olloquy of Poissy, i. 499;
her excuses to the Pope and Philip II., i. 500;
warns her son Charles against gross superstition and against
innovation, ib., note;
her letter to Pius IV., i. 500, 501;
its effect at Rome, i. 501;
she is much pleased with the results of the first interview between
Beza and Cardinal Lorraine, i. 504;
she consents that the prelates shall not act as judges in the colloquy
at Poissy, but will not have the decree put in writing, i. 507;
she is resolute that the colloquy should be held, i. 508;
refuses Cardinal Tournon's request to interrupt it, i. 522;
her premature delight at the reported accord in the Conference of Saint
Germain, i. 541;
her financial success with the prelates, i. 543;
her crude notion of a conference, i. 547;
is compared by Roman Catholic preachers to Jezebel, ii. 5;
causes the retirement of Constable Montmorency, ii. 18;
sends for the Guises, ib.;
after the massacre of Vassy, orders the Duke of Guise to enter Paris,
but invites him to come to court with a small suite, ii. 27;
her anxiety, ii. 29;
she removes with the king from Monceaux to Melun, ii. 30;
and thence to Fontainebleau, ii. 31;
Soubise's account of her painful indecision, ib.;
her letters to Conde imploring his help, ii., 31, 32;
is brought back to Paris, ii. 36;
Tavannes's view of her inclination to the Huguenots, ii. 39;
her terror, ii. 47;
unites in a declaration that the king is not in duress, ii. 54;
confers with Conde, with a view to peace, ii. 62;
her crafty negotiations, ii. 64;
her speech to Throkmorton respecting the English in Normandy, ii. 75;
delays Conde by negotiations before Paris, ii. 89;
her reply when consulted by the Triumvirs as to the propriety of
engaging the Huguenots, ii. 92, 93;
her exclamation on receiving false tidings from the battle of
Dreux, ii. 96;
her promises to Conde at the peace of Amboise, ii. 117;
Huguenot songs respecting, ii. 124;
her embarrassment in respect to the fulfilment of her
promises, ii. 137;
resolves to declare the majority of Charles IX., ii. 138;
she endeavors to seduce Conde from the Huguenots, ii. 144;
her alienation from the Huguenots, ii. 159, 160;
commands her maids of honor to go to mass, ii. 160;
her regulation respecting the deportment