devotion, i. 69;
his commentary on the Pauline epistles, i. 70;
foresees the Reformation, ib.;
controversy with Beda, i. 71;
invited to Meaux, i. 73;
spiritual progress of, i. 75;
translates the New Testament, i. 77;
his exultation, i. 79;
retires to Strasbourg, i. 84-93;
tutor of the Duke of Orleans, i. 94;
librarian at Blois, ib.;
hopes entertained by Aleander respecting, i. 94;
mental sufferings and death, i. 95, 96.

Leicester, Earl of, ii. 381, 397;
it is proposed to offer him the hand of Mademoiselle de
Bourbon, ii. 399;
on Charles IX. and the massacre, ii. 559, 560.

Le Laboureur, on the massacre of Vassy, ii. 24.

Lent, the Pope's bull permitting eggs, butter, and cheese to be
eaten during the fast, condemned by parliament, and publicly
burned, i. 286;
negligent observance of, in court of Charles IX., i. 468.

Leo X., his concordat, i. 35, 36.

Leran, Viscount de, wounded and pursued into the room of Margaret
of Valois, on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 467.

Lery, Jean, goes to Brazil with Villegagnon, and, on his return, writes
a history of the expedition, i. 292;
ii. 345, note;
his account of the siege of Sancerre, ii. 590, 591, 594-598.

"Lettres de cachet," ii. 511.

Lhomme, or Lhommet, Martin, a bookseller, hung for having a copy of the
"Tigre" in his possession, i. 445.

Libertine party, the, i. 195, 225.

Lieutenant de la Mareschaussee, his ineffectual defence and death on St.
Bartholomew's Day, ii. 472.

Ligny, violence at, ii. 249.

Limousin, Protestantism in, i. 428.

Limueil, Isabeau de, her amorous intrigue with the Prince of
Conde, ii. 145, 303.

"Lit de justice," i. 18, 312;
ii. 492.

Liturgies of Farel and Calvin, i. 275, 276, 341, seq., 515.

Livry, the hermit of, i. 92.

Lomenie, Martial de, a secretary of the king. Marshal Retz obtains
his office and his estate of Versailles, and then causes him
to be murdered, ii. 485.

Longjumeau, edict of pacification of, March 23, 1568, ii. 234;
the peace opposed by Coligny, and favored by Conde, ii. 235;
discussion of the question of the sincerity of the court, ii. 236, 237;
the edict thrown into the fire by Charles IX. in the parliament
house, ii. 276.

Longjumeau Sieur de, assault upon his house, i. 476.

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