s (411-418), is by far the most
trustworthy source of information we possess. On the last count of the
elector's indictment, Anjou's defence was certainly very lame: "Dass ich
selbst an seines Altvatters Hof gesehen _que c'a ete une Cour fort
dissolue_, aber seines Brudern und Frau Mutter Hof demselbigen bey weitem
nicht zu vergleichen." Ibid., 414.

[1345] "C'est ce qui fit croire a bien des gens, que l'Electeur n'avoit
pas recu un hote comme Henri aussi poliment qu'il le devoit." De Thou, v.
(liv. lvii.) 22.

[1346] Heidelberg letter of Dec. 22, 1573, Czartoryski MSS., De Noailles,
Pieces justif., iii. 533. See _ante_, p. 485.

[1347] Heidelberg letter, _ubi supra_, iii. 534.

[1348] Jean de Serres (edit. 1571), iii. 284; A. d'Aubigne, i. 264,
"Pource que le Chancelier de l'Hospital ne pouvoit travailler de coeur en
mesme temps aux violentes depesches de Thavanes, de Montluc et autres, et
aux douceurs du Mareschal de Cosse, il ne fallut qu'un souspir de probite
pour lui faire oster les sceaux; ce que fit la Roine en le relegant en sa
maison pres Estampes jusques a la fin de ses jours." See also Languet's
letter of September 20, 1568.

[1349] Chancellor de l'Hospital to Charles IX., January 12, 1573, copy
discovered in the MSS. of the National Library, Paris, by Prof. Soldan,
and printed in Appendix XI. of his history.

[1350] _Ante_, chapter xv., p. 264, note.

[1351] "M. le chancelier de l'Hospital qui avoit les fleurs de lys dans le
coeur." Journal de Lestoile, p. 16.

[1352] "Politici (novum enim hoc nomen ex novo negotio sub hoc tempus
natum)." Jean de Serres, iv., fol. 132.

[1353] Jean de Serres, iv., fols. 115-117. The dedication of Hotman's
Franco-Gallia to the elector palatine is dated August 21, 1573.

[1354] Jean de Serres, iv., fol. 122. Serres gives an extended summary of
the work, whose author is unknown to him, fols. 119-128.

[1355] Eusebii Philadelphi Dialog., ii. 117, _et passim_. See also the
Tocsain contre les massacreurs, which, although published as late as 1579,
was written before the death of Charles the Ninth (see the address of the
printer, dated June 25, 1577), where the king is directly compared to the
Emperor Nero. Archives curieuses, vii. 162.

[1356] They had, however, generally retracted their admissions of
complicity made on the rack.

[1357] Jean de Serres, iv., fol. 118; De Thou, v. (liv. lvii.) 19, 20;
Arcere, Histoire de la ville de la Rochelle, i. 533-540; Languet,