Becanis, Vidal de, an inquisitor, i. 289.

Beda, or Bedier, Natalis, i. 23, 71, 151.

Belin, an agent in the massacre of Troyes, ii. 507, 508.

Bellay, Guillaume du, i. 150;
labors for conciliation, i. 160;
his representations at Smalcald to the German princes, i. 188;
makes in the name of Francis I., a Protestant confession, i. 189;
is instructed to investigate the history and character of the Waldenses
of Merindol, i. 239;
his favorable report, i. 240.

Bellay, Jean du, Bishop of Paris, leans to the reformed doctrine, i. 156.

Bellievre, his lying representations to the Swiss respecting the admiral,
the massacre, etc., ii. 558, 559.

Berchon, Governor of Orange, expelled, ii. 620.

Berne, canton of, intercedes for the relatives of Farel, but receives
a rough answer from Francis I., i. 156;
again applies to him, with similar results, i. 192;
intercedes for the Five Scholars of Lausanne, i. 284;
other intercessions, i. 286, 309, 310;
sends troops to the aid of the Huguenots, but afterward recalls
them, ii. 56.

Berquin, Louis de, i. 44;
his character, i. 128;
becomes a reformer, i. 129;
prosecuted and imprisoned but released by order of the king, i. 130;
becomes acquainted with Erasmus, ib.;
his second imprisonment, i. 131;
and release, i. 132;
intercessions of Margaret of Angouleme, i. 132;
his third arrest, i. 143, seq.;
his execution, i. 145;
elegies on, i. 157.

Berthault, an evangelical preacher, i. 151.

Bethisy, rue de, ii. 438, note.

Beza, or De Beze, Theodore, efforts in behalf of the persecuted
Protestants of Paris, i. 309;
consulted as to revolution, i. 377;
dissuades the French Protestants from armed resistance, i. 378;
his comment upon the edict of amnesty, i. 386;
invited by Antoine of Bourbon to Nerac, i. 431;
he returns to Geneva, i. 435;
he is invited to the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 494;
urged by the Protestants of Paris to come, i. 496;
his hesitation, but final consent, i. 497;
he reaches St. Germain, ib.;
his previous history, i. 497, 498;
he has a flattering reception, i. 502;
distrusts Chancellor L'Hospital, ib.;
has a discussion with Cardinal Lorraine, who professes to be
satisfied, i. 503, 504;
his diffidence, i. 512;
his retort to the sneer of a cardinal, i. 514;