13

II. CIVIL WAR 45

III. THE MARRIAGE 68

IV. PREPARATIONS FOR MASSACRE 93

V. MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW 109

VI. THE HOUSES OF VALOIS, OF GUISE, AND OF
BOURBON 137

VII. REIGN OF HENRY III 167

VIII. THE LEAGUE 196

IX. THE ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF GUISE
AND OF HENRY III 220

X. WAR AND WOE 256

XI. THE CONVERSION OF THE KING 281

XII. THE REIGN OF HENRY IV. AND HIS DEATH 306

ENGRAVINGS.

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THE BIRTH OF HENRY OF NAVARRE 19

THE FLIGHT OF THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE 52

THE MARRIAGE 87

THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW 115

THE ASSASSINATION OF FRANCIS, DUKE OF GUISE 161

THE ASSASSINATION OF HENRY, DUKE OF GUISE 228

THE ASSASSINATION OF HENRY III. 238

THE ACT OF ABJURING PROTESTANTISM 292

THE RECONCILIATION WITH MAYENNE 309

KING HENRY IV.

CHAPTER I.

CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.

1475-1564

Navarre.--Catharine de Foix.--Ferdinand and Isabella.--Dismemberment
of Navarre.--Plans for revenge.--Death of Catharine.--Marriage of
Henry and Margaret.--Lingering hopes of Henry.--Jeanne returns to
Navarre.--Birth of Henry IV.--The royal nurse.--Name chosen for the
young prince.--The castle of Courasse.--Education of Henry.--Death of
the King of Navarre.--Jeanne d'Albret ascends the throne.--Residence
in Bearn.--Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots.--Betrothal of
Henry.--Henry's tutor.--Remark of Dr. Johnson.--Henry's motto.--La
Gaucherie's method of instruction.--Death of Henry II.--Catharine de
Medicis regent.--Influence of Plutarch.--Religious agitation.--The
Huguenots.--The present controversy.--The Sorbonne.--Purging the
empire.--The burning chamber.--Persecution of the Protestants.--Calvin
and his writings.--Calvin's physical debility.-