r Second Marriage, to Henry, King of Navarre 107
Bishop Briconnet's Mystic Correspondence 108
Luther's Teachings solemnly condemned by the University 108
Melanchthon's Defence 109
Regency of Louise de Savoie 109
The Sorbonne suggests Means of extirpating the "Lutheran
Doctrines" (Oct. 7, 1523) 110
Wide Circulation of Luther's Treatises 112
Francois Lambert, of Avignon 112
Life among the Franciscans 113
Lambert, the first French Monk to embrace the Reformation 113
He is also the First to Marry 114
Jean Chatellain at Metz 114
Wolfgang Schuch at St. Hippolyte 115
Farel at Montbeliard 117
Pierre Caroli lectures on the Psalms 118

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The Heptameron of the Queen of Navarre 119

CHAPTER IV.

1525-1533.

INCREASED SEVERITY--LOUIS DE BERQUIN 122
Captivity of Francis I. 122
Change in the Religious Policy of Louise 123
A Commission appointed to try "Lutherans" 124
The Inquisition heretofore jealously watched 125
The Commission indorsed by Clement VII. 126
Its Powers enlarged by the Bull 128
Character of Louis de Berquin 128
He becomes a warm Partisan of the Reformation 129
First Imprisonment (1523) 130
Released by Order of the King 130
Advice of Erasmus 131
Second Imprisonment (1526) 131
Francis from Madrid again orders his Release 132
Dilatory Measures of Parliament 132
Margaret of Angouleme's Hopes 13