oits of Montbrun in, ii 621, 622.

Dax, massacre in the prisons of, ii. 528, note.

Decemvirate, the bloody, i. 321.

Declarations, royal. See Edicts.

Dehors, a merchant of Rouen, hung for reproving the seditious
populace, i. 445.

Demochares, or De Mouchy, a doctor of the Sorbonne and an inquisitor
of the faith, his controversial pamphlet, i. 311.

Desire, Artus, despatched by the Sorbonne to invoke the aid of
Philip II., i. 467, 468.

Deux Ponts, reinforcements to the Huguenots from, ii. 71;
the Duke of, comes with German auxiliaries, ii. 315;
his declaration treated with contempt by Charles IX., ii. 316;
succeeds in penetrating France, and bringing to Coligny
reinforcements, ii. 317;
his death, ii. 318, 364.

Diana of Poitiers, Duchess of Valentinois, i. 261, 262;
the infatuation of Henry II. for her, 262;
undertakes to silence a poor tailor arrested as a
Protestant, i. 277;
instigates persecution in order to secure the confiscated property
of the Protestants, i. 282;
is dismissed from court on the accession of Francis II., i. 349.

Dieppe, Protestant assemblies in, i. 408;
great Protestant "temple" destroyed, ib.

"Dieu de Pate," an opprobrious designation of the Roman Catholic
host, ii. 121.

Domfront, ii. 632.

Douen, O., author of Clement Marot et le Psautier huguenot, ii. 347.

"Dragonnades," ii. 244.

Dreux, the battle of, Dec. 19, 1562, ii. 93, seq.;
mistakes of both sides at, 95, note.

Du Chesne, or Quercu, i. 23, 50.

Duprat, Cardinal, i. 109, 123.

E.

Ebeling, F. W., ii. 569.

Ecclesiastical discipline adopted by the French Protestant
churches, i. 336.

Ecouen, the magnificent seat of the Montmorency family, i. 353.

Edicts, Declarations, and Ordinances, Royal:
Edict of Francis I., January 13, 1535, abolishing the art of
printing, i. 169;
declaration of Coucy, July 16, 1535, extending partial
forgiveness, i. 179;
edict of Lyons, May 31, 1536, i. 192;
edict of Fontainebleau, June 1, 1540, cutting off appeal, i. 218;
letters patent of Lyons, August 30, 1542, enjoining vigilance, i. 220;
ordinance of Paris, July 23, 1543, defining the provinces of the
lay and ecclesiastical judges, and making heresy punishable as
sedition, i. 221, 222;
Henry II.'s edict of Fontainebleau