CHAPTER XIX.

1572.

THE MASSACRE IN THE PROVINCES, AND THE RECEPTION OF THE TIDINGS ABROAD 501 The Massacre in the Provinces 501 The Verbal Orders 502 Instructions to Montsoreau at Saumur 503 Two Kinds of Letters 504 Massacre at Meaux 505 At Troyes 507 The Great Bloodshed at Orleans 508 At Bourges 511 At Angers 512 Butchery at Lyons 513 Responsibility of Mandelot 517 Rouen 519 Toulouse 521 Bordeaux 522 Why the Massacre was not Universal 524 Policy of the Guises 525 Spurious Accounts of Clemency 525 Bishop Le Hennuyer, of Lisieux 525 Kind Offices of Matignon at Caen and Alencon 526 Of Longueville and Gordes 526 Of Tende in Provence 527 Viscount D'Orthez at Bayonne 528 The Municipality of Nantes 529 Uncertain Number of Victims 530 News of the Massacre received at Rome 530 Public Thanksgivings 532 Vasari's Paintings in the Vatican 533 French Boasts count for Nothing 535 Catharine writes to Philip, her son-in-law 536 The Delight of Philip of Spain 537 Charles instigates the Murder of French Prisoners 539 Alva jubilant, but wary 540 England's Horror 541 Perplexity of La Mothe Fenelon 541 His Cold Reception by Queen Elizabeth 543 The Ambassador disheartened 546 Sir Thomas Smith's Letter 546 Catharine's Unsuccessful Representations 547 Briquemault and Cavaignes hung for alleged Conspiracy 548 The News in Scotland 550 In Germany 550 In Poland 552 Sympathy of the Genevese 554 Their Generosity and Danger 557 The Impression at Baden 558 Medals and Vindications 559 Disastrous Personal Effect on King Charles 560 How far was the Roman Church Responsible? 562 Gregory probably not aware of the intended Massacre 564 Paul the Fifth instigates the French Court 564 He counsels exterminating the Huguenots 565

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A New Account of the Massacre at Orleans 569