53
Foreign Alliances sought 54
Queen Elizabeth's Aid invoked 55
Cecil's Urgency and Schemes 56
Divided Sympathies of the English 56
Diplomatic Manoeuvres 57
Conde's Reply to the Pretended "Petition" 59
Third National Synod of the Protestants 61
Interview of Catharine and Conde at Toury 62
The "Loan" of Beaugency 63
Futile Negotiations 64
Spasmodic Efforts in Warfare 65
Huguenot Discipline 66
Severities of the Parisian Parliament 68
Military Successes of the "Triumvirs" at Poitiers and Bourges 71
Help from Queen Elizabeth 73
Siege of Rouen 76
Ferocity of the Norman Parliament 80
Death of Antoine, King of Navarre 81
The English in Havre 84
Conde takes the Field and appears before Paris 85
Dilatory Diplomacy 90
The Battle of Dreux 93
Montmorency and Conde Prisoners 94
Riotous Conduct of the Parisians 96
Orleans Invested 98
Coligny again in Normandy 99
Huguenot Reverses 101
Assassination of Duke Francois de Guise 103
Execution of Poltrot 105
Beza and Coligny accused 106
They vindicate Themselves 106
Estimates of Guise's Character 109
Renee de France at Montargis 110
Deliberations