her character and motives traduced by the Memoires inedits de Michel
de la Huguerye, ii. 424.

Navarre, Margaret of. See Angouleme, Margaret of.

Navy, French, i. 11.

Negotiations for peace of St. Germain, ii. 356 seq.

Nemours, Duchess of. See Este, Anne d'.

Nemours, Duke of, fails to keep his word pledged to the Baron de
Castelnau, i. 388, 389;
marries the widow of the Duke of Guise, and oppresses the Protestants
of Lyonnais and Dauphiny, ii. 245;
praised by Pius V. in a special brief, ib.;
his jealousy of Aumale, ii. 317.

Nevers, Duke of, at the blood council, ii. 447.

New Testament, the, translated by Lefevre, i. 77.

New York, Huguenot church of, i. 345.

Nicodemites, the, i. 235, 538, 539.

Niort, ii. 283, 337, 338, 361.

Niquet, Spire, a poor bookbinder, roasted in a fire made of his own
books, in the massacre of Paris, ii. 474.

Nismes, great concourse of the Huguenots of, i. 407;
Huguenots guard the gates, i. 428;
massacre of Roman Catholics by the Protestants, known as the
"Michelade," ii. 224;
brilliant capture of, by the Huguenots in the third civil
war, ii. 345, 346;
in Protestant hands, in 1572, ii. 573, 574;
obtains a truce, ii. 599.

Normandy, progress of Protestantism in, i. 287;
burdens of taxation in, i. 313;
popular awakening in, i. 408;
Admiral Coligny's successes in (Feb., 1563), ii. 99. See Rouen.

Non-residence of clergy, Claude Haton on, i. 457.

Norris, Sir Henry, English ambassador, on the murder of Protestants
in Paris, ii. 249;
on the condition of the French court, ii. 255.

Northumberland, Earl of, his rebellion, ii. 358.

Nostradamus, predictions of, i. 47;
ii. 606.

Notables, assemblies of, i. 12;
assembly at Fontainebleau, i. 415.

Noue, Francois de la, justifies Conde's military conduct in evacuating
Paris, ii. 33;
his description of the discipline of the Huguenot army, ii. 66, 67;
on the irresistible desire for peace in 1568, ii. 235;
taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306;
also at Moncontour, ii. 335;
his success at Sainte Gemme, ii. 361, 384;
he is sent by Charles IX. to treat with La Rochelle, ii. 579;
he is badly received, ii. 580;
he is subsequently chosen leader, ii. 581;
he retires when the hope of reconciliation disappears, ii. 587;
persuades the Hugu