Unsuccessful Rising 625
Flight of the Court from St. Germain 626
Alencon and Navarre examined 627
Execution of La Mole and Coconnas 628
Conde retires to Germany 629
Reasons for the Success of the Huguenots 630
Montgomery lands in Normandy 631
He is forced to Surrender 632
Delight of Catharine 632
Execution of Montgomery 633
Last Days of Charles the Ninth 635
Distress of his Young Queen 636
Death and Funeral Rites of Charles 638
Had Persecution, War and Treachery Succeeded? 639

BOOK SECOND.

_FROM THE EDICT OF JANUARY (1562) TO THE DEATH OF CHARLES THE NINTH
(1574)._

CHAPTER XIII.

THE FIRST CIVIL WAR.

[Sidenote: Inconsistencies of the Edict of January.]

The Edict of January was on its very face a compromise, and as such rested
on no firm foundation. Inconsistent with itself, it fully satisfied
neither Huguenot nor Roman Catholic. The latter objected to the toleration
which the edict extended; the former demanded the unrestricted freedom of
worship which it denied. If the existence of two diverse religions was
compatible with the welfare of the state, why ignominiously thrust the
places of Protestant worship from the cities into the suburbs? If the two
were irreconcilable, why suffer the Huguenots to assemble outside the
walls?

[Sidenote: Huguenot leaders urge the observance of the edict.]

Yet there was this difference between the attitude assumed by the rival
parties with reference to the edict: while the Roman Catholic leaders made
no secret of their intention to insist upon its repeal,[1] the Huguenot
leaders were urgent in their advice to the churches to conform strictly to
its provisions, restraining the indiscreet zeal of their more impetuous
members and exhibiting due gratitude to Heaven for the amelioration of
their