delegates of churches proceed from St.
Germain to Poissy, i. 509;
list of the former, ib.;
the assembly in the nuns' refectory, i. 510;
the prelates, i. 511;
diffidence of Beza, i. 512;
Chancellor L'Hospital's oration at the opening, ib.;
the Huguenots are summoned, i. 513;
a cardinal's sneer and Beza's retort, i. 514;
Beza's prayer and address, i. 514-521;
he is interrupted by the theologians of the Sorbonne with cries of
"Blasphemy!" i. 519;
Cardinal Tournon tries to cut short the conference, i. 521;
but Catharine declines to permit its interruption, i. 522;
advantages gained, ib.;
the prelates' notion of a conference, i. 526;
arrival of Peter Martyr, i. 527;
Cardinal Lorraine replies to Beza, i. 528;
Cardinal Tournon's new demand, i. 529;
Beza asks a hearing, ib.;
he replies, i. 532, 533;
speeches of Claude D'Espense and Claude de Sainctes, i. 532;
Cardinal Lorraine's demand that the Huguenot ministers should
subscribe to the Augsburg Confession, i. 533;
Beza's reply, i. 533-565;
anger of the prelates, i. 536;
speeches of Martyr and Lainez, i. 536;
close of the colloquy, i. 537;
is followed by a private conference, i. 538;
and the arrival of five Protestant theologians from Germany, i. 544;
causes of the failure of the colloquy, i. 546.

Poitiers, demands of the clergy at, i. 431;
captured by the king, ii. 71;
siege of, by the Huguenots, ii. 324, 325.

Poland, news of the massacre, how received in, ii. 553;
Henry of Anjou elected king, ii. 593;
ambassadors from, come to France, ii. 598;
their magnificent reception, ib.

"Politiques," or Malcontents, the party of the, ii. 615;
their unsuccessful rising, ii. 625.

Poltrot, Jean, de Merey, assassinates Francois de Guise, ii. 103;
his history, ii. 104;
his torture and execution, ii. 105;
accuses Beza and Coligny of having instigated the murder, ii. 106.

Poncher, Bishop of Paris, i. 71.

Pons, ii. 283.

Pont, Baron du, ii. 476.

Popincourt, a Protestant place of worship at Paris, destroyed by
Constable Montmorency, ii. 37.

Populace, cruelty of, i. 366.

Porcien, the Prince of, ii. 193;
attempt to assassinate, ii. 194.

Poulain, Poulin, or Polin, otherwise called Baron de la Garde, i. 246;
ii. 361, 576.

Pragmatic Sanction of St Louis, i