of gentlemen, ii. 160, note;
proposes the conference at Bayonne, ii. 167 (see Bayonne,
Conference of);
she opposes violent measures, ii. 172-176;
forbids Cardinal Lorraine to hold communication with Granvelle
and Chantonnay, ii. 181;
she gives assurances to Conde just before the outbreak of the second
civil war, ii. 198;
she favors the colonization of Florida by the Huguenots, ii. 199;
her resolute demands for satisfaction for the murder of the
colonists, ii. 201, 202;
she exonerates the Huguenots from disloyal acts and
intentions, ii. 219;
her treacherous diplomacy, ii. 220, 221;
again invokes Alva's help, ii. 222;
Cardinal Santa Croce, the papal nuncio, claims the fulfilment of her
promise to surrender Cardinal Chatillon to the Pope, ii. 228, 229;
she inclines toward peace, ii. 232;
she is never sincere, ii. 237;
her short-sightedness, ii. 238;
sides with L'Hospital's enemies, ii. 254;
her intrigues, ii. 255;
entreated by Charles IX. to avoid war, ii. 262;
her animosity against L'Hospital, whom she suspects of having prompted
her son, ii. 263;
she receives congratulations and sanguinary recommendations from Pope
Pius V., after the battle of Jarnac, ii. 308;
negotiates for peace, ii. 356;
her duplicity, ii. 358;
inclines to peace, ii. 360;
was she sincere in concluding the peace of Saint Germain? ii. 369;
her study of the example of Queen Blanche, ii. 370;
her character, according to Barbaro, ib.;
she is warned by the Queen of Navarre, ii. 373;
she proposes to substitute Alencon for Anjou, as suitor for the hand
of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 380;
her vexation at the fresh scruples of Anjou, ii. 383;
she treats the Queen of Navarre with tantalizing
insincerity, ii. 404, 405;
she awaits Queen Elizabeth's decision, ii. 413;
the rout of Genlis determines her to take the Spanish side, ii. 416;
she follows Charles IX. to Montpipeau and breaks down her son's
resolution, ii. 418, 420;
she is terrified by rumors of Elizabeth's desertion of her
allies, ii. 419;
her jealousy of Coligny's influence, ii. 433;
she and Anjou resolve to put him out of the way, ii. 434;
declares to the Huguenots that the attack on Coligny must be
punished, ii. 440;
she visits the wounded admiral, ii. 4