pleasantries, ii. 192;
they suspect treacherous designs, ii. 193;
alarmed by the march of Alva and the Swiss levy, ii. 196, 203;
they plan to seize Cardinal Lorraine and liberate Charles IX., ii. 205;
the sudden rising, ii. 206;
they abate their demands at the outbreak of the second civil
war, ii. 210;
admiration of the sultan's envoy for their bravery at the battle of
St. Denis, ii. 214, note;
they solicit the help of the German princes, ii. 217;
they are exonerated by Catharine de' Medici from the charge of
disloyalty, ii. 219;
their generous sacrifices, ii. 223;
their imprudence in concluding the peace of Longjumeau without
guarantees, ii. 238;
treatment of returning Huguenots, ii. 241;
deprived of their rights by interpretative ordinances, etc., ii. 244;
admirable organization of, ii. 247;
oath to be exacted of, ii. 257;
the plot against them disclosed by an intercepted letter, ii. 259;
advantages at the beginning of the third civil war, ii. 274;
enthusiasm of their youth, ib.;
the Protestant religion proscribed, ii. 275;
their places of refuge, ii. 280;
great successes in Poitou, Angoumois, etc., ii. 282;
the great army collected in southern France joins Conde, ii. 284;
negotiations and reprisals, ii. 287;
they suffer defeat at Jarnac, ii. 301, seq.;
they recover strength, ii. 312;
their success at La Roche Abeille, ii. 319;
they send a petition to the king, ii. 320, 322, 323;
their single purpose, ii. 321, 322;
they commit a serious blunder in laying siege to Poitiers, ii. 324;
flight of refugees from Montargis, ii. 328;
defeated at Moncontour, ii. 332-334;
their heavy losses, ii. 335;
their terms of peace, ii. 357;
their successes compensate for their defeats, ii. 361;
the Huguenot nobles flock to Paris to attend the marriage of Henry of
Navarre, ii. 426;
many alarmed by the king's cordiality, ii. 436;
their constancy in the massacre at Orleans, ii. 510, 511, etc.;
return of many who had apostatized, ii. 573, note;
discontent of the Huguenots of the south with the terms on the edict
of pacification of Boulogne, ii. 599;
they obtain a truce from Marshal Damville, ib.;
military organization of, provided for in the political assembly of
Milhau and Montauban, ii. 600;
their bold demands con