Aosta, story of Calvin's labors at, i. 207.

Arande, Michel d', i. 74, 96;
his reply to Farel, i. 97.

Aremberg Count, sent by Alva to France, ii. 213, 214.

Arnay-le-Duc, battle of, June 25, 1570, ii. 354, seq.

Arras, Bishop of. See Granvelle, Cardinal.

Arras, execution of Vaudois at, i. 63.

Artois and Flanders, i. 66;
ii. 186.

Assembly, a political, of the Huguenots, held in Nismes, Nov.,
1562, ii. 86;
a military organization of the Huguenots provided for by the
assembly of Montauban, Aug., 1573, ii. 600;
previous assemblies, ii. 601, note;
the organization perfected in the assembly of Milhau, Dec. 17,
1573, ii. 617-619.

Astrology, popular belief in, i. 47.

Aubenas, a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280.

Aubigne, Agrippa d', at Amboise, i. 392;
his father's exclamation, i. 393;
his testimony as to Chancellor L'Hospital's complicity with the
conspirators of Amboise, i. 412;
his father appointed a commissioner for the execution of the edict
of pacification of Amboise, ii. 132;
his enlistment in the Huguenot army, ii. 275;
on the firing of Charles IX. on the Huguenots at the massacre, ii. 483;
on the magnanimous reply of the Viscount D'Orthez to the
king, ii. 528, note;
on the effect of the massacre on the king himself, ii. 560, 561;
his account of Regnier's deliverance of Montauban, ii. 575;
of the death of Count Montgomery, ii. 634, 635, note.

Aubigne, Merle d'. See Merle.

Audeberte, Anne her martyrdom, i, 278.

Auger, or Augier, Edmond, his violent sermons at Bordeaux, ii. 523.

Aumale, Claude, Duke of, i. 269;
marries a daughter of Diana of Poitiers, i. 273;
his jealousy of the Duke of Nemours, ii. 317;
pursues the Huguenots, ii. 336;
helps arrange the plan for assassinating Coligny, ii. 435;
receives a rough answer from Charles IX., ii. 446;
pursues Montgomery, ii. 482;
is killed before La Rochelle, March 3, 1573, ii. 585.

Aurillac, ii. 348.

Autun, the "mice" of, i. 238.

Auxerre, assassination of Huguenots at, ii. 249.

Avenelles, Des, betrays the designs of La Renaudie to the Guises, i. 382.

"Aventuriers," i. 44.

Avignon, i. 4;
popes at, i. 28.

Ayamonte, Marquis d', sent by Philip II. to congratulate Charles IX. on
the massacre of the Huguenots, ii. 540.

"Aygnos," for Huguenots,