rders issued to lay down arms, ii. 487;
miracle of the hawthorn of the Cimetiere des Innocents, ii. 488;
number of the victims in Paris, ii. 489;
speech of the king at the "lit de justice," ii. 492;
servility of parliament, ii. 493;
Coligny's memory declared infamous, ii. 496;
the verbal orders, ii. 502;
two kinds of letters sent out, ii. 504;
uncertain number of victims, ii. 530.

Masso, an agent in the massacre at Lyons, ii. 504, note;
514, 516.

Matignon, M. de, saves the Protestants of Caen and Alencon from
massacre, ii. 526.

Maubert, Place, ii. 339.

Maurevel murders De Mouy, ii. 337;
he is rewarded with the collar of the order, ii. 338;
wounds Admiral Coligny, ii. 438, 439.

"Mauvais Garcons," highwaymen, i. 44.

Maximilian, Emperor of Germany, styles the French king "a king of
asses," i. 14;
ii. 360, etc.

May, Du, attempts to assassinate Admiral Coligny, ii. 194.

Mayenne, Charles, Duke of, son of Francis, Duke of Guise, ii. 324.

Maynet, a Huguenot member of the Parliament of Rouen, ii. 519.

Mazurier, Martial, i. 75, 82, 90, 91.

Medici family, the, is reputed to be destined to be fatal to
Christendom, i. 569.

Meaux, Reformation at, i. 67 seq., 74, 75, 83, 86, 92;
new persecutions at, i. 253;
the "Fourteen of Meaux," i. 254;
their execution, i. 255;
iconoclasm at, ii. 68;
consequent severity of the Parliament of Paris, ib.;
massacre at, Aug. 25 and 26, 1572, ii. 505-507.

Medals, commemorative of the junction of the Huguenots and their
German allies, ii. 318;
of the battles of Jarnac and Moncontour, ii. 336, note;
of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 532, 533, 559.

Melanchthon, i. 43;
answers the Sorbonne's condemnation of Luther, i. 109;
visited by a French agent, i. 160;
draws up a plan of reconciliation, ib.;
his extravagant concessions, i. 161;
his own misgivings, i. 162;
his plan makes a favorable impression on Francis I., ib.;
is entreated to come to France, i. 182;
his perplexity, i. 183;
he is formally invited by Francis, and consents, i. 184;
but fails to obtain permission from the Elector of Saxony, i. 185;
his chagrin, i. 186;
his articles reprobated by the Sorbonne, i. 187;
approves of the execution of Servetus, i. 212.

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