hird son of Henry II., afterward king of France as
Henry III., baptized first Edward Alexander, i. 415;
is made Duke of Anjou. See Anjou, Duke of.

Heptameron of the Queen of Navarre, i. 119, seq.

Heresy, views of Calvin respecting the punishment of, i. 211;
made punishable as treason by Francis I., i. 222.

Herminjard, M., on Briconnet's defection, i. 81.

Hesse, the Landgrave of, his opinion of the representations of the
Guises, ii. 17;
declines to help the Huguenots, ii. 217;
his distrust after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 552;
will have nothing to do with the candidature of Alencon for King of
the Romans, ii. 609.

Heu, Gaspard de, his judicial assassination, i. 379, 380.

Hospital, Michel de l', Chancellor, i. 13;
rebukes Parliament of Bordeaux, i. 19;
his character, i. 412;
little good expected of him, ib.;
one of the original conspirators of Amboise, ib.;
speech at the Assembly of Fontainebleau, i. 416;
refuses to sign the sentence of the Prince of Conde, i. 440;
his address at the opening of the States General of Orleans, i. 455;
declares the co-existence of two religions impossible, ib.;
and that names of factions must be abolished, i. 456;
his strange representation of the character of previous
persecutions, ib., note;
he is distrusted by Beza, i. 502;
his speech at the opening of the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 512;
he opposes the ratification of the plenary powers of the papal
legate, i. 552;
his speech to the notables at Saint Germain, i. 574;
entreats Catharine to throw herself into the arms of the
Huguenots, ii. 31;
his danger from the fury of the Paris populace, ii. 69;
his censure of the Norman parliament, ii. 130, note;
his language to Santa Croce respecting the lives of French
priests, ii. 153, note;
he is attacked by Cardinal Lorraine in the royal council at Melun,
Feb., 1564, ii. 154, 155;
sends out, without the authority of the council, an edict for the
relief of the scattered Huguenots, ii. 184, 185;
his altercation at Moulins with Cardinal Lorraine, ii. 186;
envoy to the Huguenots, ii. 210;
his striking memorial counselling just and pacific treatment of the
Huguenots, ii. 232, 233;
Catharine de' Medici sides with his enemies, ii. 254;
her animosity against him, bec