lls his troops ii. 342;
his bull against Queen Elizabeth, ii. 359;
opposes the peace ii. 360, 365, 369;
alarmed at the prospects of the Huguenot ascendancy in France, he
despatches his nephew, the Cardinal of Alessandria, as legate,
to Paris, ii. 400;
the king's assurances, ii. 400-403;
the conditions required for granting a dispensation for the marriage
of Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois, ii. 410, note;
gives no dispensation until after the marriage, his bull being dated
Oct 27, 1572, ii. 427;
his letters to Charles, Catharine, Anjou, etc., instigating them to
exterminate the heretics, ii. 564, seq.;
his thirst for Huguenot blood, ii. 567, 568;
redeems the Huguenot captives of Mornas in order to have the
satisfaction of ordering their public execution, ii. 568.

Placard, the, of 1534. Feret sent to Neufchatel to have it
printed, i. 164;
its authorship, ib.;
its publication opposed by Courault and other prudent
reformers, i. 165;
its contents, ib.;
it produces great popular excitement in Paris, i. 167;
a copy posted on the door of the king's bedchamber, ib.;
anger of Francis I., ib.;
barbarous executions consequent upon it, i. 171, 177;
marks an epoch in the history of the Huguenots, i. 193.

Placard, the year of the, i. 164, etc.

Placards and pasquinades, both for and against the reformed
doctrines, i. 163.

Place, Pierre de la, President of the Cour d'Aides, and a historian,
murdered in the massacre at Paris, ii. 479.

Plague, the, in Paris and Orleans, ii. 85.

Planche, Regnier de la, consulted by Catharine de' Medici, i. 410.

Pleasantries, Huguenot, ii. 192.

Plessis Mornay, Philippe du, writes for Coligny a memorial on the
Flemish project, ii. 416.

Poissy, the prelates at, i. 493;
Beza and other French Protestants invited to a conference, i. 494;
wrangling of the prelates, i. 499;
their demand, i. 542;
their character, i. 547.

Poissy, the Colloquy of, the Huguenots petition for fair treatment
at, i. 505;
vexatious delay, i. 506;
the Huguenots determine to leave unless their petition is
granted, i. 507;
an informal decree in their favor, ib.;
the last efforts of the Sorbonne to prevent the conference prove
abortive, i. 508;
the Huguenot ministers and