ause she suspects him of having prompted
Charles IX. to entreat her to avoid war, ii. 263;
another quarrel of L'Hospital and Lorraine respecting the chancellor's
refusal to affix his signature to a papal bull, ii. 263, 264;
his fall from power, ii. 264;
he retires to Vignai, ii. 264, 265;
his last days, ii. 613;
his farewell letter to the king, ii. 614;
his death, ii. 615.

Host, reverence for, i. 50.

Hotman, Francois, author of the "Vita Gasparis Colinii," i. 418;
also of the "Epistre au Tigre de la France," i. 446;
his escape from the massacre of Bourges, ii. 511;
his "Franco-Gallia," ii. 615.

Hugh Capet, Count of Paris, i. 4.

Hugonis, a violent Roman Catholic preacher, ii. 254.

Huguenots, various explanations of the origin of the
designation, i. 397-399;
message of the escaped prisoners of Tours, i. 399;
they petition Francis II. at Fontainebleau for liberty of
worship, i. 417;
general plans of extermination formed by their enemies before the
death of Francis, i. 441, 442;
the Spanish ambassador, Chantonnay, alarmed at the intemperance and
violence of the scheme, i. 441, note;
return of Huguenot exiles, i. 463;
popular curiosity to hear their psalms and sermons, i. 468;
their growing boldness, i. 478;
they are said to have 2,150 churches, i. 560;
difficulty of restraining their impetuosity, i. 561;
Romish complaints of their boldness, i. 570;
immense crowds at the preches, ii. 11;
massacred at Vassy, ii. 22;
summoned to Meaux, ii. 34;
they seize Orleans, which becomes their centre during the first civil
war, ii. 39;
they justify their assumption of arms, ii. 40;
their stringent articles of association, ii. 40, 41;
nobles and cities that espouse their cause, ii. 41;
their strict discipline, ii. 66;
cruelty at Pithiviers, ii. 87;
reverses of, ii. 101, 102;
their ballads and songs, ii. 120-125;
they lose favor at court, ii. 132, 133, 158;
progress of, ii. 146;
they are accused of poisoning the wells in Lyons, ii. 159;
number of Huguenots in France, ib.;
assaults upon unoffending Huguenots at Crevant, Tours, Mans, and
Vendome, ii. 162;
no redress obtained, ib.;
various acts of oppression, ii. 163;
excluded from judicial posts, ii. 165;
progress of, ii. 181;
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